COMMUNITY Rank The Top 30 Rappers of Alltime

[Goldie]

Similar to the "Rank the best 30 albums" thread, we're gonna rank the top 30 rappers.


The Criteria

Flow
Wordplay/bars
Impact (sales/hits)
Discography (classic albums/mixtapes)
Influence



After I tally all of the points we'll have our own Top 50 rappers list.​

 

[GOAT]

Wasnt there an old thread where we listed our top 50

 

[Goldie]

Probably, but i aint lookin for that shit lol

 

[God_Body]

Hits/sales shouldn't be apart of it.

 

[Goldie]

That's like when niggas be saying rings shouldn't count when comparing sports players

 

[GOAT]

That's like when niggas be saying rings shouldn't count when comparing sports players

Not the same.

Esp in pre internet era

 

[Goldie]

Not the same.

Esp in pre internet era

It's exactly the same, niggas are trying to ignore a significant attribute.

 

[God_Body]

That's like when niggas be saying rings shouldn't count when comparing sports players

Nah yo, Ghostface I think doesnt even have a plantinum album, and he's definitely top 10. How much is sales/hits factoring into the overall score? And how the hell we defining hits? Billboard?

 

[Goldie]

Nah yo, Ghostface I think doesnt even have a plantinum album, and he's definitely top 10. How much is sales/hits factoring into the overall score? And how the hell we defining hits? Billboard?

1. He does have a plat album
2. He's top 10 TO YOU

 

[God_Body]

1. He does have a plat album
2. He's top 10 TO YOU

Smh. Y'all niggas gonna have Kendrick over Ghost. Cole over Cube. Drake over LL.

 

[GOAT]

Music should be judged on what it sounds like out a speaker.

That should be the only criteria.

Didnt Chance just do 100k with sum bullshit?

 

[Goldie]

There has to be a criteria. Yall tryna add a bunch of mfs that nobody gives af about like yall do in the "best song of the year" tournament threads.

 

[GOAT]

There has to be a criteria. Yall tryna add a bunch of mfs that nobody gives af about like yall do in the "best song of the year" tournament threads.

Name names

 

[Goldie]

@GOAT @MJ DOOM

 

[GOAT]

 

[Goldie]

lol u already know u bout to have devin ranked in the top 5 and this silly nigga bout to have MF doom top 5 :tuh:

 

[God_Body]

Lol. Nigga MF DOOM is not top 50. Nobody is trying to do that here.

 

[God_Body]

I think the 5 attributes for the criteria should be:

Flow
Wordplay/bars
Impact
Discography
Influence

This is better. Sales and hits can factor into Impact. No need for two separate categories.

 

[GO843]

Aight....Taking erthing listed into consideration....I think this a balanced list that isn't biased towards any one region or era....Oh, and I ain breakin up groups...

1. Jay
2. Pac
3. Biggie
4. Outkast
5. Nas
6. Ice Cube
7. Eminem
8. Lil Wayne
9. Kanye
10. Drake
11. DMX
12. Wu Tang
13. Kendrick
14. J. Cole
15. Snoop
16. 50
17. T.I.
18. LL Cool J
19. A Tribe Called Quest
20. Common
21. Lauryn Hill
22. UGK
23. 3-6 Mafia
24. Redman
25. E-40
26. Jeezy
27. Bone Thugs
28. Rick Ross
29. Run DMC
30. Cam'Ron/Dipset/Mase(Lol, it was too hard)

***Honorable Mentions
-Ja Rule
-Nelly
-KRS One
-Sugar Hill Gang for poppin it all off
-Beanie Sigel
-Missy Elliot
-Lupe Fiasco
-Will Smith
...I could go on...

 

[God_Body]

Dipset? Lauryn Hill? E fuckin 40??? How is Lupe not top 30 when he's the most skilled rapper since his debut?