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Troy:Nasir Jones is the quintessential hip-hop lyricist. If Rakim set the bar for rappers in the 1980s, Nas reset it in the 1990s with his classic guest verse on Main Source’s “Live at the BBQ” and then withIllmatic, arguably, the greatest rap album of all time. The secon...
The 10 Best Female Rappers of All Time Our massive project concludes with a look at the best rap groups in hip-hop history. Sure, rap groups are few and far between these days, but they were once a staple of hip-hop. In fact, this list was originally just going to count down the ...
s late-golden age and a huge influence on a generation of MCs. On “Ain’t No Half Steppin’,” his tone is rich and commanding as he rocks tightly coiled extended metaphors over Marley Marl’s laid-back groove (based around the Emotions’ fine 1972 cut “Blind Alley”): “Rappers, ...
The album cover made rappers rethink what they wanted fans to see before they even heard a bar. Instead of working with one producer like most MCs of the time, Nas and Large Professor decided to build an all-star team that included New York luminaries DJ Premier, Pete Rock and Q-Tip. ...
"his upcoming album,Tha Carter VI,and the overall state of his career. But one tidbit in particular that has caught the attention of the hip-hop community findsLil Wayneseemingly taking exception to where he recently landed onBillboardandVibe's 50 Greatest Rappers of All Time list published ...
two of the best rappers of their generation, encompass the stylistic patchwork with panache, particularly on the hits “Ms. Jackson” and “B.O.B.” They really do sound “So Fresh, So Clean,” even as the “blue collar scholars” address hot-button topics like sex, abortion, and hypocr...
is. Well, he was one of the best rappers to come out of the West Coast, even though he was originally from Texas. He co-founded Death Row records and wrote a gang of hits for N.W.A. He also dropped one of the best albums of the ’80s in No One Can Do It Better. Produced ...
“Takeover,” one of rap’s most precise and unrelenting diss tracks, commits GBH on rappers Nas and Prodigy from Mobb Deep. When Hova isn’t taking shots at record executives, cops, critics, haters, biters, and his absent dad (and still, sadly, using the word “faggot”), he inches...