Meccapolis Top 100 New York Rappers List
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Piff Perkins
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NY fell off because they couldn't write good songs once the r&b singer hook thing phased out (besides 50), and because the city stifled the club/venue scene while ATL/LA/Midwest/etc didn't have that problem. Their radio was also run by guys who deliberately refused to play NY artists. I also think a lot of their artists struggled to appeal to east coast dudes who expect you to look/sound like Nas/Jay/etc or else. Joey Badass managed to pop because he brought in some alternative black kids, white kids and a looooot of chicks. Same with ASAP. Whereas a lot of the NY shyt I fukked with at the time (Roc Marci, AG The Coroner, Maffew Ragazino, etc) didn't appeal to those groups, and they weren't fly enough for a lot of NY brehs.
I doubt we'll ever see a big NY (dude) rapper again.
Spot on.
I truthfully feel like NYC rap fell off due to older more established artists competing and shutting out the younger talent instead of grooming them.
That and the radio further pushing and supporting that narrative, leaving younger artists out in the cold and clinging to other regions like the South (ATL,MIA) and the Midwest (CHI).
Those aren’t the only reasons.
Another reason is that new NYC producers are very one note. So the sound didn’t transcend the way it was supposed to. Drill was a good transition but drill gets dry fast bc all the drill producers sound the same. The best drill producer is from the UK
The other reason is the NYC OGs of Hip Hop won’t pass the crown to younger generation because they were too busy still rapping themselves. So the youth did it themselves and represented a new New York that the older people don’t like. Which causes an age divide.
This doesn’t happen in the south or west
Kendrick was immediately embraced by Game, Dre, Snoop, etc
ASAP Rocky was getting shytted on by the NYC elder statesmen initially
Figaro
Superstar
Masta Ace legit has credentials to be in the top 30/35 rapper list of all time.
Being #73 in a New York list is crazy.
Being #73 in a New York list is crazy.
Awesome Wells
The Ghost of Jack Tripper
This is exactly what it was.
The OG's who used to guide the newer artists, all left NYC and moved to other cities and states. Every new generation of MC's had to find their own way, after that. Back in the day, if you were new in NYC, you had established artists who would take you under their wing and help you navigate in both the studio and the streets. Today, if you're a new rapper from NY and just getting started, you're not gonna have that guidance and OG with you to help.
Every legend from the Golden Era had someone with them who was older and helping them to get on, and stay out of bullsh*t. Our OG's today who are from NY, don’t even live in NY anymore. They all moved to Cali or went South. Premier spoke on this recently too. And that's caused the newer generations to have to figure everything out on their own. They got left behind. Which is why the music is so trash now, and they can't seem to stay away from bullsh*t or getting killed. No guidance.
Capone and Noreaga's low ratings age worse every ten.
Papoose and skyzoo over them is fukking insane breh
Papoose and skyzoo over them is fukking insane breh
Awesome Wells
The Ghost of Jack Tripper
Papoose being a better rapper than G-Dep, Nature, Diamond, CL, Jeru, AG, Benny, and Smoothe is beyond retarded.
This is why people who aren't from NY, shouldn't make these lists.
I don't think I can take the amount of BS I'm about to see placed over Masta fukking Ace 
72 NY MC's
I just know your team put Westside Gunn and Lloyd Banks and some other BS over Masta Ace.
Call me an old head, but I'm out
72 NY MC's
I just know your team put Westside Gunn and Lloyd Banks and some other BS over Masta Ace.Call me an old head, but I'm out
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Your hating on Max B is ridiculous. He was our last hope.
You talking about hits when his mixtapes where flying....he was blackballed still bubbling.....and helped craft 2 classics behind the scenes.
It was the mixtape era; nobody gave a fukk about "hits"
A.G. wasn't even nice. he had dope songs.
Isn't this an MC list? not a DOPE ALBUM/SONG list?
This is an MC list. Pop Smoke is 1000x better than A.G. as a rapper on every single metric.
He's also way more original.
Cats is on A.G's dikk cause he was down with DITC and apparently bout that shyt.
He sounded like 100 other rappers from that era.
Pop sounded like no-one.
He should have ranked waaaay lower IMO. Breh is a legend.
Max B is one of the most influential rappers of the last 20 years are you seriously comparing him to Tony Yayo?
