Best Rapper Alive - 1987

[str8up]

Down by Law is one of the most underrated albums ever, I love that shyt

With that said, Rakim wins this by a landslide

 

[kingofnyc]

According to discogs, that was 87.

Of course, I have no personal knowledge, so if you say it was 86 I can't refute it.

yeah it was released in early '87

but played on da radio 98.7 KissFM
dj red alert late night show all the damn time in end '86



note:
'the south bronx' was done '86
after weeks of the song blowing up
shan recorded 'kill dat noise'
literary a day or 2 thereafter kris did 'the bridge is over'

 

[Mike the Executioner]

I can't have any answer but Rakim. He literally changed the game forever with Paid in Full. He even had Run switching up his style on Tougher Than Leather just to prove he could keep up.

Even if it's jazz or the quiet storm
I hook a beat up, convert it into hip hop form
Write a rhyme in graffiti in, every show you see me in
Deep concentration 'cause I'm no comedian

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

bump

 

[UpAndComing]

shoot yourself
if it aint da nikka below

The first rap song I memorized

 

[IllmaticDelta]

Rakim, and that's the only answer

..

 

[JuvenileHell]

'94 and '96 are gonna be interesting threads

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

'94 and '96 are gonna be interesting threads

94 is done breh...was the first thread

check it out using the search function

 

[TheSickness]

'94 and '96 are gonna be interesting threads

We already did '94

 

[mobbinfms]

'94 and '96 are gonna be interesting threads

96 gon be that year...that :pdahell:wins in a landslide.

 

[MidnightMercenary]

96 gon be that year...that :pdahell:wins in a landslide.

 

[Black_Panther_JS]

Rakim Allah

 

[mobbinfms]

I imagine it will come down to him and

 

[mobbinfms]

'94 and '96 are gonna be interesting threads

Nas won. Big came in second.

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

I imagine it will come down to him and

nah Pac got this easily

hell Redman released a better album than Nas that year, so did the great Ghostdini

imagine Ghost wins 3 MVPs...