The Best Rapper Alive, Every Year Since 1979 (Complex)
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ManBearPig
half man half bearpig
Me against the World was #1 for 4 weeks in the row... and its an amazing album not on some Vanilla ice shyt.
Nas didn't really impact that game that much in 1994 when it comes to popularity and shyt but we give him 1994 because Illmatic was simply amazing.
Pac had the combination of popularity and actual music value that makes him the best rapper in 1995 and doing so while he's mostly in jail was what makes shyt even more
Me against the World was #1 for 4 weeks in the row... and its an amazing album not on some Vanilla ice shyt.
Nas didn't really impact that game that much in 1994 when it comes to popularity and shyt but we give him 1994 because Illmatic was simply amazing.
Pac had the combination of popularity and actual music value that makes him the best rapper in 1995 and doing so while he's mostly in jail was what makes shyt even more
Now y'all looking at revisionist theory. Meth was the biggest in '94, killing verses, guest appearances. He was the best rapper. You can't do it by lyrics for one year, then album superstardom for another year. Illmatic was an urban legend album; you heard it over your cousin house that borrowed it from his man, who dubbed it off the dude that took it from the little kid that had it. The album was amazing but NO ONE had it. Meth went plat AND was killin it.
Pac was huge off of Dear Mama; and jail, but Biggie was still there and growing in popularity exponentially. And Me Against the World is my fav Pac album. Biggie was there that whole year, while Pac buzz starting faltering later in the year. I say P because, you can't say Illmatic was amazing, then not acknowledge The Infamous as amazing as well.
list is terrible
I have a real issue with 2001. the year of Nas gave Jay that CH3-CH2-O-CH2-CH3
ManBearPig
half man half bearpig
Biggie was hot because of singles.
Pac had Dear Mama and a classic album that sold very well.
Biggie buzz was i guess for that year but in history it has 2pac all over it.
not a bad list... my nikka on here twice and only had 4yrs in da game
malbaker86
Gators
yea i'd give Nas 2001 and that would be about the only change i'd make
vaudevillevillain
All Star
Popular does not mean best...Jeezy, Drake, Wayne, Kanye, and T.i. do not belong anywhere near a best rapper alive list...No joe Buddens but if you put any of them in a booth with a real SKILLED rapper and let them go bar for bar they wouldn't hold their weight.
For example lets take Joe Buddens Remember the titans track with fab, banks and royce, if we popped fab off that song and replaced him with kanye do you think he could really spit some shyt where people would say "DAMN Ye killed that shyt"? I don't.
For example lets take Joe Buddens Remember the titans track with fab, banks and royce, if we popped fab off that song and replaced him with kanye do you think he could really spit some shyt where people would say "DAMN Ye killed that shyt"? I don't.
Illuminatos
#OVOXO
Interesting idea for a list.
It's barely fukking April and this nukkas buzz already dead
LOL what ? his album is still the most hyped hip hop album 6 months after its release
Pool_Shark
Can’t move with me in this digital space
Complex trying to get that MTV hottest MC controversy heat, not mad at them for that
Illuminatos
#OVOXO
2013 should be Drake. 