Ludacris Is Top 5 - Page 3 - Lets Beef

#21 05-14-2012, 11:10 AM

meh.. lol..

05-14-2012, 11:10 AM

meh.. lol..

IV · #22 05-14-2012, 11:16 AM

@RULE i was literally just about to go on to youtube and post runaway love. That song is DEEP. I think it takes a lot more talent to write about somebody else's issues and deep pain than you're own

@ every one else. It's all opinions. Personally it gets boring listening to the same life struggles story

IV · 05-14-2012, 11:16 AM

@RULE i was literally just about to go on to youtube and post runaway love. That song is DEEP. I think it takes a lot more talent to write about somebody else's issues and deep pain than you're own

@ every one else. It's all opinions. Personally it gets boring listening to the same life struggles story

**NOBLE** · #23 05-14-2012, 11:51 AM

I wouldn't place Luda in my top 5. He's definitely a dope lyricist and one of the better mainstream artists that are out there, but I wouldn't consider being mainstream a criteria for rating someone as an emcee. Tbh, he probably wouldn't make it in my top 10. I can think of several people I'd rate higher than Ludacris.
Being mainstream and being considered "wack" by underground artists is not necessarily a bad thing though. Sometimes you're hated by the underground artists simply because they are jealous of your success. Some underground cats think you're wack simply because you are mainstream. At the same time, sometimes you have to "give people what they want so that they will learn to want what you have to give."
Take an artist like Nas for example. He gave people that "Nas the Don/gangsta" image on some tracks cause that's what people want, but then he gets to slide in that conscious music every now and then. He is no less conscious or "real" than other underground artists who never make it platinum.
I remember watching an Interview of Black Eye Peas after they had added Fergie and started making all these songs we hear on the radio. Some of you might not know, but they used to be one of THE most underground groups. The interviewer was asking Will-I-Am what made them change course and start making more commercial music. He said it wasn't about the fame or the money...it was about being heard...having his music heard by more people across the globe. I think as an artist, no matter how good you think your brand of Hip-Hop is, at the end of the day, every artist would love to share their art with as many people as possible. What's the point of being the deepest underground cat if no one knows you exist or has even heard of your music?

**NOBLE** · 05-14-2012, 11:51 AM

I wouldn't place Luda in my top 5. He's definitely a dope lyricist and one of the better mainstream artists that are out there, but I wouldn't consider being mainstream a criteria for rating someone as an emcee. Tbh, he probably wouldn't make it in my top 10. I can think of several people I'd rate higher than Ludacris.
Being mainstream and being considered "wack" by underground artists is not necessarily a bad thing though. Sometimes you're hated by the underground artists simply because they are jealous of your success. Some underground cats think you're wack simply because you are mainstream. At the same time, sometimes you have to "give people what they want so that they will learn to want what you have to give."
Take an artist like Nas for example. He gave people that "Nas the Don/gangsta" image on some tracks cause that's what people want, but then he gets to slide in that conscious music every now and then. He is no less conscious or "real" than other underground artists who never make it platinum.
I remember watching an Interview of Black Eye Peas after they had added Fergie and started making all these songs we hear on the radio. Some of you might not know, but they used to be one of THE most underground groups. The interviewer was asking Will-I-Am what made them change course and start making more commercial music. He said it wasn't about the fame or the money...it was about being heard...having his music heard by more people across the globe. I think as an artist, no matter how good you think your brand of Hip-Hop is, at the end of the day, every artist would love to share their art with as many people as possible. What's the point of being the deepest underground cat if no one knows you exist or has even heard of your music?

**Krhyme Killz** · #24 05-14-2012, 12:52 PM

@RULE...those songs were whack but i give you that...but unless you have 4 pages worth...someone rapping as long as him should have like 4 pages worth...Nas whole albums have more...Pac too...

@Verity nah b this is hip hop....it needs to be a meaning and a messege

**Krhyme Killz** · 05-14-2012, 12:52 PM

@RULE...those songs were whack but i give you that...but unless you have 4 pages worth...someone rapping as long as him should have like 4 pages worth...Nas whole albums have more...Pac too...

@Verity nah b this is hip hop....it needs to be a meaning and a messege

IV · #25 05-14-2012, 01:04 PM

Yeah, that's true. But there's other meaning than 'my life sucks'. That's not the only meaning and message in hip hop

IV · 05-14-2012, 01:04 PM

Yeah, that's true. But there's other meaning than 'my life sucks'. That's not the only meaning and message in hip hop

**Krhyme Killz** · #26 05-14-2012, 01:14 PM

the struggle is OUR lives suck...its different

**Krhyme Killz** · 05-14-2012, 01:14 PM

the struggle is OUR lives suck...its different

**RhetoriK** · #27 05-14-2012, 03:29 PM

sorry, not budgin....

ludacris - hip hop quotables - Chicken-N-Beer - YouTube

Ludacris - Fat Rabbit ft Timbaland - YouTube

LUDACRIS - MOUTHING OFF!!! - FREESTYLE BY LUDA - YouTube

Ludacris - Undisputed - Theater Of The Mind - YouTube

nah son, punchlines alone. presence, flow etc...pshhh
he made AA flow structure dope as fuck. lmao (so LB text heads understand)

**RhetoriK** · 05-14-2012, 03:29 PM

sorry, not budgin....

ludacris - hip hop quotables - Chicken-N-Beer - YouTube

Ludacris - Fat Rabbit ft Timbaland - YouTube

LUDACRIS - MOUTHING OFF!!! - FREESTYLE BY LUDA - YouTube

Ludacris - Undisputed - Theater Of The Mind - YouTube

nah son, punchlines alone. presence, flow etc...pshhh
he made AA flow structure dope as fuck. lmao (so LB text heads understand)

**AfterThought** · #28 05-14-2012, 06:10 PM

"Mouthin Off" & "Word Of Mouf" are my favourite tracks from Luda. His shit got punches that you ENJOY listenin to.

**AfterThought** · 05-14-2012, 06:10 PM

"Mouthin Off" & "Word Of Mouf" are my favourite tracks from Luda. His shit got punches that you ENJOY listenin to.

**Manny Festo** · #29 05-14-2012, 06:50 PM

luda is cool i consider myself a fan......that being said.........i wouldn't give him top 20 probably.

**Manny Festo** · 05-14-2012, 06:50 PM

luda is cool i consider myself a fan......that being said.........i wouldn't give him top 20 probably.

**Black Book** · #30 05-14-2012, 07:16 PM

Hip-Hop isn't all about struggle. What's the point of just listening to depressing songs? While Nas takes that approach & is a great lyricist, a lot of his songs sound the same. Ludacris comes creative & correct on every track. & Runaway Love is dope! Fuck you, Ticket.

**Black Book** · 05-14-2012, 07:16 PM

Hip-Hop isn't all about struggle. What's the point of just listening to depressing songs? While Nas takes that approach & is a great lyricist, a lot of his songs sound the same. Ludacris comes creative & correct on every track. & Runaway Love is dope! Fuck you, Ticket.


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