if Eminem in your top5 DOA then your hip hop pass should be revoked ASAP

[FreshandClean]

If Em is top 5 at least that means out of;
Rakim
Cube
Mos
Chuck D
Scarface
Andre
G Rap
Ras Kass
Redman

........Only 1 of them would round out the top 5.......even tho every 1 of these nikkas is leagues ahead of him, many he even conceded were better on Til I Collapse

Jesus some of these people more inconsistent than em

 

[Newportbox]

lol @ Kenny ,RTJ , rakim, de la soul,KRS having 3 classic

Hold the fukk up.......... You don't think De La have 3 classics? 3 Feet, DE La Is Dead & Stakes. shyt, you can make a case for Buhloone Mindstate.

 

[Palm Tree's & Blunts]

True but in equal measure some of his haters make it out like he was always terrible dude put out some good stuff around the turn of the millennium, credit where it's due

No I totally agree. Plus I felt like he's the reason white rappers are taken seriously.

Me personally he's top 20 for sure.

 

[The Blind Man]

No I totally agree. Plus I felt like he's the reason white rappers are taken seriously.

Me personally he's top 20 for sure.

Is that a contributing factor to Em being in your Top 20?

 

[Palm Tree's & Blunts]

Is that a contributing factor to Em being in your Top 20?

No being to able to rap is. Say what you want but em has bars.

 

[The Blind Man]

No being to able to rap is. Say what you want but em has bars.

No doubt. Thats not enough for me though. A lot of emcees got bars, just not bars for me.

I can respect a mans craft without liking the product.

 

[qnsfinest]

Do you guys just pull rappers names out of hats and say "okay today on the coli, I'm gonna claim if this rapper isn't in your top 5 top 10, you don't know shyt"?

Em is nice no doubt, great features, great songs and verses. But he has yet to make a classic album in my opinion, remember I said my opinion. I don't knock other people's taste in music, to each their own. But to me Em might be in my top 20 and nothing more.

 

[3rdWorld]

Actually you could make an amazing album selecting from his entire catalog.


But then again you can say the same for any rapper with more than 3 albums decent or bad.
He's technically way above average, but can't hack it today so he's not great and certainly not top 5 let alone 10.

 

[The Blind Man]

He's technically way above average, but can't hack it today so he's not great and certainly not top 5 let alone 10.

What does "technically way above average" mean?

Can you qualify this without contradicting the rest of your quoted sentence?

 

[Xecutioner]

And exactly why should my hip hop pass should be revoked because Em is in my top 5? He's in my top 3 actually.

 

[3rdWorld]

What does "technically way above average" mean?

Can you qualify this without contradicting the rest of your quoted sentence?

He can flow..

Well he used to be able to.

 

[FreshandClean]

Hold the fukk up.......... You don't think De La have 3 classics? 3 Feet, DE La Is Dead & Stakes. shyt, you can make a case for Buhloone Mindstate.

They got 2 bruh

 

[The Blind Man]

He can flow..

Well he used to be able to.

I think flowing and being able to rap well are basic requirements for Emcee Hall of Fame.

 

[smokeurobinson]

. But, if we're being honest his peak was over a decade ago.

If we're being honets most of the names people have mentioned as their top 5 had their peaks die out over a decade ago or more as well.

 

[The Blind Man]

And exactly why should my hip hop pass should be revoked because Em is in my top 5? He's in my top 3 actually.

Nah fukk that fam your hip-hop pass is your own, fukk what OP is saying.

Em wouldnt get near my top 20 but I respect any hip hop heads version of a top 20 as long as it follows the simple code, no biting, no ghostwriting.