Welcome to A Hip Hop Lover's!

The interactive community that respects past, present and future hip hop artists that strive for classic music.

This is the debate and forum community of Hip Hop excellence. Find out how people feel on certain issues, rappers, beats, albums, trends, Hip Hop news... and have fun!

~ And remember, it's okay to DISagree but not DISrespect. - Steve Oniya

Question of the Moment

What Will be the Hottest album coming out soon?
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           Album Spotlight

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Born Sinner - J. Cole

Fantasy Rap Battles:
Canibus vs. Big L
Who would win? Discuss and vote here.

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Hip Hop Videos

Watch or Post Hot Archive Videos.

*** VOTED RAP LEGENDS:

2Pac (Los Angeles, CA)
A Tribe Called Quest (Brooklyn/Queens, NY)
Afrika Bambaataa (Bronx, NY)
Beastie Boys (Brooklyn/Manhattan, NY)
Big Daddy Kane ( Brooklyn, NY)
Big L (Harlem, NY)
Big Pun (Bronx, NY)
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony (Cleveland, OH)
Busta Rhymes (Brooklyn, NY)
Canibus (Jamaica/Bronx, NY)
Common (Chicago, IL)
Cypress Hill (Los Angeles, CA)
De La Soul (Long Island, NY)
Del tha Funkee Homosapien (Oakland, CA)
Eminem (Detroit, (MI)
EPMD (Long Island, NY)
The Fugees (South Orange, NJ)
Gang Starr (Brooklyn, NY/Boston, MA)
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (Bronx, NY)
GZA (Brooklyn, NY)
Hieroglyphics (Oakland, CA)
Ice Cube (Los Angeles, CA)
Ice-T (Los Angeles, CA)
Jay-Z (Brooklyn, NY)
Kool Keith (Bronx, NY)
Kool Moe Dee (Bronx, NY)
Kool G Rap (Queens, NY)
KRS-One (Bronx, NY)
Kurtis Blow (Harlem, NY)
Lauryn Hill (South Orange, NJ)
LL Cool J (Queens, NY)
Masta Ace (Brooklyn, NY)
MC Lyte (Queens, NY)
Melle Mel (Bronx, NY)
Mobb Deep (Queensbridge, NY)
Mos Def (Brooklyn, NY)
Nas (Queensbridge, NY)
The Notorious B.I.G. (Brooklyn, NY)
N.W.A. (Compton, CA)
OutKast (Atlanta, GA)
Pharoahe Monch (Queens, NY)
Public Enemy (Long Island, NY)
Queen Latifah (Newark, NJ)
Rakim (Long Island, NY)
Redman (Newark, NJ)
The Roots (Philadelphia, PA)
Run-DMC (Queens, NY)
Scarface (Houston, TX)
Slick Rick (London, UK/Bronx, NY)
Snoop Dogg (Long Beach, CA)
Too Short (Los Angeles, CA/Oakland, CA)
UGK (Port Arthur, TX)
Wu-Tang Clan (Staten Island, NY/Brooklyn, NY)
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A List of More Legends Coming Soon.

If you feel someone should or should not be on the Legends list, then post in the
"He/she is a legend! & He/she is not a legend!" discussion group.

A Legend to A Hip Hop Lover's! is...


someone that is distinctive, original, stands out of the crowd, a leader, her/his own style that unforgettably influences and impacts the world with it. Let us use that same energy in our every day lives, so we too can be unforgettable legends one day with our peers, family, or the world.

* LEGENDARY PRODUCERS/DJ's

DJ Jazzy Jeff (Philadelphia, PA)
DJ Premier (Houston, TX -/Brooklyn, NY)
DJ Screw (Houston, TX)
Dr. Dre (Los Angeles, CA)
Grandmaster Flash (Bridgetown, BB/South Bronx, NY)
J Dilla (Detroit, MI)
Kool Herc (Kingston, JM/The Bronx, NY)
Marley Marl (Queensbridge, NY)
Pete Rock (Bronx, NY/Mount Vernon, NY)
Prince Paul (New York, NY)
Rick Rubin (Long Island, NY)
RZA (Staten Island, NY)

* Hip Hop Honorable Mentions

AZ
Brand Nubian
CL Smooth
Dead Prez
Eazy E
Ghostface Killah
Main Source
MF DOOM
Method Man
Raekwon
Talib Kweli

Community Album Reviews

*** Feel free to do your own album reviews of any up and coming hip hop albums or classics that you think other members may be interested in.**