Not really at all. Maybe unoriginal, but the top 6 artists on the list were all pretty damn important to the evolution of rap. Oh and Andre 3000 was pretty awesome as well when he was with Outkast.

shhhiiiiit i'd put dat on mah mom n em

1. NWA (I'll include Ice Cube as number 1, since he WAS NWA)
2. Nas
3. Public Enemy
4. Notorious B.I.G.
5. Cypress Hill
6. Big Daddy Kane
7. KRS-One/BDP
8. EPMD
9. Eric B. & Rakim
10. A Tribe Called Quest

Just missed: Gang Starr, Run-DMC, 2pac. I'm sure I will think of others.

Can't wait to read your 1000th post.

Anyone else into Digable Planets on here?

They are great, Ishmael Butler is carrying on their ever experimental tradition with Shabazz Palaces.

In no order:

2Pac
Big L
Tech N9ne
N.W.A.
Wu-Tang Clan
NaS
Jay-Z (Hova's old works put him on my list!)
Kendrick Lamar
Camp Lo
Slick Rick

1:Kno from cunninlyngusits
2:Natti from cunninlynguists
3:Deacon the Villan from Cunninlynguist
4:Jedi Mind Tricks
5:Eligh and the rest of the guys from Living Legends
6:Hopsin
7:Tupac
8:Immortal Technique
9:Tonedeff
10:Vinnie Paz

My top ten rappers varies from day-to-day. I'll take a stab at my current favorites:

1) Plug One (of De La Soul)
2) Q-Tip (of A Tribe Called Quest)
3) Ice Cube
4) Kool Keith (AKA Dr. Octagon)
5) B. Real (of Cypress Hill)
6) Redman
7) 2Pac
8) Spice-1
9) Sadat X (of Brand Nubian)
10) Big L

Here's my current list.

1. Rakim
2. Nas
3. Big Pun
4. Immortal Technique
5. Big L
6. Andre 3000
7. Prodigy (Of Mobb Deep)
8. Ghostface Killah
9. Notorious BIG
10. Ice Cube