I was just thinking to myself... I always considered 2pac as the best rapper. But then I thought "Why?" and I came to a realization that the main reason I thought that was cos everyone else did. So I searched a bit and found out that his meaning, delivery and passion was the main reason people said he was the best. Lyrically, he is above average, with consistent multi's (althought they arent too complex) and poetic elements.

But then I thought, what if to someone else, lyrics meant everything? To them Canibus, Rakim or Nas could be the best. What if they thought flow was the most important? Then Jay-Z or Biggie might be the best for them. What if they found relevance the most vital? Then Public Enemy or Immortal Technique could be their choice of "the best".

I came to the conclusion that all good rappers have their own qualities which could potentially make them "the best rapper"... and that it all mattered on your personal taste.

What do you guys think?

No one rapper in my opinon can be dope at everything...i mean, everyone has there personal qualities, but no one rapper can be tight in every aspect.

2pac as you said was a dope rapper, his message was probably the realest ever, however his rhymes were awful simplistic but remember that he wrote that shit nearly 10 years ago, rap dramatically has changed since then.. we now are more concered with vocab n' shit...wherea "back in the day" it was the gritty n' real message that he was tryin' to put it...

why do you post what you think?????/

if i posted what i thought there would be millions of dumb threads

like this one

if ya need 1 good rapper to belive in Wogzta
just know its not yourself better stick to 2pac

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the one that watches the watchmen:

Well...I look at it like this...

Hip Hop has divisions, U got Gangsta, Chilled, Parliment (Pollitical), Spoken Word (It is diffirent to pollitical), Intelligence, Abstract, Own Beliefs (I mean dead prez is allot pollitical, but they have other, deeper beliefs), Comercial and Jazz...

There is no MC on earth that is all of those.. I mean 'Pac was maybe 2 or 3 of them, Nas is allso...Em is the same...Aesop allso, Jehst, Canibus and dead prez....

So, i look at it like this... U have maybe 5 to 6 MC's who are the best, But only at that present in time though...
I mean oppinions change..!!!

Their my thoughts....Theres nuthin wrong in that way, so pleas dont mock it....LOL

I think the best rapper comes down to personal opinions. My favourite is pac but another person will say pac is shite and nas is the best.
I understand what everone is sayin but it all boils down to personal opinions

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HARRY R.I.P
1940 - 2002

In Respect

NO!

Yeah, Opinions, blah, blah, blah

2 Pac---*pifs*
Most of you cat's talking this crap is just as old as me, or a bit older, or a bit younger, and probably havent even heared a tenth of what the man released. 2-Pac was not the illest Rapper, he was just a good one, that made money and was too stupid to get up out the Ghetto while the getting was good. Thats the problem with most of them..he was just a casualty, I aint hating on the man, I listen to his sheit all the time.
As for there being a baddest MC there cant be one, cause each one elavates the level for the next, if you asked me a year ago, I would have said Bone Thugs straight up because of there complexity and rhymes, but if you ask me now Ill say "I DONT CARE"

most of ya'll opinions are dumb,except for Big EZ's. it comes down to this: there can't be one greatest rapper of all-time because nobody here has heard every rapper on earth.There could be some kid in Delaware that has the dopest shit in every catagory to ever grace god's green playground.

oh and^^^^^^^^nice picture in the park "hurry up and take tha pic i'm burning up in all this fucking black, i gotta look hard for my sig"hahahaahahahah

your looking at him

hate to repeat but...

there cant be one 'best ever' rapper....

read all that above like a just did....then you will see the reasons....

PERSONAL OPINIONS!

lol @ The Realist

everyone has their fave rapper like evryonje else has said its a matter of opinion

Why can't I believe I'm the best rapper :P I'm dope.

Ok Ok no need to get angry and say people are dumb for their opinions... but im still sticking to the "no single greatest rapper" arguement