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

[intilectual recipricol]

every year after 2005 should be Lu

 

[Illuminatos]

Ya'll need to realize "Best Rapper Alive" = whoever is the most relevant

And every year since 2010 Drake has been the "Best Rapper Alive."

 

[daddykong1]

can kdot repeat again?

 

[Rapmastermind]

Ya'll need to realize "Best Rapper Alive" = whoever is the most relevant

And every year since 2010 Drake has been the "Best Rapper Alive."

False, Eminem was Bigger than Drake in 2010. Wayne sold more than him in 2011. But like I said, I'll give Drake 1 year but he hasn't been the best since 2010. "Recovery" Tripled his sales. "Love the Way You Lie" is bigger than any Drake single his whole career.

 

[mson]

Ill never agree,I've heard redman,fuk with Redman but...and I say that as sumbody who had to go back and listen to redman,so maybe its different seein him as a newcomer and as fresh....but just talent wise Cube says more,has better delivery,better flow I just don't see how u can come to that conclusion at all

I can easily put him over. I feel like Red has more skill ( metaphors, similes, and flow) and that he says more. At the worse I just don't think its an afterthought that Cube is better.

 

[Illuminatos]

False, Eminem was Bigger than Drake in 2010. Wayne sold more than him in 2011. But like I said, I'll give Drake 1 year but he hasn't been the best since 2010. "Recovery" Tripled his sales. "Love the Way You Lie" is bigger than any Drake single his whole career.

You're right.

 

[Balan]

Jay was the best rapper in 3 years

Nas only 1

 

[Balan]

why is Nas only listed once??

Jigger lost a rap battle in 2001 and dropped a trash album in 2009 how was he the best in those years?

2001 was when nas dropped stillmatic and went crazy before that with all the beef shyt, that year should be his

How could that be a list of the greatest rapper alive every year and not list Nasir Jones the goat for every year since his birth.


shytty list

Besides 94,I'm giving NaS 02 and 12:naswon:

This is more like the most popular rapper than best. Jigga in 09 ? GTFOH.

 

[Ill-Yaz]

Drizzy got two years. Thats more than Pac and Nas.

 

[I.AM.PIFF]

Its only obvious a CAC like you like s CACplex lists

 

[ManBearPig]

1979: Grandmaster Caz (Right, cold crush brothers smashed early hip hop)
1980: Kurtis Blow (Right, The Breaks made him Hip Hop's 1st solo emcee star)
1981: Kool Moe Dee (How? His debut didn't come out until 1986. My pops use to listen to "Wild, Wild West" when I was a kid but again that was more mid to late 80's. I would say Sugar Hill Gang)
1982: Melle Mel (Right cause "The Message" blew)
1983: Run (Right, RUN DMC ran Hip Hop)
1984: Run (Right, Run DMC was still running Hip Hop)
1985: LL Cool J (Right, LL was a phenomena when he dropped)
1986: KRS-One (Right, but Beastie Boys was there too)
1987: Rakim (Right, Rakim and Eric B smashed the building)
1988: Slick Rick (Right, Adventures was huge but Fresh Prince was there as far as success)
1989: Big Daddy Kane (Right, Kane crush the game when he dropped)
1990: Ice Cube (Right, coming off the NWA success his solo career was huge)
1991: Q-Tip (Right Tribe started to blow, but Cube was still hot. Guru was dope, Scarface was dope as well as Trech from Naughty was blowing up. But If I had to be honest, MC Hammer ran 1991 with an iron fist, he was the biggest rapper in the game)
1992: Redman (I'd say Dr. Dre, I love Redman but he wasn't bigger than Dre.)
1993: Snoop Doggy Dogg (Right, nothing was bigger than Doggystyle)
1994: Nas (Biggie was Bigger than NaS in 94 but I'm fine with him winning)
1995: Notorious B.I.G. (Correct, "RTD" sold most of it's albums in 95, Plus he won 2 Billboard awards and Junior Mafia singles blew in 95)
1996: 2pac (All Eyes on Me + Makaveli + Death a close 2nd place goes to the Fugees)
1997: Notorious B.I.G. (Right, Life After Death + Hypnotize + Mo Money, Mo Problems + Sky's the Limit + Benji's + Been around the world + Victory + I'll Be Missing You - the song was about him + death)
1998: DMX (Right, It's Dark, Flesh, Belly Soundtrack, Collabos, Belly Movie, Lauryn Hill is close 2nd)
1999: Jay-Z (Hard Knock Life, Hard Knock Life Tour, Collabos, Vol 3: In My Life Times)
2000: Eminem (Nelly is right there but I'd give it to Em cause SSLP blew as well as him being on 2001 and MMLP)
2001: Jay-Z (Right, Blueprint was big, collabos. STILLmatic was there but didn't drop until th end of the year)
2002: Eminem (Right, Eminem Show, 8 Mile Soundtrack, 8 Mile Movie)
2003: 50 Cent (Right, Get Rich, In Da Club, G-unit album)
2004: T.I. (WRONG, T.I. just got his 1st success but he wasn't the biggest rapper. I'd say Outkast cause of "SB/TLB" blew in 04 then #2 would be KanYe West)
2005: Young Jeezy (Wrong, 50 Cent and KanYe was bigger in 2005 than Jezzy)
2006: Lil Wayne (Wrong, "The Carter II" was not bigger than "Kingdom Come", shoot Biggie's "Duets" was bigger than Wayne at that time. I'd give it to Jay Z this year)
2007: Kanye West (Right, Graduation was the biggest album that year)
2008: Lil Wayne (Right, Carter III blew that year)
2009: Jay-Z (It's between Jay and Eminem but I'd give it to Jay)
2010: Kanye West (Wrong, Eminem Recovery was the biggest album by far)
2011: Drake (I'd give it to the young lion cause his debut blew, 2nd album dropped and the features)
2012: Drake (Sorry I have to be honest, Nicki had a bigger year than Drake in 2012 as much as it pains me to admit. But Wayne was probably bigger than both since Carter IV outsold both of them in 2012)
2013: Kendrick Lamar (Debatable, the jury still out on this year but his album is selling big)


The list fell apart after 00, they were close though. Anyone saying Biggie didn't run 97 wasn't there. Puffy nor Ma$e would not have been successful without "Life After Death" blowing up. "I'll Be Missing You" was the biggest song of the year cause it was about Biggie and his death. Biggie was on all the big features accept "Can't nobody hold me down" but he was in the intro of the video. Pac was in jail in 95 that's why Biggie was bigger than him that year.

everything u said was right until 2006.

06 was T.I.'s year.

 

[nieman]

nobody really done shyt in 1997 so Biggie won by default.

Biggie impacted 1997 more than he did in 1996.

2pac wasnt near Snoop in 1993 at all

Biggie was overshadowed by Diddy "keeping his name alive" and stepping on it simultaneously; besides, he was dead so argument for Biggie is null and void. Wyclef had a strong showing in '97 but no really stellar verses.

 

[GeeEffKay]

it says best rapper alive but we all damn well know it should be biggest or most relevant, theyre just trying to be controversial and get people talking by putting "best" instead of something more appropriate

 

[kingofnyc]

How they gonna put Biggie down for 1997 when he was dead most of the year.

There is no 1997 without Mase

if biggie would have died on january 2 1997


and put out the hits he did -he still would have been
'the best rapper alive of 97'

 

[tweezy]

found this list on google...

I wonder who they gonna chose for 2014