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All your lists are so damn wrong! It's like this, y'all --

15. Killah Priest
14. Jeru the Damaja
13. Pharaohe Monch
12. Guru
11. LL Cool J
10. Common Sense
9. Nasty Nas
8. RZA
7. Master Ace
6. Chuck D
5. Q-Tip
4. Kool Moe Dee
3. KRS ONE
2. Rakim
1. Melle Mel

...it's like that, y'all! Acknowledge!
Grandmaster MELLE MEL is the greatest rapper of all time! He inspired everybody from Rakim to Kool Moe Dee to Big Daddy Kane!
by jAwN April 20, 2004
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when you have no sympathy for a douchebag for a friend who insults you and them the next day his girlfriend tells them it's over and expects sympathy from you
Boy 1 "my girlfriend just dumped me "
Boy 2 you see this it's the world's smallest violin playing just for you"
by big ginger 88 November 20, 2016
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most of you are showing the RICHEST rappers or most successful. the greatest that i know are

Sick Sick (the greatest freestyling ever and also very witty)

Mike Skinner (sheer poetry mixed with comedy)

Eminem (very talented but unfortunately has become too commercialised)

Beastie Boys (revolutionised rap/hip-hop)

Phi Life Cypher (a very rare denomination of The Gorillaz)

Wu-Tang Clan (commercialised the rap industry)

Grand Master Flash (created the "rap" genre of music)
"Lesson one: linguistics...alright, your rhymes are quite tight but hold no characteristics

Lesson two: true you do have a clue but you were too busy biggin' yourself to pull through, to battle is to put me on the spot, rather than lie to try to make yourself look hot.

Lesson three: i hide behind a smile, because I see that you are on trial, 'cause i've been rapping for a while, rather than since 8 mile.

Lesson four: sure, you want to rap but what for? You obviously can't so you should hit the door, you want to rap because your black but are becomming a whore, and any racial shit you wana spit, i'm on toppa ya, you were always a white-boy until black became popular"

A freestyle before a battle rap from Sick Sick. He then went on to easily win the competition after most of the other contestants dropped out
by hip-hop fan November 28, 2004
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5. Shaquille Oneal
4. Will smith
3. Ja rule
2. Lil Romeo and Lil Bow Wow
1. My nigga Vanilla Ice
by NIGGA August 7, 2004
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1. 2Pac
2. Dr. Dre
3. Snoop Dogg
4. Kurupt
5. Daz
6. Warren G
7. Nate Dogg
8. Ice Cube
9. WC
10. Mack 10
11. Nas
12. DMX
13. Wu-Tang Clan
14. Outkast
15. Xzibit
16. Eminem
17. Jay-Z
18. Busta Rhymes
19. Coolio
20. Ludacris
21. Mase
22. Notorious B.I.G.
23. Kanye West
24. Talib Kweli
25. Jurassic 5
26. Baby
26. D12
27. Fabolous
28. Ja Rule
29. G-Unit
30. 50 Cent
by $ May 16, 2004
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Here are a few good examples of good rap with thoughtful lyrics and concious rhythms and beats.

Solo :

Eazy E
Dr.Dre
Jeru The Damaja
Nas
Tupac
GZA
RZA
Ghostface Killah
Boogie Down Productions

Groups :

Bone Thugs N Harmony
Eric B. And Rakim
Freestyle Fellowship
Souls Of Mischief
Hieroglyphics
Wu Tang Clan
Company Flow
Non-Phixion
These are just a handful of good rap artistes.There are more out there.And please stop mentioning Gangstarr.The only reason they are popular is because of DJ Premier.Face it.Thats reality for you people.Peace i'm out.
by Floetry April 28, 2005
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