Most consistent Rappers of all time

[nieman]

Black Thought
Ghostface Killah
Cormega
Tragedy Khadafi

Everyone else is pretty much all over the place

 

[CELL]

Nas, Jay and you know what I'm gonna put it out there and say Curren$y. He's been dropping at the very least 6/10 material for the past 3/4 years. That's no mean feat

 

[phatphuck]

Masta Ace. Dude just gets better with age.

Take A Look Around
Slaughtahouse
Sittin on Chrome
Disposable Arts
A Long Hot Summer
MA DOOM: Son of Yvonne

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ace prolly the only mc that NEVER had a wack project

 

[inndaskKy]

/thread

ace prolly the only mc that NEVER had a wack project

2Pacalypse Now
Strictly 4 My N.IG.G.A.Z.
Thug Life
Me Against The World
All Eyez On Me
Killuminati

 

[Reggie]

Of course Nas and Jay-z pretty much will lead the pack. Ghostface and Rick Ross are pretty consistent too. Even T.I. should be on this list. And most definitely Kanye West. Hate all u want the boy been giving us damn good music now for about a decade.

 

[Bugsmoran]

Scarface is consistent as fukk.... the last solo album he put out can go song for song wit the album he put out 20 years ago

 

[Schwarzkopf]

The nikka drizzy by far, but lol @ n1ggaz mentioning common & jadakiss

there's a lot of consistent rappers, you can't come in like 8 posts deep and start laughin at motherfukkers

 

[nieman]

Scarface has The Diary (his best album), The Fix and Emeritus. The rest of his albums are...EHH.

Nas has I Am & Nastradamus that are very sub par to trash

Jay-Z only has 4 albums worth mentioning - Reasonable Doubt, Blueprint, The Black Album, American Gangster

what about MOP

 

[Bugsmoran]

Scarface has The Diary (his best album), The Fix and Emeritus. The rest of his albums are...EHH.

you talkin reckless




all these albums either classic or borderline classic

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[Never Broke Again]

so many people saying hov

hit then miss his entire career

 

[Gotright]

gucci

 

[LittleLordBboy]

Shorter peaks of excellence > long periods of above-average to good IMO
I would rather an artist attempt multiple ways to achieve greatness to keep the material fresh (i.e switching up beat styles, content, etc.). Particularly because as the culture progresses and moves in different directions you shouldn't feel the need to cling to one particular style.
As opposed to discovering one great thing (autotune, etc.) and doing it worse as the years go on. RARELY is an artist able to deliver an equal product time after time and have all the records be almost identical. I can't think of one great artist who I felt hasn't had to tweak what they do over time while maintaing their vibe to maintain their status as elite. You can stay true to yourself while trying new things.