Bugsmoran's Opinion. The Real 20 Greatest Emcees of all Time: Unbiased Edition

[Mac Casper]

4/5 - Solid

 

[Mac Casper]

4.5/5

 

[Mac Casper]

That's 2001 - 2004, years that also included many great features. Mac Dre is the truth. I'm sick of clowns like you stuck in your ways because you don't know no better. Recognize or live in the dark and be ignorant

Let's start on the other side of his catalog.

5/5 - an absolute gem, from front to back. 21 tracks released in the same November as Snoop's Doggystyle, which also had about 20 tracks. I dare you, do the Pepsi challenge

put up Doggystyle to Young Black Brotha side by side and listen to them both. Do it and I bet it will make your day

 

[Art Barr]

*daps*

She writes her own raps.. that was never a question

there was some controversary about her taking production credit and not giving credit to dudes helping write the R&B songs

no,..my nikka..
there is controversy on her, writing her rhymes, too.
then,..again,....
every female emcee, not named bahamadia.
damn near, used a gw, or faked the funk writing.
as that is the female rap game and it has no cultural rules like male emcee'n.
if it did,.....imo,..bahamadia is the actual all time best female emcee, turned rapper.


art barr

 

[Art Barr]

Better than Redman's corny, caricature, faux-lyrical bum ass.

you never liked red,.......

BREH!!!!!!!
agree to disagree,..........

art barr

 

[Art Barr]

You think TIP and Wayne deserve slots over DMX and Redman? Not sure about that one bro.

ooOOHHHHHH,....

never that,...
tip, and weezy have some facts that should possibly come to light,..before they get ranked all time.


art barr

 

[Art Barr]

Damn....so what the fukk was Busta thinking when he had that nikka on the bench?

he was not nice, then.

plus,..busta lost the most talented newcomer in rap history.
so,..roc being lost to the fray, was not the biggest lost, ever.


art barr

 

[Art Barr]

Facts. Even to this day it can't be said.

nikkaz,...wanna say it, and make it true, though.....


art barr

 

[Art Barr]

Should add I believe - TRULY - that if you can make a top 10 or top 20 list I do not trust your opinions or appreciation of hip hop as a legit art form. It's fukking art, fam... there are no top anythings. This isn't a fukking track meet with quantifiable statistics. I can't imagine declaring Jay top 5 while shorting KRS... or Sayin Ghost is the man while ignoring Kool Keith... or propping up average M.C.s like Guru and Cl Smooth because they were fortunate enough to team up with beast producers while penalizing.. shyt, even nikkas like A-Butta.

nikkas like Mega and Roc Marci already got better output than a lot of "legends" but sad ass old nostaljacks too stubborn and uninformed to know as much.

the reason why I don't rank over the top five.. is,...
the actual skill sets and content of the emcee's, in the real top five.
really were never trumped, and it is more influenced from a sales based seedings or change of cultural sentiment or thought.
that kept emcees, who were no longer a draw.
from being relevant, or made them fall off.
or they excelled at an age,..that took anyone else three to ten years age wise to be the equivalent.


in the case of mega, or roc...

both have age,..to kill their argument from the beginning.

on top of,.......
mega,..can't be credited over anyone.
he was to off beat and technically inferior as a spitter for to long.
if I rank mega high...I have to rank sole, alternatively high as well.

I won't do either,......
when it comes to roc marc,...I would rank him high,..
yet, if I rank him rank..
I would have to rank jamal really high, too.

when both really did not from start to finish skill wise.
had to ramp up, from youth or admin issues, or both.
also,...you know, I know all about people being or never getting any recognition.

so, I have had to be objective about this,..for my own well being......

as real talk,...
me and juice are slighted, so much..
it is ridiculous.........

just nikkaz, trying to drop with no paper, or write in their head or any of that shyt.
all became an actual draw from ju, going off top.
while others tried to find an alternative, to actually really freestyling off the head.
after the ju vs the entire westcoast wakeup show freestyle, and other predating it.

even before that,..ju was making rounds and never propped.
when he actually had the number charting bds college radio record, and actual number one record, too.




art barr

 

[Funcrusher]

Impact, influence, consistency

1. Tupac Shakur
2. Rakim
3. Jay-Z
4. Ice Cube
5. Nas
6. KRS-One
7. Slick Rick
8. Big Daddy Kane
9. Kool G. Rap
10. Scarface
11. Mac Dre
12. Eminem
13. LL Cool J
14. DMX
15. Lil Wayne
16. Raekwon
17. Busta Rhymes
18. E-40
19. Ghostface Killah
20. Lil Wayne
21. Snoop Dogg*
22. Andre 3000
23. Common
24. Notorious B.I.G.
25. Too $hort

Lil Wayne twice on that list though, what happened

 

[Bugsmoran]

with that being said...no pun? you excluded him based on his catalog

Only thing that really impressed me about Pun was his breath control and he lost that by the time he dropped his 2nd album...u could hear him struggling to breath

Big Pun never did nothing groundbreaking... Maybe broke the ground literally when he walked

Lol nah seriously tho I would put Pharoahe Monch on the list before Pun. Monch was more versatile wit his flow and just as good lyrically

 

[LandryFieldsDad]

Only thing that really impressed me about Pun was his breath control and he lost that by the time he dropped his 2nd album...u could hear him struggling to breath

Big Pun never did nothing groundbreaking... Maybe broke the ground literally when he walked

Lol nah seriously tho I would put Pharoahe Monch on the list before Pun. Monch was more versatile wit his flow and just as good lyrically

fair enough

 

[THE K-MAN]

not a bad list

i would switch redman and slick rick for KRS and Kane in that top 10 list imo

 

[FreshAIG]

Melle Mel
Grandmaster Caz
Rakim
Big Daddy Kane
Nas
Kool G Rap
Biggie
Jay-Z
Ice Cube
LL Cool J
Redman
Scarface
Cam'ron
Big Punisher
Masta Ace
Pharoahe Monch
Chuck D

Are all guarantees. The rest I'd have to figure out for the other slots. No order though

 

[Jimmy ValenTime]

1. Rakim aka The God aka Rakim Allah



The Greatest lyricist of all time...
Not only did he change the game Lyrically he also changed the way Rappers Flow.
Rakim brought that Street Hustler image into the game, cut all that smiling out in HipHop... The Rap Game Got Real When Rakim Came in the Game!







2. Tupac



Nobody made you Feel it like Pac did... The emotion he put into his raps made him great.
Took Reality Rap to another level.



3. Nas aka Nasty Nas aka Nas Escobar



one of the greatest storytellers, took lyrics to another level, great Concepts


4. Ice Cube




one of the greatest Storytellers, first to mix Politics with Gangsta music, mad Witty.


You hear Ice Cube's influence in everybody from Nas to Dead Prez.. Saigon to Killer Mike.





5. Scarface




The deepest Mc of all time, brought Jesus into Gangsta Rap, great Storyteller.

argubly the best Catalog ever... Diary, Untouchable, The Fix, Geto Boys - Ressurection and till Death Do Us Part albums...
alot of Classic albums!







6. Kool G Rap




one of the greatest Storytellers, mad lyrical.. introduced the rap game to Muti's wit Kane, first Eastcoast cat doing Gangsta Rap albums

nobody stayed more consistent Lyrically longer than Kool G Rap.







7. Biggie Smalls




One of if not the most complete MC on the mic... rhymes for girls, street raps, storytelling, battle raps.. he did it all at a very high level







8. Jay Z



He has the most bitten Flows...
This Dude switches his Flow up on every Song and Many of them been bit

9. Slick Rick




The Greatest Storyteller Ever...
Argubly the most Entertaining Mc on the mic.

The Godfather of Swag!

10. Redman aka Funk Doctor Spoc




Redman mixed off beat Humor with raw street cypher style Spittin.
in his prime... from 92 - 96 if you said Redman was the best Emcee alive i wouldnt argue.






11. Krs One



The Teacher... when Krs spit you listened and learned...

started the off beat conversational flow.

One of the most consistent Mc's.





12.Eminem




one of the few Emcee's that mastered the art of rhyming from a technical point of view.








13. Big Daddy Kane



Kane was the first Punchline Rapper i can remember... every other line had me hittin the rewind button. He was a beast at Flowing.

14. Lauryn Hill



Incredible Lyricist, Great Flow, Great Singer, One of the best live performers...







15. Treach



It seemed like he was trying to lose u with his Wordplay.... ill Rhyme Schemes
and his Flow was deadly....Treach is probably the Greatest Mc at Flowing.

Naughty by Nature was responsible for making Hooks important in HipHop.
After songs like O.P.P. and HipHop Hooray rappers had to step their Hook Game up.







16. Andre 3000



One of the greatest lyricist to come from the South.







17. LL Cool J



One of the most Consistent Mc's ever.
LL was the first putting songs for the Females and songs for the real HipHop heads on the same album.

One of the Greatest Battle Rappers on Wax!







18. Dmx


Took HipHop back to the streets.

19. Chuck D



One of the greatest Voices.
King of politically and socially conscious Rap Music.


20. Common



Dope Voice.
One of the greatest Lyricist.
One of the most Consistent Mc's

not who i would put on my list but not bad