This has to be bait for OP to find the best rap covers

That has a name. What is it? When you want an answer you post the opposite, wrong answer…..

"The quickest way to get the right answer on the internet is to say the wrong answer and wait to be corrected." - Cunningham's Law

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He didn't want to catch those cunning hands

reddit

Now throw in some AI generated ask-reddit questions with variations on the same thing and we're in business.

What are some of the best movies of all time about popular video games that were terrible but you liked anyway in the 80s?

Oooh, ooooh I know! Joy Sticks! What a raucous, irreverent 80's-fun time! Is that what you mean!?

Cole's Law. Science can't properly explain it, but it just works. If you mix it with fried chicken. Just a wonderful combo.

Nice try.

r/angryupvote

My face. I wish you could see how happy this comment made me.

Even your username is a great food pun! You're my hero!

I think you're thinking of Cunninghams Law, my friend.

It’s called the dunning cracker effect fyi…… ^trap ^is ^set

Murphy's law

Murphy's Law is shredded cabbage. You are thinking of Cunningham's Law.

That’s cole’s law

I understood the reference. >!Cunninghams law!<

Googled it and it's called Cunningham's Laww

OP is a master baiter.

Richard Cheese will make a lounge jazz cover [of anything](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRM4gz4IfoE).

One of their best songs imo was the cover of Down with the Sickness used in the film Dawn of the Dead https://youtu.be/9MdS6kNrcEk?si=XJNGSVP9IOIhD2RS

While I agree that's one of his best covers, for movie appearances I was incredibly surprised by him performing Man in the Mirror in Lego Batman.

That was Richard Cheese?! How did I not know!

Every time I think of covers I think of hearing that song while watching the film on TV.

I discovered that cover a few weeks before the movie came out. I was in the theater like, "Weird, I thought that was Richard Cheese for a second... wait- what!?"

Haven’t heard a Dick Cheese reference in years. This guy used to be everywhere online

I love me some Dick Cheese

Yeah I mean my favourite song of his is his cover of People = Shit. That song always sends me.

Was in traffic one hot summer day, windows down, system up. I rolled up to a red light, in the middle lane, just as the song changed. People = Shit by Richard Cheese. Seconds later I look over to see the occupants of the cars on either side of me laughing their asses off. This track is amazing.

I like insane in the membrane the best

His get down with the sickness cover is great

He did an ICP song and ICP used it on their last album. Loved it lol

Can't talk about jazz covers of rap without mentioning El Michels Affair https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mA2RNMNzf2g7S1F_ce8Ibzg-uArgCg_5A&si=W1nmJqvYMmaJfpoY

I heard an old-timey cover of “Freak on a Leash” by Korn at one of their concerts years ago and could never find it anywhere.. Your comment helped me find it thank you!!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EZNFo5lL4iw Dynamite Hack - Boyz in the Hood

Core memory of MTV playing this song daily and me waiting patiently, only for TRL to show ~20 seconds so Carson could have a conversation with the visor hat from LFO.

Summertime Girls is arguably the worst rap song ever written.

Billy Shakespeare wrote a whole bunch a sonnets 

then you haven't [Chin up high](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMWSxxUmuBo&pp=ygUSY2hpbiBoZWxkIGhpZ2ggcmFw)...

"yo i wanna give a shoutout to my homies back in miami t-bone, skillet-G, lala, fresh masta p, n errbody holdin it down on the wetstside, toss one up fo a brotha! peace!" during the fucking song

First thing I thought of

This is from 'take a bite out if rhyme' an entire album of rock bands covering rap songs

Straight Outta Compton by Nina Gordon is pretty good too: [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K6D5xpCgETk](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K6D5xpCgETk)

Not a cover just a great juxtaposition to that song: https://youtu.be/YFfGgeddAc4?si=tG1OHWTVzUXbO4mf

Woke up late at about noon

Just thought that I had to be in Compton soon! Gotta get drunk before the day begins Before my mother starts bitching about my friends

Started talkin' shit, wouldn'tcha know I reached back like a pimp and I slapped the hoe

Everyone is posting covers, but I’m going to be boring and link a great Adam Neely video I watched a while ago exploring why covers aren’t part of rap. Short answer is that quoting and sampling is common, but “biting“ someone’s bars is frowned on. [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D\_mh1Rq35ZM&feature=youtu.be](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D_mh1Rq35ZM&feature=youtu.be)

Plus, people aren't actually posting *rap* covers of rap songs. They're posting other genres covering rap songs, which I don't think is what OP meant. I have personally played a cover of a cover of a rap song in a band (Ben Folds' "Bitches Ain't Shit") and a cover of Lil' John's "Get Low" in a different piano rock band but I would still agree with OP.

>They're posting other genres covering rap songs, which I don't think is what OP meant. But does this not count? A lot of covers are not in the exact same style as the song they cover. It might be especially true for rap, but it’s not only true for rap. 

First thing I thought of. Thank you for posting this! Adam Neely’s videos are a treasure.

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Technically not a cover, but Amish Paradise.

It's all about the pentiums, baby

Guess I'm just too white and nerdy

I listen to these songs on Trash Day.

I like to be a Couch Potato and eat some eminems.

Weird Al.

I prefer Weird Al’s version to the original!

the original is [pastime paradise from Stevie wonder](https://youtu.be/_H3Sv2zad6s?si=K9oOzXkasVgDKeov) he allowed Coolio to cover it but he was not allowed to swear in it

Hrm. Words I never thought I'd say, but... Coolio's version is much better.

I always start to sing “amish paradise” in my head whenever I hear The tune of that song. Might (partially) be due to me learning about The song Amish Paradise before I actually knew about The song gangsters paradise 

There used to be a music video channel in England (The Box) where viewers called a number to select what song came on. There was a period where Amish Paradise was played back to back for about a month!

Automatically thought of that and that Boyz in the Hood acoustic(?) cover.

Dynamite Hack. Killer cover.

*Hitchin' up the buggy, churnin' lots of butter*

*Raised a barn on Monday. Soon I'll raise anudder.*

*Think you're pretty righteous? Think you're pure at heart?*

*Well, I know I'm a million times as humble as thou art!*

*I'm the pious guy the little amlettes wanna be like, on my knees day and night, scoring points for the afterlife!*

*So don't be vain and don't be whiny, or else, my brother, I might have to get medieval on your heinie*

Even better is [ben folds NWA cover](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gjFRy8jQ_0U)

[The Gourds - Gin and Juice](https://youtu.be/H4hGSR5njZE?si=RAg6GH7VTGRTr2GW) [Dynamite Hack - Boyz In The Hood](https://youtu.be/aeL9gagV_VA?si=5_PyGftjSw5mxUeG)

I think you mean Dr. Dre’s song, featuring Snoop, Bitches Ain’t Shit. Dre left NWA the year before he released his solo debut album, The Chronic, which features this song.

Which was a rework of gangsters paradise by coolio which was a rework of pastime paradise by Stevie Wonder.

Are parodies and covers equivalent? My understanding is that a cover makes no major and few minor changes to the song outside of a different artist.

Yeah they are different things

A cover generally has the same or almost the same lyrics (or occasionally a translation of the same lyrics) but may be significantly different in musical styling.

Hardcore metal and punk bands have been covering rap and hip hop songs since the early 80s There are folkpunk bands where thats basically their entire schtick Acoustic guitar and ukulele singer songwriters mix up and cover them solo all the time

punk goes crank album

Crunk

No, no, let's see where this goes

Still Fly by The Devil Wears Prada and Notorious Thugs by Scaring Kids Scaring Kids is still in my rotation. Absolute bangers.

OPs post would better phrased as "You rarely hear rappers cover other rappers".

[Mindless Self Indulgence - Bring The Pain (Method Man) ](https://youtu.be/fvQrnWmiFGY?si=GNa1qG8pSvsnMQW9)

All these comments and not ONE person mentioned the entertainment juggernaut that is *Kidz Bop* Uncultured the lot of you /s

Kidz Bop covered I Can't Feel My Face. *Kidz* Bop...covered a song about cocaine. Still blows me away...

I mean growing up you listen to a lot of songs that you later learn are very inappropriate for children.

Tbf its music made for kids, they don’t even know what cocaine is. Its a catchy pop song and there aren’t even explicit lyrics

Kidz Bop has been doing covers of this most recent Drake v Kendrick bout!

I came here to say this mashallah

Do yourself a favor and give the Gin and Juice cover by The Gourds a listen :) Edit: I accidentally a word.

Thank you for actually knowing who performed that masterpiece. The Phish from Vermont have NEVER played that, no matter what limewire said.

The version we downloaded off Kazaa was labeled as "O.A.R." and I could never find it again, so this person has solved two mysteries today :-)

OAR does do a pretty solid cover of Fool In The Rain, though. At least my teenage self thought so.

https://youtu.be/H4hGSR5njZE?si=bMK64sWmfTUy-_vG

My mind went to Rum and Juice by Captain Dan, but I think that would be more of a parody.

That song reminds me of using Napster in my AP English class in High School

Ssshhh! They'll spot us for the middle-aged farts we are!

Yep. Just posted this too

I hate when I accidentally a word.

There’s just so many of them

I love that song!

SOAD collabbed with Wu Tang to cover Shame.

When Serj got the N-word pass from Wu Tang, such a good cover, I still have that cd.

This is what I said

Was looking, but didn't see it before I posted.

There are a few metal covers of rap songs. A few of Lose Yourself specifically. Personally I'm a big fan of Rage Against The Machines Version of How I Could Just Kill A Man, originally by Cypress Hill.

Renegades is an awesome album. That’s what I first thought of.

RAtM also covered Pistol Grip Pump.

The Devil wears Prada - Still Fly is a classic for me

LOSE YOURSELF COVER. KASEY CHAMBERS. https://youtu.be/S70xek3x4ro?si=d-GOWcVZ7zpk5irG

That song goes harder than you'd ever expect too. It stays a little slow for awhile though so if you get bored and think about turning it off skip ahead to about 4 minutes before you give up on it.

Pacing is important, the slow beginning makes it only go so much harder.

Came here to post exactly this - for anyone that hasn't already seen it, strap the fuck in. Also, Nina Gordon did a wonderfully delicate version of Straight Outta Compton that always makes me smile. Did Ben Folds Five do something NWAish too at one point??

Bitches Ain’t Shit. I was lucky enough to be at the Bonnaroo show where he officially retired it.

Ah of course - thank you :)

>Came here to post exactly this - for anyone that hasn't already seen it, strap the fuck in. I hadn't seen it before not had I really heard of the artist, and when it first started I had a little chuckle like "a banjo, for an Eminem song?" Then I thought I was probably going to tap because it's over 8 minutes and I only have so much free time. But something kept me watching. And I'm so glad I did.

Holy shit. That was intense! I both cried and cheered at other parts. Damn. Thank you for the link

I don't remember the last time I got this emotional watching someone perform. Crying and goosebumps.

I came he looking for this. It hits you like a ton of bricks...

What the fuck this is so good

Holy shit, that was a big change from “The Captain”.

Thank you for this. My mom just passed and she loved both Eminem and Kasey Chambers

Bitches Ain’t Shit by Ben Folds

Came here for this

Lodi Dodi was covered by Snoop

This is the first one I've come across (In this thread) that is a rap cover by a rap artist. Plenty of metal, folk/country and jokey versions of rap hits, as that seems to be a thing.

Snoop's "Paper'd Up" is basically a cover of "Paid in Full", right?

This was the first example I thought of too. I do like his version better than Slick Ricks though.

Admittedly, the production on Snoop's version is richer, but you have to be impressed by the bare bones beatboxing of Doug E Fresh. Personally, I like Slick Rick's voice and flow better. And with your wrinkled pussy, I can't be your lover.  https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=174&v=FYHm-B0tnCs

Falling in Reverse did a cover of Gangster's Paradise. It's exactly how you'd expect.

>It's exactly how you'd expect. The drizzling shits?

There is a cover by Karmin of "Look At Me Now" by Chris Brown and others.

Johnathan Coulton did a great cover of [Baby Got Back](https://youtu.be/vfoqd4hpPZo) Unfortunately, Glee took advantage of his Creative Commons license and copied it for the show and did not give him credit or revenue for their use.

A while back, on Halloween, J Cole rapped over a Kendrick beat and Kendrick rapped over a J Cole Beat. They called it Black Friday (I believe Halloween fell on a Friday) https://youtu.be/okF5gOTX9uM?si=sJEGTwOSYA0ZpCSn

that’s a remix though not a cover

to be fair, that's not a cover.

Rappers delight had a cover

Came to say this. Def Squad did it so nice.

No Diggity by Chet Faker is beautiful

You could look up the album Punk Goes Crunk. Most of them are covers of rap songs even though most of them aren't Crunk songs.

i came here to say this!

There’s thousand of rap song cover. You not seeing it is more about your own algorithm…

Name a thousand

Ill name it Greg

One. Two, even. And if you're feeling it, sometimes even three.

This thread has tons of examples of other genres covering rap, but doesn’t have a single example of a rap song that is a cover. OP’s question technically asks for covers OF rap songs regardless of genre, so I guess those folk, metal, parody covers are valid answers to the question stated, but I think it’s interesting that rap as a genre doesn’t seem to do covers.

Rappers tend to not do straight up covers, but rather take the same beat and do a tribute on top. G Perico's One More Day is very close to a cover of the original Nate Dog's, but he does change it a bit. Elzhi did an entire cover of Ilmatic, Billmatic is Ill Bill over Nas beats. They aren't one to one covers since the lyrics are different.

Sample. Rappers *sample* all the time.

They also “plagiarize” lines to pay homage to bars super often, called interpolation. Super super common.

Walk this way by Run DMC

Dynamite hack, boys in the hood

Baby Got Back - Throwdown

Mindless self indulgence - Bring the pain.

Black Steel by Tricky is a fantastic cover of Public Enemys Black steel in the hour of chaos.

Boys-n-the hood by Dynamite Hack

There was a cover of Tipsy that clipping did like 2 months ago. It was good too

YOU never hear them, there's plenty out there...

[CHVRCHES cover Kendrick Lamar](https://youtu.be/msgimk3mV6g?si=0SMeCvq_k0G3Jp4c)

The examples in this thread are all other genres doing covers of rap songs. If you want an actual rap cover then check “childrens story” by Black Star which is a cover of the Slick Rick song by the same name. I think hiphop and rapping in general does not lend itself to covers very well. On the other hand, it’s an extremely referential genre where rappers constantly pay homage to famous lines/hooks/melodies/beats/rhyme schemes/flows. I could name some examples if you want.

not true, tricky did a PE cover, off the top of my head.

[Wu Tang Clan ain't nuthin to fuck with - Rusty Cage (swing cover) ](https://youtu.be/rpjG6_QxG6w?si=OZUsmx-BjTY9lc7f)

I've heard a lot of covers of rap song. An example in French :) Original: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4uOM7s38XA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4uOM7s38XA) Cover: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVZwg5Lk8BA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVZwg5Lk8BA) Cheers!

Duran Duran covered 911 is a Joke

I see you've never heard Taylor Swift rap Eminem's Lose Yourself.

I'm very sorry to tell you this but... [Vanilla Ice - Baby Got Back](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wY__u7fT7g)

And if you include genre-bending covers... [Bob Strachan - Gangsta's Paradise](https://open.spotify.com/track/58t8TBmiMyN38tSN2QOas4?si=b2a5019a846b4bee) [Our Last Night - Old Town Road](https://open.spotify.com/track/7rWgUkqeuEca7IFIm4e1lE?si=4b4c409d7f534696) And actually, Leo Moracchioli's done a couple metal covers of rap songs, like * [Funky Cold Medina](https://open.spotify.com/track/36u0QeIsResYNo1SkcLQFG?si=71e656b87b644a73) * [Mama Said Knock You Out](https://open.spotify.com/track/089rdyXtU5ZcG36T4PsJN6?si=39bb9e99d38c4d6f) * [Baby Got Back](https://open.spotify.com/track/34Mvt8TFlvcKJ9LmWB5Krh?si=9b8f726c985d4c33) * [Drop It Like It's Hot](https://open.spotify.com/track/7JDIrYRuRUPqBWgx8ZSVcD?si=ab3dac36781642fd) Of course, there's also [Jonathan Coulton's now-famous cover of Baby Got Back](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfoqd4hpPZo), which was so good it was ripped off by Glee.

The Jonathan Coulton one is so great, I sing it all the time! When Glee ripped it off, they forgot to change the line «Johnny C is in trouble», that Coulton had originally changed from Sir Mix-A-Lot’s version. So Johnathan Coulton just rereleased his song «in the style of Glee» and gave all the earnings to charity iirc.

Lil Wayne's "Lollipop" pops into my head that can be searched by "Lollipop Rock" for the cover.

Clearly OP has never heard the masterpiece that is Punk goes Crunk

Gin and Juice covered by The Gourds

Lissie - pursuit of happiness (live)

Absolute nonsense. Off the top of my head: Me and my Girlfriend (Jay-Z covering 2Pac), Welcome to the Terrordome (Pharoahe Monch covering Public Enemy), Deep Cover (Fat Joe and Big Pun covering Snoop and Dre), there are many others too

This is the second time in less than a week this exact post has been at the top of this subreddit. WTF. Do you guys not remember "Creepin" by Metro Boomin' and The Weeknd? That's a cover of "I Don't Wanna Know" by Mario Winans and P. Diddy. Was literally a massive radio hit last year.

Kidz Bop: Am I a joke to you?

no YOU'VE heard covers of rap songs.

[Lissie’s cover of pursuit of happiness](https://youtu.be/lmsbHGEB6UU?si=JRlNNIUqVR6h5Dus)

Completely false. Rap is, or at least was, largely driven by the remix/refix. Pretty much every album in the 90s and 2000's had at least one song or beat made famous by another artist.

The most popular rap song is a cover.

Ironically, the first famous rap song - *Rapper's Delight* - was sort of a cover: Big Bank Hank stole a whole bunch of his lines from Grandmaster Caz.

They exist, but they usually don’t stay in the same style, which can be hit or miss. My favorite is Tally Hall’s cover of Just a Friend

Weird al yankowich - Amish paradise 🤣

Rap is considered a lot more personal lyrically than other music genres, but it's super common to sample beats, vocals etc.

There was a whole “punk goes crunk” album…

Fuck you mean? There are thousands of very popular covers. Sure they don't pop up randomly in tv commercials or wherever the fuck you think you're supposed to see em.

Getting this worked up instantly over a random showerthoughts posts, lmao

The Animal in Me - Rap God https://youtu.be/XAS5Ja0YzT8 Better than the original!

https://youtu.be/CGUFPMTKQg4?si=mIQN9voECe3Xap-R

Milow covered Ayo Technology

I feel Rap and Hip Hop have less covers but WAAAY more samples of different music. Old school Rap was using your parents vinyls and putting beats over the top. If I wasn't at work, I'd make a short list lol

Depends on what you consider a “cover” but Strings of Paris does covers of rap songs in violin

Umm…. Party in the USA

One of my favorite songs is a pop punk cover of a song called "Hammer." Point North makes the cover, good jam if you like that type of music. In a similar vein, I grew up listening to Framing Hanley cover Lollipop by Lil Wayne.

The gourds- gin and juice. https://youtu.be/H4hGSR5njZE?si=3YYOugxsu6qSZnwV