is T.I. top 25 of all-time?

[Absolut da poet ®]

Probably not

But why does it matter

Aint like he's not selling records or making money

Alot of guys in the top 25 wish they could make money off a fake ass list

 

[W.I.Z.E.]

I think he and Luda don't get their props. I have him close but not top 25.


In no order:

Nas
Black thought
Biggie
2Pac
Rakim
Jay-Z
Big L
Big Pun
Kool G Rap
KRS-One
Monch
AZ
Eminem
Phonte
Ice Cube
Face
Redman
DMX
Mos Def
Common
Andre 3000
Ghostface Killah
Raekwon
Big Daddy Kane
LL Cool J
Slick Rick
Busta

All wud be ahead of TI

And mos definitely drake

 

[SirBiatch]

Stanning mediocre rappers really is a Coli pastime

 

[Gains]

1 star

 

[Ian1362]

There are some stupid names but Q tip and Lord finesse better than tip

Really nikka

Q-Tip has at least 3 classic albums, classic production credits, and classic verses

 

[stealthbomber]

Q-Tip has at least 3 classic albums, classic production credits, and classic verses

A tribe called Quest has 2 classic albums

They're my favorite group but bar for bar ti is a better rapper than qtip

 

[blackzeus]

DMX
Ice Cube
2Pac
Biggie
Big Pun
Busta Rhymes
Chuck D
KRS
Eminem
50 Cent
Scarface
Master P
LL Cool J
Snoop Dogg
Jay Z
Eazy-E
Rakim
3stacks
Big Boi
DJ Quik
Bun B
Nas
Big Daddy Kane
Common
Slick Rick
Ghostface

Off top of my head all better than T.I.

 

[Bugsmoran]

 

[TXTrill1]

Hell naw boi. When did you start listening to Hip Hop??

 

[nieman]

Top 25 careers, probably. But the way I see it, there are at least 5 better rappers in Wu, and 5 better rappers in QB. So you mean to tell me that in the history of rap, he makes the next 15? And he only tries ay a vicious pen about 10% of the time.

I think TI is still popular because he hails from that era of "Can't do any wrong". If he put out a dud, the new wave fan would never call him on it.

 

[BlackMajik]

I think he is. Just off the strength of the run he had he is in mines. At his peak people really don't understand how he was rapping his ass off. Go back and listen

I always say TI had one of the smoothest flows/coolest deliverys we ever witnessed mainstream when he first came out,right up there with Snoop imo.

He in my top 25,nikkas done forgot what early TI sounded like,and I'm proud to say I was there to witness as early as Im Serious

I let nikkas hear it and was tellin them he had next, and they laughed,threw pebbles at me,told me put some other shyt on

Next thing you know he drops that Never Scared remix verse,that 24's drops....all of a sudden these lil nikkas was acting like they seen a ghost and was all ears

 

[Big Mel]

I like Sheek Louch more than TI.

 

[A Tribe Called Quest ™]

DMX
Ice Cube
2Pac
Biggie
Big Pun
Busta Rhymes
Chuck D
KRS
Eminem
50 Cent
Scarface
Master P
LL Cool J
Snoop Dogg
Jay Z
Eazy-E
Rakim
3stacks
Big Boi
DJ Quik
Bun B
Nas
Big Daddy Kane
Common
Slick Rick
Ghostface

Off top of my head all better than T.I.

50 Cent?
You have to be stupid to think he's better than TIP

 

[A Tribe Called Quest ™]

Stanning mediocre rappers really is a Coli pastime

Like you

 

[JustCKing]

All things considered, T.I. is Top 25. Yes, I could probably give you a list of 25+ rappers that are more skilled, but it's more to it than that. T.I. did what a lot of better rappers can't/couldn't do: write songs. He had the hooks, the lyrics, the flow, and the delivery over often crazy production. He wasn't just some fad rapper that fell off and became irrelevant after 5 years. He was hitting you with quality music that was relevant for 10 years+. Yes, he had a couple of duds during that time, but the good far outweighed the bad. How many rappers fell off after album #1? There's goes a quarter of some of the lists in this thread right there. How many rappers couldn't drop a quality album after the first three? Scratch off another 25% of some of these lists.T.I. wasn't in a group and has solo material. There goes about 5-10% more of these lists.

Could he rap though? T.I. has held his own and even out shined some of the greatest rappers ever. He's spit some crazy verses on songs with Nas ("Grand Finale" and "Topless"), Ice Cube ("Grand Finale"), and Jay Z ("Swagga Like Us").

On top of that, I can't think of many rappers that were as great as T.I. at making commercial music. "What You Know" was the song that took T.I. to super stardom and it wasn't even a blatant crossover attempt. That album took King to being one of the biggest rap releases of 2006. Even before "What You Know", "Bring Em Out", "You Don't Know Me", "ASAP", and "Motivation" were all great singles.