Top 5 Rappers OTHER THAN EMINEM

[Accor]

right now:

1. Kanye West


all time:

1. Kanye West
2. Blu and Jay-Z
3. Slug
4. Ghostface Killah
5. Jay Electronica

gr8 list making skills

[EminemBase]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... not all-time?

Shit, I find that hard to separate as I haven't had a lot of spare time to just dig new shit in recent times...

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

Right now, other than Em, and by ''right now'' I mean the last coupla years not weeks, I'd say:

Yelarr. I would obviously say Yela even despite Radioactive but, the degree to which he redeemed himself very quickly with a flurry of quality shit (Slumdon Bridge, Psycho White, TM3)... all those 3 are top-shelf shit, Slumdon Bridge is especially interesting... Yela goes so well with guitar / country vibes... Arena Rap may still be my favourite Yela project, it's near perfection, as coheisve as a fucking Beatles project. He will create masterworks in his time.

B.o.B. I cannot believe how trashy Bobby has gone. And he seems so fake too, it's like he's dumbing himself down... people may say - well how do we know he wasn't trying to 'pretentiously sound smarter etc. when he came in to the game: which, maybe he was, but I don't think so, because you can't fake soul in lyricism, and he has a fuckload of it, and intellectual rhymes and ideas. He has sold out for absolutely no apparent reason, he could have (could still) gone down a great. Regardless, when he's good: he's brilliant. Just wish he wasn't such a fucking sell-out fuck.

Tyler. Not too much to say as weirdly enough (despite mentioning him) - I'm not exactly a Tyler fan. I don't listen to his shit, I spun Goblin once before but, can't remember it being anything special... BUT, artistically I think he has something. And I don't mean he's on to something specific with his work: I mean, I think he has the spark, the deep, dark, creative spark to create brilliance, and maybe he's not quite there yet but after seeing the IFHY video: certainly seems like he's on his way. Despite his poor mic skills, I always could sense he would be something. Definitely interesting, and one to watch. Mark my words: he will create one of the dark masterpieces within this next 5-10 years.

Hopsin. Gazing at the Moonlight is dope. Pans in the Kitchen actually got me on to Hop and it caught me off-guard right away. I think that's when you know a rapper has something, when you immediately stop what you're doing like '''what is this?...'' and it stops you in your tracks to fully appreciate for a while. Unfortunately, I think he actually became a little more generic... that song and vibe is eerie and quirky, I think he could have molded himself better artistically, BUT he remained a dope rapper. RAW is excellent, Knock Madness was the hugeZzzZZt disappointment/borefest ever though but... undoubtebly one of the best in a while. On the mic he's a monster but artistically: quite lame.

Anddddd...

Kanye. Yeah, I gotta give 'Ye love, even though I been ragging on his dirty ego lately, my man is still mad talented and exciting to follow. And he writes extremely memorable shit. We all know his raps are not the most intricate and he's not the tightest flow-rapper etc. but his actual lines, his ideas, his themes, and how is on the mic as a character... all that, when it comes down to it, as much as I love technical shit: but at the end of it, all of that is more important. And he's not a technical slouch either, just not top shit, but his multies and dope ass lines on Watch the Throne... ill as fuck. He's an ill rapper which ever way you slice it yo. And he blends the elements of a good rap verse very well.

[Elision]

no order

Rittz
Wax
Soul Khan
Tech N9ne
Dizaster (if battle MC's count)
R.A or wrekonize (if they don't)

[StanBase]

1. Slim Shady
2. Marshall Mathers
3. B-Rabbit
4. That white guy from D12
5. Feminem

I'm sorry but this should never be posted anywhere outside of the YouTube comment section. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

(Eminem)
Kanye
Kendrick
B.I.G.
50
Nas

No order.

Ok so first thread I read today you saying encore > yeezus, second thread I read Kanye is top 5? So encore must be lowkey goat I guess.

I need to expand. All I know is Kendrick and Tech N9ne should be up there. And Jay and Kanye are not top 5 rappers today.

[beowafle]

Kanye West
Ice Cube
50 Cent
Snoop Dogg
Krizz Kaliko

in this order.

It changes really often. Before I started listening to Eminem (Relapse era) my favourite rapper was Lil Jon...

[Elision]

Krizz Kaliko

Still has a lot of evolving to do imo, but he's definitely getting there. What do you think of Snoop's new reggae stuff though? I think it's dope

[beowafle]

I love it. I absolutely don't understand how it is so underrated.

[LK5]

Right now Kendrick, Yelawolf, Killer Mike, Big K.R.I.T. and uh Ab-Soul maybe.

[Eedee]

Mat Demaz.

But on the real, in no order:

Kendrick Lamar
Childish Gambino
J. Cole
Kanye West
Royce da 5'9"

[fifflaren]

yelawolf
kendrick lamar
talib kweli
gibbs
scarface

[The Shady Virus]

Right now:

Cole
Krit
K dot
Jon Connor
budden

[Mr Change]

1. Kendrick
2. R.A. The Rugged Man
3. Tech N9ne
4. Celph Titled
5. J. Cole

My favorite from the last year based on only current projects and contributions

[RayRay33]

Joe Budden
Tech N9ne
Lloyd Banks
50 Cent
T.I.
Benzino (I love his old stuff, fuck you and fuck the beef)

[JamaicanPattlez]

As of this moment? Well..

J. Cole
ScHoolboy Q (Gotta capitalize that H nigga.)
Kendrick Lamar
Kanye West
Chance The Rapper

There's more, but since it's a Top 5 at this current point in time... fuck it.

[Jaba]

Anyone listen to Hopsin? He's pretty good.