Greatest rapper of all time

[murphy55d]

Originally posted by: b0mbrman

Originally posted by: cyclohexane
It's gotta be Nas, none of that "pop rap" BS

In the grand scheme of things, Nas is still very much pop

Have you heard Street's Disciple? It is not very pop-like at all.

 

[mAdD INDIAN]

What about Canibus. He has amazing flow and rythm. And he actually spits out intelligent rhymes.

Don't forget underground artists like Jurassic 5 and Tonedeff. They aren't the most influential or hte greatest simply because they are fairly new. But give them some time, they can and will mature into something great.

 

[bapace]

CANIBUS!?!?!??!?!?! AHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Where's the option for "the dead one"?

 

[preslove]

Any list without Common or kool keith sucks.

 

[murphy55d]

Originally posted by: Nik
Where's the option for "the dead one"?

:roll:

Nice troll.

 

[blakeatwork]

how weak is this??

How old were you when NWA came around?? Or were you even conceived yet? How about BDP? DeLaSoul?

Get crap like 50 cent and Jermaine Dupri off there..

 

[JonnyBlaze]

alive: em takes it. he does what he does so easy.

all time: pac, no one compares.

JB

 

[bapace]

Jesus guys....He made the poll trying to encompass what EVERYONE might say....not what he thinks. You know there are some people here that voted for 50, so obviously, someone has that opinion.

 

[klispic]

blakeatwork... like I said, INDIVIDUALS - not groups

 

[Shlong]

Tupac, Nas, Common, Mos Def, Canibus (finally lived up to his potential in Jack The Ripper), and Talib Kweli.

 

[JonnyBlaze]

looking at the pole looks like pac and em are on top too.

JB

 

[kindest]

2pac, dre, snoop, dmx.

 

[anxi80]

2pac. the man spoke of the struggles minorities face, life, love, the streets, politics. he could be serious or just make a song that will get the people to move. he spent endless hours in the studio, so much that he still has material sitting in vault sthat have yet to see the light of day. and it isnt all filler, and a lot of stuff he discusses can still be relevant and related to the issues we face to this day. thats why i voted pac.

btw, im not criticizing the list, but i do believe there are more deserving performers that should be on there. but its always great to see a hip hop thread on this forum, so beggars cant be choosers.

 

[monk3y]

2Pac for sure.

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: anxi80
2pac. the man spoke of the struggles minorities face, life, love, the streets, politics. he could be serious or just make a song that will get the people to move. he spent endless hours in the studio, so much that he still has material sitting in vault sthat have yet to see the light of day. and it isnt all filler, and a lot of stuff he discusses can still be relevant and related to the issues we face to this day. thats why i voted pac.

btw, im not criticizing the list, but i do believe there are more deserving performers that should be on there. but its always great to see a hip hop thread on this forum, so beggars cant be choosers.

Eminem is really political also and he rapped about things that are bigger than just being poor and black , well granted he isn't black to start with, you get the point hopefully

 

[rocadelpunk]

mainstream: nas, eminem, jay-z, beastie boys, roots
indie: mf doom and his aliases, murs, living lengends, j5, jean grae, illogic, sage francis, madlib, louis logic, l.a. symphony, copywrite, peanut butter wolf, herbaliser, non-phixion, necro, mr.lif, immortal technique, common

just a very small list. but a beginning.

 

[shilala]

I'd pick my fave from any of the dead ones.

 

[JonnyBlaze]

top 5 would even be hard to get alot of people to agree on theres been so many great ones.
pac, rakim, big, jay, em but you could add so many others too.

JB

 

[Brutuskend]

If you don't like rap, please don't vote.

OK!

 

[anxi80]

also by the way, strong rumor is that dre doesnt compose a lot of his recent lyrics. there are been mumblings that he has ghostwriters. not knockin' dre, just passing along what ive heard. just wish he would give his producers some more credit (ie: mel man).

 

[JonnyBlaze]

Originally posted by: shilala
I'd pick my fave from any of the dead ones.

so you like big l, big, & pac?

:roll:

 

[JonnyBlaze]

Originally posted by: anxi80
also by the way, strong rumor is that dre doesnt compose a lot of his recent lyrics. there are been mumblings that he has ghostwriters. not knockin' dre, just passing along what ive heard. just wish he would give his producers some more credit (ie: mel man).

dre's never beed good lyrically. anything good he ever said id bet someone wrote for him. hes a much better producer.

JB

 

[bapace]

Another person who is fairly new that I heard IS a ghostwriter is T.I. Evidently, he has written a lot of Bow Wow's rhymes. (This was merely mentioning some ghostwriting people might find interesting)

 

[deftron]

Originally posted by: Mo0o

Originally posted by: anxi80
2pac. the man spoke of the struggles minorities face, life, love, the streets, politics. he could be serious or just make a song that will get the people to move. he spent endless hours in the studio, so much that he still has material sitting in vault sthat have yet to see the light of day. and it isnt all filler, and a lot of stuff he discusses can still be relevant and related to the issues we face to this day. thats why i voted pac.

btw, im not criticizing the list, but i do believe there are more deserving performers that should be on there. but its always great to see a hip hop thread on this forum, so beggars cant be choosers.

Eminem is really political also and he rapped about things that are bigger than just being poor and black

Kool Keith rapped about halfsharkalligatorhalfmen

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