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Eminem is the mosted liked person in the world.
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IrishNinja
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that's entirely subjective
he's excellent on a technical level, no doubt. name me 10 rappers from the last few years you know of that arent with YMCB though.
what im insulting is people on about him being the best that clearly don't seem to listen to hip-hop outside of him or dudes they knew from a decade prior or so. this year has actually been one of the best for hip-hop so far, but the same crowd you usually see saying hip hop is dead/its all lil wayne etc are echoing outdated stuff here, i gotta call on that when i see it.
see, i fucked with encore a bit, but it wasnt the eminem show by any stretch.
and yeah, surprised neither of us said Lupe's lasers yet, haha
petty much no one argues this bit, to be honest.
first sentence is legit, 2nd one is giving way too big a pass.
im a massive wu-tang stan, even im not gonna act like there's not work there in the last decade or so that sullies their legacy a bit. doesn't take from the classics, but if we're discussing the greatest of all time as some of you seem to oddly wanna do here, it's ridiculous to only highlight the first half of an artists' career.
here we go, you lost it right here (no pun, haha). bring that to gaf-hop, there's literally a baker's dozen artists that will rightfully get ranked above him. chances are you may not be familiar with all of them, but that just means there's jewels waiting to be discovered, rather than ending your opinion on a genre literally just over a decade ago at this point.
this is literally the first time in my life ive heard an opinion other than that
Roland Garros
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Preach, brother. Spot on.
NinjaBoiX
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Yeah, me neither, Kent, me neither...
Yoooo Lasers was BUUUNK. Food and Liquor was my shit. Then The Cool was my SHIT. My shit. Hands down. So disappointing when I heard Lasers. But yeah, Encore was so baaaad. ESPECIALLY after Eminem Show. Then Relapse was a meh after a ugh album and recovery was a eh after a meh album and hell the sequel was an okay after a eh album. As much as I want him to be of the same calibre as his first three albums, I can't see I happening. MAYBE with his next one. MAYBE. Doesn't mean I think he's shit GAF, don't get it twisted.
So what? Even if Em is like the 25th best, that still qualifies as "one of the best," considering there's thousands upon thousands of horrible MCs. Some of you guys need to stop reading "one of the best" as "THE BEST OF ALL TIME." If that was what people meant, then that's what they'd type down in their posts.
Hopsin is the only fresh rapper on the scene thats bringing some meaning back to this rap game. I don't know what hip hop your blasting.
IrishNinja
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ahahaha @ the 2 posts following my last
let's try a little experiment.
5 albums from just the last few months, which have you heard? I could easily post 10-20 from the last year that shit on the last decade of em's life, if you wanna hear quality hip-hop and, again, update your 2002 opinions.
let's try a little experiment.
5 albums from just the last few months, which have you heard? I could easily post 10-20 from the last year that shit on the last decade of em's life, if you wanna hear quality hip-hop and, again, update your 2002 opinions.
It's because you don't visit the Football thread. If you did, you'd be sure GAF has a bad taste in music for a long time now.
NinjaBoiX
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The Roots, Jurassic 5, People Under the Stairs, Cypress Hill, Jeru the Damaja, Del the Funky Homosapien, Nas, bit of Kanye, all kinds really.
ahahaha @ the 2 posts following my last
let's try a little experiment.
5 albums from just the last few months, which have you heard? I could easily post 10-20 from the last year that shit on the last decade of em's life, if you wanna hear quality hip-hop and, again, update your 2002 opinions.
Like i said i have and dig nas's new album, 20 YEARS IN THIS GAME STILL LOOKING 17. Such swag.
Wiley's new album is also fucking great.
ahahaha @ the 2 posts following my last
let's try a little experiment.
5 albums from just the last few months, which have you heard? I could easily post 10-20 from the last year that shit on the last decade of em's life, if you wanna hear quality hip-hop and, again, update your 2002 opinions.
Domo, Nas and Alchemists.
Nas has to be on everyone lists. He's just gotta. But Section 80 and Sir Luscious Left Foot have had more plays on my iPhone tbh. All dope tho.
IrishNinja
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one of the best is saying top 5/10, "BEST OF ALL TIME" (G.O.A.T.) is an opinion being regurgitated as fact on here man. people have typed both, go read the thread.
you should come down to gaf-hop, dude. there's a lotta people hopeful like you for his next...we'll see though, eh?
you almost had me, but you had to go and overplay your hand there
if you like curren$y, that's one of his best...killer mike brought it too though.
and damn, i agree with both your choices there man, good calls.
Like everyone else then ?
Anyway Hopsins new album is going to fill my eminem void for sure, i love the swag of nas's new album.
NinjaBoiX
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You know, I wouldn't usually say this, but for someone to say, "GAF has awful taste" and then to big up Wiley. The guy is a hack. That Rolex song was a joke, and that new one about dancing and having a party? Are you fucking kidding me?
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones Kent!
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones Kent!
NinjaBoiX
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What? You just asked what hip hop I like, you never said they had to be obscure. What's your deal today dude? Your awful spiky. And anyway, you only bolded half of them, what a sheep I am eh?
IrishNinja
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i never got into J5 past an album, slept on Jeru and Deltron didnt really do it for me (but i know a lotta people who love him - i did enjoy Hieroglypics in the day though). People Under the Stairs is like one of those acts ive dug a track or two off of but havnet given a whole album a chance, which would you recommend?
i only left him off cause that was last year, wasnt it? maybe im wrong.
his new track with dre is on loop over here though, believe. smokin on weed with youuuuu~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRVOOwFNp5U
Fucking so good, This is the sort of track that will change some young man's life when he hears it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLkyqC0dSD0
Wiley is the shit what you talking about bro ?
He will tide me over till GIGGS get released from prison.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EuI2_pjDlM
Free giggs 2012
You rattled my cage dissing relapse lol
No, it's a relative term. It just means "one of the best," with no definition of how many others are included and that's all. You adding meaning to it is on you, not the person you're talking to.
Also, you have got to be trolling when you post that Cigarette Boats garbage but respond with a puking gif when Hopsin is mentioned. I mean, honestly, there is absolutely zero flow on some of that shit you posted. I don't agree that Hopsin is the Messiah like so many others say and taste is subjective, but damn... There was zero skill in some of your stuff. Killer Mike had some potential, though.
NinjaBoiX
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Hey Kent, taste is so subjective. As I said, I'd never usually pick someone up on that shit, but when you call GAF out, then big up some sell out pop BS like Wiley, it's hard to hold your tongue! But we cool geez.
Irish, check out their self titled album. They aren't the best rappers in the world, but the music is awesome!
Irish, check out their self titled album. They aren't the best rappers in the world, but the music is awesome!
Wiley was underground for so long, Its about time he started getting some chart toppers.
He's nothing on sketpa though, Skepta is a fucking beast.
At the end of the day no matter what music we like it all triggers the same feel good shit in our brain.
IrishNinja
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it's really not; top 5/10 etc or G.O.A.T. has pretty much been the default shit since before the source lost its relevancy, this isnt some metric i made up outta nowhere dude. when you say "one of the best" you're saying if you had to rank them, you'd put 10 MC's over him? cmon.
zero flow on what exactly though? you're only calling out Cigarette Boats, and i get it if weed-rap isn't your thing, but they're fantastic albums otherwise.
Hospin is a youtube gimmick that works if you're somehow in the mood for a dime-store Tyler with less flow/charisma i guess, you'll have to excuse my shock as ive never really seen him taken seriously on this board.
that's the thing about gaf-hop: it raises your standards, and by that, kinda insulates you. then you wander back into OT where Em is the G.O.A.T. and hospin is a respectable artist.
Forceatowulf
G***n S**n*bi
I never said there weren't. I said Eminem was "one of the greatest", not "the greatest" MC of all time.
You seem a little too itchy to jump on people praising Eminem, man. Just chill.
IrishNinja
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^i don't mean to seem mad here; Em is a great artist who's made several classic albums.
it's just...seeing others (not you, apologies if i misunderstood, but "one of the greatest" doesnt seem very vague to me) place him as the G.O.A.T. and basing that on bush-era times is really weird. as a comics fan, it'd be like if someone told me X-men is the best book ever (i mean, it's an opinion, right?) then follows up with "based on the 90s cartoon. also is rogue still with gambit?" it's kind've a silly stance, especially if there's stuff knocking it outta the park right now like hip-hop's been seeing.
it's just...seeing others (not you, apologies if i misunderstood, but "one of the greatest" doesnt seem very vague to me) place him as the G.O.A.T. and basing that on bush-era times is really weird. as a comics fan, it'd be like if someone told me X-men is the best book ever (i mean, it's an opinion, right?) then follows up with "based on the 90s cartoon. also is rogue still with gambit?" it's kind've a silly stance, especially if there's stuff knocking it outta the park right now like hip-hop's been seeing.
NinjaBoiX
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Skepta too? Oh Lord, out tastes are world's apart I feel, Skepta is a cheesy sell out hack too. It's just poppy dance music with awful rapping on top. Him and Wiley only seem to write one or two verses a track, and just repeat them. They can't even be shitty sellouts right!
What are you talking about, dude? Who cares about The Source or some shit? I'm talking about english and the phrase itself.
By flow I mean that they have some kind of melody to their rap; not that they're sing-rapping but that there's a certain rhythm and melody to it. Half of what you posted didn't have that, it was just dudes talking in rhyme over a beat. Cigarette Boats was more like cough-suryp rap to me than weed rap; it was basically comatose. Maybe that's because I need high tempo in any music I listen to, but I had to turn off CB specifically after like 30 seconds because my skin started to crawl. Killer Mike was the best of what you posted (aside from Nas, obviously) and even he had some trouble flowing nicely. Did a quick YouTube check on Domo Genesis and that was, again, just a dude talking over a beat. I just don't hear any musical talent in it.
I don't get your hate-on for Hopsin. Saying Tyler has more flow is like you're trolling me, man. That dude has absolutely zero flow, it's like it's going into minus.
His option seems to be based what ever GAF HOP are into right now.. Learn to enjoy music based on what you like son. He see's someone in GAF HOP not respecting hopsin so he stands on his rooftop and shouts to the masses that hopsin ain't a respectable artist.
I never thought Pac was that great. Just thought he was doing an impression of Amerikka's Most Wanted. The 'i'm mad and yelling to cover up the fact that i'm not that technical' didn't work for me then didn't work for me for Me Against The World. His slow jams were pretty lame too.
Still love Biggie's stuff to this day though.
Still love Biggie's stuff to this day though.
Em is cool on a Tenacious D, Weird Al Yankovich level. He's not a real musician though. Just a project by Interscope to capitalize on the Jerry Springer phenomena of the time. His stuff got a lot worse when he started taking himself seriously. Now, don't get me wrong, I really like some Tenacious D, Eminem and Weird Al, but it's just joke music. There for a gag. The guy ruined his mother's life, daughter's life and the mother of his daughter's life. He's a scumbag as far as being a human being in concerned. Infinite was a decent attempt at real music, even if it was mostly an Illmatic/90s east coast knock off album. Jimmy Iovine just saw the opportunity to throw some peroxide in his hair and dust off Dr. Dre (who was coming off the clusterfuck of an album the first Aftermath CD was) to try and fool some people into thinking he was a serious MC.
Dude is a flake. Some of his music is genuinely funny. It's just beyond horrible when he's doing anything other than stuff like Azz Like That or Purple Pills. Who can take this guy seriously? He put his own family on blast, naming names and all, just to make some money. It takes a real dirt bag to throw their own mother under the bus. "aw, my mommy had to take anti depressants and nerve pills because I was such a fuck wad. she's a bitch. cry for me America" then "oh what? I'm famous now? Well fuck that, I don't want to be famous".
At least Tenacious D does their schtick with some real class and skill. New age Dr. Dre isn't any better. Look at the production credits. Mike Elizondo is the guy doing the actual work on songs """Produced
by Eminem""" or """Produced by Dr. Dre""" Before Mike it was Scott Storch. It's all in the linear notes. Basically Milli Vanilli.
Dude is a flake. Some of his music is genuinely funny. It's just beyond horrible when he's doing anything other than stuff like Azz Like That or Purple Pills. Who can take this guy seriously? He put his own family on blast, naming names and all, just to make some money. It takes a real dirt bag to throw their own mother under the bus. "aw, my mommy had to take anti depressants and nerve pills because I was such a fuck wad. she's a bitch. cry for me America" then "oh what? I'm famous now? Well fuck that, I don't want to be famous".
At least Tenacious D does their schtick with some real class and skill. New age Dr. Dre isn't any better. Look at the production credits. Mike Elizondo is the guy doing the actual work on songs """Produced
by Eminem""" or """Produced by Dr. Dre""" Before Mike it was Scott Storch. It's all in the linear notes. Basically Milli Vanilli.
IrishNinja
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if you're unfamiliar with how to rank things, or G.O.A.T. talk, im simply pointing at hip-hop traditions man. you're acting like you've never heard of some pretty simple concepts.
its also funny cause you spent the rest of the post on some really arbitrary shit when you could've just said:
there it is - you have a sound you like and don't deviate, hence why you make calls on an entire album 30 seconds in. okay, like what you like, but i'm not subscribing to your definition of flow, thankfully.
his charisma is like +1000, and yeah, i dig his flow way better too. even his less mature content is at least interesting sometimes, i can say exactly none of that about Hospin. seriously, all ive seen is weird youtube hype, if you got what you consider a standout track from dude, feel free to post it.
Em is cool on a Tenacious D, Weird Al Yankovich level. He's not a real musician though. Just a project by Interscope to capitalize on the Jerry Springer phenomena of the time. His stuff got a lot worse when he started taking himself seriously. Now, don't get me wrong, I really like some Tenacious D, Eminem and Weird Al, but it's just joke music. There for a gag. The guy ruined his mother's life, daughter's life and the mother of his daughter's life. He's a scumbag as far as being a human being in concerned. Infinite was a decent attempt at real music, even if it was mostly an Illmatic/90s east coast knock off album. Jimmy Iovine just saw the opportunity to throw some peroxide in his hair and dust off Dr. Dre (who was coming off the clusterfuck of an album the first Aftermath CD was) to try and fool some people into thinking he was a serious MC.
Dude is a flake. Some of his music is genuinely funny. It's just beyond horrible when he's doing anything other than stuff like Azz Like That or Purple Pills. Who can take this guy seriously? He put his own family on blast, naming names and all, just to make some money. It takes a real dirt bag to throw their own mother under the bus. "aw, my mommy had to take anti depressants and nerve pills because I was such a fuck wad. she's a bitch. cry for me America" then "oh what? I'm famous now? Well fuck that, I don't want to be famous".
At least Tenacious D does their schtick with some real class and skill. New age Dr. Dre isn't any better. Look at the production credits. Mike Elizondo is the guy doing the actual work on songs """Produced
Your forgetting Eminem was king 2000-2003. Tracks like Patiently Waiting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4yYtwspOZ4
Made my teenager years so much better. Eminems flow on Patiently Waiting is deadly. Once Eminem's verse starts you know a storm is coming.
I said that to be fair, I don't think it excludes me from being able to discern skill. And you could be fair too and tell me what definition of flow you do subscribe to.
To each their own, but I just see a fake trying to be a weirdo when I see Tyler. Hopsin fails in that respect too, with those lame contacts, but at least he doesn't build his entire image around it.
As for tracks, I like this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmyXOQgP9qI
I like the structure, how he begins and ends the chorus with a crescendo that doesn't build up to anything and how the chorus is unexpectedly low-key in comparison to the crescendo and the verses.
His verse on that song really ruins the tone of the track IMO. Notice how there's even goofy little beeps and bloops during the Em verse that aren't there in the 50 verse. 50 even threw a subliminal at Em on that track "I'm down to sell records but not my soul". Same with Renegade and any other track he's featured on. Real hip hop artists just know an Eminem feature will net them at least an extra million sales from other kids who hate their mothers. No one in the rap game really respects him on a real level. They'll all give him props in public because they might want a feature one day to get some extra sales. Behind closed doors though, dude is a joke in the eyes of all the artists he's featured with. You think 50 Cent and Jay-Z really dig some Eminem? Really? These cats were selling drugs in some of the worst neighborhoods in NYC. Eminem was snorting Mini-Thins and mopping fast food joints before he got famous.
All the plastic surgery is really bad too. His nose is gonna be on Micheal Jackson levels in another 5 years. The hair plugs are embarrassing. Dig up pics from 1999 when Interscope's super ghost producing team was making Dr. Dre 2001. Dude had some solid crow's feet and a good receding hair line going. Fast forward to now and he's looks 19.
All the plastic surgery is really bad too. His nose is gonna be on Micheal Jackson levels in another 5 years. The hair plugs are embarrassing. Dig up pics from 1999 when Interscope's super ghost producing team was making Dr. Dre 2001. Dude had some solid crow's feet and a good receding hair line going. Fast forward to now and he's looks 19.
Always love how his contacts are in when the angry fast build up happens.. such a good video
This.
Its pretty impressive and I find him to be a why better musician than both.
Well okay maybe not gaga
NinjaBoiX
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What are your favourite Em lines guys?
"You ain't gonna sell two copies if you press a double album."
"I'm the one they can relate to and look up to better,
So tonight I'll write my biggest fan a "Fuck You" letter,"
"I tried suicide once, and I'll try it again,
That's why I write songs where I die at the end,"
"I got bitches on my dock out in East Detriot,
'cos they think that I'm a motherfuckin' Beastie Boy,
I told 'em I was Mike D,
Dey was like, "gee I don't know, he might be,"
"You ain't gonna sell two copies if you press a double album."
"I'm the one they can relate to and look up to better,
So tonight I'll write my biggest fan a "Fuck You" letter,"
"I tried suicide once, and I'll try it again,
That's why I write songs where I die at the end,"
"I got bitches on my dock out in East Detriot,
'cos they think that I'm a motherfuckin' Beastie Boy,
I told 'em I was Mike D,
Dey was like, "gee I don't know, he might be,"
So Im not super into hippetyhop but I also really starting to like:
Aesop Rock (like 2 months old album)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dbd4h1kaFlY
and
Deltron 3030 (Del the funky homosapien)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5aocYRShXM
So the people who say there are no good rap albums released are wrong imo
Havent heard of this Ned? dude
Aesop Rock (like 2 months old album)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dbd4h1kaFlY
and
Deltron 3030 (Del the funky homosapien)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5aocYRShXM
So the people who say there are no good rap albums released are wrong imo
Havent heard of this Ned? dude
Something funny about those who just can't see Eminem as the greatest OR one of the greatest rappers of all time is this:
Start naming all your favorite rappers. It's pretty much guaranteed that Eminem is your favorite rapper favorite rapper, or at least top 5.
I can't even count the times Em has been mentioned as the inspiration or the best rapper of all time by other respected fellow MC's in the game. Kanye, Jay-Z, Lupe Fiasco, J.Cole, Kendrick Lamar, Tech N9ne, Redman, T.I, Jon Connor, Nas, Tyler thr Creator, Raekwon, Common, etc.
Start naming all your favorite rappers. It's pretty much guaranteed that Eminem is your favorite rapper favorite rapper, or at least top 5.
I can't even count the times Em has been mentioned as the inspiration or the best rapper of all time by other respected fellow MC's in the game. Kanye, Jay-Z, Lupe Fiasco, J.Cole, Kendrick Lamar, Tech N9ne, Redman, T.I, Jon Connor, Nas, Tyler thr Creator, Raekwon, Common, etc.
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