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How about we make top 10 lists for each characteristic of rapping?

Like one for lyrics, one for flow and one for substance/creativity. So try to make about 3 lists for each one of those catagories with about 10-15 Rappers on them. @ Rob-O: Maybe, we'll see what the other answerers do.

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1. How about Content, Flow, and Influence..... ok top 10 for all.......all alive....no dead rappers Content: Scarface Nas Killah Priest Mos Def Common Guru Talib Kweli Gza Ghostface Masta Ace Flow: RA Rugged Man Percee P Kool G Rap Talib Kweli Black Thought Gift of Gab Andre 3000 Jay-Z Rakim Pharoah Monch honorable mentions: Meth/J-Live/Jada/Elzhi Influence: Kool G Rap Rakim KRS One Jay-Z Nas Gza Scarface Q-Tip Lord Finesse Ghostface Talib Kweli EDIT: I did this without my iTunes (@ work) so if i forgot someone obvious....my bad
2. Lyrics: J. Cole Nas Jay-Z Talib Kweli Common Drake Kanye West Jay Electronica Blu T.I. Flow: Jay-Z Eminem Gucci Mane Lil Wayne Drake Wacka Flocka Flame Ludacris Wale Lupe Fiasco Wiz Khalifa Substance: Nas Jay-Z J. Cole Talib Kweli Drake Lil Wayne T.I. Kanye West Common Wale
3. yeah, why not. Flow: Jay-Z 2Pac Biggie Sonny Cheeba Black Thought Phife Dawg Big Daddy Kane Andre 3000 Big Boi Method Man Substance/Content: Aesop Rock Nas Boots Riley Common Andre 3000 2Pac Chuck D Posdnous Talib Kweli GZA Creativity: Kool Keith Del Tha Funky Homosapien MF DOOM Posdnous Trugoy Q-Tip Madlib Aceyalone Natti Deacon
4. I'll do top 5. Flow- Biggie, Snoop, Big Daddy Kane, Method Man, Q-Tip Delivery- Biggie, Andre 3000, Pharaohe Monch, Talib Kweli, Big Daddy Kane Mic Presence- Biggie, Black Thought, Big Daddy Kane, Nas, Big Pun Voice- Andre 3000, Biggie, Snoop, Black Thought, Jadakiss Style- Big Daddy Kane, Biggie, Andre 3000, Snoop, Rakim Wordplay- GZA, Common, Biggie, AZ, eLZhi Metaphors- GZA, Common, Talib Kweli, Nas, J-Live Punchlines- Lord Finesse, Big L, Vakill, Big Daddy Kane, Sean Price Creativity- Nas, J-Live, Common, GZA, Rakim Rhymes Skill (inners, multies, patterns, etc)- eLZhi, Common, GZA, Eminem, Big Pun Lyrics- Nas, Talib Kweli, Common, GZA, Black Thought Storytelling- J-Live, Slick Rick, Ice Cube, Biggie, Snoop Influence- Rakim, Kool G. Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Slick Rick, Kool Moe Dee Content- Nas, Common, Talib Kweli, 2Pac, Black Thought Discography/Consistency- Nas, Common, Jay-Z, Ghostface, Black Thought
5. hmm alright.. but they're not in order and i'll probably be missing someone :x lyrics: rakim kool g rap RA pharoahe monch GZA big pun canibus tonedeff nas krs-one flow: lupe fiasco black thought andre 3k blackalicious mf doom eminem pharoahe monch percee p biggie mos def creativity: common aesop rock odb kool keith del mf doom nas madlib devin the dude busta rhymes
6. lyrics: canibus aesop rock. gza big pun . pharoahe monch talib kweli inspectah deck , black thought nas ghostface flow: ra the rugged man percce p eminem biggie andre 3000 method man tech n9ne lupe fiasco mos def big daddy kane sub/creativity talib kweli gza one be lo common nas andre 3000 pharoahe monch 2pac kool g rap aesop rock