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<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Song Writing and Lyrics</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SongWritingAndLyrics/Forum18.htm</link><description>R&amp;B, Dance, Hip-Hop, Rock and some roll.</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CSMOD (Build: 3232.18851)</generator><item><title>Re: Best rap artist ever..</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BestRapArtistEver/3/zxrbg/Post.htm#486410</link><pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:06:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:486410</guid><dc:creator>chelseafan118</dc:creator><slash:comments>63</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BestRapArtistEver/3/zxrbg/Post.htm#486410</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments18-486410.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Eminems Good...But if he was&amp;#39;nt&amp;nbsp;white he&amp;nbsp;would&amp;#39;nt of sold half the records he has.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Akon is&amp;#39;nt a rapper...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Snoop Dogg is one of the most basic lyricist there is&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Usher is a r&amp;amp;b&amp;nbsp;singer you idiot&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;and Jays A LEGEND&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;so you got bout 1 out of 10&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Best rap artist ever..</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BestRapArtistEver/9/zxrbz/Post.htm#486409</link><pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:59:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:486409</guid><dc:creator>chelseafan118</dc:creator><slash:comments>57</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BestRapArtistEver/9/zxrbz/Post.htm#486409</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments18-486409.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;1. Nas- Best flow period and one of the best lyricist off all time...&amp;#39;you scared of *** you came out a ceserian&amp;#39;...&amp;#39;my first albulm had no famous guest appearences/ the outcome im crowned the best lyricist.&amp;#39;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;2. Notorious B.I.G- 2 of the greatest albulms ever...his verse on victory, i say no more&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3. Rakim&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;4. Jay-Z&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;5. 2Pac&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;6. Ghostface Killah&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;7. Common&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;8. Ice Cube&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;9. Mos Def&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;10. Raekwon&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Future Legends:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Papoose, Quan, Lupe Fiasco, Sway Dasafo, Kano, Styles P, Ghetto, King H &amp;amp; Stealth!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Best rap artist ever..</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BestRapArtistEver/2/znwdx/Post.htm#483851</link><pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 04:25:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:483851</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><slash:comments>71</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BestRapArtistEver/2/znwdx/Post.htm#483851</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments18-483851.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>u guys have to be kiddin me!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;heres how it goes... 2pac. the best there will ever b... then...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;nas, biggie, eminem (dont even deny him either), jay z... thats it thats all.. ying yang?? r u kiddin!!! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Best rap artist ever..</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BestRapArtistEver/9/znrmw/Post.htm#481686</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:18:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:481686</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><slash:comments>58</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BestRapArtistEver/9/znrmw/Post.htm#481686</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments18-481686.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;EMINEM!! is the period best period rapper period ever period. In fact he is the only rapper that makes good music. Just listen to Stan. He is also the only intelligent rapper ever. He is also the 3rd coming of Jesus, the 2nd being Kurt Cobain.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My list&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;1. Eminem&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;END!!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>best rapper of all time/alive</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BestRapperOfAllTimeAlive/9/zmnbw/Post.htm#480343</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:08:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:480343</guid><dc:creator>eminem28</dc:creator><slash:comments>32</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BestRapperOfAllTimeAlive/9/zmnbw/Post.htm#480343</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments18-480343.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>The greatest rapper of all time without a doubt is &lt;span&gt;T&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;upac Shakur&lt;/span&gt;, there are &amp;quot;buts&amp;quot; about it, hes the greatest and there is no changing that, he was an &lt;span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;activist&lt;/span&gt; attempting peace, and an &lt;span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;influentual rapper&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Â The greatest rapper alive without a doubt is &lt;span&gt;Eminem, &lt;/span&gt;whoever says that &lt;span style="background-color:rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;Lil&amp;#39; Wayne&lt;/span&gt; is the bestÂ definitely has a horrible taste in Music, &lt;span style="background-color:rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;he doesn&amp;#39;t put out CD&amp;#39;s he puts out mixtapes, and they are terrible&lt;/span&gt; the &lt;span style="background-color:rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;pill-popping b** mumbles when he raps&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="background-color:rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;his voice is like hearing a baby on crack&lt;/span&gt;, no wonder &lt;span style="background-color:rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;he has short songs&lt;/span&gt;, he probably &lt;span style="background-color:rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;gets a dry throat&lt;/span&gt; when he talks becauseÂ of all the &lt;span style="background-color:rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;marajuana that he smokes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Â &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A few reasons that Eminem is the best is because hes only been&lt;span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt; rapping for 7 years&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;he&amp;#39;s sold over 70,000,000 records (thats only 5,000,000 records away from Tupac, the greatest rapper of all time.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;ALSO for the 4 CD&amp;#39;s that he has out, each one of the has gone more than &lt;span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;3X platinum&lt;/span&gt;, and &lt;span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;each were nominees for the best Rap/hip-hop album of the yearÂ (he&amp;#39;s won that title three times in a row)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;AND 3&lt;span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;X in a row he has been nominated for best ALbum of the year&lt;/span&gt;, and h&lt;span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;es won it twice in a row (the Marshall Mathers LP, and The Eminem Show won best album of the year)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;SO WHOEVER THINKS ANYONE IS BETTER THAN EMINEM THEN REPLY TO THIS, AND I&amp;#39;LL ASSURE THAT I WILL WIN THIS BATTLE&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;UNTIL NEXT TIME SEE YA ***&amp;#39;S&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Best rap artist ever..</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BestRapArtistEver/9/zmkjr/Post.htm#479604</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:02:34 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:479604</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><slash:comments>59</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BestRapArtistEver/9/zmkjr/Post.htm#479604</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments18-479604.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;twista is a one trick pony. he&amp;#39;s a sorry ass version of busta rhymes from 96. atmosphere is a group slug is the mc nice research dun tech 9 is a wack ass icp spinoff... akon is a piece of *** ...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;no order&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;gza the genius&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;rakim&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;krs one&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;immortal technique&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;lupe fiasco&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;biggie&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;jay-z&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;qwel&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;denizen kane&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;mf doom&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;yin yang twins? really? wow&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;hhaannhh??&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;not great lyricsm buddy&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re:  Best rap artist ever..</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BestRapArtistEver/zmvzh/post.htm#477809</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 04:57:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:477809</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><slash:comments>72</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BestRapArtistEver/zmvzh/post.htm#477809</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments18-477809.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>1. 2pac&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;2.biggie&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;3.jay-z&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;4. nas&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;5.run dmc&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;6.snoop dogg&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;7.common &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;8.bone thugs n harmony&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;9.50 cent (questionable?)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;10.mac dre&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Best rap artist ever.....</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BestRapArtistEver/9/zlzlr/Post.htm#473280</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:40:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:473280</guid><dc:creator>Tompats00</dc:creator><slash:comments>12</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BestRapArtistEver/9/zlzlr/Post.htm#473280</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments18-473280.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P&gt;my list:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;-eminem ( #1)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;-styles of beyond( ryuu)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;-busta rhymes ( crazy motha f****)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;-50 cent ( even is new stuff isnt bad. worse than normal but not bad.)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;-outkast ( big boi )&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;-ludacris ( best southern rapper, but he needs to get away from sentimental songs like runaway love)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;-benefit ( look up 'so sick'' on limewire)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;-hands down ( weymouth,, look him up on youtube- hands down of AWOL- he is ill, i know him)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;-Dr Dre&amp;nbsp; ( come back )&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;-tupac&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;-biggie &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;-proof ( rip)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;-xzibit ( not bad on pimp my ride, not bad on gridiron gang, music is sick)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;-run DMC ( get rev run off the tv)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;-snoop ( can't beat a vet)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;-G-unit (young buck, then lloyd banks, then yayo)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;-krayze bone ( slow down there killa)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;-mike shinoda &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;-ice cube ( dude get back to music, are we there yet sucked, go to church was ill.)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;-kottonmouth kings ( well not really)&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;-cypress hill &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;-nas&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;mike jones&amp;nbsp;sucks so does kanye, the game, shaq, birdman, paul wall, and gang starr&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;and im sick of that cocky son of a b**** lil wayne saying he's the best. hes terrible. he sounds like he's got a broken and stuffed nose. he's nasily. {word to him, eminem could rap circles around you wayne! } go home and cry to bird man, he'll just *** slap ya&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;memorable mentions: &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;scott storch - built like that&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;jay-z&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;nelly&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;house of pain&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;crazytown &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;diddy&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;kid rock&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;shamrock {rep-ed boston on the white rapper show}&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;omega ( you won't ever find the &lt;U&gt;real &lt;/U&gt;omega) he's not only a rapper he sings too, not mainstream, unreleased, undebuted, undisputed.&amp;nbsp; {better than lil'wayne}&lt;/P&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Best rap artist ever.....</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BestRapArtistEver/9/zjlmm/Post.htm#465217</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:22:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:465217</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><slash:comments>20</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BestRapArtistEver/9/zjlmm/Post.htm#465217</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments18-465217.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Oh also jordan was betta than lebron....&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Best rap artist ever.....</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BestRapArtistEver/8/zjvxc/Post.htm#463218</link><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:04:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:463218</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><slash:comments>21</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BestRapArtistEver/8/zjvxc/Post.htm#463218</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments18-463218.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P&gt;you forgot soooooo many, tech N9ne, atmosphere, kyprios, Slick Rick, Swollen members, &amp;lt;unnecessary rude comment deleted&amp;gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Best rap artist ever.....</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BestRapArtistEver/8/zwqxv/Post.htm#461775</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:35:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:461775</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><slash:comments>34</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BestRapArtistEver/8/zwqxv/Post.htm#461775</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments18-461775.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>HELL NAH!!*** eminem! icp,twiztid,tech n9ne,and killa c is that ***!!RECOGNIZE ***!&lt;br&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Best rap artist ever.....</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BestRapArtistEver/8/zwkph/Post.htm#460061</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:24:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:460061</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><slash:comments>23</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BestRapArtistEver/8/zwkph/Post.htm#460061</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments18-460061.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P&gt;NO one today even compares to the old stuff. By far the best rappers of all time are Biggie, 2Pac, Wu Tang, Big L, Dr. Dre, Snoop...and yea Lil Wayne is garbage. yea i said it. the guy has no sense of rhyme scheme and no rhythm. just listen to party like a rock star remix. "we are not the same, i am a martian. its young weezy f baby no abartian. i have, i dont have to force em. they just do what i say like wheel of fortune..." garbargggge. enough said&lt;/P&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Best rap artist ever.....</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BestRapArtistEver/8/zwzrr/Post.htm#458354</link><pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2007 04:11:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:458354</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><slash:comments>35</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BestRapArtistEver/8/zwzrr/Post.htm#458354</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments18-458354.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P&gt;who the *** are you sai'n that?&amp;nbsp; pac is the best!!!!&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;mtf. you stilla child..&lt;/P&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Best rap artist ever.....</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BestRapArtistEver/8/zhlkc/Post.htm#455347</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:45:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:455347</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><slash:comments>25</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BestRapArtistEver/8/zhlkc/Post.htm#455347</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments18-455347.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P&gt;put 50 cent in hes amazin!!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: Best rap artist ever.....</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BestRapArtistEver/8/zhkhw/Post.htm#455013</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:26:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:455013</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><slash:comments>36</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/BestRapArtistEver/8/zhkhw/Post.htm#455013</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments18-455013.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>No doubt..the best rap artist of all-time, The Wu-Tang Clan, with RZA, GZA, Ol' Dirty ***, Method Man, Inspectah Deck, Masta Killa, Ghostface Killah, U-God, and Raekwon.&amp;nbsp; No one has done more for rap music than this group.&amp;nbsp; Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) influenced rap to where it is today.&amp;nbsp; Without the Wu, you may not get Biggie and Pac, both who publicly admitted that they were influenced by the Wu.&amp;nbsp; No one is better in rap. Period&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>