When Kendrick Lamar dropped his major label debut,good kid, m.A.A.d. city, in October 2012, hip-hop rediscoveredEl Doradoat the intersection of Central Ave and El Segundo. And while the good kid’s next chapter is yet to be written, 2013 was the year in which Kendrick Lamar mastered theartof suspense, thus commanding our attention and definitively becoming theBest Rapper Alive.

The year is still young. Will K-Dot's reign on top be shorter than leprechauns? For Drake, once againthe throne is for the taking. His third album is on the way and songs like "Started From The Bottom" and "5 AM In Toronto" show that he can still turn it on like a light switch whenever he fancies.At the other end of the spectrum is Danny Brown, who has little mainstream recognition but has slowly built himself into a premier underground rapper. Fans continueto catch on to his 2011 album,Bleep, and he keeps slaughtering guest spots. 2 Chainz is still riding high offthe success of his debut album and newfound fame—the question remains if he can maintain his momentum.

The Best Rapper Alive, Every Year Since 1979
1979: Grandmaster Caz
1980: Kurtis Blow
1981: Kool Moe Dee
1982: Melle Mel
1983: Run
1984: Run
1985: LL Cool J
1986: KRS-One
1987: Rakim
1988: Slick Rick
1989: Big Daddy Kane
1990: Ice Cube
1991: Q-Tip
1992: Redman
1993: Snoop Doggy Dogg
1994: Nas
1995: The Notorious B.I.G.
1996: 2Pac
1997: The Notorious B.I.G.
1998: DMX
1999: Jay-Z
2000: Eminem
2001: Jay-Z
2002: Eminem
2003: 50 Cent
2004: T.I.
2005: Young Jeezy
2006: Lil Wayne
2007: Kanye West
2008: Lil Wayne
2009: Jay-Z
2010: Kanye West
2011: Drake
2012: Drake
2013: Kendrick Lamar

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almost all... but, use no 5 more frequently

check out eminem_lagacy... is tru hip hop

have u all forgotten
mase
twista
talid kwali
scareface
ghostface
snoop dogg(wen he was good)
common
kane
nelly
andre 3000
ll cool j
ice cube
rakim &
dmx

Pdizzle: weezy is crap, Nas is main man on dah list n kendrick z sellout, eminem z gud but nt in d class of the lyrical nas..the only few gud rappers arnd are pusha t. J.Cole, jay electronica. RSAMAN ur list is d bomb..But no canibus, scarface, big daddy kane, biggie?

i hear u

RSAMAN: here are those lines pal and i want to know how such a greatest rapper alive could rap such lame lines







And I'm still warming you up, I haven't started at all.

me na eminem fan, jst read from d beginin of dis topic.. i saw dat article about wayne being d best, so i decided paste it to make dis tread lively. but honest dat verse is nt dat tite, chek out em's 25 to lyf 1st verse or jay's izzo 1st verse.

RSAMAN:

If he's the greatest living mc then copy/paste any verse by lil wayne that beats this verse

Rapper: Inspectah Deck
Song: Triumph

“I bomb atomically
Socrates' philosophies and hypotheses
Can’t define how I be droppin' these
mockeries
Lyrically perform armed robbery
Flee with the lottery
Possibly they spotted me
Battle-scarred shogun, explosion when my
pen hits
Tremendous, ultra-violet shine blind
forensics
I inspect you, through the future see
millennium
Killer Bees sold fifty gold sixty platinum
Shacklin' the masses with drastic rap tactics
Graphic displays melt the steel like
blacksmiths
Black Wu jackets queen B’s ease the guns in
Rumble with patrolmen, tear gas laced the
function
Heads by the score take flight incite a war
Chicks hit the floor, die hard fans demand
more
Behold the bold soldier, control the globe
slowly
Proceeds to blow swingin' swords like
Shinobi
Stomp grounds and pound footprints in
solid rock
Wu got it locked, performing live on your
hottest block”

this is lil wayne_blooded verse one.
Once again it's on, yea I'm back in the booth
Stayin at the top like a tack in the roof
Still on these hoes, like a mack in a suit
Still on my toes, not a crack in my shoe
Rappers talkin bout me, but I don't give a hoot
These niggas still lyin, I'm the motherfuckin truth
Talk tough, 'till I knock off ya couf
And I own my team, I'm like a Maloof
They hatin' on me, I'm just trying to be Weezy
Just like Young Jeezy, in the lima bean 'ghini
Smoked out my mind baby now I'm seeing 3D
Dope boy fresh, from my fitted to my DC
All red, so these hoes know who we be
We be's, bloods we B's
Pop pop flows, ya'll niggas sweet pea
Gettin high on the yacht, call it sea weed

Unlike the classic debate over 2Pac or Notorious B.I.G. being the greatest MC ever, both Lil Wayne and Eminem are still very much in the game and cranking out hits, with each artist sitting on discographies of over 1000 tracks. As long as Em outlives Wayne (and, unless Weezy shares genes with Keith Richards, it's a definite possibility), Shady will have the last word. He still has a chance to release a unique album that breaks his formulaic approach to music. Eminem could possibly test the boundaries of rap in an unexpected way.
That day may never come, however, and until it does, Lil Wayne is the undisputed greatest living MC.

Where most people adamantly take a stance on Eminem being great while Lil Wayne is "garbage" lies in Shady's subject matter -- "Em raps about real life and real problems while Wayne just talks about money, drugs, and sex." I understand what is being said, but Marshall's lyrics focus on himself while Weezy's run the gamut of subject matter, from destruction (murder) to creation (sex) to everything in between. While Shady is a master of both horrorcore and emo-rap, Tunechi not only excels at both, but can also touch on a wide variety of subjects
Eminem does rap about drugs ("Drug Ballad," anyone?), guns ("Pistol Pistol", and sex ("Superman" just like Lil Wayne, but Mr. Carter is able to touch on one universal subject that Mr. Mathers still struggles with, even into his 40s...How to Love. Slim is incapable of writing a love song that Justin Bieber could legitimately pull off. The sign of a truly classic song is in its ability to be covered by artists from different generations, and Lil Wayne's discography will stand the test of time longer than Eminem's because compassion is what truly lasts. Em is incapable of expressing compassion without betraying his image. Weezy can release an entire album of love songs; Shady can't.

With the release ofThe Marshall Mathers LP 2, Eminem declares himself a Rap God, featuring the King of Rap (Kendrick Lamar) on his album, and hoping to finally pass the torch of the rap game to a worthy predecessor. One can debate back and forth over whether Em or Jay-Z is the greatest rapper alive, but, rather than waste any time debating semantics between these two self-proclaimed "God MCs," I'm declaring the greatest MC in the history of the game to be neither Em nor Jay. History will show that the existence of a God MC is irrelevant so long as there's life on Mars.

RSAMAN: Immortal Technique
Krs-One
R.A The Rugged Man
Pharoahe Monch
Diabolic
Slug
Jean Grae
Mf Doom
Del the Funky Homosapien
O.C
The Last Emperor
Poison Pen
El-P
Ghostface killah
Inspectah Deck
Hopsin
Masta Ace
Akir
Raekwon
Nas
Black Thought
Chuck D
Rakim
Common
Saigon
Cormega
Prince Po
Talib Kweli
Gza
Rza
Method Man
Q-tip
Eminem
Masta Killa
Cappadonna
Pusha T
No Malice
Dice Raw
Phonte
Stic.man
M-1
Mos Def
Sadat X
Brother Ali
Vinnie Paz (only if his lyrics weren't anti-christian would have been my number one, remains at the bottom for now)

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