Ok this my top 10 of All-Time:
No 1 Rakim
No-2 Chuck D
No-3 Big Daddy Kane
No-4 Sick rick (The Storyteller)
No-5 Krs-One
No-6 Too Short
No-7 Guru (gang-starr)
No-8 King-Tee
No-9 Biggie Smalls
No-10 Nas
well how about yours top 10 mic-masters........
Jray
03-16-05, 11:47 PM
I'll play. In no particular order (and off of the top of my head):
All of yours are good too. Hard to narrow it down to just 10.
TheGodfather
03-17-05, 12:01 AM
1. Rakim
2. Notorious Glorious B.I.G.
3. KRS-One
4. Tupac Shakur
5. Eminem
6. Q-Tip
7. Chuck D.
8. Jada Kiss
9. Method Man
10. Nasty Nas
Based strictly on lyrical Mic skills.
Jay-Z belongs there if you take into account crowd pleasing, style, and beats. He made some great songs but he stole 80% of his lyrics from the guys I've listed above.
Honorable Mention: Reverend Run, Big Daddy Kane, Redman, Gza, Slick Rick (who only really made 1 good album), Cowboy from the Furious 5, Eazy E...
Mondo Kane
03-17-05, 03:52 PM
Rakim
2Pac
Chuck D
Nas
Scarface
KRS-One
LL
Method Man
Ice Cube
DMX
FrankTheTank
03-17-05, 05:21 PM
Nas
2Pac
Dr. Dre
Rakim
Ghostface Killah
Big L
Mos Def
Eminem
Notorious B.I.G.
Chuck D
Nas
2Pac
Dr. Dre
Rakim
Ghostface Killah
Big L
Mos Def
Eminem
Notorious B.I.G.
Chuck DGood list close to what I would do.
Unordered
Nas
2Pac
Dr. Dre
Rakim
Mos Def
Eminem
Notorious B.I.G.
Chuck D
KRS-1
Jay-Z? Couldn't think of a 10th.
megashock5
03-18-05, 12:42 PM
1. Chuck D
2. Run and DMC (they're a team)
3. Rakim
4. KRS One
5. Adrock
6. Big Daddy Kane
7. Chali 2na (Jurassic 5 rocks)
Trelach24
03-18-05, 02:56 PM
In no particular order:
Biggie
Tupac
Rakim
Eminem
Ice Cube
Nas
Jay-Z
Black Thought
KRS-One
Chuck D
loftry2005
03-18-05, 04:51 PM
tupac's so Overrated there i said it!
SPiRAL
03-18-05, 11:07 PM
Rakim
KRS-One
Big Daddy Kane
Nas
Jay Z
Iriscience ( dilated peoples )
Mos Def
Talib Kweli
Common ( none of that electric circus garbage )
Black Thought
Planet Asia
* Too many to name, but that's my list, in no particular order.
Daniel-A
03-18-05, 11:34 PM
tupac's so Overrated there i said it!
So what's the list of better MCs? I know a lot of it is preference but just blurting something like that without anything else is inflamatory.
troystiffler
03-19-05, 12:08 AM
Don't listen to much hip hop. So I'm not going to pretend to know much about it.
Gift of Gab and Sage Francis are two really inspirational guys in my life. I just can't say enough good things about Sage. He's just that predominant artist that reflects and relates to so much in my life.
Gift of Gab
Sage Francis
Del the Funkee Homosapien
Mos Def
troystiffler
03-19-05, 12:09 AM
Oh, and I guess all of those other Rhode Island guys...
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