five hottest mcs from the last three years

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1) eminem
2) beanie sigel
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4) ludacris
5)
strictly current, nobody who was prominent before ninety-nine. fill in the blanks.

― ethan, Thursday, 27 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I would conside Eve for one of those slots, but then again, I'm an idiot.

― Dan Gibson, Thursday, 27 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Kardinal Offishall. Hotter than Ludacris in my book, so he gets #3.

― Miranda, Thursday, 27 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

first person to suggest fabulous gets an e-smackdown...

― dave k, Thursday, 27 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

eve can be number five but as much as i love kardi he is not hardly a top five mc.

― ethan, Thursday, 27 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

EVE?

And Jay-Z is not on this list how?

― David Raposa, Thursday, 27 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I dunno if he qualifies since Black Star dropped in 98, but I really like what Talib Kweli's been doing. this is a good question though...and hard to answer without being too obscure or too obvious... Ludacris had a good run for a year or so, but I think his appeal is fading pretty quickly now.

And you've really got to explain the Beanie thing to me. He's got kind of a charisma, but I can't help but groan every time he shows up on a Jay-Z track. It's like, dude, you can't end every line with the same word! That's not rhyming!

― al, Thursday, 27 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The first nonjokingly time I've ever said "Mad Props" to who ever said Kardinal Offshal, though Buck 65 deserves equal credit well,well, above Emminem.

Infact I calim Buck 65 (from Halifax) is the best rapper currectly (past work discounted) on the go.
I dont even like modern rap for the most part and I still listened to two album of his stuff wisheing for more.

― Mr Noodles, Friday, 28 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Ah, shoot, didn't read the fine print.

― David Raposa, Friday, 28 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

dave, read my criteria again. al, surely a word rhymes with itself? and talib doesn't count for the same reason mos isn't my number five, too many underground classics dropped pre-99 including black star. noodles; buck 65? you are fucking insane. ranked above eminem over my dead fucking body.

― ethan, Friday, 28 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Buck 65's Overboard over many, many a MC. I just wished he would title the occasional tune.

― Mr Noodles, Friday, 28 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

And since things are slow and I be drunk I MUST say, cough cough, Halifax in the house yall.

Not since Hip Club Groove have we been able to say that.

― Mr Noodles, Friday, 28 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

tell me why buck 65 is a great mc.

― ethan, Friday, 28 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

BEANS from anti-pop

― Gage-o, Friday, 28 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

two mcs from the mainstream innovating most: missE, Busta

best communicator: jigga

best flow: busdriver

best character: snoop

worst rapper with good flow: dre

most fun: duh, outkast

― chiznaki, Friday, 28 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Buck65 is great because he sounds like a half-asleep grandpa and rhymes stuff like "rocket cars" with "chocolate bars" in the meantime.

― Honda, Friday, 28 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Is Dr. Dre the worst rapper with good flow or the best rapper with bad flow? This distinction intrigues me. More candidates please.

― Josh, Friday, 28 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Ethan, you would like Buck 65 more if you weren't so much like him (or seem so much like him, um, to me, sort've. uh, sorry?). Buck 65 is great because he moves in an entirely different space than the rest of hip-hop. Sure the understated voice is a big part of it, but the tense, myopic (feeling) production and subject matter / way of thinking about what is appropriate to rap about also contribute to the personality of his music. He also, thank god, manages to, er, buck (sorry again), or maybe just perfect, the cluttered, stumbly (stumbley?) flow that it sometimes seems like all undie (I shouldn't use that word, I hate it) rappers share.

― Dan I., Saturday, 29 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

i like princess superstar. and roots manuva.

i was tempted to include jurassic 5 (98) for their collective mc-ing. it may involve regurgitating every hip hop cliche in the book but its cool. they've since fallen by the wayside somewhat..

― david, Saturday, 29 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Is Ma$e the worst rapper with bad flow or the worst rapper with bad flow? (Sorry, let a cheap shot go to waste, there)

― dave q, Saturday, 29 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Underground rapper compendium: Edan, Slug, Mr. Lif, Aesop Rock, Sage Francis, Planet Asia, Eyedea, Quasimoto, Esoteric, Dose-one.

I already know ethan doesn't like Cannibal Ox, Buck 65, Necro, and of course Paul Barman but what about these.

― Honda, Saturday, 29 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm sorry, but listening to "U R Ghetto 2002" & "BaKardi Slang" & "Man By Choice", I think Kardinal should be on that list. (And where'm I going to find good enough reason for Beanie to BE on that list?)

― David Raposa, Saturday, 29 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"who's the best mc - biggie, jay-z and shyne"... shyne is/was really good...

― richelleux, Saturday, 29 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

any thoughts on anti-pop consortium? i've only heard one track so far... the spiel says they're the hip hop autechre...

― david, Saturday, 29 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

three months pass...

u are all morans, that top 5 is garbage, show some love fro sole, esoteric, kanser, eydea, common, and the oh so funkey Deltron zero

-SirNigs Heir To The THrone of Hip Hop

― tHeOmnipoTenTsIRnIGZ, Saturday, 30 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

i still cannot believe all of the fucking awful responses to this thread.