Complex: 50 Best New York Rappers of All-Time

[Ripp]

People are gonna claim her Monster verse is better or on par with this, but all that woman did was scream, use funny voices, and make funny faces in the video, and it just happened to be the closing verse.

It was alright... let me tell you what broke my heart one day... I was on the train and this middle aged white dude was having a conversation with this Asian girl. Idk if that was his girl or he was tryna get the draws but for some reason he says to her "you know what's the greatest rap verse of all time? Nicki Minaj Monster"

I immediately cranked my headphones to the max. My heart couldn't stand to hear how the rest of that convo went. That shyt still irks me to this day.

 

[Ripp]

No Loaded Lux or Murda Mook?

 

[Ripp]

No Stack Bundles? Sorry for blasting this thread but I can't contain my anger and disappointment

 

[the artist known az]

I KNEW it was gonna be bullshyt. Opened anyway saw ice fukking spice and closed the window. I'm never looking at another list again, they got what they wanted

 

[Ripp]

first off you have the right to your opinion and some will agree with you
let’s evaluate this ….
the mid to late 90s were the pinnacle of hip-hop and Nas and Jay-Z put out their best work during that era (and I don’t think that’s even debatable)

now, with that said Biggie was 2 , 3 maybe even 4 times more relevant then Nas and Jay-Z during that era (and this is no disrespect to them. I’m just stating the actual facts.) and when I say relevant, I’m talking about album sales , singles sales , how many spins gotten on the radio, in the streets, at the clubs, music video played and just overall talked about in a general form.

At the end of the day, it’s damn near impossible to rank them above Biggie because of their longevity when they both was fighting for that number 2 and 3 spot when Biggie was alive and well

This is very revisionist... Jay z wasn't fighting for a 2 or 4 spot when Biggie was alive... Jay was fighting to get in the top 10 if not top 15. Reasonable Doubt was a good album but wasn't hitting like that. It didn't start getting touted as an all time level album until about 2001. Nas off the bat was looked at as the second coming. Album was critically acclaimed and solidified in the streets. Biggie was not 4 times more relevant than Nas even when you list his sales and all that other shyt.. if you from NY and was actually around, NAS was HIM forget all that glitz and glam. And Nas dropped before BIG. Nas was definitely regarded as the best rapper when Illmatic dropped and if anything biggie was tryna catch up to him. You can argue that he did but thats another story. Just don't group early Nas and Jay together as if they were always peers... Jay was a little nikka to big.... therefore Jay was also a little nikka to nas. There was a three way tie between Nas, Big and Meth before Jay ever released an album

 

[Knucklehead]

No Loaded Lux or Murda Mook?

Respectfully battle rappers and someone like Stack Bundles without a proper album are never gonna make a mainstream publication Best Of list.

 

[spliz]

first off you have the right to your opinion and some will agree with you
let’s evaluate this ….
the mid to late 90s were the pinnacle of hip-hop and Nas and Jay-Z put out their best work during that era (and I don’t think that’s even debatable)

now, with that said Biggie was 2 , 3 maybe even 4 times more relevant then Nas and Jay-Z during that era (and this is no disrespect to them. I’m just stating the actual facts.) and when I say relevant, I’m talking about album sales , singles sales , how many spins gotten on the radio, in the streets, at the clubs, music video played and just overall talked about in a general form.

At the end of the day, it’s damn near impossible to rank them above Biggie because of their longevity when they both was fighting for that number 2 and 3 spot when Biggie was alive and well

nikka this is pure fan fiction. Lol

 

[spliz]

how does that even make sense

u sound like a kid lol

It makes perfect sense think about it.

 

[Knucklehead]

Actually took a lot longer than you would have thought to become a “who was actually more popular in the 90s” debate

 

[murksiderock]

New Yawk nikkas in here tight the list isn't terrible as far as the names on there but once you get past the Top 4 the order is what makes it trash. Definitely a bunch of names in front of people who shouldn't be....

 

[Cladyclad]

It makes perfect sense think about it.

No it don’t. Jay z is winning on every metric. Nas is not in the same tier. Hell no rapper is

I know it hurts y’all and make it sick to y’all stomach

But thems the facts

 

[-DMP-]

Lol this shyt be like clock work

 

[spliz]

No it don’t. Jay z is winning on every metric. Nas is not in the same tier. Hell no rapper is

I know it hurts y’all and make it sick to y’all stomach

But thems the facts

It does. And Jay ain’t in a different tier than Nas.

 

[Bondye Vodou]

Biggie the GOAT period and deserves the #1 spot.

 

[Cladyclad]

It does. And Jay ain’t in a different tier than Nas.

Jay at his own table