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You my dude, jelly. I love you, even if you think Chance is Top 5 OAT and Kendrick is the GOAT

@Jelly and Jeri where them lists tho The list I put up ain't mine, and it sure as shit isn't complete. Dre is a GOAT producer, but he doesn't and hasn't ever written his raps which takes him outta the running for me While I think the Beastie Boys are definitely legends and pioneers as far as sampling goes, I don't think they as a group would make many GOAT lists. Simply because there are groups that do it much better. None of the MCs within the group could go toe-to-toe with other GOAT MCs either. Markie fills a niche, but not one so well that they'd step over other rappers to go up on any GOAT list of mine. I told my friend this, Tribe is one of, if not the best, (Outkast and UGK would like a word) group in Hip-Hop, and they deserve props for helping pioneer Jazz rap, but that's kinda where it ends. Low End Theory is one of my fave albums too. Q-Tip is definitely a GOAT producer tho. DOOM is the GOAT as far as Underground Rap is concerned, but he's been so damn lazy since '04. The dudes in my honorable mention are really there so I can remember to make write ups for them too, since they often find themselves on GOAT lists.

GOAT (n) - Acronym standing for Greatest Of All Time. Typically used in Basketball, Hip-Hop, R&B, Soul and Jazz. (Black art forms) Hip-Hop is by its very nature a competitive art form. Those familiar with the genre may know that early in the genre much of the subject matter was dominated by braggadocio and the ubiquitous "wack MC". Every rapper, whether they want to or not, is thrown into a ring to compete as the greatest. GOATs are easily recognizable and set themselves apart from the competition. Some GOATs from other genres you may recognize are Michael Jackson (Greatest Pop artist of all time. Holder of Greatest Album of All Time with Thriller) John Coltrane (Greatest Jazz Artist of All Time) (Miles Davis has the GOAT Jazz album with Kind of Blue) Marry J Blige (Greatest R&B artist of All Time) Marvin Gaye (Greatest Soul Artist of All Time. Arguably the GOAT in all aspects.) Michael Jordan (Basketball GOAT) I could go on an on about where these legends fall in their respective genres, but we're here to talk Hip-Hop. (Unless you got beef with Michael/Thriller you can square the fuck up) I'm gonna go over a list of rappers commonly mentioned as GOATs, give reasons why, and then give my top 10. We'll go chronologically for the sake of organizing shit: LL Cool J KRS-One Rakim Big Daddy Kane Kool G Rap Ice Cube Scarface Nas The Notorious B.I.G. Ghostface Killah Tupac Jay-Z Honorable Mentions: Thanks for stickin' around and reading about some of Hip-Hop's Titans. There are many legends in Hip-Hop, but only few can touch the status of GOAT. I'll probably add a few guys thar at least deserve a mention when I'm less tired. Those with a decent familiarity, I'd love to hear your Top5/10s.

Dead presidents II. That Nas sample and the piano. Fuckin' perfect. Hov is damn good at keeping relevant and making good tunes. Which is crazy, like yeah "good" may not be a good bar for the GOAT since anything less than great is seen as a letdown, but it's mad impressive. 13 consecutive #1 albums is fucking unreal.

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I'm real glad that you enjoyed Illmatic, fam. Thanks for takin' the time to listen in. Music in my house, and the houses of my close and extended family was always centered around our identities. Mainly Black genres of music, including West Indian music, with smatterings of chinese. Hip-hop's been apart of my life for the longest time. There was a decent portion of time where I was a total coconut, and acted like I didn't like it, or anything associated with being black, really. Then I woke the fuck up and came back to the genre that's been in the background for me the whole time. Shit, my first album was DMX's "It's Dark and Hell is Hot." Hip-hop speaks to me, but it really is apart of my culture and who I am. I listen to Hip-hop from Puerto Rico, mainly because my cousin is a rapper (he sucks) and is always tryna get us to listen to it. That's cheating though, since I speak Spanish. I do try to give other hip-hop scenes some shine, though I've found many are missing that something about the art. Maybe because it's not their culture and one they're adopting/choosing to participate in. (The same can be said of a bunch of white rappers here in the US like Sage Francis, Aesop Rock, Atmosphere, etc.)

GROUND TYPE BEST TYPE DON'T LET ALL THESE EDGY EMO REBORN FUCKS TELL YOU THAT GHOST/DARK/PSYCHIC ARE GOOD THAT IS A TRICK THE EARTH IS MOST IMPORTANT GROUND IS MOST IMPORTANT