During an appearance on Sway’s Universe this week, Yonkers, New York rapper Jadakiss offered his thoughts on the top five rappers debate. The Lox lyricist didn’t offer a specific list, but did throw out a few names including Jay Z, Snoop Dogg, and the late Tupac Shakur.
Jadakiss also revealed that his list does tend to change while still remaining relatively the same, stating that it sometimes depends on the region he’s listening to at that particular time.
He also compared top five debates to “a religious argument.”
“My top five changes,” Jadakiss said. “It always stays the same. But it’s really too many to put five emcees that have just five—If you’re a Hip Hop historian like myself and like you guys. So, that’s just really—It’s a good conversational piece when you start talking about top five. It’s like a religious conversation. It’s like a religious argument. I can keep going on cause it’s really more than five, great emcees. You know what I mean? If you really study Hip Hop. But it always changes for me. It’s always Big and Pac and Nas and Hov. But it’s more than that. It extends. It’s more than that, but it’s just a good conversational piece. It depends who I’m playing. I might be West Coast’ing for the last two weeks. It’s changing. I’m D.O.C.’ing. I’m Snoop’ing…And the main thing of it all is to be in the conversation.”
Later in the interview, Jadakiss recalled ghostwriting for Puff Daddy after being asked how many people he’s ghostwritten for.
“I didn’t really understand it in the beginning,” he said. “Diddy was trying to squeeze the life out of me. I felt like I don’t wanna keep giving him my bars. Cause he’s taking from my tank. I need all of these bars. I’m not gonna keep doing this. But then down the line I figured it out. It’s a beautiful thing to do.”
Don’t worry if I write rhymes, I write checks…..
I can’t throw B.I.G. in the top 5 due to not having enough content. Over time, my list evolved to 1. Rakim 2. Tupac 3. Jay Z 4. Chuck D 5. Big Daddy Kane
U just can’t put jigga over Nas with a list like that, all of them made rap revolution but not jigga he just made business moves
I agree, its like saying Big L was the greatest!
I agree, its like saying Big L is the greatest!
WHO LISTENS TO JADAKISS NY GET THE FOH . TOP 5 FOH NI..A U AIN’T POPPIN . NY ON SOME BRAINWASH BS . THE STREETS NEVA CROWNED THIS BROKE RAPPER . NY NI..AS LIVE IN CLOSETS WITH PRIDE . NO SQUARE FOOTAGE .
He has more money than your broke ass.
Broke? You are still living with your mom SouthNoDollars
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@SouthDolla. You probably never really listened to Jadakiss like that. He got bars son. I like south rap too but y’all hooks are so repetitive, beats are the same, all yall niggas sound like migos and how you talking shit about a rapper who don’t flaunt all his money like some of yall south rappers do. I like boosie, webbie, R.I.P. lil phat, big head, mouse had the beats like mannie fresh, free bg, there is a lot more but thats just a few. How he broke when I know he got a few more dollars than you son. You just mad that NY and NJ setting the bar for hip hop and has been setting the bar.
Nobody checking for Jadakiss or NYC rap. Westcoast is now coming back with TDE, Dre and asskisser Game, Vince Staples but NYC is still sucking dirty south ddick. And get me started about a Action Bronson, 50 Cent, Joey Badass etc.
King Jada
Jada nice but NY rap sucks….South got it on lock, …most successful NY rappers either gotta rap like they from the south or have to literally move down south to get shine..guess that’s what yaw get for being so shady all these years….if yaw had any sense yaw would free bsmurda that’s the only chance yaw have at relevance….rip ny hiphop
Look none of ya south rappers last. Just hot for a time then it’s a wrap!!!! But look a NY, we still around…skills still in tact. Only scareface, slim thug, Luda & Ti can’t forget Bun B.
Bobby Shmurda? Really? What about Joey Badass?
Why are southerners so butthurt over some old ass shit? Do you niggas really hold on too grudges that long? Damn.
Let that shit go. Thats was eons ago. And all NYers didnt hate on the south. Shit, many NYers put southern artist on–way more than any southern rapper has ever done for NY artist.
You dont know shit about hip hop,,,that south shit is garbage and west coast try to keep up with NYC but can’t,NYC runs that shit
Top Five
Pac
Face
Nas
Pimp C
Bun B
Honorable Mention TI
Scarface n tupac tied for G.O.A.T.
PERIOD
He calls himself a hiphop historian, and then mentions he’s ghostwriting ???
That’s beautiful for his bank account, not hiphop
I was smmfh so hard when I first heard and seen that video that I almost lost my balance lol but Jada is still dope nonetheless
Kendrick
J Cole
Kanye
Nas
Jay Z
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