Which rap artists have been around the longest? - GoFuckYourself.com

ADL Colin · 03-14-2005, 02:29 AM

The 50 cent thread has me wondering .. which rap artists have been around the longest?

ytcracker · 03-14-2005, 02:30 AM

ll cool j has been around forever and still makes platinum albums

Barefootsies · 03-14-2005, 02:33 AM

You must be which artists have been around the longest, and still can sell an album. In that case, LL's been around for 21 albums, and mid 80's. So I would say he is it.

zentz · 03-14-2005, 02:34 AM

whuzzup yo

J$tyle$ · 03-14-2005, 02:34 AM

Uncle LL Kool J($tyle$) - been making records for almost 20 years

reynold · 03-14-2005, 02:47 AM

I would have to say LL. Up to now there album still sells.

nofx · 03-14-2005, 02:52 AM

dre's been around

Drake · 03-14-2005, 02:52 AM

Dr Dre has been making records for about 20 years beginning with the World Class Wreckin Crew in '84-'85 I believe. He has never stopped making them platinum.

Will Smith, used to be the "Fresh Prince" who is now an actor/icon, has been pumping out rap albums since the mid 80's also.

Same story with Ice Cube who started in the group NWA in '86.

Rakim has had a decent run since the mid 80's.

Most contemporary rap arists seem to have started after 1990, after Vanilla/Hammer became rap/pop sensations.

flashfire · 03-14-2005, 02:53 AM

beastie boys have been around forever

Entropy · 03-14-2005, 02:53 AM

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Originally Posted by nofx

dre's been around

definitely...

snoops been around awhile...ll cool j....will smith...too short

blazin · 03-14-2005, 02:55 AM

De La Soul

Shoehorn! · 03-14-2005, 03:01 AM

Bob Dylan.

ADL Colin · 03-14-2005, 03:02 AM

Thanks, all

Shoehorn! · 03-14-2005, 03:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Shoehorn

Bob Dylan.

Seriously, listen to "Subterranian Homesick Blues."

psyko514 · 03-14-2005, 03:19 AM

Dre, Will Smith, LL, Beasties, Run DMC, De La Soul, KRS-One and Kool Keith are all some big name hip hop acts that have been around since the 80s.

Corleone · 03-14-2005, 03:20 AM

fat joe, mase, jay z

or busy bee & grandmaster flash ;)

abyss_al · 03-14-2005, 03:23 AM

dr dre
LL
KRS one
cube
beasty boys
snoop
run dmc

AsianDivaGirlsWebDude · 03-14-2005, 03:26 AM

Grandmaster Flash has been around since the early 80's.

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mal · 03-14-2005, 03:34 AM

Ice T

Corleone · 03-14-2005, 03:35 AM

Biz Markie, Big Daddy Kane , EPMD

imafuckingaussie · 03-14-2005, 03:35 AM

would run dmc and beastie boys be some of the early ones?

AsianDivaGirlsWebDude · 03-14-2005, 03:45 AM

Okay, so I did some digging...Grand Master Flash has been around since the early 70's, and is fer sure one of the pioneers of rap music. Also included on the list are Afrika Bambaataa, Cool DJ Herc, Kurtis Blow, Run DMC, and the Sugarhill Gang.

Here's an interesting article on the subject:

The History of Rap

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psyko514 · 03-14-2005, 04:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Corleone

Biz Markie, Big Daddy Kane , EPMD

Big Daddy Kane hasn't released an album since 98. And since 99, EPMD has only released a single. Erick Sermon's career has continued though since EPMD.

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Originally Posted by AsianDivaGirlsWebDude

Okay, so I did some digging...Grand Master Flash has been around since the early 70's, and is fer sure one of the pioneers of rap music. Also included on the list are Afrika Bambaataa, Cool DJ Herc, Kurtis Blow, Run DMC, and the Sugarhill Gang.

Although he's a pioneer and still a prolific DJ, GMF hasn't released an album since 97. Kool DJ Herc is another pioneer but retired in the 90s. Kurtis Blow's last release dates back to the mid 80s. The only thing the Sugarhill Gang has done since the mid 80s is a rap album for kids.

AdultMovies.bz · 03-14-2005, 04:39 AM

Dr Dre has been doing it for over 20 years

Darth Vader · 03-14-2005, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Almighty Colin

The 50 cent thread has me wondering .. which rap artists have been around the longest?

Grand Master Flash? Kurtis Blow? Not sure if they count. I don't think they are around anymore. Definetly some of the first though.

69pornlinks · 03-14-2005, 06:47 AM

,ya'll dont' know shit...$hort been around since 82...he made album #10 in 1996, he started slanging tapes from his trunk....check your facts and history

if you don't know $hort shut the fuck up..he's on i think album 14...all albums and not complaitions

nico-t · 03-14-2005, 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by mal

Ice T

ice-t is a real pimp, tip: 7th deadly sin is one of his best albums. If not the best!

Fake Nick · 03-14-2005, 07:09 AM

Dr Dre has NOT been an mc for that long , he started as a DJ so you cant count those years

his first REALLY SUCCESFULL album was made in '93

LL is a hasbeen , all the singles he has been making lately all FLOP ,

the first REALLY SUCCESFULL album he made I think was in '85

Krs ONE NEVER made a REALLY SUCCESFULL album , although he made MANY MANY hip hop classics he doesnt do commercial rap and thus by the standards of this thread he doesn't apply

any rapper that started before '90 now = hasbeen , the only one that isn't is KRS , all the others = hasbeen

Fake Nick · 03-14-2005, 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by 69pornlinks

,ya'll dont' know shit...$hort been around since 82...he made album #10 in 1996, he started slanging tapes from his trunk....check your facts and history

if you don't know $hort shut the fuck up..he's on i think album 14...all albums and not complaitions

wasn't this thread about REALLY SUCCESFULL rappers, thus high record sales ? ? your boy $hort has not made one in that peticular category , so stfu

hydro · 03-14-2005, 08:22 AM

vanilla ice is wreckin mics

TDF · 03-14-2005, 08:23 AM

chuck d and public enemy

skillfull · 03-14-2005, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by flashfire

beastie boys have been around forever

what he said

mardigras · 03-14-2005, 08:38 AM

Most rap artists have been around too long

69pornlinks · 03-14-2005, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Fake Nick

wasn't this thread about REALLY SUCCESFULL rappers, thus high record sales ? ? your boy $hort has not made one in that peticular category , so stfu

lol, he owned his own record company and his publishing that translate to much cash in bank...

every album went at least platy w/out radio play..he didn't need mtv

can't forgte ICE -T was doing his thing way before nwa..but what do you y'all know

fl_prn_str · 03-14-2005, 08:40 AM

Run DMC.....sugar hill gang

Triple 6 · 03-14-2005, 08:41 AM

beastie boys.... even tho they have changed styles often, they are still mad original.

You know, they were the first rap group i remember in the 80's that had some crazy violence in their rhymes... everyone else during those times was rappin some happy go lucky shit.

Fake Nick · 03-14-2005, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by 69pornlinks

lol, he owned his own record company and his publishing that translate to much cash in bank...

every album went at least platy w/out radio play..he didn't need mtv

are you talking about too short ? if so , make yourself more clear

rollinOn20s · 03-14-2005, 08:46 AM

Dre has made the most of his rap career, for the amount of time he has been in the scene, he has prolly made the most $$$$$, and had the biggest influence!

Pornwolf · 03-14-2005, 09:27 AM

Wow, I never expected these guys to have that kinda longevity. Amazing.

Doctor Dre · 03-14-2005, 09:29 AM

longevity : LL
power / longest career average : Dre

Icon · 03-14-2005, 09:30 AM

De La Soul - been around as long as LL

TDF · 03-14-2005, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Pornwolf

Wow, I never expected these guys to have that kinda longevity. Amazing.

no way will rap music cross over into suburban lifestyle..its just a fad

Doctor Dre · 03-14-2005, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by psyko514

Dre, Will Smith, LL, Beasties, Run DMC, De La Soul, KRS-One and Kool Keith are all some big name hip hop acts that have been around since the 80s.

it's not like Run DMC, Krs-One, Kool Keith are still arround (I know krs released a cd but it sold like 50 000 copies ...)

Doctor Dre · 03-14-2005, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Icon

De La Soul - been around as long as LL

But they aiin't putting out plat records after plat records like LL ...

candyflip · 03-14-2005, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by ytcracker

ll cool j has been around forever and still makes platinum albums

That's who I was gonna say. Still goin' strong.

dunefield · 03-14-2005, 09:36 AM

chingy and nelly are as old school as you can get...

Icon · 03-14-2005, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Doctor Dre

But they aiin't putting out plat records after plat records like LL ...

they also drop very little bullshit. They're unique to hip hop man
LL went commerical....not to say James didn't drop it with BAD back in the day, but he hasn't made an album that tight since. De La hit their stride with 'Stakes is High'

Fake Nick · 03-14-2005, 10:06 AM

http://users.pandora.be/freevideo/NE...Number_one.mp3

thats why KRS ONE will ALWAYS be NUMBER ONE ;-)

DutchTeenCash · 03-14-2005, 10:10 AM

vanillia

yys · 03-14-2005, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by toodamnfli

no way will rap music cross over into suburban lifestyle..its just a fad

Haha, I remember a friend trying to tell me this back in '88-'89. He said it would go the same way as break dancing; what a fool!

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