Best Rappers In Each Of These Categories

[EminemBase]

Okay, so every mention I rapper here - I'm referring to them in their prime...

Delivery | 2Pac, Em, Redman

Flow | Andre 3k, Em, Hopsin, Mos Def, Pharoahe Monch

Rhyming | Canibus, Em, Mos Def, Nas

Voice | Canibus, Em, Kanye, Pharoahe Monch, Xzibit

Vocabulary | Canibus, Em (wasn't that vast, but some of the words chosen), Nas

Subject Matters | Andre 3k, Em, Kanye, Proof, Xzibit

Punchlines | Canibus

Storytelling | Em, Slick Rick

Concepts | Em

Diss Tracks | 2Pac, Canibus, Em, Nas

Bragging | Jay-Z

Production | Em, Kanye, Mos Def

[BILI]

Delivery...Eminem, Celph Titled, Yelawolf

Flow...Eminem, Hopsin, Tech N9ne

Rhyming...Possessed, DZK, Eminem

Voice... Eminem, Lupe Fiasco, Lil B, Nicki Minaj

Vocabulary...Possessed

Subject Matters...Eminem, Immortal Technique, Masta Ace

Punchlines...Possessed

Storytelling...Eminem, Slick Rick

Concepts...Eminem, Masta Ace

Diss Tracks...Eminem

Bragging...Jay-Z

Production...AOTP,Sadistik

[classthe_king]

Delivery | Vinnie Paz

Flow | DZK

Rhyming | Sadistik

Voice | Vinnie Paz lol....

Vocabulary | Prince Ea

Subject Matters | Slug

Punchlines | Possessed

Storytelling | Slug

Concepts | Slug

Diss Tracks | Eminem

Bragging | Copywrite

Production | Sadistik

[ThomasJ]

Okay, so every mention I rapper here - I'm referring to them in their prime...

Delivery | 2Pac, Em, Redman

Flow | Andre 3k, Em, Hopsin, Mos Def, Pharoahe Monch

Rhyming | Canibus, Em, Mos Def, Nas

Voice | Canibus, Em, Kanye, Pharoahe Monch, Xzibit

Vocabulary | Canibus, Em (wasn't that vast, but some of the words chosen), Nas

Subject Matters | Andre 3k, Em, Kanye, Proof, Xzibit

Punchlines | Canibus

Storytelling | Em, Slick Rick

Concepts | Em

Diss Tracks | 2Pac, Canibus, Em, Nas

Bragging | Jay-Z

Production | Em, Kanye, Mos Def

Some of your choices surprised me in a very positive way. Props.

[slimsoxshady]

you forgot one important category:
Swag

Lil B got that one on lock

Delivery | Ludacris

Flow | Tonedeff

Rhyming | Tech N9ne

Voice | Chamillionaire

Vocabulary | Lupe

Subject Matters | Eminem

Punchlines | Lil Wayne

Storytelling | Lil B

Concepts | Chamillionaire

Diss Tracks | Eminem

Bragging | Lil Wayne

Production | if you're talking about which artist spits on the best beats (T.I.)

[dead prez]

Delivery | Depends entirely on what I want to listen too.

Ghostface for energetic bursts filled with passion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klByHG-dKR4

Gift of Gab for having a ton of melody in some of his songs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUR-t2z8ovE
verse starts at 1:28

Busdriver in this song, reminds me of a new age ODB
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iu7Cd9-ZjA

Methodman in Methodman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHVGNvA8Yo4

Flow | Gift of Gab, the way he rides the beat here is crazy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS6YuujSSPY

Black Thought
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBHF7XriPFI

Senim Silla in Reality Check
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnD_CXnXEB8

Rhyming| Gift of gab for having a sheer amount.

Nas has an intricate scheme and rarely does he stay he stay AAAA, he always switches it up, he doesn't rhyme that many syllables, but he rhymes a decent amount.

Eminem for cohesion and creativity, not to mention how effortless he sounds in them.

Del Tha Funkee Homosapien in Deltron 3030, also has a pretty complex scheme.

Voice | Ghostface, Lord Finesse, Dessa, Prodigy (Infamous only), OC, Nas.

Vocabulary | Gift of Gab

Subject Matters | Lupe Fiasco, Nas, Eminem, J live

Punchlines | Lupe Fiasco if double entendres count, Celph Titled has some that I like, and Big L delivered them in the best way.

Storytelling | Nas for creativity and concepts.

Ghostface for having the perfect storytelling voice and canconvey the right emotion, as well as being an extremely vivid storyteller. i.e. Shakey Dog

Concepts | Nas, Aceyalone, J live, Lupe Fiasco

Diss Tracks | Eminem, Nas, Jay z

Bragging | Notorious B.I.G, Lord Finesse, Rakim

Production | Kanye West- self explanatory.

Any member of the Wu doing Rza's prime, and Ghostface in Fishscales.

Mf Doom for having really trippy production.

Substantial for having Japanese sounding beats on a lot of his albums (Bop Alloy/Metapohrical Music the latter being Nujabes' album)

[momentsgolden]

Interesting how most of ya'll put Eminem in the "best Diss category. " I think most are funny and cold while random namedrops are just meh. Anyway, these guys dont seem to agree...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/cli ... _blog.html

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainmen ... 46/#slide1

[Trimss]

^ Lol at the first site, the only real diss track on there was The Warning.

[classthe_king]

Interesting how most of ya'll put Eminem in the "best Diss category. " I think most are funny and cold while random namedrops are just meh. Anyway, these guys dont seem to agree...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/cli ... _blog.html

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainmen ... 46/#slide1

No one put him there because of random celebrity disses

[Master Chief]

Delivery | 2Pac, Eminem, Royce, Tech N9ne

Flow | Royce, Tech N9ne, Jay-Z

Rhyming | Eminem, Copywrite, Common, Crooked I

Voice | Ludacris

Vocabulary | Nas, Slug, Joe Budden

Subject Matters | Joe Budden, Eminem

Punchlines | Royce

Storytelling | Eminem, Slug, Royce

Concepts | Nas, Lupe Fiasco

Diss Tracks | Eminem, Royce

Bragging | Jay-Z, Royce

Production | Kanye, Busta Rhymes, 50 Cent

[EminemBase]

Interesting how most of ya'll put Eminem in the "best Diss category. " I think most are funny and cold while random namedrops are just meh. Anyway, these guys dont seem to agree...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/cli ... _blog.html

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainmen ... 46/#slide1

Eminem is in my mind hands-down the best disser in history.

Even if you don't place him the top of other categories - they're all debatable, and this is of course too but still man, his best disses are hard to beat.

Take "Nail in the Coffin" - a total destruction of a man.

But one of his most under-appreciated is "Bully" - the way that continuous flow / kind of rhyming goes on throughout the entire song like one big seething psychiatry dismantlement of his opponent's psyche. It blows most rappers disses so far out of the water it's unreal.

Most resort to stupid dick puns and arbitrary name-calling, or just aimless thuggery.

[Devil'sAdvocate]

Delivery | Crooked I, Eminem, Royce, Nas, Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent

Flow | Royce, Biggie, Jay-Z

Rhyming | Eminem, Crooked I, Rakim, G Rap

Voice | Eminem, Joe Budden, 50 Cent

Vocabulary | Nas, Joe Budden

Subject Matters | Joe Budden, Eminem, Nas, Biggie

Punchlines | Royce,Copywrite, Joe Budden, Crooked I, Possessed

Storytelling | Eminem, Nas

Concepts | Nas, Lupe Fiasco

Diss Tracks | Eminem

Bragging | Jay-Z, Rakim, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg

Production | Kanye West

But Overall: Eminem.

[12characters]

Delivery | Eminem, Tupac, Tech N9ne, Andre 3k, Joe Budden

Flow | Eminem, Method Man, Crooked I, Big Boi, Crayzie Bone

Rhyming | Eminem, Tech N9ne, Redman, Nas, Kurupt

Voice | Eminem, Method Man, Notorious B.I.G, Joe Budden, Tyler the Creator

Vocabulary | Nas, Canibus, Ras Kass, Obie Trice, Rakim

Subject Matters | Eminem, Tupac, Lupe Fiasco, Tech N9ne, Immortal Technique

Punchlines |Old Em, Royce, Wayne, Big L, New Em

Storytelling |Slick Rick, Ice Cube, Lupe Fiasco, Common, Immortal Technique

Concepts | Eminem, Tupac, Nas, Tech N9ne, Lupe Fiasco

Diss Tracks |Eminem, Tupac, Ice Cube , Canibus, LL Cool J

Bragging | 50 Cent, Notorious B.I.G, Kanye West, Jay-Z, T.I. (What chu know about that?)

Production | Dr. Dre, Kanye West, Em (Bass Bros/Luis Resto), Scott Storch, Mannie Fresh

[momentsgolden]

Ok, just saw some other niggas rapping and they pretty fuccking dope. Second one though, Serious Joe ethered him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVSuecKL3TY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ampRuisxBcw

[CrossedBullet]

Delivery | eminem bob Ludacris

Flow | Royce Da 5'9", big pun, big l, eminem, tech n9ne, crooked i, ludacris

Rhyming | eminem, Tech N9ne , crooked i , ludacris

Voice |Tech N9ne, Eminem (eminem show), LUDacris

Vocabulary | Immortal Technique

Subject Matters | Tupac Shakur, Lowkey, Lupe Fiasco, eminem

Punchlines | Royce, wayne,drake

Storytelling | eminem

Concepts | Nas

Diss Tracks | Eminem

Bragging | um idk drake?

Production | Kanye West,eminem,