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Originally posted by srussell0018 I always thought Raekwon and ghost face were the best lyricists.

Good choices, too.

I love this Ghostface record.



Raekwon's "Only Built for Cuban Linx" is a classic.

I wanna check out Ghostface's new project, though. Heard about on NPR radio. The dude who produced the album used Ghostface to rap a comic book or some shit. Sounded dope.

They need more collabs with MF Doom

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Originally posted by Vivid Boy I want to battle orangesto :P

I used to go to open mics and battle lol

That was a decade ago.

Then I pulled my pants up, popped a bean and starting dancing. I've never looked back

hha i dont tell people this but I used to break in highschool. I used to go to a lot of competitions around toronto

My "rap days" started in Toronto. Then I moved down here and I never gained any momentum or support. Not going to a real studio or having a real engineer was my downfall.

I think that's where I fucked up. Up there people thought I was dope cause I'm more of a lyrical dude, down here they were like why are so mad and what the fuck are you talking about lol

Fucking southerners.

And man, I've always had respect for people who can break. So dope.

This one little asian dude in my high school in Toronto....

This quiet dude that no one gave a fuck about. Then we had a talent show and he blew the roof off. He was that good. People were just so shocked cause when he walked on stage no one knew what he was going to do, like what the fuck is he up there for. Then the music came on and he just went off.

Haha ya i feel like Toronto steals its style from New York....or used to back in the day with the choclairs, red one's and kardinal's. However nowadays I think Toronto has a bit of its own style with the drake's, weekend's and shad.

Southern Hip hop, is very basic and not very wordy.

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Originally posted by OrangestO And man, I've always had respect for people who can break. So dope. This one little asian dude in my high school in Toronto.... This quiet dude that no one gave a fuck about. Then we had a talent show and he blew the roof off. He was that good. People were just so shocked cause when he walked on stage no one knew what he was going to do, like what the fuck is he up there for. Then the music came on and he just went off.

Ya breaking was huge in my school. I was lucky enough to have some big names at our school who were older who had no problems teaching this white kid how to break

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Originally posted by Vivid Boy Haha ya i feel like Toronto steals its style from New York....or used to back in the day with the choclairs, red one's and kardinal's. However nowadays I think Toronto has a bit of its own style with the drake's, weekend's and shad. Southern Hip hop, is very basic and not very wordy.

Yea... Choclair and Kardinal were big when I lived up there. Baby Blue Sound Crew, too, from what I remember. I always liked K-os.

I've always told people down here that Toronto is the Canadian version of NYC.

I can't wait to get back up there one day to visit, it's been too long.

We have a cool hip hop scene that never got enough credit. Have you ever wrote another rhyme since your mc days?

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Originally posted by Vivid Boy We have a cool hip hop scene that never got enough credit. Have you ever wrote another rhyme since your mc days?

I agree. From my memories up there, the hip hop scene was definitely booming.

And yea... I still write from time to time. Once I stopped doing the "rap in someone's home studio aka closet" thing I left it alone as far as pursuing it.

I get told that I would've been a great project artist, though, if I just invested more energy into it, got studio time and met the right engineer/producer. I think my move down here kind of had something to do with that, then again, that's what separates the greats from the average guy doing it. Still though, I've blazed up and freestyled with a lot of greats in my time that never got the shine they deserved. It's amazing how many great songwriters and artists in general are never heard of because of the corporate machine or they're just too broke/busy trying to survive to take it seriously enough. Mind boggling, actually. That's art, though, and the nature of the beast.