was treach a top 10 emcee in the 90's?

was treach a top 10 emcee in the 90's?


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Arguably. He was probably the best east coast MC from 1991-1993 (He had comp Puba, Lord Finesse), until Redman took the crown in 1993, and then Nas took the crown from him.

Big
Jay
Ice Cube
Snoop
Pac
Nas
Redman
Prodigy
Scarface
Ras Kass

To me are the ones clearly over him. But if someone wanted to replace him with Kass, I'm not mad.

(Edit: I forgot KRS-One, Pun, Big L....damn never mind)

he's in there breh. easily. its a question thats not worded clearly. if you name the top 10 mc's in the 90's no. but if you name MC's who were were top 10 at some point in the 90's thats different. its like asking was Iverson a top 10 player in the 90's..without thinking a lot of people will say YEAH! but he was only top 10 in 98 and 99. but if you make an all - 1990's top 10 team he wont be on there. that was MJ, Barkley, Malone, Pippen, Shaq, etc....

by the time Treach hit his stride, he had surpassed LL and Ra. Then Big, Jay, Nas, Mobb, and even Pac hadnt hit their strides yet, they didnt start popping off til 94'-95"

so you are correct...his was in competition with with Cube, Face, Puba, etc...but still had strong showing throughout the 90's. because of this thread went back and listened to Poverty's Paradise and shyt was a classic.

if you are saying the top 10 from the 90's period some of the guys being listed in the thread wouldnt even make it. like people in here forgetting about X. his 2 year run may have been strong enough to bump some dudes on these lists. he was bigger than Jay.
 

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Yep! Better than X, Big, puba, redman (Darkside only red album I fux with), snoop
 
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91-93, Yup. But from '94 until '99 he got lapped. He probably got nudged out of Top 10 in East Coast alone. But he's still a Top 50
 

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I can see someone put him in his top 10! Naughty by Nature were one of the dopest Groups to Come out the 90s. Treach had good lyrics and his flow was unique. He was dope!
 

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He is not a top 10 emcee in the 90s lol :mjlol: Treach is overrated. Dude was making commercialized street rap songs while pretending to look tough in music videos. I don't know where this thing came from that dudes suddenly wanna place him so high. Is it because of eminem co-sign?

90s were crazy stacked with talent. Redman is the only Jersey dude who makes it to top 10.
 

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Did he really write Jump?

I wasn’t sure if his beef with JD had to do with writing the song or biting his style.
 
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