call it... 4 most influential rappers of all time rakim- hes hip hops chuck berry, underappreciated in every way, one of the greatest albums of all time is paid in full 2pac- one of the greatest, the highest selling rapper of all time jay-z: changed the game for all time, greatest of all time big/em- interchangable, if big wer alive now still making music hed be a shoo-in, but hes not. eminem changed the game and made it so a white boy could make it in a black mans world
Rakim - your favorite rappers favorite rapper 2pac - the realist rapper ever Nas - the greatest rapper ever Jay-Z - he brought the hip hop culture to the mainstream without loosing his street appeal
this is actually true because 50 cent named him as the greatest of all time and 50 is my favorite rapper
Del tha Funkee Homosapien (West Coast//Bay) Aesop Rock (East Coast//NY) Gift of Gab (West Coast//SoCal) MF DOOM (East Coast// New York) Influential? These guys wouldnt win the contest at this moment, but I firmly believe that in another decade or two, they will have influenced enough people to be deserving of this position...
biggie tupac nas eazy e not my personal faves, but that's probably as close as you'll get for a general concensus. Two biggest from the west, best from the east. Pretty fucked up that nas is the only one still breathing.
4 most influential? 1.Big L 2.Pac(obv.) 3.Nas 4.Biggie Not my personal faves but probably the most influential, imo.
no fucking way eazy gets the nod over ice cube considering cube WROTE ALL THE SHIT FOR NWA AND EAZY'S FIRST ALBUM.
I could make a list for days. But ill try to keep this short. Most influential from the early days of hip hop: Rakim KRS-One All of NWA Slick Rick LL Cool J Ice T 90s: Nas Biggie Pac Most of Wu Tang Eazy E Dre Ice Cube Common Big L More recent(past 10ish years, even though some of these artist from the other 2 lists are obviously still making music): Jay Z Outkast Eminem DMX Lil Wayne(as much as I hate to say it) T.I. Well this is getting a little long so im done. I probably missed a few names but whatever. My other point is, its way too hard to make a very small list after around 25 years of mainstream hip hop.