Billboard's Top 50 Greatest Rappers of All Time Reaction | Rap Life Review
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- In this week's episode of Rap Life Review, Ebro, Nadeska, and Lowkey sit down to discuss Billboard’s 50 Greatest Rappers of All-Time in honor of 50 years of Hip-Hop.
The group breaks down the criteria that were used to create this list, like lyrics, cultural impact, flow, longevity, and body of work. The group reviews the rankings of iconic rappers like Tupac, Lauryn Hill, Kanye, Drake and Nicki Minaj; plus touch on snubs
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The Pac disrespect will not be tolerated. Full stop. Thank you Ebro.
😂
I had a BTI & I am smart even to said Pac is one of the GOATS & Biggie
Em and Pac 1A and 1B. The most influential rappers in history and it isn't even close.
Exactly
He is right, though. Say what you will about Tupac’s music. Great writer, influential and he meant a lot to black people. Nobody would disagree with that.
He was never an elite-level emcee and that’s putting it lightly.
Tupac was incredible
I'm from France, even here we dont disrepected Tupac as this guy just did. Pac had such à big influence here , and all around the world, he deserve his place in the Pantheon.
That's not disrespectful that's just his opinion we are all entitled to our own opinion
@@clifton2705 An opinion can be disrespectful and wrong. Being entitled to an opinion doesnt mean that it cant be disrespectful even if you dont mean any disrespect...
He has his place.
Nasr using the à accent grave a lot. Shout France
Pac was good but became highly overrated/overpraised after death. Too many Greater Skilled Advanced Complexed Storytelling Rhyming Lyrical Emcees than pac. NAS & KRS the Longevity 🐩🐩imo. Krs album IMAMCRU12 & Nas KD 3 🔥🔥🔥. Nas & Krs still washing & Rinsing these emcees
But Kendrick Lamar over NAS is crazy smh
keep shakin
Kendrick at 2 is way too high for me.
Its getting hard to argue anyone ober kendrick to be honest,
NAS got classics, but has some floos
Kendrick has not fallen at all, even with an album of throwaways 'Untitled'
recency bias.
@@helpoj how many albums does Kendrick have?
Tupac was that good in the nineties So imagine how much better he would be if he was still alive but if he involved with the music industry. None of these rappers today would stand a chance if he was alive.
There’s a high chance he could have been terrible now
this is no make sense to discuss what if what if..... were talking about now, what the feeling of his impact now
You crazy bro pac would went to acting pac was an entertainer and activist not a gangster or a better lyrically he wasn’t touching Biggie too
You cant know that for sure cause he died
Biggie was mid
Ebro Pac has the highest streams out of all the 90s rappers how did the music not age well ?
After that Pac disrespect every time dude talk I just can’t 😂
I know right 🫠
Yeah he’s done
And Jay z is not number 1
I stopped listening to EVERY word after that!!
Pac was good but became Highly overrated after death. Jay highly overrated before death. Neither of them never been an Elite Advanced Complexed Rhyming Lyrical Emcee. Jay not even top 5 Lyrically from BK. Nas should've been # 1 then maybe Krs & Rakim
Pac got flow, storytelling, important subject and he makes u feel everything he says not to mention longevity he may not be here but his music lives on
Lots of great rappers have that, but are better lyricist on top of that.
wow you just described NBA youngboy
Liverpool❤
@ocampbell1954 Exactly. Nas, Krs, Rakim, Chuck D, Black Thought, Common, Kane, G.Rap, Biggie, Scarface, Andre 3k, Pun, Big L, Jada Redman, Gza, Method, Lauryn, Queen La, Lyte, Guru, Talib, Mos Def& more Too many Greater Skilled Advanced Complexed Storytelling Rhyming Lyrical Emcees than pac. Pac was good but became highly overrated/ overpraised after death. Nas & Krs to this day still washing & Rinsing these Emcees. Krs album IMAMCRU12 & Nas KD 3 🔥🔥🔥 Longevity 🐩🐩
@@2KILLAVILLEbruh 😂
People disrespect Pac for attention
💯Facts! That's all that is.
Fr yo, all of a sudden all these rappers and dj bring him up and dissing him. These news outlets still talk about the man til this day! Impactful impactful impactful.
That's real!!
Facts
Facts 💯 knowing this is going to bring a lot of attention because 2Pac’s name rings bells
Dude tripping regarding Tupac and substituting him with 2 pac, he’s trolling Ebro ignore him.
Im going to stop watching this because anyone who has that kinda opinion on Pac shouldn't be on a platform talking about HIS opinions Rap.
Facts
nah its all subjective
They can definitely switch Wayne & Pac.
@@mitchywolf4841 Wayne got no substance since 2011 just putting words together
Bro it’s a opinion Foh lol what you think this is dictatorship tv ?
People forget that pac had a 5 years career immagine what he would’ve achieved if he would’ve stay alive
How Nikki beat out J. Cole is beyond me
She has had more overall impact in rap music. She literally is the blueprint for female rappers today, l would actually had swapped her with Drake tbh if it was up to me.
@Sibusiso Madlala Umm....bruh, she literally copied Lil Kim and got lucky of the era when she did it...the world was actually ready to hear 304 music. Kim was ahead of her time in a time that had fun innocent types like Aaliyah, Missy, Lauren Hill, Faith Evans...etc. She was the original Baddie with that attitude....and you seriously gonna say it was Nicki that started the trend?!?
I digress.. Either way..if they put her in the Top 10 as some low-key "female empowerment" move...then say it, and I'll respect it... But for her to be higher than J. Cole, on an "ALL TIME" list, is laughable.
How is J Cole the first name you mention being below Nicki Minaj when he's nowhere near top 10? You realize there's rappers like Rakim, Andre 3000 and Ice Cube also below Nicki?
@@noahcoleman6385 Why you worried about whatever name I bring up that's below Nicki.......The fact that you just brought up 3 other rappers that SHOULD be higher than Nicki is enough to prove my point. I just made an obvious observation of another artist that is actually still active in the game. In the end....I know for a fact that they squeezed her in there for "female representation". It is what it is, and I get the narrative push for diversity and inclusion. smh.
But I digress.....I mentioned Cole....I could've gone in the archives and picked a handful of others, but this generation knows Cole....and there's no debate that Cole is better than Nicki in a "Best of ALL TIME" list. Maybe you wanna debate that Cole isn't top 10....I don't care. Either way, Nicki ain't better than Cole in any ALL TIME list.....THAT'S my point.
@@alidesilza why did I have a bone to pick with mentioning you mentioning cole? Because I actually think its arguable Nicki should be higher on an all time list. Cole is not as great as y'all make it out to be. Maybe I want to debate Cole isn't top 10? I want to debate Cole isn't top 50 at all.
2pac is a poet/ storyteller was a great artist
I'm in South Africa and Tupac is still influencing kids that we not even born during his era and I'm talking about genres who not hip hop , the disrespect of PAC is disgusting
This is a very New York conversation. only new yorkers would complain about PAC being at number 4. If you ask most of California and most of the South or around the world. They would have PAC at number 1, 2 or 3.
I got pac at 4 and I’m from the south
@@joaquinnelson4976that’s a good ranking. Close to what most people have him
People who say they don’t think Tupac is good havent listen to his whole catalogue. They name the same songs. Keep ya head, Brenda got a baby, and dear mama. Especially New York dudes they don’t really listen to his music like that but say he’s overrated🤦🏾♂️. The only thing I agree with is Pacs beat selection. He didn’t started get great producers until later on in his career💯.
even with those kinds of beats, he sounded incredible.
Everyone who didnt put Pac on #1 with a huge distance to #2 hadn't listened to Pac.
& that’s a big fact.
I've listened to Pac. I think he's one of the best, but not "the best." Been listening since the 70's. Pac was 🔥, but I can't put him over Rakim, Kane, G Rap, KRS-1, Jay-z, Biggie, Nas, Andre 3000, Face, Cube. Pac is up there, but not better than those guys. I don't use album sales or popularity to cloud my judgment. All those different categories are fluff.
However, Pac should never be disrespected the way that guy did. Thanks for stepping up Ebo!
Nas is the best of all time hands down
Agreed!
Right on!!
Exactly untouchable aint no debate nas the one 🐐
Nas birthed Kendrick Lamar j Cole and Jay-Z his biggest Stan
@@casteltheghettomonk4392 exactly birthed everyone after him thats lyricall basically and Jay is definitely biggest nas stan 😂
Well done Billboard. You have everyone, everywhere arguing all at once lol!
2pac the 🐐 to me
At least you said to you
PAC was the first that blasted the charts racked multi platinum plaques, created a diverse vision of not only hip hop, hood, poetic and Hollywood, but also reached back to the ghetto and dominated the pop charts and wasn't pop at all. He was more than Revolutionary, but Is Iconic. If anything, he should be #1.The first on his level, then followed Biggie, Eminem. Jay-Z, Nas... I said followed PAC. You can disagree and not like PAC, but still doesn't change the fact that he paved the way and was the first of his kind. Your favs are inspired by PAC and list him at the top. Like it or not.
Am from West Africa The Gambia 🇬🇲.. we hail pac as king 🤴 of hip hop .. life style .. swag .. men pac is hip hop
I think Em should be the top 1 by their own criteria, No one can defeat him like longevity, sales wise, Impact wise, Lyricism and body of work
I Love Eminem and believe he was the most lyrical if referring to his prime . But impact over all is 2Pac , Eminem is not that well respected in the ghetto but to caucasian suburbanites and the world he is more revered.
I replayed Above The Rim last night and Pac absolutely carried that entire film.
Amazing man we lost.
This dude said pac a good entertainer. 😂. Entertainment means not real. Pac was too dang real 😂
He contradicted himself by his definition All rappers are entertainers🤦♂️
my to 10.....
1- Eminem
2-jay z
3-Lil Wayne
4- Nas
5- biggie
6-2 pac
7-50 cent
9- J cole
10- Kendrick Lamar
Pac was the greatest of all time period.
He really said Lil Wayne is better than PAC and PAC can’t rap. How can you be taking serious on a Hiphop podcast after this.
your boy lowkey is bugging with his opinion on pac ,2pac is universal
It's funny how you can go ANYWHERE on this planet and ppl love Pac and love his music. A lot of Pac haters hate that fact. Pac is number 1 hands down.
Everybody talking all the numbers but never mentioning Em who changed the whole game by himself.
Facts… he opened the doors to the wealth many of these rappers and companies are getting now
Em has not changed a thing lol
@@GUGSTVSPARTA No he didn’t. White rappers were already a thing before him.
@@dizzyb2309 if em didn’t change anything why do white people all of the sudden listened to rap? 🤔
So Tupac is in your top ten, but he isn’t good? Okay.
That’s how you know that nicca a clown
If Y'all Know How Huge Pac Is In Africa, That Guy In Full Black Wouldn't Sit there And Say Lil Wayne Should Be Swap With Pac, Pac Is Bigger than Jay Z In Africa.
This is why people think African Americans are not smart.
Tupac is studied in Universities!!!
And you compare him to Lil Wayne?
Who compares Sean Paul to Bob Marley???
Tupac songs are theme songs for Black emancipation movements.
They should make the top 50 rappers alive. No dead rappers cheat code. On top 50 rappers alive list. That would be something.
How is that a cheat goofy?
Big up to Ebro defending pac and e-40.
Ebro is unnecessarily triggered by someone else's subjective opinion.
South Africa
1 Nas
2 Pac
3 BIG
4 EM
5 Jay
6 Wayne
7 Drake
8 J Cole
9 Lamar
10 Dogg
Don’t play with PAC
Nas should have been number 1
Kanye 1 if we talking Artists Nas First if we talking Rappers🐐🐐
Big facts!!!!!!!!!!!!
Foreal it’s ok if he don’t think Pac a good it’s a lot of people that don’t. It’s a lot of people that don’t listen to Big Nas and J too who cares but on a side note I’ll never watch this channel again he’s being too disrespectful to The Don
2pac will always be my Goat. Everybody's lists are different.
Nas is number 1, 2pac is 2, biggie 3
Nah Wayne over pac tbh I got em over biggie but you can keep nas at 2
Low is so annoying and arrogant! Get him off he brings the pod down 💯
He’s dead on that hill 😂 cause that nicca wildin 😂
Nas Dmx and Ll cool J the only 3 that have the right to call themselves the Goat
Always a dumb one LOL.
Here's the difference, rappers compete. Pac don''t compete, he dominates.🐐
Wick always looks down on people they can't be. Haters will always hate ballers will always ball. 1. 2pac anybody who says otherwise is ludicrous.
ebro was representing all of us 💪🏾
Whoever that pac hater is please let him miss the next show
F THESE LIST! NAS IS THE 🐐
Nas is the greatest of all time
Bro 3k has the Love Below just as Lauren has Miseducation.
It wasn't a Rap album even on miss education she had a couple of stand out rap songs
Andre was singing on the Love Below...that doesn't count
Nas is the greatest to ever breathe into the mic.
Misspelled Wayne
Agreed Nas the true goat 🐐.
2pac is the goat....all these rappers on this list his kids
Bruh. Where’s THE GAME! Has one of the best catalog in rap and he held down west coast by himself for 10 years.
FACTS!!!!!!! IMFROM THE EAST COAST AND I HAVE HIM IN MY TOP 5-6 MC'S
Word
Who?
Whoever that dude is ..talking about Pac...is a troll
Top: Dr.Dre, Snoop Dogg, Kanye West, 50 Cent, Drake, Q-Tip, Notorius B.I.G., Beastie Boys, Ice Cube, Big Daddy Kane, Puff Dadd/P. Diddy, Chuck D, Eminem, LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes, Nicki Minaj, DMX, Jay-Z, Eazy-E, The Game, Scarface, Ice-T, Nas, Kool G Rap, Rakim, Missy Elliott, Lil Wayne, RZA, MF Doom, Kendrick Lamar, Afrika Bambaata, KRS-ONE and 2 Pac....These people made the biggest impact on hip-hop to me.
2pac is undeniably top 5. Created the blueprint.
Only thing gr8 about nas is his voice . rhymes,flows are similar to fellow east coast rappers thts why his catalogue is full of turbulence ,he never capitalize the situation while beefin with jay even though he did decent with da diss.
Nas is Numero Uno.
Where Jayz stands out is he has 17 platinum albums. The next closest artist is Lil Wayne, Tupac and Eminem all with 9 platinum albums. However, Wayne has 29 mixtapes and many more features that went platinum and won grammy’s. Overall the comparison is not really that close when you factor in everything Wayne has done from the clothing line trukfit, sagging pants, diamond teeth , face tatts, even dread locks were not common for rappers until he did it. Dreadlocks were more prevalent in reggae music up until Wayne In 1997. Collect more evidence and reconsider you guys decision, all of you 👉🏽
One 2pac and he is the voices if rap you could cry and shed tears it can naver change so your egos that you getting heated with it can naver change people mind out there.
The list conversation is such a weird one. We always wanna talk about an artform like sports analysts and it just doesn't work like that. The only real stats to analyze in rap are sales and publications' subjective ratings of projects.
Why. Nas fans are always more active in comment section, instead of supporting NAS In his new released video who just reached 500k in one week. Sometimes I think even his fan don’t listen to him too much. Sales rep also not so strong which they buy only bootleg versions .
Tupac is number one
A hater gonna be a hater, but the man has 15 or 16 number 1 albums. He gotta be respected even if ppl don't like him because he to far out of our reach and we can't relate. He made millions off all them tours for a long time. That might not ever be done again. He had hits four every year he was in the game when everybody died, or fail off,or simply went out of style. HOV did, so respect it!!🐐
Or he held their albums hostage so they couldn’t be released… hov did that too.
If ya wanna know how 2pac is great and that his great and that he was great is because the topic here wasn't Tupac but here we are Tupac taking up the biggest part of the program.. en checkout the comments...
10sec in get that man off the panel
I don't understand how Jeezy is not on this list. Him and TI invented trap music and he has 3 classic albums.
💯
Where's Guru from Gang Starr?!?
I don’t think I heard them mention DMX & if they did & I missed it then the conversation concerning him wasn’t thoroughly discussed enough 🤨
She struggled with TPAB? That was one of the best hip hop albums of the past decade
I agree about Lil Wayne being there. That’s my guy, but I still believe Pac deserves to be high as well.
Notorious-BIg BIg Pun Canibus Rakim Black Thought Nas Jay z
Who ever put the list together seems to just throw names all over the place, they did a shifty job,probably picked it out of a grab bag while being blindfolded
I ride for Nicki til the day I die. But to put her at 10, over Cole and even some of the other ladies. That’s crazy
I’m a big Cole fan and not much of Nicki, but objectively to play devils advocate…her cultural impact and consistency as a female rap artist is what puts her high. For roughly 10yrs she was one of the few mainstream female artist getting plays, making hits, featuring on songs (in every genre), and playing worldwide. Now back to Cole, I think his culturally impact isn’t their as much because he’s less mainstream “B list celebrity” and stays out of the limelight. Therefore, also not being recognized worldwide like someone like Nicki. Cole fasure is underrated and I think has many hits tht are slept on/unknown to a lot of people. Especially his mixtapes and single releases, but it is what is.
u buggin if u think cole is better than nicki.
What other lady is as Good as Nicki in case of bars ? & Talk out j cole, I'm not seeing him still going top 10 but Nicki do
@@rafaysamoo3053 you sitting here telling me she goes bar for bar with j.cole??? You on dust my boy 😂😂
@@peezman4289Exactly
Cole should be on the top 10 list
This generation is sooo lost, Lowkey is the embodiment of that
my bro name is lowkey but he sounds like he was very HIGH for that Pac take😂😂
Let these young dudes have there time..who cares what they think?
6:00 how is Jay-Z best ever when he got etherred and nothing original about him!? Do your homework first kid, only " best " by USA media
That Lowkey guy is a goofy as soon as I heard him speak on 2pac I automatically disqualified his opinion. Some dudes shouldnt speak on Hip Hop period.
Umm..there's PLENTY of videos out there PROVING that Jay has been BITING Rhymes for DECADES!
Kanye at 11 is Shan for me
📠📠Kanye Minimum top 5
They talking bout everything but Wayne legacy. Ignoring the greatness this man put in. He made the culture what it is today single handily
Yes lets celebrate autotune. Thats a real skill.
@@runelarsen8521Exactly
Why do these dudes keep naming the same songs like keep ya head up,Brenda got a baby and dear mama.
Like Pac doesn't have 100s of other songs that are a lot better lyrically.
It just shows these guys haven't heard Pacs whole catalogue.
Eminem should have been top 3. The outlet and global gateway that he brought to the table is more than enough.
Eminem is more popular than Jayz Pac drake Kendrik nas combined.
World wide 🎉
Worldwide he is the biggest by a mile
Hip-hop is black music. No one cares what a bunch of middle class white kids like. Ems music is musically irrelevant to the culture.
@O Campbell Music doesn't discriminate by race. Its music/art lol. Are you implying hippop is not music?
Nah, Em been trash for awhile now. No one cares how well he appeals to non hip hop fans lol
Give Nadeska her own segment. ⛹🏽♀️ thank you!
Lowkey’s take on 2pac is laughably ridiculous and Ill informed. Thanks for straightening him out, Ebro.
Bro don't feed into this nonsense. These people know exactly what they are doing. This list is made to trigger black people. Everytime they do these list PAC and Biggie is higher. Next time they would be out of the top ten.
Because Pac wasn't a lyrical wordsmith is why he said that and everyone is entitled to theor opinion.
@@ricosuavepr1207 so in your opinion who are the good word smith rappers?
@alichaudhry2561 Pac highly overrated. Krs & Chuck D pretty much birthed pac..especially on the Revolutionary Subjects. NAS & KRS my 🐩. Both can talk about all & everything. Streets, Revolution, Politics, Science, Mathematics, heath, wealth, self, history, , Geography, Geology, Biblical, religion & Spiritual. NAS & KRS can go deep in depth & with all of it & still have the Skilled Complexed Storytelling, Vocab, Rhyming Lyrical Skills to go along with the subject/ topic matters. Nas & Krs both still to this day Washing & Rinsing these Emcees with the Emcee Skills. Krs album IMAMCRU12 & Nas KD 3 🔥🔥🔥. NAS & KRS Longevity 🐩🐩
@@2KILLAVILLE Are you aware of Pac's pedigree? Being a Panther is literally in his blood. He was raised in that mindset. With all due respect to Chuck and Kris, both of whom I'm massive fans of, saying they birthed Pac is absurd. The Dear Mama doc on FX covers this pretty well.
Bro doesn’t listen to PAC…simply put.
Tupac wasn't that lyrical simply put
L opinion
@@ZYaKnoe249 if you got ears for lyricism and can count bars you would know that fact
Another L opinion
@@michaelknorr5575 L
Pac gets the highest streams out of ALL the 90s rappers.
So saying his music hasn't aged well is ridiculous...so many of his songs are still relatable today.
these NY dudes are corny.
2pac is from NY
Nah bro that's eminem lol
@@alexgrayafc49 I said from Pacs era...em ain't from Pacs era.
Pretty sure that’s Jay z if we’re not counting Eminem.
Always NY that hate on Pac
What Lil Wayne album is better then All eyes on me or Makaveli? Cmon man.
Nas is the real number 1.
How's Roc Marci not in a top 50?
You aren't even a Foundational Black American, therefore your opinion is null and void.
Wayne mixtapes Trump Tupac Albums
Lil Wayne the goat
@@Momula101 Right, but that’s a bad rap evaluation since an album is your personal approach to a rap project vs a mixtape, which is your remixing of someone else’s excellence and dedication to their craft.
Which is essentially giving someone props for grifting vs actually making a great project on their own. So you can’t give Wayne praise for mixtapes over albums like that.
@@Momula101 Easily Bro!!!!
Man i loved this guy until today. Did he just diss Pac? He dont listen to rap…Ebro’s spot on!
He the type to have 8 Ny rappers in his top 10😂
100% just stopped caring about what this dude has to say about rap.
He gotta be trolling lol
Im not a bug oac fan either wouldn't have him in my top 5 but I can respect him from a influence but can't really rock with his music
He couldn’t even explain why
It's quite the cringe for anyone to put Jay-Z over Nas with what's going on currently, but its subjective. to each its own. Nas #1, dead or alive.
facts
i agree 100 percent. Based on body of work and consistency Nas is number 1
Nas over pac GTFOH
Nas being number3 and not number 1 at this point is crazy. Kendrick is not above Nas in no form or fashion.
Exactly
Nas can't do what Kendrick does but Kendrick can easily do what Nas does. I'm taking Kdot. And I'm almost 40 I grew up on Nas
@@psychobenji2345 fruit
@@psychobenji2345 you are almost 40 and lost clearly if you believe that
@@psychobenji2345 u clearly lost...Nass body of work can never be compared to Kendrick....the 16 albums to Kendricks 4 or 5....the classics...the cultural impact even the rhymes and intellect Nas has is far beyond....his latest run is also unprecedented in hip hop
Ebro is wrong about PAC not having good beat selection and that PAC music didn’t age well he’s buggin. Who’s beating PAC in a versuz? If all these people are better who’s got 20 songs for PAC?
Nobody- Maybe Jayz due to his tenure
Em, biggie Jay Z, Wayne, Busta Rhymes maybe Kanye and Drake
@@nottodayimbusy7146 Busta ain't got 20.
lol bruh yall are just casual rap fans. a lot of rappers are beating him in a verzuz. what is he gonna play? Brenda's Got a Baby? GTFOH
@@dimitrijamar Ain't nobody beating a resurrected Tupac.
Any man that doesn't have 2pac in their top ten. Blood/brotha gotta go.
yuuuup
Pac is the heart of hip-hop
Lowkey is LITERALLY the worst part of this show. Just makes it unwatchable. Awful attitude. Never adds anything of substance to conversation. Just does not balance well at all with the other two members of this show. They need to get rid of him, it’s unbearable to even get through an episode of this show with him.
They hired him to push their agenda.
Literally