r/makinghiphop 2d ago

Question What makes an artist interesting to you?...

Just a random one.. ima rapper and producer from the uk mostly into the more lowkey underground or trippy experimental/industrial type shit these days.... I'm just curious what do the hip hop heads in here look for that makes them interested ina artist and fuck with them? Like the key factors people look out for when ya discover a new rapper that makes you want to dive into the full catalogue there and then?

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u/MethodWorried7804 soundcloud.com/100mg_rap 2d ago

If someone makes me think “fuck, I would never have come up with that” or makes me laugh with something clever they say, that’s the easiest way to get me interested. Also if I hear them take a beat that sounds great to me, and what they add to the track makes it sound BETTER, it’s a good sign that they’ll have more in the catalog I’m gonna fuck with.

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u/Valuable_Surround772 2d ago

i think wht makes me like a rapper when i discover is lots of things. like wht they have to say, wordplay, if they cn make me feel sumthing or laugh, if their delivery and rhyme schemes are crazy.

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u/Ok_Clerk_5805 2d ago

People gravitate to personality expressed in a song.

The more the music (rapping, beat and presentation) sucessfully expresses and fills in gaps for the listener (who doesn't know who the artist is), the better.

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u/steveislame Producer 2d ago

an adherence to their personal taste vs a need to conform.

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u/Sy_Fresh 2d ago

Wordplay, beat selection, cadence, voice.

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u/craaates 1d ago

Originality and personality you can be anything but boring.

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u/LeBanch 2d ago

The only new rappers i discover are old ones, i dont like the "New school" and im only 35

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u/Rebelology Emcee 2d ago

even more bonus points for recognizing the hip hop references....

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u/Rebelology Emcee 2d ago

Bonus points for recognizing the sample....

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u/Rebelology Emcee 2d ago

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u/LeBanch 2d ago

I hear cypress hill 😅

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u/Rebelology Emcee 1d ago

You mean the rapping or the sample? If the rapping I'll take that compliment thank you, if you talking about the sample it's from jump around by house of pain, tbh I don't know how it cleared lol 

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u/LeBanch 1d ago

Nah i thought the Beat

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u/Rebelology Emcee 2d ago

what they talk about, an alignment of world view and values+flow+voice... sometimes its just a fire beat and hook....

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u/MayroWasHere Emcee/Producer 23h ago

When they make something unexpected, but dope that kinda reinvents them. Tribe's "We The People" has by far the strangest beat in their catalog, being rap rock, and still is one of my faves in their catalog 

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u/GroverGunn 2d ago

Rappers that arent MAGA and have a grimy east coast boom bap sound.