http://arts.nationalpost.com/2010/10/20 ... in-canada/
Last week, BET put out their list of the top 10 rappers of the 21st century. Eminem was number one, followed in sequence by Lil Wayne, Kanye West, 50 Cent, T.I., Ludacris, Drake, Young Jeezy, Jadakiss and Rick Ross.
Inspired by the list, The Ampersand called some friends and put our heads together to think about how weגd rank the Canadian rap stars.
Here then, are the top 10 (fine, 11) rappers in Canada:
10. Michee Mee: Still no other female Canadian MC has carried the weight of Michee.
9. D-Sisive: Started as a battler. Still battling.
8. Buck 65: He raps about baseball. Enough said.
7. Saukrates / Maestro: Itגs a tie at number seven. These two are old school but Saukrates is killing it with his new song about Emily Haines. And without Maestro, thereגs no list.
6. Classified: Actually one of our truest hip-hoppers, Class has personality and rugged lyrics. If Canadian rappers were American, Classified would be from Brooklyn or the Bronx (instead of Nova Scotia)
5. Kגnaan: Heגs colourful, charismatic, and a terrific writer blessed with a golden voice. His next move could be anything. Hereגs hoping he decides to stay rap.
4. Drake: Singlehandedly keeping Lil Wayne alive while heגs in prison, Drake is not only the most popular Canadian rapper of all-time, heגs also the smoothest, and nearly the best.
3. k-os: Gotta love his rock star approach and his lyrics. Who else drinks white wine in the morning when he must meet the press?
2. Kardinal Offishall: The big boss of the Canadian hip-hop game, Kardiגs been number one for so long that itגs only his recent pop moves with Akon that found him losing ground to Shad. Kardinal is still a serious MC, though. Thereגs nothing weגd like more than rocking to him retake his crown.
1. Shad: He had us convinced with his first Polaris-nominated record, The Old Prince. Then he dropped TSOL last year, and blew us away. TSOL just dropped in the U.S., where heגs currently touring with k-os. Kanye ג get ahold of this man, before youגre opening for him.
not that some of these don't deserve to be on there, virtually all of them do.
but how much does the National Post know if they can't even spell "Michie Mee" properly? lol.
LOL @ reducing Buck 65 to a "baseball rapper". ugh.
Shad is one of the wittiest songwriters on planet earth.
not even near his greatest, but one of my personal favorites...Move on these squares like a chess piece, Iגm deadly
Even if you Supernatural, Iגm Craig G
Jesse James meets Jet Li
Killinג these fakes at breakneck speed
I make your head steam like a pet peeve
Get your neck squeezed till the breath leaves
Got the finesse and the prestige
And more Mac(k) than ten tech geeks dissinג XP
to abandon the bork lifestyle.