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1 year ago    |   Tags: production value cutting edge fast rap award winner  

Tack: B.O.B

Artist: Outkast

Album: Stankonia

Favorite Lines: N/A

Comments: This song has received a lot of critical acclaim from within the hip hop community and was certainly cutting edge when it was released.  There’s no doubt that the men of Outkast are extremely talented.  The track is incredibly well produced and it’s one of the most impressive ‘fast raps’ I’ve ever heard.  In terms of my personal tastes, this song isn’t among my favorites, but no hip hop education would be complete without it, that is for certain.

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1 year ago    |   Tags: dope beat collaboration cutting edge awesome sample strong female verse concept rap lyricist  

Track: Monster

Album: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Artist: Kanye West, Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross

Favorite lines:

I do the rap/and the track/triple double no assist

First things first I’ll eat your brains/Then imma start rockin’ gold teeth and fangs

Comments: My favorite rap song of the modern era (i.e. all classics aside).  Amazing collaboration and also my favorite Nicki verse of all time.

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1 year ago    |   Tags: cutting edge production value awesome sample collaboration lyricist  

Track: Otis

Artist: Jay-Z & Kanye West

Album: Watch The Thrown

Favorite Lines:

I invented swag

Photo shoot fresh/lookin’ like wealth/I’m ‘bout to call the paparazzi on myself

Everything’s for sale/I’ve got 5 passports/I’m never goin’ to jail

Comments: Arguably the best rap song since Juicy.  Unreal sampling.  When Otis was first leaked, Hot 107 in New York played it on repeat for over three hours.  Also, they destroy a Maybach in the music video just because they can—definition of swag.

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