TOP 10 MC's (No specific order)

[BKNY]

Rakim

Black thought

KRS ONE

NAS

J-RO ...(Only from the 1st two LIKS albums)

Lord finnese

Big L

Common

JAY Z...(I have to admit)

Cormega

Does anyone in Japan know what it means to be poor?

[corrosion o conformity]

This is deceptively difficult to answer...

MF Doom

Jay z

Pharcyde

Black Sheep (1st album)

Buju Banton

Ghostface

That's all man; I more into dancehall nowadays...

[BKNY]

Dance hall from the early 90's kicked ass

Ninja man

Buju

Super cat

Ghost

Only their early 90's shit

Does anyone in Japan know what it means to be poor?

[kole]

you left alot of orginators off. My ten in order.

- B.I.G.

- PAC

- Jay-Z

- Rakim

- Cool G Rap

- Big L

- Nas

- MC Lyte

- Mos Def

- Snoop Dogg

honorable mention

-common

-dela's plugs 1 & 2

We all know it almost impossible to create a list that everyone will agree with but the subject is as varied as the craft, emcee.

Edited by kole on Mar 22, 2005 at 08:45 AM

Edited by kole on Mar 22, 2005 at 08:48 AM

[corrosion o conformity]

I went to the world soundclash championship last year in queens and a Japanese sound won it! Mighty Crown won over an audience of ja shottas. Weird in a good way.

One more-Kardinal Offishal

[BKNY]

KOLE.....you spelled the dopest mc on your list name wrong

KOOL G RAP not Cool G rap

anyway......I agree with of few of your picks

peace BKNY

Does anyone in Japan know what it means to be poor?

[BKNY]

Corrosion....Mighty crown is no joke but i just cant accept it....There is something to say about actually growing up in Jamaica

Does anyone in Japan know what it means to be poor?

[FRESH]

MOBB DEEP

BIGG

CHARIZMA

E40

NAS

DOOM

ODB

GHOST FACE

SOLE

JERU THE DAMAGA

http://designwrk.com/

[MyMindSpray]

just a couple of additions...

J-Live

Mos Def

Kool Keith

Craig G

Big Daddy Kane

Special Ed

CL Smooth

Guru??...hmm...i gotta admit, he did have some lame verses, but he did also have some pretty good lines on Daily Operation and Hard to Earn...plus, you can't sleep on that voice...

Kool G Rap is one of the kings...no doubt one of the best "storyteller" mcs ever...

[d]

this is my top 10, in no order.

ghostface

kool g rap

prodigy

common

cormega

big l

rakim

tragedy khadafi

kane

breeze brewin

[kole]

spray...

kool keith aka Dr. Doom is hot. I wonder what that guy's on to come up with his songs content. the girls don't like the job / I'm seeing robots / weapons world. But Special Ed is more like 90 something on list of 100.

[kai]

Ghostface

Nas

BIGGIE

Prodigy

KRS-ONE

Rakim

Kool G Rap

Chuck D

Big L

Em

"Life's like a gamble we scramble for money, might crack a smile but ain't a damn thing funny."

[Ny]

Umm some interesting list.

OC

M.Def

DJ Quick (Da worst???... please, respect the West)

E40 (Trendsetter)

Andre3000 (Fire)

Keak Da Sneak (Do your research. 3XKrazy!!!)

Devin The Dude (real)

KRS One (real)

Early 90's Ice Cube (real)

2Pac

Honorable Mention

ButterFly (style)

Lauryn Hill

LadyBug Mecca

Pep Love

Suga Free (Pimp Shit)

Nasir Jones

Sean Carter

Jeru

Edited by Ny on Oct 14, 2004 at 04:21 PM

Edited by Ny on Oct 14, 2004 at 04:24 PM

[sr20det]

Althogh I like KRS and Common, i find they contradict themselves constantly.

"and we can find new ways of living make playing only logical harm"

[MyMindSpray]

kole...

i hear ya...kool keith is most def on some next shit...even in Ultramagnetic, dude was ahead of his time...

i see what you're saying about Special Ed...but i gotta put him up there...first time i heard the mission, i was bugging out...so i gotta put him on my list...alot of the early late 80s early 90s mcs get love from me...i think it's striclty a nostalgia thing...

damn...forgot about Del...can't sleep on that dude...

[kole]

spray

check out this site I found while searching for Kool Keith

[http://cdzlimited.org/urban/C_H/delthefunky.html]

[Kankerlul Kutwijf]

- Vast Aire

- Charizma

- Sage Francis

- Fuzati

- Nas

- KRS-ONE

- Rakim

- Cuizinier

- Sach

- M.F. Doom

- Kool Keith

Why you laugh ?

She dead

[MyMindSpray]

Kole...good looking out....

i think waaay too many have slept on Del over the years...No Need For Alarm was bannanas...Heiroglyphics has the hip hop game on lock...

[Dave Russ]

too many to name but off the top these are some of my favorites:

Pharoah Monch

MF Doom (Zeph Love X)

Mos Def

Sage Francis

Del

Vast Aire

Rakim

Lord Finesse

Mr. Lif

Chali 2NA

“Isn’t it strange how it’s a fad to bite your idols when the whole reason you liked them is because their shit wasn’t recycled?†- Aesop Rock

[RedFoxxworth]

Lil Wayne (yall will probably hate but he's 1 of the illest)

Project Pat

Ghostface

Jay-Z

B.I.G.

Trick Daddy

Juvenile

Twista

Lil Flip

Cam'ron

All you underground "real" hiphop heads are going to HAAAAAATE I know it but I'm from the south and I don't get down with art rap...

I ain't terrified from nothing, I'm young wild crazy and disgusting. - Lil Weezy

[cyberbot_g]

tupac

mos def

black thought

GZA

C-rayz walz

KRS-one

C.L. smooth

rakim

mc lyte

slug

"my attention spans galaxies. . ." saul williams

[kole]

Foxxx,

c'mon man Project Pat, Lil Wayne & flip? I know you like what you like. But this is list of the best all time. It's cool you represent'in the dirty and all but even someone from south of the mason dixon should now better. If you said outkast or luke or that dude from Atlanta, he's like the georgia version to too short but can't stay out of jail long enough to build a nation following. Even he ranks above those cats on your list. On the real I'd put Hesh (sealab 2021) above those guys.

So....How's your girl?

[SuperCassette]

These are the illest of ill, sicker than Aids:

Dose One

Del tha funk

Slug

Rakim

Chuck D

Biz Markie

KRS One

Notorious B.I.G.

Mike Skinner

and yes Jay-Z

ISM

[RedFoxxworth]

Kole

Its cool, I knew it was coming...

But I'm not changing it haha.

To me voice and rhythm are the focus in the dirty south. Project Pat and Lil Flip just spit it SICK, even though the wordplay isn't as involved and the topics might not be too high brow. And Lil Wayne... I'm sorry, you obviously haven't heard enough Lil Wayne....... He's ill, and if you have heard him enough and not based it on the few songs you would know. And he's solid all around, his wordplay is siiiiiiiiick.

Basically style matters alot to me, so even if they aren't the most clever, just the way they flow puts them in my personal top ten in terms of who I like the most.

I ain't terrified from nothing, I'm young wild crazy and disgusting. - Lil Weezy

[Dolo]

I'm not gonna do a Top 10 best of all time, just my Top 10 favorites for whatever reasons.

1) Jay-Z

2) MF Doom

3) Big L

4) Ghostface

5) Pharoahe Monch

6) Kurious

7) Kool Keith

8) Thirstin Howl III

9) MF Grimm (With the exception of that awful Jet Jaguar album)

10) Devin the Dude

Edited by Dolo on Oct 27, 2004 at 08:36 AM

[judge]

1) gangstarr (psssh to that hater kole, tupac? get real du)

2) aesop rock

3) sage francis

4) hiero/del

5) souls of mischief

6) the roots

7) GZA

8) Jeru

9) mos def

10) krs-one before he became a racist

Edited by judge on Jan 31, 2005 at 05:54 AM

[ALVIN]

nas

b.i.g.

rakim

jayz

gza

ghostface

big l

mos

jeru

black thought

[Carlos]

Big L R.I.P

[KillaMarv]

Rakim

Big L

Big Pun

2Pac

Talib Kwele

B. I. G.

Common

Fine Jay Z I suppose as well

Mos Def

KRS One

[MONIKER]

cleanliness

Edited by MONIKER on Jul 12, 2005 at 04:20 PM