Comments on: Who’s Really Top 5? http://www.xxlmag.com/news/bloggers/2006/08/whose-really-top-5/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whose-really-top-5 Hip-Hop On A Higher Level Sat, 25 May 2013 10:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.xxlmag.com/news/bloggers/2006/08/whose-really-top-5/#comment-1841426 Anonymous Sat, 23 Oct 2010 04:41:25 +0000 http://www.xxlmag.com/?p=4196#comment-1841426 eminem
cassidy
jr writer
papoose
ludacris

]]> By: Showtime http://www.xxlmag.com/news/bloggers/2006/08/whose-really-top-5/#comment-1414590 Showtime Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:43:14 +0000 http://www.xxlmag.com/?p=4196#comment-1414590 Not a bad list, I like it for the most part. I just think it’s funny how you can put T.I. and Chamillionaire on there without Bun B being mentioned, especially since UGK inspired the song that made Chamillionaire famous.

]]> By: DownSouth http://www.xxlmag.com/news/bloggers/2006/08/whose-really-top-5/#comment-1382849 DownSouth Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:14:25 +0000 http://www.xxlmag.com/?p=4196#comment-1382849 1. Canibus
Pro: sickest lyrical wordplay and vocab
Con: poor beat selection
Last great verse: The Poet Laureates
2. Eminem
Pro: multisyllabic rhyme structure
Con: too silly at times
Last great verse: something on Relapse
3. Nas
Pro: sick lyrical content w/social commentary
Con: inconsistent sometimes
Last great verse: on N.I.G.G.E.R.
4. Chamillionaire
Pro: very clever metaphors
Con: like u said, monotnous
Last great verse: Ultimate Victory
5. Andre 3000
Pro: very clever wordplay
Con: doesn’t rap enough
Last great verse: Chronomentrophobia

DOWN SOUTH!!!

]]> By: powdairee http://www.xxlmag.com/news/bloggers/2006/08/whose-really-top-5/#comment-1358762 powdairee Fri, 22 May 2009 04:00:13 +0000 http://www.xxlmag.com/?p=4196#comment-1358762 eminem is deifnatly in top 5…
1.2pac
tie-2 nas-tie-2 eminem
4.biggie
5.snoop dogg

]]> By: mrvizcarrondo http://www.xxlmag.com/news/bloggers/2006/08/whose-really-top-5/#comment-875391 mrvizcarrondo Sun, 30 Mar 2008 07:29:17 +0000 http://www.xxlmag.com/?p=4196#comment-875391 Dude is an artist that happens to rap. Ray Charles, James Brown, Lauren Hill…They transcend Genre’s.

]]> By: mrvizcarrondo http://www.xxlmag.com/news/bloggers/2006/08/whose-really-top-5/#comment-875384 mrvizcarrondo Sun, 30 Mar 2008 07:12:59 +0000 http://www.xxlmag.com/?p=4196#comment-875384 Dudes’ equation adds in the relevance factor, so stop trippin, or it going to turn into a best rappers EVER list.

]]> By: Dro http://www.xxlmag.com/news/bloggers/2006/08/whose-really-top-5/#comment-767241 Dro Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:57:22 +0000 http://www.xxlmag.com/?p=4196#comment-767241 1 jayz 2 andre 3000 3 nas 4 jadakiss 5 scarface

]]> By: siddiq http://www.xxlmag.com/news/bloggers/2006/08/whose-really-top-5/#comment-681281 siddiq Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:27:20 +0000 http://www.xxlmag.com/?p=4196#comment-681281 pusha t is amongst the best. saigon is the best on his day. lyrically pap is hot but he boring. jada has the tools but he dont teach nuting. beans is that grimey dude who does it for real. lil wayne aint shit, my daughter talks more sense. anyone remember mac from no limit whos doing life? that nigga wud eat up most of these mcs out there he had it all.

]]> By: bbatiste05 http://www.xxlmag.com/news/bloggers/2006/08/whose-really-top-5/#comment-636404 bbatiste05 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:46:09 +0000 http://www.xxlmag.com/?p=4196#comment-636404 Hol up…how u gon say cham dope for a southern guy…he dope period. Thats downplayin rappers from the south. Shii its some trash a** dudes from up north too just like down here and they don’t be talkin bout nothin. South taken over the game ya digg

]]> By: YOUNGHOMMIE http://www.xxlmag.com/news/bloggers/2006/08/whose-really-top-5/#comment-609898 YOUNGHOMMIE Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:27:59 +0000 http://www.xxlmag.com/?p=4196#comment-609898 Nas
Rass Kass
Kurupt
Dead Prez
MOP

]]> By: yummydude http://www.xxlmag.com/news/bloggers/2006/08/whose-really-top-5/#comment-609896 yummydude Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:26:31 +0000 http://www.xxlmag.com/?p=4196#comment-609896 ok,if you got queens,i got ny..lol
1:BIG
2:NAS
3:KOOL G RAP
4:RAKIM
5:JADAKISS

]]> By: QUEENS http://www.xxlmag.com/news/bloggers/2006/08/whose-really-top-5/#comment-609894 QUEENS Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:23:32 +0000 http://www.xxlmag.com/?p=4196#comment-609894 1:KOOL G RAP
2:MC SHAN
3:NAS
4:PRODIGY
5:LLOYD BANKS

]]> By: typicalsoutherncat http://www.xxlmag.com/news/bloggers/2006/08/whose-really-top-5/#comment-609893 typicalsoutherncat Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:20:37 +0000 http://www.xxlmag.com/?p=4196#comment-609893 TOP 5 Should be
1: Scarface
2: Pac
3: Nas
4: BIG
5: Andre

]]> By: noughskrilla Nima Ghana http://www.xxlmag.com/news/bloggers/2006/08/whose-really-top-5/#comment-609891 noughskrilla Nima Ghana Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:17:52 +0000 http://www.xxlmag.com/?p=4196#comment-609891 You can’t put any other mc above Nas apart Pac and Big…Nas is the best rapper alive

]]> By: JayDee http://www.xxlmag.com/news/bloggers/2006/08/whose-really-top-5/#comment-428681 JayDee Wed, 02 May 2007 23:39:28 +0000 http://www.xxlmag.com/?p=4196#comment-428681 this list is only including catz that’s alive and relevant now so here it is. categories inlcude lyricism versatility, content, and current impact.

1. Nas-ruffled some feather with Hip Hop
is Dead statement
2. Lil Wayne-keeps gettin better!
3. The Game-best when provoked.
4. Ludacris- listen to “war with god”
then holla at me
5. Common-a breathe of fresh air from
all the tough guy talk!

Honorable Mention: Jadakiss(hasn’t put out shit recently), Joe Budden(would be higher if they weren’t all mixtap songs), Eminem(hasn’t put out anything solid since 2004), Cassidy(some of the best lyrics but hasn’t put out a cohesive album yet), and Lupe Fiasco(crazy rhyme schemes but not out long enough)

]]> By: brice http://www.xxlmag.com/news/bloggers/2006/08/whose-really-top-5/#comment-426206 brice Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:38:24 +0000 http://www.xxlmag.com/?p=4196#comment-426206 lil wayne was born in 82 fuck u talkin bout

]]> By: Big Black Rich http://www.xxlmag.com/news/bloggers/2006/08/whose-really-top-5/#comment-361493 Big Black Rich Sat, 24 Mar 2007 18:21:57 +0000 http://www.xxlmag.com/?p=4196#comment-361493 Honorable Mention:
Weezy and Juelz

]]> By: Big Rich http://www.xxlmag.com/news/bloggers/2006/08/whose-really-top-5/#comment-361491 Big Rich Sat, 24 Mar 2007 18:20:53 +0000 http://www.xxlmag.com/?p=4196#comment-361491 Honorable mention:
Weezy baby, Juelz Santana.

]]> By: Big Rich http://www.xxlmag.com/news/bloggers/2006/08/whose-really-top-5/#comment-361489 Big Rich Sat, 24 Mar 2007 18:20:04 +0000 http://www.xxlmag.com/?p=4196#comment-361489 Rap Fam,

That Cali weed must be circulatin around the country!
None of these so called 80s babys can claim the Kingdom yet. And as far Beenie Siegel and JADA goes, OH HELL NAW!

Check the technique:

1. Nas: The first verse on Illmatic basicaly set the bar for rap so high that niggaz started fallin off and smokin rock.
2. Jay-Z: No matter how far he fell off after hookin up with Beyonce, he held the #1 spot for freestyles, commercial sales, and lyrical volume for years and years.
3. Biggie: Who Shot Ya?!!
4. Eminem: Dog is pretty much like Jimi Hendrix to the rap game. Comin through and wreckin shit when your color is workin against you.
5. Guru: Check ya history Son!

]]> By: MZJONES http://www.xxlmag.com/news/bloggers/2006/08/whose-really-top-5/#comment-284958 MZJONES Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:42:59 +0000 http://www.xxlmag.com/?p=4196#comment-284958 T.I. is NOT THE KING OF THE SOUTH. And Chamillionaire is WACK!!

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