WHO's THE GREATEST RAPPER

Hooky

Many times people ask me who do you think is the greatest rapper? There are so many but as far as i can tell TUPAC has to be the best. So many songs that influence people in different ways,
Who do you think is the greatest and Why?

LegacyUser

Greatest Living: Eminem

Greatest Dead: Notorious B.I.G

garthv

Jesus tbh

radiospan

I like Abdominal (he features on about three tracks on DJ Format's "Music For The Mature B-Boy") because the word-play in "Vicious Battle Raps", and especially "The Hit Song" is excellent.

And hardly a curse in sight...

Cannibal Ox

Abdominal's got an album out recently with DJ Faze. It's not bad, there's a couple of good songs but he's not as good as he is on Formats stuff.

As for the Greatest...dunno. An awfull lot of possibles come out, release an album or two that are just ****ing great then follow those up with stuff that isn't worth mentioning (Nas, KRS, L.L etc, etc).
I'll say Rakim for the hell of it.

Klimseven

not another bloody "greatest rapper" thread, where everyone choses between 3 commercial as s hit emcees and chooses their favourite, having never heard of Rakim, Mf Doom, Guru, Del tha Funky Homosapien or any other actual decent emcees.

Btw, Tupac is nowhere near the greatest emcees of all time, skillwise, he was average, sorry...and Biggie kicks his ass anyway, bleh....

Makaveli

2pac of 50cent.
Because they were both like real thugs.
Rap is all about thugs you see.
Anyway, 2pac got shot like 5 times and didn't die and 50cent got shot 9 times and didn't die, so they're both mad hardcore.
2pac has more albums though and like he makes deadly party tunes like California Love, but then he makes sad ones like Brenda's Got A Baby, and just cool ones like Changes (even if the song lifts a verse from I Wonder If Heaven Got A Ghetto).
But like 50 has that massive tune In The Club. I love that song. And he's in that cool gang G-Unit. They are the best rap group ever.
Anyone who says Biggie is stupid. He was just a big fat ass. And he only had 2 albums. And like I don't remember him cos he hasn't be whored since his death like 2pac so he isn't cool at all.
So like I dunno, 50 or 2pac. But maybe Eminem too, cos like he is THE ONLY WHITE RAPPER EVAR. And he makes fun of people and his sound isn't getting the slightest bit repetative.
NA NA NA GUESS WHO'S BACK? BACK AGAIN?

Yeah so 2pac, Eminem or 50Cent.
COS LIEK I CANT PICK JUST ONE!!!!11!!!!

RE*AC*TOR

Chuck D, most vocally powerful "rapper" i've heard.
MC Supernatural is a great freestyler.

JoeSchmoe

slug
eyedea
sage francis
mc abdominal
roots manuva
ty

Creamy Goodness

brandon dicamillo from cky/jackass fame

he raps better than any rapper i know.

Seaneh

Nas, Talib Kawli, KRs or RAKIM.

ps.s You HAVE to spell RAKIM in caps, it's the law.

Makaveli

You can't be telling people how to spell when it is in fact

NaS
Talib Kweli
and
KRS-One

fnar fnar

giftgrub

jay z

Bri

It's that Jay-Z?! Makaveli a bit slow on the uptake there!

No way by the way. Out of the 'commercial' crowd it's NaS without a doubt...doesn't matter if you pump out tons of ablums if the content is poor.

Hooky

Klimseven wrote:

not another bloody "greatest rapper" thread, where everyone choses between 3 commercial as s hit emcees and chooses their favourite, having never heard of Rakim, Mf Doom, Guru, Del tha Funky Homosapien or any other actual decent emcees.

Btw, Tupac is nowhere near the greatest emcees of all time, skillwise, he was average, sorry...and Biggie kicks his ass anyway, bleh....

Think again biggie could bearly breath let alone rap

Makaveli

HA!

Hooky

Tupac
The best there was
The best there is
The best there will be

Doctor J

Chuck D or maybe ODB around the time of his first solo album.


Nah, Chuck D.

giftgrub

everyone says tupac...would they be saying that if he was alive?

David19

giftgrub wrote:

everyone says tupac...would they be saying that if he was alive?

Yeah, probably.

Hooky

He is still alive lol

ubu

giftgrub wrote:

jay z

Eh, no

giftgrub wrote:

everyone says tupac...would they be saying that if he was alive?

everyone isnt saying 2pac

Bri wrote:

It's that Jay-Z?! Makaveli a bit slow on the uptake there!

What?

hooky wrote:

I'm an idiot

I think this is what you're trying to say



This Thread is turning into a p1sstake, its not tupac, it sure as hell ain't gay-z
There are several condenders for G.O.A.T status but i dont think its something which is ever going to be agreed upon, if its put to a vote the commercial rappers are always going to win
My opinion would be that someone like RAKIM or KRS-One who have been around for so long and have had the most influence on the game, buts thats not to say that there isnt a better rapper out there, for example my favourite MC at the moment is Talib Kweli but dont think he could be described as 'the greatest' because he hasnt been around long enough

Optikus

Slick Rick , Biggy Smalls , Melle Mel , ODB , Prodigy (from Mobb Deep) and Mos Def are all among my favourites.

Klimseven

Grand Master Flash

um..... Grand Master Flash isn't an emcee...he's a DJ...

davej

Listening to Ready to Die right now. Amazing album - So i'll vote for Biggie.


davej

Bri

Eh it was a typo gimme a break...we were on the subject of correct spelling.
:rolleyes:

Makaveli

oh teh ironing.

rabbitinlights

1st = Charlie 2na (J5)

2nd = Guru (Gangstarr)

3rd = Rakim

Whoever said Eminem? I really dont consider Eminem to be a rapper, More a pop star.

Sean.

puntosporting

Im not claiming to be an expert here ,far from it actualy!
But if these non-commercial rappers are so damn good how come there not selling records?
To my understanding the reason the likes of 2pac and Biggie where so big was because of there lyrics.

David19

puntosporting wrote:

Im not claiming to be an expert here ,far from it actualy!
But if these non-commercial rappers are so damn good how come there not selling records?
To my understanding the reason the likes of 2pac and Biggie where so big was because of there lyrics.

This is a good point. Tupac hardly made commercial songs, he just made good ones. In terms of the non commercial rappers not selling, its because they don't make commercial songs. Its not because they're not good. Still tupac out sold them all. Probably out sold all of the ones mentioned put together.

Makaveli

Record labels, MTV and Marketing.