It takes a true genius to rhyme shit with shit seven times in the same verse.

Yeah, just not that much these days. For years I was one of those "You can't spell 'crap' without 'rap'" douches, but then GTA: San Andreas came out, and I went on a gangster rap binge that gave me somewhat of a crash course. I've listened to more off and on since then, but I've never really done an in-depth exploration past some of the mid-west cracker rappers a few years ago.

Can't live without Wu-Tang though. I've been too lazy to really go in-depth through their discography, but 36 Chambers, Tical, and Supreme Clientele (the only Wu records I own) all get heavy rotation when I'm in a hip hop mood.

Probably my fav hip hop album of all time has to be Bone Thugs' E. 1999 Eternal. The melodic, yet hard-hitting flows, and the atmospheric production really give it a creepy vibe that I can't get enough of.

TLDR - Yeah, but not all that often. I always mean to listen to more, but get sidetracked by yet another metal band/sub-genre I haven't heard before.

I was juggalo-affiliated for a while I guess, and had some love for the scene, until I fell out with the juggalos I was hanging out with and lost whatever rose-colored glasses I had about the whole thing. But even then when asked if I was becoming a juggalo I'd always respond with something like, "I love a lot of this ****, but I'm too much of a metalhead to call myself anything else." These days I can't stand those people, and am actually kind of embarrassed that I ever associated with them. In my defense, I didn't even know what a juggalo was at time.

And I never say "They're so bad I love them." I do love how dumb they are, and I won't deny a certain ironic fixation on them, but there are many artists just as worthy of derision who I don't give the time of day to just cause I don't dig their music. I legitimately love certain ICP albums as much as I love many of my favorite "non-****ty" albums. I feel pretty much the exact same way about Manowar.

Not to mention I find ICP's schtick to be unique and entertaining in a tongue-in-cheek, low-rent horror/fantasy kind of way. Even if you can't stand their image, at the very least it's recognizable and can't be ignored. If they were a more talented group, they could probably do a whole lot more with the Wicked Clown, Dark Carnival thing and make some pretty cool concept albums or something with a more immersive mythology. One of these days I'm gonna make a playlist of all their Dark Carnival-themed songs just to see if I can cobble together something like that.

Honestly though, I can only listen to so much of them before their two-dimensional music gets old and I have to avoid them for about a year, but every once in a while I will go on a hardcore binge. But, except for a couple Twizted albums, even I can't stand much of the other juggalo groups. They're either actively repulsive to my ears, or just so bland that I don't know why the artist(s) even bothered.

Im on welfare so 1st of the month is still my jam. :p:

I like BTNH, no one quite raps like them they have a unique style.

Good post. Batty you'd like Liquid Swords I reckon, that's the best Wu CD in my opinion. The beats make me want to kick a cat in the face.

Have you ever listened to any Outkast? You'd probably like ATLiens as well.

JWB is that you?

A bit. Aside from the radio singles I've only listened to Stankonia. Nice ****.

cuban linx is the best wu cd besides 36 chambers

liquid swords is a dope nerdy alternative though

no. owning a cat is the only thing that would make me want to kick a cat in the face

No & no. Prefer the beats on LS to the mafioso type stuff on CL, RZA went in.

But I do love Cuban Linx.

edit - Both better than 36 Chambers also.