Hip hop next?

YellowSnow said:

dnc said:

Worthy of consideration fo a 1 seed:

Groups
Public Enemy
Run DMC
NWA
Wu Tang
Outkast

Chindividuals
Snoop
Pac
Biggie
Lil Wayne
Kanye
Jay Z
Eminem

That's the list. You could maybe talk me into an Eric B and Rakim, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, the Roots or Big Daddy Kane if I"m feeling generous, but there's really nobody else who transcends the genre the way these do.

If black people don't like your shit you're not a fucking one seed in a rap battle.

Our lists pretty much align here and I'm not gonna die on a hill for the B-Boys as hip hop isn't my specialty. That said, from a raw numbers stand point, lotta white boys bought rap records too.

But those weren’t rap fans they were Beastie Boys fans. Beasties get credit for opening white America to embrace rap but if you’re not relevant to rap stations and rap fans you’re not relevant to the genre. They’re tangential at best.

That’s not to dismiss their talent which exists but none of them were gonna hang in, let alone win a rap battle against any top 300 lyricists of all time, let alone the giants listed here.

Also, way too much fucking guitar.

Eminem is different in that while white America loves him too he has actual street cred and can toe to toe with any emcee in any era. Having someone with the street credentials of Dre bring him to the public gave him instant credibility the Beasties never had or could have had. Em has a huge black following and black radio influence.

Rap is a culture as much as it is music and Beasties fail the culture test. Good band. I enjoy their music. I’d tolerate them in the bracket because white people. Don’t belong anywhere near a one just because they sold records. Fuck, MC Hammer sold albums.

UW_Doog_Bot said:

YellowSnow said:

UW_Doog_Bot said:

Pitchfork51 said:

hey faggots


license to ill was the first cd i owned.

fuck off.

Sometims I believe your account has to be a parody account. Sometims I like to do that.

I used to think you and @GrundleStiltzkin were the same being based on the level of computer nerd shit and what not- e.g., poaster popularity metrics. But then the musical tastes were way too divergent. Or were they?

High levels of computer nerd shit and academis maths from UW alumni? Weird shit man. Next you are going to tell me I'm an alt of @RoadDawg55





Shout out to @AIRWOLF as well.

Not UW alum, and shitty at math.

Fair to middling script-kiddie.

Doogles said:

I'd rather seed a Cash Money Vs. No Limit tournament.

Make em say UUUUUUUUUUGh!!

Hootie hoo!!!






I generally hate No Limit but they were masters of the nonsensical catchy one liners