Like, as much as people want to fight the obvious choice, he's very clearly the rapper who checks the most boxes.

Even as a pure MC, he's right at the top of the list when it comes to pure bars.

Then you throw in everything else, and it's very clearly him shrugs

So hypothetically, the best rapper could say a bunch of nothing and still be considered the best rapper as long as he gets his point across through raw emotion?

Define a bunch of nothing tho

Like if a nigga is on the song literally saying nothing then nah. But if he’s talking that talk just not on some “lyrical” s*** but you still feel him then he/she is a great rapper

YB

Freddie Gibbs has no quotables

Carti is raw hip hop (whether you like his new music or not) but geeks continue to deny it

Hip hop is primarily about bringing energy. Basically it should be danceable. That s*** should knock. If it’s lyrical, that’s great but first and foremost it needs to knock

It also needs to be effortless. Carti does both of these quite well. He hops in the booth and doesn’t give a f***

Yep. Truly a great mc but the way people look at rapping is too one dimensional. There’s multiple ways to be a great mc

I'm with you. Ima fan of Playboi Carti too. I would say that he's the best at what he does since Hip Hop covers a variety of subgenres.

Vince Staples

Best lullaby maker probably

Carti's in his prime. Not a lyrical genius but he's got his sound down pat with WLR and the energy to match.

To even suggest he’s a better rapper than Drake is laughable man

Nas, Sean, Wayne in his bag

Kendrick off the hunger of his Family Ties verse alone is up there, cause he working on making a classic, but I can guarantee if he was to drop what he has rn it would s*** on everybody else this year

Pusha writing Off the Grid and all the hype he has built for his next album definitely prove to me he’s gonna have an AOTY contender for sure

wayne still alive? ya? aight then u already know the answer

Youngboy can actually rap really good too. He got it all

U right but niggas won’t put him up there as a “rapper rapper” cause of his style of music and his delivery

The honest contenders for me

Drake
Lil Wayne
Cole
Lil Baby
Lil Durk

not drake lol, it's 2021 main reason his music took a nosedive is his boring ass delivery, his vocals don't hit like they used to and anyone who says otherwise is in denial

Cole is rapping circles around everyone in the game rn.

Put an m on your head you luigi brother now

J Cole is the greatest rapper of all time and YB is a close 2nd

U need to stop