Top 5 Rap/Hip Hop Artists

[Mrnoitaull]

Some may have a few, some more than others . But I want all the hiphop fans to narrow it down to there 5 most admired/favorite rap/hip hop artists.

 

Heres mine:

 

1)Andre 3000

2)Nas

3)Talib Khweli

4)Jay-Z

5)Eminem

 

your turn

[Guest Sandman9000]

KRS-ONE

Busta Rhymes

Chuck D

Eminem

Nas

[Guest caboose]

Run DMC

Eminem

Busta Rhymes

Gang Starr

Public Enemy

[Guest Crucifixio Jones]

1. Rakim

2. KRS-One

3. Chuck D

4. The Notorious B.I.G.

5. Nas

[Guest oldschoolwrestling]

Tupac

Too Short

Run-DMC

NWA

Dr Dre

[Guest ant_7000]

1. Biggie

2. 2pac

3. Rakim

4.Wu Tang

5. Outkast

[rising up out of the back seat-nuh]

outkast

jay-z

public enemy

del tha funkee homosapien

biggie

[B. Brian Brunzell]

B. Brian's Top Five Hip-Hop Artists:

 

5. A Tribe Called Quest

4.NWA

3.The Roots

2.Wu-Tang Clan

1.Run-DMC

[TheOriginalOrangeGoblin]

1. Nas

2. Xzibit

3. NWA

4. Eminem

5. Scarface

[Guest Edwin MacPhisto]

My personal favorites:

 

#1 - Big Boi and Dre from Outkast. Probably my favorite rap group, because they're ridiculously clever, super funky, and always pushing the envelope. I call them the perfect modern mix of bob your head and experimenting.

 

#2 - Q-Tip. It's strange for a middle-class white boy to be using the phrase "flow," but Q-Tip and crew are so gloriously jazzy that I feel I can say his flow rules.

 

#3 - Wu-Tang. I don't like them very much as solo artists with the exception of a few ODB guilty pleasures, but as a collective, I love em. Awesome, spare production, and Method Man and Ghostface Killah on the mic.

 

#4 - Jay-Z. The man absolutely exudes confidence, and he raps a lot smarter than most people give him credit for. Great singles, plus The Blueprint, which I can listen to any day of the week.

 

#5 - NWA. Straight Outta Compton is just great, efil4ZaggiN is horrifically vulgar but strangely funny, and they're altogether a legendary group.

 

Honorable mentions to all the obvious, most notably Dr. Dre and Public Enemy. The only reason Public Enemy doesn't get on here is because I'm not really a fan of the Bomb Squad's style of production, which takes a little out of it for me.

[Guest papacita]

Jay-Z

2Pac

Biggie

Run DMC

Tie between Nas and old school KRS.

[Guest notJames]

Definitely the Old School stuff, since I haven't listened to rap/hip hop consistently in almost 15 years…

 

Run DMC

Kurtis Blow

Public Enemy

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

LL Cool J

[Guest Still Fly]

1. Biggy Smalls

2.2Pac

3.Run DMC

4. A Tribe Called Quest

5.Scarface

[Guest HungryJack]

1. Chuck D

2. Nas

3. Ludacris

4. ODB

5. Flava Flav, the inspiration for ODB

[Guest Lord of The Curry]

1. Dre

2. Tupac

3. Andre Nickatina

4. Biggie

5. Dr.Doom/Kool Keith/Dr.Octagon

[Guest My Eyebrow is on fire]

1) Devin the Dude - Best originality.

2) Royce the 5'9 - The bomb lyrically..needs more depth to his rhymes.

3) Nas - Another all-original MC.

4) Crooked I - Best complex rhyme schemer who makes sense and tells stories.

5) Yukmouth - Extremely ignorant sometimes...i wish he'd stop rapping about money.

[Guest My Eyebrow is on fire]

3. Andre Nickatina

You have to be from the bay.

[Guest IDrinkRatsMilk]

Outkast

NWA... particularly Ice Cube

Eminem

ODB

Mos Def

[Guest razazteca]

I put my selections in groups because it is so hard just to pick one.

 

1. Dr Dre and everybody he ever worked with, all he does is produce hits.

 

2. Timbaland & Missy is another favorite producer team of mine.

 

3. All of the members of what I like to call the new Soul movement (Roots, Dungeon Family, Erica Badu, Musiq, Jill Scott, Common) The retro 70s funky soulful hip hop sound of this group is musical innovation. Too bad this fad comes and goes every few years with diff groups.

 

4. Busta Rhymes - nice vocal range from fast mind numbing flow to raspy gimmick voice. Seems to be on every damn remix there every was but he works well in a group environment.

 

5. Mos Def - The Soundbombing and lyical lounge albums are great.

[Guest Flyboy]

I don't listen to too much rap to have 5 favorites, but my favorite is Eminem.

[Guest Midnight Express83]

Also, my top 5

 

1: Run DMC

2: Tupac

3: Public Enemy

4: Wu-Tang Clan

5: NWA

 

With

6: LL

7: Jay-Z

8: Snoop Dogg

9: OutKast

10: Eminem

[Guest EQ]

In no order:

 

Big Pun

Eminem

Biggie

Mase (yeah, I said it)

DMX

[Guest Mole]

1. Eminem

2. Biggie

3. NaS

4. Snoop

5. Xzibit

[Guest bravesfan]

1. Outkast

2. Run DMC

3. Ludacris

4. Dr. Dre in any form (N.W.A., both "The Chronic" albums, Aftermath, etc.)

5. As razazteca stated, the "Soul Movement". In particular, Musiq Soulchild.

[Guest Midnight Express83]

The problem with Nu Soul for this thread it is mostly singers. The Roots are Nu Soul rappers. Also Common. Rest are singers.

[Guest Hogan Made Wrestling]

1. Dr. Dre

2. DMX

3. Tupac

4. NWA

5. Snoop Dogg

[Guest Michael Joel Benoit]

5.Jay-Z

4.Snoop Dogg

3.2Pac

2.DMX

1.Tie between Eminem and Public Enemy

[Guest mw679]

In no particular order:

 

Eminem

Rakim

KRS-1

DMX

Run DMC

 

honorable mentions:

Redman

Method Man

3rd Bass(word to the 3rd)

The Almighty RSO(before Benzino started acting like an ass)

2Pac

[Guest Kibagami]

No order to this.

 

Run DMC

KRS

Mos Def

Public Enemy

Tupac

 

K.

[Guest TheArchiteck]

1-Slum Village

2-Mos Def

3-Pharoah Monch

4-The Roots

5-Kweli

 

 

Ghostface is a honorable mention.