MY top 5 MC's of all time...

[babyjesus]

1. Rakim He is so far and above everyone else is it's not even funny..

2. Kool G Rap.. He's got ridiculous hardcore rhymes and made alot of hits..

3. Guru (from Gangstar) Another guy who made rhymes that made you think.
recently died of cancer..R.I.P.

4. Grand Puba (Brand Nubian) If you take away his wack beats and just listen to his rhymes he's damn good..

5. Snoop Dogg got me into west coast rap with 187 " Creep with me as i crawl thru the hood..." That shyt was hott!

Honarable mention...of course.. Tupac

sorry Gucci mane and soulja boy will never make this list.LOL!!

[TurboMan]

1. Rakim He is so far and above everyone else is it's not even funny..

2. Kool G Rap.. He's got ridiculous hardcore rhymes and made alot of hits..

3. Guru (from Gangstar) Another guy who made rhymes that made you think.
recently died of cancer..R.I.P.

4. Grand Puba (Brand Nubian) If you take away his wack beats and just listen to his rhymes he's damn good..

5. Snoop Dogg got me into west coast rap with 187 " Creep with me as i crawl thru the hood..." That shyt was hott!

Honarable mention...of course.. Tupac

sorry Gucci mane and soulja boy will never make this list.LOL!!

NEVER make da list..nothing to LOL about cause you are...SOOOO RIGHT.

[peggygee]

1. Rakim He is so far and above everyone else is it's not even funny..

2. Kool G Rap.. He's got ridiculous hardcore rhymes and made alot of hits..

3. Guru (from Gangstar) Another guy who made rhymes that made you think.
recently died of cancer..R.I.P.

4. Grand Puba (Brand Nubian) If you take away his wack beats and just listen to his rhymes he's damn good..

5. Snoop Dogg got me into west coast rap with 187 " Creep with me as i crawl thru the hood..." That shyt was hott!

Honarable mention...of course.. Tupac

sorry Gucci mane and soulja boy will never make this list.LOL!!

I'll think on more of my faves, but for now Tupac, and Guru would be on the list.

[bigdicki]

5. Common (potential to be #1 if he keeps getting better) tied with Snoop
4. Jay-Z (say what you want but the Camel puts out some wicked classics from time to time)
3. Scarface (the REAL King of the South)/Eminem (yea, I put a white boy in the mix...)
2. BIG (rest in piece... the real King of Brooklyn)
1. Rakim (every rhyme is a classic)

Guru, Kool G Rap and Nas would be in my top 10 but not the top 5.

[thepiedpiper]

This is a never ending debate which, I can never decide on there are so many MC's that could be in that top 5 and still to this day I can't decide on who should be in it. I guess for me there would be 2 lists on for Mc's from the golden era then one for the current heavyweights. Anyway in no particular order

1. Biggie - the king of BK
2. Kool G Rap - Ill street blues need I say more
3. Big Daddy Kane - This guy was the shit back in the day
4. Lord Finesse - After I heard him murder Percee P on the freestyle tape from 89 / Rakim - too hard to pick between the two for me
5. Nas - ever since nasty nas

Honourable mentions: Elzhi, J-Live, Talib, Mos Def, Black Thought, Common, Phife Dawg, Big Pun, Erick Sermon, Pharoahe and large professor

[peggygee]

This is a never ending debate which, I can never decide on there are so many MC's that could be in that top 5 and still to this day I can't decide on who should be in it. I guess for me there would be 2 lists on for Mc's from the golden era then one for the current heavyweights. Anyway in no particular order

1. Biggie - the king of BK
2. Kool G Rap - Ill street blues need I say more
3. Big Daddy Kane - This guy was the shit back in the day
4. Lord Finesse - After I heard him murder Percee P on the freestyle tape from 89 / Rakim - too hard to pick between the two for me
5. Nas - ever since nasty nas

Honourable mentions: Elzhi, J-Live, Talib, Mos Def, Black Thought, Common, Phife Dawg, Big Pun, Erick Sermon, Pharoahe and large professor

I'm from the BK, but I'm gonna have to go West Coast over East Coast with
Tupac as the better lyricist, poet, spitter, actor, and all around entertainer.

And since I like my rap to have meaning, and social consciousness I have to
put Chuck D, and Public Enemy in the mix.

In the same regards I have to put the Queen, Latifah on the list.

[peggygee]

I'm from the BK, but I'm gonna have to go West Coast over East Coast with
Tupac as the better lyricist, poet, spitter, actor, and all around entertainer.

And since I like my rap to have meaning, and social consciousness I have to
put Chuck D, and Public Enemy in the mix.

In the same regards I have to put the Queen, Latifah on the list.

Truth be told I have to go with the originals, Gil Scot Heron, and The Last
Poets, because Ni@@as Are Scared Of Revolution and the Revolution Will
Not Be Telivised.

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[thepiedpiper]

I'm from the BK, but I'm gonna have to go West Coast over East Coast with
Tupac as the better lyricist, poet, spitter, actor, and all around entertainer.

And since I like my rap to have meaning, and social consciousness I have to
put Chuck D, and Public Enemy in the mix.

In the same regards I have to put the Queen, Latifah on the list.

I'll agree with Chuck D I should have give him a shout too. I'm probably gonna cause beef with te comment I'm about to make with the whole forum or least the majority but to be honest I never really felt Tupac that much. I know, I know that is a BOLD statment to make and I will say he made some bangers but when it came to albums I never really listened to album where i could sit there uniterrupted for the whole album with being distracted or at times skipping tracks. I will still put him in an elite group of rappers for pure entertainment value but there are many rappers i consider more skilled than Tupac that other people won't.

Now female MC's that is a good one. There are so many great Female MC's so I'll list my top 5 again in no order except for lyte being top

1. MC Lyte
2. Bahamadia
3. Queen Latifah
4. Ladybug Mecca (Digable Planets)
5. Medusa (Feline Science)

honourable mentions: Jean Grae, Lauryn Hill and Roxanne Shante

[peggygee]

I'll agree with Chuck D I should have give him a shout too. I'm probably gonna cause beef with te comment I'm about to make with the whole forum or least the majority but to be honest I never really felt Tupac that much. I know, I know that is a BOLD statment to make and I will say he made some bangers but when it came to albums I never really listened to album where i could sit there uniterrupted for the whole album with being distracted or at times skipping tracks. I will still put him in an elite group of rappers for pure entertainment value but there are many rappers i consider more skilled than Tupac that other people won't.

Now female MC's that is a good one. There are so many great Female MC's so I'll list my top 5 again in no order except for lyte being top

1. MC Lyte
2. Bahamadia
3. Queen Latifah
4. Ladybug Mecca (Digable Planets)
5. Medusa (Feline Science)

honourable mentions: Jean Grae, Lauryn Hill and Roxanne Shante

On BET or TvOne, they are going to do a show on all of the female rappers
soon.

But yes Lyte:



Shout out to Salt N Pepa, and don't forget Spinderella.

Love to my girl Eve.



Don't miss Missy Elliot.

Can't say why I can't chose Foxy Brown or Lil Kim, don't quite be feeling them.

[babyjesus]

5. Common (potential to be #1 if he keeps getting better) tied with Snoop
4. Jay-Z (say what you want but the Camel puts out some wicked classics from time to time)
3. Scarface (the REAL King of the South)/Eminem (yea, I put a white boy in the mix...)
2. BIG (rest in piece... the real King of Brooklyn)
1. Rakim (every rhyme is a classic)

Guru, Kool G Rap and Nas would be in my top 10 but not the top 5.

damn being from Brooklyn how could i have forgotten biggie...I take grand puba off and Put biggie in his place...
I like scarface but not in my top ten,jaz-Z for what it's worth don't think he is a good mc but his beats are always hot...