I'm gonna nominate Nas. And by the way your list is on point...f.ck what that massacred said. good job on reckonizing AZ and big pun.

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B.P.

Biggie

big pun
bigge
big l
jay-z
nas
az

i see some votes for biggie, up his numbers on the poll!

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Pete Rock: The original Pete Rock is like Soul on Ice, dynamite with the mic device.

The Notorious B.I.G.: I'd rather die on my feet then live on my knees.

Big Daddy Kane: I do the body rude like the cops did on that Rodney dude

Guru: Right about now I use my authority, cuz I'm like the Wizard and You look lost like Dorothy.

Nas: Sentence begins indented.. with formality. My duration's infinite, moneywise or physiology

rakim

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jay, em, common, and rakim are all dope with the lyrics. nas was on illmatic and at times on his other CDs. biggie was ok, 2pac said the same words over and over but had a good flow and descent ideas for tracks. az ain't shit to me cept for a few older nas collabos. nas brought the best out in him. big L seemed like he's canibus's counterpart or something. never liked the dude. ebonics was ok or what ever that track was he did.

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^^lol like canibus? ummm no.. haha big l was nothing like canibus.. canibus and big l are like night and day its not even close

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funny how you picked out all the black rappers and said something negative about them but left eminem and big pun out of it.. just admit it your a fuckin racist

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lyricist....is more of a conscious thang....to me....although i believe he is not tha best but as towarrds lyriciist i'ma say Common

a problem that i see in hip hop, is the elitest nature of those involved in the ''underground'' genre. Just because you know some names that most people don't, does not make you hip hop, or a part of it. we got a lot of little nerdy white kids behind a computer trying to tell people, what is and isn't hip hop. who is and isn't hip hop. Niggas dickryde Talib Kweli,(not dissing him in this statement) but nas is on his level, and was accepted by mainstream industry. Talib kweli tried to go mainstream in his second album and was rejected. So it makes me wonder who truly is better. Nas is streetpoet till his death and respected not only because he touched the streets, but he is accepted by the mainstream. Talib kweli is one of hip hop's most brilliant, undoubtedly but not better than Nas in my opinion. If he is, why isn't he a legend like nas? why isn't he a legend like Rakim? Rakim's not hot? are you sorry bastards fucking serious? you must not of listened to him, Talib Kweli himself owes rakim, cats that get dickrode by you bastards, owe Rakim, for the influence. you elitest know-nothings are just in a phase where you like hip hop, for now. Next you'll like 50's country music and be telling young red necks that they don't know what real country is.

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The Definition. period.

looks like pac might take this.. remember first to 12 votes is rapbattles ralaunched choice as the greatest lyricist ever

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my nuts itch, oh and pac ain't shit for a lyricist

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deltron3030 is dope as fuck del the funky is kinda gay..........LMAO

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