Name your top 5 favorite rappers/hip hop artist recent and all time

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Name your top five personal overall and all time favorite rappers, and then your top five new boys.

All Time

1. Bone Thugs N Harmony
2. Nas
3. Method Man
4. Dmx
5. Kanye West

Honorable mentions to Eminem, Mos Def, Biggie and Mobb Deep.

Newcomers

1. A$AP Rocky
2. Hopsin
3. Yelawolf
4. Machine Gun Kelly
5. Kendrick Lamar



Edit: Armchair Critic added a nice category.

Producers

1. Dr Dre
2. DJ Premier
3. Kanye West
4. Rza
5. Dj Quik
 
Now:

1.Kendrick Lamar
2.Big KRIT
3.ScHoolboy Q
4.A$AP Rocky
5.Ab-Soul

All time (no order):

Nas
Eminem
Big L
Jay-Z
Wu-Tang Clan (Ghostface if I had to choose one artist)

Producers (no order again):

J.Dilla
Dr.Dre
DJ Premier
Pete Rock
Rza

Upcoming producers (no order):

Clams Casino
Araab Muzik
Sounwave
Flying Lotus
A$AP Ty
 
Heh quite fitting A$AP Rocky is your favourite artist now considering Bone Thugs are your favourite of all time.
 
ArmchairCritic said:
Heh quite fitting A$AP Rocky is your favourite artist now considering Bone Thugs are your favourite of all time.
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:lol: Looks like you have hip-hop knowledge and yes the Bone influence is a big reason as to why I like him. He has showed love for them plenty of times. They were actually in the studio together a month back.



Clip of Krayzie Bone doing a Peso Remix.
 
All time:

Eminem
Jay-Z
Tupac
Nas
Immortal Technique

Now:

Slaughterhouse (not new but who cares)
Kendrick Lamar
Frank Ocean
B.o.B
 
Now:
Kendirck Lamar
Danny Brown
A$AP Rocky
Big K.R.I.T.
Ab-Soul/ScHoolboy Q

All time:
Jay-Z
Eminem
Nas
Lupe Fiasco
Kanye West
 
I forgot to give honourable mentions to Action Bronson and Danny Brown on the upcoming MC's.
 
1) RA the rugged man
2) GZA the genius
3) Immortal Technique
4) Mos Def
5) Jedi Mind Tricks

Producers:
1) Stoupe, the enemy of mankind
2) RZA
3) Necro
4) DJ Green lantern
5) J Dilla
 
Oh and Jay Electroncia, who even though he's in his 30's to my mind is an upcoming MC because he never releases shit, but when he does...



 
Now

1. Blu
2. Kendrick Lamar
3. A$AP Rocky
4. Dunno
5. Dunno

All-time

1. Nas
2. 2pac
3. Mos Def
4. Kanye West
5. Dunno

Producers

1. Flying Lotus
2. Madlib
3. J Dilla
4. DJ Premier
5. Dunno
 
God damn, Just Blaze can produce, I've been waiting 4 years for Jay Electronica's Act 2, he says it's supposed to come out this year but I don't believe him. Incredible rapper though, Exhibit A is probably one of my favourite rap songs of all time yo.
 
1. Biggie
2. Tupac
3. Jay Z
4. Nas
5. MC Solaar

Dre has to get a shout even if only as a producer, those beats
 
Heardy said:
Is he the anorexic dude that was at Wrestlemania with P. Diddy? I thought he was awful.

That said i've not heard any of his other stuff...
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Yes he is. Signed to P Diddy a few months back. He has a few awful songs but most of his earlier work is pretty solid. I'm not really feeling many rappers these days, besides the first three I mentioned.
 
Can't say I'm a particularly ardent follower of many hip hop artists, I tend to just like bits and pieces really. Saying that though I listen to these 5 the most

Nas
Black Thought
Lupe Fiasco
Common
Flying Lotus
 
All time:

Nas
The Notorious B.I.G.
GZA the Genius
Andre 3000
Common

Right now:

Kendrick Lamar
Big K.R.I.T.
CunninLynguists
 
1-Krs one
2-gza
3-last emperor
4-method man
5-kool keith

producers
1-rza
2- premier
3-pete rock
4-9th wonder
5-madlib

recent,not sure listen to lots of stuff four owls,veteran assasins,dopplegangaz etc.
 
Slick Rick was brilliant. NWA were brilliant. Insane Clown Posse were brilliant.

I find most rap to be quite hit and miss though. Some Snoop is great, some Eminem is great.

Its not really my area to be honest.
 
Name me 5 rappers that are dead or have stopped rapping. That would be my list.
 
All Time:

Nas
Dr. Dre
Tupac
Lupe Fiasco
Eminem

Recent:

None, they're all shite.
 
All time: Eminem
Biggie
Tupac
Jay-Z
Dr. Dre

Now: I don't really listen to any new ones, newest ones I listen to is probably drake. But he isn't exactly new anymore.
 
Eminem is the only one I've ever really been interested in.

I've liked some stuff from Dr.Dre, Snoop Dogg and others.

But I've got all Eminem's albums, plus I went to see him in concert before.

He's amazing.
 
Lupe Fiasco
Tupac
Eminem
NWA
Kanye West

In no order.
 
MUFCgal said:
Eminem is the only one I've ever really been interested in.

I've liked some stuff from Dr.Dre, Snoop Dogg and others.

But I've got all Eminem's albums, plus I went to see him in concert before.

He's amazing.
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Agreed, I'm surprised to see how many people here don't have Eminem in there top 5 of all time, he has always been ridiculously good, and for me the top 3 by far are him, tupac and Biggie.
 
1. Ghostface Killah
2. Q-Tip
3. Chuck D
4. Big Boi
5. Big Daddy Kane

Can't say I've been wowed by any more recent MCs
 
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