Which rapper is worthy of the title "King Of New York" in the past decade?

Started by jjtreach90, Jul 20, 2021, in Music Add to Reading List

Who is the KONY?

  1. Jay-Z

    32.4%
  2. Nas

    13.5%
  3. Cardi B

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    0.0%
  4. Tekashi 69

    18.9%
  5. ASAP Rocky

    5.4%
  6. Joey Badass

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    0.0%
  7. Pop Smoke

    8.1%
  8. A Boogie Wit A Hoodie

    2.7%
  9. French Montana

    2.7%
  10. Other

    16.2%
  1. Sahil Kohli
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    Jul 24, 2021
    Conway the Machine, Roc Marciano or Westside Gunn.
     
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  2. icecube
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    icecube West Coast is the Best Coast

    Jul 24, 2021
    Ah, so NY the City not NY the State. Off topic but does anyone else think it's weird that NY has the same name for both City and State? We've accepted it as normal but would sound weird to aligned to anything else.
    Like, I'm going to England. You know, the Capital City of England?
    Off for a city break to Barcelona, Barcelona!
    Miami, Miami, you beautiful place.
     
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  3. Michael Myers
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    Jul 24, 2021
    Nah we also have county's over here where the capital has the same name. Groningen, Utrecht for example
     
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  4. Ricky
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    Jul 24, 2021
    1970-1980 - One of Run-DMC guys
    1980-1990 - KRS-One
    1990-2000 - Nas
    2000-2010 - 50 Cent
    2010-2020 - Pop Smoke
    2020-2030? - We'll find out.
     
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  5. Jay Zeus
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    Jul 24, 2021

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  6. DKC
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    Jul 24, 2021
    I know this is an oversimplification but 90s was Biggie overall imo
     
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  7. King Tadpole
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    Jul 24, 2021
    It's funny how Cardi, Tekashi and French are in the top 10 of the 2010's.
    They wouldn't even in the top 50 if it were the 2000-2009 or 1990-1999.
     
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  8. Winter
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    Jul 24, 2021
    Run-DMC for the 70s? Before they had an album or single out? KRS over Ra? Nas over Biggie? Weird list.
     
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  9. Marsh
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    Marsh Nobody told you that I'm loco, ese?

    Jul 24, 2021
    Sex sells, Cardi would have been big in any era. Female rappers used to pretend they were strippers/thots. Cardi was actually one. Eve too, I know.

    French has also been around for a minute, he could have made it earlier. He just would be another rapper, not anything big.
     
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  10. Ricky
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    I meant 80s, I forgot they dropped their first album out in 84

    Also, I was drunk.
     
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  11. icecube
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    icecube West Coast is the Best Coast

    Jul 24, 2021
    Let's not worry about what happened before any of us was born.

    I like your list, lots of discussion. Yes, Biggie should be in there over Nas imo but I still think the most debatable is the most recent decade. If love it to be Pop but (and yes, of course some will disagree with this) but I don't really think he "earned" that title until after his death. That shouldn't count. I just don't know who deserves it.
     
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    Jul 25, 2021
    Lloyd Banks only because Of beamer benz and bentley and because of his looks
     
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    A$AP Rocky no doubt about it.
     
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