The Best Rapper Alive, Every Year Since 1979 (Complex)

[MINT]

1979: Grandmaster Caz
1980: Kurtis Blow
1981: Kool Moe Dee
1982: Melle Mel
1983: Run
1984: Run
1985: LL Cool J
1986: KRS-One
1987: Rakim
1988: Slick Rick
1989: Big Daddy Kane
1990: Ice Cube
1991: Q-Tip
1992: Redman
1993: Snoop Doggy Dogg
1994: Nas
1995: The Notorious B.I.G.
1996: 2Pac
1997: The Notorious B.I.G.
1998: DMX
1999: Jay-Z
2000: Eminem
2001: Jay-Z
2002: Eminem
2003: 50 Cent
2004: T.I.
2005: Young Jeezy
2006: Lil Wayne
2007: Kanye West
2008: Lil Wayne
2009: Jay-Z
2010: Kanye West
2011: Drake
2012: Drake
2013: Kendrick Lamar


1979: Grandmaster Caz — The Best Rapper Alive, Every Year Since 1979 | Complex

 

[JuvenileHell]

c*ntplex stay makin' terrible lists...

 

[Never Broke Again]

actually a pretty good list but u already know some bitter nikkas gonna be pickin it apart with the generic "fukk complex" comments because their favorite no ones weren't listed

 

[Mr. Negative]

Kanye West!?

 

[DoomzdayzV]

Eminem better than Ghost in 2000.....yeaaaahhhh

 

[Consigliere]

Not really mad at this list.

 

[28 Gramz]

Jeezy dropped a masterpiece in 05 with 101 but Best Rapper Alive

Wayne was also better than TI in 2004

 

[Sad Bunny]

Jeezy dropped a masterpiece in 05 with 101 but Best Rapper Alive

Wayne was also better than TI in 2004

And Wayne was that nicca in 2007 -- da Drought 3

 

[Tuling]

Pretty accurate. Would only change maybe 2 years

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

You can look back on the hip-hop terrain with 20/20 hindsight, tally up the votes, and declare the GOATs, but the Best Rapper Alive from year to year is a feeling in the moment.

Wayne in 04 over TI? Nope Urban Legend >>> The Carter. I'd put TI over Wayne in 2006 as well. Other than that, list looks legit

 

[28 Gramz]

And Wayne was that nicca in 2007 -- da Drought 3

Yeah, Wayne was on some other shyt in 07..those Carter 3 Bootlegs and Drought 3 were just

And wait...how the fukk was 50 better than Hov in 03

 

[NvrCMyNut]

actually a pretty good list but u already know some bitter nikkas gonna be pickin it apart with the generic "fukk complex" comments because their favorite no ones weren't listed

Prime example:

Eminem better than Ghost in 2000.....yeaaaahhhh

decent list

 

[Rominati]

Wayne was running rap period post 2006 until he lobbed it to drake. They Giving Ye and Jay pity votes in the mid 2000s.

They got everything right post 2010 tho. Lets see wat happens this year tho. I doubt Kendrick still gon have the title by the time 2013 is over

 

[Cole Cash]

post 1997 this is more "who had the most singles on the radio this year" than the best rapper

 

[SuburbanPimp]

Not a terrrible list actually. I might have switched a few things around but for the most part I would agree.