Complex: 50 Best New York Rappers of All-Time

[FreshAIG]

Lloyd Banks, Sheek Louch. shock G from NY. shyt Tupac from NY. Black Rob, G Dep are honorable mentions.

Biz Markie only got 1 memorable song.

You wildin bro

 

[Eastside Get The Money]

Ice Spice been out a year and got like 3 joints wtf

 

[prophecypro]

AZ or Juelz could have gotten on there
EPMD, Keith Murray,Sticky from Onyx maybe Joey Badass Masta Ace etc
Others are from Jersey or upstate or Philly

 

[ajnapoleon]

Lloyd Banks, Sheek Louch. shock G from NY. shyt Tupac from NY. Black Rob, G Dep are honorable mentions.

Biz Markie only got 1 memorable song.

u disrespectful af with that biz

or ignorant to history

i was just about to hit him with a bunch of songs

so damn disrepectfull

 

[kes929]

I’m not going to allow this list to piss me off today.

 

[kes929]

These lists are created to generate engagement, that's all. That being said...top 5 looks normal to me. It's always gonna be some collection of those 5, or should be.

Yea normal BS

 

[Juggalo Fred]

No Myzery? No Lex the Hex Master?

 

[mundL]

Nicki above KRS-One is just ludacris

Not surprised he's not on this one but I'd love to see Vast Aire on some of these lists here and there

His performance on The Cold Vein is so effin legendary man

 

[Knucklehead]

No Myzery? No Lex the Hex Master?

No Lex the Hex Master must have been an oversight. Fairly certain they’ll publish an apology with him in the top 10 imminently.

 

[Ol’Otis]

Full list:
1) Jay-Z
2) Biggie
3) Nas
4) Rakim
5) LL Cool J
6) 50 Cent
7) Nicki Minaj
8) DMX
9) Busta Rhymes
10) KRS-One
11) Prodigy
12) Lil Kim
13) Ghostface
14) MF Doom
15) Big Pun
16) Jadakiss
17) Cam'ron
18) Mos Def
19) Big Daddy Kane
20) Slick Rick
21) Method Man
22) Chuck D
23) Run
24) Q-Tip
25) Cardi B
26) Raekwon
27) Pop Smoke
28) Mase
29) Big L
30) Kool G Rap
31) Fat Joe
32) Fabolous
33) GZA
34) Foxy Brown
35) ODB
36) Kool Keith
37) Ja Rule
38) MC Lyte
39) Nore
40) Kool Moe Dee
41) ASAP Rocky
42) Sean Price
43) Melle Mel
44) Grand Puba
45) Jim Jones
46) Styles P
47) Biz Markie
48) Diddy
49) Pharoahe Monch
50) Ice Spice

Diddy and Ice Spice

 

[CHICAGOrilla]

So they really gon sit up with a straight face and tell me Nicki is better than Mos Def, Big L, Method Man, DOOM, Sean P and GZA?

 

[AQz]

List is terrible

 

[Goat poster]

I don't like the order but not a horrible list was glad to see Kool Keith and DOOM on it. The only glaring omission is Guru but maybe they are calling him a Boston MC.

I don't know anyone who considers Guru a NY MC.

 

[DaKidFromNoWhere]

I’m not going to allow this list to piss me off today.

Same as I feel.
List was done by vultures

 

[papa pimp]

same generic white music media list you'd see anywhere else