Philaflava.com ::

1. Nas
2. Biggie
3. Ghostface
4. Prodigy
5. Ice Cube

no order:

biggie
pimp c (prob. seems like a weird choice but he conveyed contempt better than anyone. "take that monkey shit off, you embarrassin' us")
cam'ron
prodigy
raekwon

honorable mention shout-outs go to project pat, big l and kool keith.

Top 5 dead or alive:

Gucci Mane
Biggie
2pac
Jay Z
Nasir Jones

Current top 5:

Aesop Rock
Kendrick Lamar
Killer Mike
Danny Brown
El-P

Escobar305 wrote:Top 5 dead or alive:

Gucci Mane
Biggie
2pac
Jay Z
Nasir Jones

Gone off Pusha this week then?

ackbar wrote:

Whoever took this is using safari so their opinion is worthless and they need to grow the fuck up

i took that & i use safari. i like a simple browse

Well you're alright, so I take it back and apologize. But yo, why'd Wiz get a pass?

all the dead ones.

Ice Cube
Redman
Rakim
Big Daddy Kane
Kool G Rap

Pharoahe
KRS
Buckshot
Cube
Andre

step one wrote:

Escobar305 wrote:Top 5 dead or alive:

Gucci Mane
Biggie
2pac
Jay Z
Nasir Jones

Gone off Pusha this week then?

1/2 of the best duo ever. he got that

Kool G Rap
Nas
Pharoahe Monch
MF DOOM
Lord Finesse

nicki
kendrick
mike

no one else can rap imo

Ice Cube
Prodigy
Nas
GZA
Scarface


If I look on Last.fm though, the rappers I actually listen to most are...

Company Flow
Mobb Deep
Shabazz Palaces
Godfather Don
MF DOOM

So I'm clearly full of shite.

Not surprised to see Cube on so many lists. Clearly he's a board favorite. But Prodigy?! I didn't realize...

prodigy is board fav imo. cube belongs on any list. he invented gangster rap.

E-40
Ghostface
Warcloud
Gucci Mane
Lil B

J-Rich
Dubble J
Lejo
Moe The Hustler
Mally Mall

sixth man: puff daddy

Golden Era:

Rakim
Nas
Ghostface
Kool G Rap
Kool Keith

Mid to late 1990s:

Jay-Z
E-40
Big L
Redman
Threestacks


2000s:

Pusha T
Cam
MF DOOM
AZ
Jadakiss

2010s:

Roc Marciano
Ka
Raekwon
Killer Mike
Billy Woods

Best Hip Hop groups of all time:

Public Enemy
Beastie Boys
Gang Starr
Tribe Called Quest
Mobb Deep

EMCEE DARTH MALEK wrote:prodigy is board fav imo. cube belongs on any list. he invented gangster rap.

Nah, Schoolly D did. Are you thinking of Ice T?

Fuzzy Logic wrote:E-40
Ghostface
Warcloud
Gucci Mane
Lil B

This would be the illest supergroup of all time. Respect.

dead ass list

I didn't think you were joking. Your list rules. Warcloud makes me laugh, and his talent is criminally under-appreciated.

Also, after some (much) consideration, I want to revise my original list, deading the hybrid active/inactive bullshit and just saying that my All Time list is my Top 5 Dead/Alive. As much as I listen to a lot of current rappers, I'm not willing to say they're Top 5 Dead/Alive yet.

1. Rakim
2. Breeze Brewin
3. Ghostface Killah
4. DOOM
5. Schoolly D

cube=WC rakim

I don't know about that one either. First he invented gangsta rap, now he's west coast Rakim? You're entitled to your opinion and Cube is one of the GOATs but nah.

ite i take it back. ra is the east coast ice cube.

- The Jacka
- Mac Dre
- Cam'ron
- Posdnuos
- Buck 65

something like that covers my most listened to faves since the late 90s. early/mid-90s would have to be another list

Posdnuos is a good call

keith murray
ghostface killah
mf doom
q-tip
nas

Current Favs...
Ka
Roc marciano
Earl Sweatshirt
Evidence


All time favs....
Lord Finesse
Breeze Brewin (Good to see his name mentioned a few times)
MF DOOM
Nas
Raekwon