Top 5 Rappers Dead or Alive!

[5ickride]

Never heard of Immortal Technique but listening to video clip above just didnt do it for me. Not feeling it.

Again, this is really a generational thing...i know some older dudes that like, actually love, Rakim, Kool G Rap, Slick Rick, etc...and say Jay, Biggie, Nas are just okay...then you have your younger generation that loves Kanye, Wayne, Gucci, Drake, etc...

Jay Z is best (hate it or love it). Some other solid rappers, Cormega, Mos Def, Black Thought (Roots), Jadakiss, Cypress Hill, Ghostface, Black Moon (wow, cant believe i forgot them), EPMD (another one)...Redman!

I'll just say this, overall, nothing was better than 90's hip hop.

[ColdAccord]

heh, we were just watching Baker Has A Deathwish Summer Tour and feeling thuggish ruggish bone hard

[ColdAccord]

oh and cormega sucks

[IRON-E]

i'll just say this, overall, nothing was better than 90's hip hop.

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[freeride53]

1. Tupac Shakur
2. Jay-z (reasonable doubt)
3. Jeru tha Damaja
4. Biggie
5. Older Nas
6. Digable Planets (group)
7. Old school Outkast (their mixtapes were the shit)
8. Mobb Deep (group)
9. Ali Shaheed Muhammed
10. Mos Def
11. The Grouch
12. Curren$y
13. MC Zion (Zion I)
14. Dr. Dre (ala the Chronic)
15. Warren G

[freeride53]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzj2GEQz9xI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFVseEeuHKM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUYvjhsL5a4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFFqjldZ-dQ

[mightywhitey]

2 pac? Dude is trash post one song or lyrics you think qualify him as best anything.

Liked him better as a back up dancer to Humpty Hump.

[freeride53]

Tupac was a poet. His songs spoke to many, even if they weren't pushers, etc.
I only have the tupac songs, that I feel make sense. Quite a few.
He went to high school with one of my uncles, quiet dude at best.

[E30?]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBQDWsBewSs

[Deltron Dirty30]

I havent gone through the whole thread but here are my faves.

MF doom. Del the funkee homosapien. Souls of Mischief. Rick Ross. Kanye West (his older stuff) Kid Cudi. Wale. immortal technique.

watch how hard Cudi goes in the second beat!

[5ickride]

I'm feeling Kid Cudi...he's got a whole different style to him

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[kway]

Nelly, DMX...













...JK!

... (another one)...Redman!

I was about to mention him too since nobody else had.

Black Moon (wow, cant believe i forgot them)

Shit, so did I!



So fucking smooth. That's how it's done kids.

I'll just say this, overall, nothing was better than 90's hip hop.

Yup, you pretty much covered it right there. For new stuff, I only like underground, but I don't even know enough to rattle off a bunch of names. I just know what I like when I hear it.

This pop "rap" (notice I didn't say hip hop) we have in the mainstream now is a joke. Thanks to the two at the top of this post (and others) for getting that ball rolling.

[kylekrueger]

I don't think anyone mentioned GZA, in my opinion one of the best rappers. Great beats, awesome flow.

Also gangstarr, they really got me into old-er hip hop. Going along with that, DJ premier.

Some of my other favorites:

Aesop Rock
Pete Rock and CL smooth
EPMD
Madvillain
Tribe Called Quest

and if I want a blast from the past then, Ultramagnetic MCs or Black Sheep

[DEADZONER1]

Jay-Z
Eminem
Rakim
Nas
Big Pun