Best Rap City?

If you were a new rapper which city would you want to be in and why? Right now of course - no time traveling allowed.

Well, I'd probably want to move. So I'd say the bay area. Like Oakland or something. Minnesota winters do suck.

NYC BABY NYC ALL DAY

Reasons Steven?

And pounds - winter? really that's the reason.. what about the producers - environment - collaborators... local scene.. etc...

I gotta go with NYC. If I had to think about the best pure lyricists of all time (I'm saying LYRICISTS, not just stars) most of them come from NYC.

Now before a bunch of you jump down my throat, I said MOST of them, not ALL.

No time traveling KJ - talking bout right now would you want to be a rapper in NYC?

RoyceJustShootsNines wrote:

And pounds - winter? really that's the reason.. what about the producers - environment - collaborators... local scene.. etc...

I thought all that (including it's history) was implied. But yes. All those reasons + the weather.

IMO weather is a big deal when considering motivation and inspiration. The music changes from season to season around Minnesota.

It snows in Seattle and they make songs about coffee and snow instead of leaving...

Right now I would want to be in Atlanta

or Miami

either one of those are hip-hop central right now in 2009

You think you could drop some head banging hard hip-hop in one of those cities though? Cause I assume that would be your style Powell...

Somewhere in Japan. Guaranteed to have top notch production.

Well with no time traveling, I'd probably say Chicago to have Kanye make me some beats, or North Carolina so I could holla at 9th Wonder.

In Miami I would have Cool And Dre and Dj Khaled make a bunch of appearances all over my album along with a few Rick Ross sightings and make a bunch of MONEY


In the ATL it would be T.I. and Young Dro and Polow Da Don on production with a few Jeezy sightings and I would make a bunch of money


Now as for how I would really want it to be

then I would stay right here in NYC but I would move to Queens

and recruit Nas and Q-Tip to bless me and Preemo to drop a bomb or two and end it out nicely with Marley Marl and RZA on two separate tracks and then have them co-produce one together (can you imagine that?)
with guest appearances on it by Inspectah Deck, Phife and Big Daddy Kane....special guest appearance by Cool J on the co-produced track with Marley and RZA

LOL...I've got a great imagination

Chicago. It seems like a city that still has a good future in front of it for hip hop. Even though there seems to be no current artist making waves now

Iowa. God bless the internet, that's all you really need.

Miami would have the best video vixens for my video.

MarcoPolo wrote:

Miami would have the best video vixens for my video.

Hell yea man, no doubt about that.

Miami...ha.

Belle Glade,Florida aka Muck City....cuz people are terrified to go there and they don't have a police department so I'd sell dope while making music and open an alligator ranch. I'd make Gator shoes,boots,belts,etc. and sell that shit and its a close commute to my hometown

The D

Other than ATL?

Miami/Chicago/Austin/Houston

Dallas has yet to blow which is strange to me. What did H-Town do that D-Town didn't?

TheHazardous wrote:

Other than ATL?

Miami/Chicago/Austin/Houston

Dallas has yet to blow which is strange to me. What did H-Town do that D-Town didn't?

Why Miami man? I used to live there and to this day the only artist I listen to a is Pitbull. They're not really doing much on the scene IMO.

One of the schools I'm considering going to is in Miami. Miami has had successful artists (2 Live Crew/Trick Daddy/Trina/etc.) so I was hoping it had some good inroads into the music industry.

TheHazardous wrote:

One of the schools I'm considering going to is in Miami. Miami has had successful artists (2 Live Crew/Trick Daddy/Trina/etc.) so I was hoping it had some good inroads into the music industry.

Oh, I know about those, but since there was supposed to be no time traveling in this topic I thought you were saying there are good artists here nowadays, what school by the way?

Miami is still the place for music videos and parties so something got to be popping. University of Miami if they cough up dough.

UM is the shit man, get into it if you can. I definitely co-sign that comment on parties. Been to a few over the last 2 weeks, and I have to say, nothing compares to the Miami life. Also, even though Pitbull is not a very great rapper, he know how to make great music to dance/party to, gotta love him

So TheHazardous is Lopez, too?

I would move to THE BAY area for sure. If money wasn't a thing, I'd live in San Fran. Maybe I'd live somewhere in LA, unless crime is too much of an issue, then I'd choose Oakland.