Best Rapper Alive - 2013

[smokeurobinson]

Complex said best and instead went the route of most popular 9/10 times in their picks

so I've changed it to 'best' but left that interpretation up to each individual voter....why is this such a difficult concept to grasp? either that or you are super salty that your opinion is never the most popular in any given thread, so you laugh at other voters' choices

and again you don't know how these threads work or you'd know to ask me to put Jay-Z as a poll option...instead of forcing yourself to vote for someone else

thanks to you, I'm gonna have to use big ass font writing in the next OP to get the message across regarding extra poll options

lol @ Super salty

Theses polls are a joke.


Post#191 breaks down how much of a joke it is.


I'm bored at work but my opposition keeps your threads up.I'm helping u fool.

 

[mobbinfms]

When a then 40 year old Raekwon and a 36 year old Pusha T are winning polls with albums that didn't push the landscape or hit the culture in any way. You think this mirrors reality?

This is youth culture

I don't know what "real hip hop agenda" means.
So are you telling me that its impossible that the younger more popular artists are putting out inferior product?
That youth and popularity always equals quality?

And I see your point about hip hop being youth culture...but it's also 40 years old at this point and you've got fans of all ages. How do you balance that. Is the 45 year old who remembers when Rappers Delight dropped no longer "hip hop"?

And I disagree that Raekwon and Pusha didn't push the landscape or hit the culture in any way.

 

[No Homo]

my god at these choices

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

lol @ Super salty

Theses polls are a joke.


Post#191 breaks down how much of a joke it is.


I'm bored at work but my opposition keeps your threads up.I'm helping u fool.

As I said, 'best' can be interpreted in many ways

you are constantly insulting a majority opinion if you think they got it wrong

I forget I'm talking to the same dude who used Beyonce to prop up Jay's MVP argument

 

[smokeurobinson]

you are constantly insulting a majority opinion if you think they got it wrong

But i voted Pusha T and he's winning


As long as Prodigy or Roc Marcs don't win i'm good

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

But i voted Pusha T and he's winning


As long as Prodigy or Roc Marcs don't win i'm good

you voted Pusha T because you felt you had no other choice

if you wanted (still want) Jay-Z, I always can add options...

what does it tell you though when nobody but you is even thinking of voting Jay-Z, maybe that lucky lefty dude

 

[smokeurobinson]

you voted Pusha T because you felt you had no other choice

No.

I voted Pusha T for the fukkery cuz this poll is jokes.

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

No.

I voted Pusha T for the fukkery cuz this poll is jokes.

guess that makes you a joker

 

[mikishere]

killah priest & prodigy being on this list but jay aint even mentioned

Spoiler

not that i was voting for him anyway lol, but off his impact and buzz that year alone he has to been mentioned... nikka left out someone who had the 2nd biggest album that entire year but this is the coli after all

 

[mobbinfms]

killah priest & prodigy being on this list but jay aint even mentioned

Spoiler

not that i was voting for him anyway lol, but off his impact and buzz that year alone he has to been mentioned... nikka left out someone who had the 2nd biggest album that entire year but this is the coli after all

His album was trash.
Killah Priest and Prodigy released far better albums, but weren't commercially successful.
That's one of the biggest questions with these threads thus far, the idea of whether a rapper can have a good year without commercial success. It's not really an issue in the 80s or 90s, but critical in these recent years.

 

[smokeurobinson]

His album was trash.
.

You'd make a terrible lawyer.
Yeezus was trash yet he got a mention

 

[Asicz]

Action Bronson had the best project that year with Blue chips 2. Curren$y followed in second with New Jet City.

 

[smokeurobinson]

Action Bronson had the best project that year with Blue chips 2. Curren$y followed in second with New Jet City.

Smh @ Action Bronson not getting a mention.

 

[ISO]

I don't know what "real hip hop agenda" means.
So are you telling me that its impossible that the younger more popular artists are putting out inferior product?
That youth and popularity always equals quality?

And I see your point about hip hop being youth culture...but it's also 40 years old at this point and you've got fans of all ages. How do you balance that. Is the 45 year old who remembers when Rappers Delight dropped no longer "hip hop"?

And I disagree that Raekwon and Pusha didn't push the landscape or hit the culture in any way.

I don't think they are putting out inferior products.

How did Rae push the landscape or hit the culture in any way? What sound did Linx 2 usher in, what lyrical styles came out of it, what trends or slang did it start, what MC's or producers did it influence, what classic songs came out of it that the hip hop community as a whole embraces or song that just symbolize a movement or moment? The first Cuban Linx had all of that, the second was forgettable. Cuban Linx 2 was an album that only 90's stans/Wu stans held in high regard, the sequel to an All-Time classic. People weren't playing that shyt popularity matters its not the biggest factor but it matters. Linx 2 is an album that had been on the shelf for years, due to label politics and other shyt it came out in '09 but it's not an '09 album, I believe some of those Dilla beats were old already. I almost NEVER see this album mentioned on this site.

Pusha had one of the best albums of 2013, he wasn't the best rapper though he wasn't THAT nikka in 2013. Drake had the album, the features, the moments, he was the man, his album was a victory lap around the rap game. He wasn't just popular he had the quality and acclaim to match.

It's funny looking at the polls in the 90's and 80's the rappers winning were the popular rappers of the time and the young guys, the closer we get to the present y'all got rappers winning and shyt.

 

[Asicz]

Smh @ Action Bronson not getting a mention.

That's mostly because thread starter doesnt realize the retail album has nearly if not totally become Obsolete by this time period. Rap became singles based and mixtapes based.