Nas ft AZ - Life's a bytch
[Verse 1 - AZ]
Visualizing the realism of life and actuality
Bleep who's the baddest, a person's status depends on salary
And my mentality is money-orientated
I'm destined to live the dream for all my peeps who never made it
Cause yeah, we were beginners in the hood as 5 percenters
But something must of got in us cause all of us turned to sinners
Now some resting in peace and some are sitting in San Quentin
Others such as myself are trying to carry on tradition
Keeping this wealth professing street ghetto essence inside us
Cause it provides us with the proper insight to guide us
Even though, we know somehow we all gotta go
But as long as we leaving thieving
We'll be leaving with some kind of dough
So, until that day we expire and turn to vapors
Me and my capers will be somewhere else stacking plenty papers
Keeping it real, packing steel, getting high
Cause life's a bitch and then you die




Jay Electronica - Exhibit C
Verse 1

[Verse 1]
When I was sleepin' on the train
Sleepin' on Meserole Ave out in the rain
Without even a single slice of pizza to my name
Too proud to beg for change, mastering the pain
When New York niggas were calling southern rappers lame
But then jacking our slang
I used to get dizzy spells, and hear a little ring
The voice of a angel telling me my name
Telling me that one day I'mma be a great mane
Transforming with the Megatron Don spittin out flames
Eatin' wack rappers alive, shittin' out chains
I ain't believe it then; nigga, I was homeless
Fightin', shootin dice, smokin weed on the corners
Tryna find the meaning of life in a corona
Till the 5 percenters rolled up on a nigga and informed him
"You either build or destroy. Where you come from?"
"The Magnolia projects in the 3rd ward slum"
"Hmmm... its quite amazing that you rhyme how you do
And how you shine like you grew up in a shrine in Peru."
Question 14, Muslim Lesson 2: dip diver, civilize a 85er
I make the devil hit his knees and say the "Our Father"
Abracadabra!
You rockin with the true and living
Shot out to Lights Out, Joseph I, Chewy Bivens
Shout out to Baltimore, Baton Rouge, my crew in Richmond
While y'all debated who the truth was like Jews and Christians
I was on Cecil B, Broad Street, Master, North Philly, South Philly, 23rd
Tasker, 6 mile, 7 mile, Hartwell, Gratiot
Where niggas really would pack a U-haul truck up
Put the high beams on
Drive up on the curb at a barbecue and hop out the back like "what's up?!"
Kill a nigga, rob a nigga, take a nigga, bust up
That's why when you talk the tough talk I never feel ya
You sound real good and you play the part well
But the energy you givin off is so unfamiliar
I don't feel ya. 'We need somethin realer!'
Nas hit me up on the phone, said "What you waitin on?"
Tip hit me up with a tweet, said "What you waitin on?"
Diddy send a text every hour on the dot sayin
"When you gon drop that verse nigga you taking long"
So now I'm back spittin that "he could pass a polygraph"
That Reverend Run rockin Adidas out on Hollis Ave
That FOI, Marcus Garvey, Niki Tesla
I shock you like an eel, electric feel, Jay Electra

odizzy: pls bros, tell me hw many rappers dat passes massage in dia music, is it lil wayne dat sings pucc! Pucc! Pucc! Or birdman n rickross dat raps abt cars n jawelleries, or 50cent n Game dat raps abt guns, or Jay n kanye west dat abusing God in dia music, e.g middle finger to the lord(jay Z) i made Jesus work, am nevr goin to hell(kanye west) etc. My bro get ur hands on country side music like ocean eyes, martine etc, n get inspired. And tell me hw many rappers burns the kind of energy rock stars burn. I respect rap game base on creativity but in terms of hard work singing is more difficult

ahahahahaha!.. Charlie u b Akpan jare.. U gat no idea wt rap is..

engrtee: .Singin is natural. Many are born talentd singers.Except u have d voice, forget it.no wonder almost every gal is in choir.

Rapin isnt a talent. It involves flowin for minutes. Going witout air for a long time.

You are obviously not a professional singer, singing requires the most breath control which is basically going without air

Singing..i mean real singing is tough! You just have 2 be a singer 2 understand!

I have a fwend..i rap his songs, but he can't sing the songs i do. I love rap..esp eminem,lil wayne n rick ross. But the bulk of the work in rap is creativity n in rhymes.

Singing consumes both the creativity n d rhymes and more. There's a lot of work on your pitch,breadth control,notes,even mouth control n words pronounciations.u get 2 learn how 2 sing from your guts, make the voice heavy..wavy..even do swags. All these aint easy, i know cos i've been there n still in the process!!

Listen 2 Juanita Bylum, cece winas, J.moss, Mcclurkins n u'l know.

Humming.....

Hmm....lets look at it dis way....'Every hand is a winner Every hand is a loser'. D 2 get hin own easy and hard parts.

Ofcoours rap is harder especialy when u drop lyrics with

Rhyms its takes deep imaginations nd creativity

Tenderly1: you guyz did not tel me any matured man dat stil raps.and pls dnt tel me birdman

n wot do u mean by been matured? Or u mean old folks rappin?.. If old, nt much out cus rappin is difficult!

Rap requires more creativity
Singing requires more technique and skill.

In hollywood, i have never heard a rapper say, he cant rap because he has lost his voice but everyday you hear singers lose their voice and even go for throat surgery, adele, fantasia, john mayer , christia perri have all gone for throat surgery.

Rap requires creativity to create and once it;s done,( the writing) you can always punch it at anytime, as a result you can smoke anything and still rap, but singers that smoke , they pay for it dearly e.g Pink, Rihanna when they sing live.

Shortcut to d answer to this Question:

How many Singers do we have?

How many rappers do we have?

The answer wit d least figure wins!
RAP rules!

Wen u all hear wack-azz naija rap artiste do diar dumb freestyle u fhink u've known shiiit about rap ... Rap is all about been poetic, knowing what to say and how to say it ... The words to flow with and how to rythme. With dem ... When i talk rap lyricst ... I don't mean gucci mane, birdman, french montana, tony yayo etc ... Hit on eminem, mos def, nas, immortal technique, kendrick lamar, j.cole,big KRIT,lil wayne, rick ross ... Jay z and Kanye west ... Diz dudes spit fire ...thats y there are the hottest .. Drake raps and sing ... Buh he is a pronounced pop star ... Check his last album "take care" singing is difficult buh rap is more difficult cux some singers use less verses ... Dey only deal with diar choruses and hooks ... A gud rapper goes down with 2-3 strong verses to make a gud rap shiit wifh a gud metaphor,punchlines ... Listen to lil wayne's Mirror, eminem's no love, rick ross mafia music 2, MMG power circle u will define a gud rap deal ..

Singin is definitely more difficult cos in rappin u can decide how u go abt it, be it slow or fast, and it's doesnt really hv a particular way u shld go abt it. Bt in singin, u hv to folow d keys and co

Rapping is more difficult, because in order to be good at it you have to be a good lyricist or sometimes a good poet. But singing.. Anyone can sing, some people just have better singing voice than others.

shymexx:

Your thought process has always been skewed, but I didn't know it was this bad..

How many singers write their own songs??

Rapping is poetry and you've to be intelligent to be able to do it... Putting words together, getting a nice flow, and finding the right beats... It seems the modern dumb-it-down rap has got some of you confused - rapping is the most difficult art form, period..

Lame.
I used to be into hardcore rap music myself. I've listened to the best.

Many singers write or co-write their own songs.

Hip hop/rap isn't musical enough for my taste. I don't expect you to understand.

Yarning,toasting,undressing den yanshing&moaning

Kenistry: Singin is definitely more difficult cos in rappin u can decide how u go abt it, be it slow or fast, and it's doesnt really hv a particular way u shld go abt it. Bt in singin, u hv to folow d keys and co

Hey dude u don't need shiit about rap .. So keep low and pass the thread

mehn it aint easy to drop real bars . i fink rap is difficult to dose who lack the ability to deliver bars and cyphers. and abt the singing aspect mehn i fink its easy

Kenistry: Singin is definitely more difficult cos in rappin u can decide how u go abt it, be it slow or fast, and it's doesnt really hv a particular way u shld go abt it. Bt in singin, u hv to folow d keys and co

mehn yhu knw nuffin abt music

ArQueBusieR:
Lame.
I used to be into hardcore rap music myself. I've listened to the best.

Many singers write or co-write their own songs.

Hip hop/rap isn't musical enough for my taste. I don't expect you to understand.

Can you list these 'singers' who 'wrote' or 'co-wrote' their songs??

I'm waiting.......................

frankmoney: mehn yhu knw nuffin abt music

Tanx bruv ... Dey troll aint know a fhing ... Rap is more typical .. I mean in articulation

I giv it to rapping. . .you have to flow nd fast with your loud voice when rapping. . .give out banging lyrics your tongue and your lips will be working together at the same time. . .singing is just easier nd slow. . .you catch your breath when you need it.

Tenderly1: you guyz did not tel me any matured man dat stil raps.and pls dnt tel me birdman

who's talking about maturity here?.

Bring forth poll in dis kinda stuff

[size=28pt]ANY NIGERIAN DUMMY CAN RAP.
BUT ONLY FEW OF THEM CAN SING.[/size]
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Lest we forget what 95% of Nigerian hip hop acts are doing is not singing, but Lip-synching.[/size]

Rapping

See people dey compare rap with REAl singing.. chei.. rap with singing? hmmmmm o

[size=15pt][/size]Yhu need a touch cux u so dumb

Orikinla: [size=28pt]ANY NIGERIAN DUMMY CAN RAP.
BUT ONLY FEW OF THEM CAN SING.[/size]

rap

frankmoney: dnt judge rap music because of the crap yhu hear dz upcoming artist sing dz days . listing to mixtapes by lil wayne(valley of death) or nas . anyway anybody can sing sme just dnt hv the ryt voice . anybody can rap too but not ball hv the ability to rhyme drop metaphors , input a storyline..

dnt judge rap music because of the crap yhu hear dz upcoming artist sing dz days . listing to mixtapes by lil wayne(valley of death) or nas . anyway anybody can sing sme just dnt hv the ryt voice . anybody can rap too but not ball hv the ability to rhyme drop metaphors , input a storyline.

to be honest with you guys, this topic is a non issue. nobody will agree to the others view. i just pray this doesn't degenerate into personal insults. when i was in my secondary school btw '98-2004, i was a hip hop addict. though i couldnt write my own lines, i could rap whatever Eminem and 50 cents did at the time. i was really a fanatic of Eminem. until 2005 when i kinda left it all and went into Classical and Opera. i can personally tell you that in terms of vocally producing whatever they did, rap is way easier. writing rap lines ain't easy i can give you that, it takes a whole lot of creativity and inspiration but if you want to know difficulty, go to google and type in : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. pls tell me how many Rap artist/writers are known worldwide as legends. i mean real legends.
in terms of vocals, pls dont tell me Rap has difficult breath control because you have not sang Opera. i dont expect any of the hip hop lovers to agree with me but when you want to talk about singers please dont call naija musicians. Timaya no sabi sing shit!

Rakim, Nas, Common, Styles P, Pharaoh Monch, J Cole, Lupe Fiasco, Jay Z, Royce da 5'9 to mention a few are all mature rappers. U need 2 b creative, write lyrics and make them rhyme and am not talking about nursery rhymes I mean complex like Canibus but you dont need all that stress in singing, just write little and repeat your lines with sweet voice then you are done.