This would be fun if people would post a youtube as one example why they chose whoever.

No one song would do it, no one song could be the primary reason, but if you post a really good Lil Wayne freestyle and say "listen to him freestyle" then it might support your answer better.

Likewise for 2pac, we all know he had abs, post his rhymes.

Kool Moe Dee - buried people in battles

Melle Mel - powerful voice, wrote "The Message"

Slick Rick - best storyteller

Rakim - innovator of multiple rhymes

Big Daddy Kane - best performer AND lyricist - father of Jay-Z's whole style

SavonOsco said:

substance....

THAT. A lot of dudes can flow for days but never say anything.

SavonOsco said:

My choices are..... Rakim KRS Andre 3K Common Mos Def lyrics....delivery...substance....

Now that's a respectable list.

It's cool to like Bone Thugs, but puh-leeze.

Common ain't that special. He may be your favorite if you agree with his points of view.

I'd put Lord Finesse above him in a second.

ESHAM!!!

i mean rapping about the devil...that takes skillz!

My favorite rappers usually got a lot of humor or clever comments too, which I find entertaining. That's why I rate Biggie higher than other people. or Grand Puba (Brand Nubian, Masters Of Ceremony).

Sometimes these other rappers laugh dumb at the ends of their own lines when they're not really saying anything funny or unexpected.

Cinnie said:

RebirthOfCool said:

Since this is people's PERSONAL choices, I'll hold my tongue on some of these wackass selections.

Cinnie said:

Kool Moe Dee - buried people in battles

He certainly did. He got up in LLCoolJ and i think

he got up in MCShan too.

Cinnie said:

My favorite rappers usually got a lot of humor or clever comments too, which I find entertaining. That's why I rate Biggie higher than other people. or Grand Puba (Brand Nubian, Masters Of Ceremony).

Sometimes these other rappers laugh dumb at the ends of their own lines when they're not really saying anything funny or unexpected.

I was about to put Grand Puba on my list but i was short on time.

I would also like to say that De La Soul was more inventive or off the wall than Andre 3000.

And Kool Keith probably has all of them beat

What i liked about Kool Moe Dee was that he would challenge you

to a face to face battle on the mike where as other rappers would

just talk shit.

phunkdaddy said:

What i liked about Kool Moe Dee was that he would challenge you

to a face to face battle on the mike where as other rappers would

just talk shit.

I was trying to find a youtube audio clip of him rhyming live over "My Melody".

I love Busta Rhymes:

Cinnie said:

Slick Rick - best storyteller

I was about to say the same EXACT thing!

Aside from his storytelling. I think there're many people who came up with stuff couple of years ago that seem to STILL outdate his stuff from 1986.

The man is a natural. It just goes to show you that fluff drops, substance lasts.

SavonOsco said:

My choices are..... Rakim KRS Andre 3K Common Mos Def lyrics....delivery...substance....

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Cinnie said:

Kool Moe Dee - buried people in battles

Melle Mel - powerful voice, wrote "The Message"

Slick Rick - best storyteller

Rakim - innovator of multiple rhymes

Big Daddy Kane - best performer AND lyricist - father of Jay-Z's whole style

YES YES YES Ga head Cinnie.

I'd also add Grandmaster Caz.

Jay-Z, Eminem, Rakim, Nas, and Tupac are all great as well.

Biggie is overrated and so is LL.

Here are mine:

Cinnie said:

The Greatest Rapper? Everybody is going to give you a different answer , I have alot of favorites but my favorite rapper of all time is tupac [img:$uid]http://i967.photobucket.com/albums/ae154/backupbabybugz718/Tupaccurly.jpg[/img:$uid]

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Too many to name.

Rakim

Kane

Ice Cube

Pac

Biggie

Nas

Andre 3000

Silkk the Shocker

ect.

you and I know damn well that "Silkk The Shocker" and "greatest rapper" don't belong in the same sentence unless it has "will never be" between them

bboy87 said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Too many to name.

Rakim

Kane

Ice Cube

Pac

Biggie

Nas

Andre 3000

Silkk the Shocker

ect.

you and I know damn well that "Silkk The Shocker" and "greatest rapper" don't belong in the same sentence unless it has "will never be" between them

That's his preference ... lol

Cinnie said:

It's cool to like Bone Thugs, but puh-leeze.

What do you mean by that? Considering I am the only one who mentioned them, I kinda figure this is some what directed to me. That being said, what does "but puh-leeze" mean? There's nothing wrong. They may not be the best lyricists, but in pretty much all other categories, they have most of the artists named so far beat. Tupac, Nas, Ice-T, Rakim ect. I realize how ignorant this sounds, but it's my opinion. Krayzie Bone is the greatest rapper alive in the eyes of a lot of people.

And since you asked for Youtube links to support our opinion. I didn't want to go all out posting videos, so I just picked 5.

Krayzie's verse is 2nd starting at about 1:30

Again, 2nd verse, starting at :55. And for some reason, the song plays twice in the video.

1st verse

Also, Krayzie Bone is the real guy who is the best at doing a chorus. T-Pain is on a lot of them. I don't like him that much though. Nate Dogg is another, but him on the other hand, I love Nate Dogg. But still, nobody can do it better than Krayzie. Some songs I listen to just because of him on the chorus.

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bboy87 said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Too many to name.

Rakim

Kane

Ice Cube

Pac

Biggie

Nas

Andre 3000

Silkk the Shocker

ect.

you and I know damn well that "Silkk The Shocker" and "greatest rapper" don't belong in the same sentence unless it has "will never be" between them

Milkk the Shocker

GetAwayFromMe said:

I love Busta Rhymes:

I kind of agree, his early stuff was hard to beat, (Woo ha Got y'all in check), was flawless, hyperkinetic rhymes (He must have been on crack or some shit), and an amazing whole fisheye lens thing with the video. I remmeber that jam from my youth, and it still sounds fresh now, its rap that can make you laugh too. He was a great rapper, but playa was crazy.