Best Rapper Alive - 2006 (IF YOUR MVP CHOICE ISN'T ON POLL, MAKE A REQUEST IN THREAD)

[Inspect Her Deck]

This is the first official thread for a series I'll call 'Best Rapper Alive'. Basically, in this thread (http://www.thecoli.com/threads/revi...list-how-can-we-make-it-more-accurate.465427/), I discussed Complex's article that covered this very issue.

I thought we'd do a Coli spin on things and vote for who we believe to be the rap MVP of each year. I will be going from 1985-2015 but the threads won't be made in ascending or descending order. Just random.

Basically, I will be listing contenders as poll options for MVP of any given year and y'all get one vote to vote for your MVP.

POINT SYSTEM
I will only reward the top 5 finishers of each poll.

1st place = 10 points
2nd place = 5 points
3rd place = 3 points
4th place = 2 points
5th place = 1 point

The reason the remaining 4 places matter is because when all is said and done, I'll be tallying up points to see who finishes in the top 10 ever. This is done to reward consistent top 5 placers in multiple years even if they never won the MVP for one given year.

CONTENDER PRE-REQUISITES
There's only one real pre-requisite. You must have a project released in that year (whether an album, mixtape, EP or similar). This matters more to me than it does to you guys since I'm making the poll options, but just so y'all know this is the angle I'm coming from. Snoop Dogg cannot be in contention for 1995 for example.

As for groups and duos, if there's a standout member I will put them for contention if I deem them worthy enough e.g. Andre 3000 for 1998 or Ice Cube for 1988.

As for number of contenders per thread, it will depend on the year. A year like 1994 will likely have 10-15 contenders (max poll option is 15), but for 1985 it could be 5-6 only.

If your desired contender for any year is not one of the poll options and you plan to vote for that person, please make it known in the thread so I can add a poll option. DO NOT complain about an artist missing if you don't have intentions to vote for him/her.

The list is merely preliminary and if you want to vote for someone not listed - just reply to the thread and ask. The list isn't exhaustive and meant to represent every rapper who had a great year any given year. The list is meant to be interactive. I have left spots open for people to be nominated.

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Let's see who's in the mix for 2006.

I thought I'd also make a new hashtag for y'all to follow, so you can keep up to date with every thread release. Let's go with #BRAColi.

 

[GetRichOrDieTryin]

Call ya bytch, she aint home
she with gameeeee nikkaaa

 

[prophecypro]

I'd still add Jay-Z and Nas in the top 5 of that year. Lot of people feel mixed about Kingdom Come and Hip Hop is Dead but they still were standout albums

Overall though, I'd put Lupe and TI as the top 2

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

#bracoli

#tpc

this one gonna be tough as hell

I gotta give it to Ghost, who proved his naysayers wrong by releasing a masterpiece with FishScale, a more traditional return to hip-hop from the R&B inspired BPW and Pretty Toney. On top of that, he released More Fish, since he was so prolific with the song-making that year.

@ISO @MidnightMercenary @mobbinfms @Billy Ocean @JayOne @Illeye buckmatic @BmoreGorilla @smitty22 @kingofnyc @MazeCityNy188st

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

I'd still add Jay-Z and Nas in the top 5 of that year. Lot of people feel mixed about Kingdom Come and Hip Hop is Dead but they still were standout albums

Overall though, I'd put Lupe and TI as the top 2

If someone votes for them, I'll open up options but those are weaker albums in their discogs tbh. There was better material in 06 imo. Cube's comeback was better than Jay's to me.

 

[The Ruler 09]

I'd vote Nas...

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

I'd vote Nas...

for best of 2006?


Nas added

 

[prophecypro]

If someone votes for them, I'll open up options but those are weaker albums in their discogs tbh. There was better material in 06 imo. Cube's comeback was better than Jay's to me.

It was weak for their disographies sure, but those were still marquee albums and they had those guys as top MCs during that period. I'd put them ahead of Cube, Busta and Snoop (All who had good albums and I would agree were top 10 of that year but largely got slept on)

Overall I'm voting Lupe with Nas as my write in.

 

[The Ruler 09]

Who else dropped dope ish apart from Nas that year...

Chino XL
Z-Ro
K-Rino
AZ
Styles P
Jay Z
Fat Joe

 

[50CentStan]

breh wtf? Where 50? I thought we discussed this already @Inspect Her Deck

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

It was weak for their disographies sure, but those were still marquee albums and they had those guys as top MCs during that period. I'd put them ahead of Cube, Busta and Snoop (All who had good albums and I would agree were top 10 of that year but largely got slept on)

Overall I'm voting Lupe with Nas as my write in.

I mean if you look at it from the perspective of "they're one of the best to ever do it and they still got it", I can see what you mean

but I like to focus in on the year itself more, and use it as a vacuum away from previous progress, and so I feel TI, Ghostface, Lupe etc. are more deserving in that calendar year based on album quality or genuine MVP appeal in a popular sense

 

[ZEB WALTON]

Lupe. Alllll day.

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

breh wtf? Where 50? I thought we discussed this already @Inspect Her Deck

and we also discussed that if he released a project and he ain't on there you can request him. what did he release?

 

[Deltron]

Blue Carpet was my shyt

up there too

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

Lupe. Alllll day.

over Ghost?