Top 50 (Rap) Lyricists Of All Time...

[dickman69]

also i love how many magazines give albums shit ratings, and then they get universal acclaim and they just change their rating...

look at all those asterisks tisk tisk

[volcanogeorge]

i know jay-z wrote still d.r.e. but dunno which other tunes he wrote

[mo_respect]

Nas wrote The Watcher too

[wub]

i know jay-z wrote still d.r.e. but dunno which other tunes he wrote

Ludcaris did some of his tunes on Detox I think?

[mo_respect]

And Mel-Man "helped" produce on all the tracks

[Laszlo]

Didn't Dre have his rhymes ghost written?

He did (at least some tracks on 2001), but I can kind of understand his albums getting 5 mics for the overall end product.
50 cent, on the other hand, (who has also allegedly had his rhymes ghost written) getting 50th place is a bit of a piss-take.

[Forum]

According to The Source

#1.
#2. Nas
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#4. Jay Z
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#11. LL Cool J
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#14. Ice Cube
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#21. Redman
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#24. Jadakiss
#25. Queen Latifah
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#29. Snoop Dogg
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#31. Kanye West
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#36. Lil Wayne
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#41. Fabolous
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#45. Lil Kim
#46. Rick Ross
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#49. Lupe Fiasco
#50. 50 Cent

Discuss

This list looks like it was made my smash hits magazine








The top 10 should all be black thought

[wub]

Production not the same as engineering though. If Dre is overseeing production there's no way he'd be pushing buttons on everything.

[Laszlo]

@Southstar - You sayin Nas and Redman aren't good??

[volcanogeorge]

given how long detox is taking to be done, he's had time to push buttons on about 9 albums by now

[mo_respect]

Production not the same as engineering though. If Dre is overseeing production there's no way he'd be pushing buttons on everything.

i dont think it has to do with just engineering though. im not really knocking dre, but he's just more of a conductor than a composer.

[wobbles]

Dylan isnt anywhere on this list?

[wub]

Production not the same as engineering though. If Dre is overseeing production there's no way he'd be pushing buttons on everything.

i dont think it has to do with just engineering though. im not really knocking dre, but he's just more of a conductor than a composer.

Fair comment...I think we were saying the same thing in different ways TBH

[Forum]

@Southstar - You sayin Nas and Redman aren't good??

Not a fan of Nas. Redman is quality in the same way as DMX and Ice cube are quality but top lyricists?

[Laszlo]

Yeah, I mean obviously it's all opinions, but yes. Redman's first album alone puts him up there.

[bela]

Dylan isnt anywhere on this list?

[mo_respect]

@Southstar - You sayin Nas and Redman aren't good??

Not a fan of Nas. Redman is quality in the same way as DMX and Ice cube are quality but top lyricists?

redmans punchline game on whut the album is legendary

[fractal]

imortal technique would kill most of these guys, if we are talking about lyrics

[BonerJams04]

where the fucks lil b

[noam]

no MF Grimm

no Aesop Rock



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