I'm a big fan of rap that got a dirty, rough and street narrow sound and lyrics about husltlin', grindin' and making it in the game in general - not in the Rick Ross-cocaine-baron-wannabe kinda' way, but in a more small scale way, just like the corner boys in HBO's the Wire (growing up in Sweden, it's obviosly a way of life I really can relate to...). I don't know if you're getting what I mean, but it hasn't got to do with scertain groups, rappers or labels - it is about the feel to the song; the combination of its beat, rap and sound. I label this type of rap thief's theme.
There are a couple of rappers who are making thief's themes more often than others. In an earlier post I mentioned Cassidy, and other examples are Clipse, Nas and Prodigy from Mobb Deep (listen to his 2008 album Product of the 80's - it's brilliant). But the one rapper I think is capturing this feeling the most is Chi-town naitive Twista. Songs like Kill us all, Holding down the game and Creep fast are all typical thief's themes, and below you can listen to perhaps the best of them all - Crook County.
Since it's hard to describe exactly what I mean, I'll give you a Spotify playlist with songs that have that thief-feeling to them. Link to it here.
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