fuckin squares

fuckin squares

2-d cubes having sex

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Of course, it's difficult to put people into little boxes and categories, but for the sake of simplification, that is what I will attempt to do. By no means are any of these exclusive, but just what I see applies the best.

There are five things that make a good rapper great. In no particular order:
1. Sincerity
2. Ease of listening (appeal)
3. Lines that hit (punchlines, 'ohhh shiiiit what the fuck' lines)
4. Skill
5. Clever concepts
6. Bounce/Rhythm (optional)

There are only few rappers with all these attributes. I'll go through a list of rappers that exemplify certain aspects of the attribute in particular, and rappers that are not good at the attribute as well in parenthesis:
1. Tupac/ J. Cole/ Big K.R.I.T
2. Kid Cudi/ Wiz Khalifa (Tech N9ne/ Pusha T/ Cyhi the Prince)
3. Lil Wayne/ Childish Gambino
4. Eminem/ Tech N9ne/ Kendrick Lamar/ Nas/ Lupe (A$AP Rocky)
5. Kanye West
6. Notorious B.I.G/ Andre 3000 (Talib Kweli)

Then there are the follow up skills which are almost necessary, but not in the same grouping as the above:
7. Storytelling
8. Aura/ Mood
9. Vocal Control

7. Jay-Z/ Common/ Mos Def/ Talib Kweli/ Immortal Technique
8.  Nipsey Hussle/ Tyler/ A$AP Rocky/ L.E.P Bogus Boys
9. Tyga/ Drake/ Andre 3000

And then aside from all this, most rappers fit into three categories of why they rap. They are, again, in no particular order:
1. Joy
2. Emotion
3. Success

I'll put in korean musicians just for kicks.

Joy:

Beenzino

Primary

Sanchez

Emotions:

Tablo

Lupe (pre-lasers)

E-sens

The Weeknd

Frank Ocean

Childish Gambino

Success:

San-e

Tyga

Simon-D

Dok2

Lil Wayne

Nipsey Hussle

split:

Drake (emotions/success)

J. Cole (emotions/success)

Tyler (emotions/joy)

Big Sean (emotions/success)