TOP:
1)big l
2)biggie
3)rakim
4)krs-one
5)nas & skillz tied i cant put down just 5!

NOT:
1)Rick Ross
2)Soulja boy
3)bow wow
4)gucci man
5)plies

Top 5 In No Order:

Rakim
Nas
Andre 3000
Raekwon
Lupe Fiasco(just because I’m new school)

Not Top 5(Definitely In Order)

1. Ja Rule
2. Fabolous
3. Soulja Boy
4. Dr Dre
5. DMX

my top 5 mc’s is 1 stack bundles cause i can relate 2 everything the boy talks..2pac next,plies,t.i.,young jeezy thats my top 5 all day every day i’m a new york nigga and that what i bang.. top 5 nots rick ross,bleu divicie,e-ness,nikki menage i hate that nasty lil kim wana be bitch

No Order:
Nas
Rakim
Slick Rick
Big Pun
Big Daddy Kane

Never Top 5:
Lil Wayne
Soulja Boy
Young Jeezy
Rick Ross
Max B

TOP
1.Biggie
2.Big Pun
3.Big L
4.Rakim
5.Jay-z

Not
1.Souljah boy/ his boy arab <— there one and the same
2.romeo
3.bow wow
4.gucci mane
5.young berg

Top 5 In
1. Mac Dre
2. K-Rino
3. Big L
4. Rakim
5. Immortal Technique

Not 5

1. Soulja Boy
2. OJ Da Juiceman
3. Yung Berg
4. Lil Wyte
5. Benzino

TOP 5 1.Kane 2.Redman 3.Nas 4.Big 5.KRS ONE
and Styles P (tied)

Not 1.Lupe2.Joe buddens3.Mie Jones4.Jim Jones
5.Soulja Boy

Top 5 in no order
1.Nas
2.Jay Z
3.Ghostface killah
4.Cam’ron
5.AZ
Not top 5
1.C- Murder
2.soulja Boy (i respect his hussle but he trash)
3.French montana( what does Akon se in this bum)
4.Missy/ Maganoo (sorry skills they trash lyrically)
5.craig mack( never understood what he was sayin)

how is jayz missin niggas top 5…who’s done what he’s done in music…..and he’s nothing close to a slouch lyrically…stand him next 2 any rapper and he weighs up..so i think niggas hate on jig..stop it lets be real 4 a second…
anyway top 5
1.jayz
2.2pac
3.eminem
4.50 cent
5.is a toss up between big and nas

top 5 nevers
1.kwame
2.boosie
3.any wu tang nigga(there decent at best)
4.anybody wit “mc” on the front of their name
5.solja boy

Top 5
Rakim
2 pac
Skillz
Big Pun
E 40

Not Top 5
U- God
Any 1 in Murder Inc
Soulja Boy
Kid Cudi
Paul Wall

top 5
rakim
kool g rap (i can’t believe y’all niggas did not say g rap)
big daddy kane
nas
slick rick
never my top 5
soulja boy
bow wow
hammer
romeo
mike jones

good idea

Top 5 Emcees:
1.) Nas
2.) Rakim
3.) Jay-Z
4.) Biggie
5.) KRS One
*Honorable Mention* Sean Price

Not 5 Emcees:
1.) Hammer (love this dude as a person and entertainer)
2.) Rob Base
3.) Silkk the Shocka
4.) Top Dog (OGC)
5.) The Cookie Crew (Woooow!)

Top 5:
Papoose
Prodigy
Styles P & Cam’ron tie 3rd
Small World(DTP artist he’s fairly new but represents)
Royce Da 5’9

Never Top 5:
Fat Joe
Lil Wayne
Fabolous
Ja Rule
Jim Jones

Top 5:
Papoose
Prodigy
Styles P & Cam’ron tie 3rd
Small World(DTP artist fairly new but represents)
Royce Da 5’9

Never Top 5:
Fat Joe
Lil Wayne
Jim Jones
Ja Rule
Fabolous

Top 5:
Nas
Jay-Z
Biggie
KRS-One
Drake

Never Top 5:
Gucci Mane
Bow Wow
Baby
Hammer
Boosie

Not Top 5:

Silkk the Shocker, most definitely.

Top 5:
1- Jay-Z
2- B.I.G.
3- Big Daddy Kane
4- Redman
5- Ice Cube

NOT 5:
1- Gucci Mane
2- El-P
3- Plies
4- Lil’ Boosie
5- Talib Kweli

Top5: Let’s just keep it real.
1. Tupac. No ones music was felt more than his. His work truly embodies the true and sole purpose of hip hop. It is what is is!
2. Rakim. Eric B. is President is the greatest hip hop record. Hands down!
3. Eminem. No one right now can flip words like he can. I think being white gives him an advantage in terms of having a greater mastery of the english language over most MCs. Think about it, even the poorest white trash speaks better that 90% of the hood. Don’t kill the messenger, I’m black and from the Southside of Chicago. Like I said earlier, it just is what it is.
4. KRS- One. The man is sheer genius!
5. B.I.G. Lyrics, delivery, story telling and style. He had it all

Not 5 Let’s keep it real here as well. Anybody can name garbage for their not five and be safe i.e. soulja boy, Yung Berg, Lil Romeo. My grandma know that. Here are some good, but never in my top five MC’s who are/were at the top of hip hop and pimped the industry for major dough.
1. 50 Cent. I ain’t made at you. You are filthy rich and a shewd businessman.
2. Ja Rule. Never my top five, but you were king of the game at one time.
3. Master P. holds the Guiness book of world record for highest grossing hip hop artist in the world for a given year. Never my top five, but can market and sell you garbage, which he did i.e Silk, C-Murder, hell, the whole no limit family.
4.Lil Wayne. Yeah, I know it would be safer to say Baby, but everyone knows that. Don’t get me wrong, Wayne is a commercialized hit and the best at what he does. He can definitely flip words, ideas and trends. Just not my top five.
5. M.C. Hammer. Sh**, this was the first CD I had ever owned. He is one of the main reasons, hip hop is so big in main stream america as it is today. Hip hop would have never outsold country, with Hammer’s help. Just never my top five.

Peace out y’all!
1. 50 Cent

Top 5 (no particular order)

Jay-Z
2Pac
B.I.G
Eminem
Rakim

Not 5
Soulja Boy
Plies
Mystikal
Peedi Crack
Nelly

Top 5
Jay-Z
B.I.G.
Tupac
Eminem
Kanye/Snoop Dog/Young Jeezy-Tie!

Never Top 5
Soulja boy
sugar Free
Ice-T
MC Hammer
Bow Wow

Top 5 (Pac and B.I.G. not included, they will always be given much respect as the best of the best)
1. Jay-Z
2. Eminem
3. Ice Cube
4. KRS-One
5. Big Daddy Kane
Reason for my top 5
All are lyricist, All can Freestyle, All got great Live Shows, All got a body of Albums, All make great songs for radio and album songs.

Top 5 that wont make it on my list
1. M.C. Brains
2. M.C. Shy-D
3. Vanilla Ice
4. Apache
5. And my next door neighbor. LOL

TOP 5…
1. Pac
2. BIG
3. Big L
4. Rakim
5. Nas

NEVER TOP 5…
1. Boosie
2. Hurricane Chris
3. Soulja Boy
4. GS boys
5. Mike Jones

TOP 5 (lyrically):
1 Canibus
2 Killa Priest
3 Nas
4 Immortal Technique
5 Andre 3000

NOT TOP 5:
1 Gucci!!!!! WORSE RAPPER EVER
2 Master P
3 Baby
4 Drake
5 Jim Jones

Top 5:
Rakim
Kool G Rap
Big Daddy Kane
KRS One
Necro

Never Top 5:
E-40
Cappadonna
Esham
Lil’ Wayne
Bizarre

Top 5:

1. Jay-Z
2. Cam’ron
3. Scarface
4. Lupe Fiasco
5. T.I.

Never Top 5:
1. Soulja Boy
2. Gucci Mane
3. Cappadonna
4. Papoose
5. Jim Jones

September 1st, 2009 at 5:36 pm
TOP 5

1Rakim
2Biggie (after this no particular order)
3budden
4skillz
5NAS
6 (Honorable Mention rookie) Drake

Never in my top 5
LIL WAYNE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gucci mane
soulja boy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lil Flip
Nelly
and i could go on forever wit this one…

TOP
1-2Pac
2-Nas/Eminem
3-MF DOOM
4-Mos Def/Common
5-Aesop Rock

NEVER
1-Soulja Boy
2-Remy Ma
3-Gucci Mane
4-Ron Arteist/Allen Iverson/Shaq(hahaha but no, really stay the fuck away from the mic or go kill yourselves)
5-Yung Berg

top 5
1. rakim – it took me YEARS to fully understand and digest the lyrics in “follow the leader”. now that's ill. keep in mind i grew up in hawaii surrounded by a bunch of pineapple fields, so maybe now you can see why that song flipped my world upside down.
2. big daddy kane – the wrath of kane is a pure text book example of what an emcee is or should be imo
3. milk d – completely under rated. how many rappers can write lines that don't rhyme and still sound dope? never dated has got to be one of the most slept on albums of all time. not to mention “top billin” has got to be one of the most sampled hip hop records ever. another great example of what it is to be an emcee.
4. pharoah monche – no commentary needed
5. nas – forget about his last album and listen to his first. illmatic's enough to put his name down in the books forever. i still listen to that album on an almost daily basis.

honorary mention and where are they now goes out to natural elements

never in my top 5
1. ice t – talkin loud and sayin nothin
2. pac – i will say that he was consistent and his records did stand the test of time, but also always felt that it was always image over actual skill.
3. jay z – never liked him from back in the “hawaiian sophie” days til now. he never had that rewind button appeal to me. if anything it was always fast forward.
4. kanye west – a good producer, yes, but as far as a rapper i never liked him, either. i really tried to like him, but the more i listen to his lyrics the more i dislike him. in fact, it's gotten to a point that just the sound of his voice grates me haha just my honest opinion don't get mad
5. the game – listen to the acapella versions of his best songs. you won't be able to sit through a whole song i guarantee

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anyone who puts both biggie and tupac cant think for themselves

Here you go top 5
Plug One
Plug Two
Andre 3 Stacks
Cee Lo
Rakim

NOT 5
Wocka Flocka Flame
Tony Yayo
Plies
The Eastside Boyz ( pick either one of them )
Puff Daddy

1. Rakim
2. Scarface
3. Jay-Z
4. Andre 3000
5. GZA

1. 50
2. L. L.
3. Snoop
4. Jeezy
5. Q-Tip