That's a hard one. My personal list off the dome:Here's one....
Who are the top 5 rappers, with the best discography? Only their work as solo artists is counted.
Cube's first four solo albums, the quality is so consistently high. Hard to look past him.That's a hard one. My personal list off the dome:
Cube
Guru
Redman
Common
Ghostface
Agree with most of this except the nas part. If we're talking discography, all those albums you mentioned in addition to it was written, stillmatic, his work with the firm are all considered top class, even if retrospectively. The problem is nothing he can do will ever live up to Illmatic so it's kind of underwhelming in the moment. If we're looking at his overall body of work I honestly don't think anyone else can compete.Biggie has the perfect discography.
Kanye was a close second up until Pablo (for me)
Kendrick has had no album that’s below 7/10 thus far.
All of those are definitely on the list, for me.
I’m imagining a playlist where every single song is on it, how often am I going to skip tracks?
For those 3 above, very few skippable tracks in comparison to how many songs they’ve made.
Which I think is important, you can make 3 classic albums but if you’ve got 5 others which are forgettable then your discography as a whole isn’t the best.
I wasn’t the biggest jay z fan growing up, so I’m not gonna pretend as though I heard all of the volumes, and I definitely didn’t care for magna carter, American gangster, blueprint 3 etc beyond the singles - so I can’t say he deserves it. Same story for Eminem.
Tupac’s albums have an incredible amount of filler.
Nas is on my personal list, but I can’t say a lot of people appreciated albums like Gods son, Untitled, Hip Hop is dead or Life is good.
It’s a tough question.
I think DMX should be in consideration, I like the shoutouts for Redman and Xzhibit
Mos Def, Talib, Q-Tip up there as well, Big L too.
I’m gonna say Ghostfce and Scarface for the other two spots.
They’ve managed to remain ridiculously consistent throughout their careers while releasing a lot of albums, and that’s not including their collaborative work either.
Tupac became the character he portrayed. As for Hammer, he downplayed his gang links, the others rapped a lot of bollocks about their lives. Anyway remember Tim Dog? Was he proper gangster? He used to love dissing mocking cussing the whole of LA.Rappers tried him because of his clean image but Hammer got hood when he had to. He was more of a G than Dre or the New York transplant Tupac ever were. He did grow up in East Oakland project housings, enough said.
If it was my personal list then Nas would absolutely be on there, the only albums I don’t like are Nastradamus, and bits of I am & Streets Disciple - everything else is at least 7/10 in my personal taste.Agree with most of this except the nas part. If we're talking discography, all those albums you mentioned in addition to it was written, stillmatic, his work with the firm are all considered top class, even if retrospectively. The problem is nothing he can do will ever live up to Illmatic so it's kind of underwhelming in the moment. If we're looking at his overall body of work I honestly don't think anyone else can compete.
Not the whole of LA. Just NWA and DJ Quik. Later he was also good with Cube.Tupac became the character he portrayed. As for Hammer, he downplayed his gang links, the others rapped a lot of bollocks about their lives. Anyway remember Tim Dog? Was he proper gangster? He used to love dissing mocking cussing the whole of LA.
I thought we were still going with the ignoring Nas, Biggie, 2pac, Eminem and Jay-ZBiggie has the perfect discography.
Kanye was a close second up until Pablo (for me)
Kendrick has had no album that’s below 7/10 thus far.
All of those are definitely on the list, for me.
I’m imagining a playlist where every single song is on it, how often am I going to skip tracks?
For those 3 above, very few skippable tracks in comparison to how many songs they’ve made.
Which I think is important, you can make 3 classic albums but if you’ve got 5 others which are forgettable then your discography as a whole isn’t the best.
I wasn’t the biggest jay z fan growing up, so I’m not gonna pretend as though I heard all of the volumes, and I definitely didn’t care for magna carter, American gangster, blueprint 3 etc beyond the singles - so I can’t say he deserves it. Same story for Eminem.
Tupac’s albums have an incredible amount of filler.
Nas is on my personal list, but I can’t say a lot of people appreciated albums like Gods son, Untitled, Hip Hop is dead or Life is good.
It’s a tough question.
I think DMX should be in consideration, I like the shoutouts for Redman and Xzhibit
Mos Def, Talib, Q-Tip up there as well, Big L too.
I’m gonna say Ghostfce and Scarface for the other two spots.
They’ve managed to remain ridiculously consistent throughout their careers while releasing a lot of albums, and that’s not including their collaborative work either.
Yeah I can see where you're coming from. I like his diversity, album to album and I think lyrically he's remained consistent. Streets disciple is actually one of my favourite nas albums but that's probably an unpopular opinion.If it was my personal list then Nas would absolutely be on there, the only albums I don’t like are Nastradamus, and bits of I am & Streets Disciple - everything else is at least 7/10 in my personal taste.
I tried to be objective and pick the best discographies rather than my favourites.
While also being quite varied in styles of music and a mix of older stuff and more current stuff too.
I don't think he did, sadly. You can't fake that realness and you can't start late. Tim Dog was a legend! Loved that 'feck Compton' joint.Tupac became the character he portrayed. As for Hammer, he downplayed his gang links, the others rapped a lot of bollocks about their lives. Anyway remember Tim Dog? Was he proper gangster? He used to love dissing mocking cussing the whole of LA.
If you've listened to Reasonable doubt, The first Blueprint and the Black album alone I can't see how you wouldn't at the least have Jigga up for consideration. IMO Xzibit hasn't put out a body of work as good as any of those iconic albums, as good as Restless and At the Speed of life were.I wasn’t the biggest jay z fan growing up, so I’m not gonna pretend as though I heard all of the volumes, and I definitely didn’t care for magna carter, American gangster, blueprint 3 etc beyond the singles - so I can’t say he deserves it. Same story for Eminem.
Tupac’s albums have an incredible amount of filler.
Nas is on my personal list, but I can’t say a lot of people appreciated albums like Gods son, Untitled, Hip Hop is dead or Life is good.
I have to give some love to Sonny Cheeba and Geechi Suede.
Nah that was just the original question in the OP.I thought we were still going with the ignoring Nas, Biggie, 2pac, Eminem and Jay-Z
There's plenty of great hip-hop you could get into, you might like Joey Bada$$ for example.Yeah I can see where you're coming from. I like his diversity, album to album and I think lyrically he's remained consistent. Streets disciple is actually one of my favourite nas albums but that's probably an unpopular opinion.
I'll be honest, I don't really listen to a lot of the new stuff. Outside of Drake, Cole, Gucci and a touch of Migos, the only current hip hop I listen to is from the old heads e.g. Jadakiss, Raekwon, The Game etc. My taste is very east coast centric ha, and the South holds the most influence currently.
He's up for consideration sure, but I don't think he's as guaranteed as Biggie, Kendrick, Kanye, Ghost & Scarface.If you've listened to Reasonable doubt, The first Blueprint and the Black album alone I can't see how you wouldn't at the least have Jigga up for consideration. IMO Xzibit hasn't put out a body of work as good as any of those iconic albums, as good as Restless and At the Speed of life were.
Used to think it was a bit of a flop back in the 90s, but the more I go back to it in the last few years the more and more I think it's a classic.Wu Tang Forever maybe
I'm exactly the same with it which makes me suspect it's more a case of nostalgia / getting old on my partUsed to think it was a bit of a flop back in the 90s, but the more I go back to it in the last few years the more and more I think it's a classic.
The quality of the material from his best albums is enough to guarantee him a spot IMO. I also wonder how you can say with absolute certainty in your mind that he can't be guaranteed a spot among the absolute best when you admit to not even listening to the volumes in full. Those were some of his best albums, that was golden age Jigga!He's up for consideration sure, but I don't think he's as guaranteed as Biggie, Kendrick, Kanye, Ghost & Scarface.
All of them either have a similar amount of albums with more consistency, or less albums with much higher quality.
Jay & Nas' discography's are similar in quality and longevity, but their longevity has also led to a few albums that we could've done without.
Used to think it was a bit of a flop back in the 90s, but the more I go back to it in the last few years the more and more I think it's a classic.
This is so trueI'm exactly the same with it which makes me suspect it's more a case of nostalgia / getting old on my part
I'd say its rated fine, not great but good.Xzibits discography is highly underrated.
Pharoahe´s verse on this is top 5 verse everI feel this deserves to be in here.
Eminem is also pretty good.Marshall Mathers
Slim Shady
The white guy from D12
B-Rabbit
Stan
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He is but the OP said without naming EminemEminem is also pretty good.
Stan is the odd one out.Marshall Mathers
Slim Shady
The white guy from D12
B-Rabbit
Stan
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Damn, shame on me for not reading the OP.He is but the OP said without naming Eminem