Who is the best rap artist alive. not best technician, not best legacy, not best catalogue.

[mobbinfms]

i mean artist who is relevant in terms of sales, who is right of this moment, who is critically aclaimed. those 3 criteria are imporant. and its why i exclided Nas and Jay. those are legacy artists.

i think that acts i mentioned are the most in control of the zeitgeist right now and dont need gimmicks for relevancy. i actually think we are in a rich era, these cats are bringing it and repping well for hip hop. they dont all do the same ishyt and thats fine.

What qualifies as "right of the moment"? Last six months? Last year?
So basically you are asking who is the most popular artist who is also critically acclaimed?
Kanye's last album flopped sales-wise - so wouldn't he be out of the running?
Ross is past his moment and his last solo album was disappointing both critically and commercially - wouldn't he be out of the running?
Jay's album was successful - but was panned critically - so he is out of the running.
Nas' last album was critically acclaimed and was modestly successful. But that was 14 months ago. So he's out of contention.
Kendrick is still very much of the moment - "Control" proves that. His last album was critically acclaimed.
Drake is very much of the moment - but we'll have to wait for the reviews on his new album to see if he is still "critically acclaimed" - if the album is panned - then he is out.
I don't see how you exclude Cole? The album wasn't panned and has been successful.

 

[Lord Beasley]

make a subjective thread with 4 weak choices, brehs

 

[MINT]

voted kendrick

poll should be:

Kendrick
Nas
Big Krit
Drake

 

[vaudevillevillain]

critically aclaimed? what reviews you been reading.

the coli

 

[Krispy]

Out of them choices Kanye West

 

[MINT]

kdot, easily

 

[No1]

Either 3000 or Lu... The other nikkaz aint even close

Nah, Lu is wasting his talent right now. He's in danger of letting me down and going down that route of spittin crazy bars that are not entertaining when he's actually rapping them. 3000 raps twice a year. I don't even have an answer to this question, but I can't give it to them. Lu still has the last true classic album tho

nikkas they jappin because they rapping like they Wayne, rapping like they Chainz

 

[the cac mamba]

question is 'best rap artist alive' and people are mad that fukkin j cole isnt a choice

 

[vaudevillevillain]

**snorts 34seconds***

Blowfly, he been around before any of the cats listed even existed, wouldnt be no Snoop, Quik, Devin the dude, Too Short and a bunch of others. Still sell out shows, he was your daddy's daddy's favorite rapper.

 

[MINT]

who the fukk said taht mchg was acclaimed lol ?