Guys I told you there was no point.
I see you both make good posts in general in the forum but trying to convince someone to "like" something they just don't or stating your dislike of something we know you dislike is pointless. If someone is convinced after a couple exchanges it's an infinite circle. I think Khor, Big Ears, etc. have pretty much conceded it's a preference thing. The conversation about skills never really got debated. That's about the only thing to debate but any rap song brought up in existence isn't going to convince someone's ears to say "I enjoyed that".
Travis, I may not like the exact same rap as you but their are places you can discuss rap with fans like me. My all time favorite is 2Pac. I went through a phase where the majority of my cassettes were rap. At the time of Dr. Dre "The Chronic", 2pac "Me Against The World", Snoop Doggy Dogg "Doggystyle", Warren G. "Regulate...G Funk Era I listened to those albums continuously and I upgraded to having all of them on c.d. as must haves. I still love Hip-Hop but likely you don't like the more pop fun stuff I like. I love Kanye, Lil' Wayne (mostly Rebirth), The Black Eyed Peas, Mickey Avalon, Sage Francis, Childish Gambino, etc. All those, even some Sage Francis, remind me of the ego driven in a tongue in cheek way fun rap of Run DMC, DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, The Beastie Boys, Tone Loc, Young MC, Sir-Mix-A-Lot and The Sugar Hill Gang. I like both sides of the coin.
My point is if you really like these groups you'll be happy presenting them. There's no rule against rap artist threads. Now remember, you are doing these to represent artist you like. In this demographic you obviously won't be converting but you have me, Jen, Beautiful Loser and a couple other wildcards who are open enough to it. If you want to be constructive make the most bad ass looking tribute and let's chat as fans. We have stricter rules about artist threads where it's less for criticism than open topic threads. You can at least talk rap and there and no it'll be respected within those walls. Let's have fun with it dude!
Having said all that this thread has run it's course and will be closed!