OT: Top 5 Rappers

[HobokenHusky]

Black Thought of the Roots and Pusha T/Clipse have to get some recognition here just from a technical standpoint.

Also - if you are a rap fan check out Freddie Gibbs if you haven't heard of him - guy is a surgeon

 

[methodology]

Black Thought of the Roots and Pusha T/Clipse have to get some recognition here just from a technical standpoint.

Also - if you are a rap fan check out Freddie Gibbs if you haven't heard of him - guy is a surgeon

Gibbs might be too grimy for a lot. Gary Indiana

 

[intlzncster]

Tupac
Rakim
KRS 1

Damn this is hard...there's so many criteria...

Mos Def?
Dre/cube/snoop?
Chuck D?
Biggie?
Eminem?

Supernatural? ...a shoutout to free stylers

 

[StepbackCity]

Oldheads really be hating on Drake, smh.

 

[Tommyboy]

Tough to pick 5. Gun to my head its Biggie, Rakim, Eminem, JayZ, Cube (could easily replace most on that list: dre, pac, KRS 1, Chuck D, most members of Wu-Tang, Nas, Kendrick)

edit: my list completely dates me.

 

[methodology]

Oldheads really be hating on Drake, smh.

No it's just recognizing he's doesn't write his own stuff, his lyrics aren't mind blowing and there many older MCs who are leaps and bounds better

 

[StepbackCity]

No it's just recognizing he's doesn't right his own stuff, his lyrics aren't mind blowing and there many older MCs who are leaps and bounds better

You gotta take in the fact that he’s the most influential rapper in society besides Kanye.

 

[the Q]

Fine guys. I’ll bring the evidence.

Exhibit A:

 

[Stainmaster]

You gotta take in the fact that he’s the most influential rapper in society besides Kanye.

Influential ≠ best.

I don't mind listening to Drake when I'm working out or driving, but lyrically and flow-wise he's behind a good number of the people popping up in this thread.

 

[intlzncster]

Oldheads really be hating on Drake, smh.

Drake soft as charmin. He's pop star.

 

[Kemba'sYogurt]

Mark Wahlberg anybody?

 

[Lynyrd]

Steven Tyler

 

[StepbackCity]

Cut the BS guys, it’s Jalen.

 

[UConnSwag11]

I don’t give much into sales but Eminem’s album sales are the best (or close to the best) in the history of rap.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Eminem is the greatest rapper of all time and it’s not really debatable. He could’ve retired after his 3rd album and still be top 5. Eminem
Jay-Z
2pac
Nas
Andre 3000

Well if it’s not really debatable....Lock the thread mods!

 

[intlzncster]

I don’t give much into sales but Eminem’s album sales are the best (or close to the best) in the history of rap.

It's fair to say he was a hell of a rapper as well.

 

[UConnSwag11]

It's fair to say he was a hell of a rapper as well.

I think the best. From his albums to freestyles to diss tracks etc everything flowed and they had emotion

 

[superjohn]

Birdman, Takeshi 6ix9ine, Stitches, Danielle Bregoli, and Drake.

 

[methodology]

I think the best. From his albums to freestyles to diss tracks etc everything flowed and they had emotion

That's one of my qualms with eminem stans they act like he created rhyme schemes no one else ever did, he created emo rap and no one did it beforehand, everything he put was flawless, etc

That's not the case. He's one of the greatest but to me he's bigger than he really is because he's white. And this is coming from an Italian American.

 

[methodology]

Birdman, Takeshi 6ix9ine, Stitches, Danielle Bregoli, and Drake.

You forgot weezy

 

[superjohn]

Eminem is the greatest rapper of all time and it’s not really debatable. He could’ve retired after his 3rd album and still be top 5. Eminem
Jay-Z
2pac
Nas
Andre 3000

I would debate the hell out of it, Eminem is nice but he's not even in my top 10.

 

[UconnFanNVa]

I think rap is like basketball, it's really hard to compare across eras. Krs1 and slick Rick and tribe, how do you compare then to biggie, nas, pac, jayz. Then this new era drake and co are on some other stuff.

 

[Rocktheworld]

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[huskyinfl]

Oldheads really be hating on Drake, smh.

If you saw how hiphop was born and evolved then regressed you would be disgusted too.

 

[UConnSwag11]

That's one of my qualms with eminem stans they act like he created rhyme schemes no one else ever did, he created emo rap and no one did it beforehand, everything he put was flawless, etc

That's not the case. He's one of the greatest but to me he's bigger than he really is because he's white. And this is coming from an Italian American.

Never sad he was the first... But now we have to bring race into it? I'm an Italian American too, so what? Should I not put Lupe in it because he wasn't one of the originals?? Surprised it got to page 2 before color got involved.