"Rap is something you do/ Hip-Hop is something you live." - KRS-ONE
This list is the definitive list that all the rest of you toy motherfuckers were trying to compile under World's Best Rappers. Read and learn, fools. Then go out and buy real Hip-Hop recordings. Support reality. Quit wasting daddy's money on Hollywood horseshit. Ignorance kills!
This list is the definitive list that all the rest of you toy motherfuckers were trying to compile under World's Best Rappers. Read and learn, fools. Then go out and buy real Hip-Hop recordings. Support reality. Quit wasting daddy's money on Hollywood horseshit. Ignorance kills!
World's 50 Best Hip-Hop Artists...period
(List includes groups and solo artists, mc's and dj's. The order in which I have listed them is irrelevent. They all do Hip-Hop the way it was meant to be done.)
1. Freestyle Fellowship (Aceyalone, Peace, Mikah Nine, and Self Jupiter)
2. Abstract Rude (A.T.U.)
3. Busdriver
4. Hip Hop Clan
5. Chillin Villain Empire (C.V.E.)
6. and anybody else affiliated with Project Blowed/ Massmen/ Heavyweights crew including Of Mexican Descent, Medusa, The Nonce (R.I.P. Yusef Afloat), Fat Jack, DJ Drez, etc.
7. Ultramagnetic MC's (including all of Kool Kieth's solo work under various different names/personalities)
8. Atmosphere
9. Eyedea and Abilities
10. Dilated Peoples
11. Blackalicious
12. Lateef and Lyrics Born
13. DJ Shadow
14. Hieroglyphics (including Del tha Funky Homosapien, Souls of Mischief, Casual, Pep Love, etc.)
15. KRS-ONE (including BDP, of course)
16. Eric B. and Rakim
17. Gangstarr
18. Organized Konfusion
19. Mos Def
20. Talib Kweli
21. De La Soul
22. A Tribe Called Quest
23. Jungle Brothers
24. Black Sheep
25. Brand Nubian
26. Common
27. Nas
28. The Roots
29. Beastie Boys
30. Run DMC
31. Public Enemy
32. N.W.A.
33. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
34. The Pharcyde
35. Biz Markie
36. LL Cool J
37. EPMD
38. Too Short
39. 3rd Bass
40. Wu Tang Clan
41. Black Moon
42. Big Daddy Kane
43. Jurassic 5
44. Shapeshifters
45. The Coup
46. Jeru the Damaja
47. The Beatnuts
48. Afrika Bambaataa
49. Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth
50. Moonshine
God damn! I could keep going, but this is getting mighty hectic, so I'll stop at 50. Please pay no mind to the completely random order. I gave up on trying to put them in order from the get-go. Also, please note that 2Pac, Biggie, Master P, and all other thugs/studio gangstas/basketball players have no place on this list precisely because they have no place in Hip-Hop. If you don't believe me, then you must be young and dumb. I grew up on Hip-Hop, and I remember when 2Pac was just a dancer for Digital Underground. That was before he got the "Juice," podna!
(List includes groups and solo artists, mc's and dj's. The order in which I have listed them is irrelevent. They all do Hip-Hop the way it was meant to be done.)
1. Freestyle Fellowship (Aceyalone, Peace, Mikah Nine, and Self Jupiter)
2. Abstract Rude (A.T.U.)
3. Busdriver
4. Hip Hop Clan
5. Chillin Villain Empire (C.V.E.)
6. and anybody else affiliated with Project Blowed/ Massmen/ Heavyweights crew including Of Mexican Descent, Medusa, The Nonce (R.I.P. Yusef Afloat), Fat Jack, DJ Drez, etc.
7. Ultramagnetic MC's (including all of Kool Kieth's solo work under various different names/personalities)
8. Atmosphere
9. Eyedea and Abilities
10. Dilated Peoples
11. Blackalicious
12. Lateef and Lyrics Born
13. DJ Shadow
14. Hieroglyphics (including Del tha Funky Homosapien, Souls of Mischief, Casual, Pep Love, etc.)
15. KRS-ONE (including BDP, of course)
16. Eric B. and Rakim
17. Gangstarr
18. Organized Konfusion
19. Mos Def
20. Talib Kweli
21. De La Soul
22. A Tribe Called Quest
23. Jungle Brothers
24. Black Sheep
25. Brand Nubian
26. Common
27. Nas
28. The Roots
29. Beastie Boys
30. Run DMC
31. Public Enemy
32. N.W.A.
33. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
34. The Pharcyde
35. Biz Markie
36. LL Cool J
37. EPMD
38. Too Short
39. 3rd Bass
40. Wu Tang Clan
41. Black Moon
42. Big Daddy Kane
43. Jurassic 5
44. Shapeshifters
45. The Coup
46. Jeru the Damaja
47. The Beatnuts
48. Afrika Bambaataa
49. Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth
50. Moonshine
God damn! I could keep going, but this is getting mighty hectic, so I'll stop at 50. Please pay no mind to the completely random order. I gave up on trying to put them in order from the get-go. Also, please note that 2Pac, Biggie, Master P, and all other thugs/studio gangstas/basketball players have no place on this list precisely because they have no place in Hip-Hop. If you don't believe me, then you must be young and dumb. I grew up on Hip-Hop, and I remember when 2Pac was just a dancer for Digital Underground. That was before he got the "Juice," podna!
by siscokid November 11, 2005
Get the World's 50 Best Hip-Hop Artists...periodmug. by DanTheMusicMeister September 14, 2017
Get the hip to the hopmug. by Dr Dre' January 16, 2021
Get the Lane swapping-hip hop-beepboppin'mug. A genre of music. Usually played in urban city settings, and is about as urban as urban gets.
It was said that the elements of hip hop music came directly from jazz. It usually involves a guy with a bunch of tattoos rapping over some silly funky song, but sometimes it comes instrumental.
Developed in the year 753 BC Ancient Rome , it was a style of music for the commoners. Being an integral part of human civilization and culture since the dawn of mankind - the fascination with sex, shooting, gangs, family, drugs has made this music last for millennia.
With all said, Hip Hop WILL NEVER DIE.
It was said that the elements of hip hop music came directly from jazz. It usually involves a guy with a bunch of tattoos rapping over some silly funky song, but sometimes it comes instrumental.
Developed in the year 753 BC Ancient Rome , it was a style of music for the commoners. Being an integral part of human civilization and culture since the dawn of mankind - the fascination with sex, shooting, gangs, family, drugs has made this music last for millennia.
With all said, Hip Hop WILL NEVER DIE.
bro 1- "Turn up the radio bro. Lets listen to some music"
bro 2- "You want to listen to country music???"
bro 1- "HELLLLLL NAWWW! Hip hop!!!!"
bro 2: "Hip hop it is =D" *Ramps up Drake*
bro 2- "You want to listen to country music???"
bro 1- "HELLLLLL NAWWW! Hip hop!!!!"
bro 2: "Hip hop it is =D" *Ramps up Drake*
by the_fruitarian January 24, 2024
Get the Hip Hopmug. A genre of music birthed in the impoverished black American neighborhoods in the US. A violent offshoot of 70s disco, it combines "rapping" (a vocal delivery distinct from actual singing) and pre-programmed music called "beats" (usually created through a drum machine or virtual audio workstation software such as Fruity Loops. The artist on stage is called an "emcee" or rapper while the guy that make the beats is known as a "producer". The greatest hip hop subgenre is "gangsta rap" which arguably produced the most number of classics in the genre.
In hip hop's early stages of evolution, it included three other elements such as break-dancing, graffiti and djing/turntablishm. As hip hop evolved through the decades, it shed these three elements; these cast off shells became separate disciplines and art forms themselves but are still often erroneously associated with hip hop (especially break-dancing or street dance). For example, turntables are now obsolete in most hip hop shows as the emcees rap instead over pre-recorded music, much like a pop singer; DJs though now have the spotlight in most rave and techno shows. Graffiti on the other hand is not really a field restricted to hip hop but is also something that can be found on other music genres such as punk rock or even metal music.
In hip hop's early stages of evolution, it included three other elements such as break-dancing, graffiti and djing/turntablishm. As hip hop evolved through the decades, it shed these three elements; these cast off shells became separate disciplines and art forms themselves but are still often erroneously associated with hip hop (especially break-dancing or street dance). For example, turntables are now obsolete in most hip hop shows as the emcees rap instead over pre-recorded music, much like a pop singer; DJs though now have the spotlight in most rave and techno shows. Graffiti on the other hand is not really a field restricted to hip hop but is also something that can be found on other music genres such as punk rock or even metal music.
People confuse hip hop with rapping; rapping is just the method of the hip hop artist in delivering a song's message or subject matter.
by 2 Prophetz May 16, 2018
Get the Hip Hopmug. Afeni Shakur is a Hip Hop Mother.
Momma Duck is getting on my nerves with her new found fame as a Hip Hop Mother.
Momma Duck is getting on my nerves with her new found fame as a Hip Hop Mother.
by anonymous December 24, 2023
Get the hip hop mothermug. A rising music platform Hip Hops Revival is going hard for hip-hop’s culture one post at a time. Hip Hop’s Revival is a source for Hip-Hop news that’s composed of new music, videos, and interviews.
by CARLITOS WEY April 14, 2021
Get the Hip Hops Revivalmug.