Hiphopdane wrote:The author of the top 50 I posted is a little more postive so I think I prefer that one :P It was never really about the order of the list anyway cus I can make my own top 50 if I want.
These days I enjoy listening to Del the funky homosapien's debut album (I wish my brother george was here). Catchy production and entertaining/funny lyrics. He has what a lot of rappers lack: A sense of humour. A little racist at times but whatever.
Deltron 3030 is the shit, when's Deltron 2 coming out?
Hiphopdane wrote:http://rap.about.com/od/toppicks/ss/Top50Emcees.htm
I often just pick a random artist from this top 50 and download their best album/the album the journalist recommend.
I really liked that list and I like how he mentioned O.C. as one of the most underrated mcs of all time which is true, and mentioned Aceyalone who is also underrated. Prodigy's spot was appropriate, even though he's one of my favorite rappers ever, I'm not stupid enough to admit that he's top 10 material in terms of skillwise. It asl noted Big L as overrated which I tend to agree with. Seeing Lord Finesse and Del tha Funkee Homosapien pretty high on that list also made my day.
As far as Jay z is concerned, yes he's overrated but, I feel he's a better lyricist at his prime than Eminem. Eminem's better at multies and a more talented rhymer, but Jay z has some sick metaphors and double entendres instead off relying on rhyme schemes.
As far as Renegade is concerned.
One it's an Eminem beat and fits his rhyme scheme more comfortably, which is why Em was more fluid on that beat, whereas Jay had a hard time staying on beat, and was forcing multies (A style he usually doesn't have)
Two Jay's verses were actually really damn good, and underrated. I feel that if Nas hadn't said Eminem murdered you on your own shit, people would stop acting like Jay dropped wack verses.
Three since when did murdering someone on a guest appearance automatically equals better emcee, I guess R.A. the Rugged Man is better than Vinnie Paz for murdering him on Uncommon Valor, or Big Pun is automataically a better emcee than Black Thought for murdering him on Super Lyrical, I mean it happens all the time. People should stop treating Renegade as an end all be all for saying Eminem> Jay z.
Devil'sAdvocate wrote:i really respect your opinion man,but saying Em is not a top 5 MC is a crime on its own,after you got litterally every rapper praising him,saying hes crazy and they cant fuck with him,after raising this genre to a whole new level of recognition,he is one of the sickest rappers ever,for me along with nas and rakim,these 3 are THE best artists to do good to hip hop,its quite frankly ridiculous for Em not to be in anybody's top 5.
judging from ur av i think rakim is the GOAT in yo opinion,he is for me too as i stated a couple lines before,but he is the smoothest rapper i EVER heard,his rhymes are so amazingly structred i litteraly jizz hearing him,fav album is payed in full with eric. b.
That has zilch to do with his skills, strip him of his impact, sales, influence and he's among many peers who are just as good if not outright better than him. And no it's not ridiculous for anyone to have Eminem not be in their top 5 wtf, are you thinking? Those three artists are great and I have a ton of respect for them in terms of what they did for the game, but if you remove their influence, many are on their level.
