Project Pat
His name is way more than appropriate because his subject matter is as hood as it gets. He has a flow that is very suspect, and he seems to over accentuate every syllable sounding like a slow kid spelling at a spelling bee. His affiliation with the Three 6 Mafia obviously helped kept him afloat because hip hop stardom isn’t on his own merit.
NORE
As half of Capone and Noreaga in the 90s they were keepers of underground Ny concrete hip hop and as a solo artist with no Cap to bounce off he kept the party going with a ton of help with new super producers the Neptunes. The result was the Hip Hop Classic Super Thug (The What, What Song) a track so banging he didn’t matter what he said. The last time I saw NORE he had got dropped from Def Jam, gained a ton of weight, relocated to Miami , and released a Ragaee-Ton album that tanked like Cement Blocks.
ICE-T
He hasn’t been taken seriously as an musical artist since 1992 with his Body Count project but hes a legend because hes a pioneer of the west coast rap craze that literally murdered hip-hop in the late 80’s and early 90’s, his appearances in the Breakin movies and his classic underground 6 In the Morning influenced all gangsta hits after it. Now at 51 years old (yes hes that old) no one is paying him to rhyme but hes a real OG hustler with a back up plan which is acting and appearing in B-movies for free in exchange for a cut of the DVD rental gross.
Coolio
There was no secret to his hits use strong 70’s funk samples and repackage it with up to date slang such as Fanatastic Voyage adding a rap to the classic Lakeside funk jam and Gangstas Paradise jacking Stevie Wonders underrated symphony Past Times Paradise (from his Songs In The Key Of Life Album). His luck ran out by the late 90’s and he hasn’t done much on the chart sense but you would recognize him if you saw him.
Sir-Mix-A-Lot
Really simple rhymes but with they type of sh talking voice you usually only hear from a comedian. Coming out of Seattle He was the most unlikely Rap star to come out especially 25 years ago when New York was king. He would’ve been lost to history if it wasn’t for his smash hit Baby Got Back. A song that was way ahead of its time in terms was considered attractive in the female backside with women left in right getting boo injections to get that JLO and Beyonce Bondonka. The role model for hotness for mainsteam ie white girl hotness used to be thin starving chicks like Kate Moss. So I want to thank Mixalot for being a pioneer for the new trend of bootylicious backsides.
Nelly
The country grammar rap star had a lot success out gate starting in late 1999 with a slew of hits with the grammar track, Ride With Me, E.I with his brand of sing songy nursery rhyme hooks. I personally thought he would be a one hit wonder but it seems that his above average athleticism on MTV rock and jock shows put him higher on the radar. He torched the charts in 2003 going #1 with his duet with Kelly Rowland “Delimma” and “Hot In Here” ( loosely based on Charles Browns Go-Go hit Bustin Loose) He did all of this before cooling off in 2007 when people stopped listening and looking back on him he seemed to be more of the new Hammer. A good energetic entertainer but not much of a skills rapper. Nas from Illmatic this aint, good time party rap with hooks and a few catches phrases and it worked for nearly 8 years.
Soulja Boy
Im just assuming that he came out so young that he hasn’t had a chance to develop as an artist, most people thought he would be a one hit wonder and his contribution to rap would be what Chubby Checker was to old time rock n roll, A #1 novelty hit. He was the first rapper born in the 1990’s to have a hit, and im hoping his success it’s a microcosm of whats to come other 90's baby rappers!
Shawty Lo
Like his fellow slow southern rapper Plies Shawty has some really dope beats behind him. However his limited style is too amateurish to call it flow, with all the talent in ATL I was really surprised that he became a rap star and after being involved with DFL on there retarded hit Laffy Taffy i thought no one would take him seriously as a rapper beyond that novelty but somehow he got it to work.
Young Jeezy
In 2005 he had school kids walking around with his snow man shirts and it probably went over the heads of school administrators that didnt know what it meant. 90% of Jeezys material seems to be focused on the drug game. That’s not new but if done well it can be compelling entertainment. When it comes to drug rap lyrics his skill level isn’t anywhere near the class of Scarface or BUN B, as a matter of fact not even up to the level of Rick Ross. (office Ricky) www.wordofsouth.com says he is his generations Eazy-E. I can agree with that.
Plies
He gives hope to every grimey grilled street crack dealer hope that they to can be a rap star. His flow is so slow it makes legendary rapper Too Short sound like Twista in comparison and the subject is limited to bricks and bitches. If you want clever rhymes about slanging crack youd be better served playing songs like 10 Crack Commandments. Plies is giving you nothing new and hes breaking no new ground on how to say it either. I admit his beats are very hot, whos ever doing the producing is top tier but his delivery isn’t.
Now that ive probably put somebodies favorite rapper on blast feel free to hit up the comments reply with your hate.
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