Rap Music?

[jesusphreak43]

Just asking. What is everbody's views on secular rap music and Christian rap music?

 

[DJ B.K.]

I mostly like underground rap music. most of the mainstream secular stuff is total ****. I am a huge fan of underground rap though. My faves are: Mars ILL, Outkast, Talib Kweli, The Roots, Brother Ali, Jurassic 5, John Reuben, Aesop Rock, Atmosphere,... those are the ones I can think of right off the top of my head.

 

[Rosa Mystica]

I'm not a big rap fan, though I do like Outkast. Hey Yaaaaaaaaa!

 

[active ingredients]

i find most rap annoying....rapcore is cool though.

 

[JCMLR]

Yea, sometimes Rap music can be really anoying.
I don't like loud music at all

 

[Vita345]

I like rap music especially if the rapper(s) have something intelligent 2 say. It's like poetry man

 

[draper]

I don't like rap period.

 

[theFijian]

Just asking. What is everbody's views on secular rap music and Christian rap music?

My view is: if you like it, then lesten to it; if you don't like it, then don't listen to it.

 

[tqpix]

The rap artists I like are Outkkast, P.Diddy, and Will Smith.

 

[Law of Loud]

Check out the Soul Merchants.

 

[Infernal Freak]

I like KJ~52...Christian rap...and a lot of the 'black' rap really gets on my nerves! it makes me want to throw up!

-Heather

 

[theFijian]

Three British rap/hip-hop artists to check out: Dizzee Rascal, Roots Manuva and The Streets. Not a gangsta rapper in sight.

 

[nadroj1985]

Haven't heard the other two (heard good things about Dizzee Rascal though) but the Streets are great. Original Pirate Material is a great album.

 

[theFijian]

Haven't heard the other two (heard good things about Dizzee Rascal though) but the Streets are great. Original Pirate Material is a great album.

Roots Manuva has done two brilliant albums: Brand New, Second Hand and Run Come Save Me. You can download a Dizzee Rascal track at eptionic.com.

 

[Key Peninsula Redneck]

My view is: if you like it, then lesten to it; if you don't like it, then don't listen to it.

I...don't listen to it. Any questions?

 

[got_jesus]

Have you heard Kanye West freestyle? He has mad skillz, and he doesn't rap about guns, violence, he raps about his life. I mean he says something in his Jesus Walks song "To the hustlers, killers, murders, drug dealers, even the strippers, Jesus walks with them.". DMX is also good, (I think he's a priest now) so is Mase, The Roots, Eminem, Shyne is good (I liked that he dissed 50 cent )

 

[Oblivious]

I don't like either...

 

[HotRhymez]

I really like secular rap music..Eminem, D-12, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, Ludacris, and Tupac Shakur are a few of my favorites

 

[twosteppin]

I like Kanye West. My favorite song of his is "family business"

 

[Everglaze]

I used to listen to a LOT of secular underground Hip Hop.

Some of the most notable ones were:

Hieroglyphics
Binary Star
Mos Def
Talib Kwelli
Foreign Legion
Styles of Beyond
qwel
Murs
Supernatural
Mac Lethal
Latyrx
Unknown Prophets
Labtekwon
Cannibal Ox
Exile & Lokey
Animal Pharm
Aceyalone
Mystik Journeymen
Busdriver
C-Rayz Walz
Common
Himalayan Project
Maniak Sypha Crew (I actually collaborated with their front man on three ocassions)

and of course, being in Hip Hop for 5 years as an emcee myself, I've always been influenced by pioneers such as:

Krs-One
Run-DMC
Rakim
Big Daddy Kane
Afrika Bambataa
Kool Keith

Now, I only listen to Gospel Hip Hop such as:

Sev Statik
LA Symphony
KJ-52
Ceebrolistics
John Reuben
Tunnel Rats
Mars Ill
Illtrip
Future Shock
Mark J
Deepspace 5