Top 5 Hip Hop Song Writers

[Rickyrich]

cole
nas
pac
scarface

 

[5 Grand]

is that what you consider a great song writer??

everybody gotta know the words....

while I understand the appeal of everybody


sometimes it's just fans of the culture who know every word...

i'll use juicy as an example...

people legit get mad when someone who claims they know rap does'nt know every word to juicy....


shit was such a well written song, and every word was so meaning ful....it's almost engraved into your brain..."classic"

I threw beans on my list... cuz aside from being my favorite...

songs like feel it in the air, look at me now, nothing like it.....again....every word matters...you can read the words on a piece of paper, and hear no music, and know you're reading something special...

" I'm ten steps ahead of niggas, that shit scary
sometimes I feel ahead of myself
I hear this voice in the back of my mind
like "Mac maintain, just grind, dog, better yourself"
So what I do?, I take heed and pick up the pace
can't explain it when I pick up my son & look at my face
I'm like a black rose growin' in the concrete crack in the pavement
there that voice go again "Mac practice for greatness,
get paid for them immaculate statements"
Keep thinkin of them hotlines, like a physic, I can't explain it
There's no pen when I write it, there's nothing like it.."

@Duwop

Yes! My definition of a great songwriter is the ability to write a song that is easy to remember that everybody can sing along to.

Here are some examples of what I consider Top Tier/A-List songwriting;


I Need Love - LL Cool J
Top Billin - Audio Two
It Takes Two - Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock
Nuthin But A G Thing - Dre & Snoop
Baby Got Back - Sir Mix A Lot
Dear Mama - 2Pac
Juicy - BIG
Hard knock Life - Jay Z
In Da Club - 50 Cent

^^^ If you notice, those lyrics are pretty simple and easy to digest.

Now what I consider a great lyricist and/or lyricism is a different story;

I Go To Work - Kool Moe Dee
Let The Rhythm Hit Em - Eric B & Rakim
Purple - Nas
UNIverse at War - The Roots
Rainy Days - Raekwon & Ghostface
Triumph - Wu Tang Clan
Winter Warz - Wu Tang feat Cappadonna
Buckingham Palace - Canibus
Everything Is Everything - Lauryn Hill



As you can see, the songs that I consider "great songwriting" are simple and easy to remember. The songs that I consider "great lyricism" have complex lyrics that are more difficult to remember.

I think Jay Z is the perfect balance between a great songwriter and a lyricist. He can get lyrical when he wants to, but he can also dumb it down so you can sing along at the nightclub.

2Pac = The GOAT Hip Hop songwriter

Nas = The GOAT Hip Hop lyricist

 

[Duwop]

Drake should be considered a great song writer then.... It at the least has some great song writers on his team.

 

[Chicity]

I'd put Mase over Big and Beans

 

[Revolver Ocelot]

is that what you consider a great song writer??

everybody gotta know the words....

Not every song needs to be a hit that people know the words to, but you should have some.

All Budden got is Pump It Up. And least be honest. All 99% of folks know is the chorus

 

[Revolver Ocelot]

Nas
Jay
Pac
Scarface
Cube

 

[Playmaker88]

Someone said Cam'ron :word?:

Common needs to be on everyone's list

 

[God_Body]

Drake is number one easily. Ghost writers or not.


"Give these niggas the look, the verse, and even the hook.
That's why every song sound like Drake featurin' Drake"

 

[Chicity]

Drake is number one easily. Ghost writers or not.


"Give these niggas the look, the verse, and even the hook.
That's why every song sound like Drake featurin' Drake"

How he #1 if someone else writing the songs?

 

[CeLLar-DooR]

Big prolly no.1 then no order Jay, X errrrrm

Pac, 50 and special mention to Cube

 

[Love]

Definitely Pac I’m not sure who else writes their own shit