First and foremost rest in peace Takeoff

I say they have a case for like top 6 or 7, maybe just behind The Roots since they only have two (niche-)classics in YRN2 / Culture, but they had huge hits and a significant impact on the culture i.e. dabbing and lingo. They really helped change the sound of rap although there's a good argument it has not been a good change

Could honestly go like:

Outkast
ATCQ
Wu-Tang
NWA
Roots
Migos / Mobb Deep

At their peak at around 2014-2017 you could argue they were at times among the top 3 hottest artists with Future and Drake (crine). EVERYONE was rapping like them. Apart from that, they were also part of iconic moments like that Vice Atlanta documentary or the Joe Budden incident

Yes, apart from some Quavo features their solo stuff is mostly mid and they kind of fell off a clip artistically after Culture I but you can easily carve out a good 20-25 track best of with front to back heat

Also their a capellas were ate up by mashup culture

Easily top 100

Top 10 if not higher

had a spark when they started but now they’re just garbage

RIP TAKEOFF

definitely top 15

Roots should be way higher. Way more extensive and consistent discography than a lot of those other groups (ie Wu and NWA).

top 20

Real, I only rate them this low because of the popularity factor - if we are talking strictly catalogue they battle Outkast for No1

Groups of 3 or more definitely top 10 for me but I’d have to see the comp

No Label 2 and Culture 1 are pretty legendary

The best oat

As someone who ranks stuff like this all the time, consistency and catalog are important but are lowkey over emphasized in spaces like these

At a certain point, ranking groups just based on who was more “consistent” can get boring

Like yeah The Roots were consistently giving 8-9/10 work but it’s also a valid argument to say that Straight Outta Compton and the whole ripple effect that it had blows the Roots whole s*** out the water. It’s a tough exercise and I don’t know that there’s a right answer but we gotta take a lot of factors into account, not just all this discog measuring contest that it often becomes.

And that’s without getting into Wu. Cmon, no one thinks the Roots are better than Wu lol let’s be real. Roots can make 50 more albums that are all consistent and they’re not going to do anything that outweighs the Wu run of 93 to 97. Wu don’t deserve to be grouped in with NWA because really all the solo albums were just group albums too, they got a strong enough catalog to play in that arena

Ranking the Migos is a fascinating exercise. They remind me of Waka Flocka, in that honestly they have Always been inconsistent but have tons of great music and features. I do think that Culture 1 gets overrated and some of their later music underrated.

The problem with C1 onwards is they rapped over boring beats a lot of time. As you can hear on Nasty with A$ap Ferg or the Super freak version of Bad and Boujee, when they rap over creative beats it sounds better.

top 10

top 10 of the 2010s

top 50 all-time

In no order this is the top 10

Three 6 Mafia
Public Enemy
Run DMC
De La Soul
Wu Tang
Tribe
Mobb Deep
Outkast
NWA
UGK

If you really wanted to sub migos for Ugk then maybe you can but idk i think these 10 are solidified

theyre not that good

Normies do not like the Migos. Takeoff does not get the respect that every other dead rapper has received. Like when Chris Brown disrespected him and Quavo started pulling off posthumous diss features no one cared.

"Migos / Mobb Deep"

Yep. Lock thread

1. beastie boys
2. a tribe called quest
3. outkast
4. n.w.a
5. public enemy
6. run-d.m.c.
7. clipse
8. souls of mischief
9. hieroglyphics
10. the pharcyde
11. digable planets
12. goodie mob
13. mobb deep
14. pete rock & c.l. smooth
15. de la soul
16. handsome boy modeling school
17. deltron 3030
18. wu-tang clan
19. gravediggaz
20. black star
21. bone thugs-n-harmony
22. three 6 mafia
23. ugk
24. reflection eternal
25. fugees
26. ultramagnetic mc's
27. the click
28. geto boys
29. gang starr
30. 3rd bass
31. heavy d & the boyz
32. jungle brothers
33. epmd
34. kids see ghosts
35. main attrakionz
36. das racist
37. metro zu
38. migos

They can def go on a list, but they’d be towards the back half.

Their music still needs time to age.
Popularity wanes.
And can argue they changed rap for the worse…