i based my list on years out. and how many years they stayed out as in big daddy kane has been out for 17 years....but of those 17 he has only been super consistant for about 5. some cats have made masterpieces....but maybe they had a bunch of doo doo years that diluted the value of it. and some cats like rakim and slick rick fared lower because of the years they let slide in between classics (slick rick 4 years in between "la di da di" and his first record, and so on)
so i did years out then i did how consistant.
and here it is...i even shocked myself. 1. pos 2. redman 3. snoop 4. method man 5. black thought 6. krs one 7. ghostface killa 8. common 9. supernatural 10. LL 11. gza 12. jay z 13. qtip 14. dre3000 15. rakim 16. ice cube 17. lauryn hill 18. dmc 19. melly mel 20. slick rick 21. emeniem 22. chuck d 23. kool moe dee 24. big daddy kane 25. draze and scoob (i know i know....but think about it....they had power for ONE YEAR.....but that one year and those 10 songs inspired a whole cot damn movement......EVERYBODY CHANGED they steeze when das came out....and only 3 mofos on this list could make a mofo do that: number 3, 15, and 20.
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4. "more than Big? Ah well, at least he left Pac off it." In response to Reply # 2
>Not having Nas anywhere in there is violation, tho. >__ >I don't like the beat anymore because its just a loop. ALC >didn't FLIP IT ENOUGH! > >Flip it enough? Flip these. Flip off. Go flip some f*cking >burgers.(c)Kno > >Allied State of the National Electric Beat Treaty Organization >(NEBTO)
6. "That list is as bad as one of those Complex lists" In response to Reply # 0
Not to me to mention that his explanation of how he ranked them doesn't even make sense.
He talked about some MCs being around for a long time but only having a short peak and then he lists GZA high as hell.
And I love GZA and Liquid Swords is in my top 5 but what else does he have other than features really? Even on Wu albums his contributions were sparse.
I'd be willing to bet that if he made a list today it would look very different.
7. "its his list what can yall be mad at" In response to Reply # 0
I'm glad he ain't give a whole safe list but who he feel...y'all have the same mofos shove down your throat its a shock to see everyone don't feel the same way.
--------- "We in here talking about later career Prince records & your fool ass is cruising around in a time machine trying to collect props for a couple of sociopathic degenerates" - s.blak
10. "very strange reasoning..." In response to Reply # 0
The whole consistency thing and years between classics etc. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and so on but still, isn't it the records/win/peaks that count? Should I put Eric Clapton above Jimi because of the latter dying early while the former has delivered well-crafted, cliched and pleasant (well...) boredom for pretty much his entire career?
And the Das EFX-thing? Suddenly, it's about (short-term and soon to be forgotten) impact; might as well put 2pac on there then because dude surely had more impact and for a longer period of time... Whatever...
11. "Agreed re: strange reasoning..." In response to Reply # 10
he talks about some MCs dropping a masterpiece then dropping "doo doo" then puts Snoop #3.
And I *LOVE* Snoop and give way more credit to his overall career than most would but still, with that specifically listed criteria I don't know how Snoop ranks that high. Snoop would be on my list too for a number of reasons but MUCH lower.
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