The 55 Best Rappers of All Time
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- Listing in my opinion the 55 greatest rappers to ever do it, based on technical ability, creativity, and cultural impact.
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Logic is so humble, didn't put himself on this list.
He put drake first before Eminem lol
@@MusicLover-ko1mq it’s alphabetical soooo...?
@@MusicLover-ko1mq hahahahahah
@@jumpoff8515 lol
Took me a moment to get the joke
You accidentally spelled Nav with an 's' at the end Melon
No, he was talking about lil nas x. Dummy.
@@ViolentMLG they’re joking
@@Kaquince15 he was joking too
@@star.s penis
Ok ✅
This is the first time I agree with you Anthony, Lil Pump truly does deserve all 55 spots.
Nah nah nah you are getting confused with IceJJFish, this is clearly IceJJFish on all 55 spots
@@option7 ur sleeping on gawne and kid buu and eminem, the best rappers of all time who are just better than anyone else, even lil pump and icejjfish
@@nish8399 dude i so fawk with kid buu
@@biscuitnougat5749 i fawk with kid buu and eminem, so does melon he fawks with them
@@nish8399 lmfao
One thing with Aesop that is very impressive, is his breathe control and ability to perform his songs live so well. Watching him perform it looks like breathing is an option to him.
Yeah, I saw him intimately in 2010, at a uni bar. But his new album is truly nice, I like how his beef with El-P given him some street cred.
SMH he added biggie but not Notorious B.I.G, smh
I'm dead lmao
@@vinny8475 so is he , which is fucked up
@@manuelmorales6191 dark humor at its finest
Edge at its finest, also we’re all dieing one day so way make fun of a man who is dead when your death approaches too
I think big pun should be on here
Logic taking up two spots because he's biracial isn't fair Anthony
😂
Wait was he on this list
@@jackq6243 r/woooosh
@@AcornRiot ah yes originality
@dayum son What a troglodyte comment
Number 2: Logics white side
Number 1: Logics black side
Underrated comment.
Number 3: Logics biracial side
@@tekkies9620 he’s half black btw
Did you know he’s biracial?
@kauz yea but he’s biracial
If you ever revisit this list, in like 3 years from now, you best remember our boy Denzel
Don't forget JID, either
I’d argue Boldy James, Little Simz and Mach-Hommy deserve consideration too if he ever revisits it
@@earthangelandrogynousmind1625 they're all better than denzel tbh
@@andemandefarnah Denzel is the goat
@@xavier2361 Denzel is good but all of those are simply better
Where’s Joe Budden
Should be at number 3
In the trash, guy has like two songs
with his dog
In the trash where he belongs
joe budden’s a great rapper, but man i really wish bernie won the democratic nominee instead
Usually a big fan of yours Melon, but screaming “Hopsin is the GOAT” for 36 minutes isn’t the level of content I expected from you
Are you kidding? That’s exactly the level of content I expect from him.
Usually a big fan of clever comments Chai, but posting something like this on a 36 minute video isn't the level of thought I expected from you
@@neal8759 it’s not clever when almost this exact comment is posted on pretty much every one of Fantano’s videos.
@@gavin4056 Exactly
@@neal8759 Why does the video length matter? Why can't this dude make jokes?
Always loved the Pizza Hut mustache 😎
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
It's like a cowboy hat
Fantano is the only guy who can successfully outpizza the hut
hey man are you excited for the new avalanches? ( i actually liked wildlower but im kinda meh so far about WWALY)
It’s not pizza hut...
It’s heisenberg’s fedora!
The fact that Lil Xan isn't on this list is an assault on the hip hop community. TOTAL XANARCHY is one of the most albums of all time. Nuff said.
I'm gonna throw a /s down just for good measure in case there's even a 1% chance that someone doesn't realize that I'm joking.
💀
How truer could that be?
Lil xan, he’s such a human. His music is so much. His discography is.
who is nuff
Really disappointed you didn’t take into account height for this list
Poor MF Doom...
Poor Kendrick Lamar...
Bushwick Bill!
Aesop Rock in the top ten
Lol. Didn't realize Aesop was actually on the list when I posted. Seen dude live a few times & was surprised by his height. Same with Meth. Well over 6'
I was hoping for IQ ratings on this one
Aesop rock - “well known to those that are aware of him” well said
Bars
Hip hop heads. I think that is called hip hop heads
no matter how big he is every project sounds like it was bankrolled off tips working pizza delivery on weeknights
@@aldenkaiser248 Nah bro, Skelethon sounded legit in the production department.
i dont see the problem.. If they heard of him, it means they know his stuff well. That's what that sentence means. If he would have just said "known" instead of "well known" then yea sure it's a poor sentence but no its not.
I love how he didn’t number them in order that honestly just leads to so much conflict
Ahh naw I would've preferred just a straight up favorite rappers list, numbered. No balls!
Should have at least tiered them
I think it’s unfair to quantify something as subjective as musicianship, so this is nice
@@TerribleUsernameAmirite yes, the answer to quantifying music is to quantify it but be vague about how you're precisely ranking the people you quantified as the 55 best lol sorry just had to point out the ridiculousness of that. No balls. It's basically irrelevant, I'd be more interested in hearing the people that almost made it and why they didn't than hear him just talk about why people we mostly think are top 55 are top 55, boring video. F melon, f you. ;)
Whether people respect it or not, Eminem also helped horrorcore get more recognition. More people were exposed to this subgenre of Hip-Hop. Nowadays you get a lot of cringe rappers trying to be extremely gory, twisted, evil, etc. Not for me, but he was the reason I even became aware of this style. Even the offensive shit for people nowadays, I still find amazing or fun. His first 2 albums are flawless. That first LP has some hilarious moments too. "My Fault" is my favorite track when I wanna laugh.
tbh I disagree with him saying that his music hasn't aged. Maybe the jokes are more offensive, but his 2005 album compiled with his biggest songs has been on billboard for ages
Big L did horrorcore back in 1995,in his album Lifestyle Of Da Poor And Dangerous
Schism>
@@saif_shahid1 Gravediggaz did it one year earlier
big L and Gravediggaz made horrorcore cool. eminem is ass. he hasn't made a goof record in 20 years because he forgot how to rap. He is maybe top 50 but overall is just a mid rapper
I love that he didn’t put logic on the list,He is a very humble guy for not putting himself on there...respect
Melon is biracist
But Whatabout Cal, pitting his roommate as number 1? So NOT cool
unfunny no laugh
Moabpanda01 you just copied my comment. What a loser
@@eduardodias8302 lol, you both said a joke with a punchline that's been overused all to hell.
Would love to see a spin off list with Producers. There would be some overlap but giving them extra attention doesn't hurt.
@Woowow like seed or Calvin harris
@Woowow zedd
Hell yeah
There are plenty.. J Dilla, Preemo etc!!
@@debrabardensteele9942 deb why must u troll, it would be an easy list maybe just 1000+ names, it would be chill
You forgot to add Dream
Fax
@Johnnathan L. LMFAO
Thats what the point of the mask is
He forgor
WHY ARE YOU HERE
solid list. some omissions that stood out to me:
big L
big pun
e-40
earl sweatshirt
guru
kool keith
ice-t
method man
prodigy
scarface
too $hort
I get that it can’t be all about the old heads
A few of these deffo need to be in that list over Lil Kim, Nicki Manaj, Lil B, Big Boi and others for sure.
DMX, Kool G Rap as well.
Scarface wasn't an omission.
“Well known to those who are aware of him”
-Anthony Fantano
I mean technically this makes sense. You can be aware of someone, but not know them well
homie straight up had a stroke
@@pdlAaron but he said vice versa
I lol'd at that part too
he continues by saying "as someone who..." makes perfect sense lol
“Aesop Rock... well known to those who are aware of him”
Well said, sell said 🙏🙏🙏
For a second I there was another person part of ASAP named rock instead of rocky.
Malibu Ken?
Listen to the sentence. Maybe if u paid attention, u wouldn't comment something so ignorant
@@sarang8585 I appreciate you blue cheese man keep it cool~!
@@sarang8585 Same
Q-tip has one of the greatest rap voices of all-time. Shit is so smooth it’s insane
Sad to see no phife
Lol my boy says the exact opposite, hates his “soft ass voice”
MizzzyMike yeah respect to all q-tip fans but i cant stand his voice.
Tribee
Yes, his shit is rock solid but it flows like fluid
Great list. Would've loved to see Kool Keith/Dr. Octagon and MC Lyte. Few doing what they were doing at the time. And they were dope AF.
No Sex Style I don't want this list
And what about Mr. Gerbik, the 208 year-old uncle of Doctor Octagon? *Half-Shark Half-Mannnn*
_Skin like Alligator, carrying a dead walrus. Myerereraaaahhhhhhhh_
I ain’t falling for this one again after the Tier List video.
@@jonathanjreitiny2262 It was so annoying
@@ethanielclyne5810 don’t beat yourself up
@@ethanielclyne5810 it’s okay we don’t blame you. Please come home now, you’ve been gone for three days and your children miss you.
He definitely got Shaq right though
go look at the replies of my comment on that vid i predicted the future
Anthony... you twerking on camera and yelling “Im a good boy” for 37 min is not what I would call a “best 55 rappers of all time” list.
Sexy
Still watched every minute 🤷♂️
But it's true! he is a goood boy
@@6ri66s2 😳
??????
Green Day isn’t there??
Disliked and unsubscribed
REAL rap, NO trap beats, NO ghostwriters, NO mumble rap
wait, is this eminem?
@@Paulito-ym4qc not it's Joeybadass
@@Paulito-ym4qc eminem is the green day of rap confirmed
At least MCR made it. The Godfather's of emo rap.
i was about to make a joke about swedish songwriters but looks like i'm too late.
Big L deserves a spot
Bro put tyler and nicki minaj over Big L, Big Pun, Proof, J cole, and Inspektah Deck😭😭😭
Melon I'm surprised Ben Shapiro wasn't included on this list after he did WAP. It was so good Cardi B covered it.
Let’s say hypothetically
Ben Shapiro didn’t write wap, he hated it!😂
@@masterofdisguise9564 it’s a joke
@@lucasblanchard6002 don’t
Lucas Blanchard you need be wooshing yourself right now bruh
RIP MF DOOM
I didn’t learn he had died until today. Shit. I’m sad now
@@micromints1735 don’t be, man. Just be happy about what he accomplished when he lived.
Never Forget ✊
rip dmx
@@2s006 yh. RIP DMX.
“Well known by those who are aware of him” facts tho
The lack of De La Soul still hurts me
And Guru, in what world is Nicki Minaj better than Guru?
@@francebread8947 I swear that’s why I hate making list. There is no perfect list. They gonna shit on a ledge no matter what
@@RhinosaursRex exactly
why is guru not on this list, like damn, he’s near the top for me
Without Soulja boy this list and channel wouldn’t exist
Soulja boy created the internet bless Soulja👏🏼
@Antonio Nieves soulja boy= GODS FATHER
"Phone sex? Sexting? Getting nudes from Shawty? I CREATED that, y'all wouldn't have that without kiss me thru the phone"
aye y'all check out my music ! my song goodbye is actually pretty good if you wanna support ! thanks
wack
I like how little he have to explain for putting MF DOOM and NAS on the list but have to give a speech on why drake is on the list
Mf doom is a trash can
@@viznshock4361 weird way of spelling "literal godlike supervillain who died to save our sins"
@@viznshock4361 I mean I guess you’re technically right DOOM can spit bars hotter than hell fire while wearing a trash can on his head “if you see tin head be duckin down”
I mean he didn't have big pun and big L so he had to have a lot of things to say
@@pintatatphpaobe9563 maybe hes speaking a different language
I feel Prodigy of Mobb Deep deserves a mention. Some of the hardest bars out of the boom bap era
Havoc too IMO.
mobb deep = goat
Facts, I think Prodigy, Big L and Big Pun are the biggest omissions on this list
To this day i still dont understand why people refuse to give Havoc the same level of respect
@@boglemeister maybe 'cause havoc was a bit of a dick to prodigy on occasion? Like that homophobic shit he threw at him about his time on prison? I know they made up in the end but still
I think Big Boi has a better flow and delivery than Andre, but I think Andre is more deliberate in trying new things. Truly happy to see Big Boi in here, because he deserves minimally a top 20 spot in all regards.
I love big boi flow
Big Boi is so underrated
Wow I’m actually shocked that anyone could have that opinion 😅
Critics want to mention that they miss when hip-hop was rappin'
Anthony, if you did, then Killer Mike would be on this list. 😤
hood politics
@@theoneonly5368 people always talk about who this is and who that is, and whos real and whos whack. ig im real
clever ill give u dat
Give him 2 more strong run the Jewels albums and I'd agree.
Boo boo
I find it disgusting that you did not take the rappers' height into account. Like come on melon
comment stealer
No Tom Mcdonald, what is wrong with you Melon, he practically invented hip hop
Thanks FBI
...if he was Black...
@@donkeydarko77 what?
🤨
Of course the FBI is saying this
Lauren's verses on The Score, in particular Cowboys and the title track, are some of my all-time favorites.
the score is one of my favorite hip hop records of all time. however if you really wanna listen to lauren's rap ability sparking out you gotta check out the first fugees record blunted on reality. rapping performances are better on that record than on the score although i do think the score is the better overall project
honestly beats me how Ludacris missed the list after his verse on “Baby”
@Karas my bad, was at the wrong placement. I didn’t see Kool G Rap as well.
Nah the thing is Luda is probably the most underrated rapper nowadays. We forget he had a VERY successful rap career. For his time he had great flow and punch lines too
Melon I really don't think KSI deserved the number 1 spot on this list.
Na I gotta say I’m with him on this one
He definitely got Tom Macdonald correct for 2nd place
@@InspectahReese don't disrespect shaq like that
He def does bro
Idk where this meme started but I laugh everytime i see a variation
I think that people like Redman, Killer Mike, DMX, Blu, Big L and Big Pun should be on this or deserve to be in the honorable mentions, but it's areally cool list.
Thanks for sharing this list and I will check out some of these artist out.
The list is flawed for not having half those. When he did a previous video talking about someone else's top 50 he had dmx higher than 30. Inconsistent and trying to be hipster
True but Killer Mike and Big Pun dont really have a “discography” to be honest. I’d add Luda to this list with a bit more ease.
@@frogsexist Nicki Minaj changed the game. I like Flatbush Zombies, but Nicki was far more influential. Without Nicki's presence in the game then Meg, Cardi and Doja would not be in positions they are today.
I think he’s focusing way too much on cultural impact because he doesn’t even like LL cool J and he put him on the list.
At LEAST DMX should have been on this. I mean cmon. Make the list longer and have them in order Mr. Fantano this is dumb.
Influence might’ve been too heavily considered imo, but otherwise solid. Always find myself split between whether or not I think it’s musical genius to rewrite the script for a genre, or just having a new sound break through at the right place and right time. I also woulda maybe put Blu, earl sweatshirt, and inspectah on here.
Edit: and redman
Inspectah has the best opening verse to a rap song imo in triumph, leaving him out is blasphemous
“Here’s my list in alphabetical order”
Black Thought
Danny Brown
Bun B
That is alphabetical, Brown is his surname name, so if he’s alphabetizing it like a roster, it supersedes the first name. “Thought” and “B” aren’t surnames-they’re just a part of one moniker, so they don’t count
@@jermainebryant96 the editor actually added that for some reason Danny Brown was the only name out of place, so I guess it's just a mistake
Brown danny
@@jermainebryant96 Erick Sermon was listed under E so 🙃
HOW MENTAL ILLNESS CLOSES DOWN OUR MINDS
It may sound odd or impolite to suggest that most of us, when we are in the grip of mental illness, are no longer capable of thinking. That’s not how it feels of course. From the inside, our minds have probably never felt so busy and so focused. From the moment we wake up in panic and self-disgust, we are ruminating, pondering, exploring catastrophic scenarios, scanning our past, attacking ourselves for things we have done and not done, questioning our legitimacy, talking to ourselves about how repulsive we are, paying attention to strange voices recommending that we are evil and sick and headed for the worst - and wondering how and whether we should kill ourselves. Our minds don’t give us a moment of respite, we may rub our temples to cool them down and when eventually we fall asleep, we are exhausted by the marathons our thoughts have run inside us.
Nevertheless, we may still want to insist (for the kindest and most redemptive of reasons) that we have not been thinking at all, that none of this hive of activity deserves the title of thinking; it is just illness.
To be mentally ill is to be swamped by secretions of fear, self-hatred and despair that - like surging seawater through a pumping station control desk - knock out all our higher faculties, all our normal ability to sensibly distinguish one thing from another, to find perspective, to weigh arguments judiciously, to see the wood for the trees, to correctly assess danger, to plan realistically for the future, to determine risks and opportunities and, most importantly, to be kind and generous to ourselves.
None of these faculties function any longer, but - and this is the true nastiness of the illness - we are never and nowhere alerted to our loss. We are both very ill and very unaware. It looks as though we are continuing to think as we have always done - with all the usual intelligence and reliability - but that we just have a lot more to worry about. Nowhere along the way does our mind generously tell us that it has begun to look at reality through a distorted lens, that it has - at some point in the day - to all effects stopped working. No bell goes off, no hazard lights start to flash. The mind merely insists that it is giving us all the normal readings, and that we have objectively entered hell.
Yet the truth is that we have lost command of about a third of our minds and are pulling together our ideas from the most degenerate, traumatised, unreliable and vicious aspects of ourselves. It’s as if a group of terrorists had donned white coats and were impersonating prestigious scientists in order to lay out a set of vicious theories and prognoses.
Once we have been through a few cycles of distorted thinking and recovered contact with reality, we should do ourselves the kindness of accepting that - on an intermittent basis - we will lose command of our higher faculties and that there is nothing embarrassing in recognising the possibility and accommodating ourselves to it very carefully. This is the nature of an illness around which we will need to take the greatest care.
We should start to get better at detecting when illness might be drawing in on us, what the triggers for it might be. Then when it is upon us, we should do and decide nothing. We shouldn’t start to send emails, deliver judgement on our lives or plan for the future. We should - as much as possible - stop all mental activity and rest. We might listen to music, have a long bath, watch something untaxing on television and perhaps take a calming pill.
We should also try to plug our brain into that of someone else, to benefit from their greater powers of reason. We should have a trusted friend or therapist whom we can call on at such moments and ask them if they might recalibrate and regulate our thoughts with an injection of their wisdom and insight. We should willingly put them in charge of determining how things are for us: they should be allowed to tell us what we are worth, what we have done, what there is to worry about - and we should do our best to discount the contrary, doom-laden signals that come from inside us.
We may have grown up with the idea that so long as we are conscious, our minds will be working optimally. But mental illness teaches us a more complicated lesson: our higher faculties (those that give us access to reality) are extremely vulnerable and perilously prone to shut down under the sway of our emotional complexities - and to do so without telling us . We should strive to become thinkers who recognise when they are no longer able to think.
For a copy of this essay:
www.theschooloflife.com/thebo...
Where’s Reilly Reid
Fuck that caught me offguard
Where’s Adam Yauch??
Nutritious nuts
Matty B?
Alexis Texas
I love Aesop rocky, his song praise the lord slaps.
Aesop rockys fables
Yeah I love jukebox joints by him too. Deserved spot
Fashion Killa still a banger
Live.love.aesop
@@Chad-vk6fb long live aesop
Glad to see Daveed on the list. Gotta be one of my favorite. His enunciation while going fast as fuck, with complex time and deep lyrics/storytelling at the same time is just.. goddamn, wish he coulda collabed with MF DOOM on some sci-fi concept work.
I can't believe that you forgot to mention Madvillain, Viktor Vaughn and king geedorah smh
Yeah each persona deserve it's own spot
disappointing
Don't forget Zed X Love too!
@@yugiohyoutuification smh it's zed love x
@@joe124013 zev
we all know shaq is gonna be number 1
Finally, another Shaq stan
He is the tallest :D
he didn’t work height into this list because it would be too stacked for mr. o’neal
SHAQ DIESEL BABY
If Vin Diesel isn't top 5 then I'm unsubscribing.
Fax
F-ck Vin Diesel
I am groot
Not even close to the top 55
@@WyWid excuse me 🤫🤐
What the fuck is Nikki Minaj doing here.
she's a fantastic rapper. it's about technical skill and ability to appeal, not the quality of music. she's an amazing technical rapper she just makes mid music
Artists he missed....... Joey Bada$$, Big L, Big Pun, Earl Sweatshirt, Stann Smith, Killer Mike, and Phife Dawg. Other than that I loved the list
I was wondering if he'd add earl
Big pun🐐
@@monsterwith21faces92 Of Course I forgot about the man who singlehandedly put on the hispanic community to lyrical hip hop.....GOD!!!!!
@@patrickmessle5664 fr👍🏼
Very surprised when I didnt see killer mike on this list. Just based on rapping alone I dont think you can name more than 10 people who hold a candle
i skipped the intro and got very confused when drake was above kendrick
this isn't in order is it?
@@yubbityyubba7749 just watch the damn video
@@Pontif11 I did
@@Pontif11 but its 36 mins long. I skipped through it. some of us got shit to do
@SCREWED UP WORLD same people have Eazy E and dr dre on theirs by that logic
It’s crazy how Taylor Swift didn’t make this list. I mean, have you HEARD her verse on “Shake it Off”??
I'm surprised Pink Fong wasn't here, Baby Shark easily the most influential sing of the internet age.
@@BigMoney398 Why wasnt dora on here, have you heard the theme song?
Corndog
I love that bar about her being lightning on her feet. So introspective even out of context with the song.
😂😂😂
Great list EXCEPT How you gonna forget Guru?!? Good lord. He’s in my Top 10
what's your top 10? can be in no order
@@davidparker7216
1. 2Pac
2. Eminem
3. Biggie
4. Nas
5. Jay-Z
6. Rakim
7. Kanye West
8. Guru
9. Lil Wayne
10. Lauryn Hill
@@MattD86where’s bladee
facts
I was going to comment that
Let's be honest, Tom McDonald isn't on here because he's a straight white cis male.
trye
Who?
I thought it was because he's wack. Stop the presses!!
He already made a video shitting on him. Also nice bait dude I’m not falling for that
Lmao
I am incredibly surprised by the fact that this list isn't a joke
Lol facts
That would be a thatistheplan upload for sure
Fantano really went from "It's insulting to call Drake a top 50 rapper of all time," to "He's one of the 55 greatest rappers of all time," in the span of a year.
He was arguing that he was so high on the list. He was in the low 20's.
@@zander2473 he said it was insulting to have him on the list period
@Saksham Airee exactly and he said DMX should be higher in the top 50 list but didn't include him on his list😂😂 like what??
Drake is imo top 100, maybe top 50 in terms of amount of quality songs/catalogue, but obviously not top 50 in terms of lyrical ability, probably not top 1000.
I guess when you really think about it you have no other choice but put him in a list like that. He's too influencial from a cultural point of view and his commercial success is just too overwhelming to leave him out of this list.
Such a fantastic list. Excellent reasoning behind everyone here, although I would’ve made it top 75 instead, just because there’s so many not included like Method Man, Mac Miller, Denzel Curry, J Cole, (maybe) Future, Big Pun, Big L, Talib Kweli, Travis, DMX, JPEGMAFIA and others
Its not exclusive if everyone is on there
@@2007NissanAltima 75 is still excluding 90+% of rappers including a lot of great and influental ones
12:34 Remember when Fantano reacted to that viral best 50 rappers list and said that having drake on the list at all completely delegitimizes it
Ah, but this is the top fifty *five* rappers. Not the top 50.
@@wenweru1 true 😂 he must’ve gotten that 55th spot
He said delegitimizes is because of how list was made valuing purely lyrical rappers at top with some questionable people and than thru drake in there, not cause he disagrees nesscarily
Also that was a ranking with specific spots saying 1 is better than two is better than 3 and so on. Anthony doesn’t do that here and has him on due to his influence on the genera today which is fair.
I think the key issue he and the rest of the list's critics had was Drake's placement numerically over so many other rappers that are infinitely better (not the fact that he was on the list at all)
The real list:
1. Rufus
2. The Reese’s Puffs Guy
3. Biggie Cheese
4. The Mute Kid From Lizzie McGuire
5. Sheen Estavez
6. Playboi Carti
7. Politikz
8. Lanze
9. Shaq
10. Jabba The Hut
11. Fred Durst
12. Lil B
13. James Hetfield
14. Thanos
15. R2-D2
16. Reptar
17. T Swizzle
18. Milhouse Van Houten
19. The New York Jets
20. 645AR
21. Baby Yoda
22. Floyd Mayweather
23. Harambe
24. Young Thug
25. My Chemical Romance
26. Waluigi
27. The St. Anger Snare
28. Daffy Duck
29. Murray Franklin
30. Dipper Pines
31. Dr. Drakken
32. Drake
33. Hoobastank
34. Penguinz0
35. Keanu Reeves
36. Tom Delonge
37. Avril Lavigne
38. Puss In Boots
39. The N64 Controller
40. James Harden
41. Earl Sweatshirt (EAST only)
42. Freaky Fred
43. Cannibal Corpse
44. Mr. Krabs
45. John Lennon
46. Lil Jon
47. Boys Like Girls
48. Principal Skinner
49. Teen Titans
50. Mumbo Jumbo
51. Rivers Cuomo
52. Peyton Manning
53. Good Charlotte
54. Urinatingtree
55. 2pac
C3PO is way better than R2D2, what are you talking about? Sure R2D2 might have a slightly better flow, but he has *nothing* on C3PO as far as lyrics go.
Löded Dîper?
Joe Budden?
River cumo be like ooooowweeeeeoooo I lookjust like Buddy Hoooollyyyy
St Anger snare got some 🔥🔥 records
He really did forget about Dre
Fr, without him we wouldn't have Eminem, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar.
The description says ‘technical ability, creativity and cultural impact’. And going off the criteria as an actual rapper he doesn’t fully fill any of them requirements, not saying that he’s not amazing but he is significantly more successful as a producer than an MC, so if this was a top 55 producers list he’d probably be top 3 along with Madlib and Rick Rubin :)
@@armas2k193 Dre probably has the most cultural impact ever and his projects like 2001 and the chronic aswell as g funk as a whole sub genre means he probably up there with Kanye when it comes to creativity
@@joekersley9658 As a producer yes. But not as a rapper
YOOO FACTS
Where’s JPEGMAFIA WHERE THE FUCK IS JPEGMAFIA other than that decent list 😊
Where’s playboi carti, the inventor of music?
@Tenticle Ass r/wooosh
It’s because Lil B created playboi carti
@@achinthyamadhusoodanan2007 I mean playboi carti is still arguably sort of a legend
@@Tom-vu1wr not a legend but a game changer fo sure
Nice profile pic. Love tpab
Every rapper mentioned is dope. Maybe just because I'm young but I think Denzel Curry will soon enough make it onto a list like this, he hasn't had a misstep in his career yet and I think he has yet to make his best project
110% agree bro
Definitely one of the most consistent rappers out right now.
amen
hopefully same with Earl and JID
Same feeling about this. Not yet, but as few years will pass, Denzel will slowly go down in history as one of the most charismatic and distinct styles of the new generation of hip-hop
Wasn't expecting Joe Budden at number 3. But to each their own I guess.
Its alphabetical not chronological
@@shawndeas8027 budden is 3 wym?
"The closest thing he had to hits is smacking melons"
Damn Anthony
seeing tyler, the creator on that list after all those 54 made me insanely happy
he deserves it, and that nigga is STILL going strong, he for sure ending up in that top 30-15 range by the end of his AMAZING career, and he is gonna end up top 15-5 producers of all time as well.
Him over J cole is stupid tho
@@Clashedroyaled j cole is ass bro
@@Clashedroyaled it's in alphabetical order
Bold move there giving all 55 spots to Parappa the Rapper, I agree
Just a few rappers I'm surprised not to see on here:
Redman, Big L, Denzel Curry, Method Man, DMX, Big Pun
M e t h o d
Man
Earl sweatpants
Jadakiss, Prodigy, Kurupt too. But that's the nature of any list, always gonna have some big ones left out!
@@TheAnthonywhoisme oh damn, how could I forget about Prodigy...
how is there a top 55 list without big pun?
Melon he‘s called ASAP Rocky not whatever Aesop you were talking bout... unsubbed
i’m disappointed that u were subbed from the start
Big D and i’m not what’s ur point
@Big D definitely joking
OBREY _ Danny Brown shits all over J.Cole whats your point?
@@jamessimonson9905 J Cole still deserves a spot up here nonetheless. I would put him over Nikki Minaj or Drake
i’ve never heard melon talking so positively about eminem before
Well he hasn’t made anything good in… how many years?
@@PasteurizedLettuce You mean in 2020 when he dropped MTBMB? His most recent album?
@@notforone it was fine
you forgot to put dababy in every spot smh
Lessgoooo
Hopefully Dababy won’t turn Anthony into a convertible for not putting him on the list
Dababy and Drake the two most over rated rappers of the last 15 years
@@RevivedPromotions nobody talks abt dababy bro idk what you’re talking abt
@@RevivedPromotions DaBaby mid as fuck, Drake is definitely a stand out artist
You cant have a top rappers list without Mobb Deep, Prodigy was a lyrical genius(RIP) and Havoc is an amazing rapper and an amazing producer. Also Big Pun and Big L.
100%
Man I was JUST thinking that. Not having Prodigy is a crime
RIP prodigy
And canibus
MC Lyte not being on this list was disappointing
Real music fans know that Juicy J's feature is what gave Dark Horse 2 Billion Views
We needed Big L and Talib Kweli on this list but otherwise very gewd.
You can tell how badly Anthony doesn’t want to put Eminem in this list lol
I'm pretty sure fantano is as big an old school eminem fan as anyone.
Haha hipsters gotta hip. ;P
He earned the spot, he could be the worst ever today, but his history remains untouched.
I love Eminem
But I love him like an abusive relationship
Some people grow up. Others keep listening to the music they liked in 8th grade.
Okay: serious response. I think Killer Mike should be on the list. If only for R.A.P. Music and RTJ, ridiculously talented, killer pen, can switch styles instantly. I say this as someone very clearly on the El-P side of the debate over who’s better in RTJ, they both deserve spots in the top 50. For much the same reason that Big Boi and André 3000 deserve that same sort of consideration as a result of their team up. Also, think Inspectah Deck deserves consideration. His technical ability is massive, and Czarface has given him the extension on his catalogue outside of his Wu-Tang contributions I think make him worthy. Otherwise a good list.
Spot on. Killer Mike is the only major omission from that list which is a bit of a sin
This. These two and Guru stuck out to me as people whose absence kind of shocked me
Killer mike should 100% be on this list.
No doubt I agree. However this is easily one of the best lists that I've seen recently considering there's really few rappers that got left out.
I agree. I also think if Big Boi and Andre both deserve spots and if Mike and El both deserve spots, Phife Dawg most DEFINITELY deserves a spot along with Q-Tip
Yelling "MC Ride" fifty five times doesn't count as a list Mellon.
Yea it does
Damn. You're right.
I feel like dre should have made it on this list especially given the impact he has had and continues to have on the genre
He's a producer much more than a rapper
@@umberto488 I mean Kanye and Juicy J are more relevant as producers than as rappers. Many of the artists are on the list because they are/were popular or influential. If those sorts of artists are qualified to be on a list like this, which I think they are, there is reason to not have Dr. Dre who is more important to hip-hop than 90% of the rappers on the list.
@@Evan_Schaeferingdr Dre barely even writes his verses
@@crustycrumpetkaiser6734 Sure, but Kanye and Drake have also used tons of ghostwriters over the years on some of their most popular works, and they both made it on the list. In terms of actual rapping ability, there isn't a great argument for either of them, so I don't see much reason to not include Dre. This is doubly relevant because there are many rappers with long careers that are more technically capable than all of them, J. Cole, for instance, didn't make the cut.
Hella respect for Tyler making it on the list, Odd Future has had so much cultural significance and I feel like Tyler has only been getting better with age.
Glad you put some respect on Daveed Diggs name, he is easily one of the best lyricist and most consistent rappers even if clipping is one of the more recent acts on this list. Man can literally master any flow, over any beat. It’s unreal how well he articulates no matter the speed or rhythm.
No shit tyler was gonna make the list
But if Tyler is going to represent the New Age I think Earl, Denzel Curry, Mac Miller or even Vince Staples are all superior rappers with better discographies
Daveed is the most articulate rapper working today, Aesop rock is a close second
@@kehindehopkins6933 I feel Mac or Denzel
I’m w you on that one
Daveed Diggs was amazing at Hamilton the musical. That’s how I knew him.
Honorable mention: Slim Jesus
Easily the most the most underrated rapper of all time
@@emmetday5074 true sooo underrated all that talent and he doesn't get credit
He only charges $750 for a 44 bar feature!!!
2 Pac - 2:57
Aesop Rocky - 3:12
Andre 3000 - 4:00
Biggie - 4:13
Big Boi - 4:28
Big Daddy Kane - 5:20
Billy Woods - 6:00
Black Thought - 6:39
Danny Brown - 7:14
Run B - 8:08
Busta Rhymes - 8:21
Chuck D - 9:08
Common - 9:31
Daveed Diggs - 9:55
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien - 11:30
Dizzee Rascal - 12:16
Drake - 12:31
Eminem - 13:11
El P - 14:26
Erick Sermon - 14:50
Fredie Gribbs - 15:49
Gangsta Boo - 17:00
Ghostface - 17:18
GZA - 17:55
Lauryn Hill - 18:09
Ice Cube - 18:35
Jay Z - 19:12
Juicy J - 19:59
Kanye West - 20:20
Kendrick - 20:33
KRS ONE - 20:50
LL Cool J - 21:35
Lil B - 22:10
Lil Kim - 22:50
Lil Wayne - 24:00
Lupe Fiasco - 24:35
MIA - 24:55
Missy Elliot - 25:35
MF DOOM - 26:07
Mos Def - 26:30
Nas - 27:00
Nicki Minaj - 27:12
ODB - 27:50
Pharoahe Monch - 29:05
Pusha T - 29:27
Q Tip - 30:09
Queen Latifah - 30:41
Raekwon - 31:35
Rakim - 32:15
Ride - 33:20
Scarface - 34:00
Slick Rick - 34:15
Snoop Dog - 34:20
TI - 34:35
Tyler the Creator - 34:45
And if you ask me these guys deserve to be on the list to:
J Cole, 50 Cent, Big L, Kid Cudi, Rapsody, Anderson Paak, Immortal Technique,
Why isn’t J Cole on this list?
Bro Anderson Paak is a singer, not a rapper...
Kanye West 20:20?? Is melon trying to tell us something?
There's also no Killer Mike
"Aesop Rocky" lol clearly well known to ONLY those who are aware of him
Damn, no Redman? 55 people and Redman isn't on it? Come on.
As a J cole fan, I can stomach him being off this list. But as a hip hop fan I'm offended Phife Dawg isn't here.
yeah i would agree too, cant have tribe without phife
@@kinghiei4022 no.
@@kinghiei4022 facts
@@argargargpirate yes
@@kinghiei4022 no, just no
Wow Anthony, sure Politikz brought back “real hip hop” but I didn’t think he was the greatest of the 55
But he's a spiritual lyrical miracle
politikz is the best artist in this world because he's the realest of the realest and he brought the real hip hop back.
Have you heard his mixtape?
Yea that's probably Cal Chuchesta
who woulda thought that a white boy would bring hip hop back?
Inspectah Deck, 50 Cent, Redman, Prodigy, Guru, Method Man
Maybe 50 cent, prodigy, or method man
DMX
Wu much? 🤘
current p4k rappers over Redman, Prodigy & Guru is craaaaazy
50 Cent doesn’t deserve to be on that list😐
I honestly think that Dre deserves to be on this list
Agree he was the most influential man in hip hop and a 🔥 producer
but he didn’t write his own music
@@FeliciathaGOAT okay? That doesn't change any of his accomplishments
@@yourmomscomment true, but it means that he isnt much of a rapper, if this was hip hop artists hed be number 1 and its not even close
Dre is not a great rapper. Stop mixing his production and cultural impact with his rapping skills. You need to seperate them.
Lil Xan was a great selection for this list
Xan the GOAT
1. Dylan
2. Dylan
3. Dylan
4. Dylan
5. Dylan
Classic.
Coz he spit hot fire
For wonderers it's chapelles skit
YOURE TOO CLOSE MAN
Thanks
Talib, Guru, Killer Mike and Big L deserve to be on this list
Especially over Drake.
And eazy e
That's crazy. Guru specifically is disrespectful. It's a pretty random list all and all.
Take off Biggie for Big L
@@othelliusmaximus Biggie should definitely be on if you'd ask me
1. Nas
2. The Notorious B. I. G
3. 2pac
4. Rakim
5. Big L
6. Big Pun
7. Andre 3000
8. MF DOOM
9. Lil Wayne
10. Ghostface Killah
11. Jay-Z
12. Snoop Dogg
13. Kendrick Lamar
14. Roc Marciano
15. Black Thought
16. Pharaohe Monch
17. Method Man
18. Raekwon
19. Prodigy
20. Eminem
21. Kool G Rap
22. Jadakiss
23. Slick Rick
24. Big Boi
25. Aesop Rock
26. Redman
27. Ice Cube
28. Big Daddy Kane
29. Busta Rhymes
30. Scarface
31. DMX
32. 50 Cent
33. Kanye West
34. Drake
35. J. Cole
36. Sean Price
37. Twista
38. Killer Mike
39. Lord Infamous
40. Q-Tip
41. KRS- One
42. Guru
43. LL Cool J
44. El-P
45. Pusha T
46. Tech N9ne
47. Pimp C
48. Common
49. Freddie Gibbs
50. Conway the Machine
51. Denzel Curry
52. Mos Def
53. Too Short
54. AZ
55. Action Bronson
56. Lauryn Hill
57. Kid Cudi
58. E-40
59. JID
60. Westside Gunn
Thats a nice list. But are u not a fan of eazy-e or dr dre. Or am I overrating them
@@Fidlnks definitely overating them easy did not even write his lyrics and even then they were not mind blowing and dr dre is more a producer and album curator. Definitely two of the most important hip hop individuals ever and certainly not bad rappers but there is a long list of rappers better than them.
Big L, Guru, Kool Keith, Inspectah Deck, Method Man, Prodigy, Talib Kweli...?
And yet drake is there
Ya inspectah decks opening verse on Triumph is enough alone for this list. The disrespect.
@@BigJuice69 i think Drake's spot is deserved. I hate the guy but his role in making rap the zeitgeist is undeniable.
@@unclebruncle Now explain the Daveed Diggs placement
@@justinlasker6269 yeah Big L shouldve had that spot
Oh jeez you had me there. I saw it skipped straight from Drake to Eminem and I was mad that El-P wasn't on the list. Little did I know Anthony just doesn't know the order of the alphabet.
Lmao
Also, Kendrick under "K" and Missy Elliott under "M" but Danny Brown under "B." An attempt was made I guess
Checked out Lil B and he has 58 albums on Apple Music with like 100 songs on each album. It would be pretty hilarious if we got Melon to review his newest album “Bruno wit da pruno” with a 100 song tracklist.
Oloooooo9oooo99
Lil B’s song about George Floyd being killed was honestly one of the best BLM songs made this year
I think you dropped something
Oh it’s kid cudi
Feels like I'm at a middle school award ceremony
Wow melon I didn't expect you to say "yo mama" then laugh for 36 minutes
I think Big Pun should be on this list, he was easily one of the most technical rappers ever.
Also other rappers like Big L, Method Man, AZ, Elzhi should be on the list as well
Replacing who? There’s only 55 spots. I think this list is pretty solid
Mac Miller??
@@tshephangmoswete1286 word!
Big Pun
Phife Dawg
it still hurts me that Denzel isn't here