Complex magazine, 11 great rappers who don't have classics [feelings will be caught]

[The Lonious Monk]

I hate to say it but Method Man dont have one.

I don't care what anyone says. Tical is a classic, or at the very least it's close enough for him to not have made this list.

Love the album but compared to ghost and rae's, it just doesnt reach that standard of classic material.

Again, an album not being as good as another album doesn't mean it's not classic. Just because Tical isn't OB4CL doesn't mean it isn't Classic.

two classic songs Bring The Pain & All I Need. The rest of the songs although good songs does not push the album into the classic category IMO.

We can agree to disagree. I don't look at individual songs when I'm determining what is a Classic. I look at the album as a whole and the way it flowed and mood of the album were perfect. Like I said before, it's like the prototype for that grimey East Coast Hip Hop. Regardless of whether you consider it to be a Classic or not, it's too close for his name to be mentioned on this list. If you only going to pick 11, Meth shouldn't come to mind.

 

[The Recipe]

Fuck Complex Magazine and they Wack ass List, LOL @ Hip Hop Heads giving merit to the Ecko Unlimited nigga

 

[O.G.]

I hate to say it but Method Man dont have one.

I don't care what anyone says. Tical is a classic, or at the very least it's close enough for him to not have made this list.

Love the album but compared to ghost and rae's, it just doesnt reach that standard of classic material.

Again, an album not being as good as another album doesn't mean it's not classic. Just because Tical isn't OB4CL doesn't mean it isn't Classic.

two classic songs Bring The Pain & All I Need. The rest of the songs although good songs does not push the album into the classic category IMO.

We can agree to disagree. I don't look at individual songs when I'm determining what is a Classic. I look at the album as a whole and the way it flowed and mood of the album were perfect. Like I said before, it's like the prototype for that grimey East Coast Hip Hop. Regardless of whether you consider it to be a Classic or not, it's too close for his name to be mentioned on this list. If you only going to pick 11, Meth shouldn't come to mind.

I feel what you are sayin' but we can agree to disagree.

 

[qawshun]

Street hop is classic to me the album was fire. The same for both hunger for more albums but hey its complex

 

[jono]

Umm where do I begin?

1. Big L's Lifestylez is a classic but he shouldn't be on that list because he's been dead over a decade. It seems they wanted shock value that's why his name was dropped.

2. Jadakiss, Fabolous, Juelz & Banks are dead on.

3. Royce, Canibus & Ras Kass are judgment calls. Considering most people don't listen to either one of them for real I doubt they listened thoroughly enough to come to such a decision. For the record I think Canibus is ass, Royce is dope as fuck but I agree he has no classics and Soul on Ice wasn't a classic to me either.

4. Nicki is trash, she doesn't qualify as a "great rapper"

5. Busta & Luda are stylistically genius and created some great stuff but I am fine with people saying they don't have classics. They both have dope ass albums. ELE, Anarchy, The Coming, Dangerous and Big Bang are dope. Word of Mouf, Chicken & Beer, Release Therapy are also dope as fuck...but I can respect someone saying they aren't classic.

 

[BlackAX410]

I think the Coming by Busta is a classic. Juelz solo body of work was weak as hell he was just a feature guy nd was swept up in da Dipset run of da mid 2000's nd Nicki aint a great rapper. Most of da list is accurate tho

 

[ohhhla]

Method Man has a classic.

Stop saying he doesn't like it's a law of Hip Hop.

 

[T. Sanford]

Wayne have a classic

Carter 1

actually prefer this album but think carter II had the impact as well as music to make it classic

I can see that. I think both of them are classics tho

 

[Wild Self]

That is why most mixtape rappers should go through listening to the actual classics again before constructing an album.

 

[Stew]

Method Man has a classic.

Stop saying he doesn't like it's a law of Hip Hop.

The IC says he doesnt

 

[_Menace_]

So Big L makes the list and Wayne doesnt?

FOH

 

[nawledge_god]

Fuck A General Consensus...Tical Is Classic

 

[white715]

Ele and Anarchy are classics imo

 

[aneed123]

busta and Kass have classics...

 

[ohhhla]

Method Man has a classic.

Stop saying he doesn't like it's a law of Hip Hop.

The IC says he doesnt

The same IC that said Guerilla Warfare and Mista Don't Play is a classic?

Stew, are you willing to gamble your citation on the IC opinion?

 

[A1000MILES]

Mista Don't Play is a classic, nigga...

 

[Reggie80]

Mista Don't Play is a classic, nigga...

Is that a regional classic because I never heard of it being a classic until I came on the Ic

 

[JusDre313]

banks' hunger for more & jada' kiss of death are classic.

^^ this.. and yall gon act like Luda's "word of Mouf" wasnt a classic.. agree with most of the rest of the choices though

 

[ohhhla]

Hunger For More was a waste of time and even worthy for a coaster

 

[KingJamal]

I knew Luda and Jada were gonna be on here lol