I'm not talking about who is better, I'm saying what 5 MC's are your go to's. The ones that are always in your rotation.

Mine would be,

KRS-One
Lord Finesse
Black Thought
Planet Asia
Masta Ace

Thought
Nas
Monch
DOOM
Rakim

1 Nas
2 Black Thought
3 Andre 3000
4 Mos Def
5 AZ

Talib Kweli

Jay-Z

Styles P

Royce da 5'9"

Skyzoo

....I pretty much always have something from these 5 in rotation at all times. It helps that 4 out of the 5 release new music consistently tho.

Q-Tip
Ishmael Butler aka Butterfly aka Palaceer Lazaro
Del
Aceyalone
Pos

Honorable Mention:
Masta Ace
Monch (Organized always in rotation)
Sadat X

Feel like a lot of people wouldn't even consider him. I would, even though he wouldn't ultimately make it. He's prob somewhere in my top 10-15 were I to guess.

Growing up on Native Tongue affiliates like Hiero, and The Blowed groups/MCs it would be hard not include the artist that hit me the hardest from the West. Ace One can do anything, and All Balls Don't Bounce and A Book of Human Language alone are better than many others' entire discography. He is underrated for sure, but some of his more lackluster release the past 10 years haven't helped. All say this too, of all the Fellowship MCs, Self Jupiter is the one that does the most for me these days. Aceyalone and Fat Jack have a joint album about to come out this year and I am ready for it! Props to your list as wel, can't go wrong with any of those legends.

Been a super hot minute since I listened to that album.

>Growing up on Native Tongue affiliates like Hiero, and The
>Blowed groups/MCs it would be hard not include the artist that
>hit me the hardest from the West. Ace One can do anything, and
>All Balls Don't Bounce and A Book of Human Language alone are
>better than many others' entire discography. He is underrated
>for sure, but some of his more lackluster release the past 10
>years haven't helped.

with Fat Jack. 43rd & Excellence by Aceyalone & DJ Fat Jack
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/43rd-excellence/1329023811
Can't wait man, he has been needing a collaboration with producer who knows what he sounds best on.

V.

That’s who I’ve probably listened to the most, recently.

Never liked Fab’s music beyond a song or verse here and there until the Soul Tape series. He’s become one of my go to’s since. All 3 Soul Tapes, Summertime Shootouts and the album with Jadakiss all have been staying in rotation.

KRIT was my favorite from like 2011-2013 and he’s back in a major way with the new album. Love that album.

Tribe/Q-Tip, Little Brother/Phonte, and Nas have never left my rotation, though I’m waiting on new solo albums from all of them....especially Nas and Phonte(kinda gave up on new Q-Tip and we got that Tribe album instead so it’s cool).

Others got much more run in the past(LL, Redman, Common, Posdnous, Dre 3000, KRS, Cube, Pete and CL, Guru, etc.) but haven’t really played their music much in a long time.

NAS
Black Thought
Andre 3K
KA
Rakim

KRS-One and Freddie Foxxx - Ruff Ruff
Lord Finesse and Big L - Yes You May Remix
Black Thought and Mos Def - Double Trouble
Planet Asia, John Robinson & SmooVth - Gold Chain Winners
Masta Ace, Punchline, Wordsworth and Stricklin(eMC) - eMC (What It Stand For)

Lol

I have Thought and Mos in my 5 so examples would be Double Trouble, Hurricane, Respiration Remix or Rising Down

So for example Lord Finesse and KRS One - No Gimmicks

Planet Asia and Black Thought - Over Your Head

Nas - The World is Yours Remix (produced by Q-Tip)
Phonte - The Life of Kings f/ Big KRIT

PRhyme f. Black Thought - Wishin' (Remix)
The Roots f. Common - UNIverse
The Roots f. Common - Act Too (Love of my Life)
The Roots f. Common - The Show (*blah*)
Common f. Black Thought (*kinda*) - Stolen Moments (Part II)

Think that's it ?

Mos gets them dudes on that one though lol

He did that a lot, in his day.

Bronson has no business being on that joint...AT ALL

k-os, the coup, de la soul, rakim, kendrick

am i wrong?

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Curren$y, Jay-Z, Kendrick, Big KRIT, and ( checks phone ) Cyhi

thats just whats in rotation lately though, I keep the faves on the phone, too many to list

Redman
Ghostface
Guru
Rakim
Kool Keith (more for Ultramagnetics than solo)

Black Thought
Common
O.C.
GZA
J-Live


"I'm twenty-two, catch
In the prime of my life,
I don't have time to be a wife"

https://twitter.com/MeeshUniVerSoul
https://instagram.com/soul.con.fusion/

"She was on that tip about stoppin' the violence
About my people she was teachin' me..."

Scarface

Nas

Jadakiss

KRS ONE

Too Short

there are probably 25 more that could fit based on criteria but those are the first five that came to mind.

They are the five MCs that've made me wince the most.

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Guru
Biggie
DOOM
Blu
KRS-One

Sixth Man: Ghostface

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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"

kendrick is recent, obviously, but right now he stays in rotation

Heavily slept on.

i think with the 5 they cover the range of moods you'll go through

Andre 3K - Point Guard
Black Thought - Shooting Guard
Nas - Small Forward
Jay Z - Power Forward
Biggie - Center

andre 3000
mos def
ice cube
big daddy kane
rakim

Blu
Phonte
Illecism
Monch
Common

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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"

I listened to both "2nd Childhood" and "One Love" yesterday in separate settings and in both instances thought to myself, there's no one else who can paint a picture like this. No one.

When Nas is at his best, he's untouchable.

Canibus USED to be in there, but that stopped sometime in the mid 00s

elucid
jigga
biggie
nas
busta/rakim

Now...1. Dot 2. Royce 3. Lupe 4. Elzhi 5. TBD

Margin of error 1 vote - these half votes and nicknames may have caused a vote to be missing here or there lol

Nas - 13
Black Thought -10
Andre 3000 - 10
Jay-Z - 9
MF DOOM - 6
Ghostface Killah - 6
Rakim - 5
Mos Def - 5
Common - 5
Kendrick Lamar - 4
The Notorious B.I.G. - 4
KRS-ONE - 3
Royce da 5' 9" - 3
Pharoahe Monch - 2
Q-Tip - 2
Posdnuos - 2
Redman - 2
Busta Rhymes - 2
Phonte - 2
Big KRIT -2
GURU - 2
Kool Keith - 2
Scarface - 2
Blu - 2
Big Daddy Kane -2
Aesop Rock - 2
Lord Finesse - 1
Planet Asia - 1
Masta Ace - 1
AZ - 1
Talib Kweli - 1
Styles P - 1
Skyzoo - 1
Ishmael Butler - 1
Del the Funky Homosapien - 1
Aceyalone - 1
Prodigy - 1
Sean Price - 1
Raekwon - 1
Ta-Raach - 1
Rza - 1
DJ Quik - 1
Fabolous - 1
Ka - 1
Curren$y - 1
Cyhi - 1
O.C. - 1
Gza - 1
J-Live - 1
Jadakiss - 1
Too Short - 1
k-os - 1
Boots Riley - 1
Ras Kass - 1
Ice Cube - 1
Illecism - 1
Joe Budden - 1
Cage - 1
Elucid - 1
Lupe Fiasco - 1
Elzhi - 1

I see a lot of love for Andre 30000. I need to go back and relisten to some OutKast as I think I might have slept on him a little.