Best Rapper Alive - 1995 (IF YOUR MVP CHOICE ISN'T ON POLL, MAKE A REQUEST IN THREAD)

[Deucage]

GOAT Pac Stan is here

@Nomad1

 

[BmoreGorilla]

my nikka even blessed us with this in '95

easily B.I.G. year
unfortunately we dealing with the coil which means

• biggie hate
• new york hate
• youngins who love to rewrite history

He also gave us this in 95

 

[kingofnyc]

We were working under the assumption that all album related remixes would count for the year the album was released.
People can vote however they want to though.

breh - it's a completely different song

 

[livindajetlife]

Just changed my vote to biggie

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Pac didn't even have the best album of 95, was locked up, and was recovering from getting shot in the nuts. How is he in the lead?

 

[B-Mint94]

GOAT year. I ended going with GZA. Prodigy & Raekwon came close.

 

[ThaRealness]

P

 

[Eastside Get The Money]

It has to be Pac. Became a living outlaw after the shooting, had a number 1 album IN PRISON despite America hating him, got bailed out and hit the streets, and signed to Death Row joining Dr. Dre, Snoop, and Suge Knight.

 

[Zero]

I can't pick

 

[B-Mint94]

GZA was arguably the greatest lyricist ever in 1995.

Probably had a slight step on Illmatic era Nas.

now that you bought that up, you might actually be right. I still give the edge to Nas due to the impact that Illmatic had.

 

[ThaRealness]

P on the ladies

This isn't known as one of hip hops great storytelling tracks, but it damn well should be


The beat works perfectly too. Snare has that reverb making you feel like you're in a large enclosed space, like a subway station

 

[Newportbox]

It has to be Pac. Became a living outlaw after the shooting, had a number 1 album IN PRISON despite America hating him, got bailed out and hit the streets, and signed to Death Row joining Dr. Dre, Snoop, and Suge Knight.

What does any of that got to do with the quality of the music?
And dudes suck their teeth when I say Pac's legend is more about the narrative than the music.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Top 5 albums of 95 in order

Cuban Linx - Raekwon
The Infamous - Mobb Deep
Liquid Swords - GZA
Dah Shinin - Smif N Wessun
Return to the 36 Chambers - Ol Dirty

Honorable mention:

Do You Want More - The Roots
The Natural - Mic Geronimo
Livin Proof - Group Home
Double or Nothing - Erick Sermon
Me Against The World - Pac

 

[Nomad1]

GOAT Pac Stan is here

the original, everyone else is copy cats

 

[shutterguy]

'95 with that unstoppable force known as Daz and Kurupt from Death Row, they was in constant rotation along with Pac