Strange Famous

1 - Big Pun
2 - Ice Cube
3 - Wu Tang (excpet Cappadonna obv)
4 - Biggie Smalls
5 - KRS One
6 - Nas
7 - Gangstarr
8 - Ras Kass
9 - Rakim
10 - Sage Francis

sadatx

1- Biggie

2- Tupac

3- Wu Tang

4- Slick Rick (no slick on your list !?!)

5- Ice Cube

6- Brand Nubian (Sadatx)

7- Run D.M.C.

8- L.L. Cool J

9- Eric B. and Rakim

10- Public Enemy

Also: Jungle Brothers and De La Soul and Beastie Boys

And I'm deffinitely not set in stone on the order although Biggie and Tupac would always be at the top (I know it's the popular thinking that calls Biggie and Tupac the best rappers of all time, but I tend to agree with that notion).

rideough

10. Ice T
9. Chuck D
8. Beastie Boys
7. Snoop Dogg
6. Bizzy Bone
5. N.E.R.D.
4. Dr. Dre
3. Mack 10
2. Ice Cube
1. WC

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Jadey

10-B Real
9-LL Cool J
8-Ice Cube
7-Q-Tip
6-Dr Dre
5-Tupac
4-Busta Rhymes
3-Ludacris
2-Eminem
1-Chuck D

H12

1) Eminem
2) Ludacris
3) DMX
4) Nelly
5) Jay-Z
5) Nas
7) Dr. Dre
8) Talib Kweli
9) 50 Cent
10) Outkast

Honorable Mention: Fat Joe

Having both Jay-Z and Nas at #5 was no mistake, by the way. Plus I like Tupac and Biggie, don't get me wrong, but they're already labeled as the greatest ever and they're going to be on most everyone else's list.

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Munku

In no particular Order..

Ludacris
Lil Jon
Tupac
Notorious BIG
Paul Wall
Chamillionaire
Lil Flip
Ying Yang Twins
Pastor Troy
Dirty
Methodman/Redman
Snoop Dog
Youngbloodz
TI

monkeydriven

1 Run DMC
2 Beasties
3 Tribe Called Quest
4 KRS-1
5 Outkast
6 Dr. Dre
7 Public Enemy
8 LL Cool J
9 Geto Boys
10 Ja Rule

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chiefslappajo

I'll save some space, since everybody else I would have named has already been mentioned, save one- My All-Time Favorite,
Big Daddy Kane!

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lions20

Rap really Sucks

Jadey

Thanks for the input snapperhead, but where's your list?

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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Prophecy

This is my current top ten the people on this list move up and down according to how I'm feeling on any given day.
[list=1][*]Tupac Shakur[*]Outkast[*]Notorious B.I.G.[*]A Tribe Called Quest[*]The Roots[*]Ludacris[*]L.L. Cool J[*]Public Enemy[*]Jay-Z[*]Busta Rhymes[/list=1]



Honorable mention goes to the following:
Mos Def, The Jurassic-5, Naughty By Nature, Snoop Dogg, Wyclef Jean, Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz, and Run DMC.

Most of the people in my honorable mention list (excluding Snoop) I haven't heard enough of their music to figure out where I would place them in my favorites of all time list.

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h2ogo69

1. bone thugs
2. 2 pac
3. eminem
4. outkast
5. dre
6. biggie
7. snoop dogg
8. 50 cent
9. nas
10.bustah rhymes

BigGov

[list=1][*]Tupac[*]Snoop Dogg[*]B.I.G.[*]Eminem[*]Dr. Dre[*]Outkast[*]Jadakiss[*]Ludacris[*]Shyne (fuck Puff for making him take the fall)[*]Jay-Z[/list=1]

Jay-Z is so low because I after The Dynasty his records just seem, different. And not in a good way.

Honorable mentions to Black Eyed Peas and Nate Dogg, I consider both more R & B though excluding them from competition.

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chiefslappajo

Hell yeah, jimmy4, Shyne was one of my favorite young guns too. Anybody know when he's due to get out?

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BigGov

He got 10 years.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/144...01/story.jhtml

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KWSN

1. The Streets (Mike Skinner)
2. Dizee Rascal
3. Snoop Dogg
4. Aesop Rock
5. Wu-Tang
6. Ice-T
7. Tupac
8. Dr. Dre
9. k-os
10. Common

I'm into slightly more obscure stuff...

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InTeGrA77

1. Beastie Boys
2. Nelly
3. Outkast
4. Jay-Z
5. Ludacris
6. Ying Yang
7. DMX
8. Run D.M.C.
9. Snoop Dogg
10. Dr. Dre

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Sho Nuff

1. Rakim
2. Pac
3. Big Pun
4. Redman
5. Black Thought (The Roots)
6. Ice T
7. Outkast
8. Biggie
9. Ako Mack (Bionic Jive) www.bionicjive.net
10. Raw Poetic (RPM) www.rpmband.com

I know you said top 10 but...

11. Slick Rick
12. Talib Kweli
13. Nas
14. Mos Def
15. Mad Skillz
16. Kool G Rap
17. Eminem
18. Canibus
19. KRS - One
20. Snoop and the Dogg Pound

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docbungle

Can't pick a favorite, so in no particular order...

The Beatnuts
Big Daddy Kane
Digital Underground (spawned Tupac & Saafir)
Das EFX
Cypress Hill
Volume 10 (please make another album)
The Roots
Geto Boys
Kool Keith
Outkast

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drown_with_me

Can't believe no one has mentioned anyone from DE LA SOUL?!?!?!

Anyways, here is my bastardized list:
(This represents consistency thru a career, not necessarily one good album i.e. Wu-tang)
Black Thought from The Roots
The Pharcyde crew
De La Soul crew
Tribe
Outkast
Chuck D from PE
Nas
B.I.G

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obediah

no particular order - acts instead of specific people

Aesop Rock
Talib Kweli
Mos Def
Roots
Outkast
Illogic
anti-pop consortium
slick rick
Tribe Called Quest

the bubble - a fight between

common
Blueprint
Sage Francis

Strange Famous

The sooner Shyne gets out the sooner he can kill Puffy

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KWSN

heh...looking this thread over, I'm the only Streets fan here

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Strange Famous

I like The Streets, but I would classify it more as Garage than rap, along with Dizzee Rascal. The thing the Streets have is he really does speak for a whole generation - "Weak Become Heroes" feels like it really could have been written about my life

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Prophecy

The BluePrint 2 wasn't a bad double disc. I still think Volume 2 or The BluePrint is his best work. I'm still have mixed feelings about The Black Album. I was expecting more from a "last" record. And is there only two Roots fans in this thread?

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Strange Famous

Nas destroyed Jigga's legacy in hip hop IMO.

It was silly of him, cos Nas was whack, finished, until Jigga called him out and made him mad - so Nas came back and proved he could record a track that Jigga couldnt touch. The difference between them? Think "I know I can" vs "Hard Knock Life"; thik "New York State of Mind" vs riiping off some Pac track or being all over MTV cos you is fucking one of Destiny's Child. Nas destroyed Jay Z and left him with nothing but MTV and billboard

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KWSN

That's what i love most about the streets.

I think just about every government in the world should listen to "The Irony of it All" because it's so damn true...

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mrbuck12000

Mohamand Ali
Run-DMC
Grand master flash
Beasti Boys
Lyrics Born

mr b

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harhar

1. geto boys
2. public enemy
3.mobb deep
4. wu tang clan
5. beatnuts
6. N . W. A.
7. boo yaa tribe
8. don johnson big band (one of the best MC at this time, and the band have nothing to do with the miami vice d. johnson)
9. deliguent habits
10. ONYX (the old ones)

silent_jay

1- Cube
2- WC
3- Mac 10
4- Snoop
5- Dre
6- MC Ren
7- Yella
8- forgot Easy-E


thats all i got

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ironchefkorea

no particular order...

Slug (I know I said no order, but he's my favorite MC)
Aesop Rock
Sage Francis
Tupac
Biggie
Talib Kweli
Mos Def
Gift of Gab
Dre
Nas
Del the Funky Homosapien

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wordssmith22

in no order whatsoever

nas
talib kweli
mos def
j-live
gift of gab
black thought
andre 3000
common
phonte and big pooh from little brother
mr lif

Tempboy

No love for MC Hammer or Vanilla Ice.
Hahha

SAM821

I'll say that my top 3 are

1. Wu Tang
2. A Tribe Called Quest
3. Outkast

I can finish the list, but these guys have separated themselves from the pack (in my opinion)

Man/Amazing

1.) Ludacris
2.) NWA
3.) Outkast
4.) DMX
5.) Jay-Z
5.) Nas
7.)Neptunes
8.)Missy Elliott
9.) Suger Hill Gang(Old School)
10.) Kanye West

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R-Dubb604

ya'll probably never heard of these cats but here ya go.

in no particular order

2pac (r.i.p.)
cougnut (r.i.p.)
c-bo
brotha lynch hung
x-raided
cellski
Andre Nickatina AKA Dre Dog
JT The Bigga Figga
Mac Dre
Master P
San Quinn
Too $hort
Woodie
Young Droop
Dru Down

btw i dunno how ya'll can listen to that mainstream
the majority is crap imo

Soda_BoB

In no particular order
Eminem
Tupac Shakur
Notorious B.I.G
Beastie Boys
Twista
Lisa Left-Eye Lopez
Dr. Dre
Outkast
Neptunes
Chingy
Ludacris

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diddagirl

eminem
Biggie
outkast
snoop dog
jay z
Dr. dre
missy
7 is all i can come up with for faves

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