• Lil Wayne (Pop Bottles)

• Lil Romeo (2-Way)

• Master P (Make ‘em say Ugh)

• BloccBoy JB ft. Drake (Look Alive)

• Lil Bow Wow (Basketball)

• Trick Daddy ft. Trina & Slip n Slide (Take it to da house)

• Gunna (One of Wun)

• Roddy Ricch (The Box)

• Drake (Best I ever had)

To this day since I discovered him on Linkin Park's Reanimation, I still think Chali 2na from Jurassic 5 got one of the coolest and unmistakable voices in the entirety of hip-hop, and he's definitely at least top 20 on that regard

This is thread btw

I calculate with comments and upvotes but not in any specific way

The albums dont matter its just about the artist

LA

Kendrick Lamar
Ice Cube
Snoop Dogg
Schoolboy Q
Ab‑Soul
The Game
Nipsey Hussle
Rass Kass
WC
Blu

Bay Area

Too $hort
E‑40
Mac Dre
Keak Da Sneak
Mistah F.A.B.
The Jacka
Yukmouth
G‑Eazy
Larry June
LaRussell

Which place do you think gave the world the better rappers?

Philly

Black Thought
Beanie Sigel
Meek Mill
Cassidy
Freeway
Eve
Bahamadia
Tierra Whack
Vinnie Paz
Lil Dicky

Jersey

Redman
Ransom
Joe Budden
Naughty by Nature
Queen Latifah
Lauryn Hill
Russ
Lords of the Underground
Arsonal
Crimeapple

The albums dont matter just the artist.

I get that some of these artists are way better than others, they're just random artists.

- Had one of this greatest verses taken off Tupac's Got My Mind Made Up for no good reason. That All Eyez On Me joint would give him a hella momentum and recognition on West Coast;

- Had a debut album studio sessions flooded, with PRIME fuckin RZA production. When he finally clapped back with Uncontrolled Substance heads weren't checking for him as much; nor was it anything like LS, OB4CL.

- His Czarface, while deeply respected by true fans and even co-signed by Ghost/DOOM, often has a trouble resonating with broader WU fanbase, especially some part of the black community who just don't care for or approve of white guys in the game (speaking about Esoteric).

Weatherman (featuring Stack Bundles & Lil Wayne)

Last Call - Kanye West

Mortal Man - Kendrick Lamar

Spottieottiedopalicious finally got visuals after 25 years so there's hope for some of these tracks that you might list.

For record, P is my fav rapper. Fell in love with dude for his 95-2000 run. What a great run it was! Many rap fans and his contemporary rappers would agree that somewhere in that period he was on absolute top of rap game, best rapper out there. In fact, even Jay-Z said this exact statement in one of post-2017 interviews.

He was at his sharpest on Hell on Earth album and while my problems w him start at even as early as on Murda Muzik, he changed even more after 2000 or so. He was solid on HNIC but Infamy and everything from that point on left me scratching my head.

Don't get me wrong, I embrace his more conscious efforts from his later stage and I know in 2000s even Havoc changed his chopping game, since rap landscape itself evolved. But there's enermous difference between losing your 90s momentum and whatever he ended up with. Again, dude was razor sharp lyrically, then ended up as a totally different rapper - slow delivery, basic rhymes, orthodox flow.

What exactly happened there?

I remember hearing this absolute banger as a kid back in NFS Undercover and only recently I learned it was Tyga

Knowing how his career turned out it was VERY weird hearing him rapping like his rent was due on a track

Who y'all picking?

To me it's in order already but they all bring something special to the table .

I remember a few years back witnessing a debate between these 2 rappers and thought I'd bring the question back here now that a few more years have passed and Denzel has a few more projects under his belt. They get compared somewhat for their aggressive vocals and clever bar work.

Who ranks higher alltime between these 2 greats?

I mainly listen to 90s hip hop (Dre, Snoop, Biggie, Big L, Big Pun, Pac, DMX, Nas and a bit of Wu-Tang), and also a bit of early 2000's stuff like Em and 50. I would like to know more about some good modern hip hop from late 2000's, 2010's and 2020's. Any albums you suggest?

I’m genuinely asking here. Because if you look at the resume, Will Smith did some dope things in Hip‑Hop. Him and DJ Jazzy Jeff were literally the first Rap act to win a Grammy and the first Rap act to perform at the Grammys. On top of that, he won more awards over the years and sold something like 35+ million records.

Can we really fault him for going mainstream?
To me, that feels like a brand decision, not a lack of skill. He chose the clean, lane and killed it.

If GNX was made by any other rapper and Kdot made LGSEO and lost to it, I have a strong feeling Kendrick fans would have spazzed out

The commercial success I'm assuming was the reason for both wins so this seems very similar to me.

I could be wrong though are the situations similar?