Haha sensitive nyc cats...yea NyC started rap and died there went 50 left the building 😂 it's been a wrap..oh I'm wrong y'all got Nicki holding it down for the last 15years 😂
@@rustynail1071I hope you LA nig has understand ny niggas fuck with la and we fuck with Kendrick extremely heavy. When Dot came on the same out here 2009-2011 nigga we prolly backed Kendrick more than ny niggas at the time. Ain’t no hate on New York side we get money💯
@@stainless4140 J. Cole was the last person who took a chance on y’all and made it work. New Yorkers popping up at a open mic in Akron says a lot how theyve fallen ain’t y’all the capital why the fuck y’all come over here 😂😂😂
I like Aries Spears but he is tripping with a lot of this list. Older New York dudes have some of the worst biases 🤦🏿. Some of the people he put over Kendrick is absolutely ridiculous.
@SeymourrDarroux who said I was mad? Is that what you got outta what I said? Who gets mad over internet shit? Why you holding that man nuts regardless of what somebody said?
Snoop was dissing on NY NY and the G’s got at him. He was big and bad at The Source Awards and on that green screen. He was looking like a scared squirrel in that courtroom if that verdict went the other way.
Nah yall just always had a complex we fuck with the west the chronic n doggystyle was gettin major love out here shit we like game first album better than any kendrick shit.
I understand it's his opinion but I physically cringed when he said no to 3 stacks, Wayne and cube. But Somehow someway he put Dave east and cannabis 😂🤦🏽♂️
@@ephemeralbeauty4008Personal opinions. I'm not much of a Lil Wayne fan. Wouldn't put him anywhere on that list. Andre 3000 was amazing until these last ten years. Others rap better these days. Ice Cube is good, but I think Kendrick Lamar raps better.
@ have you listened to lyrically I’m so lethal or fearless flow , why we thugs ice cube is lyrically all his top rappers are from the east coast and lyrical? But hey that’s your opinion
Facts. The song that made me realize that boy was nasty was the feature he was on with common called making a name for ourselves. I was like this guy is a better rapper that 99% of rappers. I was blown the fuck away.
@@dannyglover5436 Before and/or after, Kendrick Lamar isn’t like Big Daddy Kane, Rakim, KRS-One, LL Cool J, MC Shan, Masta Ace, Kool G Rap, Guru, Heavy D. Shall I go on?
@@simbagrant2200 Isn’t the whole point to have a new different sound & style? One reason we loved all the artists you named is BECAUSE none of them sounded the same at all, which the past decade aint really been happening besides a small handful of artists…
I’m also an "old head" and often share what Aries thinks in many ways. Rap has always been about skills first. But with that said, the art form is constantly evolving. Something that sounded cutting edge and catchy +15 years ago, doesn't necessarily do it today. During the golden era, if a MC had a boombap flow and 1-2 bar set up with a clever punchline, that was enough to be considered great. Kendrick already mastered that in his early days, but if you listen to what Kendrick does today, with delivery, double entendres, storytelling and metaphors (not in occasional bars, but whole projects) he is a superior poet compared to most of the names that Aries rattled off. What characterizes a talented lyricist is also the ability to be versatile, and I honestly can't think of a worse example than Canibus. He has sounded exactly the same since day 1 and the only interesting thing about him was the Rip The Jacker album because Stoupe who produced it leveled it sonically.
In all these hiphop debates, you must come to a definition of which criteria are decisive factors. Discography is something that many "old heads" don't look at today. Kendrick has released TPAB which is literally the Illmatic of our time. If we just looking at technical skills then we might as well all listen to battle rap. Btw, Kendrick is a mf at spitting too, but to say Dot doesn't have word play, metaphors etc, just shows ignorance.
Canibus may have low popularity but when it comes to pure punchlines and wordplay he's miles above many people My sperm will scramble the eggs in a woman's ovaries I can list plenty but vocabulary and punchlines canibus is ahead of so many people So is Big L and Cassidy Kendrick isn't really known for his punchlines He's more known for tight production and screenplay level writing and concepts I hear Aries Spears argument When it comes to pure rap spitting
Same reason why he picked J Cole over Kendrick and why some people think Cole is better it's because Cole has that traditional rap basics covered especially in wordplay punchlines and storytelling Kendrick may throw of some people with his voice switches and effects
@@Swimthenatator A real hiphop fan knows canibus, as one of purists. I loved 2000 B.C, and like I said, Rip the Jacker. I was even convinced at one point that he would had eaten Em in a beef, when all that was going on. But as time went on, it became more and more obvious that he was severely limited in his subject matters. He recycled verses over and over, never switched up his flow. His content from 08 and beyond he rapped about the cosmos and galaxies. When you additionaly only feed punchlines without an actual set-up, the effect also diminishes. Hiphop, like any other art form, is constantly evolving. If you look at other pure spitters, like Crooked, Chino XL, Royce & Em just to name a few, who elevated 90s boombap and started to challenge flow and twist rhyme structures in and out. Therefore, Canibus is a terrible example to even mention by Aries as his career and most certainly hunger, has not existed for +15 years. And speaking of Big L, he was one of the most gifted rappers to ever pick up a microphone. He was ahead of his time. So I agree with you there.
@@Swimthenatator Further on kendrick, it feels like people think his arsenal is just storytelling, and even if that was true, there are few who can write dramatic twists with climax and do it in double time format as he has done and continues to do to this day. I'm not saying you're saying this, I'm talking about the general attitude towards Kendrick. Kendrick is a top tier lyricist, he is held in high regard by other lyricists who have mastered the art form as well. His pure spitting times was mostly during the Black Hippies and Section 80 era. He has moved on from that and simply doesn’t focus on it. But there are plenty of punchlines and word play in his catalog if you are receptive to it. Euphoria for example is a 6 minute display of it (while maintaining a common thread). Or when he stomps the Rigamortus track. Sometimes it’s hard for old heads to grasp that there are rappers who surpass "the golden era". Funny thing is, that it's not even something strange, it's called development. I was one of them, until I started listening to Kendrick for real. It's perfectly fine to having subjective opinions if Kendrick isn’t Aries' cup of tea. But it’s hard to take him seriously when he starts rattling off a bunch of half-assed N.Y rappers as examples.
Fat joe is absolutely over kendrick. Kendrick sounds like a prepubescent little boy. I don't care how technical of a rapper you are, if your voice is unlistenable to me it just a waste. Joe not only has one of the best most clear voices in hip hop but also has some of the hardest underground real hip hop tracks of all time, and let's not speak on longevity .He is so badly underrated as a rapper that it's disgusting, and that's only because he had to spit next to most of everyone's top 5s doa Joe is a monster when he is on his boom bap shit. Let's not forget.
He's just naming dudes from the east coast. Get outta here Kendrick would bury these fools, and I'm 49 and like both sides of the states. Dude is crazy!!!
Actually, most of the rappers he listed would bury Kendrick. Yeah, there's some rappers that Kendrick would eviscerate like J. Cole and Dave East for example.
At least the streets play East...NEVER HEARD NO ONE play that BOZO Kendrick 😂😂😂😂....y'all will NEVER count in these Hip Hop debates unless you from the Mecca....stop trying
Now I am one of the biggest Ice Cube fans. Ice Cube can ‘Rap’ Great ‘Story Teller’ and all of that, but he is definitely not in the ‘Top 20’ of ‘Lyricist’ Top 20 as a rapper, entertainer, longevity, culture, contributor? Yes, ABSOLUTELY but ‘Top 20’ (lyricist) over Kendrick Lamarr? Heck No
@ exactly… read one of my comments… ‘LYRICALLY’ Ice Cube should not be in anyone’s ’Top 20’ over Kendrick Lamar… Period! Ice Cube is dope and one of my favs of ALL-TIME. Can Rap, Tell Stories and a whole lot of other stuff… but lyrically over Kendrick.,. Absolutely Not!
Kendrick is a west coast Nas. Aries has New York bias. Fat Joe couldn’t even out rap Cuban link. Pun and Cuban link had better records than Joe and Pun.
@@jackstar6018 Thats a lie, ask Nas. Kendrick has more styles and flows than any rapper ever. Name a rapper who's every album sounds different. You guys are to slow to see Kendrick's genius.
Plus we all already know Aries is NYC biased 😂 and tbh he probably aint actually listened to more than 2 minutes of any Kendrick Lamar sht anyway, if he thinks it’s all absent of “lyricism! metaphors! punchlines!” like he said
And that Durant mean his opinion is above debate. Garbage opinions exist. I could say, “Michael Jordan is the worst basketball player ever”. Just because it’s an opinion doesn’t mean it can’t be stupid
@@blinggzillatv right it can be stupid and that opens up a forum for debate. The thing is if you say "this and that" is your opinion im gonna ask you why you think that. Thats where the debate comes in. for my, I wanna know why you think what you think. for Aries saying ice cube is no good for a top 20. Im gonna ask why then spit off some of his lyrics an ask you are these good. Even in opinion you can be wrong so if he says MC Shan had better lyrics then cube then you better come with some examples why. From that it can be clear whats BS and whats not. I love debates, i majored in American History. Thats all about debates.
@@KP43-08 That’s the problem! “Icon status” doesn’t make you a true emcee! Emceeing makes you a true emcee! This is why it’s hard to take you West Coast dudes serious sometimes!
If you ever want to know what East Coast Bias sounds like... Ths is the PERFECT example. For him to disrespect Ice Cube, Not even mention Outkast? Completely Krazy. I actually agree more with Vlad here.
Im from the bronx and you must be younger than youtube existence. Dave East is what you call lyrical and has the discography to wash Kendrick. Kendrick is not lyrical he just has conscious subjects matter and while dave east will drop 3 projects a year yall waited 5 years for his last medicore album. 2pac had depth to his music and touched on all the same subject matter, but he didn't make that shit sound like a poetry slam. Don't mention being from the bronx when you probably wasn't even born in the 80'-90s to know hip hop in it's prime
@@donmacmillyI got much love and respect for nyc and pay homage to nyc for being the birthplace of hip hop culture. But god damn why are nyc cats so damn bias and stubborn when it comes to anything outside of nyc. Y’all really need to chill out with that bias stubborn mentality like a mf can’t create anything great without a nyc cat thinking they did it first smh. Let y’all tell it, mankind started in nyc and not Africa 😂
I'll take Redman's "Dare Iz A Darkside" alone, against Kendrick's whole catalog & 99.9% of rappers from the last 10-15 years. The rappers REALLY worth a damn today, is the Coast Contra dudes.
As a dude who grew up on the west coast I can honestly say I listened to all those rappers he has mentioned. Canibus in his prime was so damn raw. He helped birth alot of these current rappers put now. His music wasn't for everyone just like Kendrick music not everyone is going to feel. End of the day, listen to whoever you connect with.
LL held his own against eminem in that song. He was dope. Now I wont say Jay Z embarrassed himself in "Renegade" but eminem clearly left him in the dust.
He named all East Coast artists. Ice Cube dropped arguably the biggest diss record of all time with No Vaseline and also just had the west coast lit right after Death Row. So Vlad, while he’s got an ego and is wrong sometimes, he needed to call out Aries Spears on this. Y’all can’t keep saying Vlad’s ego is an excuse for the BS people in interviews be saying.
Busta is one of my favorite rappers ever he is in my top 15 Greatest rappers list of all time, he is not better than Kendrick. However he is super underrated and his visuals him and Missy were some of the best ever as well.
@@красивыекусочки I'm very critical, but Kendrick has some versus where he spits. Overall, I like J Cole much better. I like Russ. Oh, and Big Sean is nice! He is better than Kendrick. Other than that, it all trash
I'm fine with anyone who doesn't personally like Kendrick Lamar, but I do have a problem when it's obvious someone clearly just doesn't get him and has no curiosity or interest in why others see him as one of the best. Sorry, but he's not some little underground rapper you can just dismiss as a nobody, not at this point in his career.
No question, Aries never even bothered to TRY to listen to more than a minute of any his sht When he implied he has no “lyricism, metaphors, punchlines” it was pretty clear he just groups Kendrick Lamar with every other “new age rapper” (his words)
20 rappers lyrically better then Kendrick 1. Kool G Rap 2. Big L 3. Rakim 4. Big Daddy Kane 5. Black Thought 6. Nas 7. Biggie 8. Big Pun 9. Eminem 10. Andre 3000 11. Llyôd Banks 12. Jadakiss 13. Method Man 14. Ice Cube 15. Conway The Machine 16. Royce Da 5'9 17. KRino 18. Canibus 19. Rass Kass 20. Cassidy
LL Cool J is the first and only rap artist to have hits in 5 decades. No other rapper is coming close to that. We're in the Michael Jackson atmosphere, we're in the Elton John atmosphere, We're in the Stevie Wonder atmosphere. Do you know how long Kendrick would have to be in the game to achieve that title, I just don't see it👀
For real. Like people gotta know the difference between being a pioneer and being the greatest. Krs help build hip hop up but there's tons that took what he did and elevated it to higher levels. People don't want to accept that
Vlad’s questioning of Black Thought being top 20 in any capacity, and then doubling down on that audacity by using “the Roots’ body of work” as a reference for that point is crazy to me. Illadelh Halflife and Things Fall Apart just by themselves cement him as one of the greatest lyricists of all time and having one of the smoothest flows ever. Not to mention tons of great verses on Roots albums after that point as well as guest features where he bodies anyone on a track. I have him as second all time to Nas, and I get it if someone doesn’t want to rank him as top 5, or even top 10 given different tastes, but not top 20 makes me question that person’s fundamental understanding of lyricism and the mechanics of rhyming. Also I love Aries’ list - it shows a panoramic appreciation for the art of MCing and the various pen games in hip-hop history.
Yeah. He completely lost me with that. I actually appreciate & admire The Roots' catalogue more as I get older. As far as the 2000s or 2010s, Rising Down & Game Theory I dug alot.
Weezy is top 20 for sure, but Busta is damn near the best rapper of all-time. One of the fastest rappers of all time - - collaborations with legends (Janet, Mariah, Mary J, Tribe, Biggie) - - He has a reggae vibe which pays homage to the roots of rap/hip hop - - been in the game and churning out bangers for 35 years - - Busta is a legend.
@@ThoughtOuter New York city, has the most elite ryhmers period in the game. You all clearly are not authentic aficionados of hip hop & rap. Blessings to you.
I can name 20 West Coast rappers ALONE better than Kendrick Lamar! Ras Kass, Ice Cube, DJ Quik, MC Ren, King Tee, Tash (Alkaholiks), Yo-Yo, Lady of Rage, Xzibit, Del the Funkee Homosapien, MC Eiht, Kam, Ahmad, Skee-Lo, B-Real, Erule, Son Doobie, Spice-1, Casual and C-Bo.
@@cyrilmitchell4418 LL didn’t win ish on that track, man. I actually liked LL on that song, he showed that he still got it but I also noticed he tried HARD….whilst for Em it was just another day at the office
Aries is crazy and delusional.. TPAB is one of the most important fluential rap albums of all time. Aries is lying. Dot is lyrically dope and can make rap albums.
I'm just not feeling Kendrick. People are so excited to hear an artist who is half way decent these days that they've lowered the bar for lyricism, creativity and charisma. I can't take him seriously with that childish cartoonish voice.
@@simbagrant2200F YOU'RE LIST'S NO ONE CARE'S ABOUT INSIGNIFIANT NOBODY LISTS YEAH IT'S DRIZZYS FAULT BUT NO REGRETS THOUGH THE NAME WILL ECHO YEARS LATER NONE GREATER DEATH TO A COWARD AND A TRAITOR THAT'S JUST IN MY NATURE HEHE YOUR THOUGHTS WILL NEVER CHAMGE HISTORY YOU BUMS THAT HAVE FONE NOTHING IN LIFE THINK YOUR LISTS CAN CHANGE HISTORY HEHE😂😂😂😂
I’m a West Coast/Cali guy, but I just haven’t been able to get into Kendrick’s music. I grew up on Cube, NWA, Quik, Kane, Rakim, LL, etc…I’m not sure why I don’t like his music too much but he wouldn’t be in my top 20 either.
Aries is stuck in the 90s rap era and I understand, however, when u compare Kendrick to those rappers it’s apples to oranges. The functional equivalent of putting Curry or Lebron in the NBA during the 90s. Aries lacks the understanding that bars change, flows change, metaphors change, etc. and people adapt to the new music.
They have do do their best to discredit Kendrick, notice how all Kendrick's supposed 2010 peers that were named are not better than Kendrick in any form and he has never listened to his albums 😂 We know 20 comedians better than Aries who are supposed to be his actual peers but then again.....😂😂😂
@@stevefrank9444 We all know what time it is with Aquarius and it's his list. People seem to think that if these best rappers lists don't match theirs then it's not legitimate. I think that's a bad way of thinking. Who says west coast rappers had to be on HIS list? Doesn't the west coast claim Pac? He could have not mentioned him at all. I give him credit for it. Everybody knows Pisces is an admitted disgruntled NY dude that wishes it was still 1975 and nobody anywhere else rapped so all the attention could solely be on NY rappers.
I’m in the heart of the east coast and I definitely do. And to be honest when you ask most rappers and or lyricists from the East Coast, they say the same.
Most of hip hop says LL ate Eminem on that record but here comes Vlad on the other side as usual. This is possibly LL's best album but people that want the shit to sound like everything else at the moment. Non hip hop heads speaking hip hop is annoying
In no particular order for me. Big Daddy Kane, Rakim, Kool Moe Dee, LL Cool J, Eminem, Nas, Tupac, Mos Def, Common, Ice Cube, Lauren Hill, DMX, J Cole, Lupe Fiasco, Big L, Andte 3000, Biggie, Lil Wayne, Ludacris, Too Short, Ice T, PSK, Mobb Deep, 50 cent,Game, KRS One, Left Eye,MC Lyte, Mobb Deep, A Tribe Called Quest, NWA, Wu-Tang, Redman,
@@the_black_phone9001 and again respectfully Kendrick is shitting on any and every one of these rappers as far as creativity goes full album concepts like way pass these fools
@@babyhezus731 please name the songs that he has that will shit on my selection of MC's ? Please name them because I never heard of these tracks before.
You better lay off them drugs and I like Kendrick I can name 5 right off the top he not messing with the total package,Tupac,Nas,DMX,Eminem,and Jay Z that’s 5 right there 🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️
That guy will NEVER be in a real sanctioned hiphop discussions to 5. He aint been around long enough and paid enough dues to even break the top 1000!!!!
That's a fact! Even though I'm from the WESTCOAST (Los Angeles) I have no bias, because 3 of my top 5 greatest MC's of all time are from the east coast. (NEW YORK). K-DOT is definitely in my top 5. Ppl seem to forget that Kendrick is the only hip-hop/rap artist to EVER win a Pulitzer Prize!! An award given for journalism,arts ,and letters (different categories). Something written basically that is extraordinary. His wordplay, storytelling, metaphor, etc,etc, is 💪🏿💯. This recognition highlights the artistic and cultural significance of his body of work. Specifically the album "DAMN" Ppl need to stop trying to take away from Kendrick greatness!!IJS.
@timothybogan2406 he may have won that but you not gonna tell me it's other rappers Like Nas, Tupac, Black Star, Kanye West, J Cole who didn't deserve a pulitzer. That's like when Curry won the only unanimous MVP, it's kinda ridiculous that he was the first and only to ever win that, same for Kendrick.
@@DSH7322He might've performed better commercially, but Kendrick can't outrap Canibus, fam. Compare 10 Canibus freestyles to that of Dot's and you'll understand what I mean. Kendrick's brain don't work Bis' but he's a decent storyteller. Bis' Beast From the East verse > Kdot's Control verse
@@shall7277 Better freestyler, I won’t argue with that, But better rapper? I simply don’t agree. My barometer isn’t just freestyle ability and definitely not related to sales/commercial success. IMO, Kendrick has made better albums than Canibus and that holds a lot of weight when asked my top 20.
@ no we're talking about just bars. Kendrick makes better music yes. But if you put them both behind a beat and said, "Go!".. Canibus from 97'-2003 was pretty much untouchable.
@@shall7277 Lupe fiasco is way better than canibus lyrically and music wise. I would put prime lupe over any rapper. “mural” is probably the most lyrically complex song ever made
@@jackstar6018 😂Right! Aries didn't even scratch the surface. Redman, Das Efx, Slick Rick, DMX, Kool G. Rap, Del the Funky Homosapien, Lauryn Hill, Guru, I could be here all night! Also, Vlad named Eazy E. directly after Ice Cube as a "gotcha moment" for Aries. Vlad was hoping Aries would take the bait and say yes to Eazy, so Vlad could say "Ha, ha! Cube wrote his lyrics!" But of course, Aries wasn't having it. Vlad is hilariously tone deaf to the entire black experience. There is nobody on this earth who would put Eazy E. in their top 20 greatest rappers list.
Kendrick ain't doing it for a lot of people like me, his voices, delivery just ain't grabbing us, even though he definitely got a pen, the way he delivers it with the little martian voices and all, the one syllable rhymes sometimes he doesn't even rhyme, naw that ain't for me but I respect what he represents.
@BaseMaryland You're out your mind, I grew up on Wu Tang, Mobb Deep, The Lox, Nas, Jay, Beanie Sigel, Royce The 5'9... Keep your stereotypes for yourself, we don't f with K Dot weirdo style with 6 different voices, that's it
While I disagree with how he dissed Ice Cube and Eazy E, Im glad he didnt say that Canadian pop artist who makes music for ladies. Also rap was great up until 2007 when Soulja Boy ruined it. The 2016 XXL Freshmnen Cypher was the final nail in the coffin
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Aries definitely not in my top 20 comedians. Katt, Dave, Eddie etc. Aries is like a Bside on a tape
Yea cuz he gone name 20 New York niggas Lol I’m from Nyc and I ain’t even doing that .
Vlad you be bugging and your takes are crazy!!Rap is about bars not records sales.
@charlesbuckley5615 I agree but no Ice Cube or Scarface. It is his list though.
his list sucked
DMX deserves to be on the list
Exactly
@@BlackKoshinomi DMX was just a voice. His lyrics werent s8&*&
@@dianevruleswhat?!
@@hasseaouled6032look at who said that shit before you get worked up my guy 😂 act like you never seen it.
Facts
i stopped caring about his list once he said Hell no to ice cube and he said dave east right after
Facts
Bro I stop caring onces he said krs-one
@@BlackKoshinomikrs one is better than Kendrick Lamar what era of hip hop culture are you from
Asinine
@@seanmark3254influential ? Yea . Better ? No . That shit was remedial back then. Simple ass rhyme schemes no flow and trash beats . Relax
Dave East over Kendrick is diabolical
@@jahmusiq2092 Dave East’s Shoelaces >>>>>>>>> Kendrick Lamar
Them Zo Williams punches got his mind gone 😂
East used to talk some shit he just not bagpacc or on that cultural shit
Tell me about it😂😂😂
For real
My nigga named 17 nyc rappers 😂😂😂
Never ask a dude from nyc who his favorite rappers are 😂
I’m from NYC and I definitely don’t agree with his list 😭😭
@@CaviarTee NYC CREATED HIP HOP!!! WITHOUT US, YOU’D BE NOTHING!!!!
@@CaviarTee NYC STARTED HIP HOP!!! YOU WOULDN’T UNDERSTAND!!!!!
Never ask a west coast person about gang banging. Your logic. 😂
Haha sensitive nyc cats...yea NyC started rap and died there went 50 left the building 😂 it's been a wrap..oh I'm wrong y'all got Nicki holding it down for the last 15years 😂
"What I Learned is🥷don't like the West Coast and I'm fine with it, I'll push the line with it." - *Kendrick*
On business.
💯💯
Because he doesn't care about the West bro just bought a $40 million crib while LA rappers are starving.
Accurate use of the line indeed.
@@rustynail1071I hope you LA nig has understand ny niggas fuck with la and we fuck with Kendrick extremely heavy. When Dot came on the same out here 2009-2011 nigga we prolly backed Kendrick more than ny niggas at the time. Ain’t no hate on New York side we get money💯
Fat Joe over K Dot is absolutely ridiculous
Fat Joe got way more hits than Kendrick. Not even close
@ maybe but he in no way is as lyrical as Kendrick is
Fat Joe >
@@RDBATMWhy tf you lying so easy, ppl like you aren’t real hip hop fans
@@inkyandthebrainFat Joe never did Kendrick numbers nor gets the culture he leeches off of.
Aries Spears is 49. He's wearing a Carhartt hoodie & Yankee hat...You don't need to hear his list to know his list 🤣
😂😂
Dude has been stuck in 2002 for 22 years
What’s your point
Basically
@@PotatoGunCamper California wears skinny jeans! They stuck in 2009! 😂
If Kendrick was from NYC he’d be in that list 😂
Kendrick is boring and overrated
1000 percent
@@t-wub669 He would rather be under A$AP Rocky’s thumb.
He would be top 5 to him.
@@nunyabidness6989nah these other niggas is boring using 808 Beats too make their raps sound more interesting
This video is a perfect example of why New York lost rap.
Y'all don't count tho....y'all never will wherever you come from😂😂😂
@@stainless4140 J. Cole was the last person who took a chance on y’all and made it work. New Yorkers popping up at a open mic in Akron says a lot how theyve fallen ain’t y’all the capital why the fuck y’all come over here 😂😂😂
@@shonyeezy5672J Cole not from NY
Jayz still running all Y’all favorite rappers careers so New York will never lose rap.. try again goofy
@@JohnKing-jz9zb jay z runs E40’s career?
Scarface not getting any love?
Never gets shown love and it hurts . But he is a New York guy I doubt he listens to that much Face
Scarface in my top 3 all time
@@natedogg890Scarface in my top ten even if he’d only released the Fix.
@@oophorror2251 Face is only feature that's ever outshined Freddie Gibbs on his own track XD
@word123456789100: very underrated
I like Aries Spears but he is tripping with a lot of this list. Older New York dudes have some of the worst biases 🤦🏿. Some of the people he put over Kendrick is absolutely ridiculous.
Why Common is never mentioned is beyond me
Right!!!
And Will Smith aka The Fresh Prince needs to be in the top 5 🔥🎶🎤💯
@@GL_FABHUH???
Facts. Common is top 10 all time
@@GL_FAB Nah bro
I can truly name 25 comedians better than Aries Spears
That's not the point
@kwazingcobo8551 that's my point 🤷🏾♂️
@@marlin2027why you mad over that man’s opinion? Did daddy leave too soon? Talk to us.. we listening marli marl 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@kwazingcobo8551don’t even waste your time, that guy god daddy issues😂😂😂😂 mad over a next man’s top 20
@SeymourrDarroux who said I was mad? Is that what you got outta what I said? Who gets mad over internet shit? Why you holding that man nuts regardless of what somebody said?
They hate the WESTCOAST every since snoop came and crushed the buildings
Facts
Snoop was dissing on NY NY and the G’s got at him. He was big and bad at The Source Awards and on that green screen. He was looking like a scared squirrel in that courtroom if that verdict went the other way.
Nah yall just always had a complex we fuck with the west the chronic n doggystyle was gettin major love out here shit we like game first album better than any kendrick shit.
@@fuhyou3223everything you listed is historically wrong. You gotta be young. That's before your time.
@@blackbuddha7731 Snoop doesn’t write his own lyrics and his favorite emcees are from New York.
Bro he said Dave east over Kendrick 😂
The way he wears his hat told me his list before he started 😂
Aries might as well shit in his hat and put it back on his head. That’s about as much credibility as his list warrants.
😂😂
His hairline looks like rats chew on it. He has to cover that.
Stupid lol
@fuhyou3223 😂😂😂
When vlad starts making more sense than you, you know you lost
automatically
@@dantexshelby😂😂😂😂
1000 percent
very true !!!
Aries spears is a certified hater I don’t take him serious it’s New York or nothing for this dude straight 🤡
Just like y'all like to pick 2pac over everyone ?
@ ain’t nobody putting 8/10 New York rappers on they top 10 list except a mf from New York straight 🤡 shit like I said
NYC/east coast likes bars we don’t necessarily care about poeticism and vibes like other regions.
The list is solid dot is the best in the new school but alot of 90's better than him
@@SteveIsTheFutureI'm not from NY but NY started it and they had the best. No one has really been impressive the last 20 years.
His list is so NYC that he could've named better rappers from NYC alone, Kool G Rap, AZ etc
Bro, I was waiting for G-Rap & AZ seems like he doesn’t know half the artist and just picked whoever came to his fat head
The blatant disrespect to Cube and Wayne was wild
Kendrick definitely was influenced by Wayne
And Andre 3k! Wild!
And Redman
Welp! He just ended his chances of working with him on a movie.
Hes mad Cube never casted him for a movie😂
0:16 I am not a KDot fan either but I don’t think there are 20 rappers better than KDot. Cannibus is not better than him
Canibus is better he just isn't a better artist
Canibus would wash Kendrick lyrically
Kdot is not top 50 all time. In 10 years yall will look back and see he was always overrated and clout chases as well.
it is about 15-20 better than kendrick...
@KingR1P really need you to elaborate on that clout chasing remark??
Redman should had been on the list
I was thinking of that exactly. He's actually my favorite east coast rapper.
No rapper sould be on that list but Rakim and KRS.
@@mr.whatever3810 kool g rap or LL?
Red not even top 50
@@nadecha5326”you done fell and bummed yo head” -Redman🎉🎉🎉😂😂😂
"what I learned is 🥷🏿 don't like the West Coast, I'm fine with it, I'll push the line with it"
that’s cap lol nobody hates the west coast niggas just insecure
We could be on a 3 hour time difference
So basically any rapper from the 90s is better 😂😂
No just the ones from New York
Any 90 or early 00s rapper is better than Kendrick tho
@@user-di1vv1fu3o right 😂😂😂
Facts but he smoking if he think Kendrick or half the ninjas he named better than OutKast
@@FrankWhiteMuttsSoulja boy & chingy better than Kendrick?😂
Vlad: Andre 3000
Aries: Nope Busta Rhymes 😂😂
I understand it's his opinion but I physically cringed when he said no to 3 stacks, Wayne and cube. But Somehow someway he put Dave east and cannabis 😂🤦🏽♂️
Fucking heard you 🤣🤣
Complete Lunacy 🗑️
😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@ephemeralbeauty4008Personal opinions. I'm not much of a Lil Wayne fan. Wouldn't put him anywhere on that list. Andre 3000 was amazing until these last ten years. Others rap better these days. Ice Cube is good, but I think Kendrick Lamar raps better.
I’m sorry but for cube not to be on the list , the list is automatically trash 🗑️
Mr. Cube, wasn't a lyricist.
@ have you listened to lyrically I’m so lethal or fearless flow , why we thugs ice cube is lyrically all his top rappers are from the east coast and lyrical? But hey that’s your opinion
@@kernelcoleman8195he destroyed nwa with no vaseline what do you mean
@@adamhernandez8368Ice Cube is 🗑️🗑️🗑️🗑️🗑️🗑️🗑️🗑️
@stainless4140 boy you super cap
95% of rappers can't mess with Canibus if we are talking lyrical complexity and that's a fact 💯
It doesn't seem to me like some people in this comment section have listened to Canibus well enough.
Facts. The song that made me realize that boy was nasty was the feature he was on with common called making a name for ourselves. I was like this guy is a better rapper that 99% of rappers. I was blown the fuck away.
@@bisiriyutajudeen5728 canibus ain’t better than K Rino, Lupe Fiasco, Aesop Rock, Ras Kass, MF DOOM, or GZA
Man said Dave East im dead 😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂 I'm done..😆
DAVE F*C*ING EAST 😂
I wasted my time on this video, glad to be here in the comments to point out the idiocy.
you dont like subjective opinions huh. its called HIS list for a reason.
@@purplecadence7390 well its a terrible list.
Dave east can actually spit tho he's just not as popular as others for it
How can you say “Hell no” to Ice Cube?🤦🏾♂️
Because he hates west coast rap
How can you not???
Anyone who was alive in the 90s and listened to rap, knows how influential Ice Cube was. No rapper had more influence in that decade, not even Tupac.
Because Ice Cube is 🗑️🗑️🗑️🗑️🗑️🗑️🗑️🗑️🗑️
@@stainless4140he wrote all of easy e lyrics stop hating
I’m from the East Coast & u can clearly recognize that Aries hasn’t listened to Kendrick Lamar before not like us
@@dannyglover5436 Before and/or after, Kendrick Lamar isn’t like Big Daddy Kane, Rakim, KRS-One, LL Cool J, MC Shan, Masta Ace, Kool G Rap, Guru, Heavy D. Shall I go on?
@@simbagrant2200 Isn’t the whole point to have a new different sound & style? One reason we loved all the artists you named is BECAUSE none of them sounded the same at all, which the past decade aint really been happening besides a small handful of artists…
@@joojoobaw I didn’t mean in style. I meant in skill. Kendrick cannot compare. He needs to stick with having 🌈 sex with Drake and J. Cole.
@@simbagrant2200you named a bunch of dudes who don’t have a catalog nearly as good as Kendrick stop it now
@@DieYoung55 Albums don’t matter. Skills do.
I’m also an "old head" and often share what Aries thinks in many ways. Rap has always been about skills first.
But with that said, the art form is constantly evolving. Something that sounded cutting edge and catchy +15 years ago, doesn't necessarily do it today. During the golden era, if a MC had a boombap flow and 1-2 bar set up with a clever punchline, that was enough to be considered great. Kendrick already mastered that in his early days, but if you listen to what Kendrick does today, with delivery, double entendres, storytelling and metaphors (not in occasional bars, but whole projects) he is a superior poet compared to most of the names that Aries rattled off.
What characterizes a talented lyricist is also the ability to be versatile, and I honestly can't think of a worse example than Canibus.
He has sounded exactly the same since day 1 and the only interesting thing about him was the Rip The Jacker album because Stoupe who produced it leveled it sonically.
In all these hiphop debates, you must come to a definition of which criteria are decisive factors.
Discography is something that many "old heads" don't look at today. Kendrick has released TPAB which is literally the Illmatic of our time.
If we just looking at technical skills then we might as well all listen to battle rap.
Btw, Kendrick is a mf at spitting too, but to say Dot doesn't have word play, metaphors etc, just shows ignorance.
Canibus may have low popularity but when it comes to pure punchlines and wordplay he's miles above many people
My sperm will scramble the eggs in a woman's ovaries
I can list plenty but vocabulary and punchlines canibus is ahead of so many people
So is Big L and Cassidy
Kendrick isn't really known for his punchlines
He's more known for tight production and screenplay level writing and concepts
I hear Aries Spears argument
When it comes to pure rap spitting
Same reason why he picked J Cole over Kendrick and why some people think Cole is better it's because Cole has that traditional rap basics covered especially in wordplay punchlines and storytelling
Kendrick may throw of some people with his voice switches and effects
@@Swimthenatator A real hiphop fan knows canibus, as one of purists.
I loved 2000 B.C, and like I said, Rip the Jacker. I was even convinced at one point that he would had eaten Em in a beef, when all that was going on. But as time went on, it became more and more obvious that he was severely limited in his subject matters. He recycled verses over and over, never switched up his flow. His content from 08 and beyond he rapped about the cosmos and galaxies. When you additionaly only feed punchlines without an actual set-up, the effect also diminishes.
Hiphop, like any other art form, is constantly evolving. If you look at other pure spitters, like Crooked, Chino XL, Royce & Em just to name a few, who elevated 90s boombap and started to challenge flow and twist rhyme structures in and out. Therefore, Canibus is a terrible example to even mention by Aries as his career and most certainly hunger, has not existed for +15 years.
And speaking of Big L, he was one of the most gifted rappers to ever pick up a microphone. He was ahead of his time. So I agree with you there.
@@Swimthenatator Further on kendrick, it feels like people think his arsenal is just storytelling, and even if that was true, there are few who can write dramatic twists with climax and do it in double time format as he has done and continues to do to this day.
I'm not saying you're saying this, I'm talking about the general attitude towards Kendrick.
Kendrick is a top tier lyricist, he is held in high regard by other lyricists who have mastered the art form as well. His pure spitting times was mostly during the Black Hippies and Section 80 era. He has moved on from that and simply doesn’t focus on it. But there are plenty of punchlines and word play in his catalog if you are receptive to it. Euphoria for example is a 6 minute display of it (while maintaining a common thread). Or when he stomps the Rigamortus track.
Sometimes it’s hard for old heads to grasp that there are rappers who surpass "the golden era". Funny thing is, that it's not even something strange, it's called development.
I was one of them, until I started listening to Kendrick for real. It's perfectly fine to having subjective opinions if Kendrick isn’t Aries' cup of tea. But it’s hard to take him seriously when he starts rattling off a bunch of half-assed N.Y rappers as examples.
Fat joe over Kendrick Lamar?? Wtf is this guy smoking 😂
meth
Not a big KL guy but I'm with you there
Crack
Tell me you don't listen to Kendrick Lamar without telling me
He said he wasn’t a fan lol
why would somebody listen to him?
Fat Joe > Kendrick.
Is either musical ignorance or trolling. This conversation is very unserious.
Fat joe is absolutely over kendrick. Kendrick sounds like a prepubescent little boy. I don't care how technical of a rapper you are, if your voice is unlistenable to me it just a waste. Joe not only has one of the best most clear voices in hip hop but also has some of the hardest underground real hip hop tracks of all time, and let's not speak on longevity .He is so badly underrated as a rapper that it's disgusting, and that's only because he had to spit next to most of everyone's top 5s doa
Joe is a monster when he is on his boom bap shit. Let's not forget.
@mickyward3716 Kendrick is a goat, go cry about it 😂😂
It’s musical ignorance
Fat Joe saved that new Mary J Blige album
@@mickyward3716 You’re the same age as Aries, right ?
He's just naming dudes from the east coast. Get outta here Kendrick would bury these fools, and I'm 49 and like both sides of the states. Dude is crazy!!!
Actually, most of the rappers he listed would bury Kendrick. Yeah, there's some rappers that Kendrick would eviscerate like J. Cole and Dave East for example.
@@Freshsink950 only sane rebuttal I've heard
But idk about Method Man
@@ehttloinc.6690 Method Man will destroy every fiber of Kendrick Lamar’s body!
Vlad should’ve made him name 5 songs from every artist he named
That’s easy tho
Spears wasn't lying. He was def telling the truth. All them would eat him up lyraclly
@@kennylafortune63exactly. Lol. I’m not even a fan of all of them and can name 5
You weird 😂😂😂😂 that’s his opinion 😂😂😂😂😂 daddy must have left early 😂😂😂😂
Nah wtf?? You want an ID number too?
Dave East?? man gtfoh I’m no Kendrick fan at all but that’s disrespectful as hell
😂😂😂😂😂
It's not if you know hip hop and actually listen to Dave East music. Kendrick ain't that lyrical
At least the streets play East...NEVER HEARD NO ONE play that BOZO Kendrick 😂😂😂😂....y'all will NEVER count in these Hip Hop debates unless you from the Mecca....stop trying
@@stainless4140 nga listening to Dave east in 2024 ? If I hear u playin tht ima slap u 😂
@@stainless4140Who the fuck is listening to Dave east???????
Stopped watching when he said hell no to Ice Cube
you dont like subjective opinions huh. its called HIS list for a reason.
Lyrically??
Now I am one of the biggest Ice Cube fans. Ice Cube can ‘Rap’ Great ‘Story Teller’ and all of that, but he is definitely not in the ‘Top 20’ of ‘Lyricist’
Top 20 as a rapper, entertainer, longevity, culture, contributor? Yes, ABSOLUTELY but ‘Top 20’ (lyricist) over Kendrick Lamarr? Heck No
@@purplecadence7390Facts
@ exactly… read one of my comments… ‘LYRICALLY’ Ice Cube should not be in anyone’s ’Top 20’ over Kendrick Lamar… Period!
Ice Cube is dope and one of my favs of ALL-TIME. Can Rap, Tell Stories and a whole lot of other stuff… but lyrically over Kendrick.,. Absolutely Not!
Kendrick is a west coast Nas. Aries has New York bias. Fat Joe couldn’t even out rap Cuban link. Pun and Cuban link had better records than Joe and Pun.
He is no where near any type of Nas.
@@jackstar6018Kendrick isn’t even near Lupe! 😂
Joe's trilogy of his albums the darkside is pretty fuckin ill
@@красивыекусочки Lupe sucks musically compared to Kendrick. You are lying to yourself, Kendrick would kill Lupe.
@@jackstar6018 Thats a lie, ask Nas. Kendrick has more styles and flows than any rapper ever. Name a rapper who's every album sounds different. You guys are to slow to see Kendrick's genius.
Lost me when he trashes Ice cube. He must be mad cube didn’t put him in any of his movies
Cube is mediocre
@@ultramag0343🧢
@@ultramag0343what u crazy bro go back n listen cube top 10 all time
Right
@@ultramag0343 If you listened to rap in the 90s, you do know Ice Cube wrote most of it?
No Wayne is crazy 🤣🤣🤣
Wayne overrated
Wayne is 🚮🚮🚮🚮
you dont like subjective opinions huh. its called HIS list for a reason.
@@cjparks7881not true
@dantexshelby subjective opinion. You aint gotta like it
It’s his opinion people, he doesn’t have to think Kendrick is the best ever.
Opinions can still be debated. What if my opinion was tom Brady was average. LOL
@billclay9489 He wasn't though. 😅
Plus we all already know Aries is NYC biased 😂 and tbh he probably aint actually listened to more than 2 minutes of any Kendrick Lamar sht anyway, if he thinks it’s all absent of “lyricism! metaphors! punchlines!” like he said
And that Durant mean his opinion is above debate. Garbage opinions exist.
I could say, “Michael Jordan is the worst basketball player ever”.
Just because it’s an opinion doesn’t mean it can’t be stupid
@@blinggzillatv right it can be stupid and that opens up a forum for debate. The thing is if you say "this and that" is your opinion im gonna ask you why you think that. Thats where the debate comes in. for my, I wanna know why you think what you think. for Aries saying ice cube is no good for a top 20. Im gonna ask why then spit off some of his lyrics an ask you are these good.
Even in opinion you can be wrong so if he says MC Shan had better lyrics then cube then you better come with some examples why. From that it can be clear whats BS and whats not. I love debates, i majored in American History. Thats all about debates.
NEVER ask an East coast guy who their top 10 -20 rappers are. This is why there can NEVER be an actual list. Forget about it bruh
First off look at who the legends are in the rap game and looks at where the majority of classics come from...NYC. NYC sets the standard of hip hop
I’m never going to ask a West Coast dude what colors I can wear in LA. 😂
Disrespecting ice cube & eazy e is crazy 😂 even though Eazy-E wasn’t really a rapper. He’s just so iconic.
Then put him on your top 20 we good over here😂😂😂 dudes in their feelings over another man’s opinion 😂😂😂😂😂 that’s weird
@@KP43-08 That’s the problem! “Icon status” doesn’t make you a true emcee! Emceeing makes you a true emcee! This is why it’s hard to take you West Coast dudes serious sometimes!
Lets be sensible Ice Cube definitely should be there Easy E is not a rapper and definitely not top 50, iconic yes but lyricist absolutely not
@@donaldhillocks300 If Eazy-E came out today, he’d be in Drake’s boat period. 😂
@@simbagrant2200Drake on his best day can't touch Eazy E
If you ever want to know what East Coast Bias sounds like... Ths is the PERFECT example.
For him to disrespect Ice Cube, Not even mention Outkast? Completely Krazy. I actually agree more with Vlad here.
1:23 respectfully, Aries lost me at LL and Canibus.
LL…Yes!! Miss me with that Canibus mess!!!
LL and Canibus are both better than Kendrick Lamar! What’s so hard to understand, mumble rap fan?! 🤨
You sleeping on Canibus’ pen skills…He really was one of them lyrical heavyweights in his day.
Canibus, I agree with you. LL is better than Kendrick Lamar though
@@tswagg504 I don’t disagree but pen alone is not what I’m judging on. Canibus always gets respect as a writer and spitter. Hes just not top 20 imo
You left out Bun B, Scarface, Big Boi, Xzibit, Ras Kass, Twista, Tech N9ne, Royce Da 5’9”, Big Pun, Ludacris, Planet Asia.
Nice list
None of them niggas ever been on Kendrick level
Your insane
He did say big pun, I agree with tech nine
@ not one of them rappers even come close to Kendrick
Black thought 10000 percent better than kendrick. Based off that funk flex freestyle ALONE. That's shit bodies most rappers tbh. He went CRAZY
Black thought is better than Jay z come on lol he’s better than most
Who ?
🧢
@@losangelesmade4153 your not qualified to even have the discussion if you don't know who black thought it brother lol.
100
I'm from The Bronx, and I can admit Dave East is NOT a better Rapper than Kendrick Lamar...
Not at all
Im from the bronx and you must be younger than youtube existence. Dave East is what you call lyrical and has the discography to wash Kendrick. Kendrick is not lyrical he just has conscious subjects matter and while dave east will drop 3 projects a year yall waited 5 years for his last medicore album. 2pac had depth to his music and touched on all the same subject matter, but he didn't make that shit sound like a poetry slam. Don't mention being from the bronx when you probably wasn't even born in the 80'-90s to know hip hop in it's prime
@@donmacmillyI got much love and respect for nyc and pay homage to nyc for being the birthplace of hip hop culture. But god damn why are nyc cats so damn bias and stubborn when it comes to anything outside of nyc. Y’all really need to chill out with that bias stubborn mentality like a mf can’t create anything great without a nyc cat thinking they did it first smh. Let y’all tell it, mankind started in nyc and not Africa 😂
I haven't heard enough to have an opinion.
You not from the X tho 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
I'll take Redman's "Dare Iz A Darkside" alone, against Kendrick's whole catalog & 99.9% of rappers from the last 10-15 years. The rappers REALLY worth a damn today, is the Coast Contra dudes.
For real
Redman is very underrated. Although real hip hop heads give him his props. I think most people just haven’t listened enough
Nah I’ll stick with Kendrick
Yes coast contra,but they need to do more.
As a dude who grew up on the west coast I can honestly say I listened to all those rappers he has mentioned. Canibus in his prime was so damn raw. He helped birth alot of these current rappers put now. His music wasn't for everyone just like Kendrick music not everyone is going to feel. End of the day, listen to whoever you connect with.
What the hell is Vlad talking about? LL definitely didn't embarrass himself on the song with Eminem. So we supposed to believe your ears now???
Thank you! He doesn't know what the hell he's talking about
L was spitting on that joint!!!
I know right. This guy doesn't have a clue.
LL held his own against eminem in that song. He was dope. Now I wont say Jay Z embarrassed himself in "Renegade" but eminem clearly left him in the dust.
I'm a huge Em fan and not a fan of LL but he most def held his own greatly.
Vlad think he is the most popular person in Black Culture
Bro named all old rappers 😂
Nah vlad show respect to those bigger than him
He named all rappers from New York. So Vlad isnt wrong on this one
He named all East Coast artists. Ice Cube dropped arguably the biggest diss record of all time with No Vaseline and also just had the west coast lit right after Death Row. So Vlad, while he’s got an ego and is wrong sometimes, he needed to call out Aries Spears on this. Y’all can’t keep saying Vlad’s ego is an excuse for the BS people in interviews be saying.
You look for something to be mad at in every single clip 😂 it’s crazy
No LL needs to stay on ANY LIST but definitely Snoop, DMX,
Heads be sleeping on Busta! Body of work is crazy. Been doing it for decades and is still relevant to this day.
Relevant where? With that flex seal spray on hairline 😂😂😂😂😂
To this day!
Zest monster
Busta is one of my favorite rappers ever he is in my top 15 Greatest rappers list of all time, he is not better than Kendrick. However he is super underrated and his visuals him and Missy were some of the best ever as well.
If he’s not over 50 from New York Aries doesn’t like him
Because most of those other rappers ruined the game. It's been dumbed down so much, Kendrick is great. He is good, but NOT great. It crazy
@@dreg5845You’re sugarcoating it. Kendrick is wack. I’m sorry. Drake’s soft 🗑️ music made other wack rappers sound good. Not a positive, though.
@@красивыекусочки I'm very critical, but Kendrick has some versus where he spits. Overall, I like J Cole much better. I like Russ. Oh, and Big Sean is nice! He is better than Kendrick. Other than that, it all trash
@@dreg5845 Cole is wack! Russ is 🌈 Big Sean is a joke but I agree. He’s better than Kendrick!
50 music was made by west coast, that's why they don't praise him.
I'm fine with anyone who doesn't personally like Kendrick Lamar, but I do have a problem when it's obvious someone clearly just doesn't get him and has no curiosity or interest in why others see him as one of the best. Sorry, but he's not some little underground rapper you can just dismiss as a nobody, not at this point in his career.
Im not a big fan of Kendrick but i do like his shyt. He in my top 10,,,his voice is annoying but he fire tho.
No question, Aries never even bothered to TRY to listen to more than a minute of any his sht
When he implied he has no “lyricism, metaphors, punchlines” it was pretty clear he just groups Kendrick Lamar with every other “new age rapper” (his words)
Nigga is wack and unmemorable records compared to others
20 rappers lyrically better then Kendrick
1. Kool G Rap
2. Big L
3. Rakim
4. Big Daddy Kane
5. Black Thought
6. Nas
7. Biggie
8. Big Pun
9. Eminem
10. Andre 3000
11. Llyôd Banks
12. Jadakiss
13. Method Man
14. Ice Cube
15. Conway The Machine
16. Royce Da 5'9
17. KRino
18. Canibus
19. Rass Kass
20. Cassidy
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 unopenga shamwari
@@twainalex996 that nga smokes galaxy gas
Yall niggas smoking Dope
He said no lil Wayne that’s crazy 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂
😂
Insane
Wayne is definitely not better than Kendrick Lamar
No it’s not
Mfs really trippen.
this is the worst list I've ever heard
If we saw car in LA b lasting NY rap, we know who’s behind the wheel😂
LL Cool J is the first and only rap artist to have hits in 5 decades. No other rapper is coming close to that. We're in the Michael Jackson atmosphere, we're in the Elton John atmosphere, We're in the Stevie Wonder atmosphere. Do you know how long Kendrick would have to be in the game to achieve that title, I just don't see it👀
Word up and LL has always been in my top 5. i aint a fan of the love songs but he can still bring heat. That joint he did with eminem is pure LL fire
Lol cool j didn't have a in the 2010s
@@BGambino1215 no more-2011,Whaddup-2013. Do your research homie🤷🏿
@@generalinformation3507 never heard of them ...I knew someone one with a grey beard would disagree lol
@@generalinformation3507 u know what hit he did have ... accidentle racist with Brad paisley lool
No scarface?
3:09 quiet clap is crazy..how he do that 😂
Vlad’s team edits out coughing and stuff like that clap.
@ oh..don’t see the point in that but wateva
😂😂😂 Then proceed to say, “Mos Def.” Double entendre😂😂
If you think KRS one is better than Kendrick, you can stop listing people there.
Omm
For real. Like people gotta know the difference between being a pioneer and being the greatest. Krs help build hip hop up but there's tons that took what he did and elevated it to higher levels. People don't want to accept that
Word
I definitely got Kris Parker THE MC over Kendrick
@@arttashfilms9816I'm from the 90s name the tons of ppl you're saying is better than krs one
Mf doom, Joel Ortiz, Sean price
ghostface raekwon big l
thank you
P!
I was gonna say mf doom also add inspecktah Deck
I'm with him though. I don't think anyone in this new generation is in the goat convo. Just personal opinion.
20 comedians over arie spear's
This dude is clearly New York EastCoast bias 😂 dude a clown !! Saying hell no to Cube😆
So he a clown because YOU not MAN enough to respect HIS OPINION damn yall new niggas different
Vlad’s questioning of Black Thought being top 20 in any capacity, and then doubling down on that audacity by using “the Roots’ body of work” as a reference for that point is crazy to me. Illadelh Halflife and Things Fall Apart just by themselves cement him as one of the greatest lyricists of all time and having one of the smoothest flows ever. Not to mention tons of great verses on Roots albums after that point as well as guest features where he bodies anyone on a track. I have him as second all time to Nas, and I get it if someone doesn’t want to rank him as top 5, or even top 10 given different tastes, but not top 20 makes me question that person’s fundamental understanding of lyricism and the mechanics of rhyming. Also I love Aries’ list - it shows a panoramic appreciation for the art of MCing and the various pen games in hip-hop history.
Yeah. He completely lost me with that. I actually appreciate & admire The Roots' catalogue more as I get older. As far as the 2000s or 2010s, Rising Down & Game Theory I dug alot.
*Illadelph Halflife
Snoop dogg, Outcast over mobb deep,
not naming lil wayne in your top 20 but saying busta rhymes is crazy
Weezy is top 20 for sure, but Busta is damn near the best rapper of all-time. One of the fastest rappers of all time - - collaborations with legends (Janet, Mariah, Mary J, Tribe, Biggie) - - He has a reggae vibe which pays homage to the roots of rap/hip hop - - been in the game and churning out bangers for 35 years - - Busta is a legend.
@@robertbrown8900nigga Busta does not rank higher than Wayne. Stop it lmao
Dude is basically just naming any New York rapper to keep from naming Kendrick Lamar... he's ridiculous
No he's not. This man is speaking truthfully.
@kernelcoleman8195 Lol, truthfully??? Don't make me laugh
@@kernelcoleman8195 Truthfully in what? hes a New York stan and this is exactly why Ny lost its place in Hip Hop now they are so full of themselves
@@ThoughtOuter New York city, has the most elite ryhmers period in the game. You all clearly are not authentic aficionados of hip hop & rap. Blessings to you.
I can name 20 West Coast rappers ALONE better than Kendrick Lamar!
Ras Kass, Ice Cube, DJ Quik, MC Ren, King Tee, Tash (Alkaholiks), Yo-Yo, Lady of Rage, Xzibit, Del the Funkee Homosapien, MC Eiht, Kam, Ahmad, Skee-Lo, B-Real, Erule, Son Doobie, Spice-1, Casual and C-Bo.
Vlad choosing Kendrick over LL Cool J is insane.
and said LL's song with Em' left him embarrassed for LL ....In my humble opinion LL almost won that feature
@@cyrilmitchell4418 LL didn’t win ish on that track, man. I actually liked LL on that song, he showed that he still got it but I also noticed he tried HARD….whilst for Em it was just another day at the office
@@cyrilmitchell4418 Wow he "almost won," so impressive. I swear some of you would hand out participation trophies to rappers if you could.
@@blacklinkfirelink2304 MF Em' is my GOAT so STFU
Kendrick is better then LL
Aries is crazy and delusional.. TPAB is one of the most important fluential rap albums of all time. Aries is lying. Dot is lyrically dope and can make rap albums.
I’m Not A Kendrick, Drake, And Cole Fan
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I bet you like camron trash rapping thou
Aries is trolling now.
I'm just not feeling Kendrick. People are so excited to hear an artist who is half way decent these days that they've lowered the bar for lyricism, creativity and charisma. I can't take him seriously with that childish cartoonish voice.
@@kindell1 Blame Lil Wayne and Drake. 🤷♂️
@@simbagrant2200 Yeah them too
@@simbagrant2200F YOU'RE LIST'S NO ONE CARE'S ABOUT INSIGNIFIANT NOBODY LISTS YEAH IT'S DRIZZYS FAULT BUT NO REGRETS THOUGH THE NAME WILL ECHO YEARS LATER NONE GREATER DEATH TO A COWARD AND A TRAITOR THAT'S JUST IN MY NATURE HEHE YOUR THOUGHTS WILL NEVER CHAMGE HISTORY YOU BUMS THAT HAVE FONE NOTHING IN LIFE THINK YOUR LISTS CAN CHANGE HISTORY HEHE😂😂😂😂
I’m a West Coast/Cali guy, but I just haven’t been able to get into Kendrick’s music. I grew up on Cube, NWA, Quik, Kane, Rakim, LL, etc…I’m not sure why I don’t like his music too much but he wouldn’t be in my top 20 either.
I’m pretty bi-coastal (been around the East and the West). Never heard anyone turn on any Kendrick. Whether it’s the older or younger generation.
You barely hear any Nas, Doom, Wu, Rakeem.... some greats aren't radio friendly. Flo-rida gets more play than Pac
Aries is stuck in the 90s rap era and I understand, however, when u compare Kendrick to those rappers it’s apples to oranges. The functional equivalent of putting Curry or Lebron in the NBA during the 90s. Aries lacks the understanding that bars change, flows change, metaphors change, etc. and people adapt to the new music.
Kendrick woulrnt survive in the 90s
They have do do their best to discredit Kendrick, notice how all Kendrick's supposed 2010 peers that were named are not better than Kendrick in any form and he has never listened to his albums 😂 We know 20 comedians better than Aries who are supposed to be his actual peers but then again.....😂😂😂
I agree with that. Im stuck in the 90's too.
Pac # 1 , Bruh!!! Aries be hatin on him!
Aries list is BFI status but I at least give him credit for listing him. Pac don’t have to be his #1. He not in the P-Hive like everybody else.
Pax is the greatest, but not the best. Big difference.
"At least give him credit," lol.. plus, he didn't mention any West Coast rappers, but he's a hip hop historian
@@hasseaouled6032 what's the difference??
@@stevefrank9444 We all know what time it is with Aquarius and it's his list. People seem to think that if these best rappers lists don't match theirs then it's not legitimate. I think that's a bad way of thinking. Who says west coast rappers had to be on HIS list? Doesn't the west coast claim Pac? He could have not mentioned him at all. I give him credit for it. Everybody knows Pisces is an admitted disgruntled NY dude that wishes it was still 1975 and nobody anywhere else rapped so all the attention could solely be on NY rappers.
I don't think the east coast will ever understand the fascination with Kendrick
I’m in the heart of the east coast and I definitely do. And to be honest when you ask most rappers and or lyricists from the East Coast, they say the same.
@@wailers1999 I am too and we hardly play it
@@jahbless1 And that’s good! We don’t worship human beings 🍆 like y’all do in the West and the South!
The East Coast only loves rappers from the East coast, its been like that for years. They dont give anyone outside of NY their credit which sucks.
@@ChrisJProductionz Most rappers outside of the East Coast don’t have skill!
Most of hip hop says LL ate Eminem on that record but here comes Vlad on the other side as usual. This is possibly LL's best album but people that want the shit to sound like everything else at the moment. Non hip hop heads speaking hip hop is annoying
Kdot is highly overrated!!!!!
People who try and tell another person how they should think and feel are controlling.
Vlad is delusional again 7:40
The highlight of that song was ll cool j on that beat change
My man rly said Dave East with a straight face 😂
Put some respect on DMX and Cam name
Cam trash
Cam 😂😂😂
@@itsmob4life killa better than Kendrick hands down. Fab too
@@shynebayarea510 killa better than Kendrick hands down. Fab too
🤣🤣🤣 nursey rhymes ..im not go knock u liking cam. Funny thou@cr_profitgettaz1917
No Andre 3000? No Wayne? No Fab? No E-40? No Scarface? No Luda? No Nikki? Lol
Definitely no nicki Minaj
I'd agree with E‐40 but I don't understand what homie is saying. No shade
lupe fiasco?
@ideozublake8036 I'd say he's better than Kendrick. I like Kendrick though.
nikki wtf you on?
In no particular order for me. Big Daddy Kane, Rakim, Kool Moe Dee, LL Cool J, Eminem, Nas, Tupac, Mos Def, Common, Ice Cube, Lauren Hill, DMX, J Cole, Lupe Fiasco, Big L, Andte 3000, Biggie, Lil Wayne, Ludacris, Too Short, Ice T, PSK, Mobb Deep, 50 cent,Game, KRS One, Left Eye,MC Lyte, Mobb Deep, A Tribe Called Quest, NWA, Wu-Tang, Redman,
Ngl this list is my top also
@Diecast_Detective I couldn't finish it because of UA-cam or Vlad hating arse 🤷🏿
Snoop, Black Thought, Big Pun, Jadakiss,
@@the_black_phone9001 and again respectfully Kendrick is shitting on any and every one of these rappers as far as creativity goes full album concepts like way pass these fools
@@babyhezus731 please name the songs that he has that will shit on my selection of MC's ? Please name them because I never heard of these tracks before.
Vlad kinda ain't wrong about LL, just because he came out a century ago doesn't mean he's in the conversation, same thing with Too $hort
Mos Def not getting mentioned until 19 is insane
Kendrick’s wordplay, storytelling, and discography warrants him a top 5 of all time. No doubt!
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You better lay off them drugs and I like Kendrick I can name 5 right off the top he not messing with the total package,Tupac,Nas,DMX,Eminem,and Jay Z that’s 5 right there 🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️
That guy will NEVER be in a real sanctioned hiphop discussions to 5. He aint been around long enough and paid enough dues to even break the top 1000!!!!
That's a fact! Even though I'm from the WESTCOAST (Los Angeles) I have no bias, because 3 of my top 5 greatest MC's of all time are from the east coast. (NEW YORK). K-DOT is definitely in my top 5. Ppl seem to forget that Kendrick is the only hip-hop/rap artist to EVER win a Pulitzer Prize!! An award given for journalism,arts ,and letters (different categories). Something written basically that is extraordinary. His wordplay, storytelling, metaphor, etc,etc, is 💪🏿💯. This recognition highlights the artistic and cultural significance of his body of work. Specifically the album "DAMN" Ppl need to stop trying to take away from Kendrick greatness!!IJS.
@timothybogan2406 he may have won that but you not gonna tell me it's other rappers Like Nas, Tupac, Black Star, Kanye West, J Cole who didn't deserve a pulitzer. That's like when Curry won the only unanimous MVP, it's kinda ridiculous that he was the first and only to ever win that, same for Kendrick.
Cannabis over Kendrick? No sir
@@DSH7322He might've performed better commercially, but Kendrick can't outrap Canibus, fam. Compare 10 Canibus freestyles to that of Dot's and you'll understand what I mean. Kendrick's brain don't work Bis' but he's a decent storyteller.
Bis' Beast From the East verse > Kdot's Control verse
As a rapper Canibus is better. It's not even up for debate
@@shall7277 Better freestyler, I won’t argue with that, But better rapper? I simply don’t agree. My barometer isn’t just freestyle ability and definitely not related to sales/commercial success. IMO, Kendrick has made better albums than Canibus and that holds a lot of weight when asked my top 20.
@ no we're talking about just bars. Kendrick makes better music yes. But if you put them both behind a beat and said, "Go!".. Canibus from 97'-2003 was pretty much untouchable.
@@shall7277 Lupe fiasco is way better than canibus lyrically and music wise. I would put prime lupe over any rapper. “mural” is probably the most lyrically complex song ever made
Dave east is disrespectful
Hell, I could name FORTY rappers better than Kendrick. Vlad is weird.
I could make 5,000 better
@@jackstar6018 😂Right! Aries didn't even scratch the surface. Redman, Das Efx, Slick Rick, DMX, Kool G. Rap, Del the Funky Homosapien, Lauryn Hill, Guru, I could be here all night! Also, Vlad named Eazy E. directly after Ice Cube as a "gotcha moment" for Aries. Vlad was hoping Aries would take the bait and say yes to Eazy, so Vlad could say "Ha, ha! Cube wrote his lyrics!" But of course, Aries wasn't having it. Vlad is hilariously tone deaf to the entire black experience. There is nobody on this earth who would put Eazy E. in their top 20 greatest rappers list.
Nothing but east coast bias right there Kendrick will destroy all them rappers like he did drake 😂
@@omarestrada8901 Kendrick can’t even handle Papoose and Big Sean. Drake is his only match! 😂
@@красивыекусочки Agreed. Above poster is clearly insane.
You can tell Aries never really listened to Kendrick
That's all you Kendrick fans say.. STFU
Kendrick ain't doing it for a lot of people like me, his voices, delivery just ain't grabbing us, even though he definitely got a pen, the way he delivers it with the little martian voices and all, the one syllable rhymes sometimes he doesn't even rhyme, naw that ain't for me but I respect what he represents.
Thank you! He doesn't have that IT factor to me either. No charisma with those corny voices
I can tell yall only listen to commercial singles taking like that
@BaseMaryland You're out your mind, I grew up on Wu Tang, Mobb Deep, The Lox, Nas, Jay, Beanie Sigel, Royce The 5'9... Keep your stereotypes for yourself, we don't f with K Dot weirdo style with 6 different voices, that's it
@@kindell1 Facts 🗣️
While I disagree with how he dissed Ice Cube and Eazy E, Im glad he didnt say that Canadian pop artist who makes music for ladies. Also rap was great up until 2007 when Soulja Boy ruined it. The 2016 XXL Freshmnen Cypher was the final nail in the coffin