The Greatest Rap Mc's ever..
 

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........

I'll play. In no particular order (and off of the top of my head):

Rakim
Chuck D
Eminem
Treach
Ice T
Ice Cube
Raekwon (Cuban Links alone...) & GZA (little cheating here)
LL Cool J
Notorius B.I.G
2Pac

All of yours are good too. Hard to narrow it down to just 10.

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...

Rakim
2Pac
Chuck D
Nas
Scarface
KRS-One
LL
Method Man
Ice Cube
DMX

Nas
2Pac
Dr. Dre
Rakim
Ghostface Killah
Big L
Mos Def
Eminem
Notorious B.I.G.
Chuck D

no love for Kool Keith?

no love for bone thugs? or krayzie bone?

lmfao.

my fave.....

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/bob623313/images/so004.jpg

Besides the ones listed above....

Immortal Technique

Del the Funky Homosapien

ODB

Wow, I cant believe no one said Kool G Rap.

We have a winner! :lol:

Good 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.

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)

In no particular order:

Biggie
Tupac
Rakim
Eminem
Ice Cube
Nas
Jay-Z
Black Thought
KRS-One
Chuck D

tupac's so Overrated there i said it!

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.

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.

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

Oh, and I guess all of those other Rhode Island guys...

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0...CLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

'nuff said, bitches.

(by the way, that is real, they had 3 other releases as well in the late 80s/early 90s)