I've been a hip hop head since I was about 5 and I'm now 30. Grew up on Dr. Dre, Snoop, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, OutKast, 2Pac and Biggie. 2Pac is still my all time fav, no question about it. I didn't do concerts until my teens/20s and my first rap concert was Nas. Was one of the best experiences of my life, especially since I've become a huge Nas fan the last 10 or so years. For so long I hated Nas and Jay-Z, but I eventually came around and can't even fathom how they both wouldn't be in my top 10.
I still remember the days of borrowing my cousin's cd's and recording the newest singles off the radio with a cassette tape. I don't care so much for main stream rap today outside of the likes of Eminem, Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar and some others. I've gotten way more into underground hip hop the last decade or so thanks to the internet. From Sadistik, Atmosphere, Cunninlynguists, Tonedeff, Logic, Skyzoo, Tech N9ne, Talib Kweli, Evidence, Brother Ali and so many others, I'm usually more often than not listening to something underground if not classic rock, RnB or some old school hip hop.
My album of 2014 would be Sadistik's Ultraviolet. I still listen to it weekly.
