umm i started likin rap at like 5 or somethin when i got my first cd criss cross lol jump jump
but i wanted 2 start rappin after i heard eminems cd the eminem show mostly sing for the moment

For me I got my first tape from my bro when i was like 8. NWA 100 miles and runnin. That tape got me suspended from school when i played Just Dont Bite It at the class christmas party. haha.

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it was eminems infinte for me the way he played with words is crazy
and the metophors are off the hook

I'd have to say Tupac's - Hail Mary.. That's the first song I bothered to memorize word for word, and thought I pretty damn cool for doing so. Lol, those were the days..

push it - salt n peppa
motown philli - boys II men

eminems "hi my name is"

Linkin Park - In The End... for realz.

Dr Dre - Still D.R.E....i saw the video with Snoop and decided to buy Chronic 2001

dmx...Ruff Ryders anthem or tupac changes...

I remember first trying to rap when I was 7 or 8 in the days of Rakim and Big Daddy Kane--- I knew it was something I'd do fo life 94-95- all the Wu-Family albums insipired especially Old Rza/GraveDiggaz flows... 1

westcoast love
pharcyde(bizzare ride) was the first hip hop cd I actually persued, bought, and memorized. b4 then I listened 2 all kinds of b.s not worth mentioning.

I grew up on the lower northside of town and have always been into hip-hop its what i grew up with... but I would have to say what songs really Got me dedicated KILLARMY - WAKE UP THE FIRM - PHONE TAP ONYX - BACDAFUCUP & VERONICA

Atmosphere - Fuck You Lucy

i Don't Know Why But It Was Kinda The First Hip Hop Song i Heard. And i Really Envied Him Rhymes And Shit. Looking Back At Them Now i Still Think They're Timeless. He's Still Producing Tight Shit Too. Props To Him And All Of Rhymesayers.

-eB

shiat it was da whole Marshall Mathers LP....i just loved hip-hop from da day I started listenin to dat album. so i guess da song would have to be "The Real Slim Shady" cuz dat was da leadoff single