Hopsins influences

Eminem
Big L
Crooked I
Ludachris
50 cent
Xzibit
tech n9ne
DR.Dre
Busta rhymes
missy elliot
Canibus
D12


Hopsin himself has mentioned all of the people above as his influences on separate occasions.

his beats are inspired by Dre

Id say Lupe Fiasco as well.

Chokey wrote:his beats are inspired by Dre

Id say Lupe Fiasco as well.

Then why would he diss him lol

he said that he doesn't think Lupe is a bad rapper, he just doesn't like rappers that try to take advantage of the skateboarding image. Lupe made a lot of money from Kick, Push

he has said numerous times that the main people (that i know of) that he is influence by (as a person) are

will smith
michael jackson
missy elliot

You forget Canibus.
He mentioned him in his XXL Freshman article

I don't think he is 'inspired' by all those people. Eg I dont think he is inspired by Lupe Fiasco. He may think Lupe Fiasco is a very good rapper and is talented but I dont think he is inspired by him. I know he likes J Cole too but I don't think J Cole inspires him either.

I know Busta Rhymes inspires him when making music videos.

He has even said that Soulja Boy inspires him. He said even though Soulja Boy is wack, he knows how to make a song fun and make his music videos entertaining by using loads of flashy colours etc. This inspired him on Hop Madness (hence why he painted his garage those funky colours, is wearing bright coloured shirts etc).

wheres this from?

Jeet wrote:

Chokey wrote:his beats are inspired by Dre

Id say Lupe Fiasco as well.

Then why would he diss him lol

Yeah cause the diss had so much with his music to do
I can see a lotta simular things in Words I Never Said and Nocturnal Rainbows & ILMOH5 just to mention the most known songs.

and btw how is he influenced by Luda? I personally dont know more than 4-5 Luda songs and after "baby" I banned all his new music from my Ipod.

Chokey wrote:and btw how is he influenced by Luda? I personally dont know more than 4-5 Luda songs and after "baby" I banned all his new music from my Ipod.

his old music is raw is fuck, but he would do ANYTHING for music.

Hopsin is influnced by Eminem, Eminem is influenced by Esham,Esham is influnced by Kool Kieth. Kool Kieth was influenced by The Sugar Hill Gang, Sugar Hill Gang were influenced by disco.

Ergo Hopsin's main influence is the Bee Gees

Luda Old stuff is dope

Lupe Fiasco is Dope also i know people might think I hate him on this forum because of that one post I made but that was a Joke in reality i fell real bad Lupe is retiring

I wonder what other rappers he liked I mean he was Born in 1985 that means he was like 5-15 during the 90's he has to have some other influences I mean when i was young i used to Love Notorious BIG Because he used to shout out Our Area Code alot from his songs Like going back to Cali he said 818. And that affected Us I mean if you lived in the Valley you loved Notorious BIG so yeah But Hopsin And SwizZz are also from the Valley so I wonder if they also liked him

you forgot busta he said he inspires his music videos

Fagtron inspirations:

Soulja Boy

SFVigilante wrote:I wonder what other rappers he liked I mean he was Born in 1985 that means he was like 5-15 during the 90's he has to have some other influences I mean when i was young i used to Love Notorious BIG Because he used to shout out Our Area Code alot from his songs Like going back to Cali he said 818. And that affected Us I mean if you lived in the Valley you loved Notorious BIG so yeah But Hopsin And SwizZz are also from the Valley so I wonder if they also liked him

In the Hardknocktv interview he said that he didn't listen to hip-hop until he started listening to eminem, so maybe there aren't that many influences from that era.

iSigh wrote:

SFVigilante wrote:I wonder what other rappers he liked I mean he was Born in 1985 that means he was like 5-15 during the 90's he has to have some other influences I mean when i was young i used to Love Notorious BIG Because he used to shout out Our Area Code alot from his songs Like going back to Cali he said 818. And that affected Us I mean if you lived in the Valley you loved Notorious BIG so yeah But Hopsin And SwizZz are also from the Valley so I wonder if they also liked him

In the Hardknocktv interview he said that he didn't listen to hip-hop until he started listening to eminem, so maybe there aren't that many influences from that era.

Damn not until he started listening to Eminem Damn Eminem is dope and all but you expect atleast someone from the 80's to like some 90's rap damn

Keep in mind influenced and inspired are two different things.

King wrote:Eminem
Big L
Crooked I
Ludachris
50 cent
Xzibit
tech n9ne
DR.Dre
Busta rhymes
missy elliot
Canibus
D12


Hopsin himself has mentioned all of the people above as his influences on separate occasions.

Dont forget Michael Jackson!!!

SFVigilante wrote:I wonder what other rappers he liked I mean he was Born in 1985 that means he was like 5-15 during the 90's he has to have some other influences I mean when i was young i used to Love Notorious BIG Because he used to shout out Our Area Code alot from his songs Like going back to Cali he said 818. And that affected Us I mean if you lived in the Valley you loved Notorious BIG so yeah But Hopsin And SwizZz are also from the Valley so I wonder if they also liked him

He didn't really like rap till he got a bit older and by that point it was basically the end of the 90's/the start of the 2000's.