Mtv's top 10 emcees

http://www.mtv.com/bands/h/hip_hop_week/2006/emcees/

This is Mtv's 10 emcees

10. LL Cool J
09. Eminem
08. Ice Cube
07. Big Daddy Kane
06. KRS-One
05. Nas
04. Rakim
03. Notorious B.I.G.
02. Tupac
01. Jay-Z

so what is yours?

in no particular order

jay-z
ice cube
big pun
rakim
biggie
con-psy
dr dre
krs 1
chuck d
lil wayne

I think ill just go with 5

the game
eminem

First 10 i could think of, also in no particular order

ludacris
stat quo
young buck
the game
jay z
nas
2 pac
redman
tony yayo
eminem

ok I better post my list

I have based my 10 more on Flow and style
than lyrical content but I think it would be
petty much the same anywayz

1-Redman
2-Method man
3-Ju ju
4-Psycho Les
5-Pharoahe Monch
6-Big Pun
7-Q-Tip
8-Masta Ace
9-Mos def
10- Talib Kweli

Jay Z mtv's number one? huuuuuuuh?!

Jay-Z may suck but he is way better than the Game
I mean his fiow is not that great, and he is not
saying nothing gangstas, pimps, and hoes,
is he that stuped?

In no particular order

Del
Kool Keith
GZA
Rakim
Redman
MF Doom
Posdnuos
Grand Puba
Q Tip
Nas

in no order (based on talent, not income):

MF Doom (danger doom)
KRS-One
Del
Guru
Redman
Q-tip & phife (i class them as one)
Ghostface
Method Man
BIGGIE
Tech nine

no cheating

next ppl will be saying Wu Tang is one

Four's a meanie

mine:
Vast Aire
Immortal Technique
Mos Def
Sage Francis
Viktor Vaughn

oh i forgot Pharoah

1 TOP CAT
2 ROOTS MANUVA
3 MF DOOM
4 LADY SOVEREIGN
5 SWAY
6 TASKFORCE
7 CHARLIE 2NA
8 MOS DEF
9 DIZZEE RASCAL
10 RODNEY P

not all hip hop is produced in good ol USA!

true dat!

dizzee
skepta
mos def
nas
kool keith
d double e
krs one
no lay
lethal bizzle
vybz kartel

Have you ever heard Jay-Z??? Jay-Z is know for his flow (especially in his later days, earlier days was known more for his quick ryhmes). Saying Jay-Z doesn't have flow is like saying BIG couldn't flow.

Also Jay-Z was involved in one of the biggest hip-hop rivalries with NAS, and yes even he made his threats and rapped about how you say "pimps and hoes".

1) Tupac
2) Notorious BIG
3) Jay-Z
4) NAS
5) KRS-One
6) BIG L
7) Rakim
Gangstar
9) Eminem
10) Mos Def

Each to their own

I know who JayZ is and yes the black album is all right.

but Redmans Flow shits all ovre JayZs.

and what sort of dick would name there label
after the rockafellers?

ps. if you read my post again you will see that I said the games flow is shit not Jayz

I'd say they named the label Roc-A-Fella because the Rockefeller family were rich and powerful and pretty much ran New York...not because they treated people like crap for many years..
PS: Jay Z is one of the dopest lyricists in the history of hip hop and his flow is mad duppy!!

Well, I take the highlighted text is about Jay-Z because surely you can't be saying that Game is not saying anything "gangstas, pimps, and hoes" because beside naming names thats all Game does.

Although I wouldn't put Jay-Z at number one you cannot doubt his flow and skill.

So maybe you should read your posts before you post them.

Well, I take the highlighted text is about Jay-Z because surely you can't be saying that Game is not saying anything "gangstas, pimps, and hoes" because beside naming names thats all Game does.

Although I wouldn't put Jay-Z at number one you cannot doubt his flow and skill.

So maybe you should read your posts before you post them.

Oh dammmm ! Joke ting I presume !

jayz is sold out, he's all bout the money.

guys like krs-one, red, del dont worry bout selling records, they live in shitty ass houses. but for them, almost none of their lyrics involve talking bout the latest fashions or the new watch the bought

i dont rate jay-z one bit, he's prob hired a bunch of lyric writers for himself

I was talking about the games flow

He probably has, but you be suprised how many artist hire "ghostwriters", not usually for all their tracks but for some.

I mean basically all of Eazy-E's songs were ghostwritten by Ice Cube. Timbaland and Magoo were generally ghostwritten by Missy Elliot. Kayne Wests "Jesus Walks" was ghostwritten.

I just wanna hear (Mad) Skillz - Ghostwritter (unedited), aparently its in his will that the un-edited copy will be released once he dies.

"Im your favourite rappers, favourite rapper" - Skillz

whoever said the game and tony yayo belong in that top10 list should die.

*dies*

I have changed my list

01-Posdnuos
02-Redman
03-Method man
04-Ju ju
05-Psycho Les
06-Pharoahe Monch
07-Q-Tip
08-Masta Ace
09-Mos def
10-Talib Kweli

Dead Prez's Sticman is dope too.

four, what happened to Big Pun? He went from 6th on your list to non-exsistant.

I listened too his best of album over the weekend.
and same De La as well and I forgot how much I love Posdnuos' lyrics, Pun is still the man tho.
and is well up there [imo] he is 11

fuck them m.cs, the only m.c there are nas and eminem. the others suck like leeches. and, wha do you mean by being an m.c? huh?

big l
big pun
notorious B.I.G
tupac
masta ace
nas
eminem
pharoahe monch
talib kweli
method man

in no order