List your top 25 rappers of the 80s, in order

[FreshAIG]

List your favorite in order. The ones you rocked with most. I was a baby in the 80s, but these are my favorites from that decade based off what I was exposed to and went back listened to and enjoyed the most.

1) Rakim
2) KRS-One
3) Big Daddy Kane
4) Slick Rick
5) Chuck D
6) LL Cool J
7) Kool G. Rap
8) The D.O.C.
9) Run
10) Ice Cube
11) Parrish Smith
12) Melle Mel
13) MC Ren
14) Grandmaster Caz
15) Biz Markie
16) MC Lyte
17) Special Ed
18) Kool Keith
19) Scarface
20) Just-Ice
21) Heavy D
22) Eazy E
23) Too Short
24) Chubb Rock
25) Ced Gee

 

[Soymuscle Mike]

1.Slick Rick
2. Rakim
3. LL
4. Krs-One
5. Chuck
6. Fresh Prince
7. Ice Cube
8. Ice-T
9. The DOC
10. Kool G Rap
11. Chuck D
12. Kane
13. Scarface
14. Melle Mell
15. Run
16. Eazy
17. Kool Keith
18. Mc Ren
19. Erick Sermon
20. Shan
21. Shock-G
22. Moe Dee
23. Masta Ace
24. Posdnuous
25. Heavy D

 

[Erratic415]

I really don't think I've listened to enough 80s rap to have a top 25 list. I started listening heavily in 91/92 and then went back to listen to 80s stuff by the late 90s/early 00s (thanks to Napster and other downloading forms), but almost all the stuff I listen to is 90s and on. Here's a try at a top 10. I'll have to think more about the rest. I'm pretty comfortable with my top 3, but the rest is tougher.

1) Rakim
2) Ice Cube
3) LL Cool J
4) Big Daddy Kane
5) Chuck D
6) Kool G. Rap
7) Too $hort
8) The D.O.C.
9) Eazy E
10) KRS-One

 

[FreshAIG]

1.Slick Rick
2. Rakim
3. LL
4. Krs-One
5. Chuck
6. Fresh Prince
7. Ice Cube
8. Ice-T
9. The DOC
10. Kool G Rap
11. Chuck D
12. Kane
13. Scarface
14. Melle Mell
15. Run
16. Eazy
17. Kool Keith
18. Mc Ren
19. Erick Sermon
20. Shan
21. Shock-G
22. Moe Dee
23. Masta Ace
24. Posdnuous
25. Heavy D

Damn you got Will high

 

[Kliq_Souf]

Rakim
KRS
Slick Rick
Kane
LL
Chuck D
EST
G Rap
Cube
Lord Finesse
Lyte
Schoolly D
Moe Dee
Run
Shan
Steady B
PMD
Sweet Tee
Jahlil
Daddy-O
Craig G
....

cant think of no one else...

edit: I was born at the end of 89, but I had young parents and was around a lot of hiphop as a child (lot of DJs in my neighborhood)

 

[Soymuscle Mike]

Damn you got Will high

I love that shyt

A LOT of people on that list would be much higher if we included their 90's work though, and Will would be much lower.

 

[razassin]

Rakim
Kool G Rap
NWA
Big Daddy Kane
LL Cool J
Boogie Down Productions

muthafukk the rest im too young to know

 

[I'm Blackman]

Damn, this is hard:

1.) Cube
2.) Rakim
3.) Short
4.) Face
5.) Chuck
6.) LL
7.) Ice-T
8.) Fresh Prince
9.) Kool G Rap
10.) Kane
11.) Eazy
12.) DOC
13.) Slick Rick
14.) Gheto Boyz
15.) Salt and Peppa
16.) Latifah

Bout as deep as I go in the 80s.

 

[Surreal]

Rakim
Melle Mel
Slick Rick
KRS
LL
Kane
Moe Dee
G Rap
Chuck D
Shan
DOC
Just Ice
Ice T
EPMD
Heavy D
Short Dogg
Mc Lyte
Steady B
Whodini
Run
DMC
Schooly
Roxanne
Queen
Fat Boy z
Fresh Prince
Biz

I forgot to add Jay-z

27 of em

I view Cube of a more 90s rapper

 

[Nasir The God Son]

How old are you nikkas?

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

GROUPS
25. Boogie Boys
24. 3rd Bass
23. Stetsasonic
22. Finesse & Synquis
21. Grandwizard Theodore & The Fantastic Five
20. 2 Live Crew
19. Sugar Hill Gang
18. UTFO
17. Funky 4+1
16. Treacherous Three
15. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
14. 3X Dope
13. Fantasy Three
12. EPMD
11. Nice-N-Smooth
10. Public Enemy
9. Cold Crush Bros
8. Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew
7. Salt-N-Pepa
6. Kid-N-Play
5. Beastie Boys
4. NWA
3. Fat Boys
2. Whodini
1. Run DMC



SOLO
25. Cool C/Steady B
24. Jaz-O
23. D.O.C.
22. T-La Rock w/ Jazzy Jay
21. KRS-One w/ BDP
20. Slick Rick/Dana Dane
19. MC Shan
18. Super Lover Cee w/ Casanova Rudd
17. Ice T
16. MC Hammer
15. Biz Markie
14. Sweet Tee
13. Jazz Fresh
12. MC Breeze
11. Kool Moe Dee
10. Kurtis Blow
9. Big Daddy Kane
8. Kool G. Rap w/ DJ Polo
7. Heavy D & The Boyz
6. Roxanne Shante
5. Rakim w/ Eric B
4. Eazy-E
3. Schooly D
2. Fresh Prince w/ Jazzy Jeff & Ready Rock C
1. LL Cool J

 

[DANJ!]

1- Kane
2- Rakim
3- LL
4- Slick Rick
5- KRS-One
6- Ice Cube
7- Chuck D
8- Kool G Rap
9- Run
10- The D.O.C.
11- Parrish Smith
12- Erick Sermon
13- Special Ed
14- Heavy D
15- Posdnuos
16- DMC
17- MC Lyte
18- MC Ren
19- Eazy
20- Doug E. Fresh
21- Queen Latifah
22- Biz Markie
23- Jalil/Ecstacy
24- Kool Moe Dee
25- Fresh Prince

 

[FreshAIG]

How old are you nikkas?

37. I was a baby during most of this era but I was still listening to rap and exposed to a lot of music because my cousins would play it all the time when they baby sat me. But then, of course, you get older and go back and really understand what nikkas was saying.

 

[FreshAIG]

GROUPS
25. Boogie Boys
24. Crash Crew
23. Fearless Four
22. Stetsasonic
21. Grandwizard Theodore & The Fantastic Five
20. 2 Live Crew
19. Sugar Hill Gang
18. UTFO
17. Funky 4+1
16. Treacherous Three
15. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
14. 3X Dope
13. Fantasy Three
12. EPMD
11. Nice-N-Smooth
10. Public Enemy
9. Cold Crush Bros
8. Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew
7. Salt-N-Pepa
6. Beastie Boys
5. Kid-N-Play
4. NWA
3. Fat Boys
2. Whodini
1. Run DMC

:DJ2:

SOLO
25. Spoonie Gee
24. Tone Loc
23. Cool C/Steady B
22. Jaz-O
21. D.O.C.
20. T-La Rock w/ Jazzy Jay
19. Slick Rick/Dana Dane
18. KRS-One/MC Shan
17. Ice T
16. MC Hammer
15. Biz Markie
14. Sweet Tee
13. Jazz Fresh
12. MC Breeze
11. Kool Moe Dee
10. Kurtis Blow
9. Big Daddy Kane
8. Kool G. Rap w/ DJ Polo
7. Heavy D & The Boyz
6. Roxanne Shante
5. Rakim w/ Eric B
4. Eazy-E
3. Fresh Prince w/ Jazzy Jeff & Ready Rock C
2. Schooly D
1. LL Cool J

Well put together. I'm seeing Will high on these lists.

 

[Surreal]

None of y'all got Jay-Z in y'all top 25?