r/rap

I gotta crash but gimme the number one song

What would be the average american opinion on german rap?

Other than 1 really trash song in "I Know What Girls Like" I feel like this album is criminally underrated. It's up there with some of Jay's best work for me. Pretty reminiscent of the style in Reasonable Doubt actually and aged better than Vol. 2 and has less filler than Vol. 3. Do y'all agree? And where would you rank it in Jay-Z's discography?

My fiancée loves female rappers that go hard af, I’m curious about what songs y’all know of

I’m talking rap and hip-hop albums that had insanely entertaining rollouts, projects that kept fans engaged for months, built huge anticipation, or had iconic single drops that felt like events. What are some of the best examples?

Welcome to the future

For me I think it's TI, Andre 3000, Gucci Mane and Ludacris.

Groups don't count unless you're going to just pick four people from that group.

What are y’all’s thoughts on Drake and how he touts owning Pharrell’s old chains?

The way I see it, Pharrell auctioned them off (not out of need) and Drake paid for them. I don’t see how that is something to taunt Pharrell with, but clearly Drake does after meltdown and referencing them again on Iceman.

How do you see this? If you’re a Drake fan is it cool to you that he has them? Do you see it as a one up?

Best rap album from the south?

Reading through this subreddit I really don’t understand how Drake is this successful when he drops albums this painfully boring and bad?

I’ve never really heard his music before so I’m genuinely asking. It just seems people like Lil Wayne and Jay Z deserve to be more famous.

What are your thoughts? Do you think Drake will be famous 3 months from now?

Please help me explain why she's wrong she says they are literally the same song im worried.

1. Make Them Cry - 6/10
   Ok intro with good bars, but not the best intro he’s done. Nowhere compared to Tuscan Leather.

2. Dust - 7/10
   Good beat. Aggressive boasts. Enjoy the energy.

3. Whisper My Name - 9/10
   Amazing beat. Some really good bars. The 2nd verse brings the song down slightly which is why I didn’t give a 10.

4. Janice STFU - 8/10
   Another great beat. The Chorus is ok. But gets annoying after awhile. Good diss to Kendrick about white kids listen to him for white guilt, but the sting is taken away when you realize more white people listen to Drake, lol.

5. Ran to Atlanta - 3/10
   Garbage. Worst Drake and Future collab. The energy probably wasn’t right due to the beef they had earlier.

6. Shabang - 4/10
   Good beat. Don’t like what Drake did to the song though.

7. Make Them Pay - 10/10
   Great beat. Great bars. Classic Drake. Best diss to DJ Khaled.

8. Burning Bridges - 2/10
   Awful. Kodak Black type flow. Wonder if Kodak wrote. Bad all around

9. National Treasures - 10/10
   Amazing beat. Amazing bars with the 2nd verse holding up better than Whisper Your Name. I found the Iceman, Niceman, Hot and Cold corny but funny, that fits Drake.

10. B’s On The Table - 3/10
    Bad song. Don’t like the chorus or the verses.

11. What Did I Miss - 5/10
    Ok song. But way better songs on here.

12. Plot Twist - 6/10
    Good song. Reminds me of a lesser version of Mob Ties. Funny skit at end.

13. 2 Hard 4 The Radio - 7/10
    Like both beats. Like what Drake does with them. Hyphy beat is better than the first beat. Don’t like the chorus with the “Woah, Woah” shit

14. Make Them Remember - 8/10
    Almost as good as Make Them Pay. Should’ve been the last song about the beef as Drake is taking too much energy on it, like Ja Rule with Blood In My Eye.

15. Little Birdie - 4/10
    Another Kodak flow. I think Kodak wrote this one too. Better than Burning Bridges but not by much.

16. Don’t Worry - 8/10
    Other than 2 Hard 4 The Radio the only light hearted song on the album. Much needed break from the beef, revenge, betrayal, and anger from the rest of the album.

17. Firm Friends - 6/10
    Finally hit breaking point of Drake talking about the beef and who betrayed him. We get it, everybody turned their back on you. Also the flow is tired at this point. The same flow as Make Them Cry, Make Them Pay, and Make Them Remember.

18. Make Them Know - 9/10
    Great beat. Change up from the revenge and getting niggas back shit. More vulnerable and introspective about the industry as a whole on a great beat. Great choir ending. Only brought down slightly by the I don’t think we’ll be seeing the nice Drake from 2009 again. Seems corny to me.

- 7/10. Overall a good album. Wish there was some more quality check on this one. You remove about 6 songs and Drake is easily sitting on a 9/10 album and probably his best one.

Already not a drake fan, but gave it a listen just to keep current. Ran to Atlanta was the best song on the album, probably the only one I’ll listen to again. National Treasures and Whisper My Name were also pretty good. Nothing was necessarily bad, just bordering on 0 replayability. What’s everyone else’s general opinion?

For me it’s Heroes & Villains.

I know some people see it as “just” a mainstream trap album, but I honestly think it’s one of the most well-produced rap albums of the decade. The whole project feels cinematic from beginning to end, the transitions, the dark production, the sequencing, the features, everything feels really intentional and well chosen.

Curious to hear everyone else’s picks.

Not only that I think Takeover is a better beat than Ether and overall a better song.

From his bars themselves to the batman reference and the bane voice clip, pure fire. I had to run this one back a few times.