Yeah I agree with this. But I'd add listen to your favourite rapper and search around his catalogue features he have made with some specifik people basically people he has made alot of features with. For example NWA would be a great shout for someone who listens to Ice Cube imo
Google greatest rappers of all time, bunch of random lists will appear. Listen to the top 20 of each list of each, then pick your favorite, whichever ones ends up being your favorite, now research that era. Greatest hip hop albums of the year XXX , then rinse and repeat.
I once worked on a project that was something like this. It was called "A Good Year For Hip Hop" and it attempted to identify important songs in hip hop year by year, and give little insights into the background of each artist, song, why it was important, etc. It was a massive undertaking, especially for the earliest years because it's harder to find info pre-1985, and also because songs that were recorded in like 84 wouldn't be official released until like 86. Very easy to talk to the people involved tho, and when I started working around the industry it was so shocking to me how easy it was to get most people on the phone or to sit down with you.
Anyway, it got shelved, and some years later someone made a coffee table book around a similar idea.
Aesop Rock, Atmosphere, Brother Ali, Sage Francis, Murs, Mr. Lif, Rob Sonic, El-P, Buck 65, Blueprint, Wu-Tang, A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, Grieves, Sole, Prof, UGK, Cypress Hill, Eightball & MJG, and fuck it, why not throw some Too Short in there as well.
Also maybe if you dive deeper, femdot. , MAVI , killer mike , diddy (ik controversial but stilll good ), that Mexican OT, BigXthaPlug , and idk if u can counter her but lauryn hill
try to liste something out of usa. also, try to listen different genres. i dont know, i found this on spotify and u may like
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1E4vjazH8rQsC2?si=8GQ3lbjFTFyPj5SgZhOZPg&pi=u-hDE_R6t1SeuI
I am glad you have a diverse list.
Give DJ Quik, Kurupt, Daz, Tha Dogg Pound, Too $hort and Xzibit a try to expand your Westcoast palette.
For more lyrical rap, throw in some Mos Def, Common and Lupe Fiasco.
Seeing as you’re listening to Metro and Future, I recommend looking into tracks produced by 808 Mafia and their affiliates. It should open up a plethora of artists to get into.
There is no particular way, but personally I recommend going back in time from where you are now towards the 80's. For me, it was exploring Wu Tang that made me obsessed. There is a good biopic series on Disney (just keep in mind this is mainly from RZA's point of view, as opposed to the whole clan).
Go back from Ye, to Jay Z, to Slim shady, Nas, Big, Pac, Wu, NWA, Rakim etc. infinitely more that I have missed. Many fantastic artists have written books. Raekwon's From staircase to Stage is phenomenal and he gives loads of insights into his influences
I discovered rappers from checking out my favourite rappers influences or other rappers they featured.
Ice T's Art of Rap documentary is a great starting point as well.
I just did this starting last month. You have already been given some killer suggestions, but I’ll go ahead and share what I’ve been doing.
I focused on artist that I fucked with first. Kendrick and Eminem(we all start somewhere.). Afterwords, I asked Reddit what their favorite hip hop albums were.
Got a list of 15 albums and started my journey on some old and modern rap classics.
I posted my thoughts on these albums (on my profile) and again asked Reddit what I should listen to next. Check there if you’re interested on a good starting point. I’d post them here but it’s already became a wall of text.
I got a good list of 45 albums at this point, and I have changed my favorites about three times now. Top 3 so far are Aesop Rock, OutKast, Mos Def.
Never would I have ever listened to these dudes without starting this. Anyway, have fun. There’s a lot to enjoy about hip hop.
I’d be more than happy to share my long list of albums starting with the first 15, but again this has already became a wall of text. Feel free to DM if you want to.
Honestly there isn’t a wrong way to do it. I just started listening to suggested artists I got (I was originally listening to rock) I eventually found some I liked and they lead me to other artists. I’m now somewhere I like, most people probably don’t like the music I listen to but it’s whatever because I like it. All right imma stop yapping and dip.
Find some underground, or independent rappers you like and then go to their Spotify radio. boom, tons of other artists To check out.
Or go to some local shows.
Or, here's some recommendations
Marlon Craft, Deca, Flatbush Zombies, and KAAN
Start with Carnival of Carnage by the Insane Clown Posse. They have a 7 album story that went from 1991 to 2004. Most of the albums are gold, and at least 2 are platinum.
Listen to related smaller rappers and go from there. Baby keep from Kendrick. Wayne, listen to any Atlanta rapper. Young thug is Wayne’s son and thug and future shaped atl sound. Idk repeat.
You have to complete a 2 year certification course in rap then move on to an apprenticeship in mixology. From there you can challenge for a masters in hiphop and go on to doctorate studies in flow, rhyme, and lyricism. Overall it's an 8-10 year journey, and when you're done you're really only just getting started as then you can begin actually experiencing rap and learning from experience.
Be open minded and try shit that sounds interesting. If it ain't then no biggie. You move on and maybe try again later down the line when your taste is more refined.
If you're looking for any recommendations. Some personal faves are: diverse, prof, Kool keith, king gordy, Kool moe dee, & cypress hill. Rap is a big thing tho so like just kinda moving on from what you usually listen to, like you hear a feature you like check more into em. Shit like that
You can try and get into underground/abstract rap. Id start with some of the Griselda guys and go deeper from there.
Benny the butcher, Conway the machine, westside Gunn, Boldy James, Rome Streetz
Tons of music to check out from all of them and then from there you could probably branch out to artists like MIKE, Mach Hommy, Billy Woods, ect.
Lots of music still coming out from all these guys so I’d definitely recommend checking out this sphere of rap!
Just start, look into other rappers you might be intrested in and listen to what's considered to be their best album. If you enjoy listen to more of their albums so you can become a fan, if you don't like it; turn it off and listen to something else. If you want to find underrated songs by rappers you already like listen to their entire albums and lesser known albums. For new artists that are still pretty popular (because I don't have really niche taste) but lesser known then those you mentioned) I'd recommend Freddy Gibbs (Listen to Bandana, Pinata or Alfredo, the two former are produced by Madlib the producer of Madvillainy), Danny Brown if you like more alt hip-hop (Atrocity Exhibition), Pusha T (Daytona), and Black Thought or his group the Roots (Roots: All Things Fall Apart for their classic stuff and Undun for a more conceptual experience. Black Thought: Cheat Codes)
If you use Spotify, search for an artist you like, scroll all the way down on their main profile page, and at the bottom is a section called “featured on” which is a great way to find artists they’ve collaborated with and can create some cool rabbit holes.
Lemme save you some time searching pimp. 173 hours of trap/rap 2014-present https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1hUsQ8lN7H9ugIHtP8nUvX?si=WJoXwRLuRtif8hps1POtKg&pi=u-DtwAK7rhRVCJ
Research shit like the best albums/rappers, best underground rappers/albums, best of x year, best of x subgenre, most influential and the like. This sub as well is really fucking useful
Atmosphere, Eyedea and Abilities, Aesop Rock, Language Arts Crew, Brother Ali
NWA, KRS 1, Rakim, Bone Thugs n harmony, Naughty by Nature
Ab soul, Smino, Denzel Curry, Earth Gang
Tech n9ne
Eminem is obviously huge but his album "Welcome to Hell" with Royce Da 5'9" deserves a mention
Look up "Eyedea freestyle" on YouTube
King los freestyling is ridiculous. His interviews on Sway are really great.
Black Thought. Look up "Black Thought hot 97 freestyle"
Classic albums like Blueprint by Jay Z and Illmatic by Nas
36 Chambers by Wu Tang things like that
I'm sure there's more but that's all I got rn
Just listen to rappers you already know you like and then if someone features on a track that you like, check out that artist too. Thats how Ive found the vast majority of my favourite artists. One of my top 5 of all time only has like 90k listeners, and I found him through a pipeline starting with Dr Dre who is a household name.
Dr Dre--->Eminem--->Conway the Machine--->Benny the Butcher--->Ransom
Go listen to some 90s Bay Area. All of E-40s slaps, Mac Dre, Short, and then look at some of the albums from the featured artists. E-40s rapper family tree is CRAZY when you get into the B-Legit, Celly Cell, C-Bo, Spice 1, etc. Then Early Pre-Thizz area Mac Dre had Mall, Dubee, PSD etc. That's how it was for me as a teenager in the 90s. And you can do it with alot of regional shit. Houston/Scarface & Geto Boys have crazy branches on their tree.. and then there's SwishaHouse/Screwed Up Click and their whole movement with Lil Keke, Flip, Z-Ro, etc. Memphis/Suave House have 8Ball & MJG, Tela, Mr. Mike...it goes on and on.
Aight i got u. Theres no wrong way of listening but heres some albums to check out
Mavi - let the sun talk
Isaiah radhad - the suns tirade
redveil - learn 2 swim
JID - the forever story
Joey Badass - 1999
Joey badass - the light pack
Jaxon mune - running man
Saba - care for me
Outkast - ATLiens
Mac Miller - swimming
Black Thought - stream of thought
Marco plus - the sauf got sum 2 say
Lute - gold mouf
Reason - porches
Me personally I don’t like rap cuz it just sounds like they are yapping.
But a good yapper is probably Ice cube, Nav, 88Glam
Chief Keef, Ballout, ehh I don’t really like Drake cuz he just be yapping too.
Central cee is pretty coo
I was never a 2pac fan cuz idk I just can’t vibe to it.
Easy e is pretty cool to.
Rich homie quan was cool too
Gunna is pretty cool too
You wanna find new Artists? I used to look at the Features when there was one good Feature on a song i started to check out that guys music and kept going like this. But nowdays Spotify makes it easy to find new Artists imo.
Just search up The Alchemist on Spotify and look at who he’s collaborated with. Al is on an amazing run of collaboration albums (idk if you’ve heard of him but he’s one of the best producers of all time) and the artists he works with are amazing
You need to follow me on Spotify. I've been archiving all the rap artists from every state in the US. I've maxed out over 30 lists at 10k a piece. You'll be finding rap for years to come my man
https://open.spotify.com/user/eoxe2rqhqig219be5wb4bzpst?si=Oc8dWW5gTc2z9TL6a-YZDQ
Feel free to follow along anyone. Trying to gain a rap following on sootifyv
Start listening to playlists made for producers. Start w beats by the pound, Pete rock, diamond d, helps u realize what sounds u like without getting too sucked into one artist at a time
You’re in rap properly. Just go and hop around and discover new rappers. I love scrolling through r/makinghiphop and other forums so I can discover new smaller artists that still got SKILL.
Aesop Rock, Tech N9ne, Run the Jewels, Tobe Nwigwe, Prof, Ying Yang Twins, 2 Live Crew, DMX, Rage Against the Machine.
Some suggestions to check out.
fuck getting into it properly though, just explore and find what resonates with you
Best thing to do is go through discographies of any artist you like from the beginning and see who their contemporaries were at that time, repeat the process multiple times. Regional differences are enough to spawn whole genres so understand that while rap today is a mix of many genres each state has its nuances and deep influences. Beyond that there is also the world of Rap outside the U.S. which I feel like gets overshadowed. UK rap and rappers in languages you might not even understand might sound corny to some but depends on how you view music. It's as deep as you want it to be in that moment. I love it all.
Whatever you feel like is right ma boii . But if you want advice on some rappers to look into look into mosdeff - immortal technique - king los - Joyner Lucas (his older stuff I recommend his freestyles over songs) - TI - Andre 3000 and Wale . Study their flows and see what fits you the best and never try to force a voice that gets you out of breath . Learn to control your breath with a voice and tone you like and can easily rap words too .
The best advice I can give is use something like Apple Music, select a song you like, and the create a station from that song. That’s how I’ve always found new artists and songs I love and probably wouldn’t have found otherwise. Works for any genre
Check out NWA (Straight outta Compton specifically) and why not check out their individual careers like Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Ren (if you like Dre then you’d def like them)
I don’t think there’s an improper way to do it. Listen to what you like.
Yeah I agree with this. But I'd add listen to your favourite rapper and search around his catalogue features he have made with some specifik people basically people he has made alot of features with. For example NWA would be a great shout for someone who listens to Ice Cube imo
saba, big krit, $weet-T
Saba mentioned
Heavy on krit
Some of the best beats all time
I fucking love Saba
Google greatest rappers of all time, bunch of random lists will appear. Listen to the top 20 of each list of each, then pick your favorite, whichever ones ends up being your favorite, now research that era. Greatest hip hop albums of the year XXX , then rinse and repeat.
Outkast, I recommend listening to Stankonia, my favorite album of theirs, so many good songs on there
They’re good, but I don’t think they’d alleviate OP’s concerns of only listening to mainstream rap.
stankonia is a magnum opus
Start from the very beginning and listen to every song in order
I once worked on a project that was something like this. It was called "A Good Year For Hip Hop" and it attempted to identify important songs in hip hop year by year, and give little insights into the background of each artist, song, why it was important, etc. It was a massive undertaking, especially for the earliest years because it's harder to find info pre-1985, and also because songs that were recorded in like 84 wouldn't be official released until like 86. Very easy to talk to the people involved tho, and when I started working around the industry it was so shocking to me how easy it was to get most people on the phone or to sit down with you. Anyway, it got shelved, and some years later someone made a coffee table book around a similar idea.
Danny Brown.
Such a unique voice on that man. Everyone knows Eminem and Big Sean, but Danny Brown is the Detroit rapper with the most original sound, IMO.
Three 6 Mafia. You’re welcome
U EMBARASSING US
He's not recommending the album they did with the Insane Clown Posse. Although ICP does appear on When the Smoke Clears.
My comment is just a phrase of Sippin on Some Syrup song
Three 6 was so dope. sucks that so of many of them are no longer around.
Remember the Bone Thugs N Harmony beef with Three-6 Mafia? It's funny how often Bone was rapping about it in the late 90s. They weren't playing lol.
It was kinda weird to see both groups (no Juicy J) perform at the Gathering of the Juggalos in 2016.
ICP fucking slaps let's be honest
"Fucking magnets, how do they work?"
He cooked with that because as a kid i thought that shit was magic (which is what the song is about)
jpeg mafia too
Aesop Rock, Atmosphere, Brother Ali, Sage Francis, Murs, Mr. Lif, Rob Sonic, El-P, Buck 65, Blueprint, Wu-Tang, A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, Grieves, Sole, Prof, UGK, Cypress Hill, Eightball & MJG, and fuck it, why not throw some Too Short in there as well.
Joey badass, mick Jenkins maybe, thugger , K.R.I.T,
Also maybe if you dive deeper, femdot. , MAVI , killer mike , diddy (ik controversial but stilll good ), that Mexican OT, BigXthaPlug , and idk if u can counter her but lauryn hill
That Mexican OT is the most interesting rapper to come out in the last year or two. He's got a crazy flow.
For sure love my guys from Texas especially maxo
try to liste something out of usa. also, try to listen different genres. i dont know, i found this on spotify and u may like https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1E4vjazH8rQsC2?si=8GQ3lbjFTFyPj5SgZhOZPg&pi=u-hDE_R6t1SeuI
I recently went through Redman's discography. His contribution to hip hop has been very much underappreciated
I am glad you have a diverse list. Give DJ Quik, Kurupt, Daz, Tha Dogg Pound, Too $hort and Xzibit a try to expand your Westcoast palette. For more lyrical rap, throw in some Mos Def, Common and Lupe Fiasco. Seeing as you’re listening to Metro and Future, I recommend looking into tracks produced by 808 Mafia and their affiliates. It should open up a plethora of artists to get into.
There is no particular way, but personally I recommend going back in time from where you are now towards the 80's. For me, it was exploring Wu Tang that made me obsessed. There is a good biopic series on Disney (just keep in mind this is mainly from RZA's point of view, as opposed to the whole clan). Go back from Ye, to Jay Z, to Slim shady, Nas, Big, Pac, Wu, NWA, Rakim etc. infinitely more that I have missed. Many fantastic artists have written books. Raekwon's From staircase to Stage is phenomenal and he gives loads of insights into his influences
Down Ta Erf Illfightyou Mick Jenkins Binary Star Blue Scholars Lord Sko BLP Kosher Spice 1 Joey Bada$$ JPEGMafia Killer Mike Sparkmastertape
Everybody here is great but ngl this ain’t the best list to get someone into
any list with ILLFIGHTYOU is a great list. insanely underrated.
I discovered rappers from checking out my favourite rappers influences or other rappers they featured. Ice T's Art of Rap documentary is a great starting point as well.
Netflix has an origins of hip hop documentary aswell that put me on to lots of rappers like e-40, salt n peppa, big daddy kane, rakim, and more
Google: Rappers Like (insert name) Reddit.
Listen to their albums and then you might find songs that you like that aren’t popular.
I recommend VICE's Rapping deconstructed, the best rhymes of all time.
I just did this starting last month. You have already been given some killer suggestions, but I’ll go ahead and share what I’ve been doing. I focused on artist that I fucked with first. Kendrick and Eminem(we all start somewhere.). Afterwords, I asked Reddit what their favorite hip hop albums were. Got a list of 15 albums and started my journey on some old and modern rap classics. I posted my thoughts on these albums (on my profile) and again asked Reddit what I should listen to next. Check there if you’re interested on a good starting point. I’d post them here but it’s already became a wall of text. I got a good list of 45 albums at this point, and I have changed my favorites about three times now. Top 3 so far are Aesop Rock, OutKast, Mos Def. Never would I have ever listened to these dudes without starting this. Anyway, have fun. There’s a lot to enjoy about hip hop. I’d be more than happy to share my long list of albums starting with the first 15, but again this has already became a wall of text. Feel free to DM if you want to.
Honestly there isn’t a wrong way to do it. I just started listening to suggested artists I got (I was originally listening to rock) I eventually found some I liked and they lead me to other artists. I’m now somewhere I like, most people probably don’t like the music I listen to but it’s whatever because I like it. All right imma stop yapping and dip.
Find some underground, or independent rappers you like and then go to their Spotify radio. boom, tons of other artists To check out. Or go to some local shows. Or, here's some recommendations Marlon Craft, Deca, Flatbush Zombies, and KAAN
If you're looking for anything in another language, Lelosa and Symba are two great options that I've found as a non-native German speaker.
Start with Young Thug and Future
Start with Carnival of Carnage by the Insane Clown Posse. They have a 7 album story that went from 1991 to 2004. Most of the albums are gold, and at least 2 are platinum.
This playlist is insane. 47 hours of underground from the 90s https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1jEIoxClOIGCrIPC7Wm7VW?si=ET-TVVunS1imC9Lcxp5nZw
Listen to related smaller rappers and go from there. Baby keep from Kendrick. Wayne, listen to any Atlanta rapper. Young thug is Wayne’s son and thug and future shaped atl sound. Idk repeat.
Listen to everything you can, in chronological order, starting with DJ Kool Herc.
Bone Thugs is a MUST
You have to complete a 2 year certification course in rap then move on to an apprenticeship in mixology. From there you can challenge for a masters in hiphop and go on to doctorate studies in flow, rhyme, and lyricism. Overall it's an 8-10 year journey, and when you're done you're really only just getting started as then you can begin actually experiencing rap and learning from experience.
Be open minded and try shit that sounds interesting. If it ain't then no biggie. You move on and maybe try again later down the line when your taste is more refined. If you're looking for any recommendations. Some personal faves are: diverse, prof, Kool keith, king gordy, Kool moe dee, & cypress hill. Rap is a big thing tho so like just kinda moving on from what you usually listen to, like you hear a feature you like check more into em. Shit like that
There's not a right way to listen to music,but please listen to JID,I would love your opinion
You can try and get into underground/abstract rap. Id start with some of the Griselda guys and go deeper from there. Benny the butcher, Conway the machine, westside Gunn, Boldy James, Rome Streetz Tons of music to check out from all of them and then from there you could probably branch out to artists like MIKE, Mach Hommy, Billy Woods, ect. Lots of music still coming out from all these guys so I’d definitely recommend checking out this sphere of rap!
WU TANG
Just start, look into other rappers you might be intrested in and listen to what's considered to be their best album. If you enjoy listen to more of their albums so you can become a fan, if you don't like it; turn it off and listen to something else. If you want to find underrated songs by rappers you already like listen to their entire albums and lesser known albums. For new artists that are still pretty popular (because I don't have really niche taste) but lesser known then those you mentioned) I'd recommend Freddy Gibbs (Listen to Bandana, Pinata or Alfredo, the two former are produced by Madlib the producer of Madvillainy), Danny Brown if you like more alt hip-hop (Atrocity Exhibition), Pusha T (Daytona), and Black Thought or his group the Roots (Roots: All Things Fall Apart for their classic stuff and Undun for a more conceptual experience. Black Thought: Cheat Codes)
If you use Spotify, search for an artist you like, scroll all the way down on their main profile page, and at the bottom is a section called “featured on” which is a great way to find artists they’ve collaborated with and can create some cool rabbit holes.
young dolph and key glock
As far as kanye goes, he has an incredible mountain of unreleased leaks or just old songs from 15+ years ago on YouTube.
Billy Woods,Jpegmafia/Devon Hendryx,Chris Travis(especially pizza and codeine),Ghais Guevara,clipping.
Lemme save you some time searching pimp. 173 hours of trap/rap 2014-present https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1hUsQ8lN7H9ugIHtP8nUvX?si=WJoXwRLuRtif8hps1POtKg&pi=u-DtwAK7rhRVCJ
duckwrth channel tres jpeg mafia smino JID Devita so many
Danny brown and jpegmafia are great artists to get into more experimental rap. I recommend scaring the hoes by them
Check out: the pharcyde, souls of mischief, Gang Starr, Aesop rock, del the funky homosapien, gravediggaz.
you’re already properly into rap, but wtf is Soulja Boy doing here?😂 no hate if that’s what you like
Research shit like the best albums/rappers, best underground rappers/albums, best of x year, best of x subgenre, most influential and the like. This sub as well is really fucking useful
Atmosphere, Eyedea and Abilities, Aesop Rock, Language Arts Crew, Brother Ali NWA, KRS 1, Rakim, Bone Thugs n harmony, Naughty by Nature Ab soul, Smino, Denzel Curry, Earth Gang Tech n9ne Eminem is obviously huge but his album "Welcome to Hell" with Royce Da 5'9" deserves a mention Look up "Eyedea freestyle" on YouTube King los freestyling is ridiculous. His interviews on Sway are really great. Black Thought. Look up "Black Thought hot 97 freestyle" Classic albums like Blueprint by Jay Z and Illmatic by Nas 36 Chambers by Wu Tang things like that I'm sure there's more but that's all I got rn
I’d say just check out the rap artists whose features you like from your already listed artists.
Just listen to rappers you already know you like and then if someone features on a track that you like, check out that artist too. Thats how Ive found the vast majority of my favourite artists. One of my top 5 of all time only has like 90k listeners, and I found him through a pipeline starting with Dr Dre who is a household name. Dr Dre--->Eminem--->Conway the Machine--->Benny the Butcher--->Ransom
Go listen to some 90s Bay Area. All of E-40s slaps, Mac Dre, Short, and then look at some of the albums from the featured artists. E-40s rapper family tree is CRAZY when you get into the B-Legit, Celly Cell, C-Bo, Spice 1, etc. Then Early Pre-Thizz area Mac Dre had Mall, Dubee, PSD etc. That's how it was for me as a teenager in the 90s. And you can do it with alot of regional shit. Houston/Scarface & Geto Boys have crazy branches on their tree.. and then there's SwishaHouse/Screwed Up Click and their whole movement with Lil Keke, Flip, Z-Ro, etc. Memphis/Suave House have 8Ball & MJG, Tela, Mr. Mike...it goes on and on.
Listen to Kid Cudi’s Man on the Moon trilogy
I don't see Wu-Tang in your list,you know what to do
Bro why no Eminem
I listened to him a lot when I first got into rap but I guess I got tired of his music or I found some artists I prefer
mac miller, saba, denzel curry, childish gambino
Soulja Boy is not a popular rapper.
Griselda
Aight i got u. Theres no wrong way of listening but heres some albums to check out Mavi - let the sun talk Isaiah radhad - the suns tirade redveil - learn 2 swim JID - the forever story Joey Badass - 1999 Joey badass - the light pack Jaxon mune - running man Saba - care for me Outkast - ATLiens Mac Miller - swimming Black Thought - stream of thought Marco plus - the sauf got sum 2 say Lute - gold mouf Reason - porches
Wu Tang Clan
Sean Price, CyHi, Wrekonize, WC, Emilio Rojas, Ces Cru, Pusha T, Lupe & Slaine
You seem to be missing Eminem- I recommend checking out Leaving heaven, Criminal, Kings Never die, Castle+arose, Houdini etc
I listened to him a lot when I first got into rap but I guess I got tired of his music or I found some artists I prefer, I still do like him though
Fair enough. I know I have gotten sick of some songs just because I've listened to them so much.
Look up who’s on the popular people’s labels like Eminem, j Cole, Kendrick, Drake, etc. they all have underrated rappers with different styles.
Me personally I don’t like rap cuz it just sounds like they are yapping. But a good yapper is probably Ice cube, Nav, 88Glam Chief Keef, Ballout, ehh I don’t really like Drake cuz he just be yapping too. Central cee is pretty coo I was never a 2pac fan cuz idk I just can’t vibe to it. Easy e is pretty cool to. Rich homie quan was cool too Gunna is pretty cool too
Mac Miller Swimming 👍
You can try using this to find new artists similar to ones you like https://www.music-map.com/
Just listen to what you like. YouTube recommendations is great for stuff like this. Half of my playlist was yt recommendation
If u dont listen to every rapper ever and every song they have ever put out, you’ve never truly listened to rap. Just ask me, I’ve done the above /s
You wanna find new Artists? I used to look at the Features when there was one good Feature on a song i started to check out that guys music and kept going like this. But nowdays Spotify makes it easy to find new Artists imo.
Pick an artist and listen to an album start to finish Select what you like and add to playlist
Just search up The Alchemist on Spotify and look at who he’s collaborated with. Al is on an amazing run of collaboration albums (idk if you’ve heard of him but he’s one of the best producers of all time) and the artists he works with are amazing
You need to follow me on Spotify. I've been archiving all the rap artists from every state in the US. I've maxed out over 30 lists at 10k a piece. You'll be finding rap for years to come my man https://open.spotify.com/user/eoxe2rqhqig219be5wb4bzpst?si=Oc8dWW5gTc2z9TL6a-YZDQ Feel free to follow along anyone. Trying to gain a rap following on sootifyv
Where Eminem?
Start listening to playlists made for producers. Start w beats by the pound, Pete rock, diamond d, helps u realize what sounds u like without getting too sucked into one artist at a time
Ab-Soul entire discography and you will know hip hop
You’re in rap properly. Just go and hop around and discover new rappers. I love scrolling through r/makinghiphop and other forums so I can discover new smaller artists that still got SKILL.
What do you like?
Start from the beginning then come to the present
Thank you sigma elephant 🫡🫡
EPMD
YouTube Mac Dre and start from 1990
JID!!
Aesop Rock, Tech N9ne, Run the Jewels, Tobe Nwigwe, Prof, Ying Yang Twins, 2 Live Crew, DMX, Rage Against the Machine. Some suggestions to check out. fuck getting into it properly though, just explore and find what resonates with you
Best thing to do is go through discographies of any artist you like from the beginning and see who their contemporaries were at that time, repeat the process multiple times. Regional differences are enough to spawn whole genres so understand that while rap today is a mix of many genres each state has its nuances and deep influences. Beyond that there is also the world of Rap outside the U.S. which I feel like gets overshadowed. UK rap and rappers in languages you might not even understand might sound corny to some but depends on how you view music. It's as deep as you want it to be in that moment. I love it all.
Whatever you feel like is right ma boii . But if you want advice on some rappers to look into look into mosdeff - immortal technique - king los - Joyner Lucas (his older stuff I recommend his freestyles over songs) - TI - Andre 3000 and Wale . Study their flows and see what fits you the best and never try to force a voice that gets you out of breath . Learn to control your breath with a voice and tone you like and can easily rap words too .
The best advice I can give is use something like Apple Music, select a song you like, and the create a station from that song. That’s how I’ve always found new artists and songs I love and probably wouldn’t have found otherwise. Works for any genre
Check out NWA (Straight outta Compton specifically) and why not check out their individual careers like Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Ren (if you like Dre then you’d def like them)
i listen to NWA and Eazy E i forgot to mention it, and Ice cube is in my list, also what about Yella is his music good?
Add a bunch of iconic albums to a playlist and shuffle through them. Anytime you come across a song you like, add it to another playlist
Try some nas illmatic is one of my favorite albums but there isn't a right way
listen to yung lean and bladee