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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: Shot Callin on November 24, 2011, 09:56:00 PM
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He's a good lyricist but just ain't quite on that dogg pound, gangsta rap level that I grew up loving. Where's that west coast gangsta shit these days... seems like it's getting watered down to pop rap.
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he's too smart for gangsta shit and i love what he do
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amAS6VKeq-U
listen to this, i luv gangsta rap as well, miss it but kendrick is tha shit.and to tell u tha truth i hate new music im stuck in 90īs but there are few cats that do it for me: game, nip huss, jay rock, kendrick THAT`S ALL.
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he's too smart for gangsta shit and i love what he do
yeah and he didn't say that he is gangster, gangsta rap is played out, look where Dogg Pound are now. you can listen to good alternative rappers or to wack gangsters.
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by the way, he was never caliming himself as being a gangster. to the contrary he actually said in some songs that the real gang bangers respect his way of thinking because he drops some real music. and I really gotta laugh when someone's telling stuff like "where's the gangsta rap at these days". imo 85% of all the new shit dropping is still gangsta rap or pretending to be, at least regarding the lyrics. So this thread is stupid. Kendrick never said he was gangsta. If you dont like him because of that, then go on and bump all the other shit from dpg to wc to mitchy slick or whoever.
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Thanks God, he aint wonna be crip or blood.
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Jay rock dropped a solid album. It's more in line with westcoast gangsta rap.
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I highly doubt that there ever will be gangsta rap like we know it. It is done arleady (years ago actually). Its hard to think about tho, but its time to move on.
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jay rock a real g tho and he dropped his album this year, it was of tha chaiinnn!! kendrick is a smart cat and knows what he wants, who wants to gangbang instead of making millions of dollars? ::)
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Don't really agree with this. Section 80 is the only thing I've heard from him tho.
He might not be into set tripping but Kendrick Lamar is more gangsta than most so-called gangsta rap.
Or at least closer to say early NWA stuff or whatever.
Dark themes, including crime, viewed from a young urban persons perspective. Based on realism and blurring the line between "good and evil".
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Oh, nooooo! He's not a real OG. Now I gotta delete his album from my iPod.
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LMAO @ he's not the gangster rap I know and love.
Welcome to 2011. Gangster rap is dead. G-funk is dead. Be thankful that there are still some individuals like Kendrick Lamar who understand that and are trying to do something different and not try to rehash a genre of music like gangsta rap that's been done to death over the last 25 years.
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Kendrick Lamar never claimed to be a gangster. That shit played out years ago.
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He's a good lyricist but just ain't quite on that dogg pound, gangsta rap level that I grew up loving. Where's that west coast gangsta shit these days... seems like it's getting watered down to pop rap.
check out the track let me be me off his e.p
i see this guy blowing up big time soon
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Oh, nooooo! He's not a real OG. Now I gotta delete his album from my iPod.
this is what I'm thinking..........
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he's too smart for gangsta shit and i love what he do
Exactly.
I'm sick of gangsta rap 'cause at the end of the day those rappers aren't sayin shit about nothin I do in real life. It's like watchin a fictional movie...it sounds good but c'mon most of them aren't really doin it neither. K.Lamar rap about real shit with skill.
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gangsta rap is not played out ..everybody from alaska to bangladesh listen to gangstsa rap
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Kendrick don't rap about 6-4s, hos, khakis and killing gangstas on his songs! Fuck him, he ain't shit 8)
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He's a good lyricist but just ain't quite on that dogg pound, gangsta rap level that I grew up loving. Where's that west coast gangsta shit these days...
Tha Hustle Boyz are advertised as "the new" Dogg Pound. They been working with Daz & Snoop since day one. (I think one of them is another cousin of Snoop's. (Yeah this guy has so many cousins in the industry it's unbelievable!) They even produced & featured on their early shit (Snoop as Niggaracci). Now whether they'll have the longevity & leave the legacy of Tha Dogg Pound remains to be seen, but they sure as shit are good, solo & duo & HBMG. They definitely following in the footsteps...
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i don't think the OP could be serious with that statement, the thread is a joke. lol @ the serious replies.
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he is an og who never did wrong
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he is an og who never did wrong
west west y'all 8)
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but they fuck wit him and bitch he love it
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Lotta respect for Kendrick...I love Dr. Dre's production, his music in general but I consider myself a Dre fan to this day mainly cause back in the day during the Chronic, Doggystyle era, Dre was asked in an interview (I believe it was MTV), something to the effect of "was he a real gangsta??"...Dre replied something like, " I ain't no gangsta..I'm just trying to make me some money..Anybody don't like it, I'ma have to knock them out"...Baby faced Dre laughed after that and I knew then I could relate to him...You have to understand that then and even now, dudes was claiming "gangsta for real" and knew they was lying both in their raps and interviews....Nothing wrong with what Kendrick is doing today and of course he unlike Dre is a real dope lyricist.. I also loved the gangsta/g-funk era but fellas, we gonna have to get over it....Down the road another Dre & Snoop, Eazy, NWA will emerge and probably bring it back cause all things in music come around and go around but for now, just enjoy a talent like Kendrick and move on.
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but they fuck wit him and bitch he love it
damn straight
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kendrick is not a gangsta, he never claimed to be, he keeps it real.much respect 2 him for that.
one of the new cats i respect and thatīs something rare..i dont fuck with new music
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Kendrick never claimed to be a gangsta, shit most real gangstas will tell you in a heart beat if you have a better way and don't have to get into this shit DON'T!!!! It is a lot of cats from Compton, South Central, Watts, Long Beach etc. that aren't bangers can you believe that??? That doesn't mean he doesn't know bangers or have bangers in his family but dude know his lane and I respect him for not trying to be something he is not.....
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We off that Murder/killing people shit
its 2011-12, positive movement aka feel good music. Who the fuck wants to hear a skit of drive by shooting sounds
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Kendrick is like an early Ice Cube... from the street, grew up around gangsters and just reports what he's seen in his life in his music.
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he's too smart for gangsta shit and i love what he do
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neither is game or ice cube. so whats your point ?
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i don't think the OP could be serious with that statement, the thread is a joke. lol @ the serious replies.
On an ordinary forum I would assume that but here....and you wonder why we clown some of the people here.
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Nipsey?
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Can't Believe This Thread Made It To 2 Pages. Smh
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I honestly never understood the whole fascination with gangsta rap,especially if you lived alot of the Shit yourself. Lamar is a knot mc he actually would have been nice in any era yell
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Ok, ok I get everyone's opinions here. I agree-- Kendrick is a dope lyricist-- unrivaled lyrically by nearly all rappers out there currently.
I am a big fan of beats and instrumentals that go behind the artist. And the beats Kendrick spits on are A) not that great, and B) not that funky or soulful...
I'm going to say it: Kendrick is kind of like a Black Eminem-- he can spit a dope rap (although more intelligently than Eminem), but where's that smooth funky flow? I guess that's what I miss the most. He is a great & talented artist and I respect that he doesn't fake shit or be a studio gangster. I just aint feeling his beats that much.
If Dre picked him up and produced (or oversaw the production) of a Kendrick Lamar album, now THAT MIGHT BE TIGHT. But with all the wack (yes I said it) production on his songs, I'm sorry, I'm gonna call a spade a spade. I don't hear any top 40 beats in there. His voice can get a little annoying too, but it's bearable because of his intelligence and wit.
Dope MC. Wack beats.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amAS6VKeq-U
listen to this, i luv gangsta rap as well, miss it but kendrick is tha shit.and to tell u tha truth i hate new music im stuck in 90īs but there are few cats that do it for me: game, nip huss, jay rock, kendrick THAT`S ALL.
It's aight. His lyrics are dope. But the beat is average, and his flow while on-spot, is lacking that rhythm and flow that I love so much from gangsta rap
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Kendrick sounds nothing like Eminem. They have literally NOTHING in common.
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They have the rap flow of a white person in common.
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Ok, ok I get everyone's opinions here. I agree-- Kendrick is a dope lyricist-- unrivaled lyrically by nearly all rappers out there currently.
I am a big fan of beats and instrumentals that go behind the artist. And the beats Kendrick spits on are A) not that great, and B) not that funky or soulful...
I'm going to say it: Kendrick is kind of like a Black Eminem-- he can spit a dope rap (although more intelligently than Eminem), but where's that smooth funky flow? I guess that's what I miss the most. He is a great & talented artist and I respect that he doesn't fake shit or be a studio gangster. I just aint feeling his beats that much.
If Dre picked him up and produced (or oversaw the production) of a Kendrick Lamar album, now THAT MIGHT BE TIGHT. But with all the wack (yes I said it) production on his songs, I'm sorry, I'm gonna call a spade a spade. I don't hear any top 40 beats in there. His voice can get a little annoying too, but it's bearable because of his intelligence and wit.
Dope MC. Wack beats.
Beat selection is the best feature of his albums for me. I hope his debut is produced by his team with few beats from big names like J. Cole or Just Blaze.
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They have the rap flow of a white person in common.
I don't think you know what a white person sounds like. Either you're trolling or incredibly ignorant.
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Yeah he is more thought provoking which we need also
Hopefully someone steps up in that hard gangsta hole soon
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Hopefully someone steps up in that hard gangsta hole soon
Freddie Gibbs?
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Sad thing is......you're favorite gangsta rapper most likely ain't a gangsta no more so why is this even an issue?
Image > music to most of you cats. Shameful.
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Dr Dre beats would ruin Kendrick Lamar, not everyone sounds tight to Dre beats...
and how the fuck does kendrick rap like a white person?
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and how the fuck does kendrick rap like a white person?
Cuz black people walk like this, and white people walk like this..smh.
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his voice doesn't sound like a white person, but his flow does. lack of soul/funk
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Kendrick IS "gangsta". Just for being himself.
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Kendrick IS "gangsta". Just for being himself.
best post in this thread. close it already.smh. "kendrick ainīt gangsta" lol STFU hoe, iīm cut u off :D
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I agree to an extent that some of his production could be better, but it definitely doesn't take much away from him for me. He's not cut from the same cloth as most rappers that came out of the West so it wouldn't make sense for him to look for production that emulates them.
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his voice doesn't sound like a white person, but his flow does. lack of soul/funk
soul and funk (I assume you're talking about the music genres) have nothing to do with flow. If anything his flow sounds like Kanye.
Question. What is a white dude doing even speaking on what it means to "sound black"? You give wiggers on the internet a bad name.
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his voice doesn't sound like a white person, but his flow does. lack of soul/funk
soul and funk (I assume you're talking about the music genres) have nothing to do with flow. If anything his flow sounds like Kanye.
Question. What is a white dude doing even speaking on what it means to "sound black"? You give wiggers on the internet a bad name.
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his voice doesn't sound like a white person, but his flow does. lack of soul/funk
soul and funk (I assume you're talking about the music genres) have nothing to do with flow. If anything his flow sounds like Kanye.
Question. What is a white dude doing even speaking on what it means to "sound black"? You give wiggers on the internet a bad name.
You know, now that I think about it some more it's mostly the beats that are lacking the soulful quality I wanting so bad. The Dogg Pound has it for example. Whatever you want to name that quality/sound. It's probably just that gangster rap quality I'm wanting so much that isn't there.
Secondly, in response to your little barbed comment, I can appreciate and critique music no matter what skin color I am. It's an honest opinion. I will continue to listen to him and other artists, but just wondering what other people thought. Obviously a lot of people like him. I do too-- he brings a lot of positivity to the table. But he's (to me) not a new-age (modern version) of Snoop's Doggystyle or Dre's Chronic. I know these times have passed, but I'm still looking for that next amazing thing and I don't feel this is it.
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his voice doesn't sound like a white person, but his flow does. lack of soul/funk
soul and funk (I assume you're talking about the music genres) have nothing to do with flow. If anything his flow sounds like Kanye.
Question. What is a white dude doing even speaking on what it means to "sound black"? You give wiggers on the internet a bad name.
You know, now that I think about it some more it's mostly the beats that are lacking the soulful quality I wanting so bad. The Dogg Pound has it for example. Whatever you want to name that quality/sound. It's probably just that gangster rap quality I'm wanting so much that isn't there.
Secondly, in response to your little barbed comment, I can appreciate and critique music no matter what skin color I am. It's an honest opinion. I will continue to listen to him and other artists, but just wondering what other people thought. Obviously a lot of people like him. I do too-- he brings a lot of positivity to the table. But he's (to me) not a new-age (modern version) of Snoop's Doggystyle or Dre's Chronic. I know these times have passed, but I'm still looking for that next amazing thing and I don't feel this is it. But to each his own. His record sales and mass appeal will be the true judge of his success.