"Who are the greatest teenage rappers of all time?"
It sometimes blow my mind that De La Soul made 3 Feet High And Rising as Teenagers. To be so original and fully formed at such a young age is truly impressive.
Who comes to mind for you?
Mobb Deep? LL Cool J? Hold old were the Beasties for License to Ill?
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23. "it should,some of that stuff was five years old" In response to Reply # 1
when he put the album out, written at 14
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16. "I really dug his debut (only) album" In response to Reply # 15
The single was pretty dope.
He also had a verse on Erick Sermon's Insomnia compilation which was outstanding. And like you said the Busta features were quality as well.
His album showed potential but I can see that his 'rugged' persona didn't stand out among his peers.
He also came about right as jiggy hip-hop got popular and he was both too notable and polished to be seen as underground like the Rawkus folks were and too under-the-radar and rugged to keep up with Bad Boy and Roc-a-fella.
24. "listened to it today at work, it's amazing" In response to Reply # 17
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34. "RE: Here to show love to Chi Ali" In response to Reply # 28
I stopped in to see if someone had shouted him out. One of the more overlooked Native Tongues members, but still one of the best "kid" rappers imho.
Now, that said - with regards to this post in general - most of our favorite MCs started when they was teens tbh, as the flow of this post has demonstrated. So really, when I saw this topic, I was thinking they meant like "early teens" which is why Chi Ali popped up in my head.
Did anyone see that Hiero Day documentary with audio footage of A Plus rhyming at 13? By far the best rapper I have heard at that age. I believe they were all still teenagers when they recorded 93 Til as well?
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