My Top 50 favorite rappers of all time!

this is my personal list based on a mixture of discography, talent and generally how much I listen to them, if you think I'm missing someone it might just be because I haven't heard enough from them yet

Enjoy! RTs appreciated
I will just list 50-20 here with my fav project from them next to it first:

50. J. Cole - 2014 FHD
49. YG - Still Brazy
48. Killer Mike - RTJ 2
47. Ka - DOC
46. MC Ride - TMS
45. 50 Cent - GRODT
44. Lil Wayne - TC2
43. Elcamino - Elcamino 2
42. El-P - RTJ 2
41. Method Man - 36 Chambers
40. Earl Sweatshirt - SRS
39. MF DOOM - MV
38. Rapsody - Crown
37. No Malice - Lord Willin
36. Inspectah Deck - 36 Chambers
35. Denzel Curry - Taboo
34. ODB - Return to the 36 Chambers
33. Vince Staples - S06
32. Talib Kweli - Black Star
31. Redman - WHUT?
30. Big K.R.I.T - 4Eva
29. Biggie - RTD
28. Prodigy - The Infamous
27. RZA - 36 Chambers
26. Joey Badass - 1999
25. Eminem - TES
24. Andre 3k - Aquemini
23. ScHoolboy Q - Oxymoron
22. Che Noir - As God Intended
21. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
20. Skyzoo - The Easy Truth
The Easy Truth is one of the best albums of the 10s

19. Big Boi - Stankonia
One of the best flows in hip hop

18. Daveed Diggs - VOBBB
Pushing hip hop to it's limits and just fits the production

17. Drake - NWTS
Certified Hit Maker
16. Conway The Machine - FKTG/Reject 2
One of the best pure rappers oat

15. Raekwon - OB4CL
Underrated and underappreciated due to GZA/GFK

14. Q-Tip - WGIFH
By far the most talented member of ATCQ

13. Common - Be
Some of the most beautiful music in hip hop
12. Kanye West - Yeezus
One of the most consistent rappers ever and always pushed himself to create something unique

11. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition
One of the best voices in Hip Hop with some of the most interesting projects
10. Benny The Butcher - Tana Talk 3

One of the best rappers out right now who continues to build one of the best discographies of the recent years. Always backed by incredible production and features
9. Black Thought - Things Fall Apart

Might be the single most talented rapper of all time and has the discography to show for it. Amazing feature game aswell and still going strong 20+ years into his career
8. Freddie Gibbs - Pinata

One of the best flows of all time backed by incredible production by some of the best producers ever. Part of some of the best albums of the 10s and a classic in Pinata
7. Pusha T - Daytona

He has it all: The talent, longetivity, discography and especially the fact he might be the best feature artist in hip hop history, rarely does he not outrap everyone on a track
6. Westside Gunn - Supreme Blientele

THE single greatest discography in Hip Hop. He might not be as talented as some of the others on here but he has one of the best eyes for production and features making all his project extremely good + I actually love his voice/flows/adlibs
5. Kendrick Lamar - GKMC

The best rapper of the 2010s, everything he has put out since OD has been great, including an album of throwaways (!). Made some of my favorite hh songs of all time too
4. GZA - Liquid Swords

One of the best to ever touch the mic, incredibly consistent and great discography. Chemistry with the other members of Wu Tang is some of the best I've ever seen
3. Mos Def - Black On Both Sides

Prime Mos Def is the best rapper of all time, insane flow, delivery and wordplay with one of the best voices in hip hop, which allowed him to be a very respectable singer aswell. Had he dropped more during his prime he would easily be #1
2. Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele

The most talented rapper out of all of the Wu members and also has the greatest solo discography between those with multiple album that could be considered classics.
1. Nas - It Was Written

The GOAT, simple as that. Illmatic is often considered the best hh album oat and imo It Was Written is even better. The fact that he was able to make a very good album 25 years into his career shows his consistency, never carried by production or features
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