Of all rappers who got their start in a group, who has the best solo discography?

[987654321]

Jeezy

He started solo

 

[Sean7]

Cube
Ghost
Rae
Can't forget Face too, dude is a legend

 

[Pressure]

He started solo

He was in the group when he blew up. Which is why he left the group.

 

[Plankton]

You got me there, but technically, he wasn't started out in a rap group. They started a rap group without Pac. He was more like a guest feature for them with 3 songs, but he was a backup dancer for Digital Underground, which is why they listed him as a past member.

My dude. You just learned today that Pac was on more then just one Digital Underground song. with all due respect but that alone tells me you more then likely was not around or wasn't paying attention to that relationship back in the day.


There was no way of separating Pac from Digital Underground back in 1991. He had Shock G in his first video Trapped. Shock G was a superstar (well Humpty was the actual superstar)so he was the one who stood out in this video. Its literally Shock G on the hook of Pacs first single. When I first saw this video on Yo MTV raps I said "Oh Thats dude from Digital Underground." Wasn't no "Oh he's just the back up dancer" stuff you trying to make up and freestyle about now.

 

[987654321]

He was in the group when he blew up. Which is why he left the group.

He started as lil J, but was already known as Jeezy before boyz in the hood album came out. The song Trap or Die came out in 2003. He and others explained that the group was never going to be a permanent thing, it was for promotion. He was always a solo artist.

 

[JadeB]

No mention of Tyler, the Creator? Or Earl Sweatshirt?

 

[Awesome Wells]

Cube
DOOM
Mos Def
Scarface
Sean Price
Diamond D
Busta Rhymes

 

[Ziggiy]

Busta is probably the most successful. Hardly anyone associates him with Leaders of The New School.


The best as far as quality of solo material gotta be Ghostface hands down.

 

[CanesMiamiLakers]

Lil Wayne

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

Lil Flip

 

[Justin Nitsuj]

He was in the group when he blew up. Which is why he left the group.

But he was a solo artist before he was in the group. The group blew him up which made him go back the solo route. He was going by Lil J and he sounded like Trick Daddy.

 

[Groundworks]

C-Murder

 

[Pharaoh]

Suprised none of yall said 2chainz. His 2012 run was remarkable.

 

[EA]

2Chainz
Mos Def
Busta Rhymes
Q-Tip
GFK
Raekwon
Sean Price
Black Milk (If BR Gunna counts as a group)

 

[Barney Rubble]

Lots of great choices already listed.

Some more
Devin The Dude
Roc Marciano
Ka
CeeLo