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3028873, Who are the greatest teenage rappers of all time?
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Wed Dec-09-20 03:21 PM
It sometimes blow my mind that De La Soul made 3 Feet High And Rising as Teenagers. To be so original and fully formed at such a young age is truly impressive.
Who comes to mind for you?
Mobb Deep?
LL Cool J?
Hold old were the Beasties for License to Ill?
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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson
"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"
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3028874, Rakim was 19 when their debut album came out
Posted by mista k5, Wed Dec-09-20 04:03 PM
does that count?
either way i vote for de la soul lol
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3028982, it should,some of that stuff was five years old
Posted by Garhart Poppwell, Sat Dec-12-20 07:42 PM
when he put the album out, written at 14
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3028875, Snoop
Posted by Brew, Wed Dec-09-20 04:05 PM
He was 18 or 19 when The Chronic came out.
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3028876, Special Ed gets at least an honorable mention...bro came out the gate
Posted by mikediggz, Wed Dec-09-20 04:25 PM
on fire
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3029043, always heard
Posted by howardlloyd, Tue Dec-15-20 06:54 PM
chubb rock wrote that first album
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3029736, Wow that’s crazy...never heard that one...
Posted by mikediggz, Tue Jan-12-21 05:02 PM
I hope not lol
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3028877, Foxy Brown was nice when she came out
Posted by DJR, Wed Dec-09-20 04:25 PM
If I recall, she was 17 on “I Shot Ya”.
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3028878, Outkast
Posted by CherNic, Wed Dec-09-20 04:31 PM
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3028879, Nas & OutKast
Posted by Anonymous, Wed Dec-09-20 04:31 PM
Big Boi was 19 and Andre was 18 when Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik dropped probably making them 18 and when most of it was recorded.
Nas was 20 when Illmatic dropped probably making him 19, maybe even 18 when it was recorded.
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3028880, Del tha funkee homosapien
Posted by fif, Wed Dec-09-20 05:41 PM
Was 19 I think when "I wish my brother George was here" dropped
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3028882, this gets my 2nd place
Posted by mista k5, Wed Dec-09-20 05:51 PM
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3028883, Common was 19-20 yo for Can I Borrow...
Posted by cidolfas, Wed Dec-09-20 05:56 PM
Another mention to Earl Sweatshirt -- 16 on his first mixtape.
LL is the GOAT teenage rapper though.
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3028884, But that albums sucks
Posted by Anonymous, Wed Dec-09-20 05:59 PM
Lol
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3028887, Does it? I enjoy it aside from his squeaky tick.
Posted by cidolfas, Wed Dec-09-20 06:31 PM
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3028888, I mean...it ain’t Illmatic or Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik LOL
Posted by Anonymous, Wed Dec-09-20 06:55 PM
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3028889, It's good not great.
Posted by Brew, Wed Dec-09-20 07:47 PM
Has super high highs. Showed his potential, which he reached and then some on the next album.
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3029816, lol
Posted by kinetic94761180, Wed Jan-20-21 03:11 PM
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3028891, Illegal appreciation post
Posted by DJR, Wed Dec-09-20 08:18 PM
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3028892, Mally G!!!
Posted by Anonymous, Wed Dec-09-20 08:25 PM
I was just going to make a post about him.
Seems odd that he never released a second album.
First albums is dope...not classic but had some bangers!
But after that he seemed to have some great guest spots.
He killed it on The Coming and got a main spot on Busta’s second album.
Killed it on Enigma and Muddy Waters.
Dope on Blackout! in 99.
Odd he never released a second album to me.
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3028893, I really dug his debut (only) album
Posted by obsidianchrysalis, Wed Dec-09-20 09:57 PM
The single was pretty dope.
He also had a verse on Erick Sermon's Insomnia compilation which was outstanding. And like you said the Busta features were quality as well.
His album showed potential but I can see that his 'rugged' persona didn't stand out among his peers.
He also came about right as jiggy hip-hop got popular and he was both too notable and polished to be seen as underground like the Rawkus folks were and too under-the-radar and rugged to keep up with Bad Boy and Roc-a-fella.
He fell through the cracks.
I too would like to know what happened to him.
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3028895, I love that Insomnia album
Posted by Anonymous, Wed Dec-09-20 10:17 PM
Such a dope summer album to me.
Just a dope vibe all the way through.
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3028983, listened to it today at work, it's amazing
Posted by Garhart Poppwell, Sat Dec-12-20 07:44 PM
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3029068, It really is...it’s not talked about nearly enough
Posted by Anonymous, Wed Dec-16-20 07:20 PM
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3028900, Youngest in Charge dropped when Special Ed was 16....
Posted by My_SP1200_Broken_Again, Wed Dec-09-20 11:24 PM
....he's definitely in the conversation
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3029056, RE: Youngest in Charge dropped when Special Ed was 16....
Posted by howardlloyd, Wed Dec-16-20 08:53 AM
chubb wrote it or at least co-wrote
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3028909, Kriss Kross
Posted by , Thu Dec-10-20 10:00 AM
The had 'Jump' and made fools wear their clothes backwards....
Really put a dent into the culture there for a minute.
though they may not have even been teenagers.
werd.
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3028911, LL, Rakim, Special Ed, Souls of Mischief, OutKast, Illegal
Posted by Nick Has a Problem...Seriously, Thu Dec-10-20 10:44 AM
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3028938, ORGANIZED KONFUSION.
Posted by Castro, Fri Dec-11-20 12:39 AM
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3028950, Outkast, Nas and A+
Posted by naame, Fri Dec-11-20 01:34 PM
America has imported more warlord theocracy from Afghanistan than it has exported democracy.
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3029042, Sweatshirt
Posted by howardlloyd, Tue Dec-15-20 06:49 PM
wrote and recorded the rap for “earl” at 16
::post over::
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3029142, Definite candidate for THE greatest teenage rapper
Posted by Boogie Stimuli, Sat Dec-19-20 11:08 AM
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3029058, Here to show love to Chi Ali
Posted by Boogie Stimuli, Wed Dec-16-20 10:51 AM
Suprised he hasn't been mentioned. I thought dude was fire back in the day.
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3029334, RE: Here to show love to Chi Ali
Posted by ajiav, Wed Dec-30-20 01:42 AM
I stopped in to see if someone had shouted him out. One of the more overlooked Native Tongues members, but still one of the best "kid" rappers imho.
Now, that said - with regards to this post in general - most of our favorite MCs started when they was teens tbh, as the flow of this post has demonstrated. So really, when I saw this topic, I was thinking they meant like "early teens" which is why Chi Ali popped up in my head.
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3029140, Lucy Camp fka Luzid...
Posted by amplifya7, Sat Dec-19-20 09:57 AM
She was about 14 on the first two EPs and they are still pretty dope...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUwVoVvTLOc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBUwOAXr5so
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3029141, Did Shyheim get mentioned yet?
Posted by DJR, Sat Dec-19-20 10:04 AM
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3029730, RE: Did Shyheim get mentioned yet?
Posted by Original Juice, Tue Jan-12-21 02:47 PM
>
Came here to say this..
Did Shyheim write his own shit on his first album, or was that RNS?
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3029732, The Lost Generation is my shit!
Posted by Anonymous, Tue Jan-12-21 03:13 PM
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3029145, Biv 10 Pee Wee All-Stars lmao
Posted by amplifya7, Sat Dec-19-20 12:19 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDCH8LwlcxU
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3029428, Lil Wayne at 16-17.
Posted by Shaun Tha Don, Fri Jan-01-21 03:36 PM
I wasn't a fan of Tha Block Is Hot album, but Fuck Tha World was fire.
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3029693, Souls of Mischief
Posted by spirit, Sun Jan-10-21 02:17 AM
Did anyone see that Hiero Day documentary with audio footage of A Plus rhyming at 13? By far the best rapper I have heard at that age. I believe they were all still teenagers when they recorded 93 Til as well?
Peace,
Spirit (Alan)
http://wutangbook.com
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3029706, Saba is a recent one.
Posted by nativesun07, Mon Jan-11-21 01:37 PM
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3029707, La The Darkman
Posted by Anonymous, Mon Jan-11-21 01:58 PM
Heist Of The Century is an overlooked wu-fam album.
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3029815, great post.
Posted by kinetic94761180, Wed Jan-20-21 03:10 PM
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3029819, Didn't Rakim write Paid in Full at 15?
Posted by blackfoot_female, Wed Jan-20-21 08:18 PM
Nas would be my #2
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