Rappers That Get A Pass Simply Because They're "Legends"
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Busta Carmichael
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I've seen people on here big up so called legends and act like they were actually hot at one point but can't seem to point out a dope album or even a song.
Ice-T and Krs fits in this category
Ice-T and Krs fits in this category
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What year were you born?
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Oh yea. And Melle Mel sucks too
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Everybody from NY that came out before 1990
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Feelings will be caught...
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horrible thread
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Too short
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E-40 and he really only a legend because of the time spent behind a microphone. Dude dropped some dope records but the bulk of his career is garbly trash.
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Melle Mel was an innovator, WTF you on about fam???
Ice-T too??? Dude was MAD nice on the mic and put the West on the map... He 'stopped' rapping on top of his game, didnt go down and or go commercial RAP wise...
So what does Ice get pass for??? He became a legend for a reason, he was dope... Dude was from the West and was doing shows in New York with Bambaataa, KRS One, Just Ice, P.E and them... -
Snoop Dogg should own this thread, dude hasnt really been dope since Tha Last Meal/Paid Tha Cost albums...
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E-40 and he really only a legend because of the time spent behind a microphone. Dude dropped some dope records but the bulk of his career is garbly trash.
Whoa lets slow it down a little.
40 water been dope. His earlier stuff prolly wasn't the best, but hes still around today and still puts out dope music unlike the ones that I mentioned. And his flow has gotten better. Whereas back in the day he sounded off beat. -
Snoop Dogg
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water ur seeds wrote: »Melle Mel was an innovator, WTF you on about fam???
Ice-T too??? Dude was MAD nice on the mic and put the West on the map... He 'stopped' rapping on top of his game, didnt go down and or go commercial RAP wise...
So what does Ice get pass for??? He became a legend for a reason, he was dope... Dude was from the West and was doing shows in New York with Bambaataa, KRS One, Just Ice, P.E and them...
Ice-T was the first west coast gangsta rapper true. Which is why he got a pass. Even people back then called him wack.
And Preemo was a cat from the south doing east coast music. And Bushwick bill was from New York. And Doc from Dallas, Rage from Virginia etc. Whats your point?
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E-40 and he really only a legend because of the time spent behind a microphone. Dude dropped some dope records but the bulk of his career is garbly trash.
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I feel what u saying but I feel more like the legends get a pass when it comes to getting compared to knew cats.
? act like this old cats haven't lost a step in rap and can out rap or wash all this new cats out which isn't the case
The games changed and rappers have gotten better
Hell Larry bird scored 647 3pointers his entire 13yr career
Curry done scored 687 3pointers since 2013 season
? changes so to sit here and say the Wu-Tang and KRS-One can out rap ? like Cole, Kendrick, Big Sean even Drake is hilarious
Old cats just live off nostalgic times and don't wanna pass the torch or even admit Jay and Nas ain't as good as they use to be and might can't out rap this young ? no more -
Lol ice t from jersey
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Busta Carmichael wrote: »
1. Lol @ being a "Hip Hop head since the 90s". I've been a Hip Hop head since the 70s. I remember going to the store with my mother and older brother to cop Rappers Delight. I was fascinated by that song. It was the first song I memorized. And I didn't just memorize the six minute version, I memorized the 15 minute version.
2. It does matter what year you were born. If you were born in 2000 and you're 15 years old then everything you're saying makes sense. But if you were born in the 70s and were alive before Hip Hop got taken over by the major corporations, then what you're saying doesn't make any sense.
3. There's no way in hell that you own more stuff from the 80s on vinyl than me so just stop it. I own stuff from the 80s that you've never heard of. I just sold a test pressing of High Powered Rap on eBay for $75. I probably could have got more for it.
4. Quincy Jones picked Ice T to be on his Back on the Block album. It came out in 1989 and featured four rappers; Ice T, Melle Mel, Big Daddy Kane and Kool Moe Dee. Are you suggesting that Quincy Jones has poor taste?
Here's a clip from 1983. Its from a movie called Breakin and Enterin and is about the West Coast Hip Hop scene. It features Ice T on the mic and pop lockers. Ice T goes in @ 4:50.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsLKnLkvjg4
Its not that Ice T "gets a pass because he's a legend". Its that he's one of the founding fathers. Its like trying to discredit Thomas Jefferson or John Quincy Adams because they didn't support NASA when they were presidents. It doesn't make any sense.
At the time, Ice T was the best at what he did. Its true that nowadays people do it better, but they grew up listening to the generation of MCs before them.
Just listen to Old School by 2Pac and shut the ? up.
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water ur seeds wrote: »So what does Ice get pass for??? He became a legend for a reason, he was dope... Dude was from the West and was doing shows in New York with Bambaataa, KRS One, Just Ice, P.E and them...Lol ice t from jersey
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Also just cuz someone created it dont make them the best at it.
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CS Too Short and Ice T, NS on KRS
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I feel what u saying but I feel more like the legends get a pass when it comes to getting compared to knew cats.
? act like this old cats haven't lost a step in rap and can out rap or wash all this new cats out which isn't the case
The games changed and rappers have gotten better
Hell Larry bird scored 647 3pointers his entire 13yr career
Curry done scored 687 3pointers since 2013 season
? changes so to sit here and say the Wu-Tang and KRS-One can out rap ? like Cole, Kendrick, Big Sean even Drake is hilarious
Old cats just live off nostalgic times and don't wanna pass the torch or even admit Jay and Nas ain't as good as they use to be and might can't out rap this young ? no more
Why couldnt method man out rap drake or kendric lamar -
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I feel what u saying but I feel more like the legends get a pass when it comes to getting compared to knew cats.
? act like this old cats haven't lost a step in rap and can out rap or wash all this new cats out which isn't the case
The games changed and rappers have gotten better
Hell Larry bird scored 647 3pointers his entire 13yr career
Curry done scored 687 3pointers since 2013 season
? changes so to sit here and say the Wu-Tang and KRS-One can out rap ? like Cole, Kendrick, Big Sean even Drake is hilarious
Old cats just live off nostalgic times and don't wanna pass the torch or even admit Jay and Nas ain't as good as they use to be and might can't out rap this young ? no more
Yeah but the three point line started in the 1979-1980 season. That was Larry Bird's rookie year. He might have never taken a three point shot before his rookie year. Curry's probably been practicing three point shots since he was a little kid.
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Busta Carmichael wrote: »
1. Lol @ being a "Hip Hop head since the 90s". I've been a Hip Hop head since the 70s. I remember going to the store with my mother and older brother to cop Rappers Delight. I was fascinated by that song. It was the first song I memorized. And I didn't just memorize the six minute version, I memorized the 15 minute version.
2. It does matter what year you were born. If you were born in 2000 and you're 15 years old then everything you're saying makes sense. But if you were born in the 70s and were alive before Hip Hop got taken over by the major corporations, then what you're saying doesn't make any sense.
3. There's no way in hell that you own more stuff from the 80s on vinyl than me so just stop it. I own stuff from the 80s that you've never heard of. I just sold a test pressing of High Powered Rap on eBay for $75. I probably could have got more for it.
4. Quincy Jones picked Ice T to be on his Back on the Block album. It came out in 1989 and featured four rappers; Ice T, Melle Mel, Big Daddy Kane and Kool Moe Dee. Are you suggesting that Quincy Jones has poor taste?
Here's a clip from 1983. Its from a movie called Breakin and Enterin and is about the West Coast Hip Hop scene. It features Ice T on the mic and pop lockers. Ice T goes in @ 4:50.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsLKnLkvjg4
Its not that Ice T "gets a pass because he's a legend". Its that he's one of the founding fathers. Its like trying to discredit Thomas Jefferson or John Quincy Adams because they didn't support NASA when they were presidents. It doesn't make any sense.
At the time, Ice T was the best at what he did. Its true that nowadays people do it better, but they grew up listening to the generation of MCs before them.
Just listen to Old School by 2Pac and shut the ? up.
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blackgod813 wrote: »I feel what u saying but I feel more like the legends get a pass when it comes to getting compared to knew cats.
? act like this old cats haven't lost a step in rap and can out rap or wash all this new cats out which isn't the case
The games changed and rappers have gotten better
Hell Larry bird scored 647 3pointers his entire 13yr career
Curry done scored 687 3pointers since 2013 season
? changes so to sit here and say the Wu-Tang and KRS-One can out rap ? like Cole, Kendrick, Big Sean even Drake is hilarious
Old cats just live off nostalgic times and don't wanna pass the torch or even admit Jay and Nas ain't as good as they use to be and might can't out rap this young ? no more
Why couldnt method man out rap drake or kendric lamar
Im not saying he couldn't he was just a example what I'm sayin is ? act like the best rappers from the past could all survive in the rap game today.
Some of this rappers y'all praise ain't touched a mic in a decade but y'all still act like they could out rap whoever whenever ? ridiculous