I knew that somewhere in me there was capacity to enjoy rap, but 99% of it that I heard I hated. But there were a few songs I enjoyed; NWA's express yourself, Sugarhill Gang's rapper's delight, a biz markie song or two, bad credit, and then maybe some nerdcore songs i've heard. So I finally turned to my friend [url=pandora.com]Pandora[/url] and told her/him... it, of the few songs I liked and pretty soon I was listening to rap I actually enjoyed.

some things I've thumbed up:

Young MC
Jungle Brothers
Newcleus

(Song - Artist)
You Wanna Know - Ugly Ducklin
Let's Jam - Newcleus
Mistadobalina - Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
Principal's Office - Young MC
Slicker Than Most - Guru

so are you gonna attack me now or what? :<(8:

I like a lot of Hip-hop.
Not rap so much.

I have an old MC Hammer cassette tape that I got when I was about 9.

i like a lot of what i hear. but i don't go out looking for rap/hip hop songs to listen to.

i do tend to stick to the nerdcore stuff though. mc lars is definitely my favorite "rapper."

but as far as mainstream goes, i love love love outkast. and that's pretty much the only one that comes to mind right now.

The only rap I really like is MC Lars and Bad Credit. LYLT does some occasionally, but they're not a rap group. I really love freestyle raps because it shows that the rappers aren't just sellout loser record company faces. It shows that they really know how wrap with improv skills. Speaking of MC Lars and freestyles, did anyone catch that MC Lars live internet freestyle 2 weeks or so ago? I don't remember what site it was on, but he was truly amazing.

Anyways, here's an awesome freestyle after an Aquabats concert at In the Venue. I'm the dude behind MC Lars wearing the green surfing shirt at 1:34(+). It's not too great audio wise, but it gets the point across.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=NZ2-0HwXAQc&feature=related

I do enjoy alot of it

Stuff like:
Beastie Boys
Jurrasic 5
MC Frontalot
MC Hawking
Public Enemy
Wu-tang

Just to name a few

Optimus Rhyme is a pretty good nerd-core rapper.

and check out K-os right away. His stuff is amazing.

Bad Credit.

i can listen to some atmosphere or brother ali every once in a while

Hmm. Before watching the video, I checked the comments. Good thing too: "Oh, I just got Rick Rolled!" or "Dang it, you got me!"

So I'll pass on starting the video.

I didn't even have to click on the link to know it'd be a rick roll. Nice try though Brennan Von Tito. And keep up these rick roll links, cause it's totally not getting old!

Hey Ben, have you ever played with the Brobecks? I met this way cool kid named Ben at the SLC show a few years ago and I never made the connection that it might be you.

I don't really listen to Rap/Hip hop, save for some TLC songs.

(Also the song "The Hypnotic" by The Roots, but only because it has my name in it )

Tupac
Stezo
NWA
Biz Markie
Sugarhill Gang
Kids N' Play
Run DMC
Just Ice
KRS-1
MC Honkey (sorta)

and the list goes on