So orgers, who makes the cut? And if you can't decide on rap acts then what about your top 5 rap jams of all time? I don't listen to much rap these days but if I was forced to compile a list then I would have to limit it to these top 5 of all time.


Mine:

1. Whodini. yes they were rappers and the first I ever listened too! 5 minutes of funk was the shit and I even like One Love
2. Run DMC - Its Like That
3. Grand Master Flash - White Lines still gets play in the clubs
4. Beasty Boys - Sabotage is killer
5. LL Cool J - well his looks help a lot. Who do you love?

1. Boogie Down Productions - K.R.S. One taught me so much.
2. DJ Quik - Dude is a talented musician - check out his tribute to Roger Troutman - "Roger's Groove"
3. Jay Z. - His phrasing and cool is a wicked combo.
4. L.L. Cool J - The Boomin' System is my favorite.
5. Dr. Dre - Let Me Ride is a classic!

5. Ya Kid K - Spin That Wheel
4. The Fresh Prince - Boomy Boom Shake dat Room
3. Snow - Informer
2. Ice Cubez - Ca$h Over Azz
1. Ras Kass - Nature of the Threat

bobsteezy said:[quote]1. Boogie Down Productions - K.R.S. One taught me so much.
2. DJ Quik - Dude is a talented musician - check out his tribute to Roger Troutman - "Roger's Groove"
3. Jay Z. - His phrasing and cool is a wicked combo.
4. L.L. Cool J - The Boomin' System is my favorite.
5. Dr. Dre - Let Me Ride is a classic![/quote]


Very true. It was my #6

1) Public Enemy - a big gap btwn them and whoever i decide to put second after typing this. Rap at its most compelling, political, and provocative. I LOVE Chuck D.

2) Run DMC - Classics galore, groundbreaking pioneers

3) A Tribe Called Quest/DeLa Soul - The crews had parallel careers IMO and are forever linked as my favorite fun loving, thinking man's rap crews

4) Outkast - Perhaps the most consistently good catalog in hip-hop

5) Eric B & Rakim (technically The R, is a soloist, but with Eric B, they're a group; Paid In Full lands them in anybody's top 10 list of anything rap)

I didn't list solo MCs, i processed this thread in terms of GROUPS.
Near Misses: Souls of Mischief, Digable Planets (not enuff material), Brand Nubian,

does candy commentary and comedy rappers count?

icy blu - pump it First rap CD
Wanda Sykes - prety much anything
Missy Elliot - same
Robin Williams - same
Snoop dog - inner views

PharkyorLOVE said:

Um...what?

DesireeNevermind said:

You aint heard Robin William rap....
What about this guy that wraps like Prince?

PharkyorLOVE said:

the actor/commedian robin williams? nope, can't say I've had the displeasure.

DesireeNevermind said:

no wonder you cant find the perfect Prince song.....

ouch. this is tough.

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DesireeNevermind said:[quote]

bobsteezy said:

Roger taught him how to play the "Talk box" himself

1. KRS One
2. DJ Quik
3. Lauryn Hill
4. A Tribe Called Quest
5. Biggie Smalls

My rap preferences
1. Ice Cube
2. Kanye West
3. P.M. Dawn
4. Common
5. LL Cool J

datdude said:

Better than my Top Five. This would be my second Top Five

DesireeNevermind said:

Pete Rock and CL Smooth - "They Reminisce Over You [T.R.O.Y.]" We still play this at all our cook-outs.

MC Lyte-Ruffneck

Public Enemy

Kool Moe Dee..yes, I still love The Wild, Wild West.

Eminem


But, but...I love Doug E. Fresh...SLICK RICK!!! ...Rakim, Whodini, Outkast, Big Daddy Kane... How can you pick just 5?

Run DMC
Krs-1
Outkast
Dr Dre/Snoop
.....and don't laugh..... Wreck N Effect

DesireeIn my opinion.....

1. Grandmaster Flash .. and them (for The Message alone)...no one else were like them at all either. However in my opinion I havent really got anything else that came close to that caliber..but the Message alone is the top rap song of all time imo

2. Eminem ..always kept me awake and wondering what he was going to do next..thought provoking and funny.

3. Nas..such an enlightener...however he always needed better production

4. Biggie. Even though he had only 2 albums to show his influence has been massive..his flows and style are still untouchable.

5. Jay Z. He may not be the best of all times, however his productions with the way he says things always match. And while it's somewhat easy for others to copy his style, no one can sound as good as him over those old school samples and catch phrases he comes up with.

The Notorious B.I.G.
Rakim
L.L. Cool J.
Tupak
Nas

Well... "rap", whatever...

Public Enemy
cLOUDDEAD
Tricky
Dälek
Rock Master Scott & The Dynamic Three

2Pac : Don Killuminati, All Eyez On Me, Me Against The World
Dr. Dre / Snoop Doggy Dogg: Doggystyle, The Chronic, 2001
NaS : Illmatic, Hip Hop Is Dead, Nigger
Eric B. & Rakim: Paid In Full
Public Enemy: It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back, Fear Of A Black Planet
[Edited 6/5/09 9:08am]

Public Enemy
A Tribe called Quest
De la Soul
Run DMC
Whodini

Kanye West
Jay Z
L L Cool J
Salt N Pepa
Eminem

one more: 2pac

Quite a few nods to public enemy. I was never really into them. I only remember them for that Spike Lee movie and b/c of flava flav and all his dating shows. Sad I know. I outta revisit and see if I would give them honorable mention.

Public Enemy
Eminem
Beastie Boys
Outkast
Snoop Dogg

DesireeNevermind said:

I would definitely revisit them. It takes a nation of millions and fear of a black planet are classics imo. Classic hip-hop and positive (go figure). I miss those days. I guess I'll go back to doin the stanky leg(NOT).

Public Enemy
Eminem
Jay Z
Ice Cube
Tupac/Biggie

Tupac
Tupac
Tupac
Tupac
and finally
Tupac.

Ice Cube-Amerikkka's Most Wanted/Kill At Will/Death Certificate/The Predator
Ice T-Rhyme Pays/Power/Iceberg/O.G./Home Invasion//Return Of The Real/Gangsta Rap
Above The Law-Livin Like Hustlers/Vocally Pimpin/Black Mafia Life/Uncle Sam's Curse/Time Will Reveal
Scarface-Mr Scarface Is Back/The World Is Yours/The Diary/Untouchable/In My Time Of Dying/The Fix/M.A.D.E.