Is there ANY hip hop pioneers that DONT sound dated?

[Stomp Johnson]

Kane

 

[5 Grand]

Krs one sound like 1989 still in recent "freestyles" and tracks I've heard ... kool mo dee actually sound like he could shit in this generation doesn't sound dated (see art of hip hop) ... anybody else come to mind?

The problem with the premise of this thread is that modern rappers mumble.

Essentially you're asking if there are any old school rappers that mumble.

 

[Busta Carmichael]

G rap

LL Cool J

Caz

 

[Stew]

LL for sure.

 

[BobOblah]

Rakim flow and lyrics are still better than most current day spitters, Eric B production obviously sounds dated but that's not a bad thing

 

[NoCompetition]

Thats a tough question. I still jam to Sugar hill if it comes on. I got some old school to me though. Plenty old school I still fck with but not all the time or anything. Some of that Kurtis Blow I can see sayin it sounds dated, some of the Whodini but 5 minutes of Funk still snappin to me. To give a few examples. So there's a lot of it that still good now to me.

 

[LUClEN]

Kool G Rap
=1m21s

 

[StillFaggyAF]

Slick Rick

 

[x the unknown]

Slick Rick

 

[numbaz...80's baby]

Nope

 

[Nah Son]

Rakims flow lyrics and delivery is timeless

 

[TayGettem]

Krs one sound like 1989 still in recent "freestyles" and tracks I've heard ... kool mo dee actually sound like he could shit in this generation doesn't sound dated (see art of hip hop) ... anybody else come to mind?

The problem with the premise of this thread is that modern rappers mumble.

Essentially you're asking if there are any old school rappers that mumble.

Idk why niggas say modern rap mumbles? Yall actin like krit, wale, Cole, kendrick, Drake, meek, Ross, game, Jay, Kanye, asap rocky and ferg...etc aren't modern rappers. Yall stay talkin bout lil uzi, yatchy, famous Dex like they the only niggas out. Hell they ain't even the hottest niggas out. Yall act like there aren't other rappers there age that actually can rap? Lil Bibby, G herbo, Joey bad ass come to mind. There's literally a 100 rappers I can name hotter than this cats yall constantly focus on mumble rapping. Future and Thug the exception and thug ain't even selling 20,000 units so what's this whole mumble rap excuse I be hearing

 

[rapmusic]

Grand Puba

 

[313 wayz]

Ice Cube

Dr Dre (due to him using ghostwriters)

G Rap

Kane

 

[Ounceman]

Only ones i can think of are G Rap and LL

 

[CashmoneyDux]

Lmao this is how I know you niggas are old.

LL? Kane? Kool G Rap?

 

[gman82]

Dr. Dre

 

[EyeofAsaru]

Lmao this is how I know you niggas are old.

LL? Kane? Kool G Rap?

Nigga have u heard the 4,5,6 album?

Kool g rap be bodying shit..he can still hang with any of these new niggas..shit he could prolly body cole or Kendrick on a track

Btw I'm 26...I'm Not a old head

 

[EyeofAsaru]

And once again it's big G, runnin the number rackets

Wearin Pele jackets

Fast loot tactics, I'm well up in the millionaire bracket

The boss of all bosses, I own racehorses and a fortress

Corridors with olympic torches and Mona Lisa portraits

Jacuzzis and saunas and eatin steak at Benihana's

Bentley's, limousine, the front yard stream is full of pirahnas

I'm set, a private jet, I drink a lot of Beck's

Get a lot of sess, condo and duplex, diamond infested Rolex

Deliver a crown at the Wall Unit’s with Silver China

Sippin on finer wine-r you see more shines than diamond miners

The Highness, kingpin of heroin

I'm thorough when I have to bring the terror in

Handle business in each and every borough in

Town or city, I'm rollin like Frank Nitti, I'm rich and pretty

Back up kiddies, I got crimies that's grimy and gritty

A nigga that's spunky and likes to keep his pockets chunky

Makin most of my money, from all the dopefiends and junkies

I learned from the best the ones that's livin

And the ones that's put to rest

So I bless my chest with a vest and pack a Smith-N-Wes

And then I'm off to get the snaps, not the scraps

The game is be a real mack, the name is Kool G Rap

 

[EyeofAsaru]

Niggas like G rap ,slick rick,kane ,and rakim are immortal

They created the styles of the niggas that the young era looks up to(jayz,nas,biggie)