Name your Top 5 "Classic or All Time" and "Contemporary" (Those who heavily active in the game right now) Hip Hop lyricists. I'll start
>Top 5 "Classic/All Time"
Eminem
Nas
2pac
Andre 3000
Big Pun
(no order)
>Top 5 "Contemporary"
Kendrick Lamar
Joey Bada$$
Mick Jenkins
Danny Brown
Tech N9ne
(no order)
>>60986953
Is this a joke?
>Classic
Saul Williams
Pharoahe Monch
Eyedea
Busdriver
Doseone
>Contemporary
Daveed Diggs
Milo (current Milo, not nerdcore Milo)
Signor Benedick the Moor
Kendrick Lamar
Lin-Manuel Miranda
>Classic
Nas
Andre 3000
Biggie
Ice Cube
Jay-Z
>Contemporary
Pusha T
EL-P
Kendrick Lamar
Tech N9ne
Kevin Gates
tupac
scarface
gucci mane
lil wayne
young thug
young thug
lil b
future
kodak black
mozzy
>>60986953
1. Logic
2. Iggy Azalea
3. Nicki Minaj
4. J. Cole
5. Drake
6. Beyoncé
7. Eminem
8. Elvis Presley
9. Lou Reed
10. Chaka Khan
>>60986953
>classic
Jay-Z
Eminem
Nas
Kool G Rap
Biggie
>contemporary
Kendrick Lamar
R.A. The Rugged Man (been around since early 90s but no official album until 2004)
T.I.
Big K.R.I.T.
Lupe Fiasco
Oh, and Tech N9ne been releasing albums since the late 90s, and was pretty popular in the early 2000s as well in the Underground scene.
>>60987195
I know he's had quite the career but I figured he's still consistently dropping projects (Special Effects just dropped this year) so he'd constitute as contemporary to an extent. I know what you mean though. The dude has a really extensive discography
>>60987062
this list is just trying too hard to be different
>>60988079
no hes just a nerd w bad taste
>>60986953
I genuinely think Nas is the greatest lyricist of all time. Not saying he makes the best albums but from straight storytelling, wordplay and ability to paint a picture Nas gets the crown on that.
>>60986953
>Classic
Nas
Biggie
Eminem
REKS
Jay Electronica
>Contemporary
Kendrick Lamar
Pusha T
Royce da 5'9"/Crooked I
Lupe Fiasco
Logic
Top 5 as in favorite, not objective best (what is objective best anyways right?) also never in any particular order
>classics
Biggie
Big L
Big Pun
Ludacris
Eminem
>contemporary
wiki
meechy darko
Kendrick
A$AP Ferg
Ab Soul
guess I'm pretty biased towards NY but whateva
>>60986953
You should probably add "hip hop" or "rap" before lyricists in the title. I love your idea of classic. But yeah if your talking just about this genre, I'll leave yas to it
Rakim y'all.
Also Scarface is GOAT.
>>60988950
>ludacris
>>60987067
>Nas
>Ice Cube
>Biggie
>Tech N9ne
>Lamar
muh nigga
>Classic
Em
Big
Meth
GZA
Nas
>Contemporary
DOOM
Kendrick
MC Ride
Aes Rock
Pink Guy
