your top 10 favorite emcees

another board i visit is doing this topic right now so i have my list ready, in order

i've tried to give reasons why i chose each mc, with abbreviations for the following criteria:

t = topics, s = style, i = influence, f = flow, v = voice

1. kool keith (s, i)

2. slick rick (f, i)

3. mc solaar (s, f)

4. ice cube (i, v)

5. u-god (f, v)

6. the notorious b.i.g. (s, i, f, v)

7. krayzie bone (f, v)

8. raekwon (s, v)

9. zack de la rocha (t, v)

10. cee-lo (f, v)

what does your list look like?

mc hammer (v t s i f)

/list

flowdan

why

mf doom

durrty goodz

err

in no order...

mf doom

mos def

rakim

charli 2na

black thought

ghostface

common

q-tip

andre 3000

big daddy kane

yeah q-tip

is zack de la rocha an mc?

mr. lif

my bad..i meant rakim...what was i thinking?

quasimoto aka madlib aka 10 other things

notorious BIG

mf doom fo sho

i guess aesop rock

um.... yeah i guess common

del tha funkee homosapien

ad rock and mca from the beastie boys

shit im kicking myself for not being able to name more = i'll be back

fuck i knew it andre 3000 and big boi both individually but more importantly TOGETHER.

and of course, The RZA, the GZA, Ol Dirty Bastard, Inspectah Deck, Raekwon the Chef

U-God, Ghost Face Killer and the Method Man

Mf Doom

Double K

Aesop Rock

Roots Manuva

Del

Why?

Dose One

MC Solaar

mostly Topics style flow and voice except for solaar since i havent a clue what hes on about

ODB

Immortal Technique

Method Man (Early)

Big Daddy Kane

Rakim

Mac Dre

Kool G Rap

Nas (Illmatic-Stillmatic)

Too Short

Common (Can I Borrow A Dollar - Like Water for Chocolate)

  Scrambled Ears said:

Mac Dre

and while were at it andre nickatina.

  soma said:

  Scrambled Ears said:

Mac Dre

 

and while were at it andre nickatina.

ya but dont see him live...that man needs help

  Scrambled Ears said:

  soma said:

  Scrambled Ears said:

Mac Dre

 

and while were at it andre nickatina.

 

ya but dont see him live...that man needs help

im gonna assume you mean from cocaine.

  soma said:

  Scrambled Ears said:

  soma said:

  Scrambled Ears said:

Mac Dre

 

and while were at it andre nickatina.

 

ya but dont see him live...that man needs help

 

im gonna assume you mean from cocaine.

from everything...lately hes been stumbling on stage late and fucking up the lyrics. then has the balls to shout lets give it up for drugs and alcohol every 5 minutes. give it up is right...just in a different context.

MC Solaar

Rakim

The Ramm Ell Zee

Ice-T

Pete Nice

Wiley Kat

Kano

Dizzee Rascal

Chuck D

Tha Feelstyle (

All of the above and Busdriver

1 devin the dude

2 devin the dude

3 devin the dude

4 devin the dude

5 devin the dude

6 devin the dude

7 devin the dude

8 devin the dude

9 devin the dude

10 devin the dude

lol noobs

stevie hyper d

YEAH

hyper d

FUCKING YES MATE

method man

krayzie bone

raekwon

dre

brotha lynchhhh

biggie

del

mc ren

that's it i guess. i like ghostface occasionally but not enough to put him on the list.

also fuck andre nickatina. fuckin same flow and rhyme structure in every song. and always callin people tiger. wtf is tiger. too good for African American or what? why fix what aint broke?

  olson said:

also fuck andre nickatina. fuckin same flow and rhyme structure in every song. and always callin people tiger. wtf is tiger. too good for African American or what? why fix what aint broke?

hah are you serious?

Spaceape

Flowdan (seconded)

Kool Keith(plus every other name he has rhymed as)

Immortal Technique (seconded)

Raekwon the Chef

Eyedea

etc!

  Scrambled Ears said:

  olson said:

also fuck andre nickatina. fuckin same flow and rhyme structure in every song. and always callin people tiger. wtf is tiger. too good for African American or what? why fix what aint broke?

hah are you serious?

QUITE

oh unless you're talking about the tiger part. i was half joking about that. it really does annoy me that he says tiger all the damn time though.

fucking hell i woke up just to add Joseph "Run" Simmons and Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels, god how could i be so dense?

Mista Grimm

Threat

Suga Free

Time Bomb

WC

X-Raided

After that I'm not sure where to go. I could add Devin, U-God, Redman, B.I.G., Bustah Rhyhmes, and so on but I just don't know. I'll probably have to go through my collection since it's been a while and half of my shit was stolen or lost.