Personally, its between NWA and 2pac. NWA housed 3 of the best rappers of all time so anyone who says they lacked talent is mad. Dr Dre is still the best mixer on the planet, Ice Cube has had reknown success in not only solo albums, but with Westside connection, and Easy E's career spoke for itself, though short however. We then come to, who in my opinion, is the best lyricist there ever was (Rap wise). His beats (though many were mixed by Dre) were excellent, his style was personally my favorite, and he persona was never tarnished. He couldn't be truely brought down because no one was better to challenge him. People want to compare Biggie to him but there was no contest. Hell, 2pac's still releasing records and the man has been dead for over 10 years. I have to say 2pac all the way on this.
Now, I'm not a huge rap fan...but I've listened to a lot of rap...(When you have a Jamaican tennis coach rap is a big part of what you listen to)...I think Eminem is the best, and Twista is like the fastest rapper I've ever heard...
Vanilla Ice baby Na i would say the rappers in NWA and public enemy, but my favourite rapper atm is immortal technique.
Daddy Freddy use to be the fastest rapper, also holding that title in the Guiness Book Of World Records for like 5 years. Then Tongue Twista, now known as TWISTA, came along, and took that title and has held it every since, also being placed in the Guiness Book Of World Records as the FASTEST RAPPER ever. And DA Brat, is like a Female TWISTA. She could hold the title as the fastest female rapper on the planet. Her UNRESTRICTED album can atest to that fact! Eminem lyrically is ONE OF the best rappers, which I still feel 2Pac, Nas, Rakim, and Andre' 3000 still holds their own lyrically, and metaphorically, in their dialog/verbology of speech and sentence structure, and multiples in their rap vocabulary and delivery. 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks and the entire G-Unit Crew are alright. But, not THE best rappers of all time. LL Cool J, Big Daddy Kane, Rakim, KRS-ONE, MC Lyte, Stetsasonic, and some of the Ole'School rappers like Busy Bee, and Kool Moe Dee are among the many talented and cultivated artists of the Hip Hop Era that made rap what it is today. Especially the SUGAR HILL GANG, and GRAND MASTER FLASH and THE FURIOUS 5. And don't forget the Dee Jays, like DJ Tat Money, DJ Cash Money, Q-bert, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Spinna, DJ Scratch, K-La-Boss (EPMD's DJ), Dr. Dre', and many others.... Philly DJ's were the best. Oh, I almost forgot, Sir Mix-A-Lot, and The Ghetto Boyz (Scar Face), and Luke Skywalker. They also gave us some good music too. Don't forget MC Shy D. (representing Florida, Georgia, Texas, and Cali), and JOE SKI LOVE (The Pee-Wee Herman rap song; which Steady B. later came out with DO THE FILA song, which borrowed from music samples of the PEE WEE HERMAN rap of Joe Ski Love..). Oh, one more...one more: DOUG E. FRESH and the GET FRESH Crew, and SLICK RICK THE RULER!!! The Greatest Adventures of SLICK RICK is the best rap album ever, in my book!!!! Slick Rick was the schizz, yall!
damn this is the thread i like with ppl talking and disscussing rap tupac(R.I.P.) was the best rapper in the world and still is i dont think any 1 will ever be able to rap as good is songs had so much meaning and its jus old school gangsta rap i love it man he was the best untill sum mother----er shot him i also like N.W.A NAS i really like his music and he has alot of meaning in his music also eminem hes the best white rapper in the world i jus dont like the slim shady side of him also coolio i ----ing love his music hes 1 of the most old school gangsters around and hes still rapping xzibit i like quite alot his lyrics are really good rakim i like theres sum more rappers but these are jus sum of my most respected SNOOP DOGG!!!! man almost 50 and still making music thats whats so cool about him but i like his old music 1 thing i dont like is this new wannabe gangsta music GGG-UNIT!! and 50 cent w00t and llyod banks w00t and tony yayo i mean WHAT THE ---- IS WITH THAT ALL THEY SAY IS GGGUNIT IN EVERY SONG AND THEY SAY THE NAMES OF THE GUYS IN EVERYSONG man thats jus so ----ing lame!
Eminem can flow pretty good and he's got a badass line I heard it goes like this: "I come into a gun fight just to kill you, cut you so fast that when your blood spills it's still blue." That's a badass line. Lil Wyte is tight too The whole of Three Six Mafia Yukmouth and the Regime Killers Tech n9ne and Mystikal are the 2 fastest rappers in the world right around now. Tony Yayo Snoop Chamillionaire has a couple of good songs too. And he came out with a song to an old war song. D/l it it's called True.
Oh, almost forgot: RUNDMC The FatBoys UTFO The Real Roxanne Roxanne Shante' Salt N' Pepa Orange Juice Jones Timex Social Club Club Nouveau Spyder D. E.P.M.D. Paris Marvelous & Cash Money Shabba Ranks (Dancehall Rap) Nardo Ranks Cutty Ranks Roots Special Ed (I Got It Made, I'm Special Ed) DJ Aktion Love (Special Ed's DJ, who CAN rap well) MC Shan Marley Marl DJ Red Alert DJ Mister Magic DJ Magic Mike (BASS DJ) Just-ICE King T. Craig G. The Genius (from the Wu-Tang Clan's, his first album). Rappin Duke The Audio Two (MC Milk D and Gizmo) JJ Fad La'Trimm Public Enemy DJ Terminator X Lakim Shabazz DJ Mister Cee (Big Daddy Kane's DJ) Master Ace Biz Markie (especially his first album: Make The Music With Your Mouth, BIZ) The D.O.C. (before his throat started giving him problems...) MC Hammer MC Lyte The Boss (hardcore female rapper, who use to prostitute herself, get busted for jail, before she was discovered). B.W.A (B*tches With Attitude: Yeah, this group does exist!) Eve DMX 3rd Base (Professor Pete Nice and MC Serch) DeLaSoul Q-Tip and Tribe Called Quest Professor Griff (but, his first album sux'd) Beastie Boys Fu-Schnickens Leaders Of The New School Eric B. (Eric Barrier, RAKIM's former partner and DJ) Freddie Fox King Sun Heavy D. and the Boyz The Fat Girls (feminine alternative to the Fat Boys, but, the group was short lived) The Beastie Girls (feminine alternative to the Beastie Boys, but, they didn't even make an album, after their sux'd demo tape) Helter Skelter The Twins Daz (Snoop Dogg's cousin, and original member of The Dogg Pound) Kurupt (...another member of the Dogg Pound) And if I keep typing up more names, this thread is gonna be too darn large....hope this bought back memories...
