If you make a top ten list and you don't have Common, Q-Tip, Black Thought, and Scarface on it you are a clown, you can eat a dikk, and your list is grade a garbage. Now if you put dudes like Biggie, Big L, and Big Pun on that list over these dudes you just need to off yourself.
Let me explain why, and I'm going to start with Black thought; This man has literally never had a bad verse in his life. You can not find a Black Thought verse that was straight up garbage, mediocre, or below average. Who has a career spanning 2 decades and put in as much work as him that can say that? The Roots have been putting out hit after hit after hit after hit. Things Fall Apart, Illadelph, Do You Want More, Rising Down, Undun, How I got Over are all 8/10 or higher albums. This dudes body of work is fukking immaculate.
As far as Q-tip goes, this always throw dudes on a loop and they always try to belittle what he did. First and foremost this dude was Kanye before there was a Kanye and he made all of what these dudes are doing possible. He was the best producer/rapper out there in his prime. The thing that makes Q-Tip one of the most significant dudes that never gets any attention is his hand in shaping so many classic albums. He did work on Illmatic, It Was Written, The Infamous, Like Water For Chocolate, ATCQ albums, Soulsquarians, The Umhah, Native Tongues. No one is fukking with this dude. He has the golden touch. Dudes first album came out in 1990 and he still putting in work. ATCQ first three albums are certified classics. Yall better act like yall know something.
Dudes not including Scarface is what pisses me off the most. I dare anyone here to go listen to any of his albums and say this man didn't put in work. I dare anyone to say his work with The Geto Boys was trash. Certified southern legend and if any southern artist is going to be on the list it has to be him. No ifs and buts about it.
Common shares so many similarities with Nas and Jay-Z when it comes to albums. Can I borrow a Dollar was alright, nothing special, One Day It'll all make sense was aiight, once again nothing special, Resurrection Classic, Like Water For chocolate classic, Be was a classic, Electric Circus was hot garbage. Finding forever was dope, Universal mind control was
, The Dreamer was dope. So add that up, thats three classics, 2 good-great albums and two aiight albums. Thats Reasonable Doubt,Blueprint, and the Black Album being classics with In My Life Time and AG being good-great. Vol. 3 and Blueprint 3 were garbage. BP3 vol.2 was aight. Illmatic, Stillmatic, It Was Written being classics, with God Son and Lost Tapes being good-great. I Am and Nastadamus was garbage. After God Son he released completely average albums How can you include them but not Common?
They have literally released the exact same amount of quality and garbage. 3 classics, 2 garbage albums, 2 average, and 2 good-great.
Now come out your mouth and disagree.
Let me explain why, and I'm going to start with Black thought; This man has literally never had a bad verse in his life. You can not find a Black Thought verse that was straight up garbage, mediocre, or below average. Who has a career spanning 2 decades and put in as much work as him that can say that? The Roots have been putting out hit after hit after hit after hit. Things Fall Apart, Illadelph, Do You Want More, Rising Down, Undun, How I got Over are all 8/10 or higher albums. This dudes body of work is fukking immaculate.
As far as Q-tip goes, this always throw dudes on a loop and they always try to belittle what he did. First and foremost this dude was Kanye before there was a Kanye and he made all of what these dudes are doing possible. He was the best producer/rapper out there in his prime. The thing that makes Q-Tip one of the most significant dudes that never gets any attention is his hand in shaping so many classic albums. He did work on Illmatic, It Was Written, The Infamous, Like Water For Chocolate, ATCQ albums, Soulsquarians, The Umhah, Native Tongues. No one is fukking with this dude. He has the golden touch. Dudes first album came out in 1990 and he still putting in work. ATCQ first three albums are certified classics. Yall better act like yall know something.
Dudes not including Scarface is what pisses me off the most. I dare anyone here to go listen to any of his albums and say this man didn't put in work. I dare anyone to say his work with The Geto Boys was trash. Certified southern legend and if any southern artist is going to be on the list it has to be him. No ifs and buts about it.
Common shares so many similarities with Nas and Jay-Z when it comes to albums. Can I borrow a Dollar was alright, nothing special, One Day It'll all make sense was aiight, once again nothing special, Resurrection Classic, Like Water For chocolate classic, Be was a classic, Electric Circus was hot garbage. Finding forever was dope, Universal mind control was
, The Dreamer was dope. So add that up, thats three classics, 2 good-great albums and two aiight albums. Thats Reasonable Doubt,Blueprint, and the Black Album being classics with In My Life Time and AG being good-great. Vol. 3 and Blueprint 3 were garbage. BP3 vol.2 was aight. Illmatic, Stillmatic, It Was Written being classics, with God Son and Lost Tapes being good-great. I Am and Nastadamus was garbage. After God Son he released completely average albums How can you include them but not Common? They have literally released the exact same amount of quality and garbage. 3 classics, 2 garbage albums, 2 average, and 2 good-great.
Now come out your mouth and disagree.
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no Pac or Cube.
You have never heard a Roots album in your life. 
His discography
Him & Beans left Jigga for dead on all of their collabos, too
. I don't even got a comment on how yall throwing shade on Black Thought tho, yall just......
The whole GOAT, top5,top10 discussion shyt is stupid and opinionated. Arguing music is one of the most ridiculous thing people can do. Youre arguing with people about what they personally prefer. Thats some narcissistic shyt. You already fukk up trying to put 10 rappers in the top and having to take out and put in constantly and in the end: there is no end because your constantly redoing your list and will never have a solid lists. How can people still walk around not realizing none of your lists are the same. You cant even factually prove these are the top 5 10 or 15 rappers. You cant base it off anything. Too many rappers have been around to be making these kind of jaded lists.