"Cleaning out my Closet" how many people go in as deep as this? Not many could talk about a thing like that happening to them.

I heard that song on youtube lol I haven't even got the album I know, everyone has been telling how good it is

Does anyone know of any good rap songs WITH PIANO? I loving this atm - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO7I6rZLxRg (Game ft Yelawolf - Rough)

Wondered if any other rap songs with such a prominent piano 'beat' ?

Mobb deep - quiet storm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvCp-N-9JEw
Nas - the world is yours
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5PnuIRnJW8
Public enemy - black steel in the hour of chaos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM5_6js19eM
WuTang clan - C.r.e.a.m
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjZRAvsZf1g

Thanks mate

How strange, as i looked at your posts i was listening to Game - remedy (PE sample, black steel)

I do know them songs you posted, love em all - Do you know any 'softer' piano rap beats?

That beat has been used a million times

what do you mean 'softer'? how about..
Common - resurrection
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5btqEdt6gU
De la soul - view
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv2AqcO0GoE
The coup - funk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq8yZHJq3Bc
BDP - the bridge is over
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0Sy4twXSn0
Biz Markie - Just a friend
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aofoBrFNdg
Souls of mischief - Cab fare
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlUrk1RTQ7A
Raekwon - Ice cream
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-2klRHBvxo
Ghostface kilah - all i got is you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDFIFfsqWIs

Simple don't post in the thread then stick to what you like.

I absolutely love T.I. Does anyone else?

'Get Back Up' and 'No Matter What' are beautiful rap songs.

I can't believe this is a real post

Tunes like the ones you've posted

Thanks mate, i knew a few of them but a couple i'd never heard, love them

Also 'rap haters' listen to - All that i got is you (link above)

Rap/the struggle/ music 101!!!

Masta ace - Beautiful
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmyGO5CjINc
Jurassic 5 - Jurass Finish First
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QmnEEteDig
Kool G Rap - Road to riches
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RVQeJPAW2U
Mos def - Next universe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM81TyMoNpc
Mr Lif - Because they made it that way
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vqfaouI9Ak
One be lo - True love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeuFi0z7Eds
Sticky fingaz - State vs kirk jones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckeH4MuTeQs

Thanks mate

I love that Mr Lif song, never heard it before (or heard of him for that matter)

You certainly know you're stuff

Any sad rap songs, with a chilled out beat?

HATE to bring up Nicki Minaj again BUT this is about her abortion so it's VERY sad! Little bit more stripped back and from her mixtape days
Nicki Minaj:Autobiography- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t0_5cfrDyk

Nas: Dance- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrTu4dFr-Ow
Nas' mum passed away and he wan't to have one last dance with her

Angel Haze: Cleaning out my close- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7bZ08RNUyM
This is about the abuse she suffered when she was very young

Would list more but I'm just too lazy to google them! Sorry...

You Never know - Immortal technique
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pqiqrnZE44
Retrospect for life - Common feat. Lauryn hill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzZVNFYleb8
Everything - Public enemy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cok88P0AUlc
Why? - Jadakiss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-cpL--0AQA
U R the One - Mos Def
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfMGaEsJir8
Love sick - Gangstarr
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79-bkE2c1f8
My story - Jean grae
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFz6ECvaiqQ
Broken heart - Pharoahe monch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTXTKs8cdgk
Cold hearted - Blu & Exile
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4OQU8qlSgo

Can't find it on youtube, but honestly this song gives me goosebumps - https://soundcloud.com/jasonleek/jos...-am-i-ft-sarah

So real!!!!

Oh Hail the King - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RYOe7ux-RA

Just Yes

De La soul feat The spirit of Wu Tang - Get Away
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZorwKAwqPnE
Talib Kweli feat Miguel - Come here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f1aAQdE3lY
Pharoahe Monch - Damage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h4jOId8eSg
Loaded Lux feat Redman and Method man - Rite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS0V9-dzDxg

Dude, love the tunes

Pharoahe Monch - Damage (bow down) - Love that song, played it on a loop when it first came out!

Loving MGK atm and Yelawolf.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SEtJ5Jr6bk

Is Yelawolf still making music?

I remember him on that Missy TV Show 'Road to stardom' or those years ago...

Loving this MGK song atm - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vukOThaStZc

I think the artists highlighted in the OP's post are the reason rap and hip-hop are pretty much dead because they made the genre too commercial.

I started listening to rap in the mid-eighties, Schoolly D, EPMD, Eric B and Rakim, Leaders of the New School, A Tribe Called Quest, Ice Cube, De La Soul, BDP, that was the great era for me, I stopped listening to it after The Wu Tang Clan's disappointing second solo albums.

Lil wayne is the best rapper of all time lol jk


iv'e started listening to kendrick lamar this week had b***ch don't kill my vibe on repeat very atmospheric when i listen to his music i feel like i'm in the hood

streamed his album and it's fantastick