The Greatest Emcee of All-Time (Poll)

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Fri May 14, 2004 7:27 pm

Pick from the list who you feel is the greatest emcee of all-time. If your pick isn't on the list, tough. I was only allowed ten names and chances are your pick would not be selected by the majority of us anyways.

The ILLatino · Post by **The ILLatino** » Fri May 14, 2004 7:33 pm

I don't care how cliche it is.

Only one choice is logical

The Frankest · Post by **The Frankest** » Fri May 14, 2004 7:33 pm

Rakim got my vote.

clark bent · Post by **clark bent** » Fri May 14, 2004 8:31 pm

i wont vote

but i will say im not sure what is more insane...eminem on the list or ice cube off it

ps- ice cube is the best mc ever

Funk Docta Bombay · Post by **Funk Docta Bombay** » Fri May 14, 2004 8:49 pm

KRS-ONE

Basically it was him or Rakim, but I find KRS' albums and wide variety of subject matter win him the contest

zev_luv_next · Post by **zev_luv_next** » Fri May 14, 2004 9:12 pm

The great R ...

lets break down a few things

Jay-Z...did the same song for well over 10 years, corny voice and flow, highly over rated

Ghostface Killah...I don't know if he is one of the greatest ever, but he is one of the tightest MC's to ever touch a Mic...hard to forgive him for that "'Tush" bullshit though

2 Pac....Why is he here?, all he did was make 'thug life' look cool to white kids, became his bishop character and was actually a very abc rhymer, remember kids he was a former dancer in Digital Underground and oddly enough not a thug back then, even though he claimed he was born a thug.

Eminem...wack, juvenile, whiny voiced little bitch that made pop rap , drugs, foul mouth talk and wigger culture cool for shopping mall and suburban little boys and girls, a complete gimmick and an embarrasment to hip hop he should NEVER have happened.

I would add Aesop Rock,..come on bring the hate..I'm waiting

Dunnnnleavy · Post by **Dunnnnleavy** » Fri May 14, 2004 9:15 pm

clark bent wrote:i wont vote

but i will say im not sure what is more insane...eminem on the list or ice cube off it

ps- ice cube is the best mc ever

especially after phil's "greatest three year span by an emcee ever" thread about cube acouple weeks ago...i honestly think he forgot to add him.

and yes phil. cube woulda been close.

but i voted Ra.

Req · Post by **Req** » Fri May 14, 2004 10:50 pm

*votes for Kanye*

zev_luv_next · Post by **zev_luv_next** » Fri May 14, 2004 11:01 pm

*votes for Kanye*

...hhhaaaaa...haaaa....

christopher walken · Post by **christopher walken** » Fri May 14, 2004 11:04 pm

clark bent wrote:i wont vote

but i will say im not sure what is more insane...eminem on the list or ice cube off it

ps- ice cube is the best mc ever

are you huffin' metallic paint again son?

Mo Cheeks · Post by **Mo Cheeks** » Fri May 14, 2004 11:10 pm

I voted for the man with a Nose from the line of kings

SYM · Post by **SYM** » Sat May 15, 2004 1:05 am

congrats, sleuth!

Remo the Great · Post by **Remo the Great** » Sat May 15, 2004 1:07 am

i refuse to vote, just because trying to name a "greatest of all time" is pointless, infanitely arguable, and a waste of time.

Now, if you want to do a poll on who had the greatest IMPACT of all time on rap music, then I would have to vote Rakim. The dude basically changed the way almost everybody in the industry did their thing when he dropped. You can argue about that all you like, but anyone with sense can see Rakim did more for the current state of hip-hop than almost anyone else.

Even cats nowadays who never HEARD of Rakim before they started rapping have to owe something to Rakim because HE influenced the rappers that influenced them.

clark bent · Post by **clark bent** » Sat May 15, 2004 1:17 am

okay, who the fuck voted for ghostface.

lol...word

is there anyone thats ever been more slurped than ghost

Pizon · Post by **Pizon** » Sat May 15, 2004 4:32 am

I was disappointed Kanye wasn't on the list. Phila, you're slippin.

Anyway, I voted Rakim. I just seen dude on the road before too... I knew he lived around here, but I had never seen him around. He was easy to spot too, with his "ITS THE R" vanity license plate. :shock: :D

Pizon · Post by **Pizon** » Sat May 15, 2004 4:33 am

christopher walken · Post by **christopher walken** » Sat May 15, 2004 5:28 am

Pizon wrote:I was disappointed Kanye wasn't on the list. Phila, you're slippin.

Anyway, I voted Rakim. I just seen dude on the road before too... I knew he lived around here, but I had never seen him around. He was easy to spot too, with his "ITS THE R" vanity license plate. :shock: :D

what was he driving, and was he travelling at magnificent speeds around the universe?

Jizzy · Post by **Jizzy** » Sat May 15, 2004 7:21 am

clark bent wrote:ps- ice cube is the best mc ever

Word.

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Sat May 15, 2004 9:31 am

Where's LL?

Mike (NJJ) · Post by **Mike (NJJ)** » Sat May 15, 2004 10:13 am

Dango727 wrote:Where's LL?

You are at Jason's mercy, remember?

LL should be on the list before Ghost, using normal logic. In terms of "greatness" as you usually apply it, Ghost has come nowhere near to the solo artist accomplishments of LL or even a Too $hort or Ice Cube.

But it's Jason's list and his favorite guy gets to be on it. That's the American way, get down with it.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Sat May 15, 2004 10:48 am

clark bent wrote:i wont vote

but i will say im not sure what is more insane...eminem on the list or ice cube off it

ps- ice cube is the best mc ever

if it was down to cube or em, i'd vote cube. i even had cube on the list but here i think it's safe to say more people would vote Em over him. Either way neither of them are the GOAT.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Sat May 15, 2004 10:51 am

Mike (NJJ) wrote:
Dango727 wrote:Where's LL?
You are at Jason's mercy, remember?

LL should be on the list before Ghost, using normal logic. In terms of "greatness" as you usually apply it, Ghost has come nowhere near to the solo artist accomplishments of LL or even a Too $hort or Ice Cube.

But it's Jason's list and his favorite guy gets to be on it. That's the American way, get down with it.

Not at all. I made this list with the nerds in mind. This does not reflect my Top 10 whatsoever. I think clearly the GOAT is Rakim, but this list is to be somewhat diverse. No way is Em, LL, Caz, Cube, Aesop Rock or Slug the GOAT, so if they are on the list or not, it doesn't matter. BTW, Cube was my favorite rapper growing up, but he isn't #1, but prolly top 7 in my book.

Mike (NJJ) · Post by **Mike (NJJ)** » Sat May 15, 2004 10:59 am

PhilaFlava wrote:I made this list with the nerds in mind.

But you said that if our guy wasn't on the list then no one would want him anyways...true of nerd pics like Aesop and Slug, but not of obvious choices like LL and Cube. You might not like LL that much, I know I don't, but you should know that lots of people recognize him as a top 10 if not top 5 artist.

Still, it's your list. Not trying to down it, I voted, just sharing opinions on it.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Sat May 15, 2004 11:16 am

I hear you, but it's not top ten it's GOAT. How can anybody vote LL over Rakim or KRS? I mean that's who it really comes down to. Just like the greatest producer thread, it's all about Primo vs. Pete Rock and the rest are fillers. This is all about Blastmaster vs. The R!

Mike (NJJ) · Post by **Mike (NJJ)** » Sat May 15, 2004 11:17 am

Yeah, I got down with that.

Funk Docta Bombay · Post by **Funk Docta Bombay** » Sat May 15, 2004 12:52 pm

PhilaFlava wrote:Primo vs. Pete Rock

well actually, it's Premo vs. Rza that's heated in that particular thread...

Gregg Popabitch1 · Post by **Gregg Popabitch1** » Sat May 15, 2004 1:18 pm

my top five in order:
rakim
KRS
Chuck D
Jay-Z
Ice Cube

but i'm voting chuck D because it's almost sad to me that Eminem and Nas have more votes then Chuck D. and i LOVE both artists.

Pizon · Post by **Pizon** » Sat May 15, 2004 5:06 pm

christopher walken wrote:
Pizon wrote:I was disappointed Kanye wasn't on the list. Phila, you're slippin.

Anyway, I voted Rakim. I just seen dude on the road before too... I knew he lived around here, but I had never seen him around. He was easy to spot too, with his "ITS THE R" vanity license plate. :shock: :D
what was he driving, and was he travelling at magnificent speeds around the universe?

He was in a silver Lex... I think it was an ES-300.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Sat May 15, 2004 6:15 pm

Funk Docta Bombay wrote:
PhilaFlava wrote:Primo vs. Pete Rock
well actually, it's Premo vs. Rza that's heated in that particular thread...

Sorry, that's what I really meant to say.

SkylarjohnsoN · Post by **SkylarjohnsoN** » Sat May 15, 2004 7:42 pm

No Sage?????

@Phila
SAGEkillz Ghostface.

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