I remember hearing about the whole "real hip-hop" thing around the time ringtone rap was popular.

I think what they meant by "real hip-hop" was rap music that didn't f***in suck. And if that's what they meant I think they should've just said that lol

im not a nerd ass dork so i never needed to do this

I was kind of startjng to give it up once Thug started popping, but that 2016 wave made me so much less pretentious tbh. once I heard Uzi and Yachty and was rocking with that s*** I gave up the mentality

when Die Lit dropped that was the final nail in the coffin. I appreciate it all now and ain’t looked back since

That’s good

Immortal technique

Nigga was so trash I knew I had to make a change

Probably Thugger or Chief Keef

KEY!

Keef Thug and future for sure

Na "real rap" at the time was the exact opposite of the Crunk ring tone songs Blackstar, the roots, dead prez, killer mike, people like that

I used to think "real hip hop" was radio

Rap with a message and boom bap beats

But in reality you could rap scoopity scoop over a premier B side and they’d call it real hip hop

Crine

Just To Get By was the most hip hop song I heard as a shorty. It had unaudible raps by Kweli, a soulful hook and singing. A great piano sample and instrumental. Boy I used to drink Sobe's and play yugioh just to get by

Thugger

That's what's happening today with these alchemist/Harry Fraud albums

Don’t think I ever had one tbh. If anything I listen to more “real” hip-hop now than ever before but I never was against any sub-genre. I grew up on the local bay rap scene so I already had a decent exposure to what the spectrum was like with the hyphy s*** and the more story telling purist rap stuff

spaceghostpurrp

Me and my friends would CLOWN s*** like Laffy taffy, stanky leg, even lil Jon to an extent. But I f***ed with Jeezy heavy, then Gucci Mane, then like goofy ass big Sean lmao. I started off listening to Migos ironically lol but them and Thug solidified my liking of "mumble rap"

When I was 13 and smoked my first blunt it all changed

Was always open to any kind of rap but always thought Young thug was trash and changed my opinion after listening to So much fun

Early on in Killer Mike's career he wasn't considered one of the "real hip-hop" kinda rappers which is funny to me lol it's funny too cause he wasn't considered "real hip-hop" til white people started getting hip to his music around the time PL3DGE dropped back in 2011.
I guess they started getting more comfortable with his music enough to call it "real hip-hop" since there was less emphasis on trapping to them....even though it was still present in a way.

Stanky leg never made sense to me until I started seeing girls do the Sthanky leg

GROOOOOSSS!

just another way for new yorkers to dismiss southern rap music

It's funny cuz I was debating including him while I was typing it. The Whole World one of my fav Mike Bigga verses to this day lol