First off, fuck a Powell, fuck a KJ, fuck Blue Scholars haters, fuck Common Market haters, fuck Seattle hip hop haters in general.
First three in order:
Tupac Geo RA Scion Bizzy Bone Nas Jay-Z Scarface Lupe Fiasco Ghostface Shing02 Elzhi Talib Kweli Mos Def Common D. Black DJ Quik Blu J-Live Andre 3000 Black Thought
Kool G Rap GZA Sean Price Scarface Jeru The Damaja Devin The Dude Tame One B-Real Moka Only Chino XL Cormega Talib Kweli Prodigy Tash Slick Rick Canibus Ice Cube Redman Killah Priest Andre 3000
We got the top 10 mc's thread stickied somwhere on here.
Well this is 20
I think Kev has a thread for top 11-20 or some shit. anyway, i guess i'll participate.
Scarface KRS 2Pac GZA Ice Cube Andre 3000 Big Daddy Kane LL Cool J Kool G Rap Jay-Z Pharoahe Monch Eminem Nas Ghostface Killah Talib Kweli Kurupt DJ Quik Prodigy AZ Slick Rick
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Biggie Nas Rakim KRS-One Black Thought Ice Cube Q-Tip 2Pac Jay Z Scarface Big Daddy Kane GZA Chuck D Eminem Andre 3000 Ghostface Killah Redman Slick Rick Kool G Rap Talib Kweli
Face Pac Cube Nas Jay-Z DJ Quik Biggie K-Rino Treach Too Short Spice 1 LL Cool J Heavy D Krs-One Eminem Willie D Big Daddy Kane Ghostface Snoop Dogg Talib Kweli
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Damn Steve lookin at your list you are str8 up a east coast soldier. I mean even KJ's list got more "outside" that style tyrp emcees. I'm surprised with Pac being your number one you only got one other west coast cat on our list thats not east coast influenced style wise.
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Yeah I haven't heard much of anything other than mainstream West/Midwest/Souf until the past few years, and I haven't heard a bunch of stuff from there mainstream or otherwise. I'm definitely weak on the other areas.
I also prefer the sounds typified by my picks, gangsta/intellectual/political. Maybe you could give some recommendations and I could listen?
P.S. so Del and Ras are East Coast influenced? Gotta disagree with that my mane(mayne)
See KJ, we're not so different you and I. We share 1/2 of the same top 20.
indeed, KJ and i have 15 in common, but i'm east coast bias.
Indeed fellas
And I gotta agree with you Steve, Del and Ras Kass are not East Coast influenced. Del is Cube's cousin for crying out loud! He may not have Cube's style, but you can definitely tell he's a West Coaster.
Yeah I haven't heard much of anything other than mainstream West/Midwest/Souf until the past few years, and I haven't heard a bunch of stuff from there mainstream or otherwise. I'm definitely weak on the other areas.
I also prefer the sounds typified by my picks, gangsta/intellectual/political. Maybe you could give some recommendations and I could listen?
P.S. so Del and Ras are East Coast influenced? Gotta disagree with that my mane(mayne)
Well have you checked out any Paris? T-KASH? K-Rino? Trick Daddy? Nappy Roots? Willie D?
All of them fit that description and would be outside of your east coast safe zone. And have nothing against the eastcoast style for the record. I just think hip hop becomes even more enjoyable when you truly can listen across the board. If I just listened to east coast style or west coast style or whatever and nothing else i'd get bored with hip hop quick. Its nothing like bumping The Infamous than throwing on Way 2 Fonkey or Dirty Money for example. I make sure I do not get stuck in one sound.
See KJ, we're not so different you and I. We share 1/2 of the same top 20.
indeed, KJ and i have 15 in common, but i'm east coast bias.
Indeed fellas
And I gotta agree with you Steve, Del and Ras Kass are not East Coast influenced. Del is Cube's cousin for crying out loud! He may not have Cube's style, but you can definitely tell he's a West Coaster.
Come on guys this is what I mean by not being able to step out the box. Del's production and rhyme style has more in common with The Artifacts, LOTUG, and Leaders Of The New School. Than CMW, Spice 1, and Gift Of Gab. You do not hear that something is truly wrong. Del hasn't been true blue blueprint west coast since his 1st album. Ras Kass 1st album is more boom bap than g-funk so there you go. And his focus on heavy vocab lyricism over simple style and emotion is more east coast than anything.
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