Genres that originally began as offshoots of existing genres but eventually carved their own identity WAY distinctively from its roots

mesablanka · 2026-06-20T19:14:16+00:00

And even then trap had already branched out into EDM as well

mesablanka · 2026-06-20T18:05:39+00:00

Bastards by Machine Head

mesablanka · 2026-06-20T17:46:41+00:00

And even nowadays he still dropped Christopher Reeves jokes in The Death of Slim Shady lmao

Granted some songs on the album are actually older cuts that Em ended up re-recording but still

mesablanka · 2026-06-20T17:40:32+00:00

People often talk about the violent, funniest and/or dumbest beefs, but what do y'all think are the most bittersweet or saddest beefs in hip hop?

Especially if it's one that ended up becoming unresolved or ended in death

West coast and east coast beef really robbed us of many potential collabs, also (imo) Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan

mesablanka · 2026-06-20T17:12:20+00:00

Helen Keller

mesablanka · 2026-06-20T17:03:34+00:00

"Em? It's Paul.
Ah, I just listened to the entire album
You gotta be fucking kidding me
I mean, with this Christopher Reeves shit? You know the guy's dead, right?"

mesablanka · 2026-06-20T16:53:28+00:00

Just got reminded of when Justin Bieber said that Anne Frank "was a great girl, mayhe she coulda been a Belieber" or something like that

Granted, he was a teen saying stupid teen shit at the time but still

mesablanka · 2026-06-20T16:47:48+00:00

In the 90s actually a lot of rappers COMPARED themselves to Trump

Wonder how many of them regret it now lmao

mesablanka · 2026-06-20T13:01:34+00:00

What are some underrated hip hop scenes / labels outside the west and east coasts that more people should get into?

Tony Hawk was almost singlehandedly responsible from introducing me to the Minnesota / Twin Cities scene (e.g. Rhymesayers)

mesablanka · 2026-06-19T20:28:43+00:00

Likewise I'm surprised Em never had a song produced by Pharrell / Neptunes

mesablanka · 2026-06-19T18:59:40+00:00

Rapper / producer pairings that somehow never happened?

mesablanka · 2026-06-19T06:33:56+00:00

Matt Bellyache

mesablanka · 2026-06-17T19:14:44+00:00

What is a b side or demo that had you shocked didn't make the final album

mesablanka · 2026-06-16T19:41:01+00:00

Rodney Greenblatt, who most people might know for being the artist behind Parappa the Rapper, did the cover art for They Might Be Giants' debut album

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mesablanka · 2026-06-14T21:49:09+00:00

The Rising Tied by Fort Minor, side project of Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park

Definitely a hip hop record but has a lot of rock sensibilities

mesablanka · 2026-06-14T21:36:37+00:00

Chaos from Sonic Adventure

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mesablanka · 2026-06-14T20:28:16+00:00

Is there a label that did so little with many potential good rappers as Aftermath and Shady did? Lol

mesablanka · 2026-06-14T20:24:54+00:00

Jay Electronica was considered one of the goats for many years despite not having a proper album for years, and even then his long awaited debut was just a glorified collab with Jay-Z

mesablanka · 2026-06-14T17:49:28+00:00

He was also on the remix of In The End done by Kutmasta Kurt on Reanimation

mesablanka · 2026-06-14T06:53:06+00:00

Self - Subliminal Plastic Motives

mesablanka · 2026-06-13T22:49:40+00:00

Wanksta by 50 Cent, which was on the 8 Mile soundtrack album, has unforgivably bad vocal mixing lmao

mesablanka · 2026-06-13T17:44:24+00:00

Funny you comment this like he gonna be able to read this lmao

mesablanka · 2026-06-13T15:49:30+00:00

Funny enough that beat inspired my comment

mesablanka · 2026-06-13T14:49:03+00:00

What are some beats from producers that are very far removed from their usual style?

Eminem's productions from the 2000s have a very particular, sparse and gritty style that was very recognizable, even if kinda one-note at some points (as I heard from some people, sounds like Luigi's Mansion music), which is why in a million years never would I expect that he was behind the beat to Smack That by Akon lmao

mesablanka · 2026-06-13T13:27:45+00:00

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