non-excliplicit rap

[cylalax]

im just gettin into rap and im lookin for some good non-excliplicit rap...list away

[CtLaxin]

kanye west doesnt really swear much and doesnt rap about violence or anything like that

[thepalehorse]

thats like finding a virgin in a whore house. good luck.

[dta06]

Why not buy the clean version cd of a rapper you like? Thepalehorse said exactly what I would've said.

[CtLaxin]

what do you mean by non-explicit? rappers who dont rap with swears or ones who dont rap about killing and stuff

[PhishMeister]

jurassic 5 doesn't curse from what i know. they are savage too.

[cylalax]

both, i dont really like cussing or derogatory(sp?) terms.....cough(Thepalehorse) cough cough

[laxr24]

my cousin produced a cd for this guy, its really clean.

Noah King on itunes, look for the cd The Renegade Soldier Movement

[WIlax]

Phish knows his stuff..Jurrasic 5 is monstrous..and dont curse at all..

[lax21goalie2008]

Yeah, basically you're gonna have to find a needle in a haystack. Rappers today just rap about how gangsta they are and how many hos they got on the corner.

[Mista Hollywood]

my main man common doesnt swear him, lupe fiasco or Mos Def is some of the best real hip hop you can get these days

[sidewinder19]

im just gettin into rap and im lookin for some good non-excliplicit rap...list away

explicit, thats what your looking for

[PhishMeister]

some of my favorite least explicit rappers/rap groups would have to be:

Jurassic 5
Mos Def
Kanye West
Beastie Boys
Jay-Z (less explicit than a lot)
Talib Kwali (dont think he is explicit, havent listened to him that much)

if you ever change your mind and suddenly listen to gangsta rap and all the other great stuff here is a list of my favorites:

Notorious B.I.G. (who could ever be better ?)
Lil Wayne
Snoop Dog
Wutang Clan
Tupac
Eazy-E
Dr. Dre

theres so much good rap out there.

[Mista Hollywood]

i dont suggest listening to talib, some of his non popular songs he swears so much

[lacrossestud08]

I can't believe no one's brought up K-OS yet. I do agree with the suggestions so far, and for those that have been stereotyping and generalizing it's not hard to find non-explicit rap at all. While it's true most of the mainstream stuff you hear on the radio is full of explicit language, there's a lot of stuff out there that isn't...you just have to look for it.

Also, look back in time...a lot of the old school stuff isn't really explicit like in the 80s when it was just about rhyming and music and lyrics were everything.

Let me know if you need more suggestions.

[BurnSomeRope]

my main man common doesnt swear him, lupe fiasco or Mos Def is some of the best real hip hop you can get these days

just what i was gonna recommend. Commons got a new cd coming out on the 31st.

[nikewarrior5]

common, mos def, the roots, murs and 9th wonder, roots manuva, dilated peoples are all really good and they all rarely curse, also hieorglyphics and del tha funkee homosapien a dont cuss either

[laxin21]

will smith doesn't curse...

[HRlax]

Notorious B.I.G. (who could ever be better ?)

amen to that.

[lacrossestud08]

amen to that.

he wanted non-explicit rap? a lot of biggie's tracks are filled with cursing, even if on some of them he's not the one doing it.

[HawkletLax]

atmosphere, P.O.S, Brother Ali, talib kweli, beastie boys, eyedea and abilities, KRS-One, Sage Francis, MF DOOM, Naughty by Nature, Black Sheep, Anti-Crew, C.E.S Cru, Mac Lethal, Busy Bee, Aesop Rock and Big L. there are occasional f-bombs, but never used in a really bad way. These are all pretty much my favorite rappers but Wu-tang isnt in their cus the cuss like crazy


ALSO LISTEN TO JOHN CENA!! hahahahahaha im just kidding

[PhishMeister]

he wanted non-explicit rap? a lot of biggie's tracks are filled with cursing, even if on some of them he's not the one doing it.

if you ever change your mind and suddenly listen to gangsta rap and all the other great stuff here is a list of my favorites:

Notorious B.I.G. (who could ever be better ?)

exactly why i said what i said.

atmosphere, P.O.S, Brother Ali, talib kweli, beastie boys, eyedea and abilities, KRS-One, Sage Francis, MF DOOM, Naughty by Nature, Black Sheep, Anti-Crew, C.E.S Cru, Mac Lethal, Busy Bee, Aesop Rock and Big L. there are occasional f-bombs, but never used in a really bad way. These are all pretty much my favorite rappers but Wu-tang isnt in their cus the cuss like a mothaF#####

good calls. i was going to say krs-one but i don't know why i did not. krs is sweet, black sheep isn't bad either. also if you see this post please edit your post to change mofo to motha.....aka mofo to something else.

[pole15]

Try Saul Williams.

[IHSLAX4]

Gangstarr doesn't swear in his rap songs, and hes a dope rapper look him up, and why don't you want cursing like others said almost every popular rap songs these days has are basically based off swearing.

[Palmettolax45]

HawkletLax, and Phish put up some of the greatest rappers of all times, they are great choices for anyone thats into rap its good to learn your stuff and listen to some real lyricists so when people say all rap is crap show them someone like KRS-One and they will realize what there missing.
I'm surprised no one mentioned A Tribe Called Quest there a amazing rap group that doesn't curse much, Pharcyde, Kool G Rap is a classic, Hieroglyphics (great rappers came out of that group such as Del the Funkie Homosapien), Eric B. and Rakim, Blackalicious, Big Daddy Kane.
along with the other ones that were mentioned they are some of the greatest rappers of all time along with being very non-explicit.

[PhishMeister]

HawkletLax, and Phish put up some of the greatest rappers of all times, they are great choices for anyone thats into rap its good to learn your stuff and listen to some real lyricists so when people say all rap is crap show them someone like KRS-One and they will realize what there missing.
I'm surprised no one mentioned A Tribe Called Quest there a amazing rap group that doesn't curse much, Pharcyde, Kool G Rap is a classic, Hieroglyphics (great rappers came out of that group such as Del the Funkie Homosapien), Eric B. and Rakim, Blackalicious, Big Daddy Kane.
along with the other ones that were mentioned they are some of the greatest rappers of all time along with being very non-explicit.


wow how can i forget a tribe called quest. they are awesome.

[dubclax17]

wu tang clan, dmx

[wolaxc22]

P.O.S?? are u kidding me,he swears. but non the less hes good

[Mista Hollywood]

wu tang clan, dmx

i hope you are being sarcastic

[lax21goalie2008]

You could just get the edited version of rap cds. Kanye West is probably my favorite rapper because he doesn't really conform to the typical rap stereotype. He just drops some curses once in a while. I like Ludacris too, but he's not really clean.

So why do you want clean rap anyways?

[iplaylax22]

i really like lecrae you can find them on myspace music

[goalie33fan]

three six mafia isnt that bad

[egrlax10]

check out kriss kross. theyre pretty sweet.

[attacklax2]

beastie boys and atmosphere are good

[HawkletLax]

P.O.S doesnt swear a lot. in one of his songs he says he trys not to. plus if he does, he does it for lyrical reason not just to sound tough, you know? his song De La Souls is amazing.

[Mista Hollywood]

check out kriss kross. theyre pretty sweet.

haha if i can remember in their music video for jump, they were wearing their clothes backwards.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UgficQpYE4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kris_Kross

[RazzMaChazz]

Jurrasic 5
Grits
Gangstarrr
Run DMC
The Sugar Hill Gang
Mase's Newest cd doesn't have any cursing, now that he's a preacher.
Grandmaster Flash

All i can think of right now, i dig them.

[baseballsucks]

not many good rappers do not swear in their songs, but i fi were you i would just try to kinda cancel them out if it is really that big of a deal, just wondering, why do you not want any cursing, if you can just ignore those words. But if you want some good rap listed just tell me and i will give some to you but, yeah dont avoid some amazing music because of some words, when i listen to rap, i dont listen to just the lyrics, i mostly, if not all, listen to the music only, because alot of rap lyrics do not have a meaning.

[cardinalslax]

ive only heard their one song, Someday, but Flipsyde is fantastic and isnt explicit at all

[hvlacrosse311]

Notorious B.I.G. (who could ever be better ?)
.

maybe tupac?

also try gritz, theyre a christian hip hop group, dont really listen to hip hop but i saw them at cornerstone and they were pretty good

[cardinalslax]

not many good rappers do not swear in their songs, but i fi were you i would just try to kinda cancel them out if it is really that big of a deal, just wondering, why do you not want any cursing, if you can just ignore those words. But if you want some good rap listed just tell me and i will give some to you but, yeah dont avoid some amazing music because of some words, when i listen to rap, i dont listen to just the lyrics, i mostly, if not all, listen to the music only, because alot of rap lyrics do not have a meaning.

baseball, the words in question are looked upon by society as crude and taboo. say your in the car with your family, parents young children etc, and you have a cd with both explicit and clean music. i for one will skip over the songs that are explicit as to not expose younger children to that sort of language. repeated use of these words can instill acceptance of this language in some peoples minds. it is very hard to appear intelligent when swearing your arse off.

this is only a scenario but oh well, i believe its a valid argument on why just "ignoring said words" is not an acceptable substitute to wanting clean music

[aussielax]

Gangstarr doesn't swear in his rap songs, and hes a dope rapper look him up, and why don't you want cursing like others said almost every popular rap songs these days has are basically based off swearing.

Gangstarr is Group not a rapper, Guru is the Rapper from Gangstarr.

For my recommendations:

Atmosphere
Brother Ali
DangerDoom
Murs
The Streets
Felt
The Roots
Mos Def

All have occasional swearing but all have some clean tracks. And they aren't gangstas that rap about slinging crack and killing poeple.

[LaxDman62]

Those are all great, mos def and the roots are awesome.

[HeadHeartHustle]

Tribe called Quest.

Best rap out there: Buggin' Out.

I usually dont like rap, but Tribe Called Quest are sick!

[Mista Hollywood]

You can't forget about Nas or old school Outkast

[RYU]

You know what? Rap was mostly non-explicit and non-provocative until the late 80s. Circa 1989-90, NWA came out w/ Straight Outta Compton and Public Enemy w/ Fear of a Black Planet. Gangsta rap took over from there and evolved into what we associate w/ rap & hip-hop today - that being gangbangers, pimps, ho's, etc. Add in 2 Live Crew also for their over-the-top vulgarity & sexual explicitness.

Early or old-school rap was very socially conscious. Most of the songs dealt w/ community unity, having a good time (block parties), the struggles of growing up poor in the inner city, or eternal subject of why ___ is the best & baddest MC around.

You might find their songs primitive, even humorous, but you can't deny these are some of the OGs who laid the foundation of rap. Keep in mind that they were working w/ the tools available 20-30 yrs ago.

Grandmaster Flash (the inventor of turntable scratching) & the Furious Five
Afrika Bambaataa & the Soulsonic Force
Melle Mel
Sugarhill Gang
Kool Moe Dee
Eric B & Rakim
KRS-One
Run-DMC
Doug E Fresh
LL Cool J
Young MC
Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock

[egrlax10]

i forgot about tone-loc. listen to funkey cold medina. awesome song.

[the next 'one']

if you like sean kingston....i read somewhere that he doesnt use any profanity.

and also chronic future is kinda rap/rock and they aren't too explicit.

[pole15]

Early or old-school rap was very socially conscious. Most of the songs dealt w/ community unity, having a good time (block parties), the struggles of growing up poor in the inner city, or eternal subject of why ___ is the best & baddest MC around.

There certainly is modern rap that is socially conscious, just don't go turning on the radio to hear it.

[irishlax555]

if you dont want alot of swears check out old scool rap like A Tribe Called Quest. also i dont think The Nextmen swear alot

[canesfan38]

all rap is non exclipicit as long as you get the clean version

[HdGLaxWarrior]

all rap is non exclipicit as long as you get the clean version

heres yours sign. i think my dog could've figured that one out.

[enjoi]

To the op, please be more specific but for now reference here: http://www.lacrosseforums.com/showpost.php?p=1205233&postcount=82

[IHSLAX4]

just listen to lupe fiasco, common, and nas if your up to it, those are the only rappers you need lol, but serious lupe has dope rhymes and doesnt swear. amazing.

[Riot]

Big L. What? Big L is one of the most offensive rappers out there - listen to his freestyles. His albums are almost as bad.

[marchmadness35]

three six mafia isnt that bad

are u kiddding me !!!????
three six has got to be one of the most explicit out there
but, they are soo good
probably one of my favorite, i dont mind the explixitives
but if ur looking for clean stuff, mase is gotta be one of the best
"welome back" and "brethe, strretch, shake" are sick

[tiplax]

try some Jurassic 5, some of the stuff is a little dirty, but nothing over the top. and their lyrics and beats are so good it doesn't matter

[goalie33fan]

I guess I just don't even notice it anymore.

[truss009]

kanye west is a genius and is pretty clean

try some other stuff though:
jurassic 5
common
john legend
talib kweli( preferably ms.hill)
twista
young jeezy-some
binary starr
zion I

[Ghslongpole14]

Yo, the best thing that you could use to try all these artists out, IMO, is iTunes. I don't have Bearshare/Kazaa/BitTorrent or any of that crap, and iTunes is free to download off apple.com

Go to the iStore, and you can preview 30 seconds of any songs by anybody. And a bunch of the explicit rappers (Jeezy, Wayne, Three 6) all have the clean versions of their music as well as the explicit versions on there as well, so in case you're drawn to some of the bigger names and their music, you can listen to the clean versions of those songs as well. Lots of rap songs have clean versions, and Target and Wal-Mart and other big chains carry the edited albums.

As for whoever recommended Three 6, I hope you were being sarcastic. If you weren't, please listen to the Most Known Unknowns. You'll find all kinds of dirty stuff all over that track.

Hope this helps.

[SSDwr1]

try akons new song i love it and i dont think he curses but mostly every rap songs curses. And listin to lil wayne