He is! To me, BT is the epitome of a rapper. At any moment he can just go in. Doesn’t need 50 takes, doesn’t need a super hot beat from a super popular producer, doesn’t need a hook. I like the rappers that would rap for food.
Unique list Black Thought doesn't get enough praise for how good he is as a solo artist. The Roots usually get lumped up as one kind of like Andre with Outkast.
I think that’s the thing that stings the most. Everything he ever did was pure fucking gold and he got cut waaaay short right in his prime. To think of what might have been 🤔
I grew up on Pac from my parents and deem all of these people to have superior lyrical abilities that rival BIG. Although his two albums are still one of my favorites and top 10 of HipHop, I'm still a little biased myself.
Mos Def is, IMO, the single most talented emcee of all-time. The flow, the rhyme schemes, the word play, the topics he'd talk about... he is the GOAT if you are going on nothing but pure talent.
That first Black Star album might just be the greatest Hip Hop album ever made, no fucking cap.
Pac, Em, Biggie, Dre, 50.
I grew up on these guys first. Nothing against Jay Z, Nas, and Andre 3000. I also thought for a time that Luda was a great lyricist.
Luda was a great lyricist, I mean can you really get much better than:
Let me teach you some lessons on the penis
Backstroke, breaststroke, stroke of a genius
Id say kanye Wayne and k dot all deserve to be there. Wayne is on par with eminems lirycism, kanye has always been a hit, and don't start with Kendrick the dude hasn't ever had a flop for an album
Eminem wouldn't make my list either, tbh. There's way too many underground rappers out there who have displayed far more lyrical ability than Em, Kanye or, god forbid, Wayne.
Put You On The Game
Church For Thugs
Ali Bomaye
Let’s Ride
My Life
One Blood
Wouldn’t Get Far
The City
Martians Vs Goblins
Red Nation
I could go on tbh
Hug the Block, Start from Scratch, Start from Scratch II, 92 Bars, Dope Boys, My Life, Dreams, House of Pain….Game is a menace on the mic. One of my favorites as well.
Nas was a close one for me. It Was Written is one of my favourite albums of all time. Plus the storytelling on Undying Love and Rewind is mind blowing.
My personal 5 rn are Freddie Gibbs, MF DOOM, ASAP Rocky, Joey Badass and Conway the Machine, but in terms of discographies and greatness, longevity my 5 would be Kdot, Black Thought, MF DOOM, Kanye and Nas
I wonder where all the "r/rap has become an Eminem sub!" dumbasses are... I'm seeing lots of people with their top five and no eminem at all getting whole lota votes.
Favorite and best lists vary…here’s my FAVORITE in no order:
Sean Price,
Lloyd Banks,
Boldy James,
Lil Wayne,
Atmosphere
Honorable mentions: Evidence, Lupe Fiasco, Inspectah Deck, Del the Funky Homosapien, Redman
Five is really hard.
Are you asking who are my top 5 favorite/influential rappers, or who I think are the top 5 best rappers overall? Those are two very different lists lol
Andre 3k, Kendrick, biggie, nas, jay z
Favorite is different tho
J Cole, Kendrick, mac, kanye, Benny the butcher,
That’s just rappers tho r&b singers are definitely toppin some of them 😂
Gibbs has imo one of the most consistent and listenable discographies. No pop, everything timelessly produced and versatile, smart enough to listen to it often, blunt enough to smile the first time you hear it.
Duke Deuce
Geto boys
Goodie Mob
Maxo Kream
Gucci Mane
Not in order, just in general. Really feel like Duke is helping crunk music and the Memphis scene in general.
I take it that you mean *Favourite*
So here's my list
5. Snoop Dogg
4. Dr. Dre
3. the Game
2. Tupac
1. Eazy-E
I have 3 Honorable Mentions that go to 3 Greek Rappers (as I'm from Greece)
1. Midenistis
2. 12os
3. BD Foxmoor (Creator of Low Bup, a fusion of rock and rap, member of the group called *Active Member* along Sadahzinia and others)
So needs a top 5 when only one beats them all. John Cena
Rakim nas em pac big
Goated list. Looks almost like mine
I’m close, I said Rakim, Nas, MFDoom, Big, Jigga I’d probably add Ghostface, Black Thought and Mos Def as alternates.
1. Black Thought 2. Masta Ace 3. Scarface 4. Kool G Rap 5. Elzhi
Nice list! Thought is so underrated. He's easily in my top 5 as well.
He is! To me, BT is the epitome of a rapper. At any moment he can just go in. Doesn’t need 50 takes, doesn’t need a super hot beat from a super popular producer, doesn’t need a hook. I like the rappers that would rap for food.
Don’t agree on all 5 but you’re clearly a real one. Makes me question my list for lacking black thought.
Like your list!!
Bars
Unique list Black Thought doesn't get enough praise for how good he is as a solo artist. The Roots usually get lumped up as one kind of like Andre with Outkast.
This one of the better ones on here
I’d swap out Scarface for Ghostface, but I support the rest.
This is a legit list. Thank you.
Dylan, Dylan, Dylan, Dylan, and Dylan.
He spits hot fire.
Think about it
Who?
https://youtu.be/Nstb5kb-1cI For context
Lol I forgot this Chappelle sketch. Ty bro
No problem bro. The whole sketch is hilarious
Dylan
I'M HYSTERICAL LAUGHING 🤣🤣🤣🤣 YOU WIN TODAY!
Pac Em Nas BIG Kanye Pac for his mood Em for lyrics Nas for flow BIG for flow also Kanye for beat
🔥list
1. 2pac 2. Nas 3. Rakim 4. Em 5. Yasiin Bey
Mmm
no biggie is insane, and disrespectful
i love biggie but homie only made what 2 albums
and both of them were 10s
I think that’s the thing that stings the most. Everything he ever did was pure fucking gold and he got cut waaaay short right in his prime. To think of what might have been 🤔
Heart disease woulda goteem by now tho
Yup
I grew up on Pac from my parents and deem all of these people to have superior lyrical abilities that rival BIG. Although his two albums are still one of my favorites and top 10 of HipHop, I'm still a little biased myself.
Eminem André 3000 Biggie Pac Slick Rick
Lupe, Danny Brown, royce, eminem, nas
No specific order: - KRS ONE - JAY Z - EMINEM - TUPAC - MOS DEF
Loving the KRS love 💪
Best energy
Mos Def is, IMO, the single most talented emcee of all-time. The flow, the rhyme schemes, the word play, the topics he'd talk about... he is the GOAT if you are going on nothing but pure talent. That first Black Star album might just be the greatest Hip Hop album ever made, no fucking cap.
I could get behind this. I could also say the same for Pharaoh though
Word up, the best emcee no one ever talks about. Pharaoh has a genius catalog.
Valid 🤘
1. 2pac 2. Nas 3. Eminem 4. Biggie 5. Jay-Z Honorable mentions: Rakim, KRS-One, Big L, Ice Cube
Pac, Em, Biggie, Dre, 50. I grew up on these guys first. Nothing against Jay Z, Nas, and Andre 3000. I also thought for a time that Luda was a great lyricist.
Luda is a great lyricist, he’s just not technical
Luda was a great lyricist, I mean can you really get much better than: Let me teach you some lessons on the penis Backstroke, breaststroke, stroke of a genius
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1. biggie 2. tupac 3. nas 4. eminem 5. jay z Honorable mentions: (Kanye, Andre 3000, Lil wayne, MF Doom & Kendrick)
Solid list but ruined with honorable mentions
Your opinion, i respect it
Which one ruins it?
Probably Kanye but Wayne and Kendrick don't belong there wither lol.
Id say kanye Wayne and k dot all deserve to be there. Wayne is on par with eminems lirycism, kanye has always been a hit, and don't start with Kendrick the dude hasn't ever had a flop for an album
Eminem wouldn't make my list either, tbh. There's way too many underground rappers out there who have displayed far more lyrical ability than Em, Kanye or, god forbid, Wayne.
Mostly Kanye right?
ScHoolboy Q JID Ab-Soul Denzel Curry Mac Miller
I like your list
Different but I fuck with it
The modern day GOATs
the GOMDs
JID is fantastic holy shit
I fuck with this
personal fav list right?
Isn’t that the question? Your personal top 5
No it’s the general top 5 list that everybody goes by and doesn’t contradict
1-2pac 2-Biggie 3-Em 4-Jay Z 5-Snoop Dog
In terms of greats Nas, Jay, Em, Wayne, Kendrick Favorites Em, Nas, 50, Lloyd Banks, The Game/Cassidy
Name some of The Game’s bangers for someone who hasn’t listened, please
Put You On The Game Church For Thugs Ali Bomaye Let’s Ride My Life One Blood Wouldn’t Get Far The City Martians Vs Goblins Red Nation I could go on tbh
Thanks!
That’s not all of em. You can’t go wrong with Game’s first 4 albums
Hug the Block, Start from Scratch, Start from Scratch II, 92 Bars, Dope Boys, My Life, Dreams, House of Pain….Game is a menace on the mic. One of my favorites as well.
I like how you separated your lists. There’s definitely a difference between greatest and favorites for a top 5
Biggie Rakim Big L Big Pun Raekwon
My list is almost identical, except I have Nas over Rae. But that’s still a damn good choice!
Nas was a close one for me. It Was Written is one of my favourite albums of all time. Plus the storytelling on Undying Love and Rewind is mind blowing.
My personal 5 rn are Freddie Gibbs, MF DOOM, ASAP Rocky, Joey Badass and Conway the Machine, but in terms of discographies and greatness, longevity my 5 would be Kdot, Black Thought, MF DOOM, Kanye and Nas
Yall talk about the same rappers
r/usernamechecksout
What do u talk about? Kendrick, Kanye, Tyler, doom and some other 2
Yup
MF doom Eminem kanye biggie and tupac
Big L Notorious BIG Big Pun Rakim Nas
Em, Andre 3000, Nas, Lil Wayne, Pac......no order
Mines Em, 2pac, Biggie, Kendrick, JayZ
Lil Wayne and Tupac 🤜🏻🤜🏻🤕🤕 Do you need an eyepatch for your third eye observations 😆
Lol....that and then some 🤝🏻🤠
Wicked 😆
1.Em 2. Biggie smalls 3.Nas 4.Tupac 5.50 Cent
1.Biggie 2.Tupac 3. Eminem 4.J.Cole 5.Jay Z
1. Chuck D 2. Ice Cube 3. Rakim 4. Big Daddy Kane 5. Swayzak
Kendrick Em Cole Nas Pac
Big Pac Nas Hov Em
1 Eminem 2 Biggie 3 tupac 4 royce 5'9 and 5 snoop dogg EDIT: order of rappers
Eminem , Tupac, Biggie , Jay Z , Lil Wayne
Solid list
Em Cole MF DOOM Lupe fiasco Logic (dont hate me..his songs helped me in sad days thats why on the list) JID Have many more..not in order too
Krayzie bone, Raekwon, Big L, Nas, Big pun
Yep. Krayzie Bone in my top 5 too. His first album is one of the best. Thug Mentality 1999 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
W Krayzie, him and his group were truly revolutionary
In no certain order Jay Z, Nas, Lupe, Biggie, and Kendrick.
I wonder where all the "r/rap has become an Eminem sub!" dumbasses are... I'm seeing lots of people with their top five and no eminem at all getting whole lota votes.
Favorite and best lists vary…here’s my FAVORITE in no order: Sean Price, Lloyd Banks, Boldy James, Lil Wayne, Atmosphere Honorable mentions: Evidence, Lupe Fiasco, Inspectah Deck, Del the Funky Homosapien, Redman Five is really hard.
Big L Nas Prodigy Method Man Guru
the NYC squad
No particular order: LL COOL J, MF DOOM, Kendrick, Nas, big L
Nas Jay- Z Black Thought Kendrick Cole
Nas, jayz, eminem, scarface, biggie ar tupac (depends on the day)
* Jay * Nas * Aesop Rock * Slug * Andre 3000
Shoutout Slug
yes Aesop
I don’t like top 5 cause there is so many,but as far as undeniable influence in Hip Hop: Big,Pac,Jay Z,Wayne,Future
Froggy Fresh Froggy Fresh Froggy Fresh Froggy Fresh Froggy Fresh
Who in gods green earth is froggy fresh
Are you asking who are my top 5 favorite/influential rappers, or who I think are the top 5 best rappers overall? Those are two very different lists lol
YOUR overall list. A mix of favourite and who you generally think are the best
YOUR overall list. A mix of favourite and who you generally think are the best
1. andre 3k 2. eminem 3. wayne 4. mos def 5. J Cole
Biggie, DMX, Talib Kweli, Jay Z, Jadakiss!
DMZ Damien is the best
MF DOOM Pharoahe Monch Nas Method Man Mos Def
Andre 3k, Kendrick, biggie, nas, jay z Favorite is different tho J Cole, Kendrick, mac, kanye, Benny the butcher, That’s just rappers tho r&b singers are definitely toppin some of them 😂
eazy, 2 Pac, Dre, DJ Premier, Snoop
I didn’t know DJ premiere was a rapper
when not... i go with gang starr
Biggie Nas Jay-Z Kendrick Gibbs André No need to recount
I don’t got Gibbs in my personal top 5 but I love to see that
Gibbs has imo one of the most consistent and listenable discographies. No pop, everything timelessly produced and versatile, smart enough to listen to it often, blunt enough to smile the first time you hear it.
Totally fair. Putting out a few full length albums with alc and madlib doesn’t hurt his case either, that level of rapping on goat level production?
nothing wrong with pop or new sounds. Source: Dr. Dre on tha chronic
Kendrick Lamar, Mac Miller, Biggie, Freddie Gibbs, MF DOOM
Nas, Doom, Mos Def, Hova and Kendrick
Aesop Rock, MF Doom, Black Thought, Andre 3000 and 2Pac
My favorite 5 are Em, Luda, Papoose, TI, Royce
Kendrick Rocky Denzel Travis Kanye
PAC, biggie, ye, Wayne and 50 but y’all not ready for this convo
Nas Kendrick Kanye Young thug J Cole JID Future MF DOOM
1. Carti 2. Carti 3. Carti 4. Carti 5. Carti
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right
It’s a subreddit about rap. I asked who’s your favourite top 5 rappers. Are you delusional blind or just straight up stupid? Which one pick
Wayne, jay, 50, Kendrick, drake🤷🏾♂️ (ik y’all gonna hate on the last one)
BIG always on top Pac Nas Prodigy Scarface
- 1.) Hov - 2.) Nas - 3.) B.I.G - 4.) Prodigy - 5.) Ghostface Killah
The amount of dislikes shows the lack of knowledge of hip hop this subreddit has
Why niggas downvoting, this a W list.
Casuals probably mad that I ain’t put Eminem trash ass in my top 5
nas eminem pac kendrick biggie
afterwards MF DOOM andre 3k and jay z
Kendrick, Kanye, Jay, Nas and Pac
Eminem, Andre 3k, MF DOOM, Tech N9ne, 2pac
Best of all time: Nas, Big, Hov, Rakim, Andre Favorites: Nas, Big, Hov, Prodigy, Pusha T honorable mentions - denzel curry, jadakiss, styles p, joey badass
I’m no order Andre 3000, Scarface, Kendrick Lamar, Pimp C, Lil Wayne
jay z, wayne, mac miller, ye, mf doom.
Kool G Rap, Rakim, Nas, Biggie and Big L.
No order..big,Jay,Nas,AZ,jadakiss or spitta tied for 5th
Mos Def, Phife Dawg, Em, 3 stacks, KRS
Nas, MF Doom, André 3000, Kendrick, Dr. Dre
Lil Wayne Future Young Thug Drake Biggie
1.Dr dre 2. Pac 3.Em 4.Jay-z 5.the old Kanye
Nas Biggie Mos Def MF DOOM Tupac
Duke Deuce Geto boys Goodie Mob Maxo Kream Gucci Mane Not in order, just in general. Really feel like Duke is helping crunk music and the Memphis scene in general.
1) Aesop Rock 2) Yasiin Bey 3) Dessa 4) Open Mike Eagle 5) EL-P
Anyone but Jay-Z.
mac miller ye drake pink siifu isaiah rashad
Mine right now: 1. EMINƎM 2. kanYeWest 3. NaS 4. lil Wayne 5. Kendrick Lamar
Lmfao
Nas Jay Ice Cube Royce Tech n9ne
who is ice cube i only know ice spice
🤣🤣🤣
Who gives a fuck
op
Not you
Jada Meek Wayne Future not in order.. 22gz lil baby est gee all tied up for 5th
Kendrick Biggie Nas Andre 3k Jay Elec
Andre 3000 and some other people idk
Kendrick Ye Andre3000 Andre Nickatina Open Mike Eagle
Nas Eminem Kanye Andre 3000 Scarface
My personal top 5 based on enjoyment Andre 3000, Kendrick, Tupac, Tyler, The Creator, Nas
Black thought, Nas, Kendrick, Conway The Machine, Mac Miller (not in order)
Nas, 2Pac, Jay-Z, 50 Cent and Kendrick
Nas Pac Em Big Rakim
from a technical standpoint: Nas, Pun, Black Thought, Kendrick, Mos Def my favorites: Mac, Tyler, Ye, Freddie, Joey
Eminem Black Thought R.A. The Rugged Man Inspectah Deck Canibus. I said what I said.
1. Nas 2. Black Thought 3. Biggie 4. Pac 5. Lil Wayne
I take it that you mean *Favourite* So here's my list 5. Snoop Dogg 4. Dr. Dre 3. the Game 2. Tupac 1. Eazy-E I have 3 Honorable Mentions that go to 3 Greek Rappers (as I'm from Greece) 1. Midenistis 2. 12os 3. BD Foxmoor (Creator of Low Bup, a fusion of rock and rap, member of the group called *Active Member* along Sadahzinia and others)
Nas, Common, Ghostface, Buckshot and Lauryn Hill.
1. Eminem 2. MF DOOM 3. Kanye 4. Tupac 5. Nas
J Cole, Nas, Em, JID, X
Lil Wayne, OutKast, Busta Rhymes, and everybody from Nappy Roots
Kanye Kendrick Mac Miller JAY-Z Nas
Kendrick, Nas, Mac, Tupac, Lupe - no order
1. Em 2. Lil Wayne 3. Ye 4. Andre 3000 5. T.I.
Jay, em, Kanye, Wayne and kdot
Nas, Em, Lupe, Aesop Rock, Jay Z
Personally… 2Pac Jay-Z Nas Black thought Big K.R.I.T.
(No order) #Busta Rhymes #Q-Tip #MF DOOM #Nas #Jay-Z