FEATURED ABW's Top 50 Rappers of All-Time

[757'sFinest]

If a nigga dropped a top 25 players of alltime list without Magic on it, they deserve to be called out.

Niggas in here like:


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Ok I see your point....but if they didn't see magic play or grew up in that era they're going by what they witnessed coming up.....so if they came up in the early era of hip hop then I can see why guys like lil wayne get left off the list

 

[Water Ur Seeds]

G Rap
Nas
Ghostface
BIG
Jay-Z
Posdonus
KRS
Prodigy
BDK
Rakim
Pun
GZA
Masta Ace
Trugoy
Jadakiss
Thats 15....

Black Thought, Cube, Fabolous, Styles P, AZ, Eiht, Meth, Deck, Lupe, Common in no particular order

Pos is MAD underrated, great post on that and of course Ace...

 

[AllElite617]

Nas
Pac
B.I.G.
Rakim
Pun
GZA
Em
Jay
Meth
Big L
DMX
Cube
Ghost
Rae
Face
G Rap
Redman
Luda
Andre 3000
Snoop
Jada
BDK
Deck
Lupe
Kanye

 

[God_Body]

Alternate top 25 list. Best peak years ranked.

95/96 2Pac
96/97 Notorious Big
95/96 Nas
87/88 Rakim
90/91 Ice Cube
92/93 Snoop Dogg
99/00 Eminem
87/88 KRS-One
96/97 Jay-Z
85 LL Cool J
98/99 DMX
95/96 Prodigy
05 Common
15 Lupe
98 Pun
05 Wayne
10/11 Kanye
94 Scarface
00/01 Jadakiss
96 Andre 3000
11/12 Kendrick
88 Kane
88 Slick Rick
99 Lauryn

 

[AP2.5]

 

[757'sFinest]

Where's your list at?

 

[AP2.5]

Where's your list at?

Eh

As long as Juvie somewhere in the list, I'm indifferent

 

[5 Grand]

1. Melle Mel
2. LL Cool J
3. KRS One
4. Rakim
5. Chuck D
6. Ice Cube
7. Too Short
8. Snoop Dogg
9. Method Man
10. Redman
11. Jay Z
12. Nas
13. 2Pac
14. Biggie
15. Lauryn Hill
16. DMX
17. Eminem
18. 50 Cent
19. T.I.
20. Lil Wayne
21. Common
22. Mos Def
23. Black Thought
24. Conway The Machine
25. Mic Shabazz

Edit - Busta Rhymes, Camron

 

[grYmes]

All this time we been talking shit to the 25th greatest MC of all time.

 

[5th Letter]

I can’t wait for Goldie’s reaction.

 

[willhustle]

Alternate top 25 list. Best peak years ranked.

95/96 2Pac
96/97 Notorious Big
95/96 Nas
87/88 Rakim
90/91 Ice Cube
92/93 Snoop Dogg
99/00 Eminem
87/88 KRS-One
96/97 Jay-Z
85 LL Cool J
98/99 DMX
95/96 Prodigy
05 Common
15 Lupe
98 Pun
05 Wayne
10/11 Kanye
94 Scarface
00/01 Jadakiss
96 Andre 3000
11/12 Kendrick
88 Kane
88 Slick Rick
99 Lauryn

Cool list but some of these peak (or prime) years are off for a lot of these artist especially Jay, Pac, Kanye, Big, Em, etc.,

Just my opinion on a few of them:

Pac - '95 - 96
Big - '94 - 95
Nas - '94 & '96
Jay - '98 - 99, '01- 03
DMX - '98 - 01
Em - '99 - 04
Kanye - '04 - 10