The only 4 Emcees that's in everybody's top 5....Rank them

[saracenwire]

I don't think Nas is in everyone's top 5. He's in a lot of peoples top 5 but, he doesn't resonate across the culture like the other 3.

 

[mryounggun]

Top 5 EMCEE? Not RAPPERS?

1. Nas

2. Jay-Z

3. Big

4. Pac

 

[Screwtape]

he doesn't resonate across the culture like the other 3.

illmatic itself resonates across the culture. how many people havent at least heard of that album?

 

[Kwan Dai]

None of them are in my Top 5.

 

[DOPEdweebz]

1. BIG

2. NAS

3. Jay

4. Pac

 

[DOPEdweebz]

None of them are in my Top 5.

That wasn't his question.

 

[Kwan Dai]

None of them are in my Top 5.

That wasn't his question.

There wasn't a question asked and to assume they are in "EVERYBODY'S " top five is........

Carry on.

 

[2stepz_ahead]

kool g rap never gets his props

 

[no2fuks]

same ol biggie, jay z, nas, pac shit thread after thread after thread

 

[216atlran]

I'd rather listen to top 15-30 debates it somewhere around there. Top 5's weak now until somebody else show up

 

[Built 4 cuban linx]

1.)Nas/Tupac(are tied for my GOATS)

2.)Biggie

3.) jayz(dope but isnt in my normal top 5 anyway)

 

[Listencloser]

Nas

Pac

Rakim

BIG

 

[Listencloser]

Ghost

Lupe

Mosdef

Andre

 

[bck145]

1. pac

2. nas

3. jayz

4. big

this isn't my personal list, just going off of the names given

 

[IceBergTaylor]

Jay

Big

Nas

Pac

 

[Karl.]

No Chris Brown?

 

[_Lefty]

Scarface

Lupe

Jay-Z

UGK

Nas

Honorable Mention: Jeezy

There's no such thing as "should be in everybody's top 5". Can we make this thread the thread where we recognize the subjectivity of hip hop. Your top 5 is never going to match mine because we live different lives, and what I listen for in hip hop might not be the same as you. You can't tell too many white boys that eminem ain't the greatest of all time just like niggas can't tell me Scarface ain't the GOAT. Lupe is the most lyrical rapper i've ever heard, but a lot of niggas won't believe that, and it's cool. It's all subjective, niggas been beatin dead horses due to boredom for years startin these corny ass threads. Ya'll wanna start a thread, do a series for niggas to make a case for these "obvious" choices. Start with Big, Pac, Nas, Hov, and Rakim, or whoever you feel like is obvious. As long as people like Flo-Rida don't appear in the series, it should be dope. Maybe you might sway some people, incite good, evolved convo, not this rap city the basement shit, that ship has sailed, somebody might give a history lesson that make you look at an artist different, who knows, but I do know, ya'll can't keep hittin niggas wit this.

 

[Mr_Vicodin81G]

Pac

Ice Cube

Nas

Scarface

Pun

 

[Kwan Dai]

Scarface

Lupe

Jay-Z

UGK

Nas

Honorable Mention: Jeezy

There's no such thing as "should be in everybody's top 5". Can we make this thread the thread where we recognize the subjectivity of hip hop. Your top 5 is never going to match mine because we live different lives, and what I listen for in hip hop might not be the same as you. You can't tell too many white boys that eminem ain't the greatest of all time just like niggas can't tell me Scarface ain't the GOAT. Lupe is the most lyrical rapper i've ever heard, but a lot of niggas won't believe that, and it's cool. It's all subjective, niggas been beatin dead horses due to boredom for years startin these corny ass threads. Ya'll wanna start a thread, do a series for niggas to make a case for these "obvious" choices. Start with Big, Pac, Nas, Hov, and Rakim, or whoever you feel like is obvious. As long as people like Flo-Rida don't appear in the series, it should be dope. Maybe you might sway some people, incite good, evolved convo, not this rap city the basement shit, that ship has sailed, somebody might give a history lesson that make you look at an artist different, who knows, but I do know, ya'll can't keep hittin niggas wit this.

Aint shit going to change. And anyone that doesn't reserve the top spots for the fathers\creators\pioneers of this Hip Hop MCing shit are all frauds in my opinion and are only interested in repping their city, era and personal opinions..

 

[CeLLaR-DooR]

Come on man no one is sayin' these niggas SHOULD be in your top 5. They're just the most common names