The two New York giants traded insults for years and came short of challenging each other to a lyrical duel on HBO. The quest for supremacy gave rise to two of the best battle rap songs in hip-hop history: Jay-Z's "Takeover" and Nas' "Ether." Thanks to Kanye's hard-hitting drums...
Gucci Mane went from teenage drug dealer to Atlanta rap deity in the 200s, with sedated raps and a Hollywood story Spike Lee couldn’t script. Guwop initially emerged alongside one-time adversary Jeezy with their 2005 collaboration “So Icy,” before things went south between them. After serv...
s first three albums has its own case as a classic, but their senior effort Stankonia forged the image that most people have in their heads when they imagine the Atlanta rap duo: boundlessly creative, with sonic influences that weave between funk, soul and psychedelic rock, and raps that ...
Marshall Bruce Mathers III is the greatest battle rapper of all time. Period. 13 F*** Wit Dre Day - Dr. Dre 14 Mürekkep Doldurdum - Ceza If this man's language was English, he would be a world star! 15 Kır Kalbini Ver Elime - Sagopa Kajmer From the king of Turkish rap to...
aggressive energy she brings to her raps. She's best known for herEve-Olutiontracks "Satisfaction" and "Gangsta Lovin'". And of course, let's not forget her Gwen Stefani collab "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" fromScorpion. That swanky 2001 bop went on to win a Grammy for Best Rap Song ...
Let me state up front that unless you’re really into horror movies and the occult, you’re not going to like Necro. However, if you can get past the topics that he raps about, you’ll hear an extremely intelligent rapper with an incredible command of rhyme schemes and multis, as well...
When woods later raps about “overlapping Venn diagrams overlapping,” the tenuousness of those connections is laid bare. –Paul A. Thompson Further Reading: “How billy woods’ Backwoodz Studioz Became New York’s Best Underground Rap Label” Listen: Armand Hammer, “The Gods Must Be Crazy”...
This list features popular YouTube "rap" artists, like RiceGum, Jake Paul, KSI, WolfieRaps, Logan Paul, and TheDissRapper. Out of this list of good and bad rappers, who do you love and who do you hate? Vote up the best rappers, and vote down the worst. See anyone missing? Feel ...
MTV Rapswould do bonkers ratings numbers for the channel in 1988, and soon suburban living rooms across America could be bum-rushed by the righteous anger of Public Enemy, Boogie Down Productions, and Ice Cube. The pay-to-play jukebox channel the Box would show the videos they wouldn’t ...