who in the music industry has true talent?

[tonysmallz]

MC EIHT FOO!

..

lol

[Machiavelli]

David Blake

[tonysmallz]

quik has got a lot of albums that u can lsiten 2 over and over?

most of them actually

[XaNdEr]

musical wise there wouldnt be much rappers that would have true talent. many rappers use recycled lyrics, if not from themselves, then from someone else. thats why i have ot disagree on nas, though he is one of my favorite rappers, he does recycle much old lyrics, tiny pieces, but still. plus his album catalgue is not consistent at all. he has almost true talent, but he dont have that last piece that for example michael jackson has.

i think dr. dre is near true talent as well, but he used too much samples in his early music. nowadays he comes up with mostly original stuff (thats why i think that orchestra thing he mentioned before is a great thing) but remember the chronic? so much samples of older classics. no matter how much i like that album, it is just taking pieces of classic tracks and put them together and there is a new track...

i think in hiphop the rapper/producer with true talent is rakim. he inspired so many rappers, legends as well as underground artists, and (part of) his lyrics are still used by many rappers as well. together with eric b he was a legend, with true talent.

next to that, maybe ice cube for writing much (if not almost all) of n.w.a. songs, his own works and brining that whole social/critical side in rap to the mainstream and make it acceptable plus popular, which was later used by others as well.

next to that i cant think of any other rapper that would be able to claim that title. maybe i can come up with some more later on.

[tonysmallz]

wasent dj slip one of the first to make a whole album with out sampling, and used all his own beats,
call me on this but i tihnk its right

but true tallent
ima go out on a limb here and say.......wesley snipes

lmao

[virtuoso]

Each to his own but i think tonedeff is the shit, if you don't think so then so be it.

[tonysmallz]

Each to his own but i think tonedeff is the shit, if you don't think so then so be it.

100% true

[everlast1986]

Prince
Stevie Wonder
Trent Reznor
Dr. Dre (by himself and with assistants)
Lauryn Hill
Cee-Lo

[tonysmallz]

Prince
Stevie Wonder

these 2 are wold wide, and probly out sell any one, so tahy could be in the top easily

but cee-lo, i thaught he disapeard of the map?

[everlast1986]

^u ever heard of Gnarls Barkley?

[tonysmallz]

no i havent sorry, i googled them, so its a group cee lo is involved in?

school me a bit homie

[everlast1986]

Yeah him and DJ Danger Mouse. They released an album last year called 'St. Elsewhere'. They sound more like a rock hybrid group but the production and arrangements they use is amazing.

[tonysmallz]

cool thanks man..

[Paul]

Michael Jackson
Roger Troutman
Prince
Me
Daz