The debate over the title of best emcee is one that has plagued fans and critics over the past three decades. Now, it looks like VH1 has entered the ring on the debate over the best rapper from the late ’80s to the early ’90s.
Dubbed the “Greatest MC of the ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ Era,” VH1’s new bracket challenges fans to pit some of the game’s most revered emcees against one another. Facing off against each other in the bracket are the likes of Chuck D and KRS-One, Ice Cube and Will Smith, LL Cool J and Rakim, and Queen Latifah and MC Lyte.
Voting for Round One began earlier today at 11 AM and will conclude this Wednesday April 25 at 4PM, with the remaining rounds to follow later this week.
VH1’s “Greatest MC of the ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ Era” voting bracket can be found below.
this is real hip hop
blah blah blah blah blah stfu old head
In the words of Immortal Technique, What the fuck are you in a time warp nigga??? You are gonna be an old head one day too.
The actual hip hop era, when shit was natural and the talent was pure and authentic. If shit went platinum, it was by accident.
So fuck off to your pop culture!!
when im an old head i wont be looking down my nose at the younger generation just because time have changed and i dont understand them.
We all said that when we were younger…and you’re going to do the same…trust me
how exactly is will smith on this list and big daddy kane isnt??
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“how exactly is will smith on this list and big daddy kane isnt??”
But a good effort putting this together though… Nuff respect due.
According 2 Hip Hop did something like this first on their Facebook page
It’ll go down to KRS-One to Rakim, with the blastmaster winning.
VH1 ever hear of Big Daddy Kane?
I’z ready ta fuc up erbody from V81. I’z alwayz needin dat muthaphuccin $, so if I c them c punc chump fagz Imma beet da shyt outta them.
You sound so ignorant dude XD Do you even know how to spell?
V81!?!? awesome fail!
that is not rakim in that pic. looks more like Krs-one
like trill said they used a KRS-ONE picture for rakim. Credibility = lost
it was the most epic fail of the day for me. Like all young money songs.
Why do they have some white ass nerds and uncle toms talkin’ bout old school hip-hop? >=[ These are not the faces of Old school hip-hop
How the fuck is hov not on this list. Damn I mean I agree with some of it but no Nas, Hov, Big Daddy Kane, Tupac… I guess theyre just looking at the most raw skill… Its not all about the rhymes you old heads, You go to have good production Too.
The “Yo MTV raps” era was before Jay & Nas, there talking about the late 80’s, early 90’s here, before the Big & Pac era
The time before time for all you youngins out there, lol
Hov isnt a top 20 Rapper period, come back when he invents a style that everyone today uses like all of those in this have
Oh I didnt catch that… Thanks dude. And umm jay is definetaly my favorite and he should be top 5 in any list
Oh and Jay has more skill than all these cats
Not trolling, to make that clear
You voted for this woman!
um….ok…. rakim/krs/cube are nt exactly bitches!!!
im kinda mad there’s no slick rick though…slick rick > fresh price (no doubt in my mind)
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Replace Will Smith with Kool G Rap and we’ve actually got a decent bracket.
So fuckin true & replace ll cool j with big daddy kane
If cool j beats out rakim, someone needs to get slapped the fuck up
Remember its “Greatest MC”… People get that confused with what they did like album sales and the impact on the genre instead of actual MC skills. We talking about how well each person puts words together and the message in their rhymes. IMO Rakim was the greatest with KRS-One a close 2nd.
lyrical content has nothing to do with being an MC, Doug E Fresh is one of the greatest MCs of all time n his lyrical content is wack
MC = Technical Skills, Ability to Rock any crowd, freestyle, style versatility etc
cube! amerikkkas most and death certificate shits is by faaaar the best body of work anyone on this list has made
its rakim hands down for me. dont see how ll is even close in the voting
LL is 1000xs more versatile as an MC than Rakim is, it’s not even a close debate, just look at their catalogues of music LL has PROVEN he is sick with dozens upon dozens of styles Rakim hasnt
That ain’t even Rakim on the picture LMFAO
Yo that’s true LOL
Yeah whoever made that mistake would be fired on the spot
Get rid of the fresh prince & ll cool j and replace them with kool g. rap & big daddy kane then we can have a more heated debate
lmao @ anyone thinkin Kool G Rap is on the same level as fuckin LL COOL J, your outta your mind to say that silly shit
LL’s catalogue>>> KGR n BDK COMBINED
if anything BDK should replace Fresh Prince but LL should 100% be in there
shit SLICK RICK>>> Kool G Rap
should of replace Chuck D and Fresh Prince with
SLICK RICK VS BIG DADDY KANE
So you tellin me that ll can rhyme better than KGR? GTFOH!!!
Man fuck Cube’s fanbase, that ain’t shit to me. Cube had great MC skills, and they ain’t even looking at that.