The Official Rap/Hip Hop Thread

Fury · Post #1521 » by **Fury** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 10:04 pm

Yela and Slaughterhouse are awesome signings. They should be like Wu-Tang and be like the 6 of them.

Post #1522 » by **Manhattan Project** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 10:43 pm

Signing to Shady has never been a problem, so many artist signed and never got off the shelf. I would like to think that both Slaughterhouse and Yelawolf are established names and will actually release music.

Yeezus_ · Post #1523 » by **Yeezus_** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 11:09 pm

Nas rumoured to join G.o.o.d music?

Gimmick · Post #1524 » by **Gimmick** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 11:19 pm

Manhattan Project wrote:Signing to Shady has never been a problem, so many artist signed and never got off the shelf. I would like to think that both Slaughterhouse and Yelawolf are established names and will actually release music.

I completely agree with you on artist having little success off shady records. The only people i can recall having any would be D12 for a short while, and maybe Obie Trice. Like you said Slaughterhouse and Yelawolf are more established coming in, however they still don't appeal to the mainstream.

I'm Just excited because of the potential the label has now. I would find it difficult to name multiple groups throughout history with such lyrical abilities while bringing in such different styles at the same time. Plus the Em & Royce duo is one of my favorites.

Post #1525 » by **Manhattan Project** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 3:59 am

I mean Shady was at it's prime during the beef saga, it will never top that for me personally. I loved Obie, but 2010-2011 Obie is hard to listen to.

Great song, if you know an ounce of baseball it's a great watch and listen.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvNQWQSwmow&feature=player_embedded#![/youtube]

Post #1526 » by **j4remi** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 1:20 pm

Justdatdude wrote:J4remi check this out. This just dropped and its D.N.A. vs T-Rex. I like both, but D.N.A. is one of my favorites from Grindtime and he is also doing his thing on URLTV. I'm about to watch this now.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NTvm3aKLZY[/youtube]

DNA is that dude. I wish he wasn't so cocky, and he disappointed vs Big T, but he's NASTY. I think he really ate Rex on this one, but Rex been fell off since before Math bodied him to me. Rex is a funny ass dude, but his whole style just doesn't work for me. He's been living off his legacy imo. D.N.A. and Cortez are both pretty nasty, they just have to smarten up a lil bit and keep their bars consistent. DNA's freestyle game is amazing too.

Post #1527 » by **j4remi** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 1:25 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-TXyPB40ys[/youtube]

This beat is so fire to me, love the sample...DBD's flow in the second verse is so much better than the first for me, but yeah this dude is pretty versatile musically with storytelling, political concepts, double time and just style rap. I respect him as an artist, even if he's not the best thing out there.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex4bVJ-CCvQ[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN6bWLX6khI[/youtube]

PS: To me, Madness has a delivery that could see radio play.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32yvc3_TLL0[/youtube]

Post #1528 » by **j4remi** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 1:27 pm

Gimmick wrote:
Manhattan Project wrote:Signing to Shady has never been a problem, so many artist signed and never got off the shelf. I would like to think that both Slaughterhouse and Yelawolf are established names and will actually release music.

I completely agree with you on artist having little success off shady records. The only people i can recall having any would be D12 for a short while, and maybe Obie Trice. Like you said Slaughterhouse and Yelawolf are more established coming in, however they still don't appeal to the mainstream.

I'm Just excited because of the potential the label has now. I would find it difficult to name multiple groups throughout history with such lyrical abilities while bringing in such different styles at the same time. Plus the Em & Royce duo is one of my favorites.

Obie Trice too, he got two albums out to pretty solid success. SH and Yelawolf are gonna be flagship artists for Shady now, just reading the Em quotes...they'll both drop music and hopefully spark a movement toward lyricism again, especially with the Lox all back on their grizzly right now and Ghostface having some love from the radio.

Post #1529 » by **j4remi** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 3:10 pm

Taking over this thread apparently...where yall at?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6nlcEAV0i8[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JtMR-UEhbI[/youtube]

God on the rocks with a splash of Satan...

N8isScofield · Post #1530 » by **N8isScofield** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 3:51 pm

Speaking of Royce, this is one of my favorites. Most rappers will never touch this level. The Pac/Mayweather line is filthy.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-_hScnW-Dw[/youtube]

Post #1531 » by **j4remi** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 6:24 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtdVcIAG51o&feature=grec_index[/youtube]

illmac is nasty, madness is hilarious, great battle.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSdziAMwsDQ[/youtube]

Prolly my favorite battle from these two in the written era. Thesaurus' multi game was incredible, count the syllables per bar he's rhyming in that first round and then try to find a forced multi in the whole thing. It was a personal heavy battle, but the rhymes were intricate, punches that did happen were sick and the crowd really made for a great battle environment. Illmac clearly takes it to me, just vicious, it was basically his rebirth. Some of his best bars period, though in his battle with Eurgh he had some better material IMO (peep that battle, check for the ins and outs portion in round one and tell me dude isn't coming with some great in-battle concepts).

Justdatdude · Post #1532 » by **Justdatdude** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 10:18 pm

j4remi wrote:
Justdatdude wrote:J4remi check this out. This just dropped and its D.N.A. vs T-Rex. I like both, but D.N.A. is one of my favorites from Grindtime and he is also doing his thing on URLTV. I'm about to watch this now.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NTvm3aKLZY[/youtube]

DNA is that dude. I wish he wasn't so cocky, and he disappointed vs Big T, but he's NASTY. I think he really ate Rex on this one, but Rex been fell off since before Math bodied him to me. Rex is a funny ass dude, but his whole style just doesn't work for me. He's been living off his legacy imo. D.N.A. and Cortez are both pretty nasty, they just have to smarten up a lil bit and keep their bars consistent. DNA's freestyle game is amazing too.

D.N.A. won that battle against Big T. You think he lost? The battle with T-Rex and Math was a close one with Math winning the 3rd round and the other 2 were debatable. I like both. I forgot who D.N.A. was going against, but it was when he was freestyling outside with Hollow Da Don and others. That's when I realized the dude is really good. I like Cortez, D.N.A. Math, Mook, Conceited, but I think Hollow and Aye Verb are on top right now.

Fury · Post #1533 » by **Fury** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 10:24 pm

j4remi wrote:Taking over this thread apparently...where yall at?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6nlcEAV0i8[/youtube]

The original had Raekwon. Yela is the real deal.

Also in other news:

TheBluest · Post #1534 » by **TheBluest** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 10:26 pm

Does that cone say Brrr?

LOL!

atribecalledrch · Post #1535 » by **atribecalledrch** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 10:36 pm

TheBluest wrote:Does that cone say Brrr?

LOL!

Must be one good ass cone if red lightning is shooting out of it :lol:

Fury · Post #1536 » by **Fury** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 10:41 pm

Ziggy StarGucci.

Post #1537 » by **j4remi** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 10:55 pm

Justdatdude wrote:
D.N.A. won that battle against Big T. You think he lost? The battle with T-Rex and Math was a close one with Math winning the 3rd round and the other 2 were debatable. I like both. I forgot who D.N.A. was going against, but it was when he was freestyling outside with Hollow Da Don and others. That's when I realized the dude is really good. I like Cortez, D.N.A. Math, Mook, Conceited, but I think Hollow and Aye Verb are on top right now.

I didn't think he lost, but I think he barely scraped by. He won but he should have body bagged it. I thought Math edged the first two and absolutely bodied the third, even with Rex's team doing what they do and interrupting him repeatedly. Rex and his squad are some disrespectful cats, and he really just isn't anything special to me at all. DNA vs Real Deal freestyling outside a nail salon and pizza shop was nuts, DNA was killing it so hard people tried to say it was written, so he flipped it on 'em and named everyone standing out there. Tez is nice, DNA and Math are NASTY, Con is great at wordplay but one-dimensional and you're right with Hollow and Aye Verb. I was shocked at how well Aye Verb did against Math. Hollow needs a top tier opponent, I'm hearing he might battle Diz soon...I'm a bit disappointed. Marvwon actually had the best performance against Aye Verb of anyone in recent memory (not counting that two round nonsense with Hollow and Verb, how you gonna have a draw). Marv vs Cortez was cool though, I thought Tez edged it but Marvwon definitely deserves some respect.

In terms of Murda Mook, I never liked dude as much as everyone else. I thought Jones bodied and exposed him. Honestly Serious and Lux are the two cats I've always felt are untouchable. Solomon is a problem. Hollow and Verb are tops right now, Illmac is rounding back into the unbeatable cat he used to be. The guys that are approaching top status in my book are Soul Khan and DNA...there are a lot of other names that are good, but those are the standouts to me.

Marty McFly · Post #1538 » by **Marty McFly** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 11:23 pm

omg.

Post #1539 » by **Manhattan Project** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:06 am

Rex is the modern day gangsta version of Flavor Flav... I can't take anyone serious who goes from hype men to gangsta. I remember watching the Mook videos and saying to myself... I hate that dude behind him. I then found out that it was Rex and just laughed. Okwerdz even killed him really.

SpReEfOrAlL · Post #1540 » by **SpReEfOrAlL** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 12:23 am

Manhattan Project wrote:Rex is the modern day gangsta version of Flavor Flav... I can't take anyone serious who goes from hype men to gangsta. I remember watching the Mook videos and saying to myself... I hate that dude behind him. I then found out that it was Rex and just laughed. Okwerdz even killed him really.

T-Rex is insanely overrated. I am amazed that anyone thought he beat Okwerdz. And there really isnt anything special about Okwerdz to begin with. But He still murdered Rex. I am not sure where all the hype even came from for Rex.

I personally felt D.N.A lost that battle with Big T. It was a close battle, but D.N.A's last round was just soooo weak. That 8 Mile finish was embarrassing to say the least. Especially since he went last, and named off all the **** that Big T said in the battle up to that point. **** works in the movies I guess. But not in a real battle. That part of the battle was hard for me to watch. D.N.A. is nice though. That being said, I think Dizaster is going to run right over him at BOLA4.

Anyways, this is one of my favorite battles in the last year or so. Gotta love Illmac's professional flow.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzP6Sw7Qxn0[/youtube]