Best Rapper Alive - 2011 (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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Brethren...welcome to 2011!

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/

1999
Mos Def (MVP), Prodigy, Jay-Z, DMX, Nas
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/best...isnt-on-poll-make-a-request-in-thread.473402/

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/

2011
Kendrick Lamar (MVP), Drake, ASAP Rocky, Jay-Z, Raekwon/Danny Brown
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/best...isnt-on-poll-make-a-request-in-thread.473784/

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

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apologies to anyone forgotten

I don't know who to vote for yet

 

[JordanwiththeWiz]

November 16 2011 6 God blessed with Take Care

Sound

 

[The Ruler 09]

Would vote for K-Rino....

• 2011: Alien Baby

• 2011: The Day Of The Storm

The Day Of The Storm is 1 of my favourite albums, still listen to that regularly.

Alien Baby was also very solid and had some classic songs.

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

Would vote for K-Rino...

• 2011: Alien Baby

• 2011: The Day Of The Storm

you never cease to amaze

Rino added

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Curren$y should be on there. He had two albums that year

 

[mobbinfms]

Voted Saigon.
Greatest Story Never Told was pretty much perfect.
Too bad it didn't really make any waves in the mainstream.
But it was the best album to me, so that's what I'm going with.

I would probably vote Raekwon number two and Kendrick third.

The Jay/Kanye album was very disappointing.
The Drake album was 3 or 3.5 mics.
Cole's album was alright.
Common's album was good, but he was missing a step.

Weak year over all.

 

[mobbinfms]

Curren$y should be on there. He had two albums that year

We definitely considered him.
Is he your vote?

 

[The Ruler 09]

Others I enjoyed were...

Lowkey
Blu
Saigon
Common
ShinSight Trio
Pharaohe Monch
Immortal Technique
Canibus

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

Curren$y should be on there. He had two albums that year

is he your pick?

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Prolly so. I think I listened to him more than anyone else that year. Especially The Covert Coup album with Alchemist. You should consider Wiz Khalifa too. Black and Yellow was huge

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

Idk whether to do the homer pick and go Raekwon

kinda leaning towards Danny Brown

XXX was probably one of my favourite albums of that year and Danny's a great rapper

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

Prolly so. I think I listened to him more than anyone else that year. Especially The Covert Coup album with Alchemist. You should consider Wiz Khalifa too. Black and Yellow was huge

Breh we have no room to "consider" people lol considering the poll restrictions. But I did mention Wiz in my preliminary options but once we cut it down to size (about 11 people), he didn't make the cut.

Curren$y added.

 

[str8up]

Danny Brown for me, he dropped the best album of 2011 in my opinion

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Breh we have no room to "consider" people lol considering the poll restrictions. But I did mention Wiz in my preliminary options but once we cut it down to size (about 11 people), he didn't make the cut.

Curren$y added.

Curren$y is my vote but Wiz had a bigger 2011 than half the list. You got K Rino and no Wiz Khalifa