People have been arguing for years on who is the best rapper. You've probably seen the top 5 or top 10 rapper list all over the place. What people first need to understand is what is a rapper? A rapper doesn't have to be the best lyricist, or the one with the best rhymes or flow, but overall the impact they have on the industry and music listeners everywhere.
I think it's how much influence you've had on the greatest number of people. Simple as that. So how do you know how much someone has influenced someone? You must look at various different factors to come up with an answer. The production, the lyrics and the style of rap also known as the 'flow'. Most importantly, it's the human connection which is the struggle they went through to accomplish their goals. Which is bringing their product or music to you and I. When you start thinking about all those things, than you begin to realize that their are only a handful of rappers out there who fit the bill.
Out of all the rappers and hip hop artists, only 2pac, Master P, Sean Combs, Curtis Jackson and Slim Shady has had the most global impact. 2pac is still selling records and it has been almost 11 years since he got shot. Master P is the one put the dirty south on the map before the Cash Money Records deal and before Lil John's Crunk. Plus Mr. Miller ended up on the richest men in american list at just 28 when he started No limit records. His album 'Ghetto Dope' is nothing short of a classic with funky basslines and raw style of rapping that was simply too original.
The Hot Boyz and Lil John and the gang came in way after. Master P got so successful that he even landed on the Forbes's top 40 under 40 list, when he was just 28. Now that is some serious impact. Than comes in Eminem who has not only broken the color barrier which was so strong in hip hop but his lyrical game is off the charts. Truly shows you the versatility of hip hop and rap music.
Puff Daddy along with the one and only Notorious B.I.G and Mase took over the rap game for quite some years and literally turned it into a mainstream act. Never in history was rap music more accepted by the pop culture than when Puff Daddy and his Bad Boy records took over the music scene. Puff Daddy has also produced Mariah Carey, 112 and countless other acts that hold him down as the best thing that has happened to Hip Hop music. Earning him a place as one of the greatest of all time.
I think it's how much influence you've had on the greatest number of people. Simple as that. So how do you know how much someone has influenced someone? You must look at various different factors to come up with an answer. The production, the lyrics and the style of rap also known as the 'flow'. Most importantly, it's the human connection which is the struggle they went through to accomplish their goals. Which is bringing their product or music to you and I. When you start thinking about all those things, than you begin to realize that their are only a handful of rappers out there who fit the bill.
Out of all the rappers and hip hop artists, only 2pac, Master P, Sean Combs, Curtis Jackson and Slim Shady has had the most global impact. 2pac is still selling records and it has been almost 11 years since he got shot. Master P is the one put the dirty south on the map before the Cash Money Records deal and before Lil John's Crunk. Plus Mr. Miller ended up on the richest men in american list at just 28 when he started No limit records. His album 'Ghetto Dope' is nothing short of a classic with funky basslines and raw style of rapping that was simply too original.
The Hot Boyz and Lil John and the gang came in way after. Master P got so successful that he even landed on the Forbes's top 40 under 40 list, when he was just 28. Now that is some serious impact. Than comes in Eminem who has not only broken the color barrier which was so strong in hip hop but his lyrical game is off the charts. Truly shows you the versatility of hip hop and rap music.
Puff Daddy along with the one and only Notorious B.I.G and Mase took over the rap game for quite some years and literally turned it into a mainstream act. Never in history was rap music more accepted by the pop culture than when Puff Daddy and his Bad Boy records took over the music scene. Puff Daddy has also produced Mariah Carey, 112 and countless other acts that hold him down as the best thing that has happened to Hip Hop music. Earning him a place as one of the greatest of all time.
