LOCC – Tha Most Gangsta

Mike asked:


I’m sick of people like Soulja Boy being considered rappers. Rap and Hip-hop should be made into two different genres. Rap would be all about lyrics, rhymes and delivery, and would consist of 2Pac, Biggie, Nas, Big L, Ice Cube, NWA, Immortal Technique, Lupe Fiasco, etc. Have Hip-hop for that poppy shit like, Soulja Boy, Flo-rida, etc. It would suck givin up the hip-hop name, but at least people like soulja boy could humiliate their own genre and not true rap. Plan B is to kill wack rappers lol. Seriously though we need to get more “Rap” on the radio and less “Hip-hop”. Im gonna call the local Top 40 style radio station(no exclusive hi-hop station around here) and get them to play the new Ice Cube song, “Gangsta rap made me do it”. That would make my day. Take back the airwaves!!

P.S.- I’m only 18 and I’m not brainwashed like most teens into thinkin Soulja Boy and the like are good. I’m a fan of true hip-hop.

Oh and going with the third answer, it doesn’t really matter to me who get who, rap could be good and hip-hop could be poppy or vice versa. No difference to me. I guess which ever preserves hip-hops roots better.
Oh and going with the 4th answer, I like both too. If im at a club and want to dance, “Low” by Flo-rida is a great song to listen too because it makes me want to get up and dance. But out side or that enviroment i’d much rather listen to Pac, Nas, Biggie, Ice cube, etc.

Nemo/AK asked:


Hip-hop today is trash… T.I., Yung Joc, Kanye West, Lil Wayne? I’m sure everyone knows today that if Big L was alive he’d put these “rappers” to shame… Most people today can’t even name the four elements of hip-hop… Hip-hop dance isn’t real hip-hop either…. no one gives real credit to the bboys…. how come most of the youth today don’t want to listen real lyricists like Masta Killa, Inspectah Deck, Aesop Rock, and MF Doom? At least the some “gangsta” rap before 2001 contained a little substance, none of this weak bling bling, hoes, sex, and money bs.

Anyone seen the video on youtube? Hip-hop today is not hip-hop… it’s shit-hop.

remyma15 asked:


i totally disagree. 1st off, some people dont realize theres a difference BETWEEN “hip-hop” and “rap”. just because ‘gangsta’ rap is whats hot and played on radio’s, doesn’t mean hip-hop is dead……..what about common, kanye, lupe, and mos def….they’re tru hip-hop,(holdin it down)…..while wayne, 50, t-pain, and plies do (gangsta)rap…..they’re in 2 seperate categories….so stop sweatin’ ‘em. WHAT DO YALL THINK………..

Loki asked:


By “true” hip hop head, I mean those of you who know that hip hop is a culture and not a genre of music……..

Can anybody give me some good underground artists to check out….I already know and listen to Pharoahe Monch, Talib Kweli, Dead Prez, The Roots, A Tribe Called Quest, Bootcamp Click, Immortal Technique, Mos Def, MF Doom, Black Ice, etc. But I’m looking for some other underground artists who, like the above-mentioned artists, have substance and meaning to their songs and lyrics. None of that “wannabe gangsta” bullsh*t.

Looking forward to your responses, and thanks in advance.

And please, if you don’t know any artists other than Jibbs, Mims, Unk, Huey, Lil Wayne, Young Joc, Crime Mob, and all that other garbage, please don’t answer, because you’re not a true fan of real rap music. lol (I know they’re gonna answer my question anyway)

Again, to you true rap fans, bring ‘em on!!!
Smooth Jones….I’m from VA…Yeah, I have some Skillz in my playlist. Dude is nice. I’ll check out the others you mentioned.

And a lot of the other artists everyone’s mentioned, I “did” know of them, just didn’t list them. Seems like there’s a lot more “true” hip hop heads here at Yahoo Answers than I thought lol. Sweeeeeeeeeet!!

Y’all have given me a bunch of artists that I haven’t heard of, too, so many thanks, again. I’ll keep the question open and hope to get even more.

Pamela O asked:


Nas album titled Hip-Hop is dead, which i believe that hip-hop is really dead especially with every rapper out there copying off of one another by saying the same thing over and over, like being a thug or gangsta which their really not, talkin’ bout’ what they always got which we don’t care, what they do in the club over and over again, too much sex, drugs, violence, and makin’ songs that makes it feel like that we could’ve made that song too. The only thing that I like about rap today is the beats like “Pop Lock and Drop it”, “Don’t want drama” by 8Ball and MJG , and “Testin my Gangsta” by 3 6 Mafia, however those are only fewest songs you find on one album which makes me to just wanna buy an iPOD instead of just buyin’ one album for 1, 2, or 3 if you’re lucky.