Underrated Rappers Appreciation thread: your top 5

[ohhhla]

Kane

B.G.

Master P

Saigon

Grafh

 

[ohhhla]

I forgot about Big Noyd, K.R.I.T., Sauce Money, MJG

 

[ohhhla]

Sean Price, Rock, Buckshot, Killer Mike

 

[Mr_Vicodin81G]

1.Zro

2.MJG

3.Lord Infamous

4.Gibbs

5.Tech N9NE

 

[A$AP_A$TON]

Styles P

Ab Liva

Fat Joe

Keith Murray

Red Man

 

[LaRoacé]

Playa Fly-Southern rapper that i wish would have broken out on a bigger scale, can bring top notch lyricism w/o necessarily having to talk about money hoes and clothes, "Write Sum Bump" is a great example of his greatness

Young Dro-phenomenal descriptive wordplay, very witty and funny, there was a short period of time when i thought he was better than tip(tip's one of my favorite rappers ever btw)

MJG-always thought he was a bit better than 8-ball but it seems 8-ball gets more props, sharp flow, dope lyricism, excellent energy on tracks especially guest features

Slim Thug-not exactly the best lyricist, but when he sounds hungry(and is dissing other texas rappers) is when he's dopest, when texas had their lil run, mike jones was at the forefront but he(along with paul wall and chamillionaire) was very underrated imo, check out his mixtapes "Tha boss vol. 1" and "gangsta grillz: boss basics" and u'll see what i mean

Cam'ron-niggas love to bring up "computers putin" and all his "fooley mc gooley" rhyme schemes, but ion think they get the full picture, cam brings that lingo and wordplay that i sincerely think goes over niggas heads, i consider him a nice lyricist and he has classic material on come home with me, purple haze, and DI 1, he even brought some dope rhymes on some of those dry Arabb muzik beats

Co mutha fuckin sign

 

[killaguwop]

B.G for his crazy southern lingo with lyricism spitting slick shit while being lyrical have heavy influence on the southern style.

fat joe coming from the D.I.T.C crew. he stood out in a crew composed of lyricists and he was the only latino in the crew. he put on for his borough. his catalog is dope except for only one album.

WC & MACK 10 i put them together cuz i personally think they put on for L.A more than cube. WC perfectly mix G-funk with lyrical storytelling like no other same with mack 10.

N.O.R.E he goes in. spits slick lingo. good storyteller, funny MC.keeps up with the game and new sounds and producers.

jim jones. spits with emotional hunger.makes dope club anthems. rhymes good on western and southern beats. dope drunken master flow.

 

[grumpy_new_yorker]

this is a top 5 underrated list, not an all time top 5 favorites list so....

1. Rock aka Rockness Monsta of Heltah Skeltah

2. Mr. Dead of Metabolics

3. UG of Cella Dwellas

4. 8-Off aka Agallah

5. Prevail of Swollen Members

 

[keez.]

AZ, Cormega, Z-Ro, Xzibit and Inspektah Deck

 

[L.O.S.T.]

Killer Mike

El-p my favorite white rapper/producer

Freeway

Lil keke

Mf doom

 

[flacofitz]

Prodigy

Doom

Sir Michael rocks

Dza

Project pat

Roc Marc

current Raekwon

 

[soulbrother]

AZ

Scarface

C.L. Smooth

Black Thought

Bun B

 

[ohhhla]

I forgot CL Smooth.

Dope emcee.

Oh and Jeru

 

[supYo]

havoc

afura

baatin

NAPOLEON

.....ur choice

 

[Lincoln]

black thought

killa sin

starang wondah

cam'ron

posdnuos

 

[HarlemThumzUp]

SUGA muthafuccin FREE.

 

[vince_vince]

I see AZ mentioned in a lot of responses but how is that guy underrated?!?

Have you ever heard anyone say he is wack? Dude is probably unknown but not underrated, big difference...

By contrast Fab is underrated, a lot of people dont respect him because of his pop tunes and totally disregard all the dope tracks he dropped.

 

[nujerz84]

AZ is unknown that means hes also underrated...cause if more people know about him he be rated higher than he is.

 

[mryounggun]

Just off the top of my head with no real thought at all...and in no order:

Killer Mike

Freddie Gibbs

Maino

Juvie

AZ

 

[Cymicaldane]

Masta Ace has to be there

Same with Tech

Immortal Technique

Vinnie Paz of JMT

AZ