What's your top 10 list right now (results out!)

Started by Sav Stanfield, Aug 17, 2019, in Music Add to Reading List

  1. Tom Brady
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    While he may be the best, Kendrick is not even close to the top 3 most influential in the 2010s.
     
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  2. Step Daddy
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    Aug 19, 2019
    Man's really just said post malone :'):'):'):')
     
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  3. Step Daddy
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    Danny brown is my favorite rapper, but who the fk has he influenced?
     
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  4. Michael Myers
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    Aug 20, 2019
    I always wondered , isn't it just cool that u make fantastic music? Who gives a s--- about influence?

    Obviously when it comes to icons or legends that is kinda important but 'best rappers' I don't see how thats relevant.
     
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  5. Sav Stanfield
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    Aug 20, 2019
    Yeah I suppose I should have specified in OP whether we were listing objective or personal favourite lists - I think i’ve always just thought of my own list in the context of both, there’ll always be an element of bias no matter how objective you try be. @joeyp363 hit the nail on the head though.
     
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  6. Sav Stanfield
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    Aug 20, 2019
    alright i’m late on this but Nelly is absolutely deserving of a spot. 50 too, even if it’s just off the strength of GRODT.

    I’ve always thought Danny’s brown has had a lot more influence than he’s given credit for.

    Yeah Em was - and still is, to some extent, a very good lyricist but to say the Goat is a stretch. He may have come very close back in the early 2000s but Em never reached the heights of Jay or Nas or Big. Or Ghostface or Doom or Andre.

    In terms of 2010s influence and impact, Kendrick and Future are neck and neck at this point imo. Both totally different approaches but equally effective. Honestly though, it’s probably Future, for the reasons @Big Cuntry already pointed out.
     
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  7. Lil Squeed
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    Lil Tracy
     
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  8. Michael Myers
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    Aug 20, 2019
    So basically ur saying here Em does deserve to be in a top 10 but not THE goat
     
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  9. icecube
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    Aug 20, 2019
    Did you get round to listening to any of them? Very interested in your opinion on all 3 projects!
     
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  10. grizzyp
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    1 Eminem
    2 slim shady
    3 Marshall Mathers
    4 bizarre
    5 swifty the murderer of rhymes Mcgay
    6 kon artist
    7 kuniva
    8 proof
    9 bugz
    10 paul
     
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  11. grizzyp
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    Aug 20, 2019
    I totally get it. I like to write the lyrics down on paper in pure bar format while listening to the integrity and structure of the vocals and examine they closely to make sure I don’t miss anything. Every once in a while something’s slips by me and I go, “no he didn’t just say that” then rewind it and go “nope he totally said it”
     
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  12. Sav Stanfield
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    I think its definitely reasonable to put Em in a greatest rappers of all time list. hate him or love him, he’s widely regarded as one of the greatest to ever do it. and there was that stage around 00-02 where he was genuinely in contention for best rapper alive.

    but THE goat is a stretch.
     
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  13. Michael Myers
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    True. And fixed :)
     
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    1. Tupac
    2. Biggie
    3. Jay-Z
    4. Rakim
    5. Eminem
    6. Scarface
    7. Ice Cube
    8. Lil Wayne
    9. Black Thought
    10. Andre 3000

    Constantly changing. I also tried to base this on skill more than preference. My personal top 10 does have Budden at 3 at least. Lol
     
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  15. Vos
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    Aug 21, 2019
    ehhh I dunno, that's a bit of a stretch no? Nas' last two projects were very underwhelming, but Eminem put out an atrocious album (Revival) and then an album throwing a temper tantrum because nobody liked it lol

    it's kind of embarrassing for any Eminem fan, I think.
     
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    Kanye
    Drake
    Cudi
    Biggie
    Andre 3000
    MF DOOM
    Pusha T
    Jay Z
    Playboi Carti
    Ghostface Killah
     
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  17. joeyp363
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    Aug 21, 2019
    This is literally a perfect list based on skill. Maybe not the exact order I would have it in but great!
     
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  18. Marshall III
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    I’ll have to say Riff Raff is the greatest of all time.
     
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  19. Michael Myers
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    Aug 22, 2019
    Life is Good s----s on any Em album post TES but no matter how you describe Kamikaze, its more interesting than Nasir and LT2 imo.
     
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  20. Big Dangerous
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    Aug 22, 2019
    It’s all subjective based on what you prefer but there’s a shortlist of guys that it’s really hard to argue over and then there’s Jay who is the closest thing to objectively being the greatest ever and we conclude it in the thread every time someone posts this so

    Biggie is pound for pound the best when it comes to every attribute that goes into making a good rapper/artist and I will argue this forever with anyone

    Edit: and I ain’t saying pound for pound cause he fat either
     
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