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  1. blue9

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    You've never listened to music and suddenly been thrown off by a change that doesn't really work? There's generally a flow to a song - rap or not - and you can change the rhythm without fucking up the flow of the song. If you ever go out to local shows on a weeknight you're bound to encounter examples of this being done poorly...and that's how a good portion of Jay-Z's rap sounds to me.

    Again - I'm all for changing time signatures, or just some pause-filled rap verses. But I don't think Jay-Z does it well. Kool Keith - that guy was/is the master of pauses and herky jerky rapping!

     
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    I think you are injecting opinion.
     
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    Or you could just play this....



    So it's at least a little modern but still has some Paula Abdul flavor.

    Speaking of J.Cole, i like him more than Jay-Z.
     
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    To be sure - music/art is always subjective. But there have to be some objective truths in art. It's also perfectly fine to like something that's objectively bad, or to dislike something objectively good.
     
    blue9, Jul 12, 2017
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    De gustibus non est disputandum.
     
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    I like him too but he needs to stop tryna sing.
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    theprunetang Shaedon "Deadly Nightshade" Sharpe is HIM

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    Ding ding ding
     
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    Someone should make a top rapper thread. I just looked at a top 50 list and I like most of them over Jay-Z. I don't get why some people like Lil Wayne so much too. Some of his stuff is catchy but he is terrible.
     
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    He was at one point the best rapper alive. Listen to the Dedication 2 before kodine destroyed his brain that man had bars.

     
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    If KD was playing along, he did great. He looked really annoyed lol
     
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    I've been listening to him since his Hot Boys days. He is catchy I can just think of so many other dudes I prefer.
     
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    Interesting (NYK). Means they would entertain Crabbe as well? Not sure why they need another SG/SF
     
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    PDXFonz I’m listening

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    Top "rappers"

    #1 NAS

    Everyone else

    Don't have time to compile a list of "top MCs", but Guru, Phife, Pete and CL, QTip, Mos Def are all on it. Many more who I left out.
     
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    Spurs renounced Jonathan Simmons after letting Dedmon walk. They're up to something
     
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    [QUOTE="JFizzleRaider, post: 4207387, member: 628"]Someone should make a top rapper thread. I just looked at a top 50 list and I like most of them over Jay-Z. I don't get why some people like Lil Wayne so much too. Some of his stuff is catchy but he is terrible.[/QUOTE]

    I agree someone should, so it doesn't continue to ruin this thread.
     
    Pinwheel1, Jul 13, 2017
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    Martell Webster is working out for the Clippers.
     
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    Dang, he is a guy I would even consider trading for. Now he is free, but we have no money!
     
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    That's a nice pickup for them.
     
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