Quote from Leokill

All of them are considered terrible and overrated by the underground.

nope, even hipsters worship kanye
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14880-my-beautiful-dark-twisted-fantasy/

Quote from Index

nope, even hipsters worship kanye
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14880-my-beautiful-dark-twisted-fantasy/

... Traitors.

It really just depends on what you like...

Personally I hate many of the new age rappers and listen to more 90's and early 2000 based rap...
In a sense I'm more into mainstream rap that revolves around well done producing, a memorable beat, very well thought out and heart felt lyrics, and overall high quality...

Generally I like to listen to "real" rap, and when I say real I don't mean as in the overused term used by idiots with their pants around their ankles... I mean people actually telling real stories about their life whether it be revolved around his trials and tribulations in an urban neighborhood or even actual relationship struggles not revolved around shaking asses a cheating hoes...

Not that I don't mind the occasional shit talk rap...

Example of rappers I like:
Jayz, DMX, Kanyewest, Lil Wayne, Biggy, Cory Gunz, Royce da 5' 9, Mose Def, etc...
(Almost forgot Leokill, he's the realest nigga around!)

Of course considering my taste there are other rappers who I don't particularly fancy:
Drake (Why the fuck do people like him btw? Someone like anwer this sometime...), 2Chainz, Wiz Kalifuh or some shit, Eminem alot of the times (though life in the fast lane was some hard ass shit!), Ying Yangs Twins, Lil John, etc...

But yeah, just because I don't like these guys it doesn't mean there is something particularly wrong with their style or way of doing things I just can't imagine why people find them so good...
Generally when someone thinks a new generation of something sucks and or is dying it's not really true it just means the person is of older taste and has no business listening to their shit...

>very well thought out and heartfelt lyrics
>"I like...Lil Wayne"

I'm not much of a rap guy, and most of my favorite rappers could be considered "mainstream"

Fort Minor, Eminem, and I like ONE KanyeWest song and one Jay-Z song. I'm an indie-rock guy. But the retarded pop shit I always hear on the radio is so stupid. Nobody cares about KatyPerry or LadyGaGa bullshit.

Quote from Fusion

>very well thought out and heartfelt lyrics
>"I like...Lil Wayne"

Lol!

Not gonna lie though, I only really like 6 foot 7 and Amili...
The rest are well rapped but not my kinda thing...

Edit: BL3U I LOIKE LAYDEH GAGAH AND I FIND DAT STAITMENT TO BEH ARFFENSIVE!!!!
Little monsters ftw bitch!
>:c

Quote from Quik

Lol!

Not gonna lie though, I only really like 6 foot 7 and Amili...
The rest are well rapped but not my kinda thing...

Edit: BL3U I LOIKE LAYDEH GAGAH AND I FIND DAT STAITMENT TO BEH ARFFENSIVE!!!!
Little monsters ftw bitch!
>:c

Oh Quik! I love you too! LETS FUCK.

"Good rap" was never "Alive" to start with. If it wasn't alive how can it be dead? I mean it cant breathe etc.

I THINK I UNDENIABLY WON THIS DEBATE.

Except there was no debate to begin with.

Or should I say, "Alive" in the first place.

Would you all consider Atmosphere to be in the category of "good" rap? I think he's pretty gewd but I don't listen to rap often so I might just have weird taste in the genre.

Good Rap music is still alive, however it isn't in the mainstream anymore. You'll have to listen to Underground Hip Hop if you want to listen to some good Rap music. There are still some good mainstream rappers like Common, Lupe Fiasco, Eminem, and others.

Quote from Jombo

Can I dump this thread now? It's not a debate.

Go ahead