2pac, Biggie, Em, Jay Z and Nas are generally considered the

>>70683991
That's ANDRE THREEK tho

>>70683991
Em just does NOT fit here, I'm sorry.

I won't say he hasn't had great albums but he still had (debatably) one of the WORST albums streaks in rap history.

first two would be irrelevant and forgotten were it not for their martyr status, third has released nothing but a string of mediocre albums, and the latter two have two masterpieces between the both of them but that's the full extent of it.

>>70684063
Top 5 means most popular, not necessarily best, which is subjective anyway. Eminem is one of the most successful rappers who ever lived, even if he made shit like My Name Is WHAA? My Name Is stupid ass garbage.

>>70684108
>Top 5 means most popular, not necessarily best,
Ohhhhhh. Okay then yeah I see why he's up there.

>>70683991
Eminem doesn't even deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as those other four.

>>70684248
>implying he doesn't have multiple masterpieces

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>>70684296
You dropped your hat

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>>70684463

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>>70684569
SSLP and MMLP2 belong here too

>>70684588
Well I liked those 2.

And even if they're bad/weak they're nowhere NEAR as bad as the 3 in pic-related.

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>>70684588

>>70684108
kendrick, wayne, kanye are all far more popular than nas, lol

>>70683991
It goes like this boy.
1. Nas
2. Rakim
3. Biggie
4. Big L
5. Eminem
6. GZA
7. Pac(his flow wasn't that great)
8. Big Pun
9. Jay Z
10. Kendrick Lamar
Andre 3000, DOOM, Redman, Jadakiss and RZA could probably sneak in there too

>>70684569
You forgot Curtain Call.

>>70684463
>>70684490
I like but to say hes one of the best shows you don't shit about the rap genre and that you've only just barely scratched the surface on rap

>>70685338
Best Of's don't count (despite how bad Fack was)

Kendrick is easily gonna be top 5, just give him a couple more album releases. He's only ever released outstanding music.

>>70685462
Probably, but there's always a chance he'll release an Encore.

I'd say jay is #1 because he has a both critical and commercial success while staying somewhat relevant all his career
other rappers have too but not as long as jay

1. Nas
2. Kanye West
3. The Notorious B.I.G.
4. Lupe Fiasco
5. Kendrick Lamar
6. Denzel Curry
7. 2Pac
8. Snow tha Product
9. Eminem
10. Big L
11. Rakim
12. DMX
13. Andre 3000
14. Nef the Pharaoh
15. Big Pun
16. Dr. Dre
17. AZ
18. Hopsin
19. Tech N9ne
20. Jay Z

This is objectively true.

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>>70683991
maybe commercially
talent-wise IMO:

KRS-ONE
Rakim
Nas
Eminem
Mos Def

>>70685565
>Dr. Dre
>16

>>70684463
>>70684490
Good ones

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>>70685565
>lupe
>kendrick
>denzel curry
>hopsin
>snow

I like you've got AZ on there, but you can tell this list was made by a millennial

>>70685694
I agree on the other ones but Kendrick belongs on this list

Big L is probably the most overrated rapper ever by the people who actually discover him

Yeah he's probably also the most underrated rapper ever and i'm sure you feel cool putting him so high on a list but the thought of him being >>> Andre 3k is just pathetic

>>70685565
>Someone would put Denzel Curry as 6

I don't think even the biggest Denzel Curry fan could even rationalize that.

>>70685694
>not being a millenial

>>70685250
>RZA
>as a rapper