Lupe
ODB

Earl sweatshirt

Joey badass

Mastermind a personal classic for me. Always loved his features more than a large chunk of his solo work tho.. but still a underrated rapper fs

The fact that Uzi thought he had a shot still kills me

Real

You prefer old Lupe or newish Lupe

Bc I prefer Tetsuo & Drogas Wave over everything else he’s done. Which I’m not sure if that’s an unpopular opinion since most people consider his debut and the Cool to be up there as well? But those albums don’t do it for me like his later work

Haha, I think one of mine is that Big Fish Theory isn't as crazy as people make out and is kind of a step down from Summertime 06, I think No ID went crazy on that album and provided a perfect balance between classic hard beats and experimental weird sounds, nowadays I feel like he's settled into a bit too much of a standard-sounding production niche

dom kennedy for sure lmfso (will always be in my top 5 nostalgia crazy like that sometimes)

ranking artists based on how much you enjoy listening to
their music/most plays >>>> ranking artists based on skill level and talent

like yeah eminem can rap circles while running backwards around someone like dom but i have zero desire to listen to any of his s*** so why would i ever put him in my top 5 if i don’t even fw him like that?

Earl. He’s more a producer but Slauson Malone.

Q-Tip is kinda high on my list

Grew up on his debut album and Tribe

This how I feel about Spitta

In his prime Curren$y could snap on a track too

honestly he’s an incredible rapper for the type of rap music he makes

sad that most ppl won’t even give him a chance cause of the correctional officer thing

even more sad when ppl think devil in a new dress is his only good verse cause they never actually heard another ross song. s*** not even his best verse tbh.

probably common and vince staples as previously mentioned

Top 20 atm

Kanye West
Kendrick Lamar
2Pac
Andre 3000
Jay Z
Pusha T
Big KRIT
CamRon
Lil Wayne
E40

Rick Ross
ASAP Rocky
DMX
Ice Cube
50 Cent
Mac Mall
Spice 1
Master P
Scarface
Travis Scott

bro i was listening to old french and he had a song w spitta on it and that s*** had me revisiting his discography last week

ngl haven’t played/kept up w his music in years tho

big boi
2 chainz
curren$y
young thug

You will see Rappers from my 20 switched back and forth of the top 10 depending on the day.

Some days ASAP Rocky & Rick Ross are in my top 10 etc.

Only the top 5 are cemented, but the 20 names is always the same.

Based off of personal likes, my own metrics & who I lived with either outside for myself or grew up with by older people round me.

Also i like artists that are "smart" but not too smart. I like a "dumb smart" nigga. A nigga that'll carry a knife inside their book.

I like substance with a side of ignorance and think my top 20 explains that well.

I need balance, not too ignorant not too intelligent & its gotta be a mix

Spitta got so many classics

New Lupe is cool but older Lupe had more of a personality

He’s def in my top 25

real for thugger

Real for Spice 1

NGL WIZ IN MY TOP 20 TOO

The goat rapper producer

Youngboy