Polls weak like clock radio speakers - VOTING THREAD for the ALL TIME RAP MUSIC POLL OF THE GODS (poll ends 25 May 2011)

lol

Another purchase thanks to this poll: Masta Ace Inc 'Slaughtahouse'.

Wicked.

daily bump: VOTE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XvSJ8jiWIU

Hadn't heard this in almost 20 years before this poll. Even better - and bleaker - than I remembered.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFs6lM7cpEY

Glad there's so much time left. Making an albums ballot is way harder than my trax ballot was.

Hope everyone else is thinking like that too - we need more votes!

I keep putting this off. Need to get on it. Meanwhile... mini side poll; which version of 'Tonights the Night' is better to you?

Redman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBhrqL6VnWQ

vs

Kriss Kross (Redman remix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck5lYs9OZXA

og!

Glad there's so much time left. Making an albums ballot is way harder than my trax ballot was.

― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, May 3, 2011 4:34 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark

opposite for me -- wasn't too hard to sort out my personal canon of top 50 rap LPs but narrowing down 50 tracks out of all the thousands of songs i've loved felt impossible.

For me, rap is much more a singles genre (is that rockist? who cares.) and, as such, I have a much firmer grasp on which songs have meant the most to me over the last 25 years or so. As for albums, I really only have a total of 20 or 25 albums that I return to time after time and stretching that list out to 50 (which I may not even end up doing) is going to be more of a task.

I've pretty much decided my Top 50s but I'm enjoying listening to all the nominations so much that I'm going to hold off submitting for a while yet. I've listened to nothing but hip hop since Sunday - this poll is a total joy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQY3taMhYNo

Kinda tempted to place this as my #1 track... It starts all cool with some well put slice-of-life storytelling, but the way everything leads to the epiphany at the end - damn, just damn!

And yeah, choosing just 50 track seems like an impossible task, albums were much easier to narrow down.

sent the singles list. still having doubts about sending my 20-25 albums list.

x-post That Coup song is perfect.

luv far cats bigga fish

hey gos, i got your tracks :D just remember to do an albums ballot too :D

bumping

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxMmTHZMXxc

daily bump, come on people

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAag-nlCJQ0

Down to M on the list of nominees - I think this is my favourite discovery so far.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y7HHPjBUek

If you haven't heard the album that's off (In Our Lifetime Vol. 1) you should remedy that. Fantastic production largely by Organized Noize.

more bumps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kokGh5XWQ8U&feature=related

Albums ballot sent.

yeah albums ballot was much easier for me. tracks - I mean shit there's so many, I ended up just throwing a bunch of random shit on there tbh. Granted they are all things I love and songs I will rep for, but ranking them was completely arbitrary once I got past the top 20 or so.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqZMoLXoVxs

bump - vote!

bump with an all time jam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5owAQZUfSl4

bump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qyt0tAwDAPc

bump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfPLcQhXpCc

Can music like this ever come back? Tired of this wiz khalifah bullshit,
Musicloveshappiness 2 weeks ago 65

ok i don't know if i'm gonna beat 2005 for 'rap music was so much better back in the day, not like the kids they have now' youtube comments.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM9eaRfnTa8

You say Justin Bieber-I say Tupac

You say Lil Wayne-I say Biggie Smalls

You say Drake-I say Ice Cube

You say Soulja Boy-I say Big Pun

You say Gucci Mane-I say Rakim

You say New school-i say shut the fuck up

You say Pop-I scream Hip Hop!

You say Hanhah Montana-i fucking punch you in the face

92% of teenagers have turned to New school and Pop.If you are part of the 8% that still listen to real music,copy and paste this message to another video. Don't let the real rap die

ncheccrew 5 days ago 3

Timbaland- Give It To Me (2007)

why don't people make music like this anymore?
Johnnys1700 3 days ago

when the new decade (2010s) rolled in, pop & rap started to become electronic shit & have pointless lyrics ("black & yellow, black & yellow") thumbs up if music should stay like give it to me instead of today's shit
HaterAssasin 1 week ago

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vote.

Rap was much better in the past than it is now

Yeah today its all Justin Biebers and Hannah Montanas and just not like it used to be.

There's always good stuff going on, but I don't think 2011 is particularly great. That's not to say there isn't tons of cool stuff going on but compared to say mid 80s or early mid 90s or early mid 00s it doesn't compare. I get you are just clowning you tube comments but still

well duh, rap isn't too great today but yeah lol youtube comments

seriously ppl, vote.

I'm working on mine, Sam. Slowly, but getting there etc.

How many ballots are in atm?

A frankly rubbish 16.

Just sent my ballot, hope you got it.

yes - ty!

ballot sent! Thanks for running things a hoy hoy.

ty for voting dude.

lol at justin bieber = pac

daily bump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuqnP3tyFOk

My ballot is in the works. In the meantime...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvsRucP32Q4

I regret not nomming Warren G's album Regulate...G Funk Era. Solid as hell, it goes way deeper than just Regulate and This DJ