Monday, March 22, 2004

Top 5
My brothers gone crazy about underground rap (Well, he's been crazy about it for a while, but he's gotten to the point were even I can give you a huge list of underground songs and artists)

So, I present, to anyone actually coming to this site, Flashlights top 5 favorite rap artists (In no particular order)! Let's get started:


# Outkast --
Andre and Big Boi have really captivated me. My only problem is that it took so long for them to be recognised. Their two latest singles (Well, their latest single will be 'Roses', but right before that), 'Hey Yeah' and 'The Way You Move' were good and all, but it seems the only other song people know of theirs is Miss Jackson. They aren't really underground (Some on this list won't be), but they've never blow up. It's a shame. Their first CD, Southern Playalistic Catalac Music (Great title) was a classic. And then there's my personal favorite, Stankonia, which features Bombs Over Bhagdad, my favorite song of theirs. They're rhymes are good, and they deserve recognition.


# Tongue Twista --
Fastest Rapper Ever. Look it up, he set the world record. His new CD Kamakaze is out now, and doing quite successfully (Unfortunatlely, he's not releasing my favorite song on that CD, 'Hope', as his single). Twista, unlike Outkast, has always been trying to blow up. Too bad it never quite happened. But, he's a great rapper, and his lyrics are amazing. I'm saddened that some people think Bonethugs, who slur their words (But are still good in their own right) are the fastest, when Twista is way faster, and he anunciates every single syllable crystal clear, all the while keeping up and amazing flow (Oh, and if you do pick up Kamakaze, you should now he has slowed down considerably since the beginning). Twista has some great lyrics too, and his flow can go with any beat.


# Notorious B.I.G. (Biggie Smalls) --
Biggie has a great flow. It's hypnotising. Biggie and Pac are huge, so i'm not gonna say much about them. If you know rap, you should know them. If you don't know them, then you don't know rap.


# 2Pac --
See above. Pac was flexible, he had a nice flow and could do so much in his rhymes, not just rapping about the same old **** about hoes and bling-bling. Seriously, it's ok if it has a nice beat, but everything played on the radio these days just plain sucks. Wish Biggie and Pac were still around...


# Marshal Mather a.k.a. Eminem --
Next to 2Pac, Eminem is the most felxible rapper. He comes off as a goofball, then he whips around and gives us a song that makes us really think. He can do everything. And he's gotten big. Wicked free styler too. Only trouble is, because he comes off as a goof in his videos, everyone automatically assumes he's a goof. But, look at his interviews, his awards acceptances, the preludes in his songs. He is a pretty serious guy. Slim Shady/Eminem is an alter-ego, created for him to have fun, but, if you notice, he doesn't really act like a goofball in reallife.
On to his rhymes though. Amazing. Really, he can write. He knows what sound good and what doesn't, he can have songs that are fun and songs that have a real depth to them. That's one thing in common about everyone on my list, they all have good lyrics, about real stuff, other than what the usual offers.

In a final note, their are a lot more great rappers out there (Scarface, Big L, etc), but these are my personal favorites. And P Diddy sucks. I really have to wonder how he retained his popularity after Biggie was lost. He can't rap, and all of his beats are jacked (Especially from 80s songs). Only thing keeping him in is that he's smart; He knows how to make money off of other people.
Comments (0)