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top 10 mc's of all time.

Started by john doe · 19 Sep 2007 · 29 posts survive · see it on the Wayback Machine

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john doePromoters
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Posted: 19 Sep 2007, 10:22pmSubject: top 10 mc's of all time.
i know it's hard to think of .. mine would look something like (to make it easier these are not in order)

1. chuck d
2. big daddy kane
3. ra the rugged man
4. rakim
5. krs 1
6. nas
7. redman
8. kool g rap
9. q tip
10.gift of gab

im sure ive forgotten some but hey +)
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Posted: 19 Sep 2007, 10:39pmSubject: Re: top 10 mc's of all time.
in no particular order

notorious big
del the funkee homosapien
ghostface killah
krs
mos def
jay z
big l
big pun
guru
black thought

hard to narrow it down to ten tho
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Posted: 19 Sep 2007, 10:56pmSubject: Re: top 10 mc's of all time.
(in no particular order)

Rakim
Ursula Rucker
Lauryn Hill
Q Tip
Snoop
Tupac
Method Man
Queen Latifah
Slick Rick
Biz Markie
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Posted: 19 Sep 2007, 11:01pmSubject: Re: top 10 mc's of all time.
Nas
Rakim
KRS 1
Jay-Z
Ghostface Killah
Lord Finesse
RA the Rugged Man (he is undeniably dope)
Necro (I can't say he's my favourite rapper/producer and leave him out the top 10!)
Big L
Kanye West (just joking  teef)
Percee P

Fuck it's hard. No particular order of course. The lists will all be pretty similar because there aren't that many great MC's who haven't stepped a foot wrong. Even most of my top 10 have released a few dud tracks/albums, so it becomes a bit of a competition, chosing those who you think have had the least duds compared to chosing those who've had the most classics. I tried to make my list about the ability, whether they used it in abundance or not- hence RA and Percee P, who both have some of the better flows I've heard, even if they've released shit all.
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Posted: 20 Sep 2007, 12:19amSubject: Re: top 10 mc's of all time.

1. Chuck D
2. Lord Finesse
3. Kool Keith
4. Rakim
5. Big Daddy Kane
6. R.A the Rugged Man
7. Q Tip
8. Jeru the Damaja
9. Inspectah Deck
10. Immortal Technique
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Posted: 20 Sep 2007, 12:45pmSubject: Re: top 10 mc's of all time.
Again in no particular order:

1. Rakim
2. Nas
3. Big L
4. Kool G Rap
5. Big Daddy Kane
6. Ghostface
7. Pharoahe Monch
8. Slick Rick
9. Chuck D
10. Ice Cube

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Posted: 20 Sep 2007, 1:02pmSubject: Re: top 10 mc's of all time.

 
 Ice Cube
 Biggie
 Jay-Z
 Nas
 Rakim
 KRS
 Common
 Guru
 Black Thought
 Chuck D
 Ghost

 That was pretty hard cos I tried to judge on amount of quality work as well - Nas just scraped in cos Illmatic is still my fave album ever.

 Couldn't narrow it down any more than 11 - I changed between Chuck D, Common and Ghost a few times. Reckon they all deserve to be in there. Common has been really consistent over 10-15 years now imo.

 Might do another one later based purely on their skills at the peak of their powers.
 
 
 
 

 
 
g-swiftPromoters
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Posted: 20 Sep 2007, 1:06pmSubject: Re: top 10 mc's of all time.
Quote from: Stryke on September 20, 2007, 01:02:13 PM
Might do another one later based purely on their skills at the peak of their powers.

Yeah, I was tempted to do another list based on who I consider the most influential rappers, even if they're not the most skilled. I mean I wouldn't consider Schooly D or Ice-T dope MCs at all, but if it wasn't for those two we wouldn't have NWA, which means we wouldn't have Dre & Snoop, which means Hip Hop today would be a completely different beast.

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CammoPosts: 7
Posted: 20 Sep 2007, 4:47pmSubject: Re: top 10 mc's of all time.
(no particular order)

jay-z
immortal technique
krs-one
ghostface
mos def
chali 2na
method man
talib kweli
notorious BIG
q-tip
QuazzaPromoters
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Posted: 21 Sep 2007, 5:36pmSubject: Re: top 10 mc's of all time.
In No order

Big L
Apathy
Nas
Jay Z
Rakim
Kool G Rap
Guru(my all time fave hip hop line "lemonade was a popular drink and it still, i gets more props and stunts than Bruce Willis Smiley
Celph Titled
Q Tip(when in tribe)
MF Doom


there's heaps more, so hard to pick 10. and yer, these are more my faves, not so much what id consider the top 10. Big difference i reckon


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QuazzaPromoters
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Posted: 21 Sep 2007, 7:20pmSubject: Re: top 10 mc's of all time.
I'm not. He's shit
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oliJust the
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Posted: 21 Sep 2007, 7:24pmSubject: Re: top 10 mc's of all time.
Hmm. I guess maybe I like him cause he is funny, not cause he's a good MC. Tongue
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Posted: 21 Sep 2007, 8:03pmSubject: Re: top 10 mc's of all time.
yeah ill pay that:)
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Posted: 21 Sep 2007, 10:48pmSubject: Re: top 10 mc's of all time.
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 teef
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Posted: 21 Sep 2007, 11:22pmSubject: Re: top 10 mc's of all time.
I'd have Mennan up there for sure...
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Posted: 21 Sep 2007, 11:35pmSubject: Re: top 10 mc's of all time.
laugh
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Posted: 22 Sep 2007, 4:28amSubject: Re: top 10 mc's of all time.
laugh
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Posted: 25 Sep 2007, 10:27pmSubject: Re: top 10 mc's of all time.
not a best of all time just my faves in no order

Aesop rock
Zack de la rocha
Sage francis
Slug
Sole
Dose one
Buck 65
Sixtoo
Alias
Josh martinez
LeezeeThe right honourable
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Posted: 27 Sep 2007, 11:01pmSubject: Re: top 10 mc's of all time.
I could only think of 8 (in no order):

mc chicken deluxe.
mc chicken.
mc oz
bacon and egg mc muffin
sausage and egg mc muffin
sausage mc muffin
mc nuggets
mc flurry
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Posted: 28 Sep 2007, 1:45amSubject: Re: top 10 mc's of all time.
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Posted: 28 Sep 2007, 2:56amSubject: Re: top 10 mc's of all time.
KRS ONE
Rakim
Nas
Notorious B.I.G.
Jeru the damaja
talib kweli
Gift of Gab
Lateef
Tariq Trotter (The Roots)
Q-Tip (Tribe called Quest)
Eric Sermon (EPMD)
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