Oh, man, did I miss the news headline stating that Rakim is dead?

Wait, he's not dead?

Then fark you, Vibe poll.

Shouldn't it be "Suck it, Lil' Wayne" seeing as he is consistently referencing himself as the Best Rapper Alive?

Hmm. And here I thought he was just Vanilla Ice with Tourette Syndrome.

If he was a black rapper he'd only be average.

Eminem declared best rapper alive



/ approve

Remember you can't spell CRAP without R-A-P.

dillenger69: Remember you can't spell CRAP without R-A-P.

You also can't spell BEETHOVEN'S NINTH without BENT HE INVENTS HO.

Eminem declared best rapper alive

Yeah. Someone ought to fix that.

RodneyToady: Oh, man, did I miss the news headline stating that Rakim is dead?

Wait, he's not dead?

Then fark you, Vibe poll.

Q-Tip, Ghostface, Del, Chuck D, Talib Kweli, Black Thought (Roots), and KRS-One strangely enough all seem to be alive too. Odd.

I'd say that Eminem is pretty damn talented when it comes to rapping. He'd have my vote.

Solid State Vittles: RodneyToady: Oh, man, did I miss the news headline stating that Rakim is dead?

Wait, he's not dead?

Then fark you, Vibe poll.

Q-Tip, Ghostface, Del, Chuck D, Talib Kweli, Black Thought (Roots), and KRS-One strangely enough all seem to be alive too. Odd.

stop trying to bring rational thought into this

Well thats a load of crap. Weird Al is a better rapper than Eminem.

/not kidding.
//don't believe me?
///Watch this.

You know who is underrated? Treach. He had a great flow.

KaponoFor3: Shouldn't it be "Suck it, Lil' Wayne Jay-Z" seeing as he is consistently referencing himself as the Best Rapper Alive?

FTFY

I am a fan of Mr. Mathers, but I wouldn't go that far.

Furthermore, I refuse to take seriously any declarations of "best rapper alive" until some criteria are established (e.g. flow, content, freestyle skills, etc).

He is good and is one of my favorites.

I would also go with Redman and the GZA

dillenger69: Remember you can't spell CRAP without R-A-P.



Double J is that you.

Rap today is to music what wrestling is to sports.


Fluff and in your face but not really any substance there, especially now.

KaponoFor3: Shouldn't it be "Suck it, Lil' Wayne" seeing as he is consistently referencing himself as the Best Rapper Alive?

Don't all rappers refer to themselves as such?

"Best rapper alive"

That's like being the world's tallest midget.

shadowself: KaponoFor3: Shouldn't it be "Suck it, Lil' Wayne" seeing as he is consistently referencing himself as the Best Rapper Alive?

Don't all rappers refer to themselves as such?

i would buy 15 albums from the first one to refer to themself as 'the most mediocre rapper alive'

monkey can talks?


AMAZING!

Their starting pool of 64 was pretty flawed. I love me some Lauren Hill, but she hasn't rocked a mic in years. Ice Cube doesn't belong there either. 15 years ago he would have been in the final 4, but there's been too many years and too many shiatty movies between then and now. Some o' them fools are fly by night, flash in the pan chumps. Some notables missing are M.E.D., Aesop Rock, Murs, Aceyalone, M.F. Doom, Gza, Slick Rick, KRS One, Talib Kweli, and Kool Keith. I haven't read Vibe in 10 years or so. Looks like I'm not missing much...

MF DOOM, Madlib, Wale, Black Thought, Nas, Slug, Jay-Z, Wyclef Jean, Ghostface, Raekwon, GZA, Andre 3000, Immortal Technique, Talib Kweli, Mos Def and Q-Tip all disagree with you.

Hey, am I too late to jump in here and mention some obscure underground rapper that no one has ever heard of to impress people?

dillenger69: Remember you can't spell CRAP without R-A-P.

OH MY GAWD!!! Did you just come up with that?! Brilliant!!!!

Wow. Eminem?

barf.

Even mainstream rap has so much better to offer, not even getting into the underground scene.

Wolf Flywheel: Hey, am I too late to jump in here and mention some obscure underground rapper that no one has ever heard of to impress people?

It's never too late to show how 'underground' you might be. I myself am a fan of DJ Scribble Dibble the Accounting MC Spectacular. You have never heard of him, he is from Canada

best rapper = gold medal winner at Special Olympics

Noone has mentioned Last Emperor yet?

Aesop Rock consistently leaves me sitting dumbfounded. No other rapper I know of does that.

Wolf Flywheel: Hey, am I too late to jump in here and mention some obscure underground rapper that no one has ever heard of to impress people?

I dont think so. Most of the rappers people have named are pretty well known if you are interested in the genre.

I'm kinda partial to Eli. (new window)He's the second contestant if you can make it through the intro.

Gunny Highway: I dont think so. Most of the rappers people have named are pretty well known if you are interested in the genre.

I'm not interested in the genre, I'm just a music fan, and I've heard of all those listed. And many of them have worked with rock acts we all love.

Hey, am I too late to jump in here and mention some obscure underground rapper that no one has ever heard of to impress people?

If you actually listen to hip hop none of the rappers in this thread are obscure or underground.

creepy jackalope eye: Aesop Rock, Murs, Aceyalone. FTW!


could easily be the best Hip Hop album ever made.

i kindda like Abdominal, but then again, i'm weird and white.

Respect? (new window)

i NEVER get tired of the "i'm really f*cking ignorant so everyone else is the asshole here" argument. ever.

NO LOVE??? (new window)

He ain't even the best white rapper alive.

Eminem is respectable.


He is no Ice Cube, but he is straight.


/ducks

in em's defense, homie is talented. he really is.
on the downside, his lyrics are bullshiat and he's the biggest A&R whore this side of Jay-Z.
really, vibe? farking really? when nas/rakim/RA the Rugged Man/that kid who sat behind you in bio lab in high school hears about this, he's going to be PISSED.

Best wrapper alive... Bwahahahahahahahahahahaha

/I will earn my living
//with rhymes of made-up words
///to manufacured rythyms
////for the melody eludes me

Martstar: He ain't even the best white rapper alive.

I'm guessing that's Atmosphere, who is indeed the best white rapper alive. Very, very talented.

em, jayz, mos def, nas, method man

to be the best u need

freestyle skills
written
charisma
longevity
record sales
multiple styles of flow
battle rap skills
topic range

a very short list that qualify for all of those

atmosphere is the group / slug is the rapper. and he sucks. as far as white rappers go, there are a ton of people who stand out in my mind, but ra the rugged man shiats all over eminem.

Savoir-Faire: I'm guessing that's Atmosphere, who is indeed the best white rapper alive. Very, very talented.

Eh...he's actually biracial. One of his parents is black, I forget which. He definitely doesn't show it. But, yes, I agree, he is very, very talented...and very, very hawt.

hip hop purest i would add krs1, rakim, guru from gangstarr, common

new school pop hiphop id add lil wayne n kanye

underground id name a lot of the aforementioned in this thread

underground boston rappers: mr lif, edo g, 7l n esoteric, crumsnatcher, slayne jus to name a few local heros

I don't listen to Hip-Hop, so I'm a bad example. However, I hear stuff by Atmosphere that has brilliant lyrics and wistful feeling that is just...thought provoking. Some of the lines are just funny. All around, he's great.