Who's your favorite rapper?

" i noticed that a lot of people here are really into mos def, and ive never really understood why. ecstatic was probably my third favorite album of the year, but aside from black on both sides the rest of his catalog is fairly weak. imo his blackstar counterpart is a far better rapper "

blackstar...easily a top 10 rap album...mos def and talib kweli

Blue Scholars, Common, Aesop Rock, Mos Def, Jay-Z, Del (specifically the Deltron 3030 album).  Etc.  Seems like I have a pretty similar list to most of you.

I don't really listen to rap. It just doesn't appeal to me.

eminem
mos def
atmosphere
lil wayne (earlier)
nas
dmx
d12
ludacris

why in the name of god do people post things like "i dont like rap." if you dont like rap, why post? it makes even less sense than the morons who post "rap = crap, lulz!"
 
i had the same experience in a thread i made about donating to Haiti relief charities. people posting things like "i dont give to charity" or "i'm poor and cant afford it." i mean, great, so dont post in this particular thread.

how has no one said Rakim

" Either Jesus or Jeff.. Its hard to pick because they have had about an equal impact upon the world. "

If I have to choose just one it would have to be Aesop Rock, but some honorable mentions are: MF Doom, Shad, Talib Kweli, Biz Markie and Slick Rick.

• Wiz Khalifa-My all time favorite rapper.
• Lupe Fiasco-Lupe is great. A true poet.
• Tyga-Tyga is much better than most of the young money crew. He's actually really good.
• Young Jeezy-I like Jeezy a lot. He can rap.
• Jay-Z-One of the greats.
• Andre 3000-Unique

Andre 3000  (suprised that no one mentioned him yet) 
Wu  Tang
Nas
Lupe
Kanye
Jay Z 
Common
Clipse
 
And ofcourse, the almighty Chuck D

Dizzee Rascal

Kid Cudi, Lupe Fiasco, The Roots, Jay-Z 

Eyedea, Brother Ali, Sage Francis, D-sisive, Radio Radio, Wu tang clan (36 Chambers mostly), Slug, Asaviour, Ashok, Jehst, Gatineau  
Yeah 

Tupac

" Rap is Crap. "

" Jeff Gerstmann. "

MF DOOM 

I would be happy if I never hear the names Jay-Z and Eminem.  Ugh.
 
Anyway here are just the rappers (not groups):
 
Rakim
Big Daddy Kane
Pharaohe Monche
Prince Po
Kool G Rap
Posdnuos (from De La Soul)
Talib Kweli
Common
Mos Def
Buckshot
Ghostface Killah
Gza/Genius
Raekwon
Redman
Blu
Charizma
WildChild
Insight (from Y Society)
Diverse
CL Smooth
Guru
Grand the Visitor (from Homeliss Derilex)
Ice Cube
Percee P
MF Doom /all his aliases 
Quasimoto (alias of Madlib)
Rasco
Black Thought
Stezo
Erick Sermon
Parrish Smith (aka PMD)
Q-Tip 
Tek (from Smif-N-Wessun)
Steele (Ditto)
Biz Markie
MC Shan
Grand Puba
Sadat X
Diamond D
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
John Robinson
Jean Grae
Charlie Brown (Leaders of the New School)
Dinco-D (Ditto)
Busta Rhymes (Ditto 2)
MC Lyte
Ol' Dirty Bastard
AG (from Showbiz & AG)
Lord Finesse


Probably some more if I knew the names from the groups.

I'd say I listen to Mos Def the most, but DOOM is great, and so is Ghostface. Also, shad is pretty sick, if a little too self referential.

" Jeff Gerstmann. "

Ludacris is always my fave but P.O.S isn't bad. Brother Ali isn't bad ether.

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  K'naan and K-OS.
 

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" @ReaperOfLiving said:

" Rap is Crap. "

Agreed. the only rapper i can stand is Eminem because he's not black. "

Eminem

" @RetroIce4: Blakroc isn't just mos def, it's The Black Keys and various rap artists, including mos def who appeared on two songs.    and The Ecstatic and Black on Both Sides are both mos def albums... he's talking about Telib Kweli, who is pretty fucking great, too. Blackstar is one of the best albums of all time. "

1. Eminem
2. Jay-Z
3.Lupe Fiasco

Run DMC, yo.

" @Ahmad_Metallic said:

" @ReaperOfLiving said:

" Rap is Crap. "

Agreed. the only rapper i can stand is Eminem because he's not black. "

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" @pakx said:

" @Ahmad_Metallic said:

" @ReaperOfLiving said:

" Rap is Crap. "

Agreed. the only rapper i can stand is Eminem because he's not black. "

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haha dont be puttin words in my mouth you buttmunch !  i didnt say i only like him cuz he's not black.. the reason is because his rap is different, less violent, more funny and witty, and the reason for THAT is clearly his race, and thats not my problem. "

" @pakx said:

" @Ahmad_Metallic said:

" @ReaperOfLiving said:

" Rap is Crap. "

Agreed. the only rapper i can stand is Eminem because he's not black. "

"

haha dont be puttin words in my mouth you buttmunch !  i didnt say i only like him cuz he's not black.. the reason is because his rap is different, less violent, more funny and witty, and the reason for THAT is clearly his race, and thats not my problem. "

" @pakx said:

" @Ahmad_Metallic said:

" @ReaperOfLiving said:

" Rap is Crap. "

Agreed. the only rapper i can stand is Eminem because he's not black. "

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less violent

I dont like rap music.

" I dont like rap music. "

I have a lot of favorites but if I had to pick one, it's Sean Price.
 
 
Aiyyo stop look and listen
We smoke pot cause we cook crack in the kitchen
The weed is green, the paper's brown
The coke is white, youse a bitch and so is your wife
Straight hell is what I give a brother
Smack a cracker callin Dru Ha a nigga lover
You just mad Buck and Dru won't fuck with you
You like "Fuck Duck Down~!" Nah pah, fuck you
I'm not an artist, I'm the President
Gimme the word I'll set fire to your resident
It's evident by the way that I act, way that I move
Sean Price ain't a kid that can act, nothin to prove, BONK
Choose to lose, I choose to win
One hand hit the rib the other bruise the chin
I remember when DJ's would check for a record
Now these niggaz want a check for a record
Motherfuckers better...

" Wait, less violent? DUDE!!  Go back and listen to "Kim" again......that man is frikkin bananacrazy. "

"  different from what exactly? 
 
"less Violent." ORLY?  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJBeVT0q5Ss   "more funny and witty" Oh yeah, that "you make my slinky go badoing duh doing doing doing" shit made anything Mos Def or The Fugees ever came up with sound like retarded jibbering.  i was honestly just fucking with you, but if you're going to denounce an entire genre of music except for one dude, and this is your reasoning, well, i dont know what to tell you, other than... you're dumb. "

" ....Okay, you're obviously never actually listened to Eminem. "

Lupe, Ya Boy and Game

For me, this conversations starts and ends with Nas.

I don't listen to RAP really in the slightest but I have heard some Mos Def stuff and would probably go with him.

At the risk of being brutally murdered, I like Hollywood Undead.....

I'm amazed at the amount of Def-Jux love going on in this thread, though it's absolutely deserved. 
 
"Murs is better than your favorite rapper. "  -- Murs 
 
I'll also take some Mos Def,  Nas, DOOM, RZA, and Chuck D when available.

 ok i shoulda mentioned that i never dug real deep into rap before making judgements, what i know of rap is as much as the next guy knows (im a metalhead) and i found it repulsive while eminem's style is compelling, and listen duder, i happen to be one of those laid back internet duders who do not forget that we're just gamer motherfuckers on da net chilling and talking, so i dont actually have a 'reasoning' here because i wasnt taking it seriously enough (sorry if it offended your love for rap), and if you replied in a relaxed way asking me to elaborate or proving me wrong, that woulda been cool, but people like you who get serious and think that that's my 'reasoning' and that im dumb because of it.. i avoid such friction. if u by now think im a hippie and a fag, theres no point of arguing and keep on thinking that im dumb
 

• GZA (well, pretty much all of Wu-Tang, but especially GZA, Ghostface Killah, and Raekwon)
  
• Big L
• Outkast (both of 'em)
• Clipse (again, both of 'em)
• The Pharcyde (all of 'em, but especially Fat Lip)
• Nas
• Mos Def
• Talib Kweli (when Mos and Talib are together, it's phenomenal)
• Kanye West
• A Tribe Called Quest (both of 'em)