Chris Rock was recently asked his list of top five rappers of all-time. The actor told MTV News without hesitation that the crown belongs to Jay Z.
“Jay Z’s the best rapper ever,” says Rock, whose Top 5 film is slated to open December 12 and is co-produced by Jay Z and Kanye West. “It’s just what it is. It’s just kinda indisputable. It’s boring. It is boring to say he’s the best rapper ever.”
Rock continues that Hov’s frequent collaborator Kanye West is a close second and is the “most interesting guy that ever picked up a mic.”
“Kanye’s getting on him,” Rock says. “Kanye may eventually pass him.”
To round out the list, the comedian selected KRS-One because of the personal impact the Bronx rapper has had on Rock’s life. Fourth place belongs to Scarface because of his identity with the Houston Rap scene. Rock claims that fifth place is always in rotation, but he named Ice Cube, saying he is “amazing.”
“Ice Cube not only wrote all of N.W.A’s stuff,” Rock says, “all of his stuff, he also wrote Eazy-E’s stuff, which is like Prince writing Morris Day, Time records. Like that’s like a whole nother persona.”
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kanye isn’t even a rapper lol
Chris who are your two favorite rappers?
“The two niggas that produced my new movie of course”!!
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If they weren’t currently big shot popular celebrities/multimiliionaires he wouldn’t be saying this, its just ass-kissing.
some coon shit right here
Ye not better than Em and idc what you niggas say. He can’t outrap eminem
Best rapper because of the number of hits.
That’s like saying Taylor swift was the best dance/pop artist this year because of her sales/awards for her current album…
It’s undisputable!
Let’s hope Taylor swift gets a bit “urban” and never produces a Chris Rock movie or she might knock KRS One off his list.
SMH
Just from the top of my head, DOOM, Blackthought, Common and Nas are light years ahead of Kanye. As for Jay Z, people need to separate business acumen from raping (sic) abilities, William Cosby should be mentioned there.
I don’t care about opinions, some things are just the universal truth.
I think Chris is forgetting The D.O.C. as a writer for much of NWA’s stuff, not just Cube as he’s saying here. Chris even shouted the diggy diggy Doc in a Rolling Stone “Top Rap Album” pics article that they did a few years ago, citing song’s “Grand Finale” and D.O.C.’s other work within the NWA camp.
Chris Rock, stay off the drugs! Jay-Z and Kanye ain’t shit. Jay and Kanye are a couple of the most overrated in the history of this rap shit. Kanye drops nothing but trendy radio noise and I can’t believe Jay’s “Reasonable Doubt” is considered a classic by many, it’s such a mediocre sounding album to me. Most of the beats were boring and wack. I agree it’s Jay’s best album tho because the rest of his shit is hot garbage.
HE MUST BE GETTING AN ENDORSEMENT TO BE SAYING THAT… TO BE HONEST MOST RAP THESE DAYS IS BUBBLE GUM SHIT… KANGAY AND GAY Z ARE INCLUDED!
jay is a legend but not the best rapper. we all gotta respect him though, he’s done a lot in rap
“says Rock, whose Top 5 film is slated to open December 12 and is co-produced by Jay Z and Kanye West”
Enough said… I thoguht the mand had more personality. I guess if Benzino was the producer of his moviee he would have been named the best one…