<p>I do believe Jay-Z and Nas are in the top. Not in the top as in hip-hop, but as in rap. Those two could lyrically kill such “rappers” as Kanye and Wayne. Let’s get real here folks. Matter of fact, I’d put Eminem in the top, also. He’s another lyrical genius.</p>
<p>Hip Hop is a different story. Hip Hop used to be good until all these southern “artists” started taking over. What happened to people like Busta Rhymes, Missy, Ludacris, Red Man, Method Man, Eve? <– And these aren’t old school, washed-up performers, either. <em>sigh</em></p>
<p>^Ludacris is still enjoyable to listen too, well, I listen to some older stuff by him actually. Unlike Drake/Wayne, he doesn’t use autotune, and his flow is pretty crazy. </p>
<p>I’ve never really liked Busta, Missy is good, same for Eve, and Method/Redman are kinda funny. I mean you respect their music, but in movies, they make me lol (see “How High” & “Soul Plane”). Eminem has always been quality, and having Dre to compose the beats has always been a plus. Do you guys like Young Jeezy? I enjoy listening to him too.</p>
<p>They aren’t as many rappers/ hip hop crooners that reliably produce good music these days. <em>sigh</em> Thank you Weezy, Soulja Boy, and all other people trying to get money by producing horrible music.</p>
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<p>Lol, Hip Hop Police was a while ago. You have to respect the guy, he makes “clean lyrics,” I don’t like listening to f bombs every 5 seconds haha! Seriously, check out his freestyles to “Put On” & “Turn My Swag On.” He had a song called “Roll Call” where he impersonates like 15 rappers. It’s really funny. Def check him out, you shouldn’t be disappointed.</p>
<p>^Haha, thanks! Lol, I love that movie. They introduce all of the WASP-y Harvard students to drugs, sex, heavy partying, etc. Lol when he sees VP’s daughter. “She only knows 3 words. No, Stop, & please.”</p>
<p>“Nah, man you get it all wrong. They be saying 'please, don’t stop!”</p>
<p>Mainstream music is ****. Anyone who listens to mainstream music is ignorant. I would never listen to mainstream music if I wanted to hear a decent tune. The mainstream media is only there to milk money off of the stupid people who buy the records. And I hate these idiots who keep supporting the pop\rap een pop scene because they’re demeaning real music. I feel sorry for all the starving artists who can actually sing or play instruments. But it doesn’t matter because they aren’t hip and ■■■■■■■■-- they don’t want to make terrible noises (refer to Green Day’s new album), so they are unoticed, hidden away by layers of dust.</p>
<p>“I got a list, here’s the order of my list that it’s in.
It goes, Reggie, Jay-Z, Tupac and Biggie, Andre from Outkast, Jada, Kurupt, Nas and then me.”</p>
<p>They actually play that song in your city? Wow, I have barely heard that song in my area. Especially since Lil’ Wayne is in it, I would have thought that they would play it even more, but they don’t. I actually enjoy that song (well, excpet for Weezy, his voice just sounds gross to me. But he does have $$$). Jay Sean seems to actually be able to sing, no autotune. I don’t mind autotune sometimes, but Weezy, Drake, etc. sound bad with it. Haha, I sound like a major Young Money hater (which kind of true :D) lol!</p>
<p>Lol, actually, this was while driving to and from Boston (different days). So it was while switching between different area radio stations over a 5.5 hour period that I repeatedly heard that song. I’m pretty sure it’ll be played frequently on the mainstream / top 50 NY radio stations, though.</p>
<p>Haha, wow! My family drove 14 hours across 2 states while listening to like 8 different “hot songs that you want to hear” type of radio stations, and they played it like 4 times over a perid of 4 days. I like the song, but I have listened to it on youtube, where I discovered it at the beginning of June. I live in NC, so maybe they play different stuff lol.</p>
<p>@theReach: On “Best I ever had,” I think he sounded bad and uninteresting. On “The One” by Mary J. Blige, he sounsd better. Overall, I would rather listen to Kid Cudi (lol, like a bunch of people are comparing them now. Maybe because they’re both realtively new to the mainstream?) just because I like his flow better. Maybe in time I will like Drake, who knows. </p>
<p>Gaga had Akon (whose songs always are catchy and people love them) and Red One basically give her all the fame. I mean I think that she helped write the songs, but the catchy beats were not from her. Because Drake has Weezy and Young Money, perhaps he will get such catchy instrumentals, I don’t know. </p>
<p>I would much rather (as a straight male lol) listen to Gaga for 6 hours straight than listen to Drake for 2 hours straight haha :D</p>
<p>Kid Cudi is dope, no doubt. I’m just saying for all the attention Drake gets right now he at least deserves it, his songs besides the horribly overplayed best I ever had are good. Fuc.k Every Girl in the World, Successful, and replacement girl are neat songs to listen too. And he can’t go wrong with Young Money.</p>
<p>^I agree, Young Money will give him the funding for proper producers and get good/popular people on the track. I hate ---- Every Girl, but I haven’t listened to nothing else really. I should check those other two out, thanks for telling me about them :)</p>
<p>@pinkslip: I was lol-ing while I typed that, I know ;)</p>