Em
Andre 3k
Nas
Lupe

HM: Biggie

These dudes can lyrically depict situations with lucid imagery beyond the level of excellence known to today’s hip hop fan

Stories in reverse
Stories with double meanings
Fictional allegories

Just complete mastery of words and illustration. This is the best of the best in this particular aspect of rap

Solid list but I'd throw thought up there too

Eminem is disqualified. Fast rapping doesnt make you a good lyricist. Push, Jay Z, Talib Kweli are all up there

Pharoahe monch is up there

lol

Weezy, 3k Future and Nas

Pusha being a top 5 lyricist How when he only has 1 subject matter Yet somehow by your terms Em is disqualified because he raps fast

im biased but id say earl up there in top 3

Listen to Mockingbird/ Stan/ Renegade if fast rap is all you got from his legacy

We get it, you don't like rap

Barely hesitated on Black thought

Hurt me not to put Mos in there honestly

I just think there’s a level the guys in my list have reached in their imagery mastery other rappers haven’t accessed

That Ive heard at least

Dudes really itt calling legends dust but then when you insult some obscure trash rapper they like they cry about it...

I thought dust was a mentality and not about time

So much for that lie

These guys made timeless music.. regardless of how old they are, it shouldn’t be forgotten or devalued

leave it to y’all there would be no hall of fame for the league

No matter how great the legacy, its forgotten because we were too young to remember it..

That’s why y’all get your music taste s***ted on

Nas
Big
Jay
Andre
Black thought
GZA

Sunshine and MPA both have different subject matter and both on the same record. Kills it on both too

Every rapper raps about the same s*** after awhile

Lol

Thought
Em
Nas
Royce
BIG

HM: Rick Ross

I can barely finish listening his albums but is undeniable that aesop rock deserves to stay there

Blu is def up there too

F*** no

shut the f*** up coon