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Your All-time Favorite Rappers

yuichiyuichi Urban sprawl 11,331 Posts
edited March 2007 in Strut Central
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  • Big_ChanBig_Chan 5,088 Posts
    Hommie,

    A list of all time favorites? DAMN! That would take a LONG time to compile. Just a few off the top would be.......

    Run DMC
    Rakim
    Doug E. Fresh
    EPMD
    Slick Rick
    Biz
    Kane
    Marley
    DJ Jazzy Jeff
    DJ Ca$h Money
    DJ Joe Cooley
    DJ Aladdin
    X-Ecutioners
    Skratch Piklz
    Show and AG
    NWA
    Dr. Dre
    Eazy E
    Ice Cube
    BDP

    I could go on ALL NIGHT! LOL
  • spelunkspelunk 3,400 Posts
    This needs to be a narrower question, so I'll answer it as such.

    My favorite hip-hop album is Main Source's Breaking Atoms.
  • yuichiyuichi Urban sprawl 11,331 Posts
    I'm talking about the cream of the crop.

    The rappers that made you go "Ohhh shit...." over and over again.
  • Big_ChanBig_Chan 5,088 Posts
    So this list is to be just rappers? No DJs or producers?
  • Big_ChanBig_Chan 5,088 Posts
    Lord Finesse
  • yuichiyuichi Urban sprawl 11,331 Posts
    Okay, I changed it....

    ALL-TIME FAVORITE RAPPERS.

    fuck...I just played myself....obviously when I was thinking of Gangstarr, DITC, I'm thinking of the producers as well.


    Anyway, ALL-TIME FAVORITE RAPPERS. GO!
  • Big_ChanBig_Chan 5,088 Posts
    Lord Finesse

    Run DMC
    Rakim
    Kane
    Biz
    Ultra era Kool Keith
    Biggie
    Doug E. Fresh
    Slick Rick

    LOTS more.........
  • KidKKidK 119 Posts














    "Rap is an art man....and I can draw pretty good."
  • piedpiperpiedpiper 1,279 Posts
    Big Daddy Kane
    Lord Finesse
    Rakim
    Slick Rick
    Q-Tip
  • CraigCraig 269 Posts
    theres so many but these two would have to be near the top of most peoples lists - rakim and kane. im also a big percee p and lord finesse fan. has anyone mentioned masta ace yet?
  • magpaulmagpaul 1,314 Posts
    biggie
    biggie
    biggie

    cant you see?!
  • FlomotionFlomotion 2,390 Posts
    Doug 'Jocko' Henderson
  • the_average_manthe_average_man 675 Posts
    OC and more recently G Rap
  • Phill_MostPhill_Most 4,594 Posts
    mims
  • coselmedcoselmed 1,114 Posts






    Also, it's been interesting to watch T.I. and Lil' Wayne hone their craft.

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    KEITH THORNTON ??? His real name.
    KOOL KEITH ??? His rapper name.
    KEITH TURBO ??? He used this alias for the Keith Turbo track from the Black Elvis/Lost In Space LP.
    KEITH TELEVASQUEZ ??? He used this alias on Clifton with Motion Man on the Black Elvis/Lost In Space LP.
    KEITH KORG ??? His Analog Brothers alias.
    MATTHEW ??? Keith???s middle name and alias for a full LP.
    DR. SPERM ??? Known to be his first alias as a rapper.
    DR. OCTAGON ??? C???mon, you know this one.
    DR. ULTRA ??? He was Dr. Ultra in the ???Five Deadly Venoms??? Sprite commercials.
    DR. DOOOM ??? He created this character with sick rhymes and a goal of killing Dr. Octagon.
    BLACK ELVIS ??? Dr. Dooom???s twin. Created for the Columbia Records album.
    POPPA LARGE ??? He???s Poppa Large, big shot on the East Coast.
    MR. GREEN ??? He used this alias on the back cover of Ultra???s Big Time LP.
    MR. GERBIK ??? The dangerous 208 year old uncle of Dr. Octagon. Half Shark Alligator Half Man.
    MR. ORANGE ??? This was one of his characters in the Livin??? Astro video.
    MC BALDYLOCKS ??? Unknown right now.
    THE FOURTH HORSEMAN ??? He considered himself The Fourth Horseman on the Ultramagnetic MC???s Four Horsemen LP.
    BLONDE MAN ??? He referred to himself as Blonde Man in the liner notes of the Black Elvis/Lost In Space LP.
    CLEAN MAN ??? This was an alias he used back when HipHopSite.com ran KoolKeith.com.
    SHARK MAN ??? Another name for Mr. Gerbik.
    ELEPHANT MAN ??? From 1996 to 1998 he always said he planned on releasing an album under the alias Elephant Man.
    ALIEN MAN ??? This was an alias he used back when HipHopSite.com ran KoolKeith.com.
    JIMMY STEELE ??? He referred to himself as Jimmy Steele in the liner notes of the Black Elvis/Lost In Space LP.
  • theory9theory9 1,128 Posts
    Ice Cube
    Ras Kass
    N.O.R.E.
  • CraigCraig 269 Posts
    biggie
    biggie
    biggie

    cant you see?!

    he would rate in my top 5 most over rated rappers ever.
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Here we go.
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    Ngafsh
  • mumbosaucemumbosauce 480 Posts
    just going to do my top 10.

    rakim
    biggie
    big pun
    big l
    big daddy kane
    eminem
    kool g rap
    krs one
    jay-z
    ghostface
  • ExtraExtraExtraExtra 209 Posts
    KEITH THORNTON ??? His real name.
    KOOL KEITH ??? His rapper name.
    KEITH TURBO ??? He used this alias for the Keith Turbo track from the Black Elvis/Lost In Space LP.
    KEITH TELEVASQUEZ ??? He used this alias on Clifton with Motion Man on the Black Elvis/Lost In Space LP.
    KEITH KORG ??? His Analog Brothers alias.
    MATTHEW ??? Keith???s middle name and alias for a full LP.
    DR. SPERM ??? Known to be his first alias as a rapper.
    DR. OCTAGON ??? C???mon, you know this one.
    DR. ULTRA ??? He was Dr. Ultra in the ???Five Deadly Venoms??? Sprite commercials.
    DR. DOOOM ??? He created this character with sick rhymes and a goal of killing Dr. Octagon.
    BLACK ELVIS ??? Dr. Dooom???s twin. Created for the Columbia Records album.
    POPPA LARGE ??? He???s Poppa Large, big shot on the East Coast.
    MR. GREEN ??? He used this alias on the back cover of Ultra???s Big Time LP.
    MR. GERBIK ??? The dangerous 208 year old uncle of Dr. Octagon. Half Shark Alligator Half Man.
    MR. ORANGE ??? This was one of his characters in the Livin??? Astro video.
    MC BALDYLOCKS ??? Unknown right now.
    THE FOURTH HORSEMAN ??? He considered himself The Fourth Horseman on the Ultramagnetic MC???s Four Horsemen LP.
    BLONDE MAN ??? He referred to himself as Blonde Man in the liner notes of the Black Elvis/Lost In Space LP.
    CLEAN MAN ??? This was an alias he used back when HipHopSite.com ran KoolKeith.com.
    SHARK MAN ??? Another name for Mr. Gerbik.
    ELEPHANT MAN ??? From 1996 to 1998 he always said he planned on releasing an album under the alias Elephant Man.
    ALIEN MAN ??? This was an alias he used back when HipHopSite.com ran KoolKeith.com.
    JIMMY STEELE ??? He referred to himself as Jimmy Steele in the liner notes of the Black Elvis/Lost In Space LP.

    what about robbie analog? I am sure there are more than this...

    Kool Keith
    Rza
    Percee P
    Rakim
    Redman
    Ghostface
    Nas
  • BaptBapt 2,503 Posts

    Eric Sermon
    Rakim
    Pete Rock
  • CraigCraig 269 Posts
    KEITH THORNTON ??? His real name.
    KOOL KEITH ??? His rapper name.
    KEITH TURBO ??? He used this alias for the Keith Turbo track from the Black Elvis/Lost In Space LP.
    KEITH TELEVASQUEZ ??? He used this alias on Clifton with Motion Man on the Black Elvis/Lost In Space LP.
    KEITH KORG ??? His Analog Brothers alias.
    MATTHEW ??? Keith???s middle name and alias for a full LP.
    DR. SPERM ??? Known to be his first alias as a rapper.
    DR. OCTAGON ??? C???mon, you know this one.
    DR. ULTRA ??? He was Dr. Ultra in the ???Five Deadly Venoms??? Sprite commercials.
    DR. DOOOM ??? He created this character with sick rhymes and a goal of killing Dr. Octagon.
    BLACK ELVIS ??? Dr. Dooom???s twin. Created for the Columbia Records album.
    POPPA LARGE ??? He???s Poppa Large, big shot on the East Coast.
    MR. GREEN ??? He used this alias on the back cover of Ultra???s Big Time LP.
    MR. GERBIK ??? The dangerous 208 year old uncle of Dr. Octagon. Half Shark Alligator Half Man.
    MR. ORANGE ??? This was one of his characters in the Livin??? Astro video.
    MC BALDYLOCKS ??? Unknown right now.
    THE FOURTH HORSEMAN ??? He considered himself The Fourth Horseman on the Ultramagnetic MC???s Four Horsemen LP.
    BLONDE MAN ??? He referred to himself as Blonde Man in the liner notes of the Black Elvis/Lost In Space LP.
    CLEAN MAN ??? This was an alias he used back when HipHopSite.com ran KoolKeith.com.
    SHARK MAN ??? Another name for Mr. Gerbik.
    ELEPHANT MAN ??? From 1996 to 1998 he always said he planned on releasing an album under the alias Elephant Man.
    ALIEN MAN ??? This was an alias he used back when HipHopSite.com ran KoolKeith.com.
    JIMMY STEELE ??? He referred to himself as Jimmy Steele in the liner notes of the Black Elvis/Lost In Space LP.

    did he not also use rhythm x on "funk your head up" lp? one of fave mc's also
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Did anyone have Ghostface Killa on their list back when 36 dropped?
  • bozakbozak 334 Posts
    mc eiht
    finesse


    who else?

    I like some mcs like grand daddy iu on occasion. nothing really to write home about but for some reason i like what I hear. maybe the delivery? i dont know. same for eiht. why do I like eiht? cuz hes corny and makes me laugh maybe? i dont really know.



    all the ones everyone always says too (for the most part)
  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
    I am mystified as to why Lord Finesse seems to be appearing on everyone's list.

    I got a lotta love for the dude, but favorite all-time rappers?
  • deejdeej 5,125 Posts
    I am mystified as to why Lord Finesse seems to be appearing on everyone's list.

    I got a lotta love for the dude, but favorite all-time rappers?
    I think the NYC-worship here is pretty corny but Lord Finesse is a great rapper
  • Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts
    I am mystified as to why Lord Finesse seems to be appearing on everyone's list.

    I got a lotta love for the dude, but favorite all-time rappers?

    LIKES THE GAME
  • keithvanhornkeithvanhorn 3,855 Posts
    slick rick
    redman
    nas
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