Rating Rappers

by **ladelsofgravy** » Nov 3rd, '13, 19:04

So, I've come up with 10 criteria. Each have up to 5 attainable points each (with 5 being the best, and 1 being the worst). They will be added in total and a rapper can earn a maximum of 50 points combined.

This is just a temporary rubric I made in 2 minutes. I could probably find a better one at some point.

* Lyricism (From a technical aspect, the complexity and intricacy of the words written)
* Flow (How the syllables are arranged, syncopated, the speed and tempo, and such)
* Delivery (The voice ,how it conveys the mood of the song, volume, intonation and such)
* Storytelling (How well can they paint an image in the mind, and tell a gripping story?)
* Impact (What was their legacy? Did they influence a lot of great rappers)
* Sales (Self-explanatory. And basically, a popularity contest)
* Innovation (Did they add something new to hiphop or are they simply derived from another act)
* Imagination (Do they use creative concepts in their songwriting? Do they try new things?)
* Message (Are there greater cultural or artistic meanings to their writing? Or is it just words)
* Consistency (Is their greatness displayed in most of their songs or only a few of them)

Lyricism/Flow/Delivery/Storytelling/Impact/Sales/Innovation/Imagination/Message/Consistency

Jay Z
4/5/4/4/5/5/5/4/3/5 = 44/50

Kanye West
3/3/4/4/4/5/4/4/3/4 = 38/50

Lil Wayne
3/3/3/3/5/5/4/3/3/1 = 33/50

50 Cent
3/3/4/4/5/5/3/3/3/2 = 35/50

Dr. Dre
1/3/4/3/5/5/4/2/2/3 = 32/50

Method Man
4/5/5/3/4/4/3/3/3/4 = 38/50

GZA
5/5/3/3/4/4/3/4/3/4 = 38/50

Old Dirty Bastard
2/4/5/3/4/4/5/5/2/3 = 37/50

RZA
5/3/3/2/3/3/4/4/4/3 = 34/50

Raekwon
3/4/4/5/4/4/3/3/5/4 = 39/50

Rakim
3/5/5/4/5/5/5/3/3/2 = 39/50

Tupac Shakur
3/4/5/5/5/5/4/4/5/3 = 43/50

Notorious BIG
3/5/5/5/5/5/3/2/2/4 = 39/50

Eminem
5/5/4/5/5/5/5/5/5/3 = 47/50

Nas
5/5/5/5/5/5/4/4/4/3 = 45/50

by **ladelsofgravy** » Nov 3rd, '13, 19:13

I'll rate D12 and Slaughterhouse for the hell of it

Lyricism/Flow/Delivery/Storytelling/Impact/Sales/Innovation/Imagination/Message/Consistency

Proof
3/3/4/4/2/2/3/3/4/4 = 32/50

Kon Artis
2/2/3/2/1/1/2/2/2/3 = 20/50

Kuniva
3/2/4/3/1/1/2/2/2/3 = 23/50

Swifty
3/4/3/2/1/1/2/2/2/4 = 24/50

Bizarre
1/2/2/2/1/2/3/3/2/1 = 19/50

Joell Ortiz
4/4/4/4/2/3/3/3/4/4 = 35/50

Crooked I
5/3/3/3/2/2/2/2/3/4 = 29/50

Royce da 59
4/4/5/3/2/3/3/3/3/3 = 33/50

Joe Budden
3/4/4/3/2/3/3/3/4/4 = 33/50

by **DƎRDYPK** » Nov 3rd, '13, 19:35

Jimmy Pop #1

by **Snakebeast** » Nov 3rd, '13, 19:48

ladelsofgravy wrote:I'll rate D12 and Slaughterhouse for the hell of it

Lyricism/Flow/Delivery/Storytelling/Impact/Sales/Innovation/Imagination/Message/Consistency

Proof
3/3/4/4/2/2/3/3/4/4 = 32/50

Kon Artis
2/2/3/2/1/1/2/2/2/3 = 20/50

Kuniva
3/2/4/3/1/1/2/2/2/3 = 23/50

Swifty
3/4/3/2/1/1/2/2/2/4 = 24/50

Bizarre
1/2/2/3/1/3/4/4/2/1 = 23/50

Joell Ortiz
4/4/4/4/2/3/3/3/4/4 = 35/50

Crooked I
5/3/3/3/2/2/2/2/3/4 = 29/50

Royce da 59
4/4/5/3/2/3/3/3/3/3 = 33/50

Joe Budden
3/4/4/3/2/3/3/3/4/4 = 33/50

Bizarre should get 0s across the board tbh

by **ladelsofgravy** » Nov 3rd, '13, 22:26

1 is the lowest score i can give. i wanted to give bizarre a couple of 0's

DƎRDYPK wrote:Jimmy Pop #1

fuck jimmy pop, hes posting crap on twitter instead of working on the new album.

by **Trilla** » Nov 3rd, '13, 22:36

Did you really give Jay a 3 for "Message"?

by **Notalius** » Nov 4th, '13, 02:09

OP you gave Rakim 3 for lyricism ? What the fuck is wrong with the world

by **Rattle1** » Nov 5th, '13, 07:31

by **MistaVijilantee** » Nov 5th, '13, 12:10

Lyricism/Flow/Delivery/Storytelling/Impact/Sales/Innovation/Imagination/Message/Consistency

Redman

4/5/5/4/4/3/4/4/3/4.

King Gordy

4/4/5/4/3/2/4/4/3

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