Canibus - Anyone that can work that much knowledge into a rhymthical pattern deserves respect.

Necro - for being underground and a complete violent, sick, twisted lunatic, and yet still somehow managing to get his CD on the shelves of my local commercial music store... albeit with a 18+ sticker.. lol

Rakim - considered the best, but never tries to go commercial to bring his name out... king of lyrics

Bizarre - for being the only rapper i have ever heard that is 1st in two categories

1. The weirdest.
2. The wackest.