Durrbrowski
Durrbrowski
Ether. Nas got robbed. and I'm a Jay stan
The Best Rapper Alive, Every Year Since 1979 (Complex)
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that alone invalidates the list.
ManBearPig
half man half bearpig
Foxmulder
Superstar
List is
Jay Z best rapper alive in 2009?
After Blueprint 3?
Jay Z best rapper alive in 2009?After Blueprint 3?be back in a bit
All Star
yeah I just remembered fukking Late Registration came out in 2005. Kanye > Jeezy in 2005 easily.
tbh, if we're going by popularity, eminem should have won... and relapse was way better than bp3List is
definition
im not a cool guy anymore
I assume they are counting his work with Treacherous Three ... though, neither treacherous nor sugar hill gang (couple singles) put out an album in 1981. (Blondie's "rapture" came out in nov 1980 -- I'm surprised complex didn't choose debbie harry as best rapper of 1981)
ManBearPig
half man half bearpig
Raekwon should've won.
He didn't sell but the people that heard his album were all amazed
hiphopfanatic
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That's a solid list.
Piff Perkins
Veteran
Jay Z...best rapper in 2009....I told yall this would happen brehs
http://www.thecoli.com/posts/1187584/
http://www.thecoli.com/posts/1187584/
prophecypro
Hollywood North
Like I said Nas probably deserves the title in 2002. I get Em had the bigger year, but Nas had a huge year then with the attention. Started off the year riding high off Stillmatic and people getting into that, started getting on radio collabos again (Brandy, J Lo, Jagged Edge), released Lost Tapes to critical acclaim, had the summer talking without having to release a single song, dropped Made You Look and closed it out with God Son.
2002 was a toss up between Eminem and Nas, with 50 as the breakout on the mixtapes.
Nas, Pac, Rakim, KRS One and Ice Cube only having one year each for the best rapper while Drake, Ye, Wayne have multiple does feel a little bit like Shaq, Kobe and Hakeem having only one MVP between while Steve Nash has like 2 or Bron 4. On one hand you can see why in the moment they got it but in the historical context it does feel a bit strange.
Probably speaks more to the level of competition and attention today vs yesterday.
2002 was a toss up between Eminem and Nas, with 50 as the breakout on the mixtapes.
Nas, Pac, Rakim, KRS One and Ice Cube only having one year each for the best rapper while Drake, Ye, Wayne have multiple does feel a little bit like Shaq, Kobe and Hakeem having only one MVP between while Steve Nash has like 2 or Bron 4. On one hand you can see why in the moment they got it but in the historical context it does feel a bit strange.
Probably speaks more to the level of competition and attention today vs yesterday.
The Emperor
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3 Time WOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
3 TIME WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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Jay-Z
3 TIME WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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Jay-Z
Ethnic Vagina Finder
The Great Paper Chaser
What the hell does best rapper alive mean anything? When these media outlets come out with these dumb lists the least they could do is show the criteria as well as the process. This is just some random gibberish. It me they just pick who's the "hottest" and most "popular" yet Ja Rule never even got an honorable mention? 
for any years? Really?
for any years? Really?
Number21000
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ISO
Pass me the rock nikka
Why is LeBron's name in there? He's in the same tier as Shaq, Kobe and Hakeem. A lot of people feel he already surpassed Kobe in 11 seasons also all his MVP's were well deserved. LeBron's been more dominant than Hakeem and Kobe in his MVP run (09-13). Nash should only have one MVP, 06 should have been Kobe's while Kobe's 08 should have been Chris Paul's IMO.
Agree about Nas though.
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