i ask this after reading the eminem thread below...what are the criterion for a dope rapper ? what are "skillz" ?
and furnish me with examples.
― mike (ro)bott, Tuesday, 6 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)
right lets see
rhymes, rhymes and rhymes galore - Rakim has the best, Latyrx are
superior writers to most,
originality - Madlib/Quasimoto, Missy, beck is a cracking mc in my
opinion real talented and still just throwing new shit out in to the
open
production - Missy's and timbalands beats are amazing, out of this
world stuff - dr dre use of performed breaks to help the artist not
the record label shows some good old fashioned kind heartedness
a fat crate of records for your mc helps - stand up marley marl and
biz markie, stand up Madlib
some front, definitley some front helps - master P
clothes label seems to do the trick (shit everyone who ever picked up
a mic seems to have this
a crew - from flash to run dmc to the wu - everyones got a crew
gold - ODB, Rakim, RUN DMC, the beasties
feel free to tear this all apart
― james, Tuesday, 6 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)
I would add 'wit' to the equation (Princess Superstar - she might not
have the flow but the girl got great imagery).
Oh, and how about some insight - (Saul Williams [?]), possession of bad
beatbox ability (Rahzel) and sumtime silky-smooth delivery (MC Solaar).
― Roger Fascist, Tuesday, 6 August 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)