Mt. Rushmore of Rap is Jayz, 2pac, Nas, and Biggie..(poll included)

[blackslash]

Illmatic is the mete by which all albums are compared. Illmatic set the bar.

I personally am not a fan of illmatic, stillmatic is more my style, but to act like that album did not set a bar in hiphop arguably unmatched by any other artist in any era is laughable.

Not to mention his victory in a battle of the giants.

Stop it. To act like Nas is a slouch thats really just hate.

No rapper looking to be respected for his lyrical ability can ever say anything negative about Nas.

Like gator king pointed out the influence does not show

There is no rapper no rapper using Nas' style

Yea ppl may say illmatic was the greatest rap album of all time butthats a result of group think...

That idea doesn't show when u look at the landscape of hip hop

Kanye's influence is large and visible clearly

Kanye deserves that 4th spot Nas dnt

 

[FukkaPaidEmail]

Was Nas more influential than Scarface(Geto boys work included) and Outkast?Y'all just can't ignore the south .I'm leaning toward knocking Nas off that list,even though he may be of the greatest lyricists his influence doesn't match up to a lot of artists.Dr.Dre,Cube,and Ice T has had a bigger influence on rap than he has.Hell i don't hink he's top 10

Kanye shouldn't be in this discussion for the 4 spot...

 

[Techniec]

pac, scarface, nas, cube

 

[H.I.M.]

Putting Nas on a "Hip Hop Mt. Rushmore" is an absolute joke. He may be popular among hardcore hip hop heads, but he isn't a transcendent figure in rap in the slightest. I would say 50, Em or Snoop have more of a case of being on a "hip hop mt rushmore" than Nas. And most definitely Cube or Dre.

if your dealing with facts then you would know mt rushmore represents the "history" of the nation and is named after a prominent new york attorney.

hence the name of the mountain should be called Mt. Osse and faces on it would be Melle Mel, Rakim, 2Pac & Nas

That would be correct. Also, the heads on Mt. Rushmore represent the most influential, innovative & iconic figures in American politics.

Based on this metric, a hip-hop Mt Rushmore would have to look something like this.

LL Cool J (1st Platinum hip-hop artist, one of the 1st to give the genre wide ranging credibility and a large cross section of fans)

Ice Cube/Dr. Dre on one head (changed the content of rap music forever)

2Pac (Most iconic and recognizable face worldwide in the genre)

Eminem (100 Million albums sold, nuff said)

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

No, Nas impact on hip hop is miniscule & he isn't as recognizable as the other guys, he doesn't fit in with the rest of those guys. Kanye should take his spot.

While I don't think ye deserves nas's spot, I think he should be on there...as a fifth. But if I had to take one out it'd be Biggie.

If Nas was really as influential as yall claim, then mainstream rap wouldn't suck as bad as it has the past 10 years....

Dude is probably the greatest rapper ever..But n1ggas are rarely influenced by sh1t thats good...


Search unsigned acts on youtube and you will find way more Juicy J/Gucci influence than Nas could ever dream of having.

In a time of mimickery, no shyt. These dudes have radio hits and are easy to clone, that's like trying to make your game like these and 1 street ballers vs the wilts, shaqs, jordans, lebrons. And really, how many rappers have come trying to sound like hov? Not many, but a bunch of these cats all know and recognize him, nas, ye, big, pac as greats that can't be emulated. You said it yourself, ain't too many cats influenced by what's quality, it's what's hot and easy to jump on

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Putting Nas on a "Hip Hop Mt. Rushmore" is an absolute joke. He may be popular among hardcore hip hop heads, but he isn't a transcendent figure in rap in the slightest. I would say 50, Em or Snoop have more of a case of being on a "hip hop mt rushmore" than Nas. And most definitely Cube or Dre.



That would be correct. Also, the heads on Mt. Rushmore represent the most influential, innovative & iconic figures in American politics.

Based on this metric, a hip-hop Mt Rushmore would have to look something like this.

LL Cool J (1st Platinum hip-hop artist, one of the 1st to give the genre wide ranging credibility and a large cross section of fans)

Ice Cube/Dr. Dre on one head (changed the content of rap music forever)

2Pac (Most iconic and recognizable face worldwide in the genre)

Eminem (100 Million albums sold, nuff said)

Isn't a mt Rushmore of rap an ode to hip hop lol @ only hardcore hip hop heads wanting him on there. Y'all need to make better cases.

 

[Ego Noir]

Putting Nas on a "Hip Hop Mt. Rushmore" is an absolute joke. He may be popular among hardcore hip hop heads, but he isn't a transcendent figure in rap in the slightest. I would say 50, Em or Snoop have more of a case of being on a "hip hop mt rushmore" than Nas. And most definitely Cube or Dre.



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Youre talking about pop. Mainstream measures.

Were talking about from within. Would you have casuals sitting up here talmbout Tyson is the best boxer ever?

You have to talk from within. And within hiphop, Nas is by far the most respected. His debut is by far the most revered.

People who legit like hiphop is still checking for Nas, even though hes not even a guy who stays in the limelight. Im an 88 baby and I can give a fukk about a Cube. Dre?

Snoop?

 

[Ego Noir]

Isn't a mt Rushmore of rap an ode to hip hop lol @ only hardcore hip hop heads wanting him on there. Y'all need to make better cases.

Exactly, like the thoughts of casual fans matter in the logistics of any artform

 

[CrimsonTider]

It ain't no list without Kanye

And there are better arguments to leave Nas off than to keep him

 

[RugbyCardigan]

No, Nas impact on hip hop is miniscule & he isn't as recognizable as the other guys, he doesn't fit in with the rest of those guys. Kanye should take his spot.

Agreed.

 

[RugbyCardigan]

Are u retarded, Biggie and Jay, ESPECIALLY JAY, were heavily influenced by Nas

That has to suck considering Jay became bigger than he ever was

And most people have BIG and Jay over him all time so who won?

 

[FukkaPaidEmail]

Youre talking about pop. Mainstream measures.

Were talking about from within. Would you have casuals sitting up here talmbout Tyson is the best boxer ever?

You have to talk from within. And within hiphop, Nas is by far the most respected. His debut is by far the most revered.

People who legit like hiphop is still checking for Nas, even though hes not even a guy who stays in the limelight. Im an 88 baby and I can give a fukk about a Cube. Dre?

Snoop?

Dre changed hip hop by helping giving birth to Gangsta rap and releasing The Chronic ...his influence and Nas' shouldn't be compared .Dre is on a totally different level.

Snoop may not belong on the "mt.rushmore" but Doggystyle is more influential than any Nas album .The most influential thing Nas has ever done is change the way people view the word ether.

 

[prophecypro]

See this is where some of you go to the other extreme

Your Mt Rushmore is gonna depend entirely on the region you grew up in and era you listened to Hip Hop. For some its the founding fathers or those first impact golden age MCs like KRS, Rakim, Kane, Chuck D. For some its the 90s and early 2000s of Pac, Nas, Big, Jay, for others its adding Kanye and Eminem or Wayne in the 2000s.

Now if you from the east coast or europe or 27 plus of course Nas is gonna be there. Maybe not if you're from the south and now but we aint talking only that

But to say shyt like Nas wasnt impactful when the people you argue should replace him have admitted they inspired them is just silly. Same deal with any number of guys.

Why does it always happen?

The Mt Rushmore argument is always a dumb thing in any comparison to art and sports as if a whole culture can be boiled down to only 4 guys.

 

[H.I.M.]

Isn't a mt Rushmore of rap an ode to hip hop lol @ only hardcore hip hop heads wanting him on there. Y'all need to make better cases.

Well every case i've heard why he should be on there is just not cutting the mustard. He's just simply not an iconic enough figure to be placed on a hip hop mt rushmore. Seems like the main argument for Nas is influence... well, everybody on my Mt. Rushmore has influenced Nas (outside of Em) And there are over a dozen rappers more influential than Nas in rap's history. So that argument just doesn't fly.

Youre talking about pop. Mainstream measures.

Were talking about from within. Would you have casuals sitting up here talmbout Tyson is the best boxer ever?

You have to talk from within. And within hiphop, Nas is by far the most respected

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His debut is by far the most revered.

People who legit like hiphop is still checking for Nas

 

[BlackMajik]

That's the Mt. Rushmore of a New York centric person lol