Top 10 Rap Artists
 

We have like five billion of these floating around in here so I figure I'll have this one stickied and just lock the rest when I come across them, so yeah go!

1. Dr. Octagon
2. Madvillain
3. Deltron 3030
4. cLOUDDEAD
5. Subtle
6. DJ Spooky
7. MF Doom
8. Dose One
9. Busdriver
10. DANGERDOOM

1. Jay-Z
I honestly think he's the most talented rapper to date
2. MC Paul Barman
They don't really have anything else like this, try "Vulture-Shark Sculpture Park"
3. Beastie Boys
Probably made the greatest album in the 80's. Still played constantly on rock radio (from a time when rap was rock).
4. Notorious B.I.G
Was a storyteller when it came to lyrics, but was unstoppable when it came to flow. To quote him, "my slow flow's remarkable"
5. Eminem
Its easy to hate him (here) because he's popular and ICP fans love him, but its unfair to say he's not one of the best rappers ever. His second and third album are on fire to this day.
6. MF Doom
For his work on “hoe cakes” alone he gets a nod from me. Working in a section of rap that doesn’t acknowledge a public image, their focus in the studio is what matters. His investment in this group is worth all the money in the world.
7. Andre 3000
Again, popular so left off a few lists to garner more cred, the working half of outkast keeps his hand in many different pots and its reflected in most things. The concepts alone will keep you interested, never mind the flow or the hooks.
8. Del (and various aliases)
Massive progress from his breakout “catch a bad one” to his hit with Gorillaz. You can see someone who tried to be a rapper morph into someone who happened to rap while telling the stories of his own inverted personal experiences.
9. Black Thought
Tracks 1 and 7, of which the names escape me, on Phrenology are nothing short of badassery. As such, both Black Thought and the roots land themselves at number 9.
10. I refuse to put someone on here I really don’t like.

1: Dr. Dre
2: Eminem
3: Game
4: Tupac
5: Notorious B.I.G.
6: Nas
7: Warren G.
8: Jay Z
9: Andree 3000
10: Will.I.Am

Not Listed: Sage Francis, Aesop Rock, Akon, Urban Dance Squad, Wyclef jean, and yes...Ludacris.

I can't put them in order but here is a list of 10:

Roots Manuva
A Tribe Called Quest
The Roots
Marxman
Busdriver
Surreal & The Sound Providers
Strange Fruit Project
Public Enemy
2 Pac
Notorious B.I.G

Gabriel Teodros
Public Enemy
Busdriver
Common
Fugees
Pharoahe Monch
Pete Rock
M.anifest
Aesop Rock
Abstract Rude

barely missed my list.

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Method Man
GZA
Jay Z
Aesop Rock
Mos Def/Black Star
Raekwon
Inspectah Deck
Pete Rock
The Roots
Wu Tang (obvious, but didnt list right away because I've got a couple of Wu artists in my list.)

Andre 3000
Aesop Rock
Public Enemy
Notorious B.I.G.
Eminem
Madvillain/MF Doom etc.
Wu-Tang Clan
DJ Shadow
A Tribe Called Quest
Gang Starr

in no particular order..

Tupac
Aesop Rock
3 6 Mafia
Public Enemy
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Wu-Tang Clan
Treacherous Three
Sugarhill Gang
Nas
Run-D.M.C

Led Zeppelin
Nirvana
Sex Pistols
The Smashing Pumpkins
Mudhoney
Elvis Presley
Beatles
B.B King
Incubus
Ludwig von Beethoven

Just a few off the top of my head

Do'h!


My Rap and Hip-Hop list:

Coolio
Public Enemy
Everlast
Rage against the Machine (Nu-Metal)
Tupac
Andre 3000

Only six because I'm not much into hip-hop/rap.

Blackstar
Dilated Peoples
Digable Planets
Living Legends
Del
The People Under the Stairs
Wu Tang
Kool Keith
Pharcyde
De La Soul

Public Enemy
De La Soul
Dalek
cLOUDDEAD
The Roots
Wu Tang
Grandmaster Flash
Roots Manuva
Scroobius Pip
DJ Shadow

In no order

good choice :D

^^^^^yeah, been getting back into them a lot lately. Seriously they might be the most underrated, swept-under-the-rug hip-hop artist of all time.

yeah, i only have blowout comb. I should get around into digging for their other matireal

I'd listen to Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space)
Personally, I think it's better than Blowout Comb.

I'll try to find it tonight :)

Public Enemy
Lyrics Born
DJ Quik
Wu Tang
Digital Underground
Dr. Dre
Kool Keith
The Fugees
Del
Outkast

Hip hop MCs - The originals, I don't have much contemporary 'underground' stuff - it's a bit... nerdy? I like some early Timbaland productions but chart hip-hop is totally devoid of any redeeming quality - Kanye West is cashing in on other producers' accomplishments.

1. Wu Tang and associated solo works (esp. Ghostface & Raekwon, RZA & Gravediggaz, ODB)
2. A Tribe Called Quest
3. Public Enemy
4. NWA
5. De La Soul
6. the Pharcyde
7. Grandmaster Flash & Afrika Bambaataa (for starting it all and electro respectively)
8. Mos Def (Black On Both Sides at least)
9. Gang Starr (and Guru's solo Jazzmatazz volumes)
10. Das Efx

All these are pretty much interchangeable...

Ghost!

1. Aesop Rock
2. Immortal Technique
3. Mos Def
4. Sugarhill Gang
5. Beastie Boys
6. Rage Against The Machine
7. Atmosphere
8. Emcee Lynx (and his band Beltaine's Fire)
9. Grandmaster Flash
10. MC Hammer

no order:

Eminem
Jay-Z
Tech N9ne
T.I.
Clispe
Kanye West
Andree 3000
Wu-Tang
Beastie Boys
UGK

*i really wanted to put will smith on there just to mess with everyone

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DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince were great.

1. andre 3000
2. eminem
3. 2pac
4. bun b
5. pimp c
6. big boi
7. chamillionaire
8. too $hort
9. devin the dude
10. spm

probably not the best rappers ever, just my personal favorites

Difficult to put them in order but..

1. Wu Tang Clan
2. Beastie Boys
3. Public Enemy
4. Nas
5. A Tribe Called Quest
6. De La Soul
7. DJ Shadow
8. Fugees
9. Del Tha Funkee Homosapian
10. Danger Mouse

Immortal Technique
Eminem (Back in the LP days)
Wu Tang
Notorious B.I.G.
Dr Dre
Jedi Mind Tricks
7-10....forget it.

eminem
2pac
50 cent
Dr. Dre
Kanye West

will smith's last album was hot and very underrated.....the track lost and found ripped on everybody....anyways.

here's my list in random order

Little Brother
Outkast
Papoose
Lupe Fiasco
Talib Kweli
Nas
Fat Joe(yeah I said it)
Chino XL
Pete Rock
Chamillionaire

No order

Brand Nubian
The Pharcyde
MF Doom
De La Soul
A Tribe Called Quest
Nas
cLOUDDEAD
Dr. Octagon
Why?
Jurassic 5

My Top 10 would be:

01. Ol' dirty Bastard
02. Rza
03. 2pac
04. Gza
05. Inspectah Deck
06. The Notorious B.I.G.
07. Dr. Dre
08. Warren G
09. Eminem
10. Flavor Flav

really??

My list makes no sense, because I put 13 in there:

1. Rakim
2. 2Pac
3. Notorious B.I.G.
4. Nas
5. Jay Z
6. Eminem
7. Big Daddy Kane
8. Andre 3000
9. RZA
10. Mos Def
11. KRS-One
12. Treach
13. Kurupt

I was a -BIG- Public Enemy fan when i was younger...sue me lol

There's nothing wrong with that.
It's just a rarity to see someone cite Flavor Flav as one of the great rappers over Chuck D.

I just don't know how anyone could even possibly think including 50 cent on that list. Sure he is one of the most recognized rappers to this day but saying that he's the best is like saying that Courtney Love was sober on new years.

most common rap artists you will see in the list is Tupac, Notorious B.I.G, Wu Tang, Run DMC, Eminem (One of the few white guy rappers who made it) and my favorite The Game (He brought the west coast back)

I didnt know the beatles were rappers LMAO!

1. Nas
2. Andre 3000
3. Ghostface Killah
4. Rakim
5. Raekwon
6. Method Man
7. Big Pun
8. Big L
9. Pharoahe Monch
10. Big Daddy Kane

LOL so it's okay to put The Game in your top 10 but not 50? Please dude, The Game is an even bigger joke then 50...the Documentary was hot but it wasn't better than Get Rich or Die Tryin'.

My top 10

1. Nas
2. Biggie
3. Wu
4. Big L
5. Jay
6. Big Pun
7. Mobb Deep
8. Pac
9. Eminem
10. Immortal Technique

That's b/c Flavor Flav was a hype man, not a rapper.

For more recent rappers:
Mos Def
Kanye West
Lupe Fiasco

Not really into rap either, but I find myself listening to them these days.