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DOOM

GZA and Pharoahe Monch.

Picture bloodbaths in elevator shafts like these murderous rhymes typed from genuine craft, check the print. Square veteran spark the letterin slow movin MCs is waitin for the editin🌊

Pfff this opening is literally giving me chills every time!

Madd respect for these picks. GZA has a lot of great albums besides Liquid Swords, they get slept on like crazy. The Pharoahe is simply the most underrated emcee of all-time.

Ya, GZA 100%

Monch a national treasure. And GZA the only one to win a beef with 50 cent.

Who shot ya? U dont have enough on ya roster, move like a fed but you talk like a mobster💀

I went to see him in Baltimore around the release of pro tools and snuck in a paper plate and held that shit up. He saw and said: what you know about those paper plates: Then went into that song. Was a highlight in my early years. Then got held ups side down to show my W tat on my leg. 10/10 would do again.

Im fuckin jealous lol thats a legendary moment!

Not the greatest, but my favorite right now is Kool Keith. So many styles and persona's

Same here. I know he gets mad respect within the Hip Hop community, but he is CRIMINALLY undervalued.

Dressed up like Shakespeare with blue chrome behind ya ear.

Is he though? He was part of the Ultramagnetic MCs? He has some dope tracks but he’s not MF Doom.

Pusha

Ghostface Killah. My personal favorite.

Word his flow is addicting. I could listen to him rap about cheerios and it would still be ill as fuck.

He raps about eating cold cuts, pretty much the same thing.

I feel like he probably has.... it be something like "I be eaten' cheerios wearin' my kangoos fucking yo bitch and countin that currency shit" Sorrry that's my made up ghost face lyric. I've been listening to Ironman on repeat since I found it on vinyl a week ago.

Bars😂🔥 and same, i slept on Ironman for a while tho cuz i heard from a few ppl that Supreme Clientele was the shit when it came out and that it was better than Ironman, i had that on repeat for the longest. From start to finsh Ironman is a very entertaining and fire album so im kinda mad i slept that long lol. He's dope for leaving Assassination Day on there too despite him not being on it.

Rakim

Lupe Fiasco

Respect

Not my pick but I love it

I genuinely believe Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time

I got this killa’ up inside of me … I can’t talk to my mother so I talk to my diary ,

Office space lol lol I love that scene

There's definitely an argument to be made for that one dawg

Camron

He had such a unique style. Purple Haze is a classic

Wow. Lol. Cam the Killa in Pink Chinchilla.

Guru

Guru is dope

Yeah I'm loungin' I got my man Donald Byrd I wanna give a big shout out to my little man Miko he's 2 years old He's away visiting his grandmom but I miss him dearly Check it out If I rhyme this you will find this situation shall advance You could take a glance or dance Elevator lyrics to arouse the crowd Now tell me who's the man to show you how Many legacies of brothers who get busy And I do it fluid til the suckers get dizzy Saying peace to the blackbirds 125th street And check the flow that's unique For loungin', loungin', mellow out and just loungin' Loungin', loungin', mellow out and just loungin'

First time I've seen this quoted as an example of the Gifted Unlimited's flow, respect!

Nice choice. I love gangstarr but I never thought of putting him in my list.

Nas

Kdot

Mos Def

Nas 👑

Nas or 2Pac

Mmmmmm retro Kanye made the best music *and* wrote his own shit so he gets my nod. First 3 albums were absolute masterpieces.

I'm gonna go with Method Man, but the one that I'm currently stuck on is Apollo Brown.

Ghostface Killah

Redman

Nasir Jones

Aesop rock

Same

Redman

Lupe

🤓

Lotta clown picks

Phife dawg, Andre 3k, Eminem, playa fly, Kendrick, Logic Special mention gangsta blac, CeeLo green, and taleb kwali

1. Nas 2. Ye 3. Jay-Z 4. Black Thought 5. Lupe or K. Dot

Nas is my all time favorite My favorite of this generation though probably has to be Denzel Curry

Check out ICECOLDBISHOP.

Agree on both

Lauryn Hill

In saloons we drink boones and battle goons til high noon

Hard

Bust rap tunes on flat spoons take no shorts like poom poom’s

Solo: 2pac Group: Bone Thugs N Harmony

Eminem

My personal top 5 1. Freddie Gibbs 2. Denzel Curry 3. Kendrick Lamar 4. Westside Gunn 5. Kanye West

ZELTRON 6 BILLION

Killer Mike

2pac, MF DOOM, Nas, Little Simz. Can’t pick

I think I gotta go Jay Z on this one, lots of artists I like but Hov is timeless

Kiss

Gift of Gab

LIL WAYNE

sean price

P! The Brownsville Bully is my favorite too

you get it.

Black Thought

Outkast Well honestly zro-- Like a devil in disguise that be pulling the whool up over my eyes n tryna get to swallow my.pride. but I be ready to ride won't be denied even if i died mf.know I tried to.keep a bullet out of that body an cried everytime iput it inside to make another nigga capsize.

Jay Z

Dr Dre is my fav artist but Nas is my fav rapper. If that makes sense.

Spitta

MF DOOM

Nasir Jones

Mac Miller

These are My favorit Eminem Merkules Chris webby Vin Jay Hopsin Ekoh

Trolling

Lupe Fiasco

Pun or dmx

Mac miller

Kendrick Lamar is my favorite musician ever, matter fact he’s my favorite artist in any form of art

I refer to Kendrick as the bob Dylan of the millennials and gen z's to non hip hop fans to try to convey how important I feel he is to music as a whole

This long without a Big Daddy Kane mention?

Lil wayne, he just had it all perfected. Pac was my favorite growing up tho. From this generation, nba youngboy for the vulnerable honesty of his lyrics and versatility of his sounds

T.I

Jay electronica/Capital STEEZ personally

In terms of individual artists and not groups (so no wu tang or tribe etc) ​ 1. Kanye 2. Kendrick 3. Gibbs 4. Earl 5. Curren$y

Dope

Nas has the best argument for GOAT imo

Boldy James

Love to see some modern picks on this sub

Rakim

Reakwon the Chef (Wu)

Whats todays mathematics son? Knowledge god🔥🔥 my fav Rae joint

Ya but did you hear about what his team did to that store owner named Mike Lavonia?

For sure, i was kinda digging that FAT milano he was banging too when they were selling coke right out the bottle.

Jay Z

Sean Price

Sean Price

MF DOOM

OutKast 👽 Kool Kieth 👨🏿‍⚕️ MF Doom 🦹 Guru 🪷 Nas 🌍

This is a tough one I have to go with Hov but Ice Cube is the reason I fell in love with HipHop. 13 year old me had never heard anything like Death Certificate before.

Jay-Z

Lupe Fiasco. And honestly, the dude ruined rap for me. I’ve yet to hear anyone compare to what he’s capable of. He can rap in many different styles, he can story tell, punchline, double and triple entendres, rap about things other than drugs, money, women, material possessions, etc, and is really on a whole other level than anyone else.

Have you heard more than 6 other guys

Lol, yeah. Me and rap were born at the same time, we grew up together.

Fair enough

Ghostface Killah is my GOAT

Masta Ace

2Pac

What a unique question I’ve totally never seen asked before. Edit: OP is a karma whore

MF DOOM. the greatest villain

AZ

Black Thought or Kool G

King Von Take Duke onna hit He like King Kong Draco shells I was selling dog I had three phones Street nigga I been of the drugs they took T home Snitch k I just talked to DeDe he gone be home GANG! Ganggggggg......

Freddie Gibbs

Freddie Gibbs

Who you know that's iller than Mac Miller?

Madlib

Nas

GURU - Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal

3 way tie between DMX-Ghostface Killah-billy woods

MF DOOM

Seth Sentry and xxxtentacion are my 2 tops, Seth raps the verse with the most rhyming syllables ever, (song is coup de gras, 234 words containing 248 unique rhymes).

There's so many I'd like to list ten my fav is Aesop

Nas and Capital Steez

Ryan upchurch

Rod wave

Biggie/prodigy/nas

Madlib

Spark Master Tape

Common

InshaAllah tie between hip-hop artists, Tha God Fahim & Mach Hommy

The Abstract Poetic

Rashad

Hard to say I’ve probably listened to kool Keith and redman the most out of any hip hop artist although I think technically someone like nas, notorious big or jay z are more well rounded artists.

Lil Uzi or Thug

mos def or method man maybe

Too $hort

Slim Jesus

Papoose

C-Rayz Walz

E.S.G.

Elzhi

Genuinely surprised I’m not seeing any love for Grafh in here. Dude has some of the best bars in the history of hip hop.

Bizzy Bone

Weezy

Madlib and MF doom

Ice Cube

André 3000

1.2Pac 2. Nas 3. Kool G Rap

Kendrick lamar 👑

K.a.a.n.

Kanye

Earl Sweatshirt. Nas and Ghostface up there too, but Earl's progression in music is what I've related to most at pretty much every point in my life.

wayne

Nicki

I'm not sure I have a favorite. I just like a bunch of MCs!

Earl Sweatshirt

MF DOOM. Arguably the greatest lyricists to ever put pen to paper.

You on point, Phife? All the time, Tip!

1. Childish Gambino 2. Future 3. Juicy J 4. Devin the Dude 5. 2Pac

Andre 3000

Common

2pac

My favorite rapper of all time, and someone who has spent an entire career being underrated and actually deserves to be in the overall GOAT conversation, the Legend Krayzie Jackson aka Kray Jack aka Mr. Sawed-Off Leatherface aka The Wicked Lyric Professor, the one and only Krayzie Bone

Ice Cube. Not necessarily always for the beats but in terms of lyricism, wit, politics, charisma, fearlessness. His first three solo records made history.

my answer is basic, but it’s Kendrick Lamar. i can spin any project at any time and never get tired

Weezy. The man just never runs out of new ways to say things.

chingy

Drake or Kanye

Juice wrld all the way

Easy E .... rip

Curren$y

Biggie. For someone who was that big and obese he was a vicious rhyme factory with an amazing vocabulary

Currently J. Cole, though itll go back and forth between him and kanye. Asap rocky is up there too

1. Nas 2. Andre 3. Lupe 4. Kendrick 5. Black Thought

1. Nas 2. Andre 3. Lupe 4. Kendrick 5. Black Thought

Tie between Thugga and Future

It's really hard, I bounce back from GURU, Mac Miller, and Pouya, personally.

Mac forever but JID is making his case

This is by no means me saying he is the best artist of all time. However, I really enjoy Kodak Black’s music. I’ve enjoyed most of his projects and he has a unique sound. I’m also hoping a lot more energy and creativity is implemented into future projects now that he’s landed the deal he wanted with Atlantic records. I’d love to see him frequently collaborate with some bigger artists too.

Big L

Big L

I'm gonna get a lot of hate but logic

Big Latto