Kool Keith's style is so offbeat, original, and futuristic that you can't put a timestamp on it. In fact, if he came out in the 2000s, his style would've been more popular.
Jay-Z is the greatest rapper of all time. Not the most influential, lyrical, groundbreaking, but he's everything you would want in a rap career and he changed the whole idea that rap is a young man's sport that used to prevail
in hip hop.
The Hip Hop music we enjoy today is actively being used...
1.) Update your resume. Make sure your phone and email address are up-to-date.
2.) Send an email out to everyone you know and trust explaining the job situation (don't need to go into full detail) and that you're searching for new opportunities
3.) Attach your resume to that email.
Big Daddy Kane and Kool G Rap on the Symphony. G Rap's original verse outlasted the beat. They had to shorten it.
Notorious B.I.G. on Notorious Thugs. Now everybody raps like they're from different regions but to hear BIG do it at a time when New York was still New York in terms of sound and...
It's not about who is better, MJG's music is *forever*.
He can tour for the rest of his life based on anthems that birthed hundreds of rappers across the South.
J. Cole is well on his way to carving his own path in the game but I know about 10 MJG songs word-for-word
and I'm not even a big...
Camp Lo embodies what the 90s were all about. You had a bunch of groups out who had talent and solid albums, that would never go double platinum or be superstars, who simply made dope music. What I like most about Camp Lo, is when you listen to their music, you go into their world. They had...
Wayne is 3 generations deep in the game and has had the smoothest transition from childhood rapper to adult superstar in hip hop history. To think he just started warming up at the height of the No Limit era is incredible, especially when you factor in how many relevant MCs in today's era borrow...
Black Thought was born to rap. Bars for days, freestyle animal, flawless flow and delivery, similar to Rakim. Just a rapper's rapper.
Jeru is dope. Conscious. Lyrical dude that happened to get to channel the best from DJ Premier on his first album. Jeru has a solid body of work and I might dare...
Ghostface is more consistent but he never meant as much to the culture as Cube when he was at his peak. Cube had a solo run that very few MCs could match. You can't tell the story of hip hop without including Ice Cube.
Wu by a landslide. When it's all said and done, I know at least 10 people with Wu Tang's logo tatted on their body. Can't say the same for Dungeon Family. Wu has had a greater impact on hip hop culture worldwide. No solo artist has a better discography in Dungeon Family than Ghost. The only...