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Best 2Pac Songs / Top 100 2Pac Songs - Hip-Hop Universe
Tupac Amaru Shakur (born Lesane Parish Crooks; June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper, poet and actor. Shakur sold over 75 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. His double disc albums All Eyez on Me (1996) and his Greatest Hits (1998) are among the best-selling albums in the United States. Shakur is consistently ranked as one of the greatest and most influential rappers of all time and he has been listed and ranked as one of the greatest artists of any genre by many publications, including Rolling Stone, which ranked him 86th on its list of The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. On April 7, 2017, Shakur was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. #hiphopuniverse #hiphoprankings
Shakur began his career as a roadie, backup dancer and MC for the alternative hip hop group Digital Underground, eventually branching off as a solo artist. Both of his parents and several other people in his family were members of the Black Panther Party, whose ideals were reflected in his songs. During the latter part of his career, Shakur was a vocal participant during the East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry, becoming involved in conflicts with other rappers, producers, and record-label staff members, most notably The Notorious B.I.G. and his label, Bad Boy Records. Aside from his career in music, Shakur was also an actor, starring in six films and one TV show in the 1990s, including Poetic Justice (1993), Gang Related (1997) and Gridlock'd (1997).
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Best 2Pac Songs / Top 100 2Pac Songs - Hip-Hop Universe
Tupac Amaru Shakur (born Lesane Parish Crooks; June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper, poet and actor. Shakur sold over 75 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. His double disc albums All Eyez on Me (1996) and his Greatest Hits (1998) are among the best-selling albums in the United States. Shakur is consistently ranked as one of the greatest and most influential rappers of all time and he has been listed and ranked as one of the greatest artists of any genre by many publications, including Rolling Stone, which ranked him 86th on its list of The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. On April 7, 2017, Shakur was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. #hiphopuniverse #hiphoprankings
Shakur began his career as a roadie, backup dancer and MC for the alternative hip hop group Digital Underground, eventually branching off as a solo artist. Both of his parents and several other people in his family were members of the Black Panther Party, whose ideals were reflected in his songs. During the latter part of his career, Shakur was a vocal participant during the East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry, becoming involved in conflicts with other rappers, producers, and record-label staff members, most notably The Notorious B.I.G. and his label, Bad Boy Records. Aside from his career in music, Shakur was also an actor, starring in six films and one TV show in the 1990s, including Poetic Justice (1993), Gang Related (1997) and Gridlock'd (1997).
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![Evolution Of EMINEM [1988 - 2017]
The Evolution of EMINEM, comparing the old EMINEM with the new - Hip-Hop Universe
Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known professionally as EMINEM, is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and actor.
EMINEM is the best-selling artist of the 2000s in the United States. Throughout his career, he has had 10 number-one albums on the Billboard 200 and five number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100. With US sales of 47.4 million albums and 42 million tracks as of June 2014, EMINEM is the second best-selling male artist of the Nielsen SoundScan era, the sixth best-selling artist in the United States and the best-selling hip-hop artist. Globally, he has sold more than 172 million albums, making him one of the worlds best-selling artists. Rolling Stone ranked him 83rd on its list of 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, calling him the King of Hip Hop.
After his debut album Infinite (1996) and the Slim Shady EP (1997), EMINEM signed with Dr. Dres Aftermath Entertainment and subsequently achieved mainstream popularity in 1999 with The Slim Shady LP, which earned him his first Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. His next two releases, 2000s The Marshall Mathers LP and 2002s The EMINEM Show, were worldwide successes, with each being certified diamond in U.S. sales, and both winning Best Rap Album Grammy Awards—making EMINEM the first artist to win the award for three consecutive LPs. They were followed by Encore in 2004, another critical and commercial success. EMINEM went on hiatus after touring in 2005, releasing Relapse in 2009 and Recovery in 2010. Both won Grammy Awards and Recovery was the best-selling album of 2010 worldwide, the second time he had the international best-selling album of the year (after The EMINEM Show). EMINEMs eighth album, 2013s The Marshall Mathers LP 2, won two Grammy Awards, including Best Rap Album; it expanded his record for the most wins in that category and his Grammy total to 15.
EMINEM has developed other ventures, including Shady Records, with manager Paul Rosenberg, which helped launch the careers of artists such as 50 Cent. EMINEM has also established his own channel, Shade 45, on Sirius XM Radio. In November 2002, he starred in the hip hop film 8 Mile, which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, for Lose Yourself, becoming the first rap artist to ever win the award. EMINEM has made cameo appearances in the films The Wash (2001), Funny People (2009), The Interview (2014) and the television series Entourage (2010).
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![J. Cole Vs. Noname - Beef Analysis [Full Breakdown]
J. Cole - Snow On Tha Bluff (Noname Diss), Noname Responds To J Cole in Song 33 (J. Cole Diss), Best Rap Songs 2020/Most Popular Rap Songs 2020 - Hip-Hop Universe
This is a full historical breakdown of the J. Cole & Noname beef with both responses. J. Cole logged on to Twitter bright and early this morning to double down on his alleged Noname diss, but also to say that he honors and appreciates her. Make it make sense! Thirty-five-year-old Jermaine Cole’s new song “Snow on Tha Bluff” addresses the current protests against r*cism and police br*tality across the world and alludes to J. Cole’s own feelings of inadequacy surrounding activism. But instead of just being up front about those insecurities, he spends over half of the song dragging an unnamed woman many assumed to be Noname, based on the tracks’s description of the woman’s tweets. On Twitter Wednesday morning, J. Cole said he stands behind “every word of the song that dropped last night.” “Some assume to know who the song is about,” he said in a thread. “That’s fine with me, it’s not my job to tell anybody what to think or feel about the work. I accept all conversation and criticisms. But let me use this moment to say this. Follow @noname. I love and honor her as a leader in these times. She has done and is doing the reading and the listening and the learning on the path that she truly believes is the correct one for our people. Meanwhile a n*gga like me just be rapping.” He finishes by saying he’s not a leader, but appreciates Noname for “challenging” his beliefs. “We may not agree with each other but we gotta be gentle with each other,” he left with a peace sign, no petitions linked, no GoFundMes, no bail funds. Noname appeared to respond to J.Cole’s ‘diss’ with her latest track, Song 33. It all kicked off earlier this week when the J.Cole dropped his surprise new single, Snow on Tha Bluff. In it, the North Carolina rapper discussed recent Black Lives Matter discourse as well as seeming to critique Noname and her social media presence. He can be heard spitting: ‘My IQ is average, there’s a young lady out there, she way smarter than me / I scrolled through her timeline in these wild times, and I started to read. ‘She mad at these crackers, she mad at these capitalists, mad at these m*rder police / She mad at my n****s, she mad at our ignorance, she wear her heart on her sleeve / She mad at the celebrities, lowkey I be thinkin’ she talkin’ ’bout me.’ And in response, Chicago rapper Noname asks ‘He really ’bout to write about me?’ in her Madlib-produced track, Song 33. Hip-hop has arguably been the most polarizing genre of music in the past two decades. As hip-hop maintains its title, a lot has changed about the genre, such as the lyrics. Hip-hop has two phases, old school and new school each of which give off a different vibe. Old School “Hip-Hop” has music based prevalently on more sophisticated lyrics, stories, sampling & flows. Artists such as Tupac, Biggie Smalls, and Eazy-E often rap about the struggles of growing up in a poor environment and the work they put in to get where they are today. “New school” hip-hop has different types of lyrics and sampling became less popular. Rappers from today’s generation sing typically about girls, money, and cars they have. Some even sing about how they do drgs, drink alchl, and party which sets a bad example for some listeners. Many people prefer Old School Hip-Hop, which do you prefer? #hiphopuniverse #hiphopbeefanalysis
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![Evolution Of East Coast Rap [1977 - 2020]
Evolution of Hip Hop 2020 (East Coast), Best Rap Songs Of Each Year, Best Rap Songs 2020 - Hip-Hop Universe
New York—and the Bronx specifically—is the birthplace of hip-hop. Which means New York City and hip-hop are forever intertwined. Join us as we go through the years in Hip-Hop & name 5 of the most iconic East Coast Rap songs each year, which means there are over 200 songs to listen to.
Timestamps
0:00 - The 70s
2:00 - The 80s
14:19 - The 90s
26:34 - The 2000s
38:00 - The 2010s
48:40 - The 2020s
Shortened Song List:
1979
The Fatback Band - King Tim III
The Sugarhill Gang - Rappers Delight
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five – Superrappin
1980
Kurtis Blow - The Breaks
Funky 4 + 1 - Thats The Joint
The Treacherous Three - The Body Rock
1981
The Treacherous Three - Feel The Heartbeat
The Sugarhill Gang - Apache (Jump On It)
Busy Bee - Making Cash Money
1982
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message
Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force - Planet Rock
Cold Crush Brothers - Punk Rock Rap
1983
Run D.M.C. - Its Like That
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - White Lines (Dont Do It)
G.L.O.B.E. & Whiz Kid - Play That Beat Mr. DJ
1984
Roxanne Shante - Roxannes Revenge
LL Cool J - I Need A Beat
The Fat Boys - Stick Em
1985
Doug E. Fresh & Slick Rick - The Show
Schoolly D - P.S.K. (What Does It Mean?)
LL Cool J - Rock The Bells
1986
MC Shan - The Bridge
Boogie Down Productions - South Bronx
Beastie Boys - No Sleep Till Brooklyn
1987
Public Enemy - Rebel Without A Pause
Eric B. & Rakim - I Aint No Joke
EPMD - Its My Thing
1988
Big Daddy Kane - Aint No Half Steppin
Slick Rick - Childrens Story
Marley Marl - The Symphony
1989
MC Lyte - Cha Cha Cha
De La Soul - Me, Myself & I
Biz Markie - Just A Friend
1990
A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It?
Gang Starr - Just To Get A Rep
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - Streets Of New York
1991
Naughty By Nature – O.P.P.
Black Sheep - The Choice Is Yours
A Tribe Called Quest – Scenario
1992
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - They Reminisce Over You
Redman - Tonights Da Night
Wu-Tang Clan - Protect Ya Neck
1993
Wu-Tang Clan – C.R.E.A.M.
Lords Of The Underground - Chief Rocka
Onyx – Slam
1994
Nas - NY State Of Mind
The Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy
Craig Mack - Flava In Ya Ear
1995
GZA - 4th Chamber
Mobb Deep - Shook Ones Pt. II
Junior M.A.F.I.A. - Get Money
1996
Capone-N-Noreaga - L.A, L.A.
The Roots - What They Do
The Fugees - Ready Or Not
1997
JAY-Z - Where Im From
D.I.T.C. - Day One
LL Cool J - 4, 3, 2, 1
1998
The L.O.X - Money, Power & Respect
Black Star - Definition DMX - Ruff Ryders Anthem
1999
50 Cent - Lifes On The Line
Mobb Deep - Quiet Storm
Pharoahe Monch - Simon Says
2000
M.O.P. - Ante Up
Afu-Ra – Defeat
Big L – Flamboyant
2001
JAY-Z – Takeover
Nas – Ether
Jadakiss - We Gonna Make It
2002
Styles P - Good Times
Freeway - What We Do
CamRon - Oh Boy
2003
50 Cent - Back Down
Ja Rule - Clap Back
The Diplomats - Dipset Anthem
2004
Fabolous – Breathe
Terror Squad - Lean Back
LLoyd Banks - On Fire
2005
Memphis Bleek & JAY-Z - Dear Summer
Busta Rhymes - Touch It
Cassidy - Im A Hustla
2006
Army Of The Pharaohs - Tear It Down
LLoyd Banks & 50 Cent - Hands Up
Jim Jones - We Fly High
2007
Marco Polo & Masta Ace – Nostalgia
Mims - This Is Why Im Hot
Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
2008
Immortal Technique - The 3rd World
Reks - Say Goodnight
Ill Bill - My Uncle
2009
Method Man & Redman – A-Yo
Raekwon - New Wu
Sean Price - Duck Down
2010
Diabolic – Frontlines
Action Bronson - Imported Goods
Joell Ortiz - Battle Cry
2011
Jedi Mind Tricks - Design In Malice
A$AP Rocky – Peso
Torae - For The Record
2012
Necro - Tough J*w
Joey Bada$$ - S*rvival Tactics
2013
CAPITAL STEEZ – Apex
A$AP Ferg – Work
2014
Fetty Wap - Trap Queen
Bobby Shmurda - Hot N*gga
2015
Desiigner – Panda
Meek Mill – Monster
2016
Young M.A. - OOOUUU
Dave East - 30 N*ggaz
2017
Sheck Wes - Mo Bamba
A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie – Drowning
2018
A$AP Rocky - Praise The Lord (Da Shine)
6IX9INE – KEKE
2019
Lil Tecca – Ransom
Lil Tjay – F.N.
2020
Joey Bada$$ - The Light
Pop Smoke & Lil Tjay – Mannequin
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![Most Popular Rap Songs By Rappers (Old School) [Most Listened Rap Songs]
Best Rap Songs 2021, Most Popular Rap Songs Of Rappers, Rap Songs With The Highest amount Of Views (Highest amount of listeners) - Hip-Hop Universe
In this video, we will take a look at the catalog of each old school rapper & present you the songs with the highest amount of views on YouTube. A million views is hereby a minimum & if an old school rapper has a new song that is even more popular than his old work in his prime, it will get mentioned too! I picked over 200 artists & their most listened songs, so that you can see what the average Hip-Hop fan is listening to the most. The most popular rap songs are in most cases considered iconic because of their influence in the genre. Part 2 to this video with 320 new school rappers can be found here: https://youtu.be/vdIBFkqkDy4 #hiphopuniverse #hiphoprankings
Here are some of the songs:
Too Short - Gettin It (53.74 Million) The Roots - You Got Me (54.4 Million) Sugarhill- Rappers Delight (54,9 Million) Lloyd Banks - Hands Up (55.344 Million) Xzibit - X (57.2 Million) Royce Da 59 - Caterpillar (57,3 Million) Cassidy - Hotel (57.8 Million) W.C. - The Streets (59.8 Million) Tech N9ne - Am I A P.? (63.6 Million) Nas - Nas Is Like (69 Million) Biz Markie - Just A Friend (73 Million) D12 - My Band (74.9 Million) House Of Pain - Jump Around (75.80 Million) P. Diddy - I Need A Girl Part 2 (80.1 Million) Ludacris - Act A Fool (80.3 Million) JAY-Z - Song Cry (80.6 Million) Juvenile - Back That Azz Up (82.362 Million) Lil Troy - Wanna Be A Baller (92.2 Million) G-Unit - Poppin Them Thangs (92.4 Million) Beastie Boys - Sabotage (92.6 Million) Run DMC - Walk This Way (93 Million) T. Squad - Lean Back (100.148 Million) Will Smith - Men In Black (100.7 Million) Missy Elliott - Work It (111.64 Million) CeeLo Green - Forget You (116 Million) Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz - Get Low (120.63 Million) Lauryn Hill - Doo-Wop (125.51 Million) Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - I Tried (128.6 Million) N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton (129.3 Million) Kriss Kross - Jump (131.14 Million) Salt-N-Pepa - Push It (134 Million) Ludacris - My Chick Bad (135.1 Million) The Luniz - I Got 5 On It (135.4 Million) Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M. (140.3 Million) Nas - Patience (140.4 Million) Fat Joe - Whats Luv? (144 Million) Ice Cube - It Was A Good Day (145 Million) Cypress Hill - Insane In The Brain (149.92 Million) Bad Meets Evil - Fast Lane (158.9 Million) Mobb Deep - Shook Ones, Pt. II (170 Million) Baby Bash - Suga Suga (178.22 Million) DMX - X Gon Give It To Ya (181 Million) Snoop Dogg - Drop It Like Its Hot (186 Million) Ja Rule - Mesmerize (187.9 Million) Eve - Let Me Blow Ya Mind (190.93 Million) Fugees - K. Me Softly With His Song (192.4 Million) Busta Rhymes - I Know What You Want (204.3 Million) Afroman - Because I Got High (205.570 Million) Roy Jones - Cant Be Touched (206.367 Million) Fat Joe & Remy Ma - All The Way Up (215 Million) T.I. - Live Your Life (221.725 Million) Fort Minor - Remember The Name (237.193 Million) The Game - My Life (240 Million) Warren G - Regulate (251 Million) Eazy-E - Real M*thaphukki n Gs (285.8 Million) Chamillionaire - Ridin (302.252 Million) P. Diddy - Coming Home (308.5 Million) JAY-Z - N. In Paris (325 Million) T.I. - No Mediocre (336.880 Million) Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby (383 Million) Kanye West - Stronger (387 Million) The Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy (404.5 Million) Lil Kim - Lady Marmalade (405 Million) 2Pac - Hit Em Up (452.4 Million) OutKast - Hey Ya! (545 Million) Kanye West - I Love It (596 Million) Snoop Dogg - Young, Wild & Free (638 Million) MC Hammer - U Cant Touch This (646 Million) The Black Eyed Peas - Where Is The Love? (705.384 Million) Coolio - Gangstas Paradise (706.8 Million) Dr. Dre - Still D.R.E. (926 Million) Nelly - Dilemma (1.01 Billion) EMINEM - Without Me (1.1 Billion) 50 Cent - In Da Club (1.2 Billion) EMINEM - Love The Way You Lie (2.2 Billion)
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![Rap Songs That Went Viral In 2019 [Most Popular Hits]
Popular Rap Songs That Went Viral In 2019, Best Hip-Hop Songs 2019, Best Rap Beats 2019 - Hip-Hop Universe
The most popular rap songs are in most cases considered iconic because of their influence in the genre. Which songs are able to remind you of a year? #hiphopuniverse #hiphoprankings
Hip-hop has arguably been the best genre of music in the past two decades. As hip-hop maintains its title, a lot has changed about the genre, such as the lyrics. Hip-hop has two phases, old school and new school each of which give off a different vibe. These phases can be divided into Mumble Rap and Lyrical Rap. Old School “Hip-Hop” has music based prevalently on African American culture. Artists such as Tupac, Biggie Smalls, and Eazy-E often rap about the struggles of growing up in a urban environment and the work they put in to get where they are today. In popular songs such as “Changes” by Tupac and “Juicy” by Biggie Smalls, the artists explain how they went from “negative to positive” as Biggie put it. Old school hip-hop is still popular today and is regarded as “classic” by many hip-hop fans. “New school” hip-hop has different types of lyrics. Rappers from today’s generation sing typically about girls, money, and cars they have. Some even sing about how they do drgs, drink alchl, and party which sets a bad example for some listeners. Some of these rappers today did not have it as hard as rappers back in the old days. People who grew up listening to Tupac, Biggie, Eazy-E, and so on typically do not enjoy hip-hop in today’s era. Songs written when rap was introduced were lyrically better because rappers were able to tell a story using words that rhyme and flow. Some songs are also more appealing to fans because they can relate to the struggles their favorite rappers faced. People of this generation are used to listening to new school hip-hop which is the most played genre on the radio. These same fans reject old school Hip-Hop as a part of the music genre. There are even rappers who know nothing about the most influential Hip-Hop artists. Growing up listening to Eminem has caused me to fall in love with him as an artist. He introduced me to Hip-Hop. But I noticed a change in the music industry. Artists wanted to be part of the mainstream industry and they had to change their music to fit into the mainstream category. Because of new artists in hip-hop, many lessen known artists are rarely noticed. These artists are said to be “underground.” Underground rappers usually do not make it big because they have music related to the messages embodied by old school hip-hop artists would say.
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![Best Rapper Of Each Year (King Of Rap) [1979 - 2018]
Best Rapper Each Year, The Best Rappers Of All Time - Hip-Hop Universe
Rap fans tend to get into arguments with other rap fans, and it doesnt take much more than someone declaring their Favorite Rapper. Your favorite rapper is a personal preference, one that requires the most subjective defenses. If you’re rooting for the rookie of the year or a washed-up veteran experiencing a career resurgence or someone no one has heard of as your favorite, then so be it. The choice is yours. The favorite rapper discussion is cool and all, but the coveted distinction in hip-hop is still being named the GOAT (Greatest of All Time). Rookies and new jacks need not apply—this debate is strictly for the catalog artists, people who have shifted the culture in previously unmovable ways, artists whose music has permeated and resonated over an extended period of time. It’s rap’s imaginary Hall of Fame, existing only within the abstract conversations we have about it. But there is one debate that every rap fan not only loves to have but ought to have. A debate that considers both the short-term and long-term implications of an artist’s impact. A debate that pits a rapper in their prime against any and all competitors. A debate that gawks at the cultural landscape and plucks out the one who stands alone: the debate about who is the Best Rapper Alive. Being the BRA is sort of like being the MVP—even though rap doesn’t follow a rigid cultural calendar quite like major sports seasons—because it only requires looking at the current crop of active artists and picking a winner. You can confidently declare the Best Rapper Alive in any given year without having to consider previous decades, the same way you can say LeBron is an MVP even though you’ve never seen Jerry West play. Anyone can become the Best Rapper Alive. Some came out the gate with next-level rhymes that had everyone running back to the lab; for others it was a culmination of their gifts that coalesced for one great year. Much like rap itself, it’s an evolving process. But one thing we know for sure, it’s more about a general feeling among fans rather than any discernible facts. (What facts? It’s all just opinion anyway.) When a rapper steps in front of a microphone, and everyone in hip-hop has no choice but to look their way and give props, well then, they just might be the Best Rapper Alive. It’s still important to consider that the Best Rapper Alive debate is different from the GOAT conversation. Being the BRA doesn’t mean you’re the biggest or the most successful; it just means youre the Best at one particular moment. Of course in hip-hop, being the best is intrinsically about being BIG. And being at your best doesn’t make you the best, so if your prime coincides with someone else’s, well, hey, there’s always next year. You can look back on the hip-hop terrain with 20/20 hindsight, tally up the votes, and declare the GOATs, but the Best Rapper Alive from year to year is a feeling in the moment. There have been debates among rap fans living in that moment since the early days of hip-hop, but those discussions have never been properly cataloged—until now! (Yeah, were excited. Sue us.) So the question remains: Who got the props? #hiphopuniverse #evolutionofhiphop
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This video was initially uploaded to Hip-Hop Universe in 2018 (1,227,770 views - Mar 20, 2018). Due to copyright issues & Youtubes strict regulations I was forced to re-upload most of my old videos to this channel.
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