2 Underrated rappers.

[Trauma-san]

This isn't a list for yall to add to, and throw out every bullshit rapper you've heard rhyme 1 halfway alright verse.  This is about true talent.  I'm just gonna name 2 rappers, and you tell me what you think of them.  I think they're hella underrated.


1. Plug One from DE La Soul (Posdynous).  More accurately referred to as "Plug One The Wonder".  


2. Treach



Discuss.

[MANBEARPIG.]

This isn't a list for yall to add to, and throw out every bullshit rapper you've heard rhyme 1 halfway alright verse.  This is about true talent.  I'm just gonna name 2 rappers, and you tell me what you think of them.  I think they're hella underrated.


1. Plug One from DE La Soul (Posdynous).  More accurately referred to as "Plug One The Wonder".  


2. Treach



Discuss.

Plug..yes but Treach I don't know if he is underrated because I heard he gets mad respect from other artists and Mc's..both great though.

[Trauma-san]

This isn't a list for yall to add to, and throw out every bullshit rapper you've heard rhyme 1 halfway alright verse.  This is about true talent.  I'm just gonna name 2 rappers, and you tell me what you think of them.  I think they're hella underrated.


1. Plug One from DE La Soul (Posdynous).  More accurately referred to as "Plug One The Wonder".  


2. Treach



Discuss.

Plug..yes but Treach I don't know if he is underrated because I heard he gets mad respect from other artists and Mc's..both great though.

... but wouldn't you say Treach is definately underrated by your average hiphop fan? How many people ever, EVER say Naughty By Nature are tight?

[MANBEARPIG.]

definitely

[Trauma-san]

I wonder what it is about De La Soul and Naughty By Nature though that makes them where people don't really respect them all that much? I mean, nobody's basically gonna say anything bad about them, but they're always out of mind whenever they're talking about talented mc's and good CD's and things.  De La Soul have dropped classic album after classic album, but nobody really pays them any mind, and Treach has a wicked flow, some of the tightest shit ever came out of his mouth, you never even hear his name.  Maybe they're just a little too out of date, I dunno.  

[Doggystylin]

i got mad respect for de la and naughty, i remember NBN from back in the day when they dropped poverty's paradie and feel me flow was all over mtv. de la soul are one of the great ones. so they get props from me, they always had my respect.

[Trauma-san]

^, Yeah, but if somebody said "Name tight rappers" neither one of them would probably enter your mind.  I'm not saying it's you, I'm just wondering why nobody really thinks about them, is all.

[PhantomChild]

If Treach keeps on making songs like that one with 3LW,i'm not
feeling him no more.I don't think he'll come with a single like
"Dirt up on my Lonely" or "Work" ever again,and if he and naughty is,it's too dirty for t.v nowadays. :(Am I right?And as for Plug......I guess hip-hop fans today don't know who he is and i'm too young to relize what prob'ly a great MC he truly is.

[Trauma-san]

I'll just give you some lyrics so you can realize his genius (Him & Dove wrote this for De La Soul)


Millie Pulled a Pistol On Santa


"This is the stylin' for a little that sounds silly
But nothin' silly about triflin' times of Millie
Millie, a Brooklyn Queen-originally from Philly
Complete with that accent that made her sound hilly-billy
Around this time, the slammin' joint was Milk is Chilin'
But even cooler was my social worker Dillon
Yeah, I had a social worker 'cuz I had some troubles
Anyone who'd riff on me, I'd pop their dome like bubbles
He'd bring me to his crib to watch my favorite races
That's how his daughter Millie become one of my favorite faces
She had the curves that made you wanna take chances
I mean on her, man, I'd love to make advances
I guess her father must 'a got the same feelin'
I mean, actually findin' his own daughter Millie appealing
At the time no one knew but it was a shame
That Millie became a victim of the touchy-touchy game

Yo Millie, what's the problem, lately you've been buggin'
On your dukie earrings, someone must be tuggin'
You were a dancer who could always be found clubbin'
Now you're world renowned with the frown you're luggin'
Come to think your face look stink when Dill's around you
He's your father-what done happen-did he ground you?
You shouldn't flip on him 'cuz Dill is really cool
Matter of fact, the coolest elder in the school
He hooked up a trip to bring us all the Lacey
He volunteered to play old Santa Claus at Macy's
Child, ya got the best of pops anyone could have
Dillon's cool, super hip, you should be glad
Yeah, it seemed that Santa's ways were parallel with Dillon
But when Millie and him got him, he was more of a villain
While she slept in he crept inside her bedroom
And he would toss and then would force her to give him head room
Millie tried real hard to let this hell not happen
But when she'd fuss, he would just commence to slappin'
(Yo Dillon man, Millie's been out of school for a week, man, what's the
deal?)
I guess he was givin' Millie's bruises time to heal
Of course he told us she was sick and we believed him
And at the department store as Santa we would see 'em
And as he smiled, his own child was at home plottin'
How off the face of this earth she was gonna knock him
When I got home, I found she had tried to call me
My machine had kicked to her hey how ya doin' (sorry)
I tried to call the honey but her line was busy
I guess I'll head to Macy's and bug out on Dillon
I received a call from Misses Sick herself
I asked her how was she recoverin' her health
She said that what she had to ask would make it seem minute
She wanted to talk serious, I said, "go ahead-shoot"
She claimed I hit the combo dead upon the missal
Wanted to know if I could get a loaded pistol
That ain't a problem but why would Millie need one
She said she wanted her pops Dillon to heed one
Ran some style about him pushin' on her privates
Look honey, I don't care if you kick five fits
There's no way that you can prove to me that Dill's flip
He might breathe a blunt but ya jeans he wouldn't rip
You're just mad he's your overseer at school
No need to play him out like he's someone cruel
She kicked that she would go get it from somewhere else
Yeah, whatever you say, go for ya self

Macy's department store, the scene for Santa's kisses
And all the little brats demandin' all of their wishes
Time passes by as I wait for my younger brother
He as his wish, I waste no time to return him back to Mother
As I'm jettin', Millie floats in like a zombie
I ask her what's her problem, all she says is "Where is he?"
I give a point, she pulls a pistol, people screamin'
She shouts to Dill he's off to hell cuz he's a demon
None of the kids could understand what was the cause
All they could see was a girl holdin' a pistol on Claus
Dillon pleaded mercy, said he didn't mean to
Do all the things that her mind could do nothing but cling to
Millie bucked him and with the quickness it was over

[PhantomChild]

Man,that goes so deep!Does it have a banging beat going along with it?Shoot I might have to cop DLS is Dead CD then!

[Young Griff]

i agree...De La Soul is one of the greatest groups ever and never really got the respect they deserved.

[Trauma-san]

Man,that goes so deep!Does it have a banging beat going along with it?Shoot I might have to cop DLS is Dead CD then!

Not really a bangin' beat, but a dope beat, and their flow makes the lyrics about 20 times better.  You gotta hear it, it's a song to be heard.  After all that, though, it's just an average De La song, the ones where Plug One is pissed off and wants to act hard are the best, lol.  Shit like

"The instamatic focal point bringing damage to your boroughs
Be some brothers from the east with some beats that be thorough
Got the solar gravitation so I'm bound to pull it
I gets down like brothers are found ducking from bullets
Gun control means using both hands in my land
Where it's all about the cautious livin'
Migrating to a higher form of consequence, compliments
Of strugglin', that shouldn't be notable
Man every word I say should be a hip hop quotable"


He ain't kidding either, tight shit

[Kill]

nobody's basically gonna say anything bad about them, but they're always out of mind whenever they're talking about talented mc's and good CD's and thing

true, as for me, i might mention de la, but as for naughty by nature this goes for me too...they just don't pop into my head. but then again, i like de la more than nbn..."3 Feet High & Rising" & "De La Soul Is Dead" are near classic

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

De La Soul and Naughty By Nature were popular as hell back in the day...You just don't hear about them as much now, because they don't come out as dope anymore...PeACe

[M Dogg™]

Am I the only one that wouldn't classify either as underrated because both had sold lots of albums in their day, and are considered legends now. In the future, people will say the same about Nas and Ice Cube. Underrated, yet both had a period were they dominated their rap era. De La Soul and Naughty came out in a great era of rap when everyone was dropping classics and showing off great skillz. Both in their time were well respect in one of raps greatest eras. Now kids only like what they hear now, so of course they'd pick up a newer artist. Hell if Naughty, De La Soul and Fabolous all released an album today, Fabolous would outsell them both, just like back in 1993 Cypress Hill would outsell both Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5 and Kurtis Blow. Just happens that way, out of sight, out of mind.