Can we keep this one on topic?

1. Dr Dre
2. Snoop
3. Kanye
4 Ice Cube
5.Busta Rhyme or Vanilla Ice

In no particular order although I believe Nas is the goat

1. Nas
2. Eminem
3. Rakim
4. Biggie
5. PAC

1. Em
2. Wayne
3. Cole
4. DMX
5. Kendrick

HM: Joyner Lucas, Jadakiss, Logic

hokiewolf said:

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1. Inspectah Deck
2. MF Doom
3. Killer Mike
4. Big L
5. J-Live

Honorable mention - Percee P, Breeze Brewin', Talib Kweli, Mos Def

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Man Inspectah Deck is criminally underrated.

Big L was so smooth, wish he hadn't been taken away so young, I really think he would've been one of the goats.

jkpackfan said:

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hokiewolf said:

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1. Inspectah Deck
2. MF Doom
3. Killer Mike
4. Big L
5. J-Live

Honorable mention - Percee P, Breeze Brewin', Talib Kweli, Mos Def

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Man Inspectah Deck is criminally underrated.

Big L was so smooth, wish he hadn't been taken away so young, I really think he would've been one of the goats.

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Every Wu-Tang banger had a Rebel verse.

Snoop
Run DMC
De La Soul
Young MC
Dr. Dre
LL Cool J
Ice T

And Vanilla Ice sure can renovate a house.

Sorry I'm old. I know nothing about most rappers

Dr Dre











Tupac
Snoop
Ludacris
Eminem

I can't get into the new rappers/music that my 16 year old son listens to. Just a bunch of nonsense mumbling. LOL

Five I listen to a ton:

Juice WRLD
Lil Wayne
Childish Gambino
Kid Cuddi
Kanye

Going to show my age but I got to go with…..

1. Ghost Face Killah
2. Nas
3. Biggie
4. Snoop
5. Eminem

SexualChocolate said:

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Going to show my age but I got to go with…..

1. Ghost Face Killah
2. Nas
3. Biggie
4. Snoop
5. Eminem

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Great list and these guys today can't compare to the golden era of hip hop.

wolf howl said:

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Dr Dre











Tupac
Snoop
Ludacris
Eminem

I can't get into the new rappers/music that my 16 year old son listens to. Just a bunch of nonsense mumbling. LOL

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Agreed 1000%

Big Daddy Kane
Biggie
Snoop
Rakim
Busta Rhymes

Hard to do five, but those were the first that came to mind.

Dr Dre
Tupac
Kendrick Lamar
Eminem
NF

Miles Davis
Cannonball Aderly
Sonny Rollins
Wayne Shorter
Coleman Hawkins

Wait, did you say Jazz?

Love the smooth jazz variety.

GZA
Q-Tip
Chuck D.
Ice Cube
Andre 3000

Denverpack said:

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GZA
Q-Tip
Chuck D.
Ice Cube
Andre 3000

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Ice Cube is a good pick. Not sure who'd I'd remove from my own list to bring him in but he's one that's solid for years.

caryking said:

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Miles Davis
Cannonball Aderly
Sonny Rollins
Wayne Shorter
Coleman Hawkins

Wait, did you say Jazz?

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That's a lot of heroin on that list.

hokiewolf said:

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caryking said:

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Miles Davis
Cannonball Aderly
Sonny Rollins
Wayne Shorter
Coleman Hawkins

Wait, did you say Jazz?

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That's a lot of heroin on that list.

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Why do you think they were so good?

Rename this show your age thread!

Man, this is a complete cop-out but impossible to narrow to 5. Favorites by period:

80's
Fat Boys
Beastie Boys
Public Enemy
Erik B and Rakim
Run DMC

90's
Tribe
Outkast
Wu
Mobb Deep
Dre/Snoop

Late-90's-present:
Luda
Eminem
Weezy
Killer Mike/RTG
Kendrick
Meek Mill

Civilized said:

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Man, this is a complete cop-out but impossible to narrow to 5. Favorites by period:

80's
Fat Boys
Beastie Boys
Public Enemy
Erik B and Rakim
Run DMC

90's
Tribe
Outkast
Wu
Mobb Deep
Dre/Snoop

Late-90's-present:
Luda
Eminem
Weezy
Killer Mike/RTG
Kendrick
Meek Mill

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Civ, you know what's funny... I've never heard of half the people on any of these list. I'm 57 and have never been interested in Rap/Hip Hop, or whatever its called...

Its just not a genre that i've gravitated towards

Jay-Z
Lil Wayne
Drake
Nicki Minaj
Eminem

caryking said:

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Civilized said:

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Man, this is a complete cop-out but impossible to narrow to 5. Favorites by period:

80's
Fat Boys
Beastie Boys
Public Enemy
Erik B and Rakim
Run DMC

90's
Tribe
Outkast
Wu
Mobb Deep
Dre/Snoop

Late-90's-present:
Luda
Eminem
Weezy
Killer Mike/RTG
Kendrick
Meek Mill

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Civ, you know what's funny... I've never heard of half the people on any of these list. I'm 57 and have never been interested in Rap/Hip Hop, or whatever its called...

Its just not a genre that i've gravitated towards

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Understood, likely an issue of timing and maybe also geography depending on where you grew up. We all remember fondly the songs of our youth and most everyone prefers the genres of music they fell into in as a kid/teen.

A buddy of mine let me borrow his Fat Boys tape when I was in third or fourth grade in the mid-80's and I fell in love with rhyming and word play and beats of rap.

I love most genres of music though - my family jokes it's like a world tour of music when I put on music at dinnertime. Hip-hop, 80's, Blues, Jazz, Classic Rock, Modern Rock, Reggae, Heavy metal, Bluegrass...so much good stuff out there.

caryking said:

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Civilized said:

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Man, this is a complete cop-out but impossible to narrow to 5. Favorites by period:

80's
Fat Boys
Beastie Boys
Public Enemy
Erik B and Rakim
Run DMC

90's
Tribe
Outkast
Wu
Mobb Deep
Dre/Snoop

Late-90's-present:
Luda
Eminem
Weezy
Killer Mike/RTG
Kendrick
Meek Mill

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Civ, you know what's funny... I've never heard of half the people on any of these list. I'm 57 and have never been interested in Rap/Hip Hop, or whatever its called...

Its just not a genre that i've gravitated towards

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You want to go to Dreamville next April?

TraCha4 said:

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Jay-Z
Lil Wayne
Drake
Nicki Minaj
Eminem

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Nicki kills me. She's a trip.

Speaking of, did y'all see she just got added to the Dreamville lineup?

Relatedly, hotel rooms in Raleigh are $500-$700 a night during the festival and there are very few left. Crazy demand!

Civilized said:

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caryking said:

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Civilized said:

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Man, this is a complete cop-out but impossible to narrow to 5. Favorites by period:

80's
Fat Boys
Beastie Boys
Public Enemy
Erik B and Rakim
Run DMC

90's
Tribe
Outkast
Wu
Mobb Deep
Dre/Snoop

Late-90's-present:
Luda
Eminem
Weezy
Killer Mike/RTG
Kendrick
Meek Mill

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Civ, you know what's funny... I've never heard of half the people on any of these list. I'm 57 and have never been interested in Rap/Hip Hop, or whatever its called...

Its just not a genre that i've gravitated towards

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Understood, likely an issue of timing and maybe also geography depending on where you grew up. We all remember fondly the songs of our youth and most everyone prefers the genres of music they fell into in as a kid/teen.

A buddy of mine let me borrow his Fat Boys tape when I was in third or fourth grade in the mid-80's and I fell in love with rhyming and word play and beats of rap.

I love most genres of music though - my family jokes it's like a world tour of music when I put on music at dinnertime. Hip-hop, 80's, Blues, Jazz, Classic Rock, Modern Rock, Reggae, Heavy metal, Bluegrass...so much good stuff out there.

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Civ, I live in Cary, born at the old Rex Hospital (currently, the NC Employment Security Commission) and have lived in Cary, all my life. So, I'm the epitome of a Caryite!

I was a rock listener growing up, until I got hooked on Jazz. Now, it's mostly Jazz or easy listening…

Hokie, what is Dreamville?

caryking said:

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Civilized said:

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caryking said:

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Civilized said:

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Man, this is a complete cop-out but impossible to narrow to 5. Favorites by period:

80's
Fat Boys
Beastie Boys
Public Enemy
Erik B and Rakim
Run DMC

90's
Tribe
Outkast
Wu
Mobb Deep
Dre/Snoop

Late-90's-present:
Luda
Eminem
Weezy
Killer Mike/RTG
Kendrick
Meek Mill

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Civ, you know what's funny... I've never heard of half the people on any of these list. I'm 57 and have never been interested in Rap/Hip Hop, or whatever its called...

Its just not a genre that i've gravitated towards

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Understood, likely an issue of timing and maybe also geography depending on where you grew up. We all remember fondly the songs of our youth and most everyone prefers the genres of music they fell into in as a kid/teen.

A buddy of mine let me borrow his Fat Boys tape when I was in third or fourth grade in the mid-80's and I fell in love with rhyming and word play and beats of rap.

I love most genres of music though - my family jokes it's like a world tour of music when I put on music at dinnertime. Hip-hop, 80's, Blues, Jazz, Classic Rock, Modern Rock, Reggae, Heavy metal, Bluegrass...so much good stuff out there.

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Civ, I live in Cary, born at the old Rex Hospital (currently, the NC Employment Security Commission) and have lived in Cary, all my life. So, I'm the epitome of a Caryite!

I was a rock listener growing up, until I got hooked on Jazz. Now, it's mostly Jazz or easy listening…

Hokie, what is Dreamville?

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Then it was probably just an issue of timing. Kids that graduated from Cary from the late-80's-on were listening to hip hop a bunch I'm quite sure.

Dreamville is what lets all us Triangle Airbnb hosts jack up our rates to $400 - $500/night for a few nights in early April. It's the stuff short term rental landlord dreams are made of.

Seriously though It's a really popular hip hop music festival founded by Fayetteville native and Dennis Smith Jr. buddy world-famous rapper J. Cole that gets put on at Dix Park every year.

Civilized said:

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caryking said:

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Civilized said:

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caryking said:

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Civilized said:

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Man, this is a complete cop-out but impossible to narrow to 5. Favorites by period:

80's
Fat Boys
Beastie Boys
Public Enemy
Erik B and Rakim
Run DMC

90's
Tribe
Outkast
Wu
Mobb Deep
Dre/Snoop

Late-90's-present:
Luda
Eminem
Weezy
Killer Mike/RTG
Kendrick
Meek Mill

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Civ, you know what's funny... I've never heard of half the people on any of these list. I'm 57 and have never been interested in Rap/Hip Hop, or whatever its called...

Its just not a genre that i've gravitated towards

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Understood, likely an issue of timing and maybe also geography depending on where you grew up. We all remember fondly the songs of our youth and most everyone prefers the genres of music they fell into in as a kid/teen.

A buddy of mine let me borrow his Fat Boys tape when I was in third or fourth grade in the mid-80's and I fell in love with rhyming and word play and beats of rap.

I love most genres of music though - my family jokes it's like a world tour of music when I put on music at dinnertime. Hip-hop, 80's, Blues, Jazz, Classic Rock, Modern Rock, Reggae, Heavy metal, Bluegrass...so much good stuff out there.

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Civ, I live in Cary, born at the old Rex Hospital (currently, the NC Employment Security Commission) and have lived in Cary, all my life. So, I'm the epitome of a Caryite!

I was a rock listener growing up, until I got hooked on Jazz. Now, it's mostly Jazz or easy listening…

Hokie, what is Dreamville?

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Then it was probably just an issue of timing. Kids that graduated from Cary from the late-80's-on were listening to hip hop a bunch I'm quite sure.

Dreamville is what lets all us Triangle Airbnb hosts jack up our rates to $400 - $500/night for a few nights in early April. It's the stuff short term rental landlord dreams are made of.

Seriously though It's a really popular hip hop music festival founded by Fayetteville native and Dennis Smith Jr. buddy world-famous rapper J. Cole that gets put on at Dix Park every year.

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Yea, I'll have to pass…

BTW, I graduated Cary in 84…. For me, I'm glad it was a timing thing. Actually, wasn't the Sugar Hill Gang part of this early genre?