bigted Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 I think Nas is great but I just don't get how he could put Rick Ross, Lil' Wayne, and Lil' Kim on the same level as Slick Rick, Rakim, and Ice Cube, there's no logic there... Nas creates a playlist of some of Hip Hop's finest lyricist for a Rolling Stone's feature The new issue of RollingStone features themed playlists from 50 different artists. Among those are Cee-Lo with a selection of the best of the Dirty South, Drake provides a Jimi Hendrix list and Nas provides his list of "Hip-Hop's Best Lyricists." Below is what Nas had to say. "When I said 'hip-hop is dead' a few years ago, I felt we'd gotten away from the great wordplay and storytelling," says Nas. "There's a place for the party **** and a place for the gangster ****. I focus on the guys that are always pushing themselves forward." 1. "My Downfall" - Notorious B.I.G., 1997 The lyrics are about how he's acing the shadows of death, despite all of his success, and he's giving it to you in a way that makes it seem so real. 2. "If My Homie Calls" - 2pac, 1991 He's just saying to his boys that he's going to be a friend no matter how big he gets. 3. "Road To The Riches" - Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo, 1989 The way we're rhyming now? He was already doing it then . 4. "A Bird In The Hand" - Ice Cube, 1991 5. "Paid In Full" - Eric B. & Rakim, 1987 6. "I'm Single" - Lil Wayne, 2010 I'm recently divorced, so I feel what he's saying. 7. "Tears of Joy" - Rick Ross, 2010 Ross is at the pulpit here. 8 "The Moment I Feared" - Slick Rick, 1988 It's cinematic. He's at a hip-hop show and ices this girl who played him, then he's in prison getting violated by some dude. This was unheard of. 9. "Empire State of Mind" - Jay-Z, 2009 This song is huge. It sounds like Broadway. It's New York's modern anthem. 10. "Queen Bitch" - Lil' Kim, 1996 At the time, females rappers didn't appeal to the street, but Kim came with the vulgarity, sexuality and gangster ****. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpinJack AJ Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 Yeah, those 3 added to this list is just laughable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIsqo Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 Well, he liked those songs, we cant blame him to for trying to stay current. Maybe the term is not "Lyricists" but "lyrics on a song". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigted Posted November 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 (edited) If Nas wanted to stay current he could've mentioned something from mcs like Rhymefest, Lupe, and Jean Grae, now those are modern day lyricists that keep hip hop alive, there's still lyricists out there but they ain't popular as they should be, maybe if they were given more props they would get more notice, I find it amusing how people could think Rick Ross is a lyricist and MC Hammer ain't... Edited November 30, 2010 by bigted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turntable Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 Maybe, just maybe, Nas knows what he's talking about en he might just have a diffrent taste than us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigted Posted November 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 He probably respects those artists that I mentioned more than Rick Ross but he might've just thought of Rick Ross at the time he was interviewed, since looking back at the top 50 hip-hop/R&B list that I tried coming up with I now realise didn't mention artists like The Fugees and Montell Jordan who made impact in the last 25 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigted Posted November 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 I'm gonna post a couple songs that got great lyrical themes which should be mentioned more often: Montell Jordan "It's Over", I know he's an R&B artist but this song got a hip hop vibe to it and whenever I seem to be going through a rough time with a girl I like listening to this, he's rapping something on most of that "This Is How We Do It" album and it came out better than some of these so called mcs, yesterday I heard he's retiring from music to be a pastor but hopefully he still does recording like Rev. Run and Al Green do as pastors, Montell's one of the real brothers in the game: I actually like this version of "Black President" by Rhymefest, Wale, Christina K, and Royce Da 5'9 better than Nas' version, a lot of real talk here, rappers should get together to make real music beyond just an election if they want to improve hip hop: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Tiger Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 I've seen this sort of thing so much from artists that I just don't care anymore. It's annoying as hell but I will not be stressing myself out about it if I don't intend on taking action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigted Posted December 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 i get the feeling a lot of the time when i see these lists that artists are just trying to reach out to the popular artists fanbase but they really don't like those popular artists deep down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Hero1 Posted December 1, 2010 Admin Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 10. "Queen Bitch" - Lil' Kim, 1996 At the time, females rappers didn't appeal to the street, but Kim came with the vulgarity, sexuality and gangster ****. That right there is an absolute joke! That killed hip-hop..it didn't help it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigted Posted December 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 (edited) I was reading an article last night on Rolling Stone Mag's website and they named Nicki Minaj the new queen of hip hop, she's just straight trash compared to the real queens like Queen Latifah and Salt-N-Pepa, that magazine also gave "Lost and Found" 2 stars too so their opinion on hip hop holds no weight to me.... If people put Rick Ross and Lil' Wayne in their top 10 mcs list of all time then that's why I don't hesitate to put more consistant mcs like Will and Hammer there all day, people need to get their facts straight and give credit where credit's due.... Edited December 1, 2010 by bigted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turntable Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 I'm sorry but if you look firther than the singles.. Nicki can spit. Realy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VIsqo Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 Nicki used to be able to spit Turntable. I did some research and found some really good songs from her. But recently she has joined the group of rappers that with the help of the sound systems think they can sing, and she is nothing more than a pop artist these days. By the way, her new album, sucks! I cannot believe my wife wasted that money on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigted Posted December 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 Some of Nicki's mixtape stuff is all right but not spectacular, Lil' Kim sounds like Rakim compared to her and y'all know how I don't like Lil' Kim much either, lol.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turntable Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 Listen to her album. You dont have to like the sound, but when she gets to spittin', she spits hard. Listen to her on Monster by Kanye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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