Kendrick - just something forced and not authentic about his music
JayZ - same as Kendrick to an extent, he got hot beats but something about his style just never sat right with me. Always seemed more like a salesman to me
Lupe - ehh...
Cube - i think hes top 10 his first few projects are legendary for a reason.........but them shyts aint age well to me. Dont really bump any of it anymore and i had his top shyt bumping alot a decade ago.......
Doom - just too backcac for me, dont like his voice. He got some fire production tho. Madvillainy is mad overrated IMO he aint do most those beats justice. Gibbs put out a much better project with Madlib to me, he is far more versatile and adapted his breath control, cadences, flow, material unlike Doom
Aesop Rock - he got some great lyrics..........no mic presence or charisma. Flow can be annoying. Id rather read the lyrics of his shyt than listen to him and obviously got better things to do than be reading lyrics all day
Blu - just was never on that wave, objectively Below the heavens a classic tho
Pun - Lyrical miracle....not with that
Eminem - most his shyt just corny but he can spit
Outkast - just corny to me and Andre voice/flow just annoying to listen to on shyt like ATLiens, feels pretentious like he tellin u to just listen. Dont feel natural to me "Hey, I'm talking, young man, as if chalk in my hand " man STFU
, dont think theres any south group i really fukk with like that and i tried to get into them, UGK, 3, 6, Goodie etc. Some great beats but the style dont really vibe with me as far as crews. Solo shyt a different story
KRS - Im in my 20s and I dunno just too played out for me, i respect his status in the game tho
Cool J - I feel like his music couldve aged better than most from that era if it wasnt for the outdated slang.......Unless u 40+ i dont see how u can bump dude. Some tracks start off hot then comes the fubu guuu hee shee skirlicious shyt and i gotta stop
Kane - nikkas did his gimmick better, he was poppin for his time but that wasnt my time. Respect to OG tho
G Rap - i give respect where its due i think hes one of the greats and birthed alot of styles. Hes dope........but so many nikkas reinvented or did his style better to me that i dont find his shyt that interesting anymore
Capone N Noreaga - CNN War Report dope but it just a B class Infamous/Hell on Earth if we keepin it 100.........why i would listen to it if I got Infamous/Hell on Earth in my library? Nothing they do they did it much different and certainly not better
Kweli - WOAT flow its unbelievable, its like dude tries to make his shyt unlistenable. Mos carried that Blackstar joint hard
got 0 material from any of these nikkas on my itunes that aint features (excluding shyts some produced like Ghost on some Doom beats)