Best Rapper Alive - 1999 (IF YOUR MVP CHOICE ISN'T ON POLL, MAKE A REQUEST IN THREAD)

[prophecypro]

Who the fukk is voting Nas?

Man I'm legit gonna erase Nas from this entire process.


He's ahead of Jay and Em?

Even though '99 was the year of the backlash because of Nastradamus, I remember he was talked about a lot between I am, the Clue tapes that bootlegged the album, he has some monster singles and was talked about a lot for the early part. He was kinda everywhere.
Its hard to give him MVP but like I said this was a tough year. I'd probably go with one of the Def Jam big 4 (X/Jay/ Meth and Red) or Eminem or the Rawkus big 2 (Monch or Def) but if people wanna vote him for the I am album I can see that.

Him and Mobb Deep definetly got hurt the most from the bootlegging of their albums that year for sure. But he was still a legit top 10 MVP in a year where that meant something through all criterias. Hate Me Now and Nas is Like where everywhere.

 

[ManBearPig]

Best artist go to Dre but he had writers writing his shyt so that disqualified him


I guess I'm voting for prodigy . He was successful in both quality of the music and selling a lot of records while Nas and Mos Def achieved one of the other.

 

[prophecypro]

When I think of 1999 the most, I remember this. If we could do a joint 4 way MVP I would give it to these guys

 

[prophecypro]

Nas dropped a lot of classic songs in 1999.







































The thing is he dropped a lot of trash ones too

Got Wayne the MVP in 08 by that criteria

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

When I think of 1999 the most, I remember this. If we could do a joint 4 way MVP I would give it to these guys

If you wanna vote Red or Meth let me know

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

Even though '99 was the year of the backlash because of Nastradamus, I remember he was talked about a lot between I am, the Clue tapes that bootlegged the album, he has some monster singles and was talked about a lot for the early part. He was kinda everywhere.
Its hard to give him MVP but like I said this was a tough year. I'd probably go with one of the Def Jam big 4 (X/Jay/ Meth and Red) or Eminem or the Rawkus big 2 (Monch or Def) but if people wanna vote him for the I am album I can see that.

Him and Mobb Deep definetly got hurt the most from the bootlegging of their albums that year for sure. But he was still a legit top 10 MVP in a year where that meant something through all criterias. Hate Me Now and Nas is Like where everywhere.

Top 10 yeah. Top 5 pushing it. No 2? FOH

 

[mobbinfms]

sorry I forgot one Nas song eradicates the rest of hip-hop that year

I'm not saying that. Just showing how it can be difficult to judge b/c there were so many amazing songs he did that year.
But then there was Nastradamus.

 

[prophecypro]

If you wanna vote Red or Meth let me know

They should definitely be added to the nominations. Blackout, Hard Knock Life Tour, Soundtrack work when Soundtracks meant something. I know we cant count late 98 shyt but if you wanna argue the momentum of their singles form that winter into spring, thats a factor too

Def Jam 98-99 was like WWF 98-99. Instant bank

 

[Techniec]

The producer rapper ultimately screws these kind of polls up

Cuz 99 was Dres year...he was the MVP

There is no other answer

 

[ManBearPig]

I'm not saying that. Just showing how it can be difficult to judge b/c there were so many amazing songs he did that year.
But then there was Nastradamus.

Nastradamus was really that bad?

The album from life we chose to Come and get me were all dope and Nas had a really good verse on last words

 

[prophecypro]

Top 10 yeah. Top 5 pushing it. No 2? FOH

If a dude can even get into the top 5-10 in this year then well done to him

This was a very difficult year to chose made harder by the fact that it was seen as disappointing at the time but rap as a whole was just so big. Even underground dudes were going gold and platinum and MTV HAD to give Hip Hop its props. Cant be mad at who people voted this year because the demographics were such that everyone probably someone who meant something to them that year.

 

[prophecypro]

The producer rapper ultimately screws these kind of polls up

Cuz 99 was Dres year...he was the MVP

There is no other answer

He ran late 99 and all of 2000 off that wave

But like early to mid 99 felt like New York/Def Jam still.

 

[Techniec]

He ran late 99 and all of 2000 off that wave

But like early to mid 99 felt like New York/Def Jam still.

Of course i agree but based on the rules of the thread where we have to consider the calender year only 2001 was THE album that got released in 99

 

[prophecypro]

Of course i agree but based on the rules of the thread where we have to consider the calender year only 2001 was THE album that got released in 99

Its a classic and is remembered as such so I would agree

I would like to argue Black on Both Sides, Internal Affairs and the Slim Shady LP should count as classics too but thats just me

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

They should definitely be added to the nominations. Blackout, Hard Knock Life Tour, Soundtrack work when Soundtracks meant something. I know we cant count late 98 shyt but if you wanna argue the momentum of their singles form that winter into spring, thats a factor too

Def Jam 98-99 was like WWF 98-99. Instant bank

Wanna leave options open for actual vote requests. But I did want to put them on the poll initially.