Who is the best rapper of all time and why is it Nas?
>>63825939
Illmatic and It Was Written were pretty good but I can name like 10 better rappers off the top of my head.
Starting with an obvious one.
for starters it's not nasty one album wonder nas
>>63825939
No it goes
Biggie
Ghostface
Nas
MF DOOM
Andre 3000
>>63826676
>biggie
>>63826684
Yeah he was a prodigy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8oDTv_rrbI
>>63826676
>doom
Lmao no
>>63827120
Show me a rapper with a more consistent dicsog
>>63827135
I mean he has a clear peak in Madvillainy
>>63827135
Doom is only consistently good, not great. I'd say the following are better:
>Jay Z
>Eminem
>2pac
Every one of these artist has at least two classic albums, if not 3+. Doom's only classic is madvillainy. Operation doomsday could be discussed but has too may garbage features.
>>63827184
That's overrated IMO, fucking outstanding production and DOOM times his syllables with the beat as well as ever but too many simple rhyme schemes for an acid rapper like him
>>63827207
In terms of raw skill yes those rappers are better. MF DOOM is the best at concepts and is also a great producer, hence why I like him
>>63827207
how ironic of you to list those three and then go on to complain about garbage features
>>63825939
Rakim
Big L
Big Pun
KRS
Andre
Eminem
Kool G Rap
DMX
All better.
Actually it's GZA
>>63828981
He ain't even the best Wu-Tang member.
Mos Def
>>63828960
fuckin clueless
>>63829780
He's right tho.
>>63826676
>>63826591
I can't stand Biggie's voice at all, which is a shame cuz he has good lyrics and shit, but it's just so unpleasant
tribe. midnight marauders is one of the best albums ever.
>>63826676
no....
it goes
reggie
jay z
tupac
biggie
andre from outkast
jada
kurupt
nas
and then me
>>63831756
>Andre from Outkast
Which one? :^)
Eh my vote is for Jay Z.
He has has a better grasp on entendres and other clever techniques than Nas who is more multisyllable.
>>63831465
lol what
>>63825939
DOOM is objectively the best. Literally nobody even comes close.
After that I'd put Roots Manuva for his early albums. Practically all the rest of hip hop depends on production because nobody else has good enough lyrics to hold a record solely on the lyrics.
>but muh flow
Flow has never been enough. There are millions of rappers who can flow well.
>>63831501
This. 100%
>>63832143
nigga what
>>63826591
Life After Death sucks apart from a few songs, his music would've continued to have spiraled downwards had he lived.
Slick Rick the Rula
>>63832498
>because nobody else has good enough lyrics to hold a record solely on the lyrics
>who is Slick Rick
Doom probably. I would say Earl is pretty good if we're talking contemporary artists
>>63832661
>his music would've continued to have spiraled downwards had he lived.
The same could be said for literally every dead musician. Nas made a ton of awful shit after Illmatic.
Rakim is pretty much acknowledged as the best one by the circuit itself
it's GOTTA be the beastie boys
>>63831465
Nigga, what? Biggie had one of the best rap voices in the game. Low-pitch bass, intimidating, powerful and silky-smooth.
>>63825939
That's not how you spell K. Dot
>>63834087
Who?
>>63826733
speaking of which, Prodigy
>>63834087
K.dot is top 1 newschool
and guru has too much of a boring flow, at times it just made a lively and intricate premier beat feel flat
>>63834850
Outside the noir era not much to report
Big L and the whole DITC, they be puttin it on
>>63831756
no.
it goes,
it goes,
it goes,
it goes,
guillotine, yuh
>>63827120
mos def called him the best rapper he's ever heard
pretty much all those underground types in the early 2000s like Dilla, Kanye, Talib, Madlib have extreme respect for him
if you don't like him it's because you don't like his fanbase
>>63825939
Young Thug is the greatest artist of all time.
this nigga will go down in history as one of the goats
>>63835890
not the guy, but my homies fuck hard with doom, but I just never caught on to him. I didn't like hiphop before like three years ago, so I was never able to anticipate his goat drops or whatever, where should I start?
>>63836281
Madvillainy, Vaudeville Villain, and Operation Doomsday are his three best and most essential records
What is the best rap song of all time?
>>63837151
FACTS (Charlie Heat Version)
>>63837151
Halftime
>>63837151
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=519SLYlGoR0
period.
>>63837356
not a bad suggestion.
going with something a bit more modern, but this is truly how I feel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-2ckLBV21g
that 9 and 10 thing always makes my ears cum
>No Big Daddy Kane
>No Kool Moe Dee
>No Melle Mel
>No MC Lyte
>No Lauryn Hill
You guys suck.
>>63825939
>best of all time
>has one good album
>>63836805
>No MM... Food
>>63837151
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xwrjCCExkk
Hands down.
>>63836805
Take out Vaudeville Villain and replace it with MM.. Food.
>>63828960
What is this
>>63828960
This looks like a list from a YouTube comment
>>63837151
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4Onc4fFGlo
Surely it has to be this.
>>63837828
>>63837760
oh shit u guys right u right i forgot that one, forgive me i'm high
>>63837151
So corny... but it hits so deep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBadu4K-QkI
>>63832661
Antwan Andre Patton or Andre Lauren Benjamin from Outkast
>>63837151
QDIII = God
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJdsPNYuzQ4
>tupac on any list
>>63838929
Tupac deserves his spot. Me against the world is a masterpiece.
