Pick Your Rap Dream Team (Rappers Pick Their's Inside)

[The Ruler 09]

Was looking through some old XXL's and they had a feature in one from 2003 where rappers picked their 5 rappers in their dream team dead or alive in rank order. What you think of the choices? And what's yours?

Fat Joe: 1: Big Pun, 2: KRS-One, 3: Nas, 4: Eminem, 5: Kool G Rap

Rakim: 1: Melle Mel, 2: Raekwon, 3: Sadat X, 4: Kool Moe Dee, 5: M.O.P

Bubba Sparxx: 1: Andre 3000, 2: Cee-Lo, 3: Big Boi, 4: Scarface, 5: 8Ball

Talib Kweli: 1: 2 Pac, 2: Notorious B.I.G, 3: Black Thought, 4: Nas, 5: Jay Z

Jadakiss: 1: Notorious B.I.G, 2: 2 Pac, 3: Eminem, 4: Nas, 5: Styles P

50 Cent: 1: 2 Pac, 2: Notorious B.I.G, 3: Snoop Dogg, 4: Eminem, 5: Kool G Rap

Canibus: 1: Rakim, 2: Kool G Rap, 3: Redman, 4: Eminem, 5: Nas

Tricky Daddy: 1: Smoke, 2: Nelly, 3: Nas, 4: Scarface, 5: Ludacris

Joe Budden: 1: 2 Pac, 2: Jay Z, 3: Notorious B.I.G, 4: Rakim, 5: Big Daddy Kane

Raekwon: 1: Rakim, 2: Slick Rick, 3: Big Daddy Kane, 4: Kool G Rap, 5: Notorious B.I.G

Kurupt: 1: Rakim, 2: Kool G Rap, 3: Rosco, 4: Cassidy, 5: N.W.A

Trina: 1: Jay Z, 2: 50 Cent, 3: Nelly, 4: Ludacris, 5: Baby

David Banner: 1: 2 Pac, 2: Pimp C, 3: Scarface, 4: Andre 300, 5: Busta Rhymes

Fabulous: 1: Notorious B.I.G, 2: 2 Pac, 3: Jay Z, 4: Nas, 5: Eminem/Jadakiss

Common: 1: KRS-One, 2: Big Daddy Kane, 3: Rakim, 4: Notorious B.I.G, 5: Nas

Memphis Bleek: 1: Jay Z, 2: Notorious B.I.G, 3: 2 Pac, 4: Run DMC, 5: Rakim

Snoop Dogg: 1: 2 Pac, 2: Slick Rick, 3: Rakim, 4: Notorious B.I.G, 5: Too Short

Nelly: 1: 2 Pac, 2: Notorious B.I.G, 3: LL Cool J, 4: E-40, 5: Scarface

Redman: 1: Slick Rick, 2: KRS-One, 3: Notorious B.I.G, 4: Jay Z, 5: Eminem

Prodigy: 1: Rakim, 2: LL Cool J, 3: Kool G Rap, 4: Big Daddy Kane, 5: Run DMC

Killer Mike: 1: Rakim, 2: Scarface, 3: Bun B, 4: Big Boi, 5: Jay Z

Lil Flip: 1: Jadakiss, 2: Scarface, 3: DMX, 4: Eminem, 5: 50 Cent

WC: 1: Ice Cube, 2: Mack 10, 3: 2 Pac, 4: Notorious B.I.G, 5: Jay Z

Q Tip: 1: Notorious B.I.G, 2: Nas, 3: Rakim, 4: Slick Rick, 5: KRS-One

Erik Sermon: 1: Jay Z, 2: Notorious B.I.G, 3: Redman, 4: KRS-One, 5: Rakim

 

[The Ruler 09]

I think mine is something like....

1: 2 Pac, 2: KRS-One, 3: Biggie, 4: Big Pun, 5: Big Daddy Kane

 

[The Ruler 09]

Upppin this for anyone who missed it, don't think this is online anywhere else.

 

[desp]

Surprised that Ra hold Rae in such high regard And really surprised by him having M.O.P. up there.

And Canibus got Em on there

 

[MiC]

Em mentioned as a top 5 quite a few times by his peers.

Guess the coli view of random bloggers that say he isn't top 10 holds more weight though

 

[Plexxx]

hardly anybody pick Nas.


EDIT:idk what i was reading. i guess cause his name is so short i couldnt find it

 

[DaveyDave]

Nas is there a few times but @ Trina picking Baby and Nelly and Kurupt being slick picking NWA

 

[desp]

Nas is there a few times but @ Trina picking Baby and Nelly and Kurupt being slick picking NWA

Trick Daddy snuck Nelly in there too

 

[The_Third_Man]

Canibus got the best team

@ kurupt picking his little brother

 

[The Ruler 09]

Remember people that is a rap team... not a top 5 of all time.

 

[The Ruler 09]

Canibus got the best team

@ kurupt picking his little brother

It's his team lol, not a GOAT list, I would probably pick my brother too if he was a dope/capable rapper lol, infact I'm surprised some of the artists in groups didn't pick there group mates more. WC did I see though, and Kiss even though Styles was like number 5 lol.

 

[The Ruler 09]

Em mentioned as a top 5 quite a few times by his peers.

Guess the coli view of random bloggers that say he isn't top 10 holds more weight though

Remember it's a rap team not a GOAT list, at the time Eminem was one of the biggest most prominent artists. Most of the highest ranking rappers don't have Eminem in their GOAT list.

Like my team is different from my top 5 of all time. It's a different picking process.

 

[The Ruler 09]

Nas is there a few times but @ Trina picking Baby and Nelly and Kurupt being slick picking NWA

Was slick anyone who picked groups or did ties, that's almost cheating lol.

 

[SpacelySprockets]

Nelly was a heavyweight in 2003 so its understandable people pick him, if something like this came out today people in 2023 would be looking back like "they picked drake?"

 

[The Ruler 09]

I thought Common's team was ill.