My top 10 Roman numerals: 1. I 2. II 3. III 4. IV 5. V 6. VI 7. VII 8. VIII 9. IX 10. X

My top 10 times of all times 10. 3:21pm 9. 7:00am 8. 00:00am 7. 4:52pm 6. 1:02am 5. 11:19am 4. 00:01am 3. 9:30pm 2. 9:30am 1. 6:12pm Note: 5:58am was left out the list because I feel that all time lists should be about bodies of work as opposed to what they're doing in this current era.

How tf was DOOM not even in the conversation

too early because kendrick only has 3 albums? guys..... biggie only had 2

Wait. Biggie had 2 albums. He's number 1. Kendrick has 2/3 albums but apparently his body of work isn't big enough? Not saying he should be but use different criteria to exclude him. Not the size of his body of work.

Top 5 Dylan, Dylan, Dylan Dylan Dylan because he spit the hot fire

"Billboard list need tupac damn, but number 9 make sure he lives on yeah." Kendricks words on Black friday

1. Matty B 2. Jacob Sartorius 3. Politikz 4. Flo Rida 5. Pitbull 6. Krispy kreme 7. Kodak black 8. Cal Chuchesta 9. Iggy Azalea 10. Slim Jesus

No Cal Chuchesta?

It's not about the size of the discography, but the size of its content. good kid, m.A.A.d. city and To Pimp a Butterfly are as conceptually and artistically dense as any hip hop album I've ever heard, you can easily argue his albums as being among the best ever achieved in hip hop

You can definitely make an argument for Kendrick. It's like Anthony Fantano of theneedledrop said- "Kendrick has the best batting average in hip-hop." His career may be young, but the things he has put out have all been masterpieces. A lot of "legendary" rappers may only have 1 or 2 classic albums, and you can argue Kendrick's first 2 were both classics already. Think about Biggie, who is always talked about as a GOAT even tho he only had 2 records.

"Is Kanye most overlooked?" "Yessir"

If Kendrick's body of work is too small why is Biggie still on the list?

Um what about the Supervillain? MF DOOM should be in the discussion for sure. No one in history matches his cleverness, rhyme schemes, wordplay, obscurity and genius.

I don't care what u say Kendrick has already cemented himself as a top 10 rapper ever

MF DOOM is so criminally underrated it makes me sick!

1: Lil b

Can't have no rap list without 2pac in it.

“Can’t have a top 10 list without Pac” FACTZ!!!!!!

I love you guys' videos. I don't have any friends who really appreciate and listen to hip-hop, so I don't really have anyone to deeply discuss hip-hop with, so watching you guys debate and discuss it so intelligently and so passionately is something I look forward to every time you upload.

I'm not really a huge fan of Wayne, but his influence on the genre has been absolutely massive.

Pac not being on the list really hurt the list's credibility that it even had. Whether Pac is #1, top 3, top 5, etc etc is debatable, but Pac's influence, body of work and skills automatically puts him in the discussion. The biggest misconception about Tupac was that he wasn't a "MC or lyrical". If you listen to his debut and 7 day Theory, Pac was using different flows, rhyme schemes displaying his technical ability. Billboard was really trying to downplay the man's legacy and its disgusting.

Everyone is taking about how many albums Kendrick, Biggie, or Lauryn Hill had. But are y'all forgetting that Andre 3000 has 0 solo albums?

I don't understand why people say someone doesn't have a big enough body of work then include Biggie?

In all seriousness where's Iggy?

got that notification, popped popcorn, kicked my feet up, and about to laugh my ass off at Myke's inevitable rant on their list lmfaooooo

biggie only had two album and kendrick got three on the same level. I'm not saying biggie shouldn't be on there but call a spade a spade. BIAS

So if kendrick and lauryn hill dont have enough material how does biggie?

Anybody else's favorite rapper Andre 3000? I feel like I'm the only one

With these top 10 rappers of all time list, it gets too repetitive. This is because 9 rappers are a "must have". People would definitely put in Tupac and Biggie. They in the top 2 most of the time. The big four rappers in the golden era are always in being KRS One, Kool G Rap, Rakim and Big Daddy Kane. The other three are always Nas, Eminem and Jay Z. These guys are always in the middle. The final position will usually be Big Pun, Ghostface etc. It's always interesting to see a list that omits some of these rappers.

I personally think Chuck D from Public Enemy should be on the list

"Kendrick's body of work isn't big enough." Proceeds to say how Pun should be Top 10 even though Pun only released 1 album during his life and another posthumously. There are arguments for Pun to be Top 10 and for Kendrick not to but to use body of work with one of them and not the other is hypocritical. Same with Biggie.

I understand the point they were making about Kendrick however it ended up with them completely discrediting him, to me the criteria that they were using should have allowed him to be on. Their claim was the discography wasn't large enough however, neither was BIG's nor Pun's one could even. The element they needed to mention was "TIME". It's completely fair to say Kendrick simply hasn't been present in the limelight long enough to be considered for an all-TIME list. However five years from now Kendrick will be common place on these lists. But if it's just Bars and Discography Kendrick right now is no question one of the greatest we've seen.

10. Waka Flocka 9. Asap Ant 9. Meek Mill 7. Tyga 6. Soujia Boy 5. Riff Raff 4. Iggy Azalea 3. Lil Mouse 2. Slim Jesus 1. Quinton Miller On a serious note , AZ and Pimp C is too Underrated

Personal opinion: Dead End Hiphop’s best picks are based mainly on nostalgia than actually viewing the quality of all areas of each rapper. They refuse to accept a new artist can be better than an old one and that’s the problem with older millennials when it comes to music in general. Even when Kendrick gets 5 more albums out, they won’t ever put him above biggie because they grew up loving biggie and they won’t pay as much attention to Kendrick’s work. That’s just my opinion

10 Tyga 9 Birdman 8 Rich homie 7 Benzino 6 LL Cool j 5 2 Chainz 4 Pit bull 3 Young Thug 2 Future 1 Nick cannon

I have no issue with Kendrick and Lauryn Hill in the conversation. BIG only has 2 real albums and Kendrick has 3 for example. You can exclude Kendrick and Lauryn Hill but under the discography size and time in the game logic, you'd have to remove BIG with them.

Y is Kendrick body of work small but Biggie is considered number 1 with 2 albums

I'm gonna get hate for this but this is mine : 1. Eminem 2. Tupac 3. Nas 4. Rakim 5. Kendrick 6. Biggie 7. Andre 3000 8. Big L 9. Mf Doom 10. Jay z Honorable : Ice Cube , Big pun , Eazy E , MC Ren , Dmx , Kanye west , Big daddy Kane

What about Big-L? Everyone always sleeps on him but without him a lot of rappers who use hardcore/horrorcore lyrics might not be around!

Does anyone else think nas and Andre should be higher?

Top 3 wrappers 1. Aluminum 2. Plastic 3. Paper

In no particular order, my top 10 RAPPERS (not artists cause Kanye would be on there): Eminem Notorious B.I.G MF Doom Jay-Z Kendrick Lamar Ghostface Cube 2 Pac Nas Rakim Edit: Big Daddy Kane and Chuck D are honorable mentions

glad y'all mentioned Chuck D. Hardest bars of all time "i got so much trouble on my mind , refuse to loose, heres your ticket , hear the drummer get wicked" point blank period"

1. Kool Keith 2. Dr. Octagon 3. Dr. Dooom 4. Mr. Nogatco 5. Black Elvis 6. Mr. Gerbik 7. Dr. Sperm 8. Poppa Large 9. Keith Korg 10. Tashan Dorrsett

Stopped watching Ava Adams action to watch this 🙏🏾

For a mainstream music company like Billboard, i think its a pretty damn good list

Rod trying to get y'all in trouble asking "is there a woman you'd put in there?" lol

Are you joking No Ceilings the greatest mixtape ever came out after Tha Carter 3

Word. I agree with 💯. And hell yeah Black Thought is always underestimated, but a beast.

my top ten 1. 2pac 2. biggie 3. nas 4. Eminem 5. jadakiss 6. outkast 7. scarface 8. jay-z 9. ice cube 10. Kendrick Lamar

what more can wayne do for people to see he's a top 10 rapper of all time. He has done more good things than bad things in hip hop. he's the only rapper that really evolved from a kid rapper with the hot boys to now. most versatile rapper, can rap on a traditional hip hop beat, trap beat, or rock beat, it don't fuckin matter. ya'll hate on sorry for the wait 2 and fwa, but he was rhyming his ass off on those mixtapes and I thought it was dope. people think those projects weren't good cause of nitpicky shit like content(shouldn't be judge, never was a rapper that had a lot messages in his music in the first place), voice. this guy has nothing to prove and ya'll want him to do more, dats fuckin bullshit. niggas compare wayne to drake, dats fuckin bullshit. drake is a pop star, wayne is hip hop in the truest sense. yeah, wayne had some shitty albums and shitty lines, but he has one of the best albums, mixtapes, and quotables and complex/witty lines. people think its simple, na ya'll don't understand. Lines like "There's no brake lights, in my car rear/career," "If you don't see what I'm saying, I'll give you an eye/I exam" are good. He may put his lyrics in a simple way, but its shit that you can decipher. It's unfortunate people will only appreciate him when he's dead, and that's fucked up. he impacted hip hop too much not to be mentioned with the greatest. even kendrick was influenced by wayne, he did a whole mixtape using carter 3 beats and copying his flow and delivery. but, kendrick is viewed in a better light cause he's conscious and wayne is considered ignorant, that shit don't make sense. kendrick would've been like wayne if he stayed being k dot. do your history before you judge rappers. respect wayne cause he got nothing to else to prove

If kendricks body of work is too small , biggie smalls should come off , 3 stacks needs to come off also .

My personal top 10, not inclusive to just the "MC" criteria: 10. Mos Def 9. Eyedea 8. Pharoahe Monche 7. Black Thought 6. Big Pun 5. Nas 4. Kendrick 3. Eminem 2. MF DOOM 1. Andre 3000 Wu Tang Clan as a collective unit would probably rank at number 6 on my list

Objectively Speaking I think the 10 would be Rakim, Em, Wayne, Big, Pac, Nas, Hov, 3k, Kendrick, Cube

DOOM, Del, Yasin Bey, Immortal Tech, and locksmith always get left out of the conversation and I don’t know why

My top 10 of all time 10 Royce da 5'9 9 Big L 8 GFK 7 Biggie 6 Jay Z 5 scareface 4 Tupac 3 Nas 2 eminem 1 Rakim I tried to make a list considering the influence the rappers had on the game, but i still had to put a lot of personal preferenser on it. Don't hate please.

This video is why I fucks with this channel. Keep up the good work.

why is dmx never even mentioned man

Great vid guys My List: 1.2Pac 2.Big 3.Jay-Z 4.Nas 5.Eminem 6.Cube 7.Rakim 8. Big Daddy Kane 9. KRS One 10. IDK AT this point tons could go here so I'm going throw in an underrated wild card. DMX.

Kendrick has 2 mixtapes (unreleased, overly dedicated) and 3 albums (section 80, gkmc, tpab) all of which were both lyrically and instrumentally amazing, criticallt acclaimed, and very popular, while staying true to hip hop. Tell me how that body isnt big enough when BIG had 2 albums?

on point with this ..

my top 10 1.pac 2.biggie 3.eminem 4.nas 5.pun 6.rakim 7.krs1 8.kane 9.jay z 10.big l

everyone shitting on Wayne like lyricism is just talking about street stuff or something. How creative is Wayne with his bars? How many times have you heard a Wayne bar and go like "how the fuck did he think of that?" Wayne is a legend, and he was not seen as the greatest because he said he was, even legends like Redman and Jay say Wayne is one of the greatest of all time, Ross too. IMO Wayne deserves at the very least to be on the list. You might as well just make a list with East Coast rappers, since only that is "having bars". Remember what Jay said on the first verse of Dead Presidents pt 2. There's gotta be more than that. I'd have Wayne number 8, easily. And he still got it, go listen to the Hot Boys Remix he put out this summer

No list without 2Pac is to be voided..

Yoooo what's the name of the beat playing in the background that starts @ 1:04??? That's dope!

good video.

i wonder how Big Boi feels when he gets left out these discussions likes he wasn't a vbig part in Kast or doesn't have a bigger body of work than 3k....

People will keep sleeping on Kendrick but then when he’s gone they’re gonna call him a Genius/Legend. It’s okay to appreciate artists while they’re still here man

Percee P should be in the conversation. He never gets the love he deserves. Dude's a beast

crazy watching this so many years later. need a redux

1. DOOM 2. Aesop Rock 3. Eyedea 4. Big L 5. Kanye 5. MC Ride (a bit of a stretch but it counts) 6. Biggie 7. R.A The Rugged Man 8. Method Man 9. Slug 10. Andre 3000

The top 5 is no question : 5. Dylan 4. Dylan 3. Dylan 2. Dylan 1. Dylan

Wait...Kendrick doesn't have enough albums to put on there with his three albums (Section.80, Good Kid, m.A.A.d City, and To Pimp A Butterfly)...but Biggie is up in the top 3, when he only has two albums? Like, I think Biggie's great, but you can't deny one because of the number of albums they have, and accept one with less albums. PLUS, I think more people would come out and say Good Kid, m.A.A.d City is one of the best albums of all time than Life After Death. There is no arguing Ready to Die's cemented place in history or how TPAB is going to become a classic...so the battle is really between those two. Now, again, I love both of them...but if Kendrick's next album is excellent too...he'll confirm his place in my mind as the greatest of all time. Hands down. Also, no love for Aesop Rock? That dude should be on more lists like this, he's just so lyrical.

How come no one ever mentions Redman? Redman is probably the most consistent MC as far as bodies of work and straight bars. Personally, he's my favourite and I know he doesn't need to be everyone's but he definitely deserves to be in the conversation I think. So under reated

talib kweli, black thought, mos def, and common can also make it to me

1.eminem 2.rakim 3.Nas 4.biggie 5.pac 6.jay z 7.andre 8.krs one / or scarface 9. Ice cube 10. Snoop dogg

Really bugs me when people say Pac wasn't a lyricist just because he wasn't the type of rapper who's style would for towards a 'battle rap'. Pax was a poet, his voice, his delivery, the way he poured his words out, three all time classic albums, huge body of work, huge impact, he's my favourite of all time, you could have that discussion, but to not have him immediately in a top 10 is a joke

Cube, Kane, and 2 Pac, and Chuck D definitely need to be on there

Just in terms of Wu Tang Clan members, I would have replaced Ghostface with either the GZA or Raekwon. I mean, Liquid Swords and Cuban Linx are considered two of the best and most influential Hip-Hop albums ever made. There's a reason GZA usually got the last verse on songs.

DEHH was basically pissed they didn't do the generic list that everyone does

I'm just getting hip to you guys and these are the types of conversation about hip hop that I yearn for. I can only get them from my dad, and not as much because their is a generational gap there. Keep it going Y'all. But I do gonna say Kendrick may belong on that list. Biggie had only 2 albums. If Kdot was gunned town tomorrow (knock on wood) his body of work would be as strong as anyone's

If they (both the magazine and DEHH) were talking about MCs/lyricists, the fact that nobody even thought about MF DOOM hurts me deeply

1. Tupac 2. Biggy 3. Eminem 4. Rakim 5. NAS 6. JayZ 7. KRS-One 8. Big L 9. Ice Cube 10. Big Pun

S/O To you guys for always keeping it real and giving eminem his credit. looking beyond his skin color. not having your personal favs but a general list. us black people can't admit that Em is one of if not the greatest #Respect

who are your top 10 up and coming artists or emcee's most don't really know about?

Q-tip?

My top 10: 1.) Black Thought 2.) Nas 3.) Andre 3000 4.) Pharoahe Monch 5.) MF DOOM 6.) Jay Z 7.) Ghostface Killah 8.) Common 9.) Del The Funky Homosapien 10.) Mos Def

LL Cool J should have been mentioned because his body of work surpassed them all on the list

10.Chuck D,9.Kid Cudi,8.Notorious B.I.G, 7.Ice Cube ,6.Jay-Z ,5.Big Pun ,4.Nas ,3.Tupac ,2.Kanye West,1.Andrè 3000. Honorable Mention Wyclef Jean ,Q-Tip ,Bushwick Bill ,Ole Dirty Basterd ,Eminem ,Ghost Face, Killa ,Snoop Doggy Dog ,M.C. Rein, Fat Joe Potential Top 10 ,Kendrick Lamar ,Danny Brown ,J. Cole ,Drake ,Brockhampton ,Tyler. The Creator ,Chance the Rapper ,Childish Gambino ,KYLE

not sure which one reads these comments or if they always get read but... PLEASE MAKE A TOP TEN MC LIST FOR EACH MEMBER OF DEHH INCLUDING 'MODEST' PLEASE!!!!

KENDRICK HAS 3 ALBUMS!!

1. Rakim 2. Sean Price 3. Nas 4. Eminem 5. Redman 6. Methodman 7. WC 8. Tray Dee 9. Ghostface Killah 10. Sticky Fingaz

What intro is that with the Blue in Green sample?

What about Rolling Stones' lists? They had a best rapper list with Pitbull and Kid Cudi on it!

If Kendrick gave up the mic as of now he would be a top ten MC. Period.

I think Kendrick is fair only on the fact that he put in so much work on hair three records, it's phenomenal. He put so maximum effort in three record, AND he's not dead, so potential is even there

I was interested because i thought the guy on the thumbnail was KRS-ONE , Lol.

1. MF DOOM 2. Biggie Smalls 3. Tupac Shakur 4. Kendrick Lamar 5. Jay-Z

Me personally, again me personally, missy eliot is the best female rapper