Greatest rappers

[NarutoB]

oh alternative hip-hop?

No horrocore

 

[SasukeTheEmo]

No horrocore

I mean, he does alternative rap now?

 

[Forest]

This will be the Founding fathers tier / old gods

Spoiler

Kool G Rap = God
Big Daddy Kane = god
Scarface = god
Kool Moe Dee = God
Rammelzee = god
Biz Markie =God
Bambaata = God
Basquiat = God
Chuck D = God
Grandmaster flash = God
Kool Herc= God
Diamond D = god
slick rick
Grand wizard theodore
Those are some founding fathers ^ (the Real ones)

rappers that are missing from this discussion:

Gza
Aesop Rock
Kool Keith
MF DOOM
Eyedea
Big L
Elzhi
OC
Lord Finesse
KRS-One
BIG pun
Cormega
A Tribe called quest
De La soul
Common
Rza
GFK, Method Man, Raekwon, Inspectah Deck,
Company Flow (BIg Jus + EL-P)
Army of the Pharoahs
Immortal Technique
AZ
Andre 3000
Prodigy and Havoc
Mos def
MR. Lif
Murs
Slug
cage
necro
Pharcyde
Hieroglyphics
Souls of mischief
brother ali
Talib Kweli
Noreaga
Rakim
del tha funkee homosapien
tech 9
etc

 

[NarutoB]

I mean, he does alternative rap now?

Yeah pretty much, he incorporates sounds from different genre's in his music. None of his songs sound like standard rap songs

 

[Punk Hazard]

Shock value been done before though.
Hip-Hop has reached the point of saturation. It's time for a crossover genre.

Not many can actually make the horrorcore theme work like he does, though he's not exactly in the horror core category. Like I said, Tyler isn't aiming for just shock value, but for something beyond that. Shock value just happens to come with the turf he fits in.

 

[SasukeTheEmo]

Yeah pretty much, he incorporates sounds from different genre's in his music. None of his songs sound like standard rap songs

Like psychedelic?

 

[NarutoB]

Like psychedelic?

Not particularly. I think he said rock, jazz, funk, etc but never specifically psychedelic rock.

 

[SasukeTheEmo]

Not many can actually make the horrorcore theme work like he does, though he's not exactly in the horror core category. Like I said, Tyler isn't aiming for just shock value, but for something beyond that. Shock value just happens to come with the turf he fits in.

Idc for horrorcore but check out Jak Progresso and Butcher's Harem.
I dunno, Tyler just comes off as corny to me. Bordering on hipster.

I give him props for trying something different from what is the staus quo in rap these days.

 

[SasukeTheEmo]

Not particularly. I think he said rock, jazz, funk, etc but never specifically psychedelic rock.

Rap naturally has influences from jazz and funk though.
James Brown, Art Blakely, Miles Davis etc.

 

[NarutoB]

Rap naturally has influences from jazz and funk though.
James Brown, Art Blakely, Miles Davis etc.

His songs actually sound like a mix between those genres, they're not just sampling.