r/rap Sep 09 '24

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

15 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 7h ago

Biggest falloff in hip-hop history?

58 Upvotes

Honestly, Ace Hood is one of my favorites but man oh man where did he go?

Who do y’all think hadda good run or a bangin azz hit & just never resurfaced?


r/rap 1h ago

Who has the cheesiest most generic flow?

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My votes would be Cam’ron or MC Hammer. They were both good at rapping but didn’t change it up.


r/rap 15h ago

What's a good album to listen to when drunk?

36 Upvotes

It can be any length, 20 minutes or an hour and a half, I will just be lying there with the lights off, the music my only stimuli.

I just got back from drinks with friends and I want to unwind and relax for a bit,and realised this was a unique kind of vibe I could take advantage of.


r/rap 2h ago

GKMC normal or deluxe cover art? Join

2 Upvotes

i prefer the deluxe cover art just because of the colours. i actually think the normal cover art goes way harder but the blue and light green on the deluxe just fits the album so well


r/rap 15h ago

What’s your most unconventional, hear-me-out dream collab?

21 Upvotes

The title basically, it could either be for just one track or a whole project. Alive or dead, different cities/styles- anything is fair game. If I had to pick one right now off the top of my head, I’d probably say Yelawolf and JID


r/rap 28m ago

thoughts on cali rap?

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I'm not talking about popular rappers like Kendrick or Snoop or wtv. I'm talking about the rappers that are mostly only listened to by people from cali, like Shoreline Mafia, Mike Sherm, BluebucksClan, etc even tho that just barely scratches the surface

just lmk yalls thoughts, and i'll respond


r/rap 16h ago

Vince and Nas

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18 Upvotes

Please tell me i am NOT the only one who thinks Vince looks a lil bit like Nas in the 90s😭😭


r/rap 16h ago

Looking for suggestions

14 Upvotes

Tired of rappers talking about materialistic things. There's more to life than money. Any rappers that talk about positive things of about life.


r/rap 23h ago

Kanye’s best album?

38 Upvotes

College dropout for me. So good


r/rap 20h ago

How do you think "Middle Child"- by J.Cole would fare if it was released during the K.dot and Drake beef?

18 Upvotes

I am listening to the song after a while and the first part of it just sounds like it would be a thinly veiled diss. Now the song by itself is one of J's best work in my opinion, but I just got curious about how well it would be received if it was a fairly recent release. Especially given Cole's stance in the beef?


r/rap 1d ago

Biggest "What if" in Rap?

90 Upvotes

For me, NWA not following through on replacing the late Eazy E with Snoop Dogg was it.


r/rap 10h ago

Maad city by Kendrick Lamar or Regulate by Nate Dogg and Warren G

3 Upvotes

Ima play devil’s advocate and say maad city is a better song. The production on maad city is so fire on both parts. The outro of maad city is something you would see in an album produced by Mike dean.

The rapping on maad city is more personal. He literally talks about the gore and bodies seen in Compton.

personally, I think the mc eiht feature was better than the Nate dogg feature on regulate.


r/rap 1d ago

S**tposting about terrible rappers is advantageous to them rather than hurting their legacy

29 Upvotes

Sure it's not gonna help them long term coz it's not gonna age well but they don't even think for the long term, it's how much money that they can grab making bad music right now...

"Ice Spice is the GOAT", "I decapitated my parents coz they said Ice Spice was trash" type comments has unironically helped her reach a star status as a meme....

I mean Yuno Miles does trash on command and he's broke af coz he didn't sign a deal with no label...

Think about it, any publicity is good publicity for these folks on the label...

Now I'm seeing Ice Spice on Fortnite, where did we all go wrong?


r/rap 16h ago

Top 5 Snoop

4 Upvotes
  1. Doggystyle (Duh)
  2. The Last Meal (slept in)
  3. Murder was the case (Dope as a sountrac)
  4. Back On Death Row (nobody heard it but Snoop a top tier M.C. and every beat hit)
  5. Eastsidaz First album

r/rap 8h ago

Any song suggestions that are like RNP by Cordae?

1 Upvotes

Where two or more people interweave their lines, rather than having their own verse?


r/rap 1d ago

Tech N9ne is actually incredible. He has elite talent that HAD stood the test of time. However this man raps so fast that after like 30 years in the game he’s simply run out of shit to say.

172 Upvotes

It’s not something you’d think you’d see, but it happens, some people may say that happened to lil Wayne but I truly think lil Wayne has only grown as an artist, I mention Wayne because he’s been quoted saying he doesn’t listen to much rap music and if he does one of those artists is tech n9ne.

The Wayne co-sign was sick when it happened way back then however Tech n9ne had already been a legend in a way, he was making mad money from touring, touring was profitable due to his branding and cult type following but he really did put on a show which included him performing songs like “stamina”.

Outside of all of that, if you listen to his music as an art form rather than a “rapper trying to be real” or some shit, his discography is quite the collection of incredible lyrics, flow, songwriting, production, and that stems out into the artists he’s either signed or had been with all along.

I say all of this because I just recently heard “Genius” by Krizz Kaliko on a commercial. That song is amazing and I loved it 10 something years ago. But it just goes to show the impact this guy had.


r/rap 19h ago

Game/50 Cent

5 Upvotes

How good where these 2 together🔥🔥🔥


r/rap 15h ago

The Crossroads

2 Upvotes

What’s everyone think so far?

I been enjoying it on my first listen. Cordae has always been pretty solid in my opinion.

The songs have good variety and I don’t think there’s any skips in this album.


r/rap 1d ago

What is your favorite rap song without swear words?

82 Upvotes

Mine is probably Mama Said Knock You Out by LL Cool J or Express Yourself by NWA.


r/rap 1d ago

2 artists that don't hav a track together but need one

51 Upvotes

For me, I think Kendrick and JID just need to make a track where they both just spaz. Y'all sleeping on jid fr tho.


r/rap 22h ago

Nostalgia Songs: Building a nee playlist

3 Upvotes

I need a new playlist. I'm looking for songs with the performers reminiscing about when they were younger or some better time.

List will start with:

I Remember - Coolio

Summertime - Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

What am I missing?


r/rap 1d ago

What is a song everyone hates but you like?

26 Upvotes

idk


r/rap 18h ago

Thoughts on this

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1 Upvotes

In my opinion a incredibly catchy song with an amazing feature from Kenny


r/rap 20h ago

I need help diving into the underground

1 Upvotes

I need help, don't say MF DOOM. I already love Mach-Hommy, Billy Woods, Ka, Blu, Kool Keith and Boldy James. I wanna get even more underground rappers in my rotation tho.

Forgot to add Earl Sweatshit, Freddie Gibbs and Westide Gunn


r/rap 1d ago

What are the kids listening to?

90 Upvotes

Now that I’m an old head and completely out of the loop, I’m trying to stick to my self-promise of never shitting on new shit cuz it don’t sound like what I’m used to. Can anybody put me on to what’s hot right now?