Best Rapper Alive - 2008 (IF YOUR MVP CHOICE ISN'T ON POLL, MAKE A REQUEST IN THREAD)

[Inspect Her Deck]

This is the first official thread for a series I'll call 'Best Rapper Alive'. Basically, in this thread (http://www.thecoli.com/threads/revi...list-how-can-we-make-it-more-accurate.465427/), I discussed Complex's article that covered this very issue.

I thought we'd do a Coli spin on things and vote for who we believe to be the rap MVP of each year. I will be going from 1985-2015 but the threads won't be made in ascending or descending order. Just random.

Basically, I will be listing contenders as poll options for MVP of any given year and y'all get one vote to vote for your MVP.

POINT SYSTEM
I will only reward the top 5 finishers of each poll.

1st place = 10 points
2nd place = 5 points
3rd place = 3 points
4th place = 2 points
5th place = 1 point

The reason the remaining 4 places matter is because when all is said and done, I'll be tallying up points to see who finishes in the top 10 ever. This is done to reward consistent top 5 placers in multiple years even if they never won the MVP for one given year.

CONTENDER PRE-REQUISITES
There's only one real pre-requisite. You must have a project released in that year (whether an album, mixtape, EP or similar). This matters more to me than it does to you guys since I'm making the poll options, but just so y'all know this is the angle I'm coming from. Snoop Dogg cannot be in contention for 1995 for example.

As for groups and duos, if there's a standout member I will put them for contention if I deem them worthy enough e.g. Andre 3000 for 1998 or Ice Cube for 1988.

As for number of contenders per thread, it will depend on the year. A year like 1994 will likely have 10-15 contenders (max poll option is 15), but for 1985 it could be 5-6 only.

If your desired contender for any year is not one of the poll options and you plan to vote for that person, please make it known in the thread so I can add a poll option. DO NOT complain about an artist missing if you don't have intentions to vote for him/her.

The list is merely preliminary and if you want to vote for someone not listed - just reply to the thread and ask. The list isn't exhaustive and meant to represent every rapper who had a great year any given year. The list is meant to be interactive. I have left spots open for people to be nominated.

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We've reached the gate for the year 2008. Enter!

I thought I'd also make a new hashtag for y'all to follow, so you can keep up to date with every thread release. Let's go with #BRAColi.

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Here are the results thus far (10/5/3/2/1 point system). If you see a name/name, it means they received equal amount of votes and are registered in the same rank spot.

1985
LL Cool J (MVP), Run/Too Short, DMC/Schoolly D
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/best...isnt-on-poll-make-a-request-in-thread.470040/

1986
Run (MVP), Too Short, Kool Moe Dee, DMC, Doug E. Fresh
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/best...isnt-on-poll-make-a-request-in-thread.471878/

1987
Rakim (MVP), KRS-One, LL Cool J, Too Short/Chuck D/Fresh Prince
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/best-rapper-alive-1987.466461/

1988
Rakim (MVP), Big Daddy Kane/Slick Rick, Ice Cube, Chuck D, Eazy-E
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/best-rapper-alive-1988.467361/

1989
The D.O.C. (MVP), Big Daddy Kane, KRS-One, Kool G Rap, Too Short
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/best...isnt-on-poll-make-a-request-in-thread.468688/

1990
Ice Cube (MVP), Q-Tip, LL Cool J, Too Short/Rakim/KRS-One, Chuck D
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/best...isnt-on-poll-make-a-request-in-thread.472572/

1992
Ice Cube (MVP), Redman, Dr. Dre, Spice-1, Rakim/Kool G Rap
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/best-rapper-alive-1992.468014/

1993
Snoop Dogg (MVP), 2Pac, Buckshot/KRS-One/Ice Cube/Method Man, Treach/Eazy-E
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/best...isnt-on-poll-make-a-request-in-thread.471146/

1994
Nas (MVP), The Notorious B.I.G., Method Man, Redman, Warren G
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/best-rapper-alive-1994.465498/

1997
The Notorious B.I.G. (MVP), Jay-Z, Master P, Common/Scarface/Noreaga, Will Smith/Inspectah Deck/Suga Free/Busta Rhymes
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/best...isnt-on-poll-make-a-request-in-thread.469394/

1998
DMX (MVP), Jay-Z, Big Pun, Andre 3000, Lauryn Hill
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/best-rapper-alive-1998.466705/

2000
Ghostface Killah (MVP), Eminem, Jay-Z, Andre 3000, Common
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/best-rapper-alive-2000.465828/

2001
Jay-Z (MVP), Nas, Ghostface Killah/Project Pat, Cormega/Bizzy Bone, Esham/Foxy Brown/Juvenile/Ludacris/Fabolous
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/best-rapper-alive-2001.471519/

2004
Kanye West (MVP), Lloyd Banks, MF DOOM, T.I., Lil Wayne
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/best...isnt-on-poll-make-a-request-in-thread.468350/

2006
Lupe Fiasco (MVP), T.I., Ghostface Killah, Nas, Lil Wayne
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/best...isnt-on-poll-make-a-request-in-thread.469727/

2008
Lil Wayne (MVP), Nas, Kanye West, T.I., Young Jeezy
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/best...isnt-on-poll-make-a-request-in-thread.472939/

2009
Raekwon (MVP), Rick Ross/Gucci Mane, Jay-Z/Drake, Mos Def/Kid Cudi, Lil Wayne
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/best-rapper-alive-2009.466998/

2010
Kanye West (MVP), Rick Ross, Nas, Drake, Roc Marciano
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/best...isnt-on-poll-make-a-request-in-thread.469073/

2012
Kendrick Lamar (MVP), Nas, Rick Ross, K-Rino, Curren$y
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/best-rapper-alive-2012.470424/

2013
Pusha T (MVP), Drake/J Cole, ASAP Rocky/Kanye West, Killah Priest, Prodigy/Killer Mike/Roc Marciano/Wale/Danny Brown
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/best-rapper-alive-2013.467705/

2014
Freddie Gibbs (MVP), J Cole, Future, YG/Rick Ross/Ghostface Killah, K-Rino/Azalea Banks/Killer Mike/Big K.R.I.T.
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/best...isnt-on-poll-make-a-request-in-thread.472233/

2015
Kendrick Lamar (MVP), Lupe Fiasco, Future, Drake, Big Sean
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/best-rapper-alive-2015.466158/

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

#bracoli

#tpc

Lil Wayne for me. C3 was absolutely massive and contrary to some hip-hop purists' belief, this is a great album imo. Not as good as his first two Carters perhaps, but I feel its conciseness gives it an edge that perhaps the first two Carters don't have.

T.I. deserves an HM for Paper Trail. If I have this right I think it actually outsold C3. Someone verify this.

Another shout-out to someone not on the poll actually. Ice Cube continued this late 2000s renovation run with a return to old form in terms of conscious rap in the form of Raw Footage. Why Me? is one of my favourite songs of the late 2000s for sure, and of course Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It speaks for itself.

@JayOne @Illeye buckmatic @mobbinfms @MidnightMercenary @Billy Ocean @smitty22 @BmoreGorilla @ISO @gabbo @StillNotSoft @Da King @WestWestYall @Deltron @IronFist @stomachlines @Deucage @Black_Panther_JS @kingofnyc @Tunez @SpacelySprockets @A Tribe Called Quest ™ @NoHalfWay @str8up

apologies to anyone forgotten

 

[Travellin' Man]

Nas

 

[A Tribe Called Quest ™]

T.I.

 

[A Tribe Called Quest ™]

Nas

this track bumps though but Nas saying he ok with Eminem saying the N Word

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

T.I.

was T.I.'s album the highest selling that year?

 

[Black_Panther_JS]

Hands down Wayne wins this

 

[A Tribe Called Quest ™]

VOTING TIP though @StillNotSoft vote TIP brehs

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

Hands down Wayne wins this

watch him not win this on this backwards ass website


if Nas wins...

 

[A Tribe Called Quest ™]

was T.I.'s album the highest selling that year?

Nah hip hop wise it was Carter 3 but T.I. was a close second and then Ye with 808's

 

[A Tribe Called Quest ™]

watch him not win this on this backwards ass website


if Nas wins...

Well TIP didn't win 06 so we might as well give him this

 

[Palm Tree's & Blunts]

Lil Wayne mixtapes were on fire during that time. It's really neck to neck with game and wayne.

Go with wayne because I was bumping his shyt a lot during that time

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

Well TIP didn't win 06 so we might as well give him this

Lil Wayne
T.I.

anyone else winning is a problem

they should be the top 2 in some order

but in 06 I voted Ghost because his album was supremely amazing and he released a dope carryover album that same year. T.I. was the MVP in an appeal sense though and King was great.

 

[Travellin' Man]

this track bumps though but Nas saying he ok with Eminem saying the N Word

I don't agree with Nas on that, but the thread asked about mvp mc of 2008 and I answered that. We talking about an mcs' talent, not his personal opinion on some racial issues

Some of y'all loves to troll and play all day. Grow the fukk up

 

[A Tribe Called Quest ™]

Lil Wayne
T.I.

anyone else winning is a problem

they should be the top 2 in some order

but in 06 I voted Ghost because his album was supremely amazing and he released a dope carryover album that same year. T.I. was the MVP in an appeal sense though and King was great.

Paper Trail lowkey underrated asf , some of his best joints on there