Pick the rapper you ONCE had in your top 5 favorite list

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Pick you ONCE had in your top 5 favorite list

Method Man
4
6%
KRS-ONE
14
20%
Redman
13
19%
Ice Cube
19
27%
Raekwon
3
4%
Grand Puba
1
1%
Big Daddy Kane
5
7%
Ras Kass
9
13%
O.C.
2
3%
 
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Pick the rapper you ONCE had in your top 5 favorite list

Post by Philaflava »

Read the title carefully.

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Post by ackbar »

once yet no longer do i assume you mean... krs-one
cube is still in my top 5 and the rest never were

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Post by Joe Pesci »

KRS-One due to a decade of embarrassing releases.

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Post by odium-LSC »

None of these dudes were ever in my top five.

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Post by siLLy KiD »

tough choice. went with ras kass cuz he hit on my chic one too many times.

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odium-LSC wrote:None of these dudes were ever in my top five.

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Post by Mark 563 »

Meth' was once certainly up there as one of my favourites (up until / around 'Tical'), but never really delivered (on a long player tip) like we all hoped, so I definitely stopped checking for as much.

Puba definitely rates up there on the reg, as do Kane, Redman, KRS and Cube. None of those 4 disappoint, as I rarely listen to new music.

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Post by Comedy Quaddafi »

Redman.

Ras and Rae are in my current top 5 all-time and their best material still gets frequent play.
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Post by Yohan »

Interesting poll. Cube still rates as a top 5 MC of all time for me. I'd say KRS is up there as well based on his BDP and earlier solo work, but as someone said before, his legacy is tarnished by more than a decade of crappy releases.

Ras Kass is one of my personal favorites, but I don't rank him top 5 (or top 10 for that matter), more like a top 25 pick. I really dug Redman but I barely listen to him anymore. He's a strong contender. Raekwon is a current favorite of mine. Still listen to OB4CL and Iron Man a lot but he never was in my top 5. Kane is top 10 for me, and the others are solid but perhaps 'just' top 25 material.

KRS or Redman for me. I'm not sure yet.

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Post by Cash Rulz »

KRS. The decline has been sad to watch. Cube seems like the easy answer, but he was never in my top 5 although he has the greatest album (Death Certificate) to me.

Kane will remain in my top 5 for Raw alone.

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Post by ALASKA »

everyone except meth, ras and oc.

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today used to be a good day
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Post by Dids »

If Death Cert era Cube wasn't in your top 5 at that time, I got some issues with you.

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Post by Kiran187 »

Redman for sure. He used to be one of my favorites but I can barely even fuck with his new shit nowadays.

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Post by Statikmatik »

I used to be the biggest Cube fan. Now, I don't even check for the old material - well, maybe on a rare occasion.

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Post by Stikone »

Tie between Red and Cube for me but picked Cube. Raekwon still on current top 5 list.

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Post by Tweak Da Leak »

None, I mean I still have Cube in top 5 all time list so no change
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Post by EMCEE DARTH MALEK »

cube is still top 5 and the rest never were
Cube put out a dope album in 2006 and still kills it occasionally to this day. That said I would pick my top 5 based on discography but ignoring shitty albums. So KRS is still in there depending on how my nuts hanging.
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Post by Busta Ry »

Having Grand Puba in there, seems like one of those things that doesn't belong...

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Post by Kobe Bryant's Lazy Eye »

Cube, no doubt

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ackbar wrote:once yet no longer do i assume you mean... krs-one
cube is still in my top 5 and the rest never were
liar, you don't listen to REAL MC's :lol:
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Jaz wrote:
ackbar wrote:once yet no longer do i assume you mean... krs-one
cube is still in my top 5 and the rest never were
liar, you don't listen to REAL MC's :lol:

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Busta Ry wrote:Having Grand Puba in there, seems like one of those things that doesn't belong...
Yup

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Jaz wrote:
ackbar wrote:once yet no longer do i assume you mean... krs-one
cube is still in my top 5 and the rest never were
liar, you don't listen to REAL MC's :lol:
uhh.. that's all i listen to.
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Ice Cube, cmon now!
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