Rappers I like are 2-Pac, Nas, Norega, RZA, and probably the whole Wu-Tang Clan in general. Ludacris has some catchy tunes aswell.

Past: 2Pac, Tribe Called Quest, Pharcyde, Fugees.

Present: Nas, Kanye West, Common.

Future: I dont know.


I like a lot more artists but dont have time to name them all here.

Past: 2Pac
Present: Nas
Future: Kanye West

Yay! More Royce fans!
Past: 2Pac (Legend of Hip hop)
B.I.G (Another legend)
Dr. Dre (No longer making albums so I guess he belongs here!)
Current: Royce Da 5'9" (One of the greatest emcees to grace the earth)
Eminem (Simply Amazing - has the best beats, and the most funny rapper ever)
Swifty McVay (Apart from Eminem, the only true talented emcee in D12)
Nas (Brilliant in all aspects)
Future: Royce (Hes gotta become known sometime!)
Kanye West (All ready popular - god knows how respected he'll be in 2 years!)
Eminem (Cant see him backing down anytime soon!)

Cool thread btw

Past:Onyx,Nas(he sucks now),Jay-Z(Same as Nas),Mobb Deep.

Present:Eminem,G-Unit,Mobb Deep.

Upcoming:All of the crap on MTV today.

Pass:Tupac

present:Nas

future:None

Alright no one flame me here lol. I dont see how biggie and tupac were considered great rappers? they kind of sucked in my opinion the only rap i like is old NWA and Wu-Tang

Past/Pres/Future: EMINEM

WikedKlown00 Wrote: Alright no one flame me here lol. I dont see how biggie and tupac were considered great rappers? they kind of sucked in my opinion the only rap i like is old NWA and Wu-Tang

I agree with you about 2pac he's overated.But I like some of his songs though.The only reason people consider him great is because he's dead.Biggie is a little diffrent,he was ALREADY considered great when he was alive.The only stuff I listen to is old rap music(80's-early to mid 90's).I like Rock a little better now.It's a nice Alternative.

Tupac is the best and every rapper alive are trying to be like him or atleast wants to involve in his work.
ex,Eminem,Jah rule,50 Cent,JayZ and all the rest.

Praise the legend of all legends.

Siduu101 Wrote: Tupac is the best and every rapper alive are trying to be like him or atleast wants to involve in his work. ex,Eminem,Jah rule,50 Cent,JayZ and all the rest. Praise the legend of all legends.

Every rapper wants to be him because whatever his mom puts out makes money.Let me break it down:

Eminem:Yes,he does try to sound like 2Pac sometime.

Ja Rule:ONCE,he was a great rapper then after he made Put It On Me he went down.

50 Cent:50 Cent is diffrent than 2pac.Better IMO.

Jay-Z:???Jay-Z is a SELL OUT.His 1st CD was his best.

Fifty Cent isn't better,trust me.

Regardless of what you think about Tupac it would prove useless to negate his legend because all of his fans on this board would just think less of your opinion. The only reason I could think of that would make you knock someone else's personal preference is to appease your own.

Past:

Pharcyde (I thought no one ever heard of em)

A Tribe Called Quest (Best)

OutKast (Been around since '94 for those who dont know)

Wu-Tang (C.R.E.A.M)



Present:
Nappy Roots

Upcoming:
?

Past: Tupac, Biggie, Eazy E, Wu Tang, and Run DMC

Present: Young Buck(Stuff like Prices on my Head, Sleep With an AK, Bang Bang, basically the stuff you dont hear on the radio. Yet.), Kanye West, Mobb Deep, Nas, Jadakiss, Eminem, and all of D-Block(Styles P... Sheek Louche... Jae Hood... All them lol)

Future: Eminem, Akon, Jadakiss, Young Buck, and Kanye West.


That's just some...

Past - Pac, Biggie, and Big L (Jay-z now that he's done too)

Present - Cam'ron, D-Block (LOX, jae hood), Kanye West, NAS, Mos Def, Em, Royce, Wu, Cannibus (come backkkkkkk)

Future - Me
Edit - I seen the conversation above. Biggie and Pac were great on the mic. At the time, they were Alpha and Omega, and ppl were goin nuts. They both had a story to tell and a wild ass way of doing it. The battle between the two makes Jay Z/Nas look like shit. People died over this feud.
Something else that disturbs me. I'm a Jay-Z fan, and I'm a Nas fan. But, neither one of them have any business using Pac beats or sayin his name like they do. Pac hated Jay-z and they beefed back in the days of Hawaiian Sophie. Now Jay Z and his gf use a Pac beat? No. That's not right.
Another thing, not that I know or I'm correct, but imo, I can't believe 50cent will ever be better then 2pac. Pac brought all the shit 50 raps about to the table.

D12 is quite possibly the worst Rap Group out there. The only one with talen enough to maake it big, is Swifty. And he wasn't in it in the first place. If Eminem wasn't in it, they wouldn't have made it big, at all.

Past: DMX, Tupac
Present: DMX, Jadakiss, Swizz Beatz
Future: Have no idea, only been listenin to old rap and haven't been paying attention to the newbies in the game

The best rapper around today, in terms of originality, is John Reuben. In terms of flows, beats, and rhyming mechanisms, I'd say Wizdm or Hoodsta.

Past: Method Man, Notorious BIG, DMX, Jay-Z, Snoop Doggy Dogg (yeah that's right, back when he was Doggy)

Present: Eminem, Ludacris, Royce da 5'9", Joe Budden (i like 10 minutes)

Future: looks shitty... J-Kwon? Chingy? Lil Jon? make it stop

i dont like much rap but some of the rappers i do like are eminem, snoop, NWA, and Afroman. I think most of the rappers that are listed as the greatest are overrated like 2pac and B.I.G.

Well if you dont care for much rap then you really have no place in critiquing it. Dont get me wrong, you have the right to an opinion but that doesn't increase it's validity.

Drfatality Wrote: WikedKlown00 Wrote: Alright no one flame me here lol. I dont see how biggie and tupac were considered great rappers? they kind of sucked in my opinion the only rap i like is old NWA and Wu-Tang I agree with you about 2pac he's overated.But I like some of his songs though.The only reason people consider him great is because he's dead.Biggie is a little diffrent,he was ALREADY considered great when he was alive.The only stuff I listen to is old rap music(80's-early to mid 90's).I like Rock a little better now.It's a nice Alternative.

Because he's dead? What about Eazy-E, he died and hardly anyone considers him a legend. Let me just spit some facts about Pacs music, and how what you said is more ignorance than anything else. Tupac made sure to relate to EVERYONE and EVEYTHING(that I can think of) in his songs. Mothers,Daughters,Teens,Adults,Racism,Love,Sex,Drugs,Violence,Gang life,Infedility,Suicide,Government,Judicial System,Neglect,Self-Esteem,Clubs,etc. The list goes on, depending on how you take the message of his music. But those are the primary ones he delt with(there might be more). Now tell me how many rappers could talk about all of that, be succesful in the least bit and have respect from 60 year old women to 34 year old prison inmates back to some 45 year old civil rights leaders. Even college proffesors study Tupac like his music was the bible. Many people consider him the black jesus, SERIOUSLY(not me). Not only that, but he was the FIRST to talk about probably every human emotion that I know of. He spoke from his heart on numerous songs, how many rappers can do that now and not be somehow depicted as a Pac imitator. He was the FIRST, that's why he's so special. Even people whod on't like Pac still have a favorite Pac song, much like yourself. Not everyone is gonna like ALL of his music, but someone is most likely gonna like atleast one of his songs. Now again, how many artists out now can honestly have that effect on you. That you hate some of their stuff but love the other stuff they put out. There's a reason you still see all his albums out in shelves, he spit his emotions and that's a universal thing. I just don't think people considered him a legend because he died, he did many things before his death and created alot of music from what he felt. Sorry if it was too long, but it's hard to explain this without going over a little bit.

I don't like rap in general. The only rappers I can even stand is a little bit of DMX, Snoop Dogg and Eminem