The Rap & Hip-Hop Recommendation Thread

[Ol’ Qwerty Bastard]

Infinite is trash and I don't really acknowledge even though yeah, that technically is early Em. When I say his early stuff, I mean Slim Shady LP & Marshall Mathers LP. The corniness on Recovery and his last project are in abundance, but not in the same way Hopsin makes me cringe, instead it's more of cringe over how far he's fallen off and forgotten how to make a decent song.

And yeah, Cage is the man. I found out about him from a music guy I watch regularly on YouTube and I've been repping him ever since.

[djchameleon]

Relapse and Recovery were decent, Recovery more so than Relapse but they just showed how he's older and grown a bit even though on Relapse he was trying to do the same thing as on earlier albums.

[Ol’ Qwerty Bastard]

I like Relapse, Recovery is a piece of pure 100% flaming hot doodoo.

[Lucem Ferre]

I liked MMLP 2 but nothing beats MMLP 1

[djchameleon]

Originally Posted by Qwertyy

I like Relapse, Recovery is a piece of pure 100% flaming hot doodoo.

I guess you didn't like MMLP then.

Recovery is the same exact thing.

That's what he was going for when he released Relapse and Recovery. He basically mimicked his two previous albums. SSLP and MMLP.

[Ol’ Qwerty Bastard]

Mimicked =/ As good as

Which song on MMLP is supposed to be similar to Love the Way You Lie, Not Afraid, Space Bound, and Won't Back Down? Those are arguably Em's four worst tracks in my opinion, and they're all found on Recovery.

[JGuy Grungeman]

Looking for the best recs for the Golden Age of Hip Hop. I've got a decent idea of what to look for, but not to start with...

Originally Posted by The Batlord

The beginning of gangsta rap, more complex instrumentals that are more important to the music, increasingly complex lyricism and vocals, I suppose some kind of influence by rock music in general in the more aggressive nature of much of the music, and that's just off the top of my head. I don't have twelve paragraphs about "the feels" that the music gives me though.

So, where's the best start?

[djchameleon]

Originally Posted by Qwertyy

Mimicked =/ As good as

Which song on MMLP is supposed to be similar to Love the Way You Lie, Not Afraid, Space Bound, and Won't Back Down? Those are arguably Em's four worst tracks in my opinion, and they're all found on Recovery.

They are pretty much all in the same vein as Stan.

[Ol’ Qwerty Bastard]

Except Stan is infinitely better and it's only one song versus an four.

[djchameleon]

The only bad track out of those four is Spacebound and even so it's not terrible, it's just meh.

Not Afraid and Love the Way You Lie are so so good.

I guess those songs are only good if you can relate to them and see the maturity in them but whatevers.