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Who do you prefer?
The likes of Lil Wayne, Kanye West, Drake, Nicki Minaj 20%  20%  [ 7 ]
The likes of Nas, Mobb Deep, Gangstarr, Wu-tang clan 80%  80%  [ 28 ]
Total votes : 35

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19 May 2011, 7:45 am

Anyone who listens to Rap or Hip-Hop will know, (Hopefully) There's A Divide between real and fake rap, and i'd like to find out who's a fan of real rap, or fake :) just answer the poll 100% Truthfully :) thanks Peoples



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19 May 2011, 8:06 am

dont listen to anyone on the poll (i have heard some nas before)

as far as USA stuff i like canibus, eyedea, pep love & immortal technique.



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21 May 2011, 5:49 am

Those on the poll are purely representative, like, those are the realest and fakest i could think of :) Immortal Technique is Very Real indeed, i recommend his songs "Dance With The Devil" "Bin Laden" I also recommend MC's Jedi Mind Tricks, and Lowkey :)



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22 May 2011, 6:24 am

uhh what makes waka flocka or young jeezy or cam'ron any less "real" than people who rap over breakbeats instead of synth beats and what happens in their neighborhoods aka gang involvement, selling drugs, partying or whatever instead of social or political issues. There is no such thing as "real" rap. Kanye West and wayne can spit bars for days, how on earth are they "fake" you moron



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22 May 2011, 9:32 am

Haha, yeah, I can really imagine a lot of people are going to be voting for the fake rap option. :lol:



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22 May 2011, 9:18 pm

Soulja Boy is fake in my opinion.



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01 Jun 2011, 9:37 am

igniz wrote:
uhh what makes waka flocka or young jeezy or cam'ron any less "real" than people who rap over breakbeats instead of synth beats and what happens in their neighborhoods aka gang involvement, selling drugs, partying or whatever instead of social or political issues. There is no such thing as "real" rap. Kanye West and wayne can spit bars for days, how on earth are they "fake" you moron


They do Pop Rap, purely to be seen and do not put heart and emotion into it, thus "Faking" their music.


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01 Jun 2011, 10:04 am

Modern rap is a laughing stock.



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01 Jun 2011, 9:27 pm

Burzum wrote:
Modern rap is a laughing stock.
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02 Jun 2011, 8:19 am

My favorite rap artists are Pitbull, Daddy Yankee and The Orishas.



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02 Jun 2011, 8:57 am

You left out the option for "None of the Above / It's All Crap".


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02 Jun 2011, 7:13 pm

I can't really tell the difference. I'm listening to a song called Lola, right now.


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25 Mar 2012, 3:36 pm

Real rappers that I listen to:


Aesop Rock - The most complex rapper alive. (US)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEBGCOCxLgA[/youtube]

Atmosphere - Great at telling stories. (US)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGCpxOLIzZ8[/youtube]

The Streets - Extremely down to Earth. (UK)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UGtlUMMkOU[/youtube]

Scroobius Pip - Great storyteller (UK)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4467CI4y0M[/youtube]

ECG - He's only on YouTube, very underground. (US)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxIEum2XRxQ[/youtube]

Eyedea & Abillities - Dwelves into the Human Psyche like no-one else. [rip] (US)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq2RnAKLOh4[/youtube]

Flobots - Great talking politics and very generous with charity work. (US)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLUX0y4EptA[/youtube]

Proof - Stood in Eminem's shadow. [rip) (US)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_aen2TSXj4[/youtube]

Sage Francis - Very honest. (US)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y53fExNvHes[/youtube]

Let me know what you think.


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25 Mar 2012, 10:20 pm

IMO, the only decent rappers are
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_hKLfTKU5Y[/youtube]


and

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5JtKj3rUFE[/youtube]


but I don't really like rap...


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26 Mar 2012, 2:31 am

If a rapper doesn't grow out of the bragging topic in their songs then they shouldn't be considered very good. Whereas 39 year old Eminem can have half an album containing bragging songs, and get an award.



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26 Mar 2012, 3:28 am

I am amused at the nice little standard of "real" versus "fake" rap.

Who decides what's real and what's fake? When you strip rap down (ANY rap) it's mostly just guys reading a poem they wrote.


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