Best hip hop artist

• cam93

  pick someone
• hasbeen

  

  if we don't listen to rap how and why would we pick?
• Teabagger

  Jay-Z = GOAT
• cam93

  Teabagger wrote: Jay-Z = GOAT

  forgot about him
• hasbeen

  

  a poll helps
• stroups

  

  Thug life
• killer_ewok

  

  Hov
• JTizzle

  Outkast 96 gonna be that year!
• mtrulz

  Tupac = GOAT
• Crew Love

  I can't take this poll seriously considering it's missing names like Nas, Rakim, LL Cool J, Scarface, and the aforementioned Jay-Z, yet it includes Lil Wayne.
• tupac

  

  No doubt.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  There is a difference between rap and hip/hop.
• Upper90

  Crew Love wrote: I can't take this poll seriously considering it's missing names like Nas, Rakim, LL Cool J, Scarface, and the aforementioned Jay-Z, yet it includes Lil Wayne.

  This.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  But I did pick 2pac, b/c I think he is the greatest of all time. He was my favorite growing up, so that is what I base my decision on.
• iclfan2

  

  Only two modern rappers I could stand listening to were Eminem and Nas. Since Nas isn't on the list had to go with Em. I like Tupac, but never really listened to enough of him to get into it. He was bigger a little bit before my time.
• ZWICK 4 PREZ

  

  Teabagger wrote: Jay-Z = GOAT

  I like Jay-z's shit.. I liked it even more when Biggie did it first though.
• Early Cuyler

  

  ZWICK 4 PREZ wrote: I like Jay-z's shit.. I liked it even more when Biggie did it first though.

  This.
  
  
  Also, this poll is bullshit as Nas isn't listed.
• hoops23

  

  Crew Love wrote: I can't take this poll seriously considering it's missing names like Nas, Rakim, LL Cool J, Scarface, and the aforementioned Jay-Z, yet it includes Lil Wayne.

  +2
  
  Seriously, no NaS?
  
  Even so, some of the modern hip-hop, including Kid Cudi, Wale, and a few others, is definitely revitalizing the genre..
• Leonardo

  

  Other option?
• killer_ewok

  

  ccrunner609 wrote: I have been lucky......I have been around for the whole thing. Been listening to rap since 1980ish.
  
  
  Most of you young bucks and 90's rap guys missed the good stuff.

  Are you serious? 1993 was one of the best years ever for Hip-Hop albums and the artists who broke through that year were some of the best of all-time.
  
  

  ZWICK 4 PREZ wrote:
  I like Jay-z's shit.. I liked it even more when Biggie did it first though.

  Please. There are so many rappers out there who bite lines. Jay and B.I.G. were boys and come from basically the same place. Similar subject matter but Jay put his personal stamp on his shit just like Biggie did.
• ZWICK 4 PREZ

  

  jay-z = swagger jacker
• killer_ewok

  

  ZWICK 4 PREZ wrote: jay-z = swagger jacker

  If by "swagger jacker" you mean "one of the best rappers of all-time"....I agree with you.