Black Moon Gang Star or Guru Brand Nubian Mobb Deep Ghetto Boys Tha Alkaholiks Eric Sermon DMX __________ IMHO these should not make the cut... Fabolous Redman Jadakiss D 12 - there is just no way they should be in the running for GOAT esp. with Eminem already in solo.
D12's Devil's Night was one of the best Rap Albums in recent years, and I'd enjoy it without Eminem. There are many who consider Redman the top mc in the game, I don't think he's too great but he's got talent. Fabolous is probably lumped in too much with the poppy R&B type ****, but the dude can flat out rhyme. I Think I agree that Too Short, Gangstarr and Mobb Deep should be added (Maybe The Geto Boys but I already did include Scarface.) NWA and Public Enemy are already on the list.
I believe to be included on the list the artist should have been around for while with at least 2 or more quality albums ~ they need to have some staying power. We could create more room on the list by cutting some of the soloists and just include them with their group (i.e.) scarface (ghetto boys), method man/ gza (wu tang). mos def/ talib qwali (black star) etc... My take on the overall list: ___________ 1) Eminem 2) Jay-Z 3) Nas 4) Tupac 5) Notorious B.I.G. 6) Run DMC 7) Outkast 8) Beastie Boys 9) Snoop Dogg 10) Eric B. & Rakim 11) The Roots 12) Public Enemy 13) NWA 14) De La Soul 15) A Tribe Called Quest 16) Mos Def 17) Talib Kweli 18) Pharcyde 19) Del The Funkee Homosapien 20) Ludacris 21) Wu-Tang Clan 22) Scarface 23) LL Cool J 24) KRS-One 25) Hieroglyphics 26) Ice-T 27) Ice Cube 28) Slick Rick 29) Black Moon 30) Kanye West 31) Gang Starr 32) Blackalicious 33) DMX 34) Eazy-E 35) Busta Rhymes 36) Jurassic 5 37) 50 Cent 38) Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5 39) Big Pun 40) Method Man 41) Cypress Hill 42) Tha Alkoholiks 43) Dr. Dre 44) Eric Sermon 45) Ma$e 46) Lloyd Banks 47) Bone Thugs & Harmony 48) DMX 49) Too Short 50) Mobb Deep 51) Ghetto Boys 52) Jungle Brothers 53) Biz Markie 54) Digital Underground 55) Freestyle Fellowship 56) Jeru the Damaja 57) Kool Moe Dee 58) Lil' Flip 59) Brand Nubian 60) Black Sheep 61) GZA 62) Digable Planets 63) Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth 64) Masta Ace
