Chris Rock’s new movie Top Five has sparked debates concerning people’s favorite rappers.
Within the film, Rock plays a comedian struggling to become a serious actor. In one scene, he announces his Top 5 amongst his family and friends.
Alongside his co-star Rosario Dawson, Rock recently sat with a group of Hip Hop media personalities to discuss his Top 5 and debate with the attendees.
The comedic roundtable was moderated by Power 105.1 radio host Angie Martinez and featured Ed Lover, Miss Info, Jayson Rodriguez, Shaheem Reid and Datwon Thomas.
Rock’s list during the discussion differed from the one he detailed in the movie. In the clip, Rock ranks LL Cool J fifth, Ice Cube fourth, Scarface third, Kanye West second and Jay Z first.
“Jay Z is the best rapper to ever live,” he says. ” He’s the Pete Rose of rap. He has the most hits.”
The Notorious B.I.G., Nas and Jay Z were the most popular choices.
Check out the roundtable below:
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I can’t stand this fuckery anymore. Gay-z has the most COMMERCIAL HITS. And he raps about the same thing n every one of his songs; how he got money and you dont.
I hate dickriders like Chris Rock.
Top 2: KRS-One and 2Pac
When Gay-z can make a song like “Dear Mama” or “Keep ya head up” then come back and talk to me
Where the hell is that like button
They should do a top 5 producers too.
1. Nas
1. Nasir Jones
1. Escobar (Esco)
1. Nastradamus
1. God’s Son
1. Jay-Z 1. Shawn Carter 1. Hov 1. Jigga 1. The guy married to Beyonce
1. Eminem 1. Marshall Mathers 1. Slim Shady 1. B Rabbit 1. The white guy in D12
1. Heartbreak Drake 1. Drizzy 1. Champagne Papi 1. Mr. OVOXO 1. 6 God
Honorable Mention: The Light Skin Keith Sweat
1. Nas 2. Nas. 3. Nas 4. Nas 5. Nas and “F” the rest! Nas is the greatest rapper ever! Put anybody shits beside his good beat or bad beat Nas lyrical ability will outshine the rest easily. Nas shit is too “F” amazing! Why I say he his the best because everyone saying what other rappers have materialistically or hits or club records. When you are talking straight rapping who can “F” with him! In every street corner, in every barbershops on saturday mornings, in your homes with your friends, and all across the internet Nas name is always mention without all the accolades, money, cars and homes! We are talking about rapping people not shit! No one is “F” with Nas period! End of discussion!
Exactly, Nas gets mentioned because of his skills on the mic, not because he is rich, or makes great business moves, or has rich and powerful friends, he is great,Period!
1. Birdman
2. Rick ross
3. Drake
4. Nicki Minaj
5. Bobby Shumurda
Nice worst rappers list.
Greatest rapper ever, Nas! Hands down! He is the best to ever do it!
Jay will never be the greatest ever. Just because he has more hits than all the other rappers it does not justify his poor word play and MC skills. Is Elvis the best ever? Shit no! Nas is way superior than Jay Z. In love Jay but he is no Nasir! Nas to me is the greatest of all time! And that Kanye West shit get that “F” out of here with that shit! Weird as dude! And…How Can any hip hop album be better than illmatic? Chris Rock is a joke with his ugly slave looking ass! Nas my Nukka!
Nas all day and everyday… The rest follow the leader! Nas!
Nas is the Greatest,
Pac is next,
Biggie follows
Scarface
Jay Z
Honorable mentions-Rakim, G-rap, Ice Cube, Daddy Kane, Canibus, O.C, Masta Ace, Raekwon.
Case Closed!
Case Closed
Kanye doesn’t belong anywhere near second, Chris Rock is a dickrider.
he mentioned has in the movie i saw the trailer
Everybody got a wack ass list. Tupac aint no one better than him. Case closed
Ed lover broke this shit down! He is the man! Chris Rock put Kanye West on the list! No one never mention the guy on any list! Maybe for weird ass music! Nas will always be the greatest rapper alive and with the best album of all time! Enough said….
WORD!!!
Wow I expected someone to at least mention Em and Luda, especially when you’re talking about that weird shit. How is Busta weirder than Luda?
No Eminem No pac wtf is wrong with you guys
over-rated rappers, both very talented, but not as great all round.
Im cool with not picking Eminem but pac…. Reallly pac should be on every top 5 list!!!
Anyway your puttin it EM is the by far a better lyricly rapper off all them mentioned here!
agreed..either of those shoulda ranked on that list instead of Kanye..he’s not one of the top 5 rappers all time, maybe rapper/producers.
Nas is the number one rapper
You’re right about that my brother!
Chris Rock will name anyone just to avoid an ass whoopin, I rememeber when Eazy E and MC Ren got him nervous at an award show in the 90s and he was like “NWA is like my favourite group”. TOP 10 RADIO HITS DO NOT MAKE YOU THE BEST RAPPER TO EVER LIVE YOU BUCKTEETH CORNBALL, ARTISTIC INTEGRITY AND CREATIVITY DOES.
my opinion
em, nas, jay-z, rakim, andre3k
Nas,Eminem,Pac,Rakim and Ghostface,in that order
and for young guns it’s J.Cole tied with Kendrick,Big Sean,Hops,Jay Rock
And big respect goes to Dre for everything he did for rap
first off all, jay the most hits?? wich one? hard knock life, big pimpin? that’s it… jayz first album was dope witt tracks like d’evils etc. but his following alubms are all overrated c’mon man blueprint?? name one song that we will remeber ? same for kanye… if they goin’ for hits i don’t know why they never mention P nobody got a catalogue like him, solo or with the mobb… there are so much more greater mc’s then the ones always get mentioned in lists.. i mean, (with the biggest respect) if b.i.g. is one of the greatest ever for one and a half dope albums in 1995, why can’t p be one of the greats? with 3 straight perfect albums in a row and sooo much other good stuff through his whoole fuckin career.. even nowadays he shows it sometimes… not to forget dudes like redman or sean price they all have more hits then jigga and kanye, the only thing is they never go witt the trend and keep beein themselves, i mean it’s oke for the masses to think jay n kanye are the best, but i think a dude like chris rock should get if we talk bout hip hop! that’s my opinion bout the whole thing
peace yall
I love Redman and Sean P, but let’s not pretend for a second they have more hits than Jay Z. Hits. You know. Singles that do well on the charts. I don’t think Sean P has had a ‘hit’ in that sense since the first Heltah Skeltah album.
Jay has 2-4 hit singles off of every album.
Prodigy / Mobb Deep fell off more than Jay so it’s funny you mention him. P / Mobb hasn’t really been at the top of their game since Murda Muzik.
yeah but listen, why all you people say biggie is one of the best with an album from 1995, even today people sayin this, ONE ALBUM – PEE has 3 front to back perfect albums in the 90’s (4 with H.N.I.C. 1 ), yeah nowadays he ain’t at the level he was (by the way his newest shit wasn’t that weak… ) jordan is the best basketball player ever, but is he at the same level nowadays?? NO! PEE was one of the greatest in the 90’s, you cant tell me nothin right ?=) maybe if he died 1999 people would see his greatness… and yeah i understand you bout the HITS but i just can’t stand the fact that people put singles over great longplayers when it comes to the discussion who’s the best ever… and yeah jay z, has he 3 front to back perfect albums ? NO, if u ask me =)
biggie, nas, tech n9ne, eminem, tongue slay…i dont really have a list because there are a ton of greats to put in the top five…i’m surprised i din’t see biggie in any post, he was way lyrical than 2pac..
For making a lot of hits is 2pac…the rest is eminem, lilwayne, ludacris, 50cent
Im black.
How they can listen to hip-hop and cannot put Enimem in their top 5 is CRAZY.
Might be sneak-racism on their part.
He battled rapped and won
He sold commercial records and won.
As many hits as almost any hip hop artist.
Marshall Mathers LP (the first one) is my second best hip hop album ever.
Chris Rock actually addressed that. He said Em doesn’t have any dance songs, which is why he doesn’t consider him the best. Although neither does Scarface, but whatever…
I think they working with Chris on this movie with funding or something. It’s odd how he just put Kanye at 2 and Jay at 1. Chris Rock should be slapped for lying. He came mos definitely came up in the era where it went from Bambata to the def jam explosion to all that shit. These list piss folks off cause they always leave folks off. Is Kanye better than Nas, Dre 3000, Redman, Common. Is Jay better than Pac, Biggie (whom he stole many lines), Rakim.
I know. The nerve of this asshole to have his own opinion rather than yours, right?
What a fucking jerkoff he is. Thinking differently than you and all.
Y’all are some butt-hurt fucking queers. It’s an opinion. Don’t act like a crybaby because someone else has a different one than yours.
Just like they got an opinion others do to. Honestly no one cares you listen to what you want. But don’t crusade for somebody like they your family, this a blog what are we supposed to say, amen, they right. Your name fit’s you best, fuck outta here name calling cause because our opinion is different from yours. Everybody ain’t sheep who take what the rich man tell him on his knees.
Eminem is better than most of these cocksuckers. I’m not a stan, but that’s the fact.
1. Eminem 2. Jay-Z 3. Kanye West (Best rappers alive)
I got 11 minutes into this without anyone saying Eminem and I don’t feel the need to listen anymore.
You have to make ur own Top 5 List. Mine is as follows. 2pac. To me is light years ahead of anyone in terms of lyrical content. Eminem: as far as technical rapping he’s the best. He used to be an incredible song writer and has 3 classics. Prodigy: 3 classics with the Mobb and like 4 great solo joints including last year’s Albert Einstein with Al. Cam’Ron: the master of the ignorant hip-hop that exists today. Everyone basically took Dipset’s style and ran with it. But they are the only ones who do it well. Biggie: Hands down best flow of all time. Jay-Z: One of the best catalogs. Great one liners and so many hits. That’s six.
Y 6, it supposed to be Top 5
I don’t see anybody matching Drake’s creativeness or craftsmanship right now. Drake should definitely be in the convo. Realest nigga in the game.
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You got Jokes son
Kool G Rap bodies most of your list Chris
This is why Chris Rock chose Jay and Kanye! Chris Rock is a joke! Just rubernecking! I hate dudes that can’t choose or say what they want because of financial gain. Signs of WEAKNESS! Here you go forum fans!
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It’s not about commercial and I hate when people reduce Jay-Z to his album sales. Name another rapper with 4 undisputed classic albums: Reasonable Doubt, Vol. 2, The Blueprint, The Black Album. And that’s not including other great albums.
Miss Info is a hater. Rosario Dawson doesn’t know what she’s talking about. Also, everyone on here saying Jay-Z is wack is a hater, too. You don’t have to love Jay, but c’mon. Lol
Top 5 in no order: Jay-Z, Eminem, Biggie, Nas, and Andre 3000. You can switch Pac out with someone, just not a big fan of Pac’s, but much respect.
Probably insulted since the skit he did for em didnt end up on eminems album and the fact jay`s producing his movie.All of em good rappers,but eminem will eat all of em alive on pure rapskills!Go make your shitty movies boy!
Yeah i remember this guy!He was the funny guy 15 years ago.
Dam everyone just forgot about what Pac did for music I guess nd they say a good beef makes you to who wanted to fuck with pac on hit em up probably the best diss song every made then you have against all odds where he went at everyone I just dnt see how pac was left outta so many of there list like this east coast dick riding is ridiculous if you had djs from the west coast this list is so much different you ask any rapper now they all tell you pac was such a big influence
Westcoast rappers
1.Ice Cube
2. Tupac
3. MC Eiht and CMW
4. Snoop Dogg
5. Kurupt in his prime
Eastcoast
1.Nas
2.Biggie
3. JAY Z
4. Mos Def
5. Rakim
Downsouth
1.Andre 3000
2.Scarface
1. Pharoahe Monch
2. Nas
3. Q-Tip
4. Biggie
5. Lauryn Hill
i saw this last night. It was pretty ridiculous that Tupac wasn’t in any list. Jay-Z releases a ton of music, but very little is actually quality. i may have a West coast bias but some people on the list were stupid.
1.Tupac
2. rakim
3. scarface
4. ice cube
5. Nas
Honorable mentions: Biggie, Eminem,