what's yours?

Either Where My Mind is At by Roots Manuva or Caught, Can I Get a Witness by Public Enemy. Dizzee Rascal's latest single Dirtee Cash is getting a lot of play on my iPod too.

Actually Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos is probably my favourite Public Enemy track.

N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton

Can't link it but yeah.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jaPruUtiBU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7_jbluF0qo However you have to count this album as one entity cause its just so awesome
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeN9c2GYJkk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_-4GFV7uTE

Can't choose just one... But basically anything from those artists are great. Wu-Tang as well.

Not neccecarily my favourite songs, but I like the artists.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKJeLG8-M5I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYqzcDNhenc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ld_tF1AXqs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOyUevGG9pQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwBRkN9__uc

And ofc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4PN7Xbexq4. But they've made far too many great songs to just name one.

Handlebars

Ahh, I am fond of the whole "six Packets" album by Digital Underground.
I also like Snoop Dogg and Pharell's "Beautiful".
"LL Cool J had a few funny ones, like "Milky Cereal"
Geto Boy's "Mind playing tricks on me" is haunting. Heh.
Oaktown 357's "Juicy" was pretty danceable.


I don't consider the Roots to be rap.
Nonetheless, "break you off" and "the seed" are just kick ass.

Juicy by B.I.G fat dead guy.

I don't like new age rap, (Keyword being new age, you mutha!) But I am fond of 'Still' form The Ghetto Boys. I favorite activity while listening to that is hitting a copy machine with a baseball bat.

By the Time I Get to Arizona by Public Enemy.

Right now it's Empire state of mind by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys. I just love that song, there's really to many great rap/hip hop songs out there for me to pick just one though, it depends on my mood really.

EDIT: Galuf, your avatar is genius! DESTRUCITY!

Not really a fan of Rap/hip hop, but I have always liked http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNWhmkNIIwk&feature=PlayList&p=88FEC523741F569F&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=10

Anything by Sage, Aesop, and P.o.S is good.

Jay-Z is so commercial and embodies a lot of what I really don't like about contemporary mainstream hip-hop. Which is why it annoys me that I like him so much. Hearing Empire State of Mind performed live at Wembley Stadium blew me away.

Artists: Magnetic North, Collective Efforts, Atmosphere, Talib Kweli, Cunninlynguists, and Eminem

Songs:

"So Long" ~ Magnetic North
"Define" ~ Collective Efforts
"Guarantees" ~ Atmosphere
"Get By" ~ Talib Kweli
"616 Rewind" ~ Cunninlynguists
"When I'm Gone" ~ Eminem

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS47pqVnIaU, by MC Solaar and Ron Carter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avRuZ4QLWek, by Iwasaki Tarou

writin names on my hollow tips, plottin [censored], mad violence, who im gon body, this hood politics

Other than this, I like collaborations. DJ Kay Slay`s Rollin 25 Deep, The Game`s One Blood remix, etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0GwMXeBKDw

Lisa Papineau who does the vocals has a great voice, and Juan Alderete is killer on the fretless bass (he also plays for The Mars Volta and RacerX)

I try not to think about it really. I saw him live two years ago and it was amazing, it's number three on my top three concerts ever list with Foo Fighters at two and AC/DC at number one.

You've gotta hand it to him though, Jay-Z basically went from nothing to being one of the most succesfull people in the world, and honestly, he is a great rapper, at least I think so. Say what you will about him being commercial and what not, I think he's a very talented musician, and that's enough for me.

Outstanding choice.

Also by Atmosphere:

"Puppets"
"Smart Went Crazy"

That performance was great.

About commercialism and being mainstream, I'm glad Jay-Z is mainstream, he's old school and embodies what is great about rap. Youngsters these days are all about the autotune and newfangled synthetic sound. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EWruiIjBmo is my anthem.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18gDUzL2mLQ&feature=related

That was one of the worst 2 minutes 44 seconds of my life.

<---This guy (avvy)

I'm a pretty big rap/hip hop fan, but I like ALL types of music, rap, deathmetal, rock, alternative, trance/techno..whatever category lady gaga is..all of it.
I'd say favorite rappers are Lil Wayne and Eminem, and I really like Tupac, and Chamillionaire (The Sound of Revenge album).
Favorite songs
Southern Takeover - Chamillionaire ft. Killer Mike and Pastor Troy
Dead Bodies - Lil Wayne
I'm not Human - Lil Wayne
Cannon Remix - Lil Wayne ft. DJ Drama, Whillie the Kid, Juice
Georgia...Bush - Lil Wayne
The Block is Hot - Lil Wayne
Forever - Drake ft. Eminem, Lil Wayne and Kanye West
Brand New Money - Lil Wayne
Ghetto Youth Rocks - Lil Wayne ft. Junior Reid
I Feel Like Dying - Lil Wayne
King Kong Remix - Lil Wayne (Da Drought 3 Mixtape bonus disc)
New Orleans - Lil Wayne
Martian - Lil Wayne
Drop The World - Lil Wayne ft. Eminem
Till' I Collapse - Eminem
Medicine Ball - Eminem
Beautiful - Eminem
Stan - Eminem ft. Dido
Rabbit Run - Eminem
California Love - Dr. Dre ft. Tupac

Just to name a few. ^_^ I have over 800 lil wayne songs in my itunes library...

My favorite is Smoke Dope and Rap by Andre Nickatina