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12-19-03, 12:26 AM | #1 | |||
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The Top 50 Rappers of All Time
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Before you get all your panties in a bunch this is not my list. This list was composed by Kool Mo Dee. Argue with him but chances are he will laugh at your net raps.
The book is called “There’s a GOD on the MIC” and it lists the top 50 MC’s by his opinion. I will break it down by number. I will only copy the noted strength, noted weakness and any special accolades. If you know Kool Mo then you know he gave rappers report cards, this book does so in number grades (60-100). I will probably mention any noted 100’s. He also had a nick name for each (it will be here) Subjects: originality, concepets, versatility, vocabulary, substance, flow, flavor, freestyle, vocal presence, live performance, poetic value, body of work, industry work, social work, longevity, lyrics, battle skills And I better get thank you’s from all you bitches 50 Just-Ice (The original gangster) Strong: Aggressiveness on the mic Weak: Overaggressive, he went all out too much. GPA:73.2 49 Mack 10 (Gangster Boogie) Strong: Delivery Weak: lack of wordplay GPA: 73.5 48 Foxy Brown (underrated lyrical lady) Strong: Always matches energy Weak: No content outside of sex GPA: 74.7 47: Spoonie Gee (The cold crushin lover) Strong: Smooth voice Weak: nervous energy GPA: 75 Notable: Originality 46: Fat Joe (The puerto rican rhyme son) Strong: Rhyme pitch Weak: Excess profanity GPA: 75.2 45: Jeru The Damaja (poetic messenger) Strong: positive concepts Weak: vocal presence GPA: 75.5 Notable: Concepts 44: Craig Mack (Master Flavor) Strong: flavor Weak: too much flavor, no one takes him serious due to coming off comical GPA: 75.8 Notable: Originality, Flavor 43: MC Shan (The unsung lyricist) Strong: rhyme structure Weak: voice, too high pitched GPA: 76.1 42: Lil’ Kim (femme fatale) Strong: Flow and flavor Weak: no diversity GPA: 76.7 41: Big Pun (latin lyrical king) Strong: Rapid fire flow Weak: live performance due to weight GPA: 77 Notable: Lyrics 40: Slick Rick (master storyteller) Strong: Storytelling Weak: lack of substantive lyrics GPA: 77 Notable: originality, flow 39: Kurupt (lyrical gangster) Strong: wordplay Weak: song structure GPA: 77.3 38: Mystical (The blazin’ Cajun) Strong: never boring Weak: too hard to follow GPA: 77.6 Notable: Originality, Vocal Presence 37: Keith Murry (the rhymologist) Strong: animated energy Weak: vocal tone and pitch GPA: 77.6 36: Doug E Fresh (master entertainer) Strong: live performances Weak: records, he was all about the stage GPA: 77.9 Notable: originality, live performance, longevity 35: Ice-T (O.G. player) Strong: Essence Weak: flow GPA: 78.2 Notable: longevity 34: Guru (the quiet storm) Strong: Substance Weak: Monotone GPA: 78.5 Notable: longevity 33: Snoop Dogg (The smoothest ever) Strong: Melodic and smooth voice Weak: content GPA: 78.5 Notable: flavor, longevity 32: Run (the king) Strong: energy and live preformance Weak: content GPA: 78.8 Notable: live performance, body of work, industry impact, longevity. 31: Kurtis Blow (the original) Strong: song writing Weak: flow and cadence GPA: 79.1 Notable: originality 30: scarface (the southpaw) Strong: rhyme cadence Weak: limited subject matter GPA: 79.4 Notable: longevity 29: Black thought (substance spitter) Strong: substantive lyrics Weak: vocal dynamics GPA: 79.9 28: Common (poetry in motion) Strong: poetic prose Weak: lyrical elision GPA: 80 27: Xzibit (the hardcore rhymer) Strong: track attack Weak: songwriting GPA: 80.2 26: Pharoahe Monch (unorthodox master) Strong: vocabulary and concepts Weak: lyrical overkill GPA: 80.5 Notable: Vocabulary, Lyrics 25: Heavy D (the all purpose MC) Strong: flow/flavor Weak: lyric simplicity GPA: 80.8 24: Busta Rhymes (master energy) Strong: vocals Weak: scatterd lyrics GPA: 81.1 Notable: Flavor, live performance, body of work, longevity 23: Will Smith (the unsung hero) Strong: acting Weak: acting, he comes off as playing a role too much GPA: 81.7 Notable: longevity 22: GZA the genius (the lyrical one) Strong: clever writing Weak: too undynamic GPA: 82 Notable: Lyrics 21: Ras Kass (the pure lyricist) Strong: Metaphoric wordplay Weak: rhyme retardation GPA: 82.3 Notable: Freestyle, Lyrics 20: Redman (the firestarter) Strong: comedic wit Weak: substance abuse, only does sex drugs and parties GPA: 82.9 Notable: Flavor. Vocal presence, longevity 19: MC Lyte (timeless rhymes) Strong: special delivery Weak: the stage GPA: 84.1 Notable: longevity 18: Ice Cube (The unstoppable force) Strong: social commentary Weak: prosaic not poetic GPA: 84.1 Notable: longevity 17: Method Man (Master Flow-er) Strong: Flow!! Weak: secret codes, too much inner slang GPA: 84.7 Notable: Flow 16: Treach (Master rhyme stylist) Strong: anthems Weak: rhyme pitch, no change in pitch GPA: 85 Notable: vocal presence, longevity 15: Jay-Z (king of the streets) Strong: hit making Weak: wrong em-PHA-sis on the wrong sy-LLAB-le GPA: 85.2 Notable: body of work 14: Kool G Rap (lord of the underground) Strong: lyrical terrorism Weak: hit formula-less GPA: 85.5 Notable: Lyrics 13: Tupac (The truth) Strong: Diverse talk Weak: death talk GPA: 87 Notable: versatility, body of work, industry impact 12: Queen Latifah (The queen) Strong: duality for singing and rapping Weak: talent excess, she was too talented at too many things GPA: 88.2 Notable: social impact, longevity 11: Nas (the ghetto prophet) Strong: Street level lyrics Weak: undynamic GPA: 88.5 Notable: substance, lyrics 10: Lauryn Hill (angelic warrior princess of poetry) Strong: songwriting and rhyme spitting Weak: None! GPA: 90 Notable: versatility, industry impact, lyrics 9: Notorious B.I.G. (the power) Strong: story flow Weak: scattered rhymes GPA: 90.2 Notable: flow, flavor, vocal presence, industry impact 8: Chuck D (the voic) Strong: delivery Weak: clarity GPA: 90.5 Notable: originality, substance, flavor, vocal presence, live performance, body of work, industry impact, social impact 7: LL Cool J (unbreakable master) Strong: charisma Weak: battle, he loved himself too much to diss his opponent GPA: Notable: versatility, vocabulary, vocal presence, live performance, body of work, industry impact, longevity 6: Grand Master Caz (live rhyme master) Strong: lyrical flavor Weak: wax GPA: 91.1 Notable: originality, versatility, flavor, vocal presence, live preformace, lyrics 5: Kool Mo Dee (master technician) Strong: rhyme craftsmanship Weak: never showed vulnerability GPA: 91.4 Notable: Originality, vocabulary, substance, vocal presence, longevity, lyrics, battle* *direct quote “I am absolutely the battle master in the game outside of KRS-One, Big Daddy Kane, and Grandmaster Caz. Basically battling is my domain. That’s what I do. 4: Big Daddy Kane (master of metaphor) Strong: metaphor delivery Weak: too much pimping GPA: 91.7 Notable: flow, vocal presence, lyrics, battle skills 3: KRS-One (master of ceremonies) Strong: Potency Weak: no women songs GPA: 93.8 Notable: substance, flow, freestyle, vocal presence, body of work, longevity, lyrics, battle skills 2: Rakim (master rhymer) Strong: Rhymes – the greatest rapper ever (direct quote) Weak: Live lexicon, his lyrics were not made for singing along GPA: 94.1 Notable: Flow, Vocal Presence, Poetic Value, Body of work, Longevity, lyrics 1: Melle Mel (the godfather of rhyme) Strong: Vocals Weak: never changed with the game GPA: 94.4 Notable: Oriniginality, Substance, vocal presence, live performance, poetic value, industry impact, social impact, lyrics 0: The Realist (golden child of rap) Strong: Absorbs from his elders Weak: sportatic drops GPA: 95 Break Down: Originality: Nothing new but still comes hard Concepts: His flip on topics is well deserved Versatility: He lacks the ability to make you look bad Vocabulary: Up and coming, very developed Substance: None to speak of Flow: Too inconsistent Flavor: His topics are hard to relate to Freestyle: He cant Vocal Presence: None to speak of Live performance: none to speak of Poetic value: in progress, but I see good things Body of work: you can see his elevation in his works, but they each can stand alone Industry impact: He made it out of the internet, that’s why hes ranked so high Social impact: if anything, child molesters have an icon Longevity: started in august 2003, and his on top of his game in such a short time Lyrics: The English language is too basic for him Battle skills: none to speak of, but his ghost writers are up and coming Now shut the fuck up, and pay me! |
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12-19-03, 12:33 AM | #2 | ||||||
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I dont see how snoop dogg is better than Guru, kurupt or MC Shan... and i dont see how lil' kim could be considered better than Jean Grae or Rah Digga...
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12-19-03, 12:54 AM | #3 | ||||||
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man what the fuck doe kool moe dee know about rap anyway
just a joke |
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12-19-03, 12:54 AM | #4 | |||
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you dont see it, then do this:
become a legendary MC listen to all kinds of rap evaluate everyones skill write a book about it |
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12-19-03, 12:55 AM | #5 | ||||
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Quote:
I SHOULD FUCKING KILL YOU!!! |
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12-19-03, 01:03 AM | #6 | ||||||
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i dont agree with most of that list.....maybe ill do my own top 50 one of these days
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12-19-03, 01:15 AM | #7 | |||
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blah.... he explained it in the book, but im not typing all that up
go buy and the book then! |
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12-19-03, 03:16 AM | #8 | ||||||
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i'm tight on the list making, but it's cool to read about the descriptions of those other rappers
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12-19-03, 04:11 AM | #9 | ||||||
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Is there any way to read the book online?
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12-19-03, 11:33 AM | #10 | ||||||
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kool moe dee is a legend,so his opinion should be respected to apoint. But putting himself on the list fucked everything up, the fact is no rapper can list the top 50 emcees, because they are going to have certain favorites. Notice top 8 were old school emcees that were hot when he was? Yeah so like i said, its respected but don't take it to heart, cuz nobody else will. And besides didn't LL rip Kool Moe Dee? So obviously he didn't love himself too much to do that. Once again, respect it,don't follow it
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12-19-03, 11:34 AM | #11 | ||||||
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kool moe dee is a legend,so his opinion should be respected to apoint. But putting himself on the list fucked everything up, the fact is no rapper can list the top 50 emcees, because they are going to have certain favorites. Notice top 8 were old school emcees that were hot when he was? Yeah so like i said, its respected but don't take it to heart, cuz nobody else will. And besides didn't LL rip Kool Moe Dee? So obviously he didn't love himself too much to do that. Once again, respect it,don't follow
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12-19-03, 11:36 AM | #12 | |||
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Kool Mo said that LL has yet to win a battle with anyone
and the number 0 kid is underrated |
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12-19-03, 12:00 PM | #13 | ||||||
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number 0 kid....lmao....nice ¬_¬
bet that took you TIME to type all that out |
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12-19-03, 12:02 PM | #14 | ||||||
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LL got merked by Canibus no question, but of course he isn't going to say he lost to LL. But in my opinion, yeah LL beat him.
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12-19-03, 12:03 PM | #15 | |||
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i started when track 1 of capital punishment started...i finished when the CD was over and i was 2 songs into Rakim
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