Who is it in your opinion? Many people seem to give it to Jay-Z but there are other people out there, too. Ha, Lil Wayne seems to think he is.
It's Nas. No ifs ands or buts about it. Not only is he the best living, but best of all time. Dont even bother arguing it either.
Could be? Part of being great is longevity. He went platinum 5 times and double platinum twice. His first, and best, album was in 1994, and hes still in the game making great music. He's the best ever.
Only Nas song I've ever heard was the one where little kids sang I know I can be what I wanna be...etc.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (yankshater213 @ Sep 20 2006, 02:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Could be? Part of being great is longevity. He went platinum 5 times and double platinum twice. His first, and best, album was in 1994, and hes still in the game making great music. He's the best ever.</div>How long has Nas been around for? but yeah your probaly right he is the best ever, just like you said he's still going strong.
I would either have to give it to Jay or Nas both of these dudes have been in the game for a long time and still make good new sh*t.
I forgot about Jay Z, I don't particularly like nas, and wouldn't consider him the greatest rapper ever...At all.
Then you're an idiot, and it just shows how little you know about rap. This almost offends me, because Nas is far and away the best ever, even people who don't like him agree with that. Jay-Z is real good, he's just way too hyped and overrated by MTV. They ranked him 1 over Pac, Biggie, Rakim, and Nas. IMO of those 5 (top 5), Jay is 5th... so yeah, basically MTV is on his cock. He's real good though, just overrated.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Dmoney0199 @ Sep 20 2006, 03:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>How long has Nas been around for? but yeah your probaly right he is the best ever, just like you said he's still going strong.</div>Early 1990's is when he released his first album so, 16 years. Just the simple fact he dropped quite possibly the best rap album EVER along with another couple of classics should be enough to make him number 1.Jay, Andre 3000, KRS, Rakim, Ice Cube and Scarface are also great rappers which are still alive.
We should make a thread that has best rappers ever if we dont already have one, that thread would get a lot of debate in it.
Rappers I monkey flip em with the funky rhythm I be kickinMusician, inflictin composition --- of pain I'm like Scarface sniffin cocaineHoldin a M-16, see with the pen I'm extreme, nowBulletholes left in my peepholesI'm suited up in street clothesHand me a nine and I'll defeat foesY'all know my steelo with or without the airplayI keep some E&J, sittin bent up in the stairwayOr either on the corner bettin Grants with the celo champsLaughin at baseheads, tryin to sell some broken ampsG-Packs get off quick, forever niggaz talk sh*tRemeniscing about the last time the Task Force flippedNiggaz be runnin through the block shootinTime to start the revolution, catch a body head for HoustonOnce they caught us off guard, the Mac-10 was in the grass andI ran like a cheetah with thoughts of an assassinPick the Mac up, told brothers, "Back up," the Mac spitLead was hittin niggaz one ran, I made him backflipHeard a few chicks scream my arm shook, couldn't lookGave another squeeze heard it click yo, my sh*t is stuckTry to cock it, it wouldn't shoot now I'm in dangerFinally pulled it back and saw three bullets caught up in the chamberSo now I'm jetting to the building lobbyand it was filled with children probably couldn't see as high as I be(So whatchu sayin?) It's like the game ain't the sameGot younger niggaz pullin the triggers bringing fame to they nameand claim some corners, crews without guns are gonersIn broad daylight, stickup kids, they run up on usFo'-fives and gauges, Macs in factSame niggaz'll catch a back to back, snatchin yo' cracks in blackThere was a snitch on the block gettin niggaz knockedSo hold your stash til the coke price dropI know this crackhead, who said she gotta smoke nice rockAnd if it's good she'll bring ya customers in measuring pots, but yoYou gotta slide on a vacationInside information keeps large niggaz erasin and they wives basinIt drops deep as it does in my breathI never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of deathBeyond the walls of intelligence, life is definedI think of crime when I'm in a New York state of mindRead that whole verse off NY State Of Mind off Illmatic from 94 and then read those last two bars..then try to tell me there's another rapper better alive
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Devlin @ Sep 20 2006, 08:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>IMO its Immortal Technique, and I also really like Talib Kweli</div>I love them both but Nas beats both of them.
Jay-Z, Nas, Rakim, and Eminem are hands down the greatest rappers of all-time.Personally I'd give it to Eminem, for what he's done.ALSO: Immortal Technique is the best rapper out right now, right now he's better than Eminem (past his prime) and The Game (entering his prime SOON)
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Blaze @ Sep 20 2006, 04:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Jay-Z, Nas, Rakim, and Eminem are hands down the greatest rappers of all-time.Personally I'd give it to Eminem, for what he's done.</div>You mean that are alive right....Tupac,Big L and Biggie are all better than hova..
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (LakersFan247 @ Sep 20 2006, 07:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>You mean that are alive right....Tupac,Big L and Biggie are all better than hova..</div>Tupac should be in that list but the Biggie and Big L... I don't think they're that great. They're overhyped. And don't say I don't know what I'm talkin bout because I've heard all his cds and I used to be a big fan of biggie. as for big L I don't like him too much I had Lifestyles of the poor and dangerous and the big picture... I don't see what's that great about him. Tupac, I'm a big fan of. He's a great rapper, skill-wise and flow. Eminem detoriated when he started producing himself because his flow was much better when Dre did everything. Eminem is still, the rapper with most skills and fans right now in this generation. Eminem has impacted rap more than any other rapper dead or alive.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (LakersFan247 @ Sep 20 2006, 07:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>You mean that are alive right....Tupac,Big L and Biggie are all better than hova..</div>Big L better then Jay? Ha ha ha ha........Jay is better then Biggie and Pac, Pac has quite possibly 1 classic album with Me Against the World while Jay drops two with Reasonable Doubt and The Blueprint. Biggie put out two classics, I'll give him that and Ready To Die is a top 20 album at least but he lacks longevity. nobody knows if he might have made a crappy album following Life After Death.
The 7 Day Theory Album is pac's best album and is a classic along with me against the worldBig L is a lyrical juggernaut..but yeah idk if hes better than hovaBiggie...like you said has two classicsand Nas...I always like Nas over JayZ anyway
