Top Ten Rap Artist Of The Decade

[Maestro]

what the fuk is this based on?

album sales?...personal opinion?

Loosely on album sales
Rankings over the past few years
Lyrical content
CD quality

keep in mind this is a list of the best rappers not hip-hop artist, otherwise it might look a bit different.

[IamMedellin]

whose rankings? hot 97's? billboard's? itunes? the Source's? the grammy comittee's?

lol...this 100% your opinion isnt it?

ok...I thought you ripped this off of a website, lol

[Maestro]

But you had "Weezy F Baby" on your list and had Nelly as a honorable mention. All ringtone rappers, am i missing something?

Don't factor in the fact that both of them are both multi platinum artist and Grammy nominated/winning artist. Wayne has some of the best lyrics in the game, list to songs such as "I'm Me" and "Last Of A Dying Breed".

Also ringtone rap has only been around for about 3 years.

[Maestro]

whose rankings? hot 97's? billboard's? itunes? the Source's? the grammy comittee's?

lol...this 100% your opinion isnt it?

ok...I thought you ripped this off of a website, lol

Pretty much yeah.

I do my own work.

[Coked Up Elmo]

keep in mind this is a list of the best rappers not hip-hop artist, otherwise it might look a bit different.

but you mention hip hop under nas and common so....:confused2:

[Esjay]

Don't factor in the fact that both of them are both multi platinum artist and Grammy nominated/winning artist. Wayne has some of the best lyrics in the game, list to songs such as "I'm Me" and "Last Of A Dying Breed".

Also ringtone rap has only been around for about 3 years.

This is the 2nd time I've read you saying Wayne has some of the best lyrics in rap. That is total and complete bullshit, unless you are 15 years old or have the brain power of a chair. Wayne has good lyrics when you're someone who doesn't comprehend good lyrics.

[HeDGi]

....What was wrong with ye being #1?

[MvP]

Three 6 Mafia also won an OSCAR..lol

[BigBucs]

That list is good enough to be MTVs!!!!!!!!!1111111

[Maestro]

but you mention hip hop under nas and common so....:confused2:

Rap embodies Hip-Hop.

Now you're basing your list on the grammy's? Three 6 Mafia won a grammy too, are you going to tell me that they take the cake over groups like Outkast or Black Star?

Wayne has the best lyrics in the game? Please retract the statement because I can pull out a million Weezy verses that don't come close to the deserved inhabitants in your list. "I'm going to go the opposite of soft, hector camacho man Randy Savage" Really? Ringtone rap has been relevant this whole decade since the South stuck it's head in the game.

And when I say "South", I'm referring to artists like Soulja Boy or Boosie or any other of those ringtone rappers. It's also not to say that other regions don't have ringtone rappers.

I am not, i'm just supporting my statement with some of their accolades, I've already stated why Outkast is not on the list. Did you listen to the songs that i just listed?

[OnlyOneBeerLeft]

first off... I hate almost everyone of these guys, im a diehard underground head... but i do RESPECT a certain amount of 50 Cents early work, and he should be way higher. I dont like a lot of the bullshit that he or these other guys rap about, but I do appreciate solid lyrics which at times they have come through with.

I do like Kanye from a production standpoint tho, not so much a "rapper", but Id donate a left nut to steeljake if I could sit in on a studio session with Kanye and learn some shit.

[Big C-Dub]

Tupac died in 19-fuckin-96.

People need to back up off his nuts. He isnt that great.

Tupac is the GOAT

keep in mind this is a list of the best rappers not hip-hop artist, otherwise it might look a bit different.

same damn thing

[dell71]

Maestro, I gave you thanks for the effort. I don't agree with all of it but don't find it offensive like some others.

....What was wrong with ye being #1?

Actually nothing, imho, especially given the criteria.

Rap embodies Hip-Hop.

Actually, its the other way around. Hip hop is the culture that embodies rap.

first off... I hate almost everyone of these guys, im a diehard underground head... but i do RESPECT a certain amount of 50 Cents early work, and he should be way higher. I dont like a lot of the bullshit that he or these other guys rap about, but I do appreciate solid lyrics which at times they have come through with.

The problem with underground rappers is its really hard for them to make a list because its harder for them to have the same impact. So yeah, a slightly mainstream guy like Taleb Kweli is probably more deserving of a spot than some but his impact has almost been negative because his career hasn't been the most lucrative one. That's why I respect the choice for Kanye at #1, he's made it to where he is despite being experimental and different from the norm.

I do like Kanye from a production standpoint tho, not so much a "rapper", but Id donate a left nut to steeljake if I could sit in on a studio session with Kanye and learn some shit.

Well spoken.

Tupac is the GOAT

Since he died before the decade even started, it was a poor joke.

[Fox1994]

^Most definitely.

[HeDGi]

If you dont have all the kanye albums.. here they are

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1VUQQTSN

(uploaded originally for yawkey .. but thought id share them)