AR:

Bobby Lopez (Ft. Smith) - wack

Hardaway and the Commoners (Fayetteville) - much MUCH better. live band backing Hardaway (hence the '& the Commoners' bit), songs come complete with trumpet and guitar solos. Hardaway's not the best MC, but he doesn't take anything away (usually). Plus the beats are great, and just as great live.

T. Jay (Fayetteville by way of LR) - best emcee out of the pack ("Got them hands down -- Venus de Milo"), but I would rather listen to Hardaway, owing to the Commoners contributions. But yeah, he's the best rapper out of the group, as well as a cohost of the Concrete Schoolyard, a weekly hip-hop show coming out of the University's radio station.

Bobby Lopez - https://www.facebook.com/commoners?ref=ts&sk=wall#!/mrbobbylopez

Hardaway and the Commoners - https://www.facebook.com/commoners?ref=ts&sk=wall#!/commoners

T. Jay - http://www.tjay501.com/2011/09/tjays-breakfast-biggie-debuts-on.html


Hip-hop is more-commonly found on a saturday night in one of those front porch cyphers.

EDIT: title and because i forgot T. Jay the first time around.