50 without question. Worldwide success, business ventures in virtually every aspect (games, movies, rap, boxing, etc), record breaking single and mixtapes, etc. 50 was unstoppable and as Joe said, dude literally beefed with every major NY artist from Murder Inc, to Nas, Terror Squad, etc. He survived all of that and his pockets were never impacted.

50 cent's run was the best. He was huge. My momma don't even by rap albums but she bought GRODT

Nigga I do have to give it to 50 cause literally EVERYONE on G-Unit went platinum Buck, Game, Yayo and Banks. The nigga had Reebok, Vitamin Water, G-Unit clothes, and his own video game that competed with GTA: San Andreas and you could argue that it did better. How many niggas you know had a video game bruh. 50 is the GOAT

50 is one of the greatest ever. Hardly ever makes a bad song, countless hits, can play his music in the car club everywhere. Flow voice star power. 50 is top 5 for me

God is responsible for 50 cent. After Joe spoke about the odds he was facing I can only credit the supernatural. 50 shouldn't have made it. Great position Joe.

50 was UNTOUCHABLE for years. No one else in the game can kill artists like 50 did. Dude took over the whole of New York and the country.

2003 a year I could never forget. That was 50's year. No one was touching fifth that year and I mean NO ONE!; When it came to this rap shit. 50 revitalized hip hop back then. Totally agree with Joe's pick and his points to back it up💯

Wayne should be in a jayz postion An 50 cent just took the world over

I been on hip hop watch since I was a kid till now, and 50 cents run was phenomenal, he had the world in his hands even in little freaking island every one know his name, niggas in India know his name. Lil wayne Eminems drake and Kanye run was incredible too so was Dr dre. But 50 cent was tooooooo incredible

I honestly thinks there was no rapper bigger than 50 at his time...

Lil Wayne. From 2006-2012. He was on everybody's songs. He introduced talent to young money, he was influential to modern day rappers, the swag, the money, skateboarding culture and reaching all types of fans from all races

I'm goin Wayne and Ye for the scope and depth of influence. Aesthetically, we're living in a post Wayne landscape - dreads, tattoos (especially face tats) and lean were around, but he took that shit to the mainstream. Kanye brought alternative/pop sensibilities to rap in a way that was unprecedented. 50 was huge, and his ventures were diverse, but rap today looks and sounds like Wayne and Kanye.

1) 50 Cent 2) Eminem 3) Lil Wayne 4) DMX 5) TI/Rick Ross/Drake? toss up... Niggas had G-Unit tattoos in rural Africa... G Unit movement was MEGA... never seen anything like it... black & white kids from hoods to suburbs repping the clothes, tatts, games, durags, shoes, dvd's, mixtapes.. anything that was related to 50 Cent.. 50 was the guy from 2002 - 2005, every kid wanted to get shot nine times

50 cent had the best run in Hip-Hop... International star.

Joe.... might be right. 50 had an INSANE run from 02'-06'. The single, the album, the introduction of G-Unit, the clothing line, the duo with Game, the duo turned rival with Game, the beef AND the win over Ja Rule, starring in movies, video games, music videos, another hit album.... who else did ALL of that within a 4 year span?

How is DMX not even in the convo? Wasn’t he #1 5x straight and twice in his debut? Made movies and was the most highly touted live performer from 98-05.

50 musically and business wise. Nigga had two diamond albums which were classics, was the mixtape king with classics there. Power of the dollar is hella underrated. Maybe the biggest hip hop single of all time in da club. Many number one singles. Viatamin water, video games, best selling book, movies... oh and fucking g unit lmao he made all his niggas go platnuim and number 1. Also beg for mercy was a classic. It just doesn't stop lol he got non stop accolades no one can match

Nobody gonna ever beat 50 cent run. He had everything on lock. U name it

50 cent hands down from 2000-2006

50 had an album that went platinum in a week, a movie plus the soundtrack that went platinum, and a video game all in the same year

50 had the greatest run of all time. My cousins in Sri Lanka knew about the guy. All G-Unit albums between 2004-2006 went platinum and he even made Tony Yayo sell 240k first week. TONY YAYO. Everyone in 2005 wanted to talk, walk and dress like him. Snoop or Wayne are 2nd but 50 easily had the best run in Hip Hop history.

feel like 50 don't get enough credit

Joe was fucking 100% right...

The fact that they didn't even mention Kanye shocks me. He is one of the most influential artists of the 21st century, he had 8 straight no1 albums, the yeezy and clothing lines. That guy is a fucking legend and his run still continues.

I agree with Joe Buddens for once concerning 50 Cent.

I agree with Joe, 50 had the ENTIRE world on g unit

I would say waynes run lasted until 2013 with INHAB 2 dropped and songs like Love Me being played everywhere

Kanye has one of the best business runs lol 1. 21 Grammys 2. 7 classic albums 3. yeezys shoes he put on rappers and singers john legend kid cudi big Sean Travis Scott

50 Cent at his Peak was probably the HOTTEST RAPPER ever seen in Hip-Hop.

Ja rule had a great run until 50 cent came on the scene.. 50 cent run was MASSIVE 50 owned his time u can't talk about early 2000s not mention 50 cent

50's run without a doubt. No question.

Love this convo keep it up

Fif's run had the world captured...i never seen nothing like that.

How does Joe get the "hater" title so much, dude literally pays homage in all the right places. To the young guys and the old guys.

How can joe discredit wayne for rapping over ppls beats but give credit to 50 for his mixtape run when 50 was doing the same thing.

50 cent 03 to 09 - Goat status

50 cent And Eminem the biggest in hip hop world wide nothing tops them

Joe saying these things about 50 feels amazing, I remember being an obsessed fan of 50 & G-Unit. His run was very inspirational, even up until today with his other affairs. I admire that man. My best fandom (besides the MCU) in my entire life.

50 Cent's run is like no other's. Not only smashing the charts for years, 50 had everything from movies, video games, a truckload of business ventures. People who don't have electricity know of 50 Cent. You could sell an empty bag for 300$ if it had the G-Unit logo back in 2003-2007.

50 Cent by far had the best run in Hip-Hop history. Like Joe said, he had beef with everyone in New York. The people he had beef with tried to kill 50 and they didn't. He shouldn't have survived that, but he did. And thank God he did survive it. 50 Cent was unstoppable at that time. No one comes close to 50 Cent's run in Hip-Hop.

Mad love for Wayne. But, I'd have to agree with Joe. 50 has had the best run in the game... Blew up, and Bossed up.

Pac still on a run,his music,catalog and message is timeless!!! R.I.P. MAKAVELI THE DON!!!

"When do we cap someone's run?" Answer "When it's over." Lol

i just started really getting into this Im loving the set up and topics NICE

50 had the biggest buzz in Hip Hop period!! No ifs no buts no maybes!!

I don't know about the best run... but I do know Tay-K had the best race..

50 had an historic run and that was his entire career💀

Lil Wayne had the biggest. Wayne first went plat in I believe it was 98 then got really major in 03. 03 to 11 Wayne ran hip hop and nobody could touch him. Project after project. 1 or 2 mixtapes a year and then like every 2 years drop an album. He didn’t have a single bad project in that time except for that rock album. Not to mention he influenced a generation of rapper due to how he changed the game.

50 cent best run ever in hip hop period

bruh when i was around 7 in Australia i fucking knew of in da club and Candy Shop, pretty incredible if you ask me.

J Cole doesn't belong in this conversation

Lil Wayne from 2004-2009 was the greatest Rapper of all time. Everything he touched in those years were crazy from the projects to the AMAZING features.

50 and Lil wayne are the first two names that came to my mind, currently drake has potential to join those two

The big homie 50 hands down,Queens allday

In da club was 3:15 seconds Joe.

DMX. (98-2004) was the first rap artist to do things that had not been done before. Five consecutive number one albums, the first rapper to release two number one albums in the same year, and he did it with "street music", when "street music" was on its way out in rap. He did movies, and was the face of a ruff ryders movement that has not been duplicated to this day.

50 a fucking goat. I was 10 when 'in da club ' came out - my older cousins kept asking me "yo jase, you heard about 50 cent?" "you gotta listen to this man". Keep in mind at this age I wasn't into listening to music at all - more into videogames. 50 cent changed that, everyone in my little town in South Africa was talking about this man... only other guy who came close was Eminem. 50 was massive, 'in da club' was the biggest radio single my country has ever heard.

50 no question, the mixtapes, the albums, g-unit mixtapes, he could do no wrong.

Wayne, Kanye has incredible runs. Kanye had amazing content on every album. Jayz has a career long run. But 50 was the man, he had everyone wearing G-Unit attire

I Agree Wit Em Both That Lil Wayne & 50 Cent Had The Greatest Runs.Hard For Me To Chose Between The 2 Because They Both My Favorite

50 had the best run a lil short 5 to 6yrs but 40million Records sold / no.1 hits /change the game / g-unit / Toured the World / 2Diamond & 1Platinum Album /Low-key created Mixtapes Video Games etc.

50 Cent got the best run! Facts

I can't believe eminem isn't mentioned more on these comments. He's sold the most records out of Any artist the past decade and yes he IS hip hop. End of discussion

I agree with Joe. Runs in Hip Hop definitely won't be the same as they were. I may not have paid as much attention to them back then but, I'm glad I was around during DMX, Em, Ja Rule, Nelly, Luda, 50, Wayne and Drake. The most fun, interesting and historic.

Y'all forgetting about DMX? Crazy

50 cent blew up in 99 with how to rob and was on top until 07 also dominated everyone before and in his era

Wayne !!! No question

8:45 joe says if we taking just the music, he would choose wayne. Wayne was hip hop during his run. Mixtapes, leaked songs, albums, and features. Literally his mixtape flow was so fire at that time it made every other rapper seem basic. *Da drought - da drought 2- 🔥DA DROUGHT 3🔥 * The prefix- 🔥THE SUFFIX🔥 * 🔥DEDICATION- DEDICATION 2🔥- dedication 3- d4-d5 Squad up 1-7 * 🔥SQ1-SQ2-SQ3-SQ4-SQ5- SQ6-SQ7🔥 * 🔥I can't feel my face-Blow- my face can't be felt- Face off *The carter files🔥- the w carter collection 🔥- w carter collection 2🔥 * carter 2 mixtape🔥 carter 3 mixtape🔥 * THE drought is over 1-6 The drought is over- drought over 2-drought over 3- drought over 4-drought over 5-drought over 6 all 🔥🔥🔥🔥 *🔥NO CEILINGS🔥- no ceilings 2 *Young money the mixtape *🔥SORRY 4 the wait-sorry for wait 2 *🔥lil weezy Ana🔥 *🔥louisianimal 1-3 *🔥the leak 1-6🔥 🔥Carter 1 🔥carter 2 🔥carter 3 carter 4 And there's a bunch more. But honestly who else has a mixtape list comparable?

50, Snoop, DMX, Method Man for their contributions to music, business, and the small and big screen, meaning movies and TV being that movies and TV stretch to catch a wider audience.

50's run was amazing, last of his kind to be honest and had a truly unique run. Jay has had the longest sustainability. Kanye is always relevant(though his antics give him more buzz than his music). Kendrick might be on an all-time run. I don't think many rappers have started with that kind of momentum. He literally hasn't made a misstep. Cole even if his last album was boring is going on a Nas-type run. Chance is on a run. He might be on the most interesting run because he is so cross-cultural in a natural way. Went to his concert in ATL and it was the most diverse concert I'd ever been to. He's truly special. Drake is such a pop artist that he is facing the problems that they face too along the lines of if he doesn't watch himself he'll spread his sound and content to thin to where people will lose the feeling they felt when they first heard him. All that to say that he along with 50 are having amazingly unique runs. His because he is so calculating and doesn't move like a rapper. He moves like a pop star, from having other people write for him(even though he writes too) to the diverse styles of music he puts out.

07-11 Kanye was crazy. Kanye started with ending 50s run with graduation. then dropped 808s and made a new sound (we didn’t know what it would be) however people hated it, then the whole Taylor Swift thing happened and Kanye became the joke of the industry. after being beat down by everyone he went to Hawaii and dropped arguably not only one of the best rap albums of all time but one of the best albums In general.

Lil weezy. His run set up other people runs.

I was thinking 50 the whole time ak was talkin bout Wayne ... couldn't agree with joe more. Plus after 50s first album when the label wanted another 50 album he put gunit on . Smh historical

You probs 12 and under if you not picking 50cent, Everyone around the world knew G - Unit!

Joe Budden had my thoughts... That's right it's 50 Cent... Yeah that's the nigga who had the best 🏃 ( runs ) on Hip Hop... Budden got the vision... He made me continue to watch everyday struggle... Wayne did well too but I'm with the Budden 💭Thoughts.

EASILY 50. If the guy had no other talents, he'd get by on his ability to always make his way into some sort of business venture. Who didn't know 50 in the mid 00s? Gotta include Wayne, Jay, like it or not Drake, Kanye. I'm honestly shocked Em hasn't been talked about more in the comments. 7 number one albums in a row that outsell every hip hop album since his previous album (excluding GRODT).

50 hands down no debate.

Joe being speaking facts. He makes a good argument. #JoeBuddenforPresident 😄

Dr Dre 840 million $ Diddy 820 million $ Jay-Z 810 million $

EM without question! Highest selling rap album of all time. Sold out world tours. Signed 50cent. Starred in a movie about his life. Performed with Elton John and won a Grammy for best soundtrack for Loose Yourself...

If we're talking straight MUSIC the Lil Wayne of course, his run from 2004-2012 unstoppable mixtapes, albums and singles he had it all. But 50 cent's run is top tier also his run branches out (business wise) and still isn't finished. Even CHIEF KEEF had a short run 2011-2014. Obviously we have to mention Em, Kanye, Jigga but you knew that.

50 easily had the biggest and best run in hip hop history

Good clip.. I agree with both Ak and Joe

I think 50 Cent’s was the most impactful and his career and name are still global today despite no album for like 15 years

Joe is right in the club still bangs now..

The thing is that people love to hate 50 and spit on his achievements..i for one think that 50 cent was the first international rap superstar...eminem surely had a bigger international following..but 50 had the verses, the street cred, commercial success, the intimidating physique, buisness acumen, the g-unit brand and utter fearlessness...who else had the entire package?...he came to conquer and he did..#FACTS REPLY

Man going back to this show. This was a good time in hip hop

I'm surprised of no bigger mention of DMX run from like 97/98-03... He came out and literally changed the entire landscape of hip hop and dropped 2 hip hop classic albums in the same year to start his run. He bucked that "Shiny Suit" trend that was over powering mainstream hip hop and he made that grungy gutter street shit mainstream. (full disclosure: I started writing this comment before the end when they FINALLY mentioned X lol)

Eminem had the best run in hip hop 1999-2004, Em was on TV for 24/7 literally on every channel and i'm not only talking about the music's channels, he impacted the whole world because he's the first white successful rapper who doesn't even try to be tough and was too honest and funny. He did his best albums which are :The Slim Shady LP (1999) The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) The Eminem Show (2002) Encore (2004) he also did two albums with D12 " the hottest group at the time" he did the best hip hop movie of all time " 8 mile in 2002 " .So 6 albums in 5 years total and a big movie and won a fucking oscar ..selling millions and millions of records how is this not the best run in hip hop? i mean he fucking signed 50 so if it wasn't for em's run we wouldn't see 50's !

Joe is statin straight facts !! 50 had the best run in the history of hip hop ! Plus ALL of his artists went platinum at one point !! And he a huge influence on most artist today !!! AND He had a movie out AND signature video game AND top clothing .

Wayne run>>>

1:49 to 2:00 Joe sounded like a damn robot lmao

Nobody Mentions DMX he had the Game on Lock 98 to 2003 Released his Freshman,Sophomore and Junior album with in a year Has 3 classics albums

In my personal opinion, nothing will EVER touch Ice Cube's run from '88 to '93. He was (and still is) untouchable. Living legend.

I from a third world tiny isolated country and everybody was rockin with 50 cent!! Ive never seen any hip hop artist have that kind of impact accept 50!!

so glad they mentioned DMX at the end... I will never slander X. his first couple albums... WOOO! Heat! 🔥🔥🔥

50 cent had his own video game... of course he had the best run this is not even for debate. Wayne was big too but didn't have the same impact as 50.

I can't believe Eminem was just a side note in this conversation. Relapse missed the mark but he came back strong doing 700k in a week with his 6th & 7th album. And at the peak of his career he did something that only one other artist in music history has done. Prince is the only other artist to have the #1 movie, album & song in the same week. If that's not the best run in rap history what is?

Lil Wayne

Joe is a very well spoken man always looks at things in different angles and gets his point straight across