So It Goes (1st - 2pac) (2nd - Jay) (3rd - Nas) Who 4th?

[Lewis Black]

Who deserves 4th place on the goat list.

 

[Akademiks]

BIG

 

[prophecypro]

Rakim or Biggie I guess.

Although I still feel like Cube and LL deserve a top 5-10 ranking.

 

[Pool_Shark]

Ice Cube or Scarface

 

[Lewis Black]

BIG

BIG was fourth on my list but dude only had 2 albums so no.

 

[Zach Lowe]

Pac isn't the best or even top 5

 

[FreeNuggz]

1.NAS
2.PAC
3.JAY
4.BIGGIE
5.GHOSTFACE

 

[CM_Burns]

To me it's Prodigy or Scarface, they have the deepest catalogs of good music besides those 3.

 

[Consigliere]

Why is Pac #1?

I honestly believe Jay and Nas have passed him and BIG at this point.

 

[Lewis Black]

Why is Pac #1?

I honestly believe Jay and Nas have passed him and BIG at this point.

1. Dude got 3 classic albums

2. Dude had 2 classic albums in the same year

3. Every album he improved

4. He was just 25 years old with 5 albums

5. He is the face of hip hop

 

[Jerz-2]

Yeah, I wouldn't have Pac #1.

 

[Jerz-2]

5. He is the face of hip hop

This is highly debateable, but is actually an excellent thread topic on its own.

 

[That Singer Guy...]

I dont mind Pac being at #1 since he accomplished at 25 what it took Nas & Jay their 30's through 40's to accomplish.

 

[Lewis Black]

This is highly debateable, but is actually an excellent thread topic on its own.

Like bob marley is the face for reggae my nikka pac the face for rap music. The only person who you can say is the face for rap apart from him is jay-z, other then that I really don't see anybody else taking that from pac.

 

[Jerz-2]

The only person who you can say is the face for rap apart from him is jay-z....

...that's the argument to be made, though.

When you say "the face of hip-hop", that to me denotes a level of fame and name recognition that transcends racial or age boundaries on an international basis....and they both have that.

It's an interesting debate.