gonna have to go with Snow

3/7/2006 9:20:05 PM

me

3/7/2006 10:14:04 PM

just joking

[Edited on March 7, 2006 at 10:17 PM. Reason : .]

3/7/2006 10:17:37 PM

best? or richest? cause eminem has to be the richest. if he had stuck to the quality from the first album he could have been the best.

3/7/2006 10:42:58 PM

he doesnt do reggae

3/7/2006 10:54:50 PM

Quote :

"best? or richest? cause eminem has to be the richest. if he had stuck to the quality from the first second album he could have been the best."

3/7/2006 11:00:19 PM

actually, ill allow it.

3/7/2006 11:03:54 PM

MICHAEL DIAMOND

3/7/2006 11:09:25 PM

Lil Wyte

3/7/2006 11:13:25 PM

reggae, i enjoy chetro of state radio and formerly of dispatch

3/7/2006 11:26:33 PM

the beastie boys

3/7/2006 11:33:07 PM

i think beastie boys. but lyrically those white boys from canada the name of whoms gruop i forget are probably better.

3/8/2006 12:08:35 AM

k-fed

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3/8/2006 12:13:07 AM

yellowman

3/8/2006 12:24:53 AM

mc chris

3/8/2006 12:27:31 AM

beasties, no doubt.

3/8/2006 12:39:45 AM

3/8/2006 12:57:31 AM

3/8/2006 1:11:50 AM

In order:

1) Aesop Rock
2) El-P
3) Eyedea
4) Atmosphere
5) Special J from 2 Skinnee J's
6) Cage
7) Promoe from LoopTroop
8) Ryu from Styles of Beyond
9) Apathy
10) Akhenaton from IAM

3/8/2006 5:19:29 AM

Quote :

"Lil Wyte"

3/8/2006 7:44:02 AM

How did I forget Aesop Rock? I'd put him up there too.

3/8/2006 9:26:52 AM

^^^ none of those people do reggae....

3/8/2006 9:33:22 AM

But all of them do hiphop. And they do it better than any white reggae artists I know.

3/8/2006 11:34:43 AM

Shadowrunner, did you just list a guy at 10th who doesn't ever even rap in English yet left off people like Ill Bill and Vinnie Paz aka Ikon the Hologram?

3/8/2006 11:36:02 AM

Dude, but he's dope, French or not.

And I'm sure I missed some people who are nice. To be honest, I've never seen Non Phixion, so I didn't know Ill Bill was white. I wanted to mention Brother Ali too, but damn if the list wasn't getting long.

3/8/2006 11:39:45 AM

i like IAM i just dont speak any french so i couldnt put them in my top 10 haha

3/8/2006 11:40:57 AM

Yeah, but you gotta respect that they've been pretty much the biggest rap crew in France for like the last 15 years running. They're huge over in Europe.

3/8/2006 11:42:02 AM

Young Black Teenagers

3/8/2006 11:47:05 AM

it took me a while to realize it, but matisyahu is a fucking fraud. also takes himself too seriously.

that's all i have to contribute to this thread.

3/8/2006 12:24:57 PM

i gotta stick with my boy Sage Francis

3/8/2006 12:28:48 PM

im shocked Shadow left off Esoteric.

3/8/2006 12:29:18 PM

^ As am I.

Also, I saw Apathy and Ryu from SOB for the first time during the Fort Minor/Little Brother tour and, honestly, I wasn't that impressed. Maybe because they were keeping it light for the teenie boppers who came to see Linkin Park Fort Minor, but they were just all right to me.

3/8/2006 12:53:54 PM

The Streets

3/8/2006 12:59:59 PM

Quote :

"it took me a while to realize it, but matisyahu is a fucking fraud."

It took you a while to realize that?

And if I saw Sage Francis I'd punch him in his emo face. And then he'd cry.

3/8/2006 1:09:14 PM

I don't get out to live shows much at all, so it's always kind of random whether or not I know if someone's white. That also means my rankings are based purely on studio recordings; out of my list of ten, I've only seen/heard live stuff from the top 5.

And I still wouldn't call myself an expert; I admit there's a lot of people out there I haven't discovered yet. Apathy and SoB are the only Demigodz people I've heard much from, so it sounds like I need to check into more Esoteric.

3/8/2006 1:33:50 PM

no you dont, esoteric sucks.


and I wouldn't call you an expert at all, seeing as you listed all those hiphop-only acts in this reggae/hiphop thread.

ok maybe not Special J

[Edited on March 8, 2006 at 3:51 PM. Reason : d]

3/8/2006 3:50:19 PM

T-Pain hahah

3/8/2006 4:08:39 PM

^^i don't see your reggae list, either.

but hey, just from the bottom of my list, maybe there's a reason why IAM is still the best-known French hiphop act after 15 years except for maybe MC Solaar, whereas no one heard much from General Public after "I'll Take You There." I just can't bring myself to care about UB40 anymore. And I'd love to see a credible argument that Casper or Zerby is better than anyone on my list. You might do a bit better to talk about Gentleman, but I still maintain that everyone on my list is better at what they do.

i mean, maybe djeternal will show back up to serve some knowledge, but until then, i'll stick to my guns on this one.

3/8/2006 4:22:42 PM

I thought "/" meant "or" (i.e., reggae or hip hop), which implies that you have a choice to talk about one or the other.

[Edited on March 8, 2006 at 5:36 PM. Reason : add]

3/8/2006 5:35:36 PM

^ Same here.

3/8/2006 6:38:44 PM

nm

[Edited on March 8, 2006 at 6:41 PM. Reason : he's black]

3/8/2006 6:41:19 PM

i like promoe for it

3/8/2006 8:38:14 PM

And his masterful song "I could fuck you"

Shit's tight, yo

3/8/2006 8:46:34 PM

the linx

http://thelinxspot.com/

3/11/2006 5:12:23 PM

3/11/2006 5:21:04 PM

3/11/2006 8:30:10 PM

i bought cage's tape
opened it and dubbed over it

3/11/2006 9:05:39 PM

not sure if mike skinner counts or not.. but there it is

3/11/2006 10:15:42 PM

3/11/2006 10:33:14 PM

omg i heart aesop, slug, and eyedea... i didn't know that el-p was white, interesting

-ZiP!-

3/11/2006 11:22:37 PM