Tophat665

In general, I tend to agree with lions20, however, there are some exceptions. I don't know if I can make a credible top ten out of it, but I'll give it a shot.

1 - Neal Peart (Raps in "Roll the Bones")
2 - Weird Al Yankovic - (It's All About the Pentiums)
3 - Tom Waits - (I think "Fillipina Box Spring Hog" counts as rap)
4 - Will Smith (Does more to end racism just by being than Al Sharptoon and Jessie Jackson combined - clever rapper too)
5 - Eminem - ("Lose Yourself" actually gave him some credibility)
6 - Jam Master Jay - (It would be unkind, untrue, and moderately amusing to say, "because he's dead," so I'll say that it is because he demonstrated the way a rapper could live without being a dirtbag.)
7 - Mix-a-Lot (Funny)
8 - Ice-T (has a hardcore band. Handled the whole Cop Killer incident well)
9 - Digital Underground (Funny)
10 - Tupac (Dead. Still putting out albums. Years later.)

Edit: I was thinking about this after I posted, and there are a couple more rappers to who I believe props must be issured.

3½ - Kid Rock
6½ - The Beastie Boys (License to Ill is the album that made Rap music to White America)
9¼ - Ton Loc (Made the same song a hit twice, changing almost nothing but the name.)
9½ - Colin Quinn (Goin' Back to Brooklyn. 'Scuze me. I don't tink so.)
9¾ - LL Cool J (Good name, and, as an actor, a poor man's Ving Rhames. Also, allowed Colin Quinn his one moment of true humor.)

There's more, including a number of rappers I think the world would be better of (or is better off) without, but this is a thread for those who like rap. Take the above as my admiration of the form and continue with your bad selves.

Edit again: Couple more I missed in no particular order:
Falco - German Rap. Gotta love it.
The Bloodhound Gang.

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