Billboard's 50 Greatest Rappers List

[Goldie]

 

[grYmes]

Ja backtracks like he posts in ABW.

:tuh:

 

[Goldie]

lol I agree with Ja, he's top 50, but @ Ja stealing 50's posting style with the tags after every post. #glg #bransoncognac

 

[Don Dada]

 

[Goldie]

I agree with Cube, Wayne should be #1.

 

[Stomp Johnson]

List is ass. But whatever.

Anything to generate buzz and remind people that billboard is still a thing.

 

[Qawshun]

Go down the street and ask
The average nigga who is nas they would laugh in yo face nobody gives af about your history or who you got nastalgia from listening to. That boy can not hold a candle next to Kendrick TPAB is the best album most niggas heard in this generation.

Wait what???

 

[Don Dada]

Wait what???

There was a somalian guy coming to my job and I asked him what he thinks about Nas and he told me he dont know who he is.

 

[dodge]

No one should have taken this list seriously to begin with


From Billboard??????????

 

[Qawshun]

There was a somalian guy coming to my job and I asked him what he thinks about Nas and he told me he dont know who he is.

You're not in the US right ?? So that would kinda make sense, especially if 50 saying people don't know jay like that overseas, Nas would be even lesser known. But asking a random who Nas is and they don't know is impossible. They might not listen to him but they gonna know who he is

 

[SeaSnake]

50. Rick Ross
49.Rev Run
48. Melle Mel
47. MC Lyte
46. Jadakiss
45. Ice - T
44. Queen Latifah
43. Bun B
42. Redman
41. E-40
40. Dr.Dre
39. Ludacris
38. Gucci Mane
37. Common
36. Mos Def
35. Future
34. Chuck D
33. Busta
32. T.I
31. Lil Kim
30. Lauryn Hill
29. Pusha T
28. Black Thought
27.Q-Tip
26. Big Pun
25. Method Man
24. KRS-One
23. Kurtis Blow
22. Ghostface
21. DMX
20. Big Daddy Kane
19. Missy
18. Ice Cube
17. 50 Cent
16. Scarface
15. J.Cole
14. LL Cool J
13. Rakim
12. Andre 3000
11. Kanye
10. Nicki Minaj
9. Snoop
8. Drake
7. Lil Wayne
6. Biggie
5. Eminem
4. 2pac
3. Nas
2. Kendrick
1. Jay-Z

50 Greatest Rappers of All Time

Best Rappers of All Time: Billboard/Vibe count down hip-hop's greatest MCs in honor of hip-hop's 50th anniversary.

www.billboard.com

Bullshit ass list

 

[SeaSnake]

Drake
Cole
Wale
Big Sean
KRIT
Spitta
Gibbs

All make better music than Kendrick.

At minimal, Drake and Cole should be higher than Kendrick on any list.

Wale Big Sean? Negative. Currency? He not in Kendrick era to me tho

 

[God_Body]

Wale Big Sean? Negative. Currency? He not in Kendrick era to me tho

Yes, Yes, and Yes. Also Game is better than Kendrick and should’ve made this list too.

 

[IP360]

50. Rick Ross
49.Rev Run
48. Melle Mel
47. MC Lyte
46. Jadakiss
45. Ice - T
44. Queen Latifah
43. Bun B
42. Redman
41. E-40
40. Dr.Dre
39. Ludacris
38. Gucci Mane
37. Common
36. Mos Def
35. Future
34. Chuck D
33. Busta
32. T.I
31. Lil Kim
30. Lauryn Hill
29. Pusha T
28. Black Thought
27.Q-Tip
26. Big Pun
25. Method Man
24. KRS-One
23. Kurtis Blow
22. Ghostface
21. DMX
20. Big Daddy Kane
19. Missy
18. Ice Cube
17. 50 Cent
16. Scarface
15. J.Cole
14. LL Cool J
13. Rakim
12. Andre 3000
11. Kanye
10. Nicki Minaj
9. Snoop
8. Drake
7. Lil Wayne
6. Biggie
5. Eminem
4. 2pac
3. Nas
2. Kendrick
1. Jay-Z

50 Greatest Rappers of All Time

Best Rappers of All Time: Billboard/Vibe count down hip-hop's greatest MCs in honor of hip-hop's 50th anniversary.

www.billboard.com

The 1st location where Billboard should've dropped the list...

 

[The Hue]

Any list without Face in the Top 5 or 10 is ass

 

[Stomp Johnson]

Kendrick overrated like a mf.
This is not to suggest that he ain't a good rapper. He is.

But he ain't even in my Top 5 and I'm uncertain about my Top 10.

 

[5 Grand]

Rakim peaked in 88 and been living off that since….still one of the goats but the output is not there

You have a point.

Rakim was Top 5 status from from 86-1990.

But after that, a lot of people surpassed him.

When I was in high school he was definitely top 3 (along with KRS and LL Cool J), maybe even #1.

But now in 2023, I can't put him at the #1 spot. He had 4 solid albums from 87-92, but I can name 20-25 rappers that had 4 solid albums in a 5 year span.

And I can also name a handful of MCs that "changed the way people rap"

 

[Goldie]

 

[LexDiamond1995]

 

[Focal Point]

Wale Big Sean? Negative. Currency? He not in Kendrick era to me tho

From my understanding several are from different freshmen groups