Ghostface in anyone’s top 5?!

Ghostface is in your top 5?


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He's not in my top 5. But he would be in a top 15. The greatest of the Wu.
 

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Ok.

Ghost being played/requested amongst Hip Hop heads was a regular occurrence in the 90s and early 2000s. This ain't no Eminem situation.
A lot of stuff was requested. Never Ghostface. There was a time I remember people requesting Canibus, Ras Kass, even Papoose.
 

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A lot of stuff was requested. Never Ghostface. There was a time I remember people requesting Canibus, Ras Kass, even Papoose.

Imagine people requesting Canibus, Ras Kass and Papoose more than Ghostface :russ:

I was taking you serious for a minute, breh. Good shyt. You got me.
 

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Imagine people requesting Canibus, Ras Kass and Papoose more than Ghostface :russ:

I was taking you serious for a minute, breh. Good shyt. You got me.
Maybe Ghost was just regional. How old are you where you from?
 

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I had him there but it's not realistic anymore.

Too many older mcs consistently rapping at a high level.
Method Man and Black Thought won't make anyone's top 5 but he can't rap with them in 2024.

KRS and Kool Keith are years older but are still capable of writing memorable rhymes. Redman drops random videos when he gets inspired, and many of those songs/freestyles are creative. Styles/Jada/Sheek are still cold.

Nas got a 3rd/4th wind. AZ sounds inspired when he raps.

Ghost has to show some creativity. His music has been tame for 10 plus years. We can't just shoot at everything that shyt is corny. Slick Rick will drop in 2030 and still say some slick shyt. G Rap spit that shyt teeth or no teeth. Tony needs to show me more.
 

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i think ghost is without question the GOAT wu-tang member.

i've got him top 10, but top 5 is hard.

consistency, lyrics, storytelling, creativity, beats, song-making... ghost is right there with anybody. but i dont think his impact as a solo artist is on the level of the folks who would likely rank ahead of him.

if the ranking is top 5 artists though? just who was the best at making music? he's in there easy.
 
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