"I was TRYING to write to STILL DRE dat shyt was WACK.. D.O.C tried..but JAY Z had that HEAT- Snoop

[KENNY DA COOKER]

Gotta respect Uncle Snoop for his honesty


And to all the psuedo hip hop purists ...

Ghostwriting is just part of the "game" that's been around since 79.. when the game (industry) first began

I'm far from being "mad"

 

[Family Lives Matter]

Tell this old nikka to sit the fukk down

 

[I love Latina women]

This old.
This is footage back from when all them nikkas (SNoop, Battlecat, D.O.C., Quik, DJ Pooh and a shyt load of other nikkas) was working on music for Dr. Dre's Detox album.

 

[Tim2520]

A easy job for gawd MC

 

[KENNY DA COOKER]

This old.
This is footage back from when all them nikkas (SNoop, Battlecat, D.O.C., Quik, DJ Pooh and a shyt load of other nikkas) was working on music for Dr. Dre's Detox album.

We all know it's old breh..

I just posted it to address all this bullshyt fake outrage about Ghostwriting

To validate that this is a common industry practice

 

[I love Latina women]

We all know it's old breh..

I just posted it to address all this bullshyt fake outrage about Ghostwriting

To validate that this is a common industry practice

Oh ok.

 

[African Peasant]

How is it ghostwriting ? Everyone and their mama know that Dre can't write.

Being able to produce rhymes/bars is a part of what an MC is supposed to do. There is nothing pseudo-purist about it.

 

[SunZoo]

Dre will tell you himself that he's not really a rapper like that, so how is this really addressing the ghostwriting 'outrage'?

 

[John Hull]

Ghostwriting matters when your bars be like "Last name Ever, first name Greatest"

 

[KENNY DA COOKER]

How is it ghostwriting ? Everyone and their mama know that Dre can't write.

Being able to produce rhymes/bars is a part of what an MC is supposed to do. There is nothing pseudo-purist about it.

Well apparently Snoop couldn't write that day either ..and he is a rapper...

The psuedo purists will try to demean guys like Snoop simply because he has another guy involved in the SONG WRITING process

 

[Pop123]

We all know it's old breh..

I just posted it to address all this bullshyt fake outrage about Ghostwriting

To validate that this is a common industry practice

Dre uses ghostwriters
Snoop uses ghostwriters

People like Nas, Lupe, Black Thought, Hov, Royce, Cole, Kendrick, Black Thought, Common, etc... never use ghostwriters. It's a common industry practice for singers, not for rappers, unless you aint no spitter.

 

[KENNY DA COOKER]

Dre uses ghostwriters
Snoop uses ghostwriters

People like Nas, Lupe, Black Thought, Hov, Royce, Cole, Kendrick, Black Thought, Common, etc... never use ghostwriters. It's a common industry practice for singers, not for rappers, unless you aint no spitter.

ROXANNE SHANTE was a spitter..

RUN DMC were spitters and they utilized a ghostwriter on Raising Hell lp

MC LYTE was a spitter and she had a ghostwriter

MA$E was a spitter and he utilized a ghostwriter

And KANYE regardless what people think is a SPITTER too and his whole career has been damn there GHOSWRITTEN

So whats your point?

 

[Goodbye World]

And KANYE regardless what people think is a SPITTER too

 

[SunZoo]

Well apparently Snoop couldn't write that day either ..and he is a rapper...

The psuedo purists will try to demean guys like Snoop simply because he has another guy involved in the SONG WRITING process

Nobody demeans Snoop, but nobody mentions his name with the Nas/Jay/Rakim's either, they put his position as an icon in proper perspective, as they do with Dr. Dre.

That's completely different than actually being out here vying for rap supremacy with another nikkas hand up your ass. It ain't about pseudo purism..."Ghostwriting" is taboo and for good reason. Lebron being rumored to be caught up in steroid rings is one thing, it's another for him to actually come out and say I take PEDS and eat them in front of you. Even if you were to overlook that to appreciate his achievements, it sets a precedent that nobody REALLY wants to deal with. Nobody who is of sound mind and understands this culture believes that 100% of rappers write 100% of their rhymes, as someone who has been in writing pools it's a very nuanced conversation to have.

But nikkas outchea making top 10's and GOAT MC lists, having their scribes put on soda cans and being sat next to GODS is a bad look, IMO of course. It's not nearly as cut and dry as your thread premise suggests.

Commence with the

 

[John Hull]

ROXANNE SHANTE was a spitter..

RUN DMC were spitters and they utilized a ghostwriter on Raising Hell lp

MC LYTE was a spitter and she had a ghostwriter

MA$E was a spitter and he utilized a ghostwriter

And KANYE regardless what people think is a SPITTER too and his whole career has been damn there GHOSWRITTEN

So whats your point?

Female rappers don't count breh. Errbody knows nikkas write for the hoes.

As far as Mase and Kanye they not typical rappers. They probly invented swag rap tho...

Gonna need some receipts on the DMC thing but even still, they predate the lyrical era too.