The 25 Greatest MC's of All Time

[ImmortalOne]

You cant be overrated when you are the best to ever do it 

[fellowes]

Nice list

[white Boy]

dmx sucks.

[Mac 10 †]

You cant be overrated when you are the best to ever do it

exactly

[Diabolical]

Pac wasnt a great MC but he was an amazing artist, all round. Theres a big difference.

And you cant include Until The End Of Time and Loyal To The Game as an arguement anyway, those albums were sold on hype and guests alone. You realy think Loyal... would have sold so many if it wasnt for Eminem and Elton John or whatever other gays were on it.

[Black Uhuru]

Pac wasnt a great MC but he was an amazing artist, all round. Theres a big difference.

Real talk 2pac was the greatest rap artist of all time, MC'ing is purely mic skills

[Like A N!gga Say Do]

^^ Right, but what's your definition of the Best artist in rap music if he don't have the best skills on the mic : Lyrics, Rhyming & Flowing. I know that there's alot of 2pac fans on this board since this is a westcoast board but heh.

[ImmortalOne]

^^ Right, but what's your definition of the Best artist in rap music if he don't have the best skills on the mic : Lyrics, Rhyming & Flowing. I know that there's alot of 2pac fans on this board since this is a westcoast board but heh.

There is more to being a great artist then simply lyricism, rhyming and flowing.

Alot of people seem to forget that as simple as Pac's skills on the mic were, he more then made up for that with his songwriting ability. He wasnt just a good songwriter, but an OUTSTANDING one.

Dude was the total package.

[PLANT]

cool, the list is a good idea

keep em comin

[Mac 10 †]

Pac wasnt a great MC but he was an amazing artist, all round. Theres a big difference.

And you cant include Until The End Of Time and Loyal To The Game as an arguement anyway, those albums were sold on hype and guests alone. You realy think Loyal... would have sold so many if it wasnt for Eminem and Elton John or whatever other gays were on it.

who gives a fuck about record sales?? 

[Paul]

this is a really good idea you must hav put in alot of effort in it well done

dmx sucks.

hell yeah

You cant be overrated when you are the best to ever do it

your opinion, alot will disagree includin me

[Machiavelli]

Raekwon shouldnt even be in the top 25...The only wu-rappers that should be in the top 25 are GZA and Ghostface Killah.

DMX?
Jadakiss?

[ImmortalOne]

your opinion, alot will disagree includin me

In the real world, Pac is probably considered goat by an overwhelming majority.

[makaveli11]

^^ Right, but what's your definition of the Best artist in rap music if he don't have the best skills on the mic : Lyrics, Rhyming & Flowing. I know that there's alot of 2pac fans on this board since this is a westcoast board but heh.

My definition of Best artist:
flow
delivery
voice
impact/influence
catalague
songwriting abilities
versatility

There is alot of mc's better than 2pac when it comes the technical side of mcing such as rhyming, flowing, and battling capabilites, but 2pac MORE than made up for that especially in the last six categories I listed. I seriously think when people say tupac is overrated they mean 2pac the human being rather than 2pac the artist.  I also think it is LARGELY unfair to attack 2pac because he is not spitting on rakim's level lyrically speaking. That's like attacking rakim for not making songs such as 'shed so many tears', 'blasphemy', and 'me and my girlfriend' just to name a few examples.  2pac was not the best mc, but when considering the total package I still believe 2pac is goat without a doubt. Other mc's I would accept as goat would be cube, rakim, and krs-one.

[makaveli11]

your opinion, alot will disagree includin me

In the real world, Pac is probably considered goat by an overwhelming majority.

^^^ very true. If you go outside the U.S. and go through the other countries in the world I think you would see 2pac is the most influential figure of all time in hip hop history.