wtf? chuck and flav here? it's joke, is it?

I could never give a flying fuck about anythijg 2Pac rapped about. I just could give a fuck about west coast cali bullshit.

I'll stick with PE and Rakim and Gangstarr and de la and tribe and all that old shit.

I am an old fart

I predict that in the next few years a true hip hop underground will explode to do what punk did, remind people of where the roots of the music are from, and to inject a new energy into what has been for the last 12 years or so an increasingly stagnant, repetetive, and downright FAKE celebration of everything BULLSHIT. from bling to ho's to ridiculously expensive rented cars in the videos to multi millionaire rappers still rapping about the same rough and tumble "ghetto" BULLSHIT, even though they have been living in posh mansions for the past decade.

fuck it cannot get here fast enough.

Word to the wise, brother Rob.

hip hop now, mainstream hip hop at least, is like rock in the early 70's, a bloated , lumbering, overly polished, reeking DINOSAUR

can someone please shoot puff diddy so we can then heaR ABOUT HOW HE WAS THE "GREATEST RAPPER EVER" JUST CUZ HE'S DEAD?

rappers better than 2pac

GURU
CHUCK D
RAKIM
TOO SHORT
SLICK RICK THE RULER
TRUGOY

i used to be really into him, but now not so much.

same with biggie.

Obviously.

*poot*

he wonders why they call him "bitch"

...You bet'cha!

TRU DAT! except I don't know who Trugoy is....
Generally I'm more into rappers who are likely to make me laugh or say something clever than having some depth to their lyrics.
Which Wu Tang song is better? "Shame On a Nigga" or "Can't It Be All So Simple".

Never gave a fuck about hip-hop. I do, however, like some stuff on the outside of hip-hop, expeerimental shit like cLOUDDEAD and the Anticon. collective, Ninja Tune records... etc...
What I'm saying is that Tupac is fucking boring and repetitive. I really see no difference between Tupac/Biggie and, say, 50 Cent. Same bullshit, different decade (and one is dead, the other is not).

although 50 cent should be dead.

50 cent had Jam master jay killed. You heard it here first

RIP Jam Master Jay

Whilst not being a fan of either 2 Pac or Biggie, the Nick Broomfield film about their deaths was both fascinating and rather sinister. Suge Knight had the aura of a psychopath, and the most touching moments for me were the interviews with Biggie's mother.

As for mainstream hip-hop today, I pretty much concur with Rob Instigator's sentiments.

Dude, comparing Biggie to 50 cent is like comparing Funkadelic to Red Hot Chilli Peppers.

Tupac had alot of good songs. Stuff with subject matter not typically found in the genre (to my knowledge anyway). He is definetly over rated. I'll PE over him any day of the week.

wow. what a stupid fucking thing to say. basically you're saying that you like hip hop that takes every element of real hip hop and makes it more palettable for people who are made uncomfortable by anything unfamiliar to them. doseone isn't a rapper and anticon isn't a hip hop label. i'd much rather see the likes of them dead than biggie and pac.

Anticon are a bunch of no good crackerz!

well that's what i wanted to say, but i don't want to sound racist...again.