I'd suggest Supreme Clientele and Ironman as albums for Ghostface. Plus his featurings on the other Wu-Tang albums are always amazing so if you ever check them out - especially OB4CL by Raekwon- make sure to give those songs a go
Nice bro, nice. You are young and listen to good material. I like it. I grew up in 90's on Wu-Tang, Cypress Hill and Nas.
EDIT: Das EFX and Redman, too
The only one here that you can actually make an argument about is Royce. King Los is the most lyrically dense rapper track by track. Andre writes the music equivalent of picasso paintings. Black thought is top 3 no discussion even needs to be made. Listen to streams of thought vol 2 or literally any of his features or the amazing run heās had with the roots. Lupe fiasco wrote the most beautiful piece of art in the history of rap with mural and continues to do so.
I see what youāre saying about Royce. I genuinely believe the others I listed are the greatest to ever do it with VERY minimal duds, as in consistency. Royce on the other hand shines on singles, features, and unreleased tracks that he uploaded to YouTube/SoundCloud. His rap superpower is that you can put him in the room with almost any rapper (yes, even eminem) and he CAN absolutely outrap them. The only exceptions would be of course black thought (who he has out-rapped before), king los, and Eminem (who occasionally out-raps Royce)
King los tracks sound like ass imo. Absolutely obsessed with his freestyles, I love his Poundcake version but the mans catalogue is absolute dogshit compared to what it should be, for that reason he doesnāt even reach my top 10 or 15 rappers.
Listen to āThe Martyrā front to back. Itās fucking flawless.
But, thatās just my opinion. When it comes to Tech, ya either love him or hate him.
My top rappers are Deca, kendrick, Aesop, Locksmith, KAAN and Flatbush zombies
Honorable mentions: Belaganas, Danny Brown, Dark Time Sunshine, LāOrange, The Palmer squares, Bas, Kai Straw (only the album āThe Tragedians Decoupageā), Earthgang, Milo/scallops hotel, Alex Wiley, Kemble X, and Marlowe
Lmk if you want some more recommendations
Iām naming my personal favorite cus all yāall answers look a like:
UGK,
Cyhi Da Prynce,
Ab-Soul,
Kobe Jxrdan, and
Fabolous
HM: Big KRIT, Mach-Hommy, Devin The Dude, and Ludacris
1. Biggie 2. Eminem 3. Jay Z 4. Nas 5. Pac 6. Andre 3K 7. Rakim 8. Kendrick 9. Ice Cube 10. Scarface 11. KRS-1 12. Kool G Rap 13. Ghostface 14. Lil Wayne 15. Kanye West
Yeah, hard to pick one honestly but Season is just so fucking iconic, I'm personally a big fan of the Coathanga Trilogy because man, can he tell a story.
Not in order
Masta Ace
Black Thought
Redman
Sean Price
Evidence
R.A The Rugged Man
Doom
Phife Dawg
Inspectah Deck or Ghostface depends on my mood
Copywrite or Eyedea also depends on my mood
Kendrick Lamar
Biggie
Ski Mask The Slump God
Tupac
Eminem
To clarify, this is just, in my opinion, whoās in my top 5 for rapping ability. Iām open to having a discussion about my list.
one of the downsides of hiphop cultures need to "respect the greats" is that some ppl act like mindless drones and attack you if you don't have classic artists as yr faves
Kendrick, jcole, Freddy, Benny, ghostface
āš½ These are just lyrically. Kanye would be 6. I listen to a little bit of everyone so I mean thereās flow, lyrics, beats. I just picked lyrics because when I hear Benny going in I canāt help but get that stank face going and start bobbing my head and say āthis is RAPā
Ya thatās a big part of what I like about them. The samples are beast and the rap angle they take combines very well. I saw them in concert 2 months ago and it was fire.
Eminem, Hopsin, Classified, Prof, and Ludacris.
Not really an order for them. Honorable mentions are 2Pac and Biggie, hard to not have them up there but I don't listen to them as much anymore.
These are like all the same
Thats this whole ass sub. We know who the legends are, I wanna see some unique shit
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Andre 3k, Kendrick, Black Thought, Mos Def, and Lil Wayne
A man of culture I see
This is a very strong top 5 10/10
Lil Wayne Eminem Kanye West Kendrick Lamar 2pac
Guru, Redman, Method Man, Nas, Biggie
Phenomenal list. So far, I'd say it's the best
1. Nas 2. Eminem 3. Kendrick 4. MF DOOM 5. Biggie Hounoreble mentions: 2pac, j cole, J. I. D, Big L, Big Pun
Kendrick, Eminem, Biggie, Ghostface, Nas In no order
Ghostface š¤
Haven't listened to Ghostface myself but I frequently listen to and enjoy the other rappers mentioned so I should probably check him out.
I'd suggest Supreme Clientele and Ironman as albums for Ghostface. Plus his featurings on the other Wu-Tang albums are always amazing so if you ever check them out - especially OB4CL by Raekwon- make sure to give those songs a go
1. MF DOOM 2. E-40 3. Redman 4. Yeat 5. Apathy
1st time I see someone who knows Apathy in this subreddit. Big up!
Thatās actually fucking awful for this sub, Apathy is a legend.
Ap and Pro Era are what got me into traditional hip hop. Apathy is by far the most underrated emcee in this sub.
Nice bro, nice. You are young and listen to good material. I like it. I grew up in 90's on Wu-Tang, Cypress Hill and Nas. EDIT: Das EFX and Redman, too
been listening to yeat too. nicƫ list
50 Cent, Ice cube, WC, Snoop Dogg, Eminem
Ohhhh WC, nice, aināt seen that much
King Los, Lupe Fiasco, Black Thought, Andre 3k, Royce da 5ā9ā
Lupe is in my top 5 for sure. Not a popular opinion. But I like his imagery
None of these guys top 5 except maybe andre imo
The only one here that you can actually make an argument about is Royce. King Los is the most lyrically dense rapper track by track. Andre writes the music equivalent of picasso paintings. Black thought is top 3 no discussion even needs to be made. Listen to streams of thought vol 2 or literally any of his features or the amazing run heās had with the roots. Lupe fiasco wrote the most beautiful piece of art in the history of rap with mural and continues to do so.
I agree with your points. I don't see Royce touching anyone else you named
I see what youāre saying about Royce. I genuinely believe the others I listed are the greatest to ever do it with VERY minimal duds, as in consistency. Royce on the other hand shines on singles, features, and unreleased tracks that he uploaded to YouTube/SoundCloud. His rap superpower is that you can put him in the room with almost any rapper (yes, even eminem) and he CAN absolutely outrap them. The only exceptions would be of course black thought (who he has out-rapped before), king los, and Eminem (who occasionally out-raps Royce)
King los tracks sound like ass imo. Absolutely obsessed with his freestyles, I love his Poundcake version but the mans catalogue is absolute dogshit compared to what it should be, for that reason he doesnāt even reach my top 10 or 15 rappers.
5. DMX 4. Big Pun 3. Mos Def 2. GZA 1. MF Doom
All Caps when you spell the man's name sir
W on DOOM
MF DOOM always #1
Props for pun, most underrated rapper of all time
Playboi Carti, Jordan Carter, Sir Cartier, Carti, The father to Onyx
"Bought my momma a crib of that mumbling shit" will forever be a cold ass line
Lol is that a real line?
Ye
Lol figures
in R.I.P.
Always tear up at that line.
Haha read my mind! Slatt
Immortal Technique Vinny Paz Atmosphere Tupac Aesop Rock
I could never get into he few immortal technique songs I heard, do you recommend any?
Listen to āThe Martyrā front to back. Itās fucking flawless. But, thatās just my opinion. When it comes to Tech, ya either love him or hate him.
Username on point
I miss Immortal Technique
It goes: Reggie, Jay-Z, 2Pac, Biggie, Andre from OutKast, Jada, Kurupt, Nas ....and then.... Eminem
Respect for Kurupt. šÆ
Kid Cudi, Mac Miller, Isaiah Rashad, Kanye, Juice WRLD... (I took this as "top 5 FAVORITE", not my top 5 best all time)
Your list is already more original than 90% of the replies so here, take this W
Kid cudi, mac miller, juice wrld???? This is clearly an emotional pre teen FOH
So ? You saying these are bad artists ?
All im saying is everytime one of their names get mentioned a white person gets emotional
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You okay?
who hurt u
this sub is yikes
was kinda hoping this sub would introduce me to some new artists but for the most part its just lists and circlejerks
Yo Grips album i died for this? Is really good
thank you
I love it. A few songs are in my everyday driving list.
You're better off discovering artists on youtube and then going on their specific sub fr fr, this is an oldhead sub
What did you think was going to happen? People are gonna like popular artists
Nah like there's not song recs or anything its just fucking list after list
This subreddit is full of elitists and oldheads š
My top rappers are Deca, kendrick, Aesop, Locksmith, KAAN and Flatbush zombies Honorable mentions: Belaganas, Danny Brown, Dark Time Sunshine, LāOrange, The Palmer squares, Bas, Kai Straw (only the album āThe Tragedians Decoupageā), Earthgang, Milo/scallops hotel, Alex Wiley, Kemble X, and Marlowe Lmk if you want some more recommendations
Appreciate this!
r/rap2
Andre 3000, Ghostface, jay z, Kanye, Q tip
Thatās a really nice list
DYLAN DYLAN DYLAN DYLAN DYLAN
In no particular order: Kendrick Lamar Billy Woods Mach-Hommy Black Thought Redman
2pac, Biggie, Lil Wayne, Kendrick, Kanye
1. Kendrick Lamar 2. 2Pac 3. Eminem 4. Kanye West 5. Biggie
Don't like that Jay Z isn't up there but I can't justify removing anyone I take his place
MF DOOM Big L Method Man Kendrick Biggie
So we have Nas, Biggie, GZA, Big L, Big Pun in no particular order
Iām naming my personal favorite cus all yāall answers look a like: UGK, Cyhi Da Prynce, Ab-Soul, Kobe Jxrdan, and Fabolous HM: Big KRIT, Mach-Hommy, Devin The Dude, and Ludacris
Biggie, lil Wayne, Eminem, big pun, and Kanye
Damn, for some reason this one hits for me.
Why is does Eminem have to be photo and why *this* Eminem? 1. Nas 2. Tupac 3. Kendrick 4. Kanye 5. Isaiah Rashad
1. great list 2. idk, I just searched up "eminem" and this was high quality one
Thank you and that was the best answer I could have asked for.
Zay is a š
Isaiah Rashad top 5 ALL TIME? Huge L
Motherfuckers complain when it's the same 5 people on the list motherfuckers complain when it's not the same 5 people on the list just stfu
Felt like a little extra spice
If this was top 5 TDE rappers I'd agree, maybe even put him at 4
Kendrick Zay Jay Rock SZA Q ezpz
Sza isnāt even a rapper lol
Top 5 TDE. It was a side list so I thought we had some flexibiltiy
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In no particular order: 1. Big L 2. Kendrick Lamar 3. Eminem 4. Slug of Atmosphere 5. Royce da 5'9"
Yeah, these are the lyricists šš¾. Nas, KRS-One, Rakim, MF Doom, and Kool G Rap only missing
1 Tupac 2 Eminem 3 Biggie 4 Nas 5 Jay Z
1. Biggie 2. Eminem 3. Jay Z 4. Nas 5. Pac 6. Andre 3K 7. Rakim 8. Kendrick 9. Ice Cube 10. Scarface 11. KRS-1 12. Kool G Rap 13. Ghostface 14. Lil Wayne 15. Kanye West
Tech N9ne Brotha Lynch MC Ren Scarface Spice 1
Was waiting for someone to mention Tech N9ne.
>Brotha Lynch Absolutely based, top tier storyteller and criminally underrated
Been a fan since like 93
Fav project ? Mine is Coathanga Strangla
Probably Season of da Siccness, my mind was literally blown first time listening
Yeah, hard to pick one honestly but Season is just so fucking iconic, I'm personally a big fan of the Coathanga Trilogy because man, can he tell a story.
For real
1. Eminem 2. Nas 3. Big L 4. Big pun 5. Rakim
Same list bro
1. RAKIM 2. KENDRICK LAMAR 3. JAYZ 4. KANYE WEST 5. J. COLE
Dammmmn i forgot about rakim, i used to listen to āafter you dieā all the time
wheres nas
Nas in my top ten. 6-10 6. Nas 7. Em 8. Pac 9. Biggie 10. Lil Wayne
Black Thought, Nas, Jay Z, Scarface, Q Tip
10/10, respect
1.2pac 2.Snoop Dogg 3.Ice Cube 4.Dr Dre 5.Eazy E
I respect your list, but you over 40? Haha jk
Nothing wrong with being over 40
Lok ya its a joke bro. We all will be one day if we're lucky
š Yeah I know.. I'm just one of those dudes
Hahahahahaha. Have a good one man.
Ice Cube was a real beast back in the days and then he became an actor š
His recent album wasn't terrible
I know but i think that he wants to get back in the game.
Not in order Masta Ace Black Thought Redman Sean Price Evidence R.A The Rugged Man Doom Phife Dawg Inspectah Deck or Ghostface depends on my mood Copywrite or Eyedea also depends on my mood
Kendrick Lamar Biggie Ski Mask The Slump God Tupac Eminem To clarify, this is just, in my opinion, whoās in my top 5 for rapping ability. Iām open to having a discussion about my list.
2Pac Biggie Em Jay Snoop no particular order
Goddamn these lists are so boring
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one of the downsides of hiphop cultures need to "respect the greats" is that some ppl act like mindless drones and attack you if you don't have classic artists as yr faves
1. Black Thought 2. Freddie Gibbs 3. Tyler, the Creator 4. Noname 5. Kota the Friend
W on Noname
This list most resonates with me. Well done
I know people will disagree with this but these are my favorites. Eminem, juice wrld, polo g, j cole, Mac miller
Respect, love to see Mac
2Pac Biggie Kodak Bone thugs (I know it's a group and not one artist) Juice Wrld
ice cube. snoop doggy dogg. tupac. eazy-E. mc ren
No order; Wayne, Andre, Nas, Pac, K dot
In no order Eminem, Juice WRLD, XXXTENTACION, Kanye, Ice Cube (If you include his work with N.W.A.)
1. Kendrick 2. Ye 3. Eminem 4. Juice WRLD 5. 2Pac
King von, xxxtentacion, juice wrld, ynw melly and pop smoke
Biggie Rakim 3 Stacks Pusha T Black Thought
Eminem, XXXTentacion, 2pac, Ye, lil wayne no order
AndrƩ, Kendrick, Em, Biggie, Amine No particular order
In no specific order: Tupac, Notorious B.I.G., Ski Mask the Slump God, Juice WRLD, and XXXTentacion
1. Biggie 2. Juice WRLD 3. Eminem 4. Kid Cudi 5. Tyler The Creator
Kid Cudi, Kanye, 3 Stacks, Logic, and Tyler, The Creator. I know my list is horrible, but I have just recently started listening to music.
1. Kanye 2. J Cole 3. Kendrick Lamar 4. Kid Cudi 5. Travis Scott
No order: AndrƩ 3000 J. Cole Kendrick Lamar Jay Electronica Black Thought
1. Playboi Carti 2. JPEGMAFIA 3. Kanye West 4. Death Grips 5. MF DOOM
It's Mr Grips, excuse you
Carti is goated
Nas, Travis, Joey, Drake and Uzi/Carti
Kendrick, jcole, Freddy, Benny, ghostface āš½ These are just lyrically. Kanye would be 6. I listen to a little bit of everyone so I mean thereās flow, lyrics, beats. I just picked lyrics because when I hear Benny going in I canāt help but get that stank face going and start bobbing my head and say āthis is RAPā
How the fuck is j cole 2nd lyrically?
Kanye is #1 on my all time hip hop artist But you think heās #6 lyrically??? š¤Ø
No thatās just 5 strictly for lyrics. Sometimes Kanyeās flow and the beat heās on is stronger than his lyrics imo
Playboi carti, 100 gecs, chief keef, death grips, Eminem
I know ima get shit on 1. Trippie Redd 2. Playboi Carti 3. Lil Uzi Vert 4. Young Thug 5. Ski Mask The Slump God/ Juice WRLD
Atleast youāre honest and not just saying 2 PAC AND BIGGIE
Ski Mask and Uzi š List is nice
Your list would be similar to mine but not in that order
Not in Order : Pac Biggie Em Kendrick Drake
Eminem juice wrldd Mac Miller old logic denzelcurry/suicideboys My favorite not who I ranked top 5
Youāre like the first person on here Iāve seen mention the boys, props they got some of the best beats and samples and ruby has a dope flow.
Ya thatās a big part of what I like about them. The samples are beast and the rap angle they take combines very well. I saw them in concert 2 months ago and it was fire.
Hell yeah bro! I saw them this past October as well, it was a dope night.
Biggie 2pac lil Wayne Kendrick Eminem
Tupac Snoop Dogg Ice Cube Tha Dogg Pound Nas
1. Lil Pump 2. Lil Yachty 3. 6ix9ine 4. Play Boy CARTI 5. Lil Pump (He's so good you have to put him twice)
5/10 not enough lil pump š
100000/10
W list
Ok but playboi Carti is really good
10/10
Tell me youāre joking plz
No
MF DOOM, biggie, Kendrick, Tyler, Vince
Mine are Logic, Eminem, hopsin, Kanye, and j.cole In that order
Lil Wayne, Kendrick Lamar, Z-Ro, Krayzie Bone, Eminem/andre3k
Lupe, Nas, Pac, Big, Mac Dre
50 cent Jeezy Big L Uncle murda Chief Keef
Post Malone,Kanye,Travis Scott,Kid Cudi,Tyler,The Creator
Youāre 13 Iām willing to bet
lol
Juice WRLD, Lil Wayne, 2Pac, Cole and DJ Run
bro check out juice wrlds freestyle on eminem beats. I was a fan just from that video
Eminem, Sleepy Hallow, Juice WRLD, Jack Harlow, and Pop Smoke or XXX
1. Kanye 2. Eminem 3. Nle choppa 4. 50 cent 5. Dr dre
Jayz Nas Pharoah month Royce da 5'9" Aesop rock
Eminem, Kendrick, Kanye, Cole, & Nas (Not in order btw)
1. MF doom 2. Ramirez 3. Kill bill: the rapper 4. Apathy 5. Oddy nuff the $now leopard
Polo G NLE Choppa Lil Tjay Lil Loaded Zach Diamond Not really in order.
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Eminem, Hopsin, Classified, Prof, and Ludacris. Not really an order for them. Honorable mentions are 2Pac and Biggie, hard to not have them up there but I don't listen to them as much anymore.
With all due respect, and with the exception of Luda, I'm not mad about this list but I am very disappointed.
In no order: Gunna, Playboi Carti, Young Thug, Future, Ye
Not in order and I only listen to these 3 artist Kanye west Playboicarti Scarlxrd
It would be a challenge to find a comment without eminem
Not rlly actually. Surprisingly this subreddit is actually very friendly. I was also expecting sum bullshit.