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props on this. nore was madd young. he drop N.O.R.E. a few months before he turned 22. that shyt is crazy. nikkas from our generation was madd young doin it, madd talented too.
 
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She Agree That I'm Looney said:
These rappers nowadays have no fukking excuse
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This is something I've been thinking about. There is very little innovation in hip-hop right now IMO. You've got all these emcees with the same deliveries, spitting the same rhymes, over quasi-trap/ski/clams casino type beats. Dudes like Wiz and Currensy are cool, but they are overshadowed by their production and are mediocre emcees. Dudes like Flocka and French Montana are basically the caricature of the genre presented in something like The Boondocks with Thugnificent and Gangstalicious. Swag rap only has so many avenues. Two of the biggest dudes out of NYC right now (ASAP and Montana) seem like they have no lineage at all to the sort of emcees NYC was turning out left and right fifteen years ago.

Not that I fault people who post all over the Waka threads or Stoned Immaculate threads or Max B threads because that's the sort of thing they go for and like, tastes are subjective, etc but its a movement to me in hip-hop I don't think has much range beyond what it is right now and is pretty boring. I fell in love with the genre hearing guys like Nas and Common who painted vivid pictures of their reality and did so with an eloquent tongue.

And its not even a subject thing. I have no problem with rappers rapping about how good they are or how much stuff they have. But doing so in a way like G Rap does on It's A Shame is quite a different animal than how Meek Mill raps on House Party.

Videos like those in the OP remind me of why I love hip-hop.
 
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Ian1362 said:
This is something I've been thinking about. There is very little innovation in hip-hop right now IMO. You've got all these emcees with the same deliveries, spitting the same rhymes, over quasi-trap/ski/clams casino type beats. Dudes like Wiz and Currensy are cool, but they are overshadowed by their production and are mediocre emcees. Dudes like Flocka and French Montana are basically the caricature of the genre presented in something like The Boondocks with Thugnificent and Gangstalicious. Swag rap only has so many avenues. Two of the biggest dudes out of NYC right now (ASAP and Montana) seem like they have no lineage at all to the sort of emcees NYC was turning out left and right fifteen years ago.

Not that I fault people who post all over the Waka threads or Stoned Immaculate threads or Max B threads because that's the sort of thing they go for and like, tastes are subjective, etc but its a movement to me in hip-hop I don't think has much range beyond what it is right now and is pretty boring. I fell in love with the genre hearing guys like Nas and Common who painted vivid pictures of their reality and did so with an eloquent tongue.

And its not even a subject thing. I have no problem with rappers rapping about how good they are or how much stuff they have. But doing so in a way like G Rap does on It's A Shame is quite a different animal than how Meek Mill raps on House Party.

Videos like those in the OP remind me of why I love hip-hop.
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Curren$y is 31 years old g...and he nice...he not mediocre...Nore got classic shyt..but his nicest rhymes was written by Trag g...so lets put it in perspective..Nore was more style than skills...nikkas DID seem way more mature back then tho...I mean a nikka like Pac came off like he was 30 plus but he just hit 25 a couple months before his death..I get what u sayin tho..most Legends came in as teenagers...I BEEN sayin that age shyt wasn't no excuse...
 
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