who are the ten best rappers in the world right now

Started by WPG, Apr 12, 2015, in Music Add to Reading List

  1. reservoirGod
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    Apr 12, 2015
    Embarrassing list. Rofl.
     
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  2. sxneighty123
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    True :emoji_thumbsup:

    Kevin Gates - hes good but not top ten in the world hahah After 3 mixtapes? :westbrook3:
     
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  3. Narsh
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    el-p or killer mike?

    lil herb?

    drake?

    jw
     
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  4. Peter Parker
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    I'd probably rank RTJ (idk if that's fair or true, even) over all 3 of them I think, then Kendrick, then Bronson, then Drake? Something like that. Open Mike Eagle and Billy Woods are my favourite right now

    I kinda liked T&Y on first listen but I couldn't even finish half of it during my second one. Some instrumentals are interesting and I liked a couple of tracks, but overall it's pretty meh. An improvement from his previous stuff, but who cares.

    YES. I made a thread about it here, if you want some info on the album, not many people have posted their impressions yet (neither have I lol, I listened to it earlier today at last but I'll shamelessly post the link here because it's a very good album)
     
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  5. icecube
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    No way Kanye can be considered a good rapper in 2015. A good/great musician but not rapper.
     
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    right now, its kendrick and then the rest
     
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    Also
    yeah it really is but OP is probably mentioning his favorite artists, not the best.
     
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  8. reservoirGod
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    Then that guy is a f---ing moron! :'(
     
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  10. spurs19
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    18 people wrote that not just Kedrick
     
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  11. Peter Parker
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    Apr 12, 2015
    Is this guy a bot? He posts everytime Kanye is mentioned, and his posts are identical, wtf
     
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    Was correcting someone
     
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    Would replace Boosie with Kendrick and Kevin Gates with Drake

    Otherwise, I completely agree
     
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    Kendrick Lamar
    Billy Woods
    Young Thug
    Action Bronson
    Kanye West
    Future
    Open Mike Eagle
    Malik B
    Mike Zombie
    Freddie Gibbs
     
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    WPG sxn80 Rory Gilmore

    Apr 12, 2015
    pretty sure four mixtapes in two years is enough to qualify someone as the best "right now"

    what do you want, a corporate speaking tour?
    nope
    drake's had maaaaybe half a dozen good songs in the last two years

    herb is definitely on the shortlist

    mike in the discussion, too

    EDIT: @Narsh can you please explain why the thought of cutting bronson would even cross your mind
     
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    WPG sxn80 Rory Gilmore

    Apr 12, 2015
    not trying to be a d-ck but...why? boosie has been on an inhuman run since he got out. on top of the tape (which had o lord, the fall, i'm coming home, i feel ya, etc etc etc) he's had crazy, black rain, the lifestyle remix, and one of the best guest spot resumes in rap.
     
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  17. Narsh
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    Apr 12, 2015
    off top (no order):

    kendrick
    drake
    danny brown
    RTJ
    billy woods
    young thug
    future
    kanye
    vince staples
    lil herb/boosie idk
     
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    CODEiNE DEMON One foot stuck in the tarpit of my ways

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    Eh. I didn't f--- with him before he went to prison and didn't wanna hop on his d-ck now that he's out. If he's really good like you're saying then I'll check him out. I DEFINITELY feel like Kenny and Drake both deserve a spot on the list though, much more so than Kevin Gates.
     
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  19. Lamont
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    Kendrick
    Freddie Gibbs
    Azizi Gibson
    Mick Jenkins
    Vince Staples
    Schoolboy Q
    Jay Rock
    Danny Brown
    Oddisee
    CLPPNG
    Denzel Curry
     
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    Apr 12, 2015
    No order off the top of my head, probably forgetting someone:

    Freddie Gibbs
    Drake
    Kendrick Lamar
    Kanye West
    Killer Mike
    Vince Staples
    Action Bronson
    Lil Herb
    Young Thug
    Earl Sweatshirt

    Danny Brown would be on there if he had released a more recent album. I'm not well versed enough in billy woods/future's discographies to call them. Boosie is great too but the only full project I've listened to Life After Deathrow so I don't feel comfortable ranking him.
     
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