Hip hop is often all about how great the artist is, especially in relation to others. But some tunes are all about what a loser the artist is.
I am pretty hip hop ignorant, and would like to ask some help in putting together a list of songs (and artists) who have put out really good low self esteem hip hop.
Right now my list includes:
What's up Fatlip? Fatlip
Bachelor of Science Buck 65
um, that's it. Told you I am a bit out of the loop.
Recommends? Feel free to include favourite lyrics and any story behind the song.
E.G. "Far from hard, emotionally scarred, on Ricoh boulevard I was regarded as a retard" ~ What's up Fatlip? After Pharcyde members gave him the boot, Fatlips career went downhill, and he felt like a loser, so he wrote this song about how he hates telling everyone who asks that things are going well. Hopelessness and self-loathing at it's best! Classic video by Spike Jonze (which is how I heard about the song).
I have cross-posted this to the Hip Hop board with the same subject line, but I think this thread is a bit more active.
I am pretty hip hop ignorant, and would like to ask some help in putting together a list of songs (and artists) who have put out really good low self esteem hip hop.
Right now my list includes:
What's up Fatlip? Fatlip
Bachelor of Science Buck 65
um, that's it. Told you I am a bit out of the loop.
Recommends? Feel free to include favourite lyrics and any story behind the song.
E.G. "Far from hard, emotionally scarred, on Ricoh boulevard I was regarded as a retard" ~ What's up Fatlip? After Pharcyde members gave him the boot, Fatlips career went downhill, and he felt like a loser, so he wrote this song about how he hates telling everyone who asks that things are going well. Hopelessness and self-loathing at it's best! Classic video by Spike Jonze (which is how I heard about the song).
I have cross-posted this to the Hip Hop board with the same subject line, but I think this thread is a bit more active.