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Music Top five rappers all time
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Kendrick? Talk about jumping the gun. He’s not on any “all time” list yet....not even for Pimp a Butterfly. His follow up, Damn, isn’t close to being that good. If he puts out a few more “Pimp” level albums then we can have this conversation.
Why would you name JayZ or Eminem anyway lol
Depends what you're taking into account, Eminem has some incredible lyrics and seeing as he launched his career by winning rap battles he's clearly a good rapper. I agree Jay Z is more of a good producer than a good rapper.
Glad to see no one has mentioned 50 cent yet.
Shit, just re-read the OP and realised I'm an idiot. Apologies.
My top five without Pac, Nas and Biggie.
Ghostface Killah
Ice Cube
Rakim
Big Pun
Black Thought
Ghostface Killah
Ice Cube
Rakim
Big Pun
Black Thought
1. Roy Jones Jnr
Some other folks.
Some other folks.
I don't know if anyone else is like me but I prefer old rappers today, their voices changed and they are cleaner. O.C is the one that made me realize it the most:
I was close to mentioning 50 Cent.
Serious lack of Andre 3000 in this thread 
Indeed. I also prefer hip hop from the early to mid 90s.
Between 2003 and 2007 he was the biggest rapper, you don't get there by being bad
And Lupe Fiasco!Serious lack of Andre 3000 in this thread
Yeah he reached a peak that not many rappers have been. Problem with 50 is that he only has two very good albums (1 classic) the rest of his albums have been average.
I edited my post by dropping 3k for Pun. If it was a top 6 then I would have put 3k...or maybe Big L.Serious lack of Andre 3000 in this thread
It just feels like after Curtis he got bored with making music and turned his attention to doing other things, he has plenty of good mixtapes too, his song for the Power intro is fantastic as well.
In no particular order:
Masta Ace
Guru
Gza
Rakim
Sean Price
Masta Ace
Guru
Gza
Rakim
Sean Price
Terrible choice...
I am not biased at all.
Rakim is the best. The rest you can debate endlessly.
Is that Ali Shaheed Mohammed on bass?
Indeed, it is.
fresh.I'm going all Wu-Tang here:
1. Raekwon
2. Ghostface
3. Method Man
4. GZA
5. Inspectah Deck
1. Raekwon
2. Ghostface
3. Method Man
4. GZA
5. Inspectah Deck
How about RZA? You think Inspectah Deck is better than him?
Love RZA's productions obviously, but not crazy about his actual rapping (4th Chamber being a glorious exception.) There's nobody better for kicking off a track than Inspectah Deck (Triumph, Guillotine, Assassination Day, Protect Ya Neck...)
Fair enough
Snow
Will Smith
Vanilla Ice
Puff Daddy
Ini Kamoze
Will Smith
Vanilla Ice
Puff Daddy
Ini Kamoze
I only discovered hip-hop like a year ago, I dare not opine.
3k
Rakim
Redman
Budden
Jadakiss
Honourable mentions to my top 3 favourite rapper ever, Method Man. Scarface and Q-Tip should probably be in there in place of someone but I can't switch anyone out. Also feels Criminal to leave off Snoop and Kendrick with Jada on there, but I listened to him for years and Snoop/Kendrick have never found themselves in my rotation for more than a month.
Rakim
Redman
Budden
Jadakiss
Honourable mentions to my top 3 favourite rapper ever, Method Man. Scarface and Q-Tip should probably be in there in place of someone but I can't switch anyone out. Also feels Criminal to leave off Snoop and Kendrick with Jada on there, but I listened to him for years and Snoop/Kendrick have never found themselves in my rotation for more than a month.
Reggie
Andre 3k
Jada
Kurupt
Immortal technique
Andre 3k
Jada
Kurupt
Immortal technique
Top 5 is not my thing. But I'll weigh in with my favourite 5 right now:
Ka
DOOM
Kendrick Lamar
Daylyt
Denzel Curry
Top 5 would have to include, 3 Stacks and Ghostface. Kanye as well if it's not just about the rapping.
Ka
DOOM
Kendrick Lamar
Daylyt
Denzel Curry
Top 5 would have to include, 3 Stacks and Ghostface. Kanye as well if it's not just about the rapping.
Rakim
Red Man
Ice Cube
Mos Def
Andre 3000
Big Daddy Kane
Big L
Damn it’s too hard to name 5. They’re all giants of hip hop.
Red Man
Ice Cube
Mos Def
Andre 3000
Big Daddy Kane
Big L
Damn it’s too hard to name 5. They’re all giants of hip hop.
Dr. Dre is not a rapper, merely a hiphop artist, producer and icon. He's like Diddy with actual respect for his ghost written bars. My top five:
1. Biggie
2. Jay-Z
3. Nas
4. Andre 3000
5. Tupac
Black thought, Eminem, Rakim, Lauryn Hill, Ice Cube, Mos Def, Big Punisher, T.I, Scarface, Busta Rhymes, Kendrick Lamar are up there.
1. Biggie
2. Jay-Z
3. Nas
4. Andre 3000
5. Tupac
Black thought, Eminem, Rakim, Lauryn Hill, Ice Cube, Mos Def, Big Punisher, T.I, Scarface, Busta Rhymes, Kendrick Lamar are up there.
Really?
Has his music actually gotten better?Nah his music is trash. But he's an insanely good rapper, with some of the hardest bars I've ever heard.Really?
Hard to argue against a debut album that caused as much impact. 50’s prime was phenomenal.
Dre doesn't even write his own lyrics.
I'd say:
Rakim (obviously, and I can't believe he didn't make the excluded list)
Big L
Pharoahe Monche
KRS1
Maybe Big Daddy Kane. Undecided.
I'd say:
Rakim (obviously, and I can't believe he didn't make the excluded list)
Big L
Pharoahe Monche
KRS1
Maybe Big Daddy Kane. Undecided.
Probably not popular but I don’t think Snoop has lived up to his initial potential since Deathrow. No Limit saved him but career wise probably didn’t have that level of talent and competition.
Can’t argue with his delivery though, one of the smoothest out there and keeps it simple.
Can’t argue with his delivery though, one of the smoothest out there and keeps it simple.