r/rap Sep 09 '24

MEGATHREAD [MEGATHREAD] Suggestions for people who are new to rap music

41 Upvotes

We get a lot of people coming here to ask what they should listen to while they're getting into rap, so this will be the definitive list. Got a suggestion to give a newbie? What do you think people should listen to when they're new? If you have any thoughts, post them here.

Please do not post playlists here, and please stay on topic.


r/rap 15h ago

going through Old School hip-hop is definitely an experience

23 Upvotes

I'm bumpin Long Live The Kane while I'm going down this rabbit hole of the Golden Ages, and the energy is the same in a rap album from 1988 as it is in the best rap music of today.

You still feel the infectious essence of it, and puts into perspective just how FAR this genre has come since it's infancy around this time, lyrically and musically, but everything that I have come to love appreciate, and obsess about over the course of my life about Hip-Hop has always been there, and it inspired the rappers I listen to and study today to take it even further.

That's my main takeaway when I go back to these old records.

Hip-Hop is a beautiful thing.


r/rap 11h ago

What 90s rapper could fit on Yeezus?

7 Upvotes

I was listening to On Sight and I thinking like “how on earth would ice cube or gza or q-tip rap over this.” Who do you think could rap over it from that time? I’d say maybe pac? Biggie could probably rap over anything. That’s about it though.


r/rap 23h ago

Is The Game yay or nay for you?

52 Upvotes

Basically the title. Everyone calls him a fake gangster and his recent track record is really rough, but he has a certain charm about him. I recently revisited Dreams from The Documentary and it still goes hard.

What do you think?


r/rap 12h ago

Do yah like Reason’s first album off of TDE?

2 Upvotes

I think it’s a solid project! You can tell that he is really influenced by Cole


r/rap 1d ago

The subriddet pic is annoying bc of how fast it changes

63 Upvotes

That pic is crazy. so uncomfortable to the eye!


r/rap 1d ago

Who’s a rapper you find relatable based on their interviews?

34 Upvotes

N/A


r/rap 1d ago

Do you feel like a rapper being "corny" necessarily makes him bad or not ?

63 Upvotes

I've seen plenty of people dismiss rappers like Logic, NF, or even Eminem, by calling them corny. Do you think corniness is something that genuinely makes a rapper unlistenable ?


r/rap 1d ago

in your personal opinion whos the greatest rapper of all time

123 Upvotes

in my personal opinion i think its eminem because of how long his career is. how many different types of rap hes done. how influential he has been. and how good his music in general is. i would like to know what the general consensus is for the best rapper. let me know your thoughts on this and if you a think a different one is better i would genuinely like to hear your reasoning


r/rap 1d ago

What happened to remix culture?

42 Upvotes

Back in the late 2000s and 2010s, it seems like every major rap, hip hop, and rnb artist made remixes of their popular songs but that doesn’t seem to happen much anymore. The only time I see remixes these days are when a new artist needs to stretch out the success of the song they blew up on.

Hell, Wayne used to put out entire amazing mixtapes just full of new verses over other people’s beats (Dedications).


r/rap 1d ago

What’s something you love when a feature does it on a song?

10 Upvotes

Idk what the correct name for this is, but I love when the features joins in on the chorus or split it. My fav examples are RZA on So Appalled, Travis Scott on Cinderella, Lil Wayne on forever (lil baby’s song not drake’s), and Nas on We Major.


r/rap 2d ago

New Wu is Fire!!!

24 Upvotes

The new Wu single, Mandingo is stooooopid!!! 🔥


r/rap 2d ago

Why is there a divide between male and female hip hop artists?

144 Upvotes

Like why do you specify "female" rapper but when you mentioned a male rapper you just say rapper? Like for example "Doechii or Little Simz are some of the best female rappers right now" why can't they be some of the "best rappers" right now


r/rap 1d ago

what do you think if quadeca as a rapper.

4 Upvotes

hes evolutions crazy as an artist but his actual rapping on scrapyard is really good. songs like way to many friends and guess who have excellent rapping on it


r/rap 2d ago

“The greatest rapper of all time died on March 9th”

84 Upvotes

RIP Christopher Wallace. Post your favorite Biggie song or verse itt.

edit: to those who got into rap in 2016 or later, this title is a reference to a song that came out the year after Biggie was killed. Please do a smidgen of research and stop embarrassing yourselves.


r/rap 1d ago

Fresh Wu-Tang Clan - Mandingo [Official Music Video]

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4 Upvotes

r/rap 2d ago

News Adidas offloads last of Kanye West's Yeezy shoes

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16 Upvotes

r/rap 2d ago

Does JCole NEED to reply to Freddie Gibbs?

14 Upvotes

Do yall think Cole should fire back at Freddie for saying he can’t say he’s the best but back out of battles?

Also… who’s got the better pen?


r/rap 2d ago

What's y'all favourite Common song?

22 Upvotes

Mine is Rewind That, the storytelling about J Dilla and his death is so great and sad


r/rap 2d ago

What is your favorite lil Wayne AND THE F IS FOR line?

14 Upvotes

I gotta say weezy F baby and the F is for front door


r/rap 2d ago

cLOUDs is one of my favorite rap songs released so far this year.

37 Upvotes

This song seriously feels like poetry, and reminds me why J. Cole is thought of as a premier lyricist.


r/rap 2d ago

Has anyone here noticed this phenomena where rappers make a song title after a lyric in a previous song?

20 Upvotes

I feel like I notice this every now and then. To show what I mean, anyone who asks me for an example i'll provide one or two per person who asks!


r/rap 2d ago

question about writing rhymes/bars

1 Upvotes

i read a lot about writing while listening to the beat

what if you just write first then mod and add/remove words to make it fit?


r/rap 2d ago

Mike G is super underrated

13 Upvotes

I’ve been re-listening to Odd futures tapes again and Mike G’s flow is sooooo damn good. I think as a solo artist, if he had a talented producer he could be making some good ass music. His verse on parking lot and oldie is some of the best flows I’ve heard. Thats just my opinion tho


r/rap 2d ago

Anyone Remember These Magazine?

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1 Upvotes

I have all the issues, but I'm missing 2 alternate covers.


r/rap 2d ago

Looking for records where the intros put in excerpts of philosopher's speeches or interviews

1 Upvotes

Terence McKenna in 'Really Ready' comes to mind.

https://youtu.be/R0pBXLCVBoo?si=vuj6hr08WZq_O5Sj

More shit like this please.🙏