Who's your Favorite rappers?

[BigDrez 10+ year member]

Jay-Z and Nas are the two greatest artists to ever live...and now Nas is signed to Def Jam and their beef is over....so look out...

 

[LeofromtheH 10+ year member]

Mos Def

Aesop Rock

Atmosphere

Redman/Methodman/Wutang

Snoop

Twista(pre-slow jams era

dr dre

Slow Loud And Bangin

Screwed up click

juvenile

gangstarr

talib qweli

slim thug

South Park Mexican

Nas

 

[soul05 10+ year member]

jedi mind tricks

little brother

binary star

mf doom

khrysis

murs

...just to name a few

 

[msimon 10+ year member]

Andre Nickatina

 

[AllStar1500bd 5,000+ posts]

I know Hip Hop probably more then almost anyone on this site....and 2pac is top 15 at best.....what he did for the rap game was amazing....but lyrically he was nothing special...he was 2 dimensional....he had no wordplay....very few meta's...and very seldom did he ever used multi's...he was 2 dimensional in the essence of...if his song wasn't deep it was about how "gangsta" or untouchable he was.....2pac portrayed his death through his music for years...so when he finally died the world went apeshit...people confuse controversial with "being the best"....since the world went into an uproar when he died and supposedly faked his death and his music portrayed all of it people claimed him to be the best...if he was still alive he would have been in everybody's top 15 instead of top 3...here's an analogy....you hear a song on the radio...you don't like it....but you keep hearing it...eventually it grows on you and you love it...well people keep hearing 2pac is the best over and over and over again eventually people start believing it when they have no right to to....I respect the fact you relate to his lyrics and thats why he's your favorite...then he should be....this is for the people who just claim him to be the best because everybody else does....Biggie was WAAAYYYYY better....and 2pac could never touch the Depth of Nas or the Consistency of Jay Z...you want a work-a-holic? Jay Z put out 11 solo Albums in 11 years...plus group albums....built his own empire from the ground up without being signed....not to mention all the verses he had from being featured on other artists albums...like I said 2pac to ME is top 15...nothing more....nothing less....

I can agree with you on most of your points there. I said 2pac was MY favorite above and beyond all, he doesn't have to be everyone's favorite. Nas is a very good deep lyrical rapper with good beats that keep true to the root of hip-hop, and imho Jay-Z does have some good songs, but most of his albums are "play once, throw away".
It's also hard to compare today's rappers with Pac since he was only alive until late 1996 when the rap game was still in its youth. Pac revolutionized rap, you see a lot of rappers take small lines from his songs, artists emulate his style, take bits and pieces of his and Biggie's style and throw them together.

Anyway, I'm not arguing here, just basically agreeing with you on your points and adding to them. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[BigDrez 10+ year member]

no I'm not arguing with you either....like I said...I respect the fact that since you relate to his music...that he is your favorite...I was just simply stating why he wasn't in my OWN personal opinion and why he wasn't on my top 10 list is all...I respect everybody's opinion....even if they listen to the likes of Paul Wall and Mike Jones' non talented ***....

 

[Airman21 10+ year member]

i like a couple of mike jones songs .... but i get annoyed listening to his album all he says is MIKE JONES MIKE JONES lol he seems conceided

 

[wilzyx 5,000+ posts]

too short, tupac, mos def, talib kweli, common, jay z, kanye west, shyne, snoop, some more i cant remember.

 

[BigDrez 10+ year member]

good call....shyne is my shit...I forgot about him...I LOVED it when he flamed 50 Cent over the phone in Jail...he ate that ***** up....

 

[jujumantb 10+ year member]

jedi mind trickslittle brother

binary star

mf doom

khrysis

murs

...just to name a few

I like your taste //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif None of those would be in my favorites, but they all get alot of play from me

 

[BigDrez 10+ year member]

Jay Z

Nas

Eminem

Royce Da 5'9''

Notorious B.I.G.

Big Pun

Big L

Papoose

AZ

Rakim

Redman

Methodman

Andre

Big Boi

Joe Budden

Jadakiss

Prodigy

Busta Rhymes

the Game

Mos Def

Dr. Dre

Snoop Dogg

2pac

Talib Kweli

Raekwon

Common

Cassidy

Lil Wayne

Ludacris

Murda Mook

Grafh

Stack Bundles

Fabolous

Saigon

Masta Ace

Styles P

Juelz Santana

Ice Cube

Kanye West

Kool G Rap

Big Daddy Kane

Bump J

Pharrel

Lupe Fiasco

Big Herk

Dmx ( His First two Albums)

Twista

Cam’ron

Cormega

Beanie Sigel

Ghostface

RZA

Jae Hood

Jae Millz

Gemini

Jin A.K.A. the Emcee

Obie Trice

Malik

Big Herk

Chedda Boys

Blade Icewood

K-Doe

Juan

gotta edit in CLipse....those boys are slick....

thats who I **** with.....if their name ain't on there you may be good...but I don't listen to it

 

[hoodkid 10+ year member]

Jay ZNas

Eminem

Royce Da 5'9''

Notorious B.I.G.

Big Pun

Big L

Papoose

AZ

Rakim

Redman

Methodman

Andre

Big Boi

Joe Budden

Jadakiss

Prodigy

Busta Rhymes

the Game

Mos Def

Dr. Dre

Snoop Dogg

2pac

Talib Kweli

Raekwon

Common

Cassidy

Lil Wayne

Ludacris

Murda Mook

Grafh

Stack Bundles

Fabolous

Saigon

Masta Ace

Styles P

Juelz Santana

Ice Cube

Kanye West

Kool G Rap

Big Daddy Kane

Bump J

Lupe Fiasco

Big Herk

Dmx ( His First two Albums)

Twista

Cam’ron

Cormega

Beanie Sigel

Ghostface

RZA

Jae Hood

Jae Millz

Gemini

Jin A.K.A. the Emcee

Obie Trice

Malik

Big Herk

Chedda Boys

Blade Icewood

K-Doe

Juan

thats who I **** with.....if their name ain't on there you may be good...but I don't listen to it

K-doe , Ice wood, Juan , Big Herk what you know about dat dat?

 

[BigDrez 10+ year member]

I got all their shit....them...Jesse James....all the Street Lordz Cheddar Boys...and Eastside Cheddar Boys...It's a shame what happened to Blade Icewood...he's a Detroit Legend that Blood Sweat and Tears album is a classic....

 

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

N-2-Deep, FTW!!

 

[BigDrez 10+ year member]

That K-Doe album Stuck in My Ways is a banger for a system....