The Lox perfected the "slick talking" street rap

[the rhyme king]

I've ALWAYS said that guy was overrated..he has no classic albums either,only classic songs..he do got bars thou, and always spits heat whenever he's featured on a track

imo he not he got a couple of classic albums imo.

 

[the rhyme king]

the similarities that dude claimed most wanted copied off of jay. most wanted was doing it before him.

alot of jay's style back then was piggy-backed off of philly rappers. the flow, cadence, etc.

also, the figgas & most wanted were supposed to sign to the roc along wit beans back in the day.

i will give u he rides the trend of the moment but that was with anything not just philly which is my point.

 

[Wacky D]

cosign this thread to the fullest.

the lox is probably the most influential group of the past 20 years.

 

[the rhyme king]

cosign this thread to the fullest.

the lox is probably the most influential group of the past 20 years.

i will say for their generation yeah but g rap >>>>>>>>>>> started gangster rap on the east coast and perfected that style of rap before the lox even the lox would tell u that.

 

[keon]

"We are the streets" was the best EC album of 2000

 

[Wacky D]

i will give u he rides the trend of the moment but that was with anything not just philly which is my point.

it wasnt a trend. they were still underground rappers at the time.

jay just took their styles and ran with em, the same way he did young chris a few years later. so by the time all these guys got on, the un-trained eye saw them as jay clones, when in reality they werent.

 

[Wacky D]

i will say for their generation yeah but g rap >>>>>>>>>>> started gangster rap on the east coast and perfected that style of rap before the lox even the lox would tell u that.

nah. gangsta rap started on the east coast period via schooly d. long before kool g rap picked up a mic.

and its not quite the same style of rap. OP broke it down.

not a knock on g rap tho. hes up there too, and yea influenced the lox. but the lox flipped it and had greater influence.

 

[FreshAIG]

I've ALWAYS said that guy was overrated..he has no classic albums either,only classic songs..he do got bars thou, and always spits heat whenever he's featured on a track

Kool G Rap had two classic albums and about 6 really great albums overall

 

[the rhyme king]

nah. gangsta rap started on the east coast period via schooly d. long before kool g rap picked up a mic.

and its not quite the same style of rap. OP broke it down.

not a knock on g rap tho. hes up there too, and yea influenced the lox. but the lox flipped it and had greater influence.

to each his own i don't agree with it though

 

[the rhyme king]

it wasnt a trend. they were still underground rappers at the time.

jay just took their styles and ran with em, the same way he did young chris a few years later. so by the time all these guys got on, the un-trained eye saw them as jay clones, when in reality they werent.

it is a trend for jay-z till something new comes along and he rides they dikk.

 

[OG Talk]

The Lox really invented this exact style that was completely relatable but so clever and street.

Did you start listening to hip hop in 1998?

 

[Wacky D]

it is a trend for jay-z till something new comes along and he rides they dikk.

well however you want to describe it, at the end of the day, he took their styles and ran with em.

 

[Wacky D]

No one denied Mase was more successful, Mase was the biggest rapper in the world for a year.

nah..

master p was bigger than mase.

I still think RD Jay-z was the quintessential slick talking street hustler rap.

Jada (or Lox) wasn't as cerebral or intricate as Jigga, though - I see how their style could be easier to emulate for other rappers, in that sense.

reasonable doubt was mafioso rap.

different game.

Maybe Jada has been influential (even tho Styles is a better rapper) but Styles and Sheek styles are similiar to Mobb Deep and M.O.P. The Lox are overrated as a whole period though

styles & sheek are where the influence on the harder guys comes in(pause).

like beanie siegal.

 

[Wacky D]

for those in denial about mase switching his style up, peep the differences in his verses between these 2 videos. the 2nd was after he got down with bad boy.

and biggie switching up is obvious, so its no need for me to post anything on him.(edit: a couple people already did anyway)

 

[FreshAIG]

You right. I forgot about P.