Rank These Artists Tournamet (88)

[Goldie]

Rank These MC's 1-5. You're ranking them only for the work they put in for the year 1988.

Rapper ranked at 1 will get 5 points, ranked at 2 will get 4 points , etc.

After we do one of these for every year we will tally up all the points , then rank the rappers according to points.

List of Rappers Who Dropped Projects in 1988

Rakim - Follow The Leader
Chuck D - It takes a nation
Slick Rick - Great Adventures
BDK - Long Live Kane
KRS - By All Means Necessary
Ice Cube - Straight Outta Compton
MC Lyte - Lyte as a Rock
EPMD - Strictly Business
Ice T - Power
Run DMC - Tougher Than Leather


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[Chi-Town B]

So we ranking just the top 5

Ice Cube
Rakim
Slick Rick
EPMD, these dudes came out in 1988. Damn
Chuck D

 

[Goldie]

1.Rakim
2.Slick Rick
3. KRS
4. BDK
5. Cube

 

[Achewon87]

BDK
Rakim
Slick Rick
Ice Cube
Chuck D

 

[Goldie]

Rakim's leading so far.

 

[AP2.5]

i think i'll wait for the next round

 

[Chi-Town B]

I doubt MC Lyte gets a vote

 

[FakeOhMars]

Ice Cube - Straight Outta Compton
Rakim - Follow The Leader
Slick Rick - Great Adventures
Chuck D - It takes a nation

Thats all I've really listened to

 

[Revolver Ocelot]

Rakim
Ice Cube
Chuck D
BDK
EPMD

 

[Chi-Town B]

Rakim gonna take this year

 

[Duwop]

Rakim
Cube
Ice T
Lyte
Chuck D

 

[Chi-Town B]

I was wrong, Lyte does get a vote

 

[Duwop]

Lyte was the shit this year....

I remember cookouts....i had a lotta aunts...they used to rock this shit the whole fucking time

 

[TheGOAT]

Yall buggin

Great Adventures >>>>>>>>>>>

 

[Joshie Kahn]

Never heard a full project from anybody in here except cube and rakim

 

[Duwop]

Never heard a full project from anybody in here except cube and rakim

they were the strongest two in that era imo

 

[TheGOAT]

1. Slick Rick
2. Ice Cube
3. EPMD

 

[Reesey]

1. Slick Rick
2. Rakim
3. Chuck D
4. EPMD
5. BDK

 

[Joshie Kahn]

they were the strongest two in that era imo

Outside of them and chuck they're the only ones on the list that have timeless albums from the era

 

[Reesey]

1. Slick Rick
2. Rakim
3. Chuck D
4. EPMD
5. BDK

To be Fair that Straight Out of Compton Album wasn't Cube's