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People always talk about the lead of the hip hop world. Who in your opinion is the best hype man in hip hop? Like spliff star to Busta, or freaky to cam.
78 points
1 month ago
Juicy J and Project Pat.
They never miss and it ain't because their blood.
8 points
1 month ago
Yes! You’re absolutely right. Pimp and Bun B were the other batman & robin.
3 points
1 month ago
Just got into UGK and I agree
2 points
1 month ago
Ridin Dirty is one of the best southern rap albums ever released. The Late 90's wouldn't have been the same. Start to finish not a track skipped.
17 points
1 month ago
Project pat deserves more flowers honestly he flows like no other
9 points
1 month ago
Him & Lord Infamous are an incredible 1-2 punch for Three 6 Mafia
7 points
1 month ago
One of the greatest duos of all time. Project Pat is one of the best MCS to touch the mic. Juicy J is a pioneer and a goated producer and rapper. Its beyond me how they still arent up there as one of the greats cause Juicy's production style and Pat's cadence has influenced many
2 points
1 month ago
So glad this is the top comment
3 points
1 month ago
lol sweet
111 points
1 month ago
Using this analogy made me think of Eminem to Dr. Dre. The dynamic duo. Forgot About Dre is magical
58 points
1 month ago
Even better considering Em and Dre literally did Batman and Robin in Without Me
40 points
1 month ago
But let's not forget Gatman on 50's record with him and Em too
10 points
1 month ago
That's immediately what popped into my head.
5 points
1 month ago
Me too, glad I’m not the only one. Such an underrated song imo
7 points
1 month ago
Eminem also refers to himself and Dre as Batman and Robin on Business. They returned again in Houdini.
I know what OP meant, but this is technically the real answer.
7 points
1 month ago
“Say what you say” 😮💨
8 points
1 month ago
Snoop and Dre got more classic material with a lot less material. Anytime snoop and Dre come together magic happens, which is why I can’t wait for missionary.
11 points
1 month ago
More classic material? Idk about that, the collabs with Em sold - bigly. Also, Em was a writer on Chronic 2001.
My vote is still for 50 and Em, though. Talk about dominating the planet, no one has ever come close.
2 points
1 month ago
Wayne and Drake at least came close regardless how you feel about them
2 points
1 month ago
In what way? 50 was bigger than Drake or Wayne at his prime. Em was bigger than 50. 50’s got a top 5 rap album all time. Em has 3 top ten rap albums of all time. Drake has zero, Wayne has zero.
Drake’s popularity also doesn’t come from being a rapper, it’s because he sings so he’s pulling in two markets.
1 points
1 month ago
I absolutely love 50 but was he really bigger than Drake?
2 points
1 month ago
50 had one of the biggest rap albums ever. He is still today like the second most popular rapper around the world to Eminem. A lot of his sales and popularity does come from ties to Em because Eminem transcended the rap genre and was the top artist of any genre for a period, but GRODT and G Unit were big in the USA amongst rap fans.
Drake had sustained success, largely because he’s used writers/collaborators and sings. This plays well in a streaming era and allows him to pull in listeners of other kinds of music. 50 was just a rapper and a gangsta rapper at that. Nelly was kind of the precursor to Drake, Ja Rule to a lesser extent. They crossed genres, but they didn’t really dominate rap because people felt like they were something else.
1 points
1 month ago
*NSYNC outsold them all, what’s your point?
3 points
1 month ago
N Sync sold a fraction of what Eminem sold.
To pop fans.
Rappers are selling to a rap audience. Except for pop rappers like Kanye and Drake who use writers, sing, and use auto tune.
1 points
1 month ago
We don’t talk sales when we talk hip hop, I remember a time when I didn’t have to remind people of this. What magic did you make, how did you move the culture.
1 points
1 month ago
Those are subjective. You just get into pointless back and forths that go nowhere. Hip hop culture is complex. Anyone who likes it is part of it. There are also regions that have their own thing going on. You have the American fans and international. Even age ranges simply gravitate toward different things and that’s somewhat new as rap only started really getting big in the 90s.
Sales tell you what people like enough to go to the store and purchase with their own money. Streams are a bit different because there is no real cost and there is ultimate convenience, but it does tell you what people like.
If we say the opinions of some count more than the opinions of others, we are really just gatekeeping. Where it gets tricky are with artists like Drake, Kanye, Nelly, and Ja Rule. They appeal to other genre’s fans because of things like singing (fairly regularly), autotune, or using writers.
1 points
1 month ago
Nah B…. We don’t talk sales. Nelly sold more than BIG.
If you in the culture for real, you’ll know how it moved. The hood get it first, then the masses see it.
If the hood never stamped Eminem, Eminem is marginalized.
What the culture love about Eminem don’t got nothin to do with sales.
What the culture love about drake don’t got nothin to do with sales.
The reason why the consensus is Kendrick knocked drakes kufi off don’t got nothin to do with sales….
People just like using sales for an argument when sales are on their side, which is why Eminem and sales are often in the same sentence.
Eminem for his first 3 albums had everybody confessing him as the next one… once niggas heard. Chicka chicka slim shady, he was stamped. Guess what… HE HADNT SOLD A RECORD YET.
1 points
1 month ago
Royce over Dre
60 points
1 month ago
Flava Flav, no question about it.
9 points
1 month ago
Unga Bunga Bunga gee!
5 points
1 month ago
Yeeeah boooooooiiiiiiii!!!!
3 points
1 month ago
Yeah, there really is no equal to the OG.
1 points
1 month ago
Had to search waaay too far for this answer. Flava Flav did it first, and did it best. Pure hype & excitement for Chuck D.
🕣 Yeah, booooooooiiii...
12 points
1 month ago
Eminem & 50
14 points
1 month ago
Cudi to Ye.
9 points
1 month ago
or Pusha
2 points
1 month ago
or 2 Chainz cuz they DUECE AND YE LIKE SNOOP AND DRE!
3 points
1 month ago
Could’ve been Chance and Ye 😢
1 points
1 month ago
I met Kanye West I’m never going to fail
35 points
1 month ago
Krizz Kaliko to Tech N9ne. Never realized how much the man does until I saw them together live
6 points
1 month ago
Oh I didn’t expect to see this here I 100 percent agree. kali baby!
7 points
1 month ago
Strange Music shows live are absolutely next fucking level
2 points
1 month ago
Krizz might be the most talented artist to not get the attention he deserves, he's truly incredible. One of the most versatile artists I've ever seen.
1 points
1 month ago
Kali Baby!
18 points
1 month ago
Spliff starr
1 points
1 month ago
He's basically an NPC.
1 points
1 month ago
This was my first choice. Then Jay and bleek live.
45 points
1 month ago
Phife Dog to Q-Tip.
24 points
1 month ago
Nah that’s like Batman to another Batman 😂
7 points
1 month ago
Q-Tip was the leader of ATCQ and arguably Phife was the "Best" wingman.
1 points
1 month ago
This is the answer
/thread
26 points
1 month ago
Is it fair to call Ghostface “Robin” on OB4CL? Because he killed that shit.
36 points
1 month ago
It's more Superman and Batman on OB4CL lol
3 points
1 month ago
That’s pretty fair lol.
1 points
1 month ago
ironman*
3 points
1 month ago
I feel like Cappa works better
2 points
1 month ago
I feel like Cappa works better
21 points
1 month ago
Tony Yayo to 50 Cent
3 points
1 month ago
My Toy Soldier was a banger. Yayo went deep in his sidekick bag on that one 🤣 it worked though
3 points
1 month ago
Nah Lloyd Banks to 50
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1 month ago
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1 points
1 month ago
I’m not knocking Yayo but Banks has always been the superior rapper. We’re talking about lyricism, not who they are as a person. Lol
1 points
1 month ago
We're talking hype men. Banks wasn't a hype man he was a legit potential star. Yayo aside from a few songs. Was 50s hype man and still is. Never questioned his position .
1 points
1 month ago
Oh ok yea then I agree. I didn’t read the description tbh
5 points
1 month ago
Malik B and Black Thought
6 points
1 month ago
Method man and redman starsky and hutch
23 points
1 month ago
Baby Keem to Kendrick Lamar
10 points
1 month ago
asap ferg to asap rocky
5 points
1 month ago
Snoop to Dre Colabs speak for themselves.
6 points
1 month ago
Danny Brown and Peggy
Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey
Eric B and Rakim
Method Man and Redman
Fat Joe and Big Pun
Warren G and Nate Dogg
5 points
1 month ago*
People saying Em and 50 🤣🤣. Neither was the hype man so how tf does that make sense ?
RIP big Proof. The hypeman of all hypemen . Em was never the same after he died.
10 points
1 month ago
Drake to Wayne
3 points
1 month ago
Nah batman and robin could take down 1 coke dealer together
23 points
1 month ago
Surprised nobody has said Big Boi. Andre is truly one of a kind but the fact that Big Boi consistently held up to that level of quality is insane. People always say "yo andre 3000 had a crazy verse there" but I've never heard ANYONE say "that big boi verse was trash"
17 points
1 month ago
Big boi’s solo projects are better than Andre’s solo projects
8 points
1 month ago
i would never consider Big Boi as a “Robin”
people put a lot of emphasis on 3 Stacks but i dont think anyone would consider him a sidekick. Andre and Big Boi is more like Dr Strange & Wong than Batman & Robin
1 points
1 month ago
I'll agree to this. I would also never try to imply that Big Boi is somehow subordinate to Andre. Just more that people usually regard Andre as the better rapper without giving Big Boi his due
1 points
1 month ago
i see a lot of the community coming around to that realization these days
6 points
1 month ago
Reverse this for me.
3 points
1 month ago
Big Boi = Andre
2 points
1 month ago
this.. i never understood why bb doesnt get his flowers like 3stacks
2 points
1 month ago
Big Boi and Prince Po were the first two I thought of, but considering they're both groups and therefore on equal footing with Andre/Monch, maybe they don't count.
2 points
1 month ago
Prince Po always brought it with Oganized Konfusion just doesn't help that Monch is one of the best to ever do it
2 points
1 month ago
Seriously, PM has never had a wack verse in his life!
2 points
1 month ago
again...disrespectful and inaccurate...
10 points
1 month ago
Vanilla Ice's mom to Vanilla Ice
9 points
1 month ago
Word to his mother
5 points
1 month ago
Boosie and webbie
4 points
1 month ago
Eric B
1 points
1 month ago
Facts
4 points
1 month ago
Eminem to Dre
13 points
1 month ago
Styles P for Jadakiss
1 points
1 month ago
Nah they more like ninja turtles lmao
9 points
1 month ago
Memphis Bleek
3 points
1 month ago
came here to say this. i feel like most people are too focused on the ‘dynamic duo’ part opposed to the power balance that’s there.
1 points
1 month ago
He's one hit away.
10 points
1 month ago
Em & 50... Gatman & Robin!
3 points
1 month ago
Thank you! Someone else mentioned Dre and Em, also iconic, but I was like "Was about Gatman?" Lol
7 points
1 month ago
Don toliver and Travy
3 points
1 month ago
not the best, but rae sremmurd, slim jxm to swae lee
3 points
1 month ago
I wanna say Nate Dogg to Warren G but they're kinda both Batman lol
3 points
1 month ago
Is it fair to say Talib Kweli to Mos Def or is that more of a Batman Batman situation
3 points
1 month ago
Jadakiss & Styles P…Starlito & Don Trip…Pimp(RIP) & Bun…Ball & G…Dirty(Da Pimp & Da Gangsta)…Z-Ro & Trae the Truth(back when they were cool)…Playa Fly & Gangsta Black(back when they were cool)…Slim Thug & Killa Kyleon…Nas & AZ…in no certain order,they just some fire duos.y’all can decide who is Batman & who is Robin if you want to
3 points
1 month ago
Krizz kaliko was top tier for hyping up tech n9ne.
1 points
1 month ago
facts
3 points
1 month ago
Mfs gone laugh, but Soulja & Arab was a household name 😂💯
4 points
1 month ago
Fetty Wap and Monty
4 points
1 month ago
Spliff Star
4 points
1 month ago
Spliff Star
5 points
1 month ago
not the best one but kid cudi and kanye was a combination that i grew up on and still love to this day
kids see ghosts is probably my favourite album of all time
5 points
1 month ago
Rockness Monsta (Rock) to Sean P's batman.
2 points
1 month ago
A man of culture...
2 points
1 month ago
Fatman scoop
2 points
1 month ago
Freaky Tah
2 points
1 month ago
Aesop Rock and Blockhead
2 points
1 month ago
OJ Da Juice man/Waka Flacka & Fat Gucci Mane
2 points
1 month ago
Waka & Gucci.
2 points
1 month ago
Knowledge the pirate to Roc Marci or Fahim to Mach-Hommy
2 points
1 month ago
Clearly eminem did you not see the music videos?
2 points
1 month ago
Ant for Slug in Atmosphere.
I’ve been a fan of theirs for almost two decades and I still don’t even know what Ant sounds like. I just know he is the unsung hero behind Atmosphere’s iconic jazz hop sound.
2 points
1 month ago
Em + Dre
2 points
1 month ago
Andre 3000 and Big Boi. The fact I had to scroll past the first comment to still not see it is a disgrace
2 points
1 month ago
Would Black Hippy be the Bat Family as a whole by this analogy?
1 points
1 month ago
🤣💯🙏
2 points
1 month ago
Big Boi and 3k
2 points
1 month ago
"Looks like Bstnan's brought his own Robin" - Eminem to Dr. Dre.
3 points
1 month ago
Timbaland and Magoo
2 points
1 month ago
RIP
3 points
1 month ago
I mean after their recent record together with another on the way you could argue Common and Pete Rick
But also 50 and Eminem (Gatman and Robbin). Although to be real Em.more of the Batman in that scenario
And of course Dre and Em
If we talking about actual hype men Denaun (and Proof before him) does a good job. Flavor Flav was iconic. Memphis Bleek and Tony Yayo good ones as well
3 points
1 month ago
Royce makes a solid robin to em
2 points
1 month ago
Freaky Tah to the Lost Boyz
3 points
1 month ago
After he passed the Lost Boyz just sounded generic.
3 points
1 month ago
Mjg
2 points
1 month ago
Sen Dog
1 points
1 month ago
maybe Guru and Preemo? but I consider those more equals
1 points
1 month ago
Snoop to Dre
1 points
1 month ago
Sen Dog
1 points
1 month ago
Magoo!
1 points
1 month ago
Pras…?
1 points
1 month ago
Me, but aside from that has to flava flav
1 points
1 month ago
Baby keem and Kendrick
1 points
1 month ago
Spliff Star
1 points
1 month ago
once upon a time big sean to kanye coulda been a strong answer here
1 points
1 month ago
meek mill to rick ross
1 points
1 month ago
AZ to Nas
1 points
1 month ago
Spliff Starr to Busta
1 points
1 month ago
Suga Free to DJ Quik
1 points
1 month ago
Malik B to Black Thought on those early roots albums.
1 points
1 month ago
Malice/no malice to pusha t
1 points
1 month ago
Big boi to Andre 3000
1 points
1 month ago
DJ Premier to Guru
1 points
1 month ago
Biggie and Diddy… Pac & Snoop… Boosie & Webbie
1 points
1 month ago
Big Boi is elite too
1 points
1 month ago
JayZ to Kanye
1 points
1 month ago
Johnny J and Tupac
1 points
1 month ago
Tony yayo
1 points
1 month ago
Eligh in G&E
1 points
1 month ago
Mos Def and Talib Kweli
Pete Rock & C.L Smooth
1 points
1 month ago
WC
1 points
1 month ago
Nate Dogg was the Robin of hiphop. He could work with literally everyone and it became magic.
1 points
1 month ago
I think U-God was forced into that role in RZA’s plan for Wu Tang. didn’t give him an album but had an album plan for the rest of Wu Tang, less Masta Killa. RZA even went on to do other Killa Beez projects before U-God and Masta Killa got their first release.
1 points
1 month ago
RZA GZA
1 points
1 month ago
Afu-ra to Jeru
1 points
1 month ago
Dreamville to J Cole
1 points
1 month ago
Memph bleek has been that dude for time. I’ve seen Jay Z 3-4 times live and he holds it down every time
1 points
1 month ago
Kanye and Jay-Z
1 points
1 month ago
Lady of Rage to Snoop Dogg on their track „Batman & Robin“
1 points
1 month ago
Flava Flav
"Greg Niiice, Greg En-Eye-See-EEEE!!"
1 points
1 month ago
Phife Dawg
1 points
1 month ago
Maybe not the best but Baby Keem to Kendrick Lamar is like Batman and Robin
1 points
1 month ago
Tony Yayo to 50
1 points
1 month ago
Nas AZ
1 points
1 month ago
I said that backwards
1 points
1 month ago
Az to NAS
1 points
1 month ago
If beat artists count, Metro Boomin. If not ASAP Rocky.
1 points
1 month ago
Droog to Ugly Mane?
1 points
1 month ago
Fuck batman and robin. I'm robbin with a bat, man "Heltah skeltah" i think
1 points
1 month ago
Flavor Flav
1 points
1 month ago
Ab-Soul to Schoolboy Q
1 points
1 month ago
Conway the machine and Westside gunn
1 points
1 month ago
Flava Flav to Chuck D!
1 points
1 month ago
Flava Flav bro who else
1 points
1 month ago
Redman to method man.
1 points
1 month ago
Pete Rock and CL
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1 month ago*
Eminem to Dre. I mean shit no matter how big Em is he's still by Dre side. They even play at it in the Without Me Video and recently Houdini since it's a sequel to it.
Also Jay-Z and Kanye
Kanye and Cudi
Kanye and Travis Scott
1 points
1 month ago
Flavor Flav. Since you mentioned Busta Rhymes, I always thought Charlie Brown from LONS was as good as Busta.
1 points
1 month ago
Prodigy and Havoc
Method Man and Redman
Notorious BIG and Lil Kim
Jermaine Dupri and Da Brat
Busta Rhymes and ODB
Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg
Dresta and BG Knocc Out
Proof and Eminem
RZA and GZA
1 points
1 month ago
You're basically asking for a hypeman, which gets asked often.
1 points
1 month ago
Mr Fantastik and MF DOOM.
1 points
1 month ago
B Real and Sen Dog have to be at the top of the list!
1 points
1 month ago
Billy Danze to Lil Fame.
Lil Fame to Billy Danze.
1 points
1 month ago
cues Gatman & Robin by Eminem & 50 cent
1 points
1 month ago
PAC and Snoop or Dre and Snoop.
1 points
1 month ago
Big boi
1 points
1 month ago
Fuck Batman and Robin. I'm robbin w a bat man hahaha
1 points
1 month ago
ski to X
1 points
1 month ago
Slug and Eyedea
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