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Nas- Greatest East Coast Rapper of All Time!!!!

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teecee:
ha ha Method Man shouldn't even be included in this topic.....although you could argue for Redman based on his earlier work....

Biggie- maybe would've been the greatest as his flow is the greatest of all time (well, Doggystyle Snoop is comparable)....however, people act like he did no wrong!  I mean, Life After Death is a classic, but it DID have some wack songs......and he only had a chance to drop two albums, so he never really fell off---imagine if Snoop died after DOggystyle!.....

Nas- alot of people say IWW isn't a classic, but a lot of people also say Pac's Makeveli wasn't classic either.  Nas has more great songs than any other rapper in eastcoast history, but he has a lot of wack ones too......kinda funny though how some rappers like Jay Z and Big are allowed to do commercial songs while Nas gets hated on when he does so

Kool G Rap- incredible story teller and rapid fire spitter, he has to at least be considered

other honorable mention: LL COOL J (don't sleep), Chuck D, Jay Z

However, the top 2 gotta be RAKIM & Big Daddy Kane!!!! They fathered all your favourite Mc's styles.......Rakim brought the conscious/streetwise rap, making way for Nas to do what he does.   BDK brought the incredible wordplay and flow, creating the style that Big, Jay Z, and especially a young Snoop would take to another level...

teecee:
"My rhymes are so dope and/ rappers be hopin
to sound like me soon i'll have to open
a school of mcing
for those who wanna be in
my field and court
then again on second thought
to have mc's coming out soundin so similar
it quite confusin for you to remember the
originator, and boy to i hate a..... perpatrator
but i'm much greater
the best oh yes i guess suggest the best just fess
don't mess or test...your highness
unless you just address with best finesses
and bless the paragraphs i manifest
rap prime minister
some say sinister
non-stopping the groove until when its
the climax, then i max, relax and chill
have a break from a take, i mean actin ill
brain cells will lift, i dare start to hit
next the formation of words that fit
at the table i sit, makin it legit
and when the pen hits the paper.....ah shit
i start to stand strong over mc's
and devour with the power of hercules
or sampson, i go further with length
cuz you could scout my cameo and i'd still have strength
and no, thats not a myth and if u try to rip
or get with the man get with the given gift...
of gab, your vocab,  will only ignore
be sleepin on your rhymes til i start to snore
you can't awake me, or even make me
fear ya son, cuz u can't do me none....so
think about it if ya tryin to go
when ya wanna step to me, i think ya should know"

the legendary rapper who did this verse is, to me, tied with Rakim for greatest eastcoast rapper of all time......

1. rakim & BDK
2. nas & Biggie

I TO DA GEEZY:

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......kinda funny though how some rappers like Jay Z and Big are allowed to do commercial songs while Nas gets hated on when he does so

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well it's not very hard to figure out why, Unless u decide to swallow blindly anything he puts out(mainlly due to his supreme vocal abillities while completely ignoring the lyrical flawz). Ive been saying it for ages, when Nas is focused-he can break unimaginable records, therefore, he has great potensial but as u follow his career u find out that the only way he can stay focused(more less focused) is either by dealing wit so called- serious isues(although not always) through his music AND\OR while trying to prove something(more likely), NAS unlike other MCz who surpass him lyriclly,simply can't stay focused in any other conditions. He often falls flat while reciting gimmickz and cliche's which seem unconected and apart of each other , as if he was simply rhyming words...in the MC sence nas is a dope lyricist- he can bring ILL lines, dope metaphores and imagery but all this is worth nothing if he can't structure it right, and to strucutre it right he needs focus,which he lacks. When he tries to do comersial tracks he usually looses the listener very fast....

M Dogg™:
S.G.V. mentioned Melli Mel, who I overllooked in this arguement, but on my offical list, have him at number 5 or so. Melli Mel did the Message and White Lines. Greatest Rapper out the early 80's, pre-Rakim. Melli Mel had a nice flow, lyricals were average, but message was just great. And my offical list of JUST EASTCOAST rappers.

1. Rakim
2. Notorious B.I.G.
3. Nas
4. KRS-One
5. Melli Mel
6. Big Daddy Kane
7. LL Cool J
8. Chuck D
9. Kool G Rap
10. Jay Z (don't like as much now, but was a fan of his earlier work)

smartass:
a top 10 list without g rap? 3 classic albums, the greatest story-teller ever, started the criminology style, and he still gets no love. thats bullshit.

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