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Thread started 08/23/04 3:15pm

namepeace

Take a crack at listing your top 20 solo hip-hop MC's

Who do you consider the greatest solo m.c.'s of all time in hip-hop? I'm not talking about great MC's who are members of groups, which would leave out immortals like Rakim. I'm talking about solo acts who get sole billing on their LPs.

Here are mine, off the top of the dome, grouped in no particular order, and conceding the possibility of a few glaring omissions:

the top 10

The Notorious B.I.G.
LL Cool J
KRS-ONE (solo)
Ice Cube
Redman
Common
Mos Def
Tupac Shakur
Ghostface
Nas


the next 10

Jay-Z
MC Lyte
Talib Kweli
Raekwon
Big Daddy Kane
Jeru The Damaja
Ice-T
Eminem
Lauryn Hill (singer as well, but the only solo MC to win a Grammy for Album of the Year)
MF Doom
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Reply #1 posted 08/23/04 6:07pm

JANFAN4L

Tori Fixx
Grand Puba
Sadat X
Queen Latifah
Soce, The Elemental Wizard
Ice Cube
Slick Rick
Grandmaster Caz
Rah Digga
Bahamadia
Roxanne Shante
KRS-One
2Pac
Ludacris
Keith Murray
LL Cool J
Big Daddy Kane
Common
Jay-Z
Lauryn Hill
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Reply #2 posted 08/23/04 6:58pm

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namepeace said:

Who do you consider the greatest solo m.c.'s of all time in hip-hop? I'm not talking about great MC's who are members of groups, which would leave out immortals like Rakim. I'm talking about solo acts who get sole billing on their LPs.

Here are mine, off the top of the dome, grouped in no particular order, and conceding the possibility of a few glaring omissions:

the top 10

The Notorious B.I.G.
LL Cool J
KRS-ONE (solo)
Ice Cube
Redman
Common
Mos Def
Tupac Shakur
Nas


the next 10

Jay-Z
Ice-T
Eminem
MF Doom
Aceyalone
Kool Keith/Dr.Octogon
Method Man
Keith Murray
Del the Funky homosapien
Motian Man




I took some liberties with your list. razz
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Reply #3 posted 08/24/04 2:24am

boriquateddy

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top 10 males in no particular order:

Krs-One
Slick Rick
Common
Mos Def
Eminem
Redman
Ice Cube
Scarface
Big L.-RIP
Jay Z
Rakim(he rhymed on the solo tip)
Jeru
Royce Da 5'9
Xzibit
Black Thought of The Roots
Talib Kweli
Big Pun-RIP
2pac-RIP
Biggie-RIP
Nas


You know I have to counteract this list with a seperate one for my ladies.....

Jean Grae
Rah-Digga
Bahamadia
Heather B.
Queen Latifah
M.C.Lyte
Lauryn Hill
Yo-Yo
Remy Martin
Jane Doe
The Lady of Rage
Medusa
Shawnna
Nikki D.
Roxanne Shante
Lin Que
Antoinette
Mia X.
Mother Superia
N-Tyce of the Deadly Venoms
I am not African. Africa is in me, but I cannot return.
I am not taína. Taíno is in me, but there is no way back.
I am not european. Europe lives in me, but I have no home there.
I am new. History made me. My first language was spanglish.
And I am
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Reply #4 posted 08/24/04 7:51am

JANFAN4L

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