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Top 10 Rappers and Hip Hop Artists


when it comes to hip-hop these MCS are
at the top of their class so it was all
a dream I used to read Word Up Magazine
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
rap artists of all time all I need is
one light one try one rap on one man
when I stand for speaks for stuff they
don’t understand and wanna see me on top
too egotistical talking all that slick
stuff or my name is biblical number 10
Big Pun larger-than-life persona check
razor sharp lyrics and slick flow check
first Latin to come home with a platinum
plaque check Christopher Lee Rios paved
the way for Latin rappers with the
massive club anthem still not a player
to the top and with two platinum albums
there’s no telling how far Big Pun would
have taken the rap game Eddie not
succumb to a heart attack at age 28 feet
so rub my tummy can make a wish I make
you rich take your kids to the flakes
come back and fix your favorite dish
raising this giant weight
coming dad slid back to the shack with
my other two big number 9 LL Cool J it
seems everyone not just the ladies love
cool James
he began his multifaceted career as a
teenager and his musical evolution can
be seen in hits like mama said knock you
out don’t call it a comeback and hey
lover cheap machines alive but took the
right turn thanks to a successful acting
career and multiple awards LL Cool J has
proven his longevity and why he skills
and goat ll take great a small-time
number eight
common common is the name and repping
hip hop is his game I never do what la
la la a la like this gotta be some beats
right this clean ain’t seen you in a
minute
wrote this letter Bobby decide to set it
on I used to love her and love of my
life it’s clear that Ronny Rashid Lin
jr. has never been afraid to show his
affection for hip-hop and his fans
respect him all the more for it
cool out in the center WA sitting up all
wishin doctor
eventually if it was meant to be that
will because we related physically it
meant something is she was fun then I
peek when she come around slim was fresh
joke when she decided well rapping with
an eloquence and dignity that many of
today’s artists lack common is a true
Ward Smith who can flow with the best of
them
watch all get-out Sharla’s hip hop
number seven fitty cent thanks to get
rich or die tryin city sent had one of
the biggest debut albums in rap history
yeah Trey everybody show me look when
you select now the record is often used
as the standard by which new artists
measure themselves though few have even
come close as a solo artist and with his
g-unit crew in tow fitty made hip hop
interesting again and demonstrated his
willingness to take on any opponent for
challenge wait oh how did you be happy
amazing number six Eminem who can forget
the first time they heard the words
Marshall Bruce Mathers the third forever
changed our ideas about rappers looks
and lyrical content no subject not even
his personal life was too taboo for mm
and with over 90 million albums sold
it’s little wonder that he’s been deemed
one of the greatest artists ever I’m
like a head trip to listen to cuz I’m
only giving you things you joke about
with your friends aside you living room
the only difference is I got the balls
to say it in front of y’all and now
gotta be fall to sugar coffee at all
number five – puck despite being one
half of the infamous 90s East Coast West
Coast feud Tupac Shakur established
himself as an insightful and poetic
artist who could still maintain a party
rockin gangsta mentality
though his star quickly rose its light
went dim way too soon the thug life
rappers career came to a screeching halt
when he was shot in 1996
fortunately Tupac left a legacy of
socio-politically charged music that
would forever alter the sound of hip-hop
number four the notorious b.i.g this
album is dedicated to all the teachers
that told me I never amounted nice all
the teachers who told Christopher
Wallace that he never amount to nothing
were certainly wrong about Biggie Smalls
enough right big do the hard the hard
you never took the hip hop but take it
this fall now I’m in the limelight cuz I
run right time to get a blow up like the
world train with his unique voice and
delivery biggie was destined for
greatness soon enough this storytelling
master put the East Coast hip-hop scene
on the map unfortunately his
participation in the East Coast West
Coast hip hop rivalry led the notorious
b.i.g to pay the ultimate price in 1997
baby Mac and but they be packed
attracted to deadlines what’s your name
what’s your sign soon as he buy that one
I just people number three not Nasir bin
Olu Dara Jones came from the USA’s
largest housing project and rose to
hip-hop royalty with his debut illmatic
my poetry’s deep I never felt nauseous
rep should be locked in a Cell it ain’t
hard the child
since then nas has given us hit after
hit has been awarded the source
magazine’s 5 mic rating twice and has
taken on one of raps biggest stars jay-z
in a high-profile few and when I show
you all my take what I want so you draw
the front hope down thanks to his
unmatchable rapping skills nas has truly
shown us why he’s the dawn just for
every Jenner window hood now the DA
super cat de da da da
understood number two’s rookies after
beginning his career in the 80s with DJ
Eric beats Rakim gave birth to a lyrical
style that was all his own by
approaching the mic with a laid-back
delivery banker South Madison rage solo
black DJ’s to get money Don came and
gone this is strictly for my listeners
on the corners at night and the sisters
that be keeping us right when I be on
the right thanks to his critically
praised flowing lyrics he’s been
consistently ranked among the best MCS
in the game some have even called Rakim
the greatest MC in history number one
Jay Z H to the Izzo V to the his name
was shizzle my nizzle used to dribble
down a v8 since the late 90s Sean Carter
has been a fixture of the rap game
reasonable doubt and the blueprint have
been hailed as classics of the genre
while his lines verses and songs have
been studied by hip-hop heads worldwide
with his Empire State of Mind jay-z has
sold millions of records topped multiple
charts and won many Grammys in addition
he’s transformed himself into one of the
most successful businessmen in America
has ever seen
and since I made it here I can make it
anywhere yeah they love me everywhere do
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