THEE TOP 100 YEARS BY A RAP ARTIST, SOLO........TOP 5!!!! TOP 5!!!!!

[Wacky D]

FROM THEE CREATORS OF:
THEE TOP 50 YEARS BY A RAP GROUP(Top 5 Revealed)

SPINOFF THREADS spawned by this thread:
Who Had The Better Peak? MC Hammer Or Nelly?
Poll: What Was Nas' Best Year?
Bigger Year? '95 Biggie Or '99 Jay-Z??


CRITERIA
must meet a certain level of effectiveness in all categories:
- streets
- impact
- influence
- reception
- respect
- mainstream success
- singles
- album(s)
- sales
- accolades
- competition level

1 Entry Limit
only one entry per artist
some artists had multiple years that could've made the list.

THE LIST
100. '11 Wiz Khalifa
99. '89 Young MC
98. '07 Souljah Boy Tell Em
97. '92 Sir Mix-A-Lot
96. '93 MC Ren
95. '89 Special Ed
94. '05 Cassidy
93. '87 MC Shan
92. '05 Paul Wall
91. '14 J.Cole

90. '05 Mike Jones
89. '07-08 Plies
88. '95 AZ
87. '99 BG
86. '06 Chamillionaire
85. '04 Lloyd Banks
84. '05 Common
83. '05 Beanie Siegel
82. '98 Noreaga
81. '91 DJ Quik

80. '84-85 Roxanne Shante
79. '87 Dana Dane
78. '06 Jim Jones
77. '95 Raekwon
76. '01 Trick Daddy
75. '12-13 Tity Boi
74. '02 Fat Joe
73. '97 Wyclef Jean
72. '98 Jermaine Dupri
71. '95 Ol Dirty b*stard

70. '03 Birdman
69. '12 Kendrick Lamar
68. '09 Lil Boosie
67. '05 Juelz Santana
66. '92 Redman
65. '04 Twista
64. '04 Lil Flip
63. '91 Yo-Yo
62. '03 Missy Elliot
61. '00-01 Lil Bow Wow

60. '97-98 Busta Rhymes
59. '98 Big Punisher
58. '79-80 Spoonie Gee
57. '09 Gucci Mane
56. '91 Scarface
55. '85 Schooly D
54. '88-89 MC Lyte
53. '89 Too $hort
52. '03 Chingy
51. '98 Silkk The Shocker

50. '94 Queen Latifah
49. '89 Tone Loc
48. '01 Fabolous
47. '12 Meek Mill
46. '10-11 Nicki Minaj
45. '90 Vanilla Ice
44.(TIE) '02 Cam'ron
44.(TIE) '05 Cam'ron
43. '01 Jadakiss
42. '89 D.O.C.
41. '91 Chubb Rock

40. '98 Mystikal
39. '01-02 Ludacris
38. '96-97 Foxy Brown
37. '05 GAME
36. '94 Brat
35. '10 Rick Ross
34. '99-00 Eve
33. '95 Coolio
32. '01 Jarule
31. '96-97 Lil Kim

30. '87-88 Kool Moe Dee
29.(TIE) '15-16 Drake
29.(TIE) '15-16 Future
28. '99 Lauryn Hill
27. '96 Nas
26.(TIE) '89 Slick Rick
26.(TIE) '88-89 Big Daddy Kane
25. '06 T.I.
24. '94-95 Method Man
23. '94 Warren G
22. '97 Ma$e
21. '99 Juvenile

20. '04 Kanye West
19. '89 Eazy-E
18. '88-89 Ice T
17. '80 Kurtis Blow
16. '00 Nelly
15. '90 MC Hammer
14. '02 Eminem
13. '08 Lil Wayne
12. '05 Young Jeezy
11. '90-91 Ice Cube

10. '97 Puff Daddy
9. '98 Master P
8. '99 Jay-Z
7. '95 Notorious B.I.G.
6. '93 Dr. Dre
5. '87 LL Cool J
4. '03 50 Cent
3. '98 DMX
2. '96 2Pack
1. '94 Snoop Doggy Dogg

 

[Xtz23]

Off the top of my head (& this shyt ain't no best of list either it's just going by the thread)
Ice cube 1991
Snoop 92-93
Nas 94
One of the top tier wu or prodigy 95
2pac 96
Biggie 97
X 98
Eminem or gfk 2000
Jayz 2001
50 cent 03

 

[Astroslik]

50, he dominated from 2000-2007ish

 

[666 ReVeNGe 666]

Wayne 2004 to 2013

 

[Wacky D]

AND WE'RE OFF

50. '94 Queen Latifah
49. '89 Tone Loc
48. '98 Silkk The Shocker
47. '97 Busta Rhymes
46.(TIE) '12 Meek Mill
46.(TIE) '10-11 Nicki Minaj

45. '90 Vanilla Ice
44.(TIE) '02 Cam'ron
44.(TIE) '05 Cam'ron
43. '01 Jadakiss
42. '98 Mystikal
41. '89 D.O.C.

 

[MikeyC]

Drake 2016
Kendrick 2015/2017

 

[Xtz23]

Off the top of my head (& this shyt ain't no best of list either it's just going by the thread)

Snoop 93
Nas 94
One of the top tier wu or prodigy 95
2pac 96
Biggie 97
X 98
Eminem or gfk 2000
Jayz 2001
50 cent 03

 

[Collateral]

AND WE'RE OFF

50. '94 Queen Latifah
49. '89 Tone Loc
48. '90 Vanilla Ice
47. '98 Silkk The Shocker
46. '97 Busta Rhymes
45.(TIE) '12 Meek Mill
45.(TIE) '10-11 Nicki Minaj

44.(TIE) '02 Cam'ron
44.(TIE) '05 Cam'ron
43. '01 Jadakiss
42. '98 Mystikal
41. '91 Chubb Rock

02 belongs to Nelly. 05 I'm giving to 50 because of that Massacre album.

 

[Wacky D]

what do yall think were the best years for nelly & Eminem respectively?

 

[Ohene]

will be interested to see where 50 Cent - 2003, DMX - 1998 and Nelly - 2001 land

Eminem in 2000
Pac in 1996
Biggie in 1997

those are all top 10

 

[Ohene]

what do yall think were the best years for nelly & Eminem respectively?

lol didnt even see this. peep my post above. Em is def 2000. Nelly is hard because his albums usually came out in the summer and singles would bleed into the year.

To me 2001 and 2002 are better than 2000 though. The real answer is prolly 2002 for Nelly due to the main stream success...and AIr Force ones

 

[Xtz23]

what do yall think were the best years for nelly & Eminem respectively?

Mmlp 2000

 

[Wacky D]

lol didnt even see this. peep my post above. Em is def 2000. Nelly is hard because his albums usually came out in the summer and singles would bleed into the year.

To me 2001 and 2002 are better than 2000 though. The real answer is prolly 2002 for Nelly due to the main stream success...and AIr Force ones

these two are wildcards. I'm not sure where I'm placing them yet. i cant even get their top year down.

if a major part of the run bleeds into another year, i just mesh em together, like i did for 2010-2011 nicki minaj. sp yea, if nellyville gets the nod for nelly, that would be '02-03. i try to stay away from doing that tho.

i was leaning towards 2000 for nelly, cuz he had a bigger core rap following, plus country grammar sold more than nellyville on top of that, iirc.

Mmlp 2000

yea its tough.

Eminem in '02 tho, had more of an urban presence via a huge movie full of dope battles, along with him riding off of 50 cent to get on street bangers & mixtapes.

 

[Wacky D]

so far I'm leaning towards 2000 for nelly, and 2002 for Eminem.

it also determines who goes higher.

cuz nelly had a better 2000 than Eminem, imo.
2002 - i might lean towards Eminem over nelly.

 

[Wacky D]

Off the top of my head (& this shyt ain't no best of list either it's just going by the thread)
Ice cube 1991
Snoop 92-93
Nas 94
One of the top tier wu or prodigy 95
2pac 96
Biggie 97
X 98
Eminem or gfk 2000
Jayz 2001
50 cent 03

prodigy wasn't solo in 95.

i added mobb deep to the group list tho.