Kendrick Lamar Lists His Top Five Favorite Rappers
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Tupac
Biggie
Nas\Jay Z
Eminem
“My top five, dead or alive. Tupac, definitely. Tupac because the emotion that he put in and how much he related to the people, and how much he connected. That’s what music is about,” he said. “Music is supposed to move, whether you’re saying the most intricate stuff or the most simple, dumbed down. You gotta make some type of connection, and I feel like he did that the best.”
He flipped his attention to the East Coast, naming The Notorious B.I.G. as another of his choice emcees. “Biggie, because of his wit. Biggie’s wit was incredible. His wit and his character, his personality and his flow and most of all, his confidence. Anybody that can talk about themselves on a record and still have screaming women at the front of the stage, unless you know it goes a long way with your confidence in being an artist.
“Jay-Z, it’s an incredible thing where you can listen to his music and feel like you’re having a sit-down with him,” he continued. “Nas, the art of storytelling, I think Hip Hop is really based on that and getting your point across. Nas does that incredibly. Eminem, just being a wordsmith, an amazing wordsmith.”
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.19766/title.kendrick-lamar-lists-his-top-five-favorite-rappers
Biggie
Nas\Jay Z
Eminem
“My top five, dead or alive. Tupac, definitely. Tupac because the emotion that he put in and how much he related to the people, and how much he connected. That’s what music is about,” he said. “Music is supposed to move, whether you’re saying the most intricate stuff or the most simple, dumbed down. You gotta make some type of connection, and I feel like he did that the best.”
He flipped his attention to the East Coast, naming The Notorious B.I.G. as another of his choice emcees. “Biggie, because of his wit. Biggie’s wit was incredible. His wit and his character, his personality and his flow and most of all, his confidence. Anybody that can talk about themselves on a record and still have screaming women at the front of the stage, unless you know it goes a long way with your confidence in being an artist.
“Jay-Z, it’s an incredible thing where you can listen to his music and feel like you’re having a sit-down with him,” he continued. “Nas, the art of storytelling, I think Hip Hop is really based on that and getting your point across. Nas does that incredibly. Eminem, just being a wordsmith, an amazing wordsmith.”
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.19766/title.kendrick-lamar-lists-his-top-five-favorite-rappers
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Good list
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Wow, he didn't name anybody from the West-Coast but he named a racist white man.....Sorry Ice Cube, sorry Snoop.
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Wow, he didn't name anybody from the West-Coast but he named a racist white man.....Sorry Ice Cube, sorry Snoop.
......this kid is from Compton?
Lol you are right, Tupac ain't from West?
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lmao @ ? getting butt hurt over someones PERSONAL list.
ain't it about music???
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Biggie, NaS, Jay-Z, 2Pac and Eminem
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Standard top 5.
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instead of splitting Nas and Jay
he shouldve kicked EMINEM out the top 5 -
Ice Cube>>Eminem
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They shouldn't even do these ask a rapper his favorites ,why force a man to say whatever you wanna hear just to get by!
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instead of splitting Nas and Jay
he shouldve kicked EMINEM out the top 5
what split???
he has Pac 1
b.I @ 2
jiggaz @ 3
nas 4
em 5
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I knew he mentioned Nas when I seen who started the thread.
How long until shadyteam uses Kendrick's opinion to try and convince us that em is the goat though? -
? mad he said em
Rofl I don't agree either but that's that mans list -
Sorta like my list if you replace that cracka with Face
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Watch shadyteam become a kendrick fan now.
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idoitforhiphop10 wrote: »Watch gee become a kendrick hater now.
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Bawse D.Lox wrote: »lmao @ ? getting butt hurt over someones PERSONAL list.
ain't it about music???
What is "butt-hurt"? Sound like some ? slang faggitts use.
First time I ever heard a Compton California rapper put Emenim on a list over Ice Cube or Snoop.
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damn kdot??? He really is trying to Bandwagon and get that Lamestream appeal lost a lot of respect for homie after this list...
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Typical Top 5......
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generic top 5
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lol why you guys keep saying generic top 5.
wtf is he suppose to do mention some no name from the 90's that no one knows about.
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nasty nas
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it is generic. tupac, biggie, nas, jay, eminem/rakim isthe most generic top rapper list ever.
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KeepinItHundred wrote: »it is generic. tupac, biggie, nas, jay, eminem/rakim isthe most generic top rapper list ever.
because there the most influential.