"right now" as in, based on the past 3-4 years of recent releases, who are you favorite MCs at this moment


All time I only have a top 3 of all time, can never make a solid decision for #4,5:

1. Nas
2. Andre 3000
3. Black Thought

for "right now" I have a top 5:

1. Kendrick Lamar(TPAB is my favorite album for at least the past 5 years)
2. Killer Mike (RAP Music/RTJ1&2)
3. Lupe Fiasco (Testsou & Youth is a lyrical clinic)
4. Aesop Rock (Skelethon/Bestiary)
5. El-P (C4C/RTJ1&2)

Despite the fact that we have surely done this post many times, I think it will be interesting to see the comparison of who people like all time/who people like right now

----------
https://93millionmilesabove.blogspot.com/
https://rateyourmusic.com/~Kosa12

All time...no real order...

Thought
Nas
Rakim
DOOM
Monche

Right now...

Phonte
Sandman
EL-P
Oddisee
Aesop Rock

Integrity is the Cornerstone of Artistry...

All-Time:
1. Lil' Wayne
2. Ghostface Killah
3. MF DOOM
4. Jay-Z
5. Andre 3000

Right Now:
1. Killer Mike
2. Big K.R.I.T.
3. Curren$y
4. Gucci Mane
5. Kanye West / Drake


Not sure why Kendrick doesn't get on the list, I suppose I like him as an artist more than a rapper. I get much more excited about seeing a (feat. x) for any of those six.


~~~~~~~~~
"This is the streets, and I am the trap." � Jay Bilas
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/517
Hip Hop Handbook: http://tinyurl.com/ll4kzz

All-Time

Nas
Q-Tip
Andre3000
Ice Cube
Scarface
Ghostface
Redman

Now

Lupe Fiasco
Kendrick Lamar
Blu

******************************************
Falcons, Braves, Bulldogs and Hawks

Geto Boys, Poison Clan, UGK, Eightball & MJG, OutKast, Goodie Mob

All Time:

Nas
Common
Jay
3 Stacks
Face

Now:
Dot
Royce

It takes all kinds to make up a world, son. -My pops

I just live for the comments -Da wiz

favorite of all time:

Rakim
Nas
Redman
Ghostface Killah
MC Lyte
tie: Opio/Tash

favorite right now:

Action Bronson
Tyler the Creator
Elzhi
Guilty Simpson



---------------------------

forcing myself to actually respond to you is like bathing in ebola virus. - Binlahab

Like there is stupid, and then there is you, and then there is dead. - VAsBestBBW

R.I.P. Disco D

All-time (no order):

Redman
Ghostface
Rakim
KRS
GZA
DOOM
Monch

Right now:
Guilty Simpson
Open Mike Eagle
Willie Evans, Jr.
Killer Mike
Freddie Gibbs
Billy Woods
Royce

-----------------

www.albumism.com

Checkin' Our Style, Return To Zero:

https://www.mixcloud.com/returntozero/

All Time

1. Common
2. Nas
3. Andre3k

Right Now:

1. Royce
2. Phonte
3. Kendrick

----------------------------------------

"Fuck aliens." © WarriorPoet415

My "All-Time" list includes greats from the Golden Age and a couple of current MCs that I will be listening to when I am older and retired. I find myself listening to these dudes, from both lists, the most.

Rakim
KRS One
Ice Cube
Jay Z
Nas
Pac
Big Pun
Notorious BIG
Andre 3k
Big Boi
Redman
Kendrick
Grand Puba
TI
Common
Kanye

My "Right now" list contains some the usuals. Kendrick is on both lists. As I've gotten older, I don't take the time to search for or listen to a bunch of stuff floating around the Internet. I rely on my son and daughter to hip me to new artists. They know my tastes.

Right now:

Kendrick
Drake
Lupe
Killer Mike
Big KRIT
J. Cole
Wale
Rick Ross
Schoolboy Q
Stalley
CyHi

1. Rakim Allah
2. KRS-One
3. Big Daddy Kane
4. Kool G Rap
5. Slick Rick

Right Now:

1. Homeboy Sandman
2. J-Live
3. Oh No
4. Earl Sweatshirt
5. Planet Asia

(Kendrick could replace anyone of the above at any given moment)

*********************
www.dumhi.com -- We are ALL dumhi

All Time:

1. KRS-1
2. Rakim
3. Ice Cube
4. Nas
5. Tupac

Current:

1. Killer Mike
2. Kendrick
3. Black Thought
4. Joell Ortiz
5. Pusha T

Earl Sweatshirt is slowly starting to creep into my current top 5.

KRS One
Nas
Black Thought
Andre 3000
Posdnous

right now

Killer Mike
Kendrick Lamar
Lupe Fiasco
Childish Gambino
Pusha T

http://islasoul.bandcamp.com

all-time

BIG
GFK
nas
kiss
kamaal
DOOM
yas bey
rick the ruler
reggie noble
KRS
hov
3 stax
mef
b sige
brad jordan
UGK
g rap
ra

current

yeezus
kendrick
Q
drake
bronson
gibbs
chancelor
royce
rocky
lupe
earl
killer mike
el-p
ross
meek
wiki
boy sand
pusha
spitta

___

low end crazy, eastside crazy, wild hunnids crazy, englewood crazy.

add him, bada$$ and vince staples to my current list. and grand pu, tariq and pun to my all-timers. brain fart.

oh and monche. fuck it, lemme stop. lolz.

___

low end crazy, eastside crazy, wild hunnids crazy, englewood crazy.

Note the difference between BEST and FAVORITE.

EVER, ALL-TIME, NO ONE'S TOUCHING THEM, JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE TOO YOUNG TO KNOW IT
1. Rakim
2. KRS-ONE
3. Slick Rick
4. Big Daddy Kane
5. Kool G. Rap (but Chuck D. is really close)

WHAT YOU YOUNG KIDS CALL "OLD SCHOOL"
1. Black Thought
2. Nas
3. Mos Def
4. Wu-Tang Clan (I won't let Shaolin split my vote, but if I had to pick one member - GZA)
5. Talib Kweli (I'm a "subject matter/lyrical content" cat, so it's hard to vote for the Biggies and Jay-Zs of the hip hop world when they stayed in one lane for so long)

NEW CATS WITH AT LEAST 3 - 3! - RELEASES
1. Killer Mike
2. Homeboy Sandman
3. Joell Ortiz
4. Joey Bada$$
5. Action Bronson
*Can't really count Kendrick Lamar as his third jawn just came out, plus I wasn't really feeling the Section 80 Mixtape.


"Your current frequencies of understanding outweigh that which has been given for you to understand." Saul Williams

*********************
www.dumhi.com -- We are ALL dumhi

Ones that knows the way, the truth and the light.


"Your current frequencies of understanding outweigh that which has been given for you to understand." Saul Williams

All-Time

1. KRS
2. Nas
3. Ghostface
4. MF DOOM
5. Slick Rick

Present

1. Kendrick Lamar
2. Lype Fiasco
3. Phonte
4. Roc Marciano
5. Big KRIT/Curren$y

________________________________________________
R.I.P. Soulgyal <3
SUPA NERD LLC.
Knowledge Meets Nature
Musica Negra
#13irteen

All Time:
--------------------------
Lauryn Hill
Slick Rick
Wise Intelligent
Nas
Dres (of Black Sheep)
Grand Puba
Ol' Dirty Bastard
Big Daddy Kane


Right Now:
---------------------------
Earl Sweatshirt
Lupe Fiasco
Skipp Coon
Joey Bada$$
Vince Staples
Kendrick Lamar
Chance The Rapper

~
~
~
~
~
Days like this I miss Sha Mecca

>All Time:
>--------------------------
>Lauryn Hill
>Slick Rick
>Wise Intelligent
>Nas
>Dres (of Black Sheep)
>Grand Puba
>Ol' Dirty Bastard
>Big Daddy Kane
>
>
>Right Now:
>---------------------------
>Earl Sweatshirt
>Lupe Fiasco
>Skipp Coon
>Joey Bada$$
>Vince Staples
>Kendrick Lamar
>Chance The Rapper

~
~
~
~
~
Days like this I miss Sha Mecca

All-Time
1 Nas
2 Black Thought
3 Rakim
4 Andre 3000
5 Mos Def

Current
1 Nas
2 Aesop Rock
3 Lupe Fiasco
4 Roc Marciano
5 Kendrick Lamar

except I really didn't like the last Roc Marc album but yeah lol

----------
https://93millionmilesabove.blogspot.com/
https://rateyourmusic.com/~Kosa12

Roc's albums haven't held up like I hoped they would.

But I do love his style as far as the delivery and word play.

I really don't like his adlibs though. So I can see someone not liking him.

I could easily replace Roc and Kendrick on my list though.

Oddisee is really dope to me as is Brother Ali.

my problem with the last one is pretty simple: the production style; I don't really think his style works well with beats that have no drums/minimal drums. I still think he is a good MC though, just couldn't rock with the production on Reloaded at all

Marberg was good though

I'm a big Oddissee dude as well, his last mixtape was fantastic

----------
https://93millionmilesabove.blogspot.com/
https://rateyourmusic.com/~Kosa12

Now: Sean Price, Rocky, Lupe, Gibbs

Blu
Kendrick
Fashawn
Big KRIT
Joey Badass

All time:
Jay-Z
Nas
Ghostface
DOOM
Andre 3000

-
Gang Starr / Nujabes blend - https://youtu.be/lsci1vu6ick
DOOM Tribute - https://youtu.be/qmBQ2BDefKM
Donut of the Heart cover in Javascript - https://youtu.be/afLc2CkC8lk

back in the day

DJ Quik

Ice Cube


LL COOL J


Kool Moe Dee


Scarface


now

Kendrick

Lupe

the Game

Mausenburg RIP

Big Sean

mistermaxxx R.Kelly, Michael Jackson,Stevie wonder,Rick James,Marvin Gaye,El Debarge, Barry WHite Lionel RIchie,Isleys EWF,Lady T.,Kid creole and coconuts,the crusaders,kc sunshine band,bee gees,jW,sd,NE,JB

Miami Heat, New York Yankees,buffalo bills

ALL TIME

Nas
LL Cool J
Q tip
Dj Quik
Scarface

PRESENT

Kendrick
Freddie Gibbs
Currensy
Dom Kennedy
Drake

all time
Jay Z
Ghostface Killah
MF DOOM
Kanye West
Black Thought

right now
Lupe Fiasco
Kendrick Lamar
Gucci Mane
Pusha T
Future

my top 5 favorite & top 5 BEST rappers are probably different lists, but these are my favorite that i can listen to all day if i had to

_________________________________________________________________________________

I'm a simple man. I like pretty, dark haired women and breakfast foods.
IG/Twitter: @sammiie_b

All Time

Jay-Z
Joe Budden
Talib Kweli
Pos
Jean Grae

...all my favs are slow with the releases so these days.

Lupe Fiasco
Wale
Tink
Killer Mike
Raury

phemom's the name, all-star writer/
searching 4 journalistic fame, mindframe igniter....www.twitter.com/hayabusaage

My favorite emcees to listen to, in rough order...

Right Now:

Kendrick
Kanye
Blu
Quelle Chris
Zeroh
Killer Mike
Chance the Rapper
Kent & Joon (OverDoz)
Schoolboy Q
Open Mike Eagle
Dom Kennedy
Curren$y
Earl Sweatshirt
Myke Bogan
Tut
Ab-Soul
Kid Cudi
Mick Jenkins
Sir Michael Rocks
MosEL
Palaceer Lazaro (Shabazz Palaces)
Rick Ross

All Time:

Mos Def
Nas
Common
Andre 3k
Jay-Z
Black Thought
MF DOOM
KRS-One
Scarface
Ghostface
GZA
Q-Tip
Pac
Biggie
Talib Kweli
Redman
Guru
Lauryn Hill
Masta Ace

These are both Katz that I grew up on and Katz that shaped me as an emcee in my own respective right:

In no particular order:

-KRS ONE
-Big Daddy Kane
-Rakim
-Kool G. Rap
-Guru
-Q-tip
-Redman
-Pharoahe Monche & Prince Poetic
-Prodigy
-Special Ed
-Brother RJ
-Mos Def
-Kweli
-Common Sense
-Abstract Rude
-Rockness Monsta
-Problemz(from Beatnutz camp, Sun is raw!)
-Tash
-Kurtis Blow

Edit: Can't believe I forgot Busta.

https://chriswind.bandcamp.com/track/massage

"You can take an African out of Africa, but you can't take Africa out of the African"
Afro-Americana/Afro-Caribbana/Afro-Latino unite. We are ALL Black!

All-Time:
Nas
Jay
Big
Pac
Rakim

Right now:
Kendrick
Chance
Ishmael Butler (Shabazz Palaces)
Lupe
Kanye

_________________