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[Purple Nurple]

If there is enough interest, sure, why not?

See the post above yours. Some people won't be able to preen.

 

[farce©]

Wait....I'm preening?

 

[SnoopRob]

Wait....I'm preening?

You preener.

 

[farce©]

I had no idea that apathy was a synonym for preening.

 

[SnoopRob]

I had no idea that apathy was a synonym for preening.

Gen X preening

 

[Purple Nurple]

I had no idea that apathy was a synonym for preening.

Yes, expressing your apathy towards young men who may benefit from the opportunity to play flag football, while expressing your support for the same opportunity for young women is most definitely preening.

 

[farce©]

Yes, expressing your apathy towards young men who may benefit from the opportunity to play flag football, while expressing your support for the same opportunity for young women is most definitely preening.

I expressed support for the young women?

 

[ZenMode]

Aren't all hip-hop feuds basically just pro wrestling? They are manufactured in order to gain attention and thus sell records.

I don't know any Drake songs, or if I do, I don't know that they are Drake. I very much doubt I would like it.

What I've heard from Kendrick Lamar lacks propulsion. There's nothing driving the song forward. Maybe that's just old man me talking; the hip-hop I listen to, like Public Enemy and Eric B and Rakim, is not where hip-hop is today. And I've never been a huge fan of the genre. Still, Not Like Us sounds like it could be recorded on Casio. There's just no sophistication there. Whatever you want to say about Eminem, there's complexity in the production. The instrumentation is not static. The beats are more than a snare on the 4.

There was nothing fake with Eazy and Dre's feud.

 

[ZenMode]

"moderately successful rapper" hahahahahaha. he was widely rated as one of the greatest of all time long before the drake beef, lmao.

50 Greatest Rappers of All Time

Best Rappers of All Time: Billboard/Vibe count down hip-hop's greatest MCs in honor of hip-hop's 50th anniversary.

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Nicki Minaj before Kanye?



I would have Jay-Z and Eminem 1a and 1b depending on the day.

I wouldn't put Snoop in the top 20.

 

[ZenMode]

Nicki Minaj before Kanye?



I would have Jay-Z and Eminem 1a and 1b depending on the day.

I wouldn't put Snoop in the top 20.

And how is Sam Lachow not in the top 50?

 

[Bigs23]

Dude, it was a joke about Kanye living under a bridge and being mad at birds.

You're way overthinking it.

I thought you said he’d be a good choice to play the SB. My bad.

 

[superrific]

Nicki Minaj before Kanye?



I would have Jay-Z and Eminem 1a and 1b depending on the day.

I wouldn't put Snoop in the top 20.

Any list that puts Rakim below the top 5 is sort of silly. Most of the guys ahead of him were copying him.

 

[SnoopRob]

Any list that puts Rakim below the top 5 is sort of silly. Most of the guys ahead of him were copying him.

A lot of guys “copied” Dr J, but he’s rarely (never?) considered a top 5 pro basketball player.

I love Rakim, but I wouldn’t have him in my top 5.

 

[SnoopRob]

I thought you said he’d be a good choice to play the SB. My bad.

I kinda did, but in response to Bo saying next year they could get someone “who lives under a bridge who is really mad at birds”, at which point I referenced Kanye.

 

[superrific]

A lot of guys “copied” Dr J, but he’s rarely (never?) considered a top 5 pro basketball player.

Fair point. I should shut up because I've been bored with hip hop since the Obama administration. One underrated aspect about Rakim, though, is his lyrical content. First best lyrical content for hip-hop: Public Enemy/GSH style activism and authority questioning. Second-best lyrical content: I'm the best rapper. Way down the list: money cash hoes, so to speak.

His track, "The Punisher" is a hilarious dig at gangsta. Full of really violent imagery, but ultimately it's just about Rakim being the greatest.

 

[nrsair]

Prince’s halftime show remains the GOAT. And it’s still not close. I didn’t watch the Super Bowl this year but I’m years past I always just put on a replay of Prince during whatever halftime show is actually going on.

 

[ZenMode]

Any list that puts Rakim below the top 5 is sort of silly. Most of the guys ahead of him were copying him.

I'm not a big believer in "originators" automatically being in/toward the top. Ford made the first car, but I'd argue that many manufacturers make better cars than Ford.

 

[stankeylegjones]

A lot of guys “copied” Dr J, but he’s rarely (never?) considered a top 5 pro basketball player.

I love Rakim, but I wouldn’t have him in my top 5.

I can see an argument for not top 5 (but probably your favorite rapper's favorite rapper), but behind some in that list is criminal. Just a bad list, on many fronts, imo.

 

[Icky Mettle]

I'm not a big believer in "originators" automatically being in/toward the top. Ford made the first car, but I'd argue that many manufacturers make better cars than Ford.

Thing is, Rakim is a better rapper than most who came after him and better than just about any of the contemporary popular rappers by a long shot.

Now, the very early rappers who were getting their music published prior to 1985; they may have been some of the originators, but their stuff generally doesn’t hold up and they weren’t all that good compared to what came later.

 

[SnoopRob]

I can see an argument for not top 5 (but probably your favorite rapper's favorite rapper), but behind some in that list is criminal. Just a bad list, on many fronts, imo.

1) What’s MF DOOM got to do with this?

2) Most rap GOAT lists are pretty bad. But also often hilarious.