Lyrically talented rappers

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

zion i w/ grouch - silly puddy = badass song.

living legends

slug/atmosphere

murs

immortal technique... can't stand him anymore.

sage francis

mos def

aesop rock

talib

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

mos def

mobb deep

blackalicious (if this is considered rap)

those are the only ones i've ever had to start a song over before because they made me say "****, that was clever as shit"

i don't know that much rap, tho

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

p.o.s.

musab

atmosphere

slug

illogic

blueprint

soulposition

zion i

cunninlynguists

eyedea

sage francis

buck 65

lupe fiasco

the socialists

mes

black

krs one

the arsonists

vitamin d

tonedeff

aesop rock

jurassic 5

i could go on and on

some of those are groups

 

[gator4life 10+ year member]

NAS LYRICS

"It Ain't Hard To Tell"

It ain't hard to tell, I excel, then prevail

The mic is contacted, I attract clientele

My mic check is life or death, breathin a sniper's breath

I exhale the yellow smoke of buddha through righteous steps

Deep like The Shinin', sparkle like a diamond

Sneak a uzi on the island in my army jacket linin

Hit the Earth like a comet, invasion

Nas is like the Afrocentric Asian, half-man, half-amazin

Cause in my physical, I can express through song

Delete stress like Motrin, then extend strong

I drank Moet with Medusa, give her shotguns in hell

From the spliff that I lift and inhale, it ain't hard to tell

The buddha monk's in your trunk, turn the bass up

Not stories by Aesop, place your loot up, parties I shoot up

Nas, I analyze, drop a jew-el, inhale from the L

School a fool well, you feel it like braille

It ain't hard to tell, I kick a skill like Shaquille holds a pill

Vocabulary spills I'm +Ill+

plus +Matic+, I freak beats slam it like Iron Shiek//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eek.gif.771b7a90cf45cabdc554ff1121c21c4a.gif

Jam like a tech with correct techniques

So analyze me, surprise me, but can't magmatize me

Scannin while you're plannin ways to sabotage me

I leave em froze like her-on in your nose

Nas'll rock well, it ain't hard to tell

This rhythmatic explosion, is what your frame of mind has chosen

I'll leave your brain stimulated, *****z is frozen

Speak with criminal slang, begin like a violin

End like Leviathan, it's deep well let me try again

Wisdom be leakin out my grapefruit troop

I dominate break loops, givin mics men-e-straul cycles

Street's disciple, I rock beats that's mega trifle

And groovy but smoother than moves by Villanova

You're still a soldier, I'm like Sly Stone in Cobra

Packin like a rasta in the weed spot

Vocals'll squeeze glocks, MC's eavesdrop

Though they need not to sneak

My poetry's deep, I never fell

Nas's raps should be locked in a cell

It ain't hard to tell

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

oh yeah and

murs

c ray wallz

grayskul

deacon the villian

mass hysteria

rek tha destroyer

roosevelt franklin

adem and shaleem (sp)

the unknown prophets

qwel and maker

non phixon

oh, it never ends. there are plenty.

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

eyedea - here for you

Were all born into this river without knowing how to swim

And eventually we learn how to keep this water under our chin

Some times this river is so cold to be in

Freezing my soul, solidifying my skin

Regardless of how far I see, I never see my travels in

Were carried by the current, being driven by the wind

The scenery we pass, we'll never see again

So we store it up as memories and don't let go of them

Were under a spell thinking the river should go straight

He said, "(holds?) and desire to control our own fate"

But all the pain we experience as a result of our expectations

Because it's the rivers nature to twist and turn

The shit can burn

And I know it

I have the same conflict

But I try to sit and flow with this rivers natural process

And sometimes when I watch myself float downstream

I see the beauty of it all, and it feels like a dream

And at that time I appreciate the rivers course

Some part of God, reality, momentum, force

I stare up at the ***** moon, and she stares down at me

(I'll cite false boundaries and all my powers to see)?

The universe is not something separate from yourself

I know you feel alone, but that's why I'm here to help

I know you feel alone, but just look up at the stars

And everything that is out there is what you really are

We gotta learn to see the beauty in each moment of life

Everyone has different pasts and we're seeking the light

The world is divided between peasants and kings

But the truth is everyone is looking for the same thing

Now I want you to know

The role you play is part of the whole

Without you it couldn't be, and I mean that with compassion

So if you need anything, I mean anything at all

I'm here for you; all you gotta do is ask man

I'm here for you, in the same way that you're here for me

Each person in an intricate piece of infinite

I feel that if you could see what I see

Then we as humanity could be free

I'm here for you, not for any self centered reasons

Because existence is interdependent and all related,

Connected in its different manifestations of one single mind

You ain't isolated from the world even though it feels like that sometimes

I see the hurt when I look into your eyes

How you struggle to hold it and keep in bundled inside

It drives a dull blade deep in my heart; it makes me want to cry

So I offer you a hand to help wash away the rainy skies

I'm running out of words, but I haven't yet made my message clear

So if none of this makes sense, I just want you to know I'm here

As a musician, as a friend, as a teacher, as a student

To grow and realize everything is in constant movement

Each problem that we face is just a part of this movement

It seems helpless, but if we stick together we'll get through it

And return to the essence from which we've been uprooted

And wake humanity from these illusions

The second you can look into the sky and see your own reflection

You know your head is in the right direction

The river riding always moves, but with it I live

And everything is perfect, just the way it is

We gotta learn to see the beauty in each moment of life

Everyone has different pasts and we're seeking the light

The world is divided between peasants and kings

But the truth is everyone is looking for the same thing

Now I want you to know

The role you play is part of the whole

Without you it couldn't be, and I mean that with compassion

So if you need anything, I mean anything at all

I'm here for you; all you gotta do is ask man

I'm here for you; all you gotta do is ask man

I'm here for you; all you gotta do is ask man

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

anything del the funkee homosapien's been involved with is pretty slick, but that's more a clever styling than the actual lyrics being great

 

[revots 10+ year member]

one word......RAKIM

 

[Apocalypse boy 10+ year member]

Lots of people think he is one of the better rappers out there. I just......dont.....get it!

his voice fits in with alot of songs...but his lyrics are shit

 

[Apocalypse boy 10+ year member]

but for me its nas and immortal teknique(sp?)

 

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

anything del the funkee homosapien's been involved with is pretty slick, but that's more a clever styling than the actual lyrics being great

del is ****ing dope. he could talk about killing cats and murdering midgets and it would be fresh just cuz of his style.

 

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

p.o.s.musab

atmosphere

slug

illogic

blueprint

soulposition

zion i

cunninlynguists

eyedea

sage francis

buck 65

lupe fiasco

the socialists

mes

black

krs one

the arsonists

vitamin d

tonedeff

aesop rock

jurassic 5

i could go on and on

some of those are groups

oh yeah and
murs

c ray wallz

grayskul

deacon the villian

mass hysteria

rek tha destroyer

roosevelt franklin

adem and shaleem (sp)

the unknown prophets

qwel and maker

non phixon

oh, it never ends. there are plenty.

eyedea - here for you
Were all born into this river without knowing how to swim

And eventually we learn how to keep this water under our chin

Some times this river is so cold to be in

Freezing my soul, solidifying my skin

Regardless of how far I see, I never see my travels in

Were carried by the current, being driven by the wind

The scenery we pass, we'll never see again

So we store it up as memories and don't let go of them

Were under a spell thinking the river should go straight

He said, "(holds?) and desire to control our own fate"

But all the pain we experience as a result of our expectations

Because it's the rivers nature to twist and turn

The shit can burn

And I know it

I have the same conflict

But I try to sit and flow with this rivers natural process

And sometimes when I watch myself float downstream

I see the beauty of it all, and it feels like a dream

And at that time I appreciate the rivers course

Some part of God, reality, momentum, force

I stare up at the ***** moon, and she stares down at me

(I'll cite false boundaries and all my powers to see)?

The universe is not something separate from yourself

I know you feel alone, but that's why I'm here to help

I know you feel alone, but just look up at the stars

And everything that is out there is what you really are

We gotta learn to see the beauty in each moment of life

Everyone has different pasts and we're seeking the light

The world is divided between peasants and kings

But the truth is everyone is looking for the same thing

Now I want you to know

The role you play is part of the whole

Without you it couldn't be, and I mean that with compassion

So if you need anything, I mean anything at all

I'm here for you; all you gotta do is ask man

I'm here for you, in the same way that you're here for me

Each person in an intricate piece of infinite

I feel that if you could see what I see

Then we as humanity could be free

I'm here for you, not for any self centered reasons

Because existence is interdependent and all related,

Connected in its different manifestations of one single mind

You ain't isolated from the world even though it feels like that sometimes

I see the hurt when I look into your eyes

How you struggle to hold it and keep in bundled inside

It drives a dull blade deep in my heart; it makes me want to cry

So I offer you a hand to help wash away the rainy skies

I'm running out of words, but I haven't yet made my message clear

So if none of this makes sense, I just want you to know I'm here

As a musician, as a friend, as a teacher, as a student

To grow and realize everything is in constant movement

Each problem that we face is just a part of this movement

It seems helpless, but if we stick together we'll get through it

And return to the essence from which we've been uprooted

And wake humanity from these illusions

The second you can look into the sky and see your own reflection

You know your head is in the right direction

The river riding always moves, but with it I live

And everything is perfect, just the way it is

We gotta learn to see the beauty in each moment of life

Everyone has different pasts and we're seeking the light

The world is divided between peasants and kings

But the truth is everyone is looking for the same thing

Now I want you to know

The role you play is part of the whole

Without you it couldn't be, and I mean that with compassion

So if you need anything, I mean anything at all

I'm here for you; all you gotta do is ask man

I'm here for you; all you gotta do is ask man

I'm here for you; all you gotta do is ask man

your a good man. love all of those listed.

 

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

but for me its nas and immortal teknique(sp?)

nas WAS deffinately dope, at the time that song he did hangin out the limo with ( i think) mary j blige was dope. I forget the name, but its was dope.

 

[Rattlebrain 10+ year member]

No one has listed the worlds best hands down.

Vanilla Ice

/thread

 

[dru 10+ year member]

mos defmobb deep

blackalicious (if this is considered rap)

those are the only ones i've ever had to start a song over before because they made me say "****, that was clever as shit"

i don't know that much rap, tho

blacklicious is rap

they are great too btw