Most blatant biting, rip-offs, wannabes in Rap History

[eastsideTT]

Dap + rep.

I have a TON of jungle/dnb wax at my parent's house as well. I'm talmbout like 1200+ records and shyt. I'm actually still pretty heavily into it to this day...it fell off real hard from 01-04, and there's still a lot of garbage, but it has definitely redeemed itself after that imo.

I'm subscribed to the Headz youtube channel and listen to some of the new stuff that they drop on there, but I really don't know what's going on with the whole scene now. You're right...it really fell off hard around 04 when it just became soulless and formulaic, and the literal heavy metal influences started taking over and everything got too crazy. whenever I get frustrated with how lame some of today's music can be, especially rap music, I'll go back to that late 90s early 2000s jungle era and even to this day the shyt still inspires me. people sleep on it...a lot of that music was so ahead of its time...especially factoring in the equipment it was made on back then. Talk about Vibes...

I used to travel from NYC to Toronto a lot for shows back then...Toronto was the closest we had to London for all that in North America. The culture was interchangeable between those two cities. That's why it's funny seeing people clown Drake for his 'newfound' London obsession...Toronto always had London influences for years. But I don't even think Toronto is popping off like that anymore

We should get a thread popping off in the Booth because im sure there are some others on here who were involved in the scene back in the day. if not, we can put some people on

 

[theflyest]

Old New Orleans/Cash Money shyt

Dude named TC jacked BG's entire style. TC had a deeper voice, which was how you could differentiate them.

Lil Flip - Everyday (feat TC, etc)
Everyone thought the first verse was BG. It still gets mislabeled.



TC starts at 2:57

 

[Calmye]

ICP copycat garbage

TF

 

[Big Boss]

 

[Big Boss]

Asian Tupac

 

[get these nets]

long thread...haven't read it all yet so these might be repeats but i doubt it
Q Tip clones
blatant


dude's voice just happened to sound like q tip




a hispanic ATCQ clone



I'd be keeping it less than real if I didn't call out Tribe for coming out as De La Soul Clones, themselves

 

[Xtz23]

 

[get these nets]

Hate to put it out there because this is the guy who put Newark on the hip hop map,but

it's cued up



We fukked with him, UNTIL we heard this song...and this part in particular...
blatant biting of Rakim.

 

[get these nets]

from the "make another Hov"* files comes the BOOTLEG version of Guy




Basic Black was created by Gene Griffin....the guy who used to manage Teddy Riley and Guy....I think the lead singer is even related to Aaron Hall(a cousin).....so they even took it there by trying to find a clone.

This is probably the most flagrant example of biting

 

[get these nets]

another entry in the "make another Hov"* files is bootleg Big DADDY Kane, FATHER MC



*Andre Harrell was clearly looking for a Kane clone for Uptown Records.

 

[get these nets]

Hate to do it to Clef, but he took Shinehead's style and ran with it

 

[The God Poster]

Before Guerilla Black was a Biggie clone he was a Mystikal clone

he wasn't stopping until he got a hit

 

[SteelCitySoldier]

When he first came out with this single everyone thought he was Jay.



Foxy biter

She did sound like Foxxy but we ain't gonna slander Ms. Jade

 

[SteelCitySoldier]

Da Brat was a Snoop clone down to the clothes, hair, mannerisms and voice

Bruh this shyt is an ATL Nuthin But A G Thang

Brat still my bytch though, but JD took that shyt and ran with it

 

[SteelCitySoldier]

This may be the worst I ever seen nikkas bit Bone down to the voices

They was an offspring of B.O.N.E. though