this list comprises my fave rappers in no particular order a lot of people were doing their top 5 lists for a while and i hated them because everyone was on a 2pac biggie and jay bandwagon please note, i am not doing this on image or popularity or money or even how much i like to listen to them.. i'm doing this based on people with strong distinct unique lyrical talent that is well executed ok lets get started the streets aka mike skinner mike skinner to me seems to be as close to a lyrical genius as possible.. he is like the only rapper i've heard who talks about concepts.. not like situations but concepts.. he like analyzes things and .... i feel like i need to keep this short because as i think about his strengths, i can see i could be sitting here explaining it for hours just listen to his song called "deluded in my mind" and "too late" (listen CLOSELY to too late.. like listen for how he uses weather within the song) those two songs are enough to show you why he deserves his spot cam'ron is such a great mixture of things the lyrical prowess, the humor, the street mentality, the bravado.. he is so good at rapping that he makes it sound very very easy.. he also created a style imo.. no one else raps the way he does again, its hard to really explain how good he is at rapping.. he's just absurdly good at rapping.. like he works inside the box but he is always thinking and moving outside of it also violent j is possibly the most creative rapper of all time this guy doesn't just rap words.. this guy planned out a 6 album story from the beginning and CREATED WORLDS.. like this dude literally created worlds for people to live in think about it.. most rappers will do a 16 on a song and thats it... but j will do a 16 and build on that concept for 10 yrs with more and more bits and pieces until you feel like its a real universe.. in a sense he's like rap's version of george lucas ice cube is.......... just listen to the album 'death certificate' thank me later ice-t has a slick tongue.. like seriously i kid you not.. this dude can change your life .. he is very aware that he has an audience so a lot of times when you listen to his music you realize HE IS TALKING DIRECTLY TO YOU
and he will make his point so well that you start nodding your head, not just cuz of the beat, but because you agree.. he's the type to make u stop and think and change what you do with your life this dude is not a joke AT ALL now.. one interesting thing about my list is this.. it has the same number of whites and blacks since ice-t is biracial pretty neat.. i didn't do it on purpose either anyway that's my top 5 not necessarily the rappers i listen to the most.. but they have SERIOUS strengths that cannot be denied and one more thing before i go.. i know my descriptions are EXTREMELY SHORT compared to what i could have said.. but seriously.. i am telling u right now.. i could write a book on this.. these rappers are just enormously talented.. so i had to keep it short
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