Top 10 mc's

[p11driver]

yo akademik how can u put 50 cent on that list?! pleeeeeaaassee
my top 10
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CANIBUS
APATHY
ESOTERIC
BIGGIE
BIG DADDY KANE
BIG L
RAKIM
VINNIE PAZ
JERU THE DAMAJA
LAST EMPEROR

gotta note chali tuna, epmd, gangstar, afu-ra, method, sinem silla and one be lo, jus allah, scram jones, smoov-e, count salaz, and snoop

[180sExy]

Originally Posted by p11driver

gotta note chali tuna

yeah he's tight as hell! I got a chance to talk too him before! really down too earth kinda guy!

[bamaboy]

I can't wait until I can spread rep again...this thread is getting it all

[djkowai]

hmm lets see in no particular order

ghostface
mf doom
one be lo ( i really think the ways he rides beats are ridiculous)
p.o.s.
immortal technique
nas
kweli
quasimoto
kool keith

im tired and hungover but theres the ones that stand out in my mind.
a lot of you might not agree with these choices, but i probably look at music differently than others. I always think "what are they trying to achieve?"
I believe that for what all these mcs set out to do, dammit they definitely did it 110%. That and the fact that they are just boiling with creativity.

[A Spec Products]

I'm pretty much on the same page as Philip.

Except:

GZA Genius son!

No one can compare boyeeeeeeeeeiiii!

[SRkouki]

1. canibus
2. esoteric
3. biggie smalls
4. tupac
5. big l
6. apathy
7. esoteric
8. vinny paz
9. scram jones
10. rakim

[staygold24]

does anyone else kind of get tired of mf dooms monotone rap? I mean the lyrics are good but it sounds all flat after a while.

I also tend to like murs alot and people under the stairs I dont think theyre some of the greatest emcees but I have gotten to like to them over the last couple weeks and being in ga its hard to find music like that.

[Cash]

Travis McCoy (aka Schleprock)

[bribot]

Deltron
Prevail from swollen members
Slug
Casual
Souls of mischief

[az_240]

1 Tupac
2 Biggie
3 Nas
4 Big L
5 Young Buck
6 Wu Tang - greatest group of all time
7 Bone Thugz
8 Andre Nickatina
9 Eazy E
10 Lil Wyte

Used to listen to the underground stuff a lot but I prefer the mainstream stuff.
Underground sounds too much alike

[woodchuck]

Originally Posted by az_240

... but I prefer the mainstream stuff.
Underground sounds too much alike

well, the same can be said about the inverse. to each his own....

Originally Posted by staygold24

does anyone else kind of get tired of mf dooms monotone rap? I mean the lyrics are good but it sounds all flat after a while.

I sorta get tired of it, but not as much as his beats. i would like to hear less loop button on his samples. don't get me wrong, he's made some dope beats....but way too simple for my taste. for a comparison listen to an mf doom beat and compare it to the complexity of a dj young einstein beat.

[exitspeed]

1. Jay-Z
2. BIG
3. Nas
4. 2 Pac
5. Eminem

This is my shortlist. Jay-Z and Big are the only 2 on that list that I truely like to be honest. The others are on there just for what their careers were/are.

[EchoOfSilence]

I love this thread. Immeasurably.

Much respect to PHLIP, I agree with every word you've said, and your list. Very mature and eclectic way to look at this topic

More to note: Afrika Bambaataa himself said that all forms of rap are a part of hip-hop as a whole. This touches on what PHLIP said, in that the act of rapping itself is a part of the universal culture of hip-hop, therefore all rapping is hiphop. Its audience, however is subjective as are their mindsets and outlooks on the other sub-branches. Dirty south, snap, the underground, the rest of the mainstream... hip hop. I was hard for me to swallow when JessFX told me... but it makes sense. taste is subjective, and how much it honors the the culture and past is all on a spectrum, but nevertheless it's hiphop.

as an MC....
#1 - Percee P. cop his shit. please.
the rest of the list is really really hard to organize. besides, it agrees with most of the people that have been listed.

[djkowai]

i could never get tired of dooms rap. Dude is crazy on beats, and ridiculous live. Its also really interesting if you look at viktor vaughn for example, doom completely changes his attitude on the mic..dude is super talented in my opinion but maybe i'm just jocking him too hard haha who knows.
and yeah wu tang is the greatest collection of that many people period.

[JDMark]

Mf doom does sound like a drunk fat dude sometimes haha but ive yet to get tired of it, maybe because the beats are so awesome. I especially like his King geedorah album, sounds so good. Im pretty new to rap but heres some other favs of mine
-Pharcyde
-Big L (The Heist)
-Madlib, quas
-bone thugs
-b.i.g.
I dont think ive listened to a broad enough spectrum of rap to make a top 10

[SimpleSexy180]

haha...

Mos Def
MF Doom
Murs
Slug
Common

Short list..but im picky.

Used to listen to the underground stuff a lot but I prefer the mainstream stuff.
Underground sounds too much alike

............lucky you are a premie...

[PBucch]

So much pretentious junk in here im gonna barf I think!

anyways.

Gary "GZA" Grice >all

[woodchuck]

lets up the ante - post your favorite verse/freestyle by your number 1 rated mc. maybe that can justify why you have them at the top of your list.

[exitspeed]

Originally Posted by woodchuck

lets up the ante - post your favorite verse/freestyle by your number 1 rated mc. maybe that can justify why you have them at the top of your list.

oh man there's so many by Jay-Z, I don't know were to being.

Here's a start though.

"you draw, better be picasso, y'know the best
cause if this is not so, ah, god bless
you leave me no choice, i leave you no voice
believe me son i hate to do it just as bad as you hate to see it done
now calm your boys,
cause i'm findin it a little hard to concentrate with all the noise
get the point, i'll let ya go,
before ya leave,i guess i aughta let you know, i need those keys
and promise you never, no matter the weather
evaevaevaevaevaevaevaevaeva come around here no mo' "

[Phlip]

Originally Posted by woodchuck

lets up the ante - post your favorite verse/freestyle by your number 1 rated mc. maybe that can justify why you have them at the top of your list.

I apologize for coming back to this thread so late, I was moving... I will take this as a request, and again speak to the fact that my list is probably without a #1, so I give my favorite verse I can think of to google right off the top of my head:

Originally Posted by Big Daddy Kane

Intro: I start to go, my rhymes'll flow
So, get up and dance cause Kane said so
If you were lounging around it's time to get up
Pardon my expression, but I'mma tear shit up
I appear right here, and scare and dare, a mere musketeer
That would dare to compare, I do declare
Getting busy is where it's at
But what you're saying, you wouldn't get a point for that
Cause you're a featherweight, and your rhymes you carry light
But I drop bass just like Barry White
So how could you think that you pose a threat?
You say you're rocking, how many shows you get?
All your vocals go local on the M-I-C
Mines go a great distance, like AT&T
I'm now new to this, I'm true to this, nothing you can do to this
Fuck around with Kane and come out black and blue for this
So, yo, go for what you know
Attempt to debate so I can humiliate
We can go rhyme for rhyme, word for word, verse for verse
Get you a nurse, too late, get you a hearse
To take you to your burial ground
Because the Big Daddy Kane always throws down
Correct, I get respect, I'm out to collect
Cash money, cause I get raw



Here I am, R-A-W
A terrorist, here to bring trouble to
Phony MC's, I move on and seize
I just conquer and stomp another rapper with ease
Cause I'm at my apex and others are below
Nothing but a milliliter, I'm a kilo
Second to none, making MC's run
So don't try to step to me, cause I ain't the one
I relieve rappers just like Tylenol
And they know it, so I don't see why you all
Try to front, perpetrating a stunt
When you know that I'll smoke you up like a blunt
I'm genuine like Gucci, raw like sushi
To stage a rage is what rap did to me
To make me want to create chaos and mayhem
Cold rock a party until the A.M.
I'll make a muscle, grab the mic and hustle
While you stand dazed and amazed, I bust a
Little rhyme with authority, superiority
And captivate the whole crowd's majority
The rhymes I use definitely amuse
Better than Dynasty, or Hill Street Blues
I'm sure to score adored for more without a flaw
Cause I get raw



With speech like a reverend, rappers start severing
And in my lifetime, believe I've never been
Beaten, or eaten and just tooken out
You know, come to think about it, I keep MC's looking out
And real nervous when I'm at your service
Give me that title, boy, you don't deserve this
I work like a slave to become a master
And when I say a rhyme, you that it has to
Be perfectly fitted, cause I'm committed
The entertainer and trainer and Kane'll get with it
I go and flow and grow to let you know
I damage ya I'm not an amateur but a pro-
-fessional unquestionable without doubt superb
So full of action, my name should be a verb
My voice will float on every note
When I clear my throat, that's all she wrote!
The minute that the Kane starts to go on
Believe it's gonna be smooth sailing so on
As I put other rappers out of their misery
Get them in a battle and make them all history
Ruling and schooling MC's that I'm dueling
Watch them all take a fall as I sit back cooling
On my throne, with a bronze microphone
Hmm, God bless the child that can't hold his own
Cause I get raw



Twenty-four sev chilling, killing like a villain
The meaning of raw is Ready And Willing
To do whatever is clever, take a loss, never
And the rhymes I bust, coming off is a must
And I come off hard with rhymes that are odd
I rip the microphone and leave it scarred
Never smoking or hitting or taking a sniff
Only crushing MC's that be trying to riff
I get strong and titanic, do work like a mechanic
Make MC's panic, they all get frantic
And skeptic, like a girl on a contraceptive
As I rock but hey, what you expected?
I'll get raw for you just like a warrior
Rapping like a samurai and I'll be damned if I
Ever let a Fisher-Price MC hang
Their rhymes are toy, nothing but yin-yang
So if we battle on the microphone
Bring your own casket and tombstone
And I'ma preach your funeral
Tell me who in the world could ever come with more
I get raw

[BC240]

Quick list:

Tupac
Eminem
Common
Mos Def
Gang Starr
Afu Ra
Q-Tip
Rakim
Xzibit
Nas

Too many to list

[s13poop]

aiite here's mine

i'll spit them quick in no particular order

1. Guru
2. The Game aka chuck taylor aka the doctors advocate
3. Hova the god jigga man himself Jay-z
4. the grouch
5. slick rick
6. KRS ONE
7. GZA genious
8. SLUG
9. SN DOUBLE O P D OL' DOUBLE G
10. Immortal technique

gahh too many to list hahaha

[woodchuck]

aight, i'm upping the ante now.

based purely on lyrics alone, here is a small sample of why J-Live tops my list:

"What does it take"

"to be a great"

"MC"

If you ask me, it's much more than Master of Ceremonies
Because a lot of Masquerading Cornballs
Don't realize it also means Mad Creativity
In this day and age of mediocrity
There's two types of rappers that you'll recognize and hear
But I prefer the ones with the lyrics of the year
Than the gimmick with the gear and the right puppeteer
Now you can be the next Rahkim Shakespear
you're still 10 steps away from having a career
You step up the plate to earn respect from your peers
And end up on deck for the remainder of your years
I suppose this means greatness takes blood, sweat, and tears
It also takes an industry that doesn't breed fear
Or pumping all this mindless crap up in your ears
And limitting the contrast of what you get to hear
You got to recognize it's a determined idea
A righteous young mind is a devil's worst fear
But when you wanna give the people peace and satisfaction
Everybody's mama wants a piece of the action
So now I fall victim to supply and demand
Immaculate conceptions, born illegitimate
Destined to be the greatest story ever missed
Which means its meant to be for whoever's hearing this

[Brian]

MCs....

The MC Bat Commander.


go ahead and google him.

[Brian]

no input on mine, Logan?

[A Spec Products]

Originally Posted by Brian

no input on mine, Logan?

I googled him and youtubed him, but couldn't come up with any audio of his vocals.

It seems like he may perform with guitars, so, by default I am disposed to not like it.

[Brian]

He only does vocals.
He has a drawn on mustache...

[A Spec Products]

Originally Posted by Brian

He only does vocals.
He has a drawn on mustache...

Get me da vocalz yo.

[Brian]

he is the front for
THE AQUABATS

I bet you find dat on da internet.


with the moustache

[A Spec Products]

Originally Posted by Brian

he is the front for
THE AQUABATS

I bet you find dat on da internet.

Their uniforms are bad ass.

Cept they have Vans on.

Should've worn some Chuck T's.