Best rapper?

Keep your "I hate rap" posts out of here please

Well...I've seen a 'best heavy metal' thread, so I thought: Why not start a 'best rapper' thread. I would like to know who you people (rap fans and not rap fans) think is the best (or the 'least crappy' ) rapper around. I am having a hard time choosing a 'best rapper' , so I'll just sleep one night and think about it that day.

Oh...I forgot just one thing...please say WHY you like that rapper (and maybe some background information) and not just a name.

competition time EH?

well yer i dont like rap but if i was going to say any i would say 2 pac because my sis listened to him alot i suppose

Tupac is the only one I can really tolerate, suburb boy.

I'm gonna go for Talib Kweli, although lots of names appear - Nas, 2Pac, Puff/P Daddy/Diddy, and Papoose. But TK - the guy in my avvy and sig - is the best by far, IMO.

Here's the reason
Just to get by - Talib Kweli
http://www.lyricsondemand.com/t/tali...tbylyrics.html

We keeping it gangster say "fo shizzle", "fo sheezy" and "stayin crunk"
Its easy to pull a breezy, smoke trees, and we stay drunk
Yo, our activism attackin the system, the blacks and latins in prison
Numbers of prison they victim black in the vision
**** and all they got is rappin to listen to
I let them know we missin you, the love is unconditional
Even when the condition is critical, when the livin is miserable
Your position is pivotal, I ain't ********tin you
Now, why would I lie? Just to get by?
Just to get by, we get fly
The TV got us reachin for stars
Not the ones between Venus and Mars, the ones that be readin for parts
Some people get breast enhancements and penis enlargers
Saturday sinners Sunday morning at the feet of the Father
They need somethin to rely on, we get high on all types of drug
When, all you really need is love
To get by..

Ghetto Boyz

Mine is a tie beween:

-Cee-Lo (of Goodie Mob)
-Andre 3000 (of OutKast

And somewhere not so far behind that are:

-Cool Breeze
-Witchdoctor
-Backbone
-Killer Mike
-Big Boi (of OutKast
-Big Gipp (of Goodie Mob)
-Khujo (of Goodie Mob)

2pac was great so was biggie but my favorite is Eazy- mother******-E!!!!

Tupac Amaru was not only the best rapper, but also one of modern times greatest prophets. Damn, I still get tears in my eyes when I hear some of his songs. The man were pure good, right to the hearth! And that's quite spesial in our time...

You're going to laugh, because I realy don't listen to a lot of rap.

Nelly!

He's from St Louis, so he's got to be cool.

I would have to say either Ludacrist, or Nelly, because i dont really like rap that much, but if i had to listen to it i would choose them over anyone esle. Also they have some good rhymes, and lyrics.

Rap sucks, but I do suppose it does take some skill to do what they do, even if it is bad...

Tupac then would win my vote for most skilled rapper.

Best rappers:

1. Tupac
2. Biggie
3. Nas
4. Snoop (92-96)
5. Ice Cube (the old stuff, though his newest album is hot too)
6. Eminem (95-2002)
7. Jay-Z (I don't like his style but he's talented)


Of the rookies:
1. Papoose
2. The Game (His mixtapes)
3. Techniec

6. Eminem (95-2002)

that's his pre "rap about my family every song" phase right?

Yup, In 95-99 he rapped about how ****** it was to be poor and in 99-01 he rapped about how everybody was trying to live of him now that he finally made it and 02 was 8mile.

It's a toss up between eaze-e (only on straight outta compton though) and John Barnes (only on world in motin though)

I'm going with Barnes.But that could change overnight.