RAPPERS: Top 5 - Dead or Alive

[Closer68]

RULES: Rank the Top 5 rappers of all time. In order of greatness, AT THEIR PEAK (So, for example, Nas '94 or Ice Cube '91). No explanation is required, but feel free to provide it. No, it's not about who had an effect on you growing up, who your favorite is, or anything else. It's not about you, at all. Just who you think would absolutely body this track.

BEAT: Imagine all of them rapping over the Juice beat. Not their catalog, not their record sales, nothing but the Juice beat (which I consider the G.O.A.T.). Who do you think is going to go hardest on this track? Who is going to body the other mc's???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nuQuFExadM

DISCLAIMER: Yes, it depends. Yes, there are so many. Yes, different eras. Yes, different styles. No, this beat doesn't suit everyone. Man, shut the fuck up. Name the goddamn Top 5 with your analytical ass. Can't stand your whole aura and shit..

Here's My Top 5 - Dead or Alive:

1) Eminem '02
2) Nas '94
3) Kool G Rap '89
4) Andre 3000 '04
5) Big Pun '98

 

[FTWWTF]

Eminem

Notorius BIG

Beastie Boys

N.W.A

Run DMC

 

[mjg1]

LL Cool J
Tupac
Biggie
Jay Z

The others escape my mind right now.
I like Fat Joe and T.I., but not in the top five! I also like Rick Ross and Young Jeezy.

 

[asterwald]

Eminem

Dr Dre

Ice Cube

Naz

Tupac

Soulja boy

 

[MyHobbyist]

I feel like Jayz and Kanye will be on a lot of lists. Not a fan though

 

[FatOne]

Jon Lajoie. He is very super famous after all

 

[FatOne]

WTF collective. MC cock blocks himself. MC historical inaccuracy, Chorus guy, it is all good.

MC Necrophiliac:
MC necrophiliac where all my dead bodies at?
Crashing funerals just so that I can get a whiff of that
Decomposing bodies scent, my favorite aphrodisiac
Flat lining gives me a Pavlovian erection in my pants Turn-offs include breathing, pulses, and signs of life
My turn-ons are rigor mortis, cold flesh, and suicide If you're not stiff as a board,
I won't be stiff and I'll be bored Wait, what do we have here? Looks like I'm about to score

I mean come on, how many rap videos feature a zombie being raped by a necrophiliac.

 

[Exio]

Wise intelligent

Biggie

Tribe called quest

Blackmoon

Wu tang.

 

[ray85]

Eminem (number one by far)
Tupac
Jay Z
Beastie Boys
N.W.A

Next five is
Nas
Biggie
Wu-tang
LL Cool J
.........


Run DMC[/QUOTE]

 

[good to go]

Biggie
Tupac
Dr Dre
Snoop
Eminem

 

[4everkasey]

tupac
biggie
nelly
snoop
eminem

 

[Dick Meat]

Ole dirty bastard, RIP
Gucci Mane
EPMD
Nas
Kanye

 

[mtm2011]

Having to use Juice as the beat is pretty biased to east coast style. Since I think G-Funk is the GOAT I'm going to list my 5 favs with the disclaimer that it is only in relation to the beat and who I think would rap to it best as per OP's request.

1.) 2pac
2.) Biggy
3.) Nas
4.) Redman
5.) Jay-Z

I noticed a lot of you named groups (Wu-Tang, EPMD, NWA, etc) and not individual rappers...

If I was going to list what I think:

1.) 2Pac, for being the greatest of all time
2.) Ice-T, for pioneering the gangsta' rap genre
3.) Dr. Dre, as a producer and rapper and for making the G-funk heard
4.) Biggy, for putting the east back on track
5.) Nas, because he's just so fucking ill

Groups:
1.) NWA, for putting gangsta rap on the map
2.) Wu-Tang Clan, also helped bring the east back up
3.) Geto Boys, for bringing the south up
4.) Above the Law, because without them there would be no G-Funk
5.) Mobb Deep, this was a tough one as others come to mind also

 

[FatOne]

I've gotta second this vote. With such hits as Show Me Your Genitals .. what!?... ya can't go wrong.

Thought I was the only one who liked his videos..lol

There are Latvian versions of that song and I kill people. I don't understand it, but it is still enjoyable to listen to. He puts out quality tunes.

Although I wonder why you responded. I can't have sex with your personality, I can't put my penis in your collage degree, I can't shove my fist in your childhood dreams. So why are you sharing this information with me. It's not sexist because I am singing it in a song, so take off your thong.

 

[kkelso]

I vote dead. Thanks.

 

[VinnyBlaze]

1) Notorious B.I.G - '94 - Ready To Die is still the greatest rap album i have ever heard.
2) Eminem - '99 to '02
3) Tupac - eh, can't say.
4) Jay-Z - '96 to '03 - The Black Album being my favorite from him. Watch the Throne was pretty solid. Better than AG, BP3 and Kingdom Come.
5) Nas - '94 to '01

 

[K Douglas]

1) Rakim '87-'92
2) Biggie '94
3) Chuck D (Public Enemy) '88
4) KRS-1 '87-'88
5) Nas '94

 

[d_jedi]

I like this guy, too:

 

[blaze69]

90%+ of Eminem's lyrics are about relationships = bullshit marketing

People who love Eminem are FAGGOTS, period.

 

[rex_baner]

Talib Kweli,
Rackim
icecube
Dmx
Jada kiss

Not really that big on mainstream