Top 10 Rap Artists
 

We have like five billion of these floating around in here so I figure I'll have this one stickied and just lock the rest when I come across them, so yeah go!

1. Dr. Octagon
2. Madvillain
3. Deltron 3030
4. cLOUDDEAD
5. Subtle
6. DJ Spooky
7. MF Doom
8. Dose One
9. Busdriver
10. DANGERDOOM

1. Jay-Z
I honestly think he's the most talented rapper to date
2. MC Paul Barman
They don't really have anything else like this, try "Vulture-Shark Sculpture Park"
3. Beastie Boys
Probably made the greatest album in the 80's. Still played constantly on rock radio (from a time when rap was rock).
4. Notorious B.I.G
Was a storyteller when it came to lyrics, but was unstoppable when it came to flow. To quote him, "my slow flow's remarkable"
5. Eminem
Its easy to hate him (here) because he's popular and ICP fans love him, but its unfair to say he's not one of the best rappers ever. His second and third album are on fire to this day.
6. MF Doom
For his work on “hoe cakes” alone he gets a nod from me. Working in a section of rap that doesn’t acknowledge a public image, their focus in the studio is what matters. His investment in this group is worth all the money in the world.
7. Andre 3000
Again, popular so left off a few lists to garner more cred, the working half of outkast keeps his hand in many different pots and its reflected in most things. The concepts alone will keep you interested, never mind the flow or the hooks.
8. Del (and various aliases)
Massive progress from his breakout “catch a bad one” to his hit with Gorillaz. You can see someone who tried to be a rapper morph into someone who happened to rap while telling the stories of his own inverted personal experiences.
9. Black Thought
Tracks 1 and 7, of which the names escape me, on Phrenology are nothing short of badassery. As such, both Black Thought and the roots land themselves at number 9.
10. I refuse to put someone on here I really don’t like.

1: Dr. Dre
2: Eminem
3: Game
4: Tupac
5: Notorious B.I.G.
6: Nas
7: Warren G.
8: Jay Z
9: Andree 3000
10: Will.I.Am

Not Listed: Sage Francis, Aesop Rock, Akon, Urban Dance Squad, Wyclef jean, and yes...Ludacris.

I can't put them in order but here is a list of 10:

Roots Manuva
A Tribe Called Quest
The Roots
Marxman
Busdriver
Surreal & The Sound Providers
Strange Fruit Project
Public Enemy
2 Pac
Notorious B.I.G

Gabriel Teodros
Public Enemy
Busdriver
Common
Fugees
Pharoahe Monch
Pete Rock
M.anifest
Aesop Rock
Abstract Rude

barely missed my list.

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Method Man
GZA
Jay Z
Aesop Rock
Mos Def/Black Star
Raekwon
Inspectah Deck
Pete Rock
The Roots
Wu Tang (obvious, but didnt list right away because I've got a couple of Wu artists in my list.)

Andre 3000
Aesop Rock
Public Enemy
Notorious B.I.G.
Eminem
Madvillain/MF Doom etc.
Wu-Tang Clan
DJ Shadow
A Tribe Called Quest
Gang Starr

in no particular order..

Tupac
Aesop Rock
3 6 Mafia
Public Enemy
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Wu-Tang Clan
Treacherous Three
Sugarhill Gang
Nas
Run-D.M.C

Led Zeppelin
Nirvana
Sex Pistols
The Smashing Pumpkins
Mudhoney
Elvis Presley
Beatles
B.B King
Incubus
Ludwig von Beethoven

Just a few off the top of my head

Do'h!


My Rap and Hip-Hop list:

Coolio
Public Enemy
Everlast
Rage against the Machine (Nu-Metal)
Tupac
Andre 3000

Only six because I'm not much into hip-hop/rap.