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    Is Last Emperor one of the top 10 underrated MC's?

    He's a lyrical beast, flows on nice beats, has lots of great guest spots on other people's songs, has longevity

    And yet you don't hear about him often.

    Take this for example:

    The Last Emperor & Haak Filmore "Jungle Jim" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpvKrI4DjyA



    or this sick song that I mentioned in another thread:

    The Last Emperor - Gotta Have Love EP - Meditation (Demo Version) https://soundcloud.com/dope-folks-re...-emperor-gotta



    What do you think is his best album?

    I guess his two major albums are Music, Magic, Myth and Palace of the Pretender

    https://www.discogs.com/artist/93918-The-Last-Emperor
    https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-...49/discography

    Has Last Emperor collaborated with Wu Tang?

    The Last Emperor and The RZA - He's Alive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8LzpkV5qSs

    He also collabed with Too Poetic in One Life and with Killah Priest in the song Circles
    Killah Priest- Circles ft. Last Emperor & 2mex From The Visionaires - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLN_70XRMl8

    The KP track samples Nina Simone Nina Simone - Wild is the wind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V_ZBSBsjSQ

    Any other Last Emperor tracks that stand out for you?

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    I used to bump Secret Wars all the time. I actually forgot about this dude for a while until I saw this. Will have to play some shit today

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    That Six Trill song on Marco Polo's album was dOpE! Music, Magic, Myth with Secret Wars I & II was nice also.
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    Zack De La Rocha, KRS-One & The Last Emperor - C.I.A. (Criminals In Action) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXIqkZJzzIw

    Last Emperor holds his own on a song like this is sayin something. You try rapping in between Zack De La Rocha and KRS-One.



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    The Last Emperor & Haak Filmore "16"

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    Ima give that spot to mf doom

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    Checked his first lp got some good shit on there production by beatminerz and Prince Paul
    N.I.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Holocaust View Post
    Ima give that spot to mf doom
    What is it about Doom that makes you feel that way? I personally feel like he's decent, but not super lyrical and aside from this I don't really find the content of his rhymes to be anything special (but he's far from unlistenable imo).

    This is a serious question, btw...not bait and I'm not trolling. Just generally curious

    Peace

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    DOOM is a genius from being a producer alone and dope rhymes too
    N.I.


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    Another fantastic track:

    different version than I listed above

    Last Emperor - Gotta have love (RARE)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXVJ57z4GE

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    Sense-A you got me listening to the full Jungle Jim album right now. Good stuff! I'm kinda reminded of Sean P.



    another dope rapper I was sleeping on.

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    He's definitely one of them, could possibly be top 10. This is one of his illest joints IMO:




    Very unique subject matter too, who else woulda thought to come up with a joint like this (especially during the "Jiggy" era):


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    The Last Emperor - Animalistics Demo
    https://soundcloud.com/unikone-3ks/t...malistics-demo

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sense-A View Post
    The Last Emperor - Animalistics Demo
    https://soundcloud.com/unikone-3ks/t...malistics-demo
    nice track and a Wu reference is always appreciated

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    Last Emperor is nice. I recently checked for him and stumpled upon the Jungle Jim album. Good shit on there! I like his creativity and sometimes he’s funny too with the rhymes. Very underrated MC indeed

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