Questions we're too old to answer

[Tothiro]

Easy old dude's Rap knowledge alternates in 90's 00's and 10's order:

Pharcyde(lesser known)/Public Enemy(pop)
Aesop Rock(lesser known)/Outkast(pop)
Kids These Days(lesser known)/Jay-Z (pop)
^Actually Danger Mouse's Gray album is pretty good. It's Beatles+Jay-Z mashups, including his Ice-T cover.

I was a Beastie Boys, Body Count and Mos Def man, with a side helping of Andre3000 and one or two Azealia Banks singles, so I never got into the gangster.
But then I would have responded to the question with either "Robert Johnson or Howlin' Wolf?" or "Ella Fitzgerald or Sara Vaughn?"

[Hector]

Rage Against the Machine count?

That's about the only "kinda" rap I remotely like.

[HardyGirl]

For me, rap ended w/ Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five. Although some stuff from Arrested Development was OK. At least they had a positive message, instead of gangs and shooting and all.

[Brazoo]

For me it's B.I.G. I'm not a huge fan, but I like his voice and I can't get into Tupac.

[Brazoo]

The only rap I've ever owned is NWA's Straight Outta Compton, and that's mainly because I find it humorous. I am kind of an old codger when it comes to music. I realized that when someone pointed out I considered The Strokes and The Hives "new" bands.

Best cover song ever!

WARNING - LANGUAGE

[huedell]

Tupac was in the Digital Underground so B.I.G. would have to be pretty good to eclipse that resume bit.

But, since the question was "rapper" and not overall "artist"---guess I'll have to check out BIG after all to make an informed decision..

[toys2cool]

Like i said they were both great in their own right...Going by what they did, Tupac was the bigger star, but I have no doubt biggie would've been just as good if not better had he lived longer.....while Tupac was involved with suge knight who had deathrow records Biggie was getting a huge push from P-Diddy, so they were both going to be huge...many great rappers came out of the late 90's and 2000's , Outkast was awesome, Dr.dre, eminiem, Jay-z (lyrically probably the greatest of all time)

and now you have these stupid clowns like lil' Wayne who's a freakin scrub

[BlackKnight]

Come on bro...both were great but Tupac was the man

" Sometimes, U Just Have to Smile Thru The Bull **** "

I don't know Much of His Rap Songs, or Even His Character, But That Particular Quote of His Really Means something to Me.

[Nostalgiabuff]

I'm with Scott on this, have no interest or knowledge in either one's music, if it can even be called that

[Gorn Captain]

I'm with Scott on this, have no interest or knowledge in either one's music, if it can even be called that

Same here.
To me, great music died together with Freddy Mercury. Anything after that, I don't much care for.

[HumanWolfman]

All I know about wrapping is that I do a bunch of it at Christmas time.

[Nostalgiabuff]

^^

[thunderbolt]

My rap interests end with the Beasties, De La Soul and Lou Reed.

[Nostalgiabuff]

Lou Reed? you consider him to be rap? I mean, I know he talks more than sings but I would not consider it rap

[Mikey]

I don't understand people who only like rap music

take away the words and there's basically no music exept a beat

don't these people ever want to listen to real music ?