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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Tough poll.
Biggie is number one. If only he had more time to build up his body of work.
Run DMC is number two. I don't care who came before them. They are the birth of hip hop. All who come after should pay homage.
NWA. I only put them at number three because Cube, Dre and E all came from this group. Dre is responsible for Snoop (who suxass, but was great on Chronic and Doggystyle) and Eminem.
Hard to fill out the rest of my top five. Arguments can be made for Dougie Fresh and Slick Rick, Wu Tang, De La Soul, Tribe Called Quest, Rakim, Kurtis Blow, KRS-ONE, EPMD, Tupac, MC Lyte, BDK, Biz Markie, Jay-Z, Beastie Boys, PE and Uncle L.
And I just looked at the list. The fact that Will Smith, Ja Rule, Eve and Lil Kim are listed at all makes the list fatally flawed.
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Biz Markie? The man who put out Pickin' Boogers?
The year(s) modern rap came into its own was when Straight Outta Compton, Sex Packets and It Takes a Nation all hit around the same time. Sure, Sex Packets was nonsense, but it was a killer party record and you can hear its influence in later work by Dre.
Of course, around this time, Paul's Boutique came out and showed that sampling, in the right hands, could be a very high form of art.
Yes. The Kings of Rock pretty much invented rap as we know it. All that crap about Sugar Hill Gang and Kurtis Blow is bullshit - Run DMC MADE rap.
Chronic 2001 is another watershed moment. It never ever gets old, no matter how much you spin it.
