Mar 29, 2015i think my top 5 is the only correct one in this thread:
1. Nas
2. Drake
3. Kanye West
4. Kendrick Lamar
5. 50 Cent
best list whew
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Mar 29, 2015
well you had eminem, so that's about twice as much corn as logic and j cole combined
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Currently
Blu
Fashawn
Kendrick
yU
Jeremiah Jae
Of All Time
2Pac
Big Pun
Ghostface
Eminem
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Slug
Kanye West
Ghostface Killah
Nas
billy woods
If we count crews/groups, Cunninlynguists would be above Ghostface (they'd share the #2 along with Ye), and Tribe might be #5, idk.
Other rappers that are among my favourites are MF Doom, Brother Ali, Open Mike Eagle, Pharoahe Monch, Kendrick, Drake, Danny Brown, Raekwon, Wu, Outkast, Jay-Z, Biggie... Depending on my mood, they could pretty much swap anyone in my list except from Slug, Ye (and Cunninlynguists, if they count). There are others too ofc, but in the last years these are the ones I've listened to the most.
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So, what's your point, then? You said Kanye wouldn't admit he has writers, yet Kanye credits more than himself as a writer on every album.
Rappers are writers. Any good writer has an editor and lets other people read their writing to make sure it's as good as it can possibly be. Nas, Jay, Ye, whoever—they all have people read and critique what they wrote. The difference is Kanye credits pretty much anyone who helped out, no matter how minuscule that contribution may be.Peter Parker, Narsh and poopdogg like this.Dec 18, 2025(This ad goes away when signing up) -
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Eminem
2Pac
Kanye West
Kendrick Lamar
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