Rolling Stone magazine has crowned Eminem the “King of Hip Hop,” ranking him above Lil Wayne, Drake, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj and more.
The magazine claims that the list doesn’t measure the “all-time greatest,” but rather analyzes data like album sales, YouTube hits and social networking popularity to determine who has the highest index number.
Additional artists to make the final cut include Gucci Mane, Snoop Dogg, Diddy, Big Boi, B.o.B, Lupe Fiasco, Pitbull, Kid CuDi and a handful of others.
Head over to RollingStone.com to see the full list.
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If this list was based on actual quality of the music Eminem would be nowhere near that list.
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Yeah this is bullshit
Its interesting that they included record sales because to be perfectly honest the people who actually buy CDs now a days is usually white people. And they are more likely to pick him over other artist. Im not saying he’s no good. I have is stuff in my library, but if you were to count the number of people who download albums from torrentz and such you’ll find the numbers are a lot different. Im just saying
Yeah, but they dont so go buy the fucking albums you like dickhead.
IMO, the disparity between Eminem and #2 is so large that the demographics of album purchasers doesn’t matter.
It’s easy to dismiss the above claim as baseless, but saying “usually white people buy CD’s”, while logical, is also statistically baseless…as is saying white people would pick him over other artists.
You dont need statistics or any shit like that…Just ask a few white people who their favorite hip hop artist is. Ive only met a few black people that actually buy Eminems cds and I cant count how many white people I know that buy his albums. Even people that hate hiphop/black people will listen to/buy Eminems music.
fuck a rolling stone.and fuck being king of pop
I understand why Em is considered the king by Rolling Stone but he’s just too pop these days. I feel like it still has to go to Jay. Eminem is so in another world that stands outside of hip hop, ya know? I guess you could say the same for Jay, but whatever. Jay’s been a champ for too long and em was gone for FIVE years. maybe I am just rambling though….
Pop music is define as “commercially recorded music.”
This is essentially true of any artist in hip-hop now. Just because someone isn’t recording albums in a basement for no money or hasn’t reached commercial acclaim doesn’t mean the music is “too pop.” Every basement MC would switch with Em’s recognition in a heartbeat.
in no particular order top 5 alive hiphop heavyweights!!!!!!
styles p
scarface
dmx
nas
kwali
Yeah.
Em is GOAT
this list is fake….look at the master ranking and look how high gucci mane is compared to others wow this is bs
at least they got #1 right. believe that
“The magazine claims that the list doesn’t measure the “all-time greatest,” but rather analyzes data like album sales, YouTube hits and social networking popularity to determine who has the highest index number.”
attention-whores smh
80’S had a lot of GREAT ARTIST, MUSIC & MC’s but (RAKIM) stood out ABOVE THE REST.
90’S had a lot of GREAT ARTIST, MUSIC & MC’s but (2PAC) stood out ABOVE THE REST.
00’S had a lot of GREAT ARTIST, MUSIC & MC’s but (EMINEM) stood out ABOVE THE REST SO TO ME… THIS ARTICLE HOLDS A LOT OF TRUTH TO IT NO MATTER WHAT YOU THINK or FEEL ABOUT (EM) YOU HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDI IS DUE… THAT WHITE BOY IS THE TRUTH FOR REAL!!!
Man Pac was a sick rapper, no doubt, but people talk as if he is the greatest cuz he got shot. He had a lot of good songs, and a lot of not so great songs. I would says 90’s best had to be Nas, then Biggie, then wu-tang
TO: stephan – I Feel What You’re Saying and That Probably Holds The TRUTH About A Lot Of People… But Not Me Cause I’m Not A BAND-WAGON JUMPER nor Will I Ever Be Cause I Was A FAN Of His Before He Got Shot, After He Got Shot and Still Is Now That He’s Dead & Gone. I Love (NAS), I Love (The WU) and For The Short Period Of Time (BIIGIE) Was In The Game… He Did A Little Something But Not Like (PAC)… Cause (PAC) Was In A Whole Nother World MUSICALLY than The Rest Of The Cats That Was In The Game At That Time… and The Same Thing You Said About (PAC) Could Stand For (BIGGIE) Also Cause It’s Not Like All His Shit Was All That GREAT Either…lol, I’m Just Saying.
Rolling Stone obviously needs to be educated on what HIP HOP is.
They said they crowned him King because of:
“album sales, YouTube hits and social networking popularity”
So why cant he just be King of album sales or youtube hits and social networking Pop ularity?
King Of Hip Hop is much too big of a title to give someone for having sold the most.
If this is the case Mc Hammer would have one back in the early 90’s.
This is why the hip hop audience needs to grow up. Yall are being scammed.
What is your definition of hip-hop then?
If it’s lyrics, poetry, rhyme structure and story – it’s still difficult to argue with Eminem as being #1.
@annonymous
Lyrics and poetry is a “PART” of HIP HOP.
read my other post. Hip Hop is very broad,
as I said dj’s mc’s Bboys Graph writers ect… they said they crowned him King because of album sales and youtube hits? thats some funny shit.
What I wanna know is who gave them authority to make that call? and they dont even use a proper criteria. Album sales? social networking. White black green or blue, you are not the king of HIP HOP. AND im sure educated hip hoppa’s will agree.
I agree that Youtube hits and social media links are an ill-advised criteria for making that sort of call.
No one gave them the authority to, but any ranking is going to be subjective to drive page hits and sales.
The worst part is Once you have the power to sway readers and control publc opinion it somewhat makes it true.
The power of the media is waaay out of control. I actually like some of Ems work.
but this can also have an adverse effect on his real chances of being the best.
You make a good point but stood out and King are two different subjects.
Hip Hop is Graffiti BBoy Culture Djing etc… Cmon “Hip Hop advocate”.
If it was an “all-time greatest list” he would b #1 on that too.
eminem is no where near top ten. Rakim, KRS, Pac, Ghost, GZA, NaS, Big Daddy Kane, Kool G Rap, Pharaoahe Monch, Black Thought to name at least ten he ain’t ever messing with. Popularity and fame maybe but even Pac is greater there.
Peace, Sunez
face the fact that pac was a basic rhymer..hes probably like my 2nd favourite MC, but lyrically, Em is lightyears ahead..no disrespect to pac
hahahahahaha ! are you finished ! is that all ? you are so fun. like we care…
White boy can go take some pills and commit suicide. king of hip hop- first, hip hop is a culture -African Culture-We started it, mastered it, live it, breathe it. Em is just some random white boy that got let in the door by some uncle toms. Or did all the Africans here forget it what came out of his mouth. Damn fools- FK M&M candy boy.
Since when is this a race thing
EMINEM = KING OF HIP POP
i’m happy they said that it was based on popularity cuz i’d be damned if they consider gucci mane and young money as the best in the game.
“The magazine claims that the list doesn’t measure the “all-time greatest,” but rather analyzes data like album sales, YouTube hits and social networking popularity to determine who has the highest index number.”
kk. Well I’m okay with that. But the title is just…gah. “King of Hip Hop” change it to some other shit. Oh yeah guys, do take into account that Nicki Minaj was featured on this list as well.
oh hell no
This is another example of white media attempting to define our culture. Em is nice, but it takes more than a fee witty lines and a deep crew to be king. The same people who hijacked jazz and rock are trying to hijack Hip Hop, and Rolling Stone magazine is their agent. Em raps, but he’s pop. He’s not even the best white rapper ever, but white folks and ignorant niggas put him on a pedestal with true kings like Nas, Mos Def, Rakim, Kane and KRS, when dude doesn’t even have a classic album under his belt
I was with u until the part about classic albums.In my book he has 2,The Marshall Mathers LP and The Eminem Show.I don’t think he’s the greatest ever,but he belongs in the discussion.
Top 10 was…
Em: 1169, Wayne: 1134, Drake: 1020, Ye: 784, Jay Z: 666(insert something dealing with the lluminati here), Nicki Minaj: 630, Ross: 549, Luda: 548, Gucci: 545, TI: 533
And the other 10 was…
Snoop, Diddy, Pitbull, Fabolous, Wiz, BOB, Waka Flocka Lame(not a typo), Lupe, Kid Cudi and Big Boi
Hip Hop industry is in the toilet and fixing to stay there.
pitbull?!?!?!?! are you fucking kidding me?!?!?!?!
Oh yeah the King! Like Elvis! Makes sense, he was a wack musician who stood on the shoulders of blacks too!
Since when is hip-hop a black only thing?
The race discussion in here is shameful.
all music is black originated dumb wegro
Dumbass racist. Learn how to appreciate talent. Eminem kings hip-hop, Michael Jackson[May His Soul R.I.P.] reigned as king in pop. So what does color have to do here? Release an album and be in the top 25 of your county; you can start talking shit and be racist all you want then. “And we claim only white people are racist!”
alright you fuckin stupid
They got #1 right, but this is one fucked up list…Gucci Mane, Lil Wayne, Pitbull??? come on!!
Its magazines like Rolling Stone that make rap music about sales and likes on facebook instead of it being about skill
A lot of you are gonna say Eminem is too pop but you gotta ignore the singles that are made for the radio and listen to the deep shit thats on an album…he is number 1 lyrically!
and please don’t make this about race…ya gotta face the fact that hip hop culture has spread to white people… you all know if it wasn’t about sales, Eminem would still be number one, you’d also have Mos Def, Kweli, Lupe and shit like that.
Rolling Stone and Hip Hop don’t even go together and never has. Eminem is wack.
omg what a shit list
#1 Eminem
#2 Nas
#3 Lupe Fiasco
im witchu all the way on that one man..
yep
Lupe>Em
Fact
I hope your not talking about right now because Nas is way better than Eminem right now..
They just need to change the name of the list to Most Popular Rappers cuz half of the people on the list arent even Hip-Hop. Black Thought is the King Of Hip-Hop anyway.
KURTIS BLOW = THE GOAT
1)Nas
2)Rakim
3)Notorious B.I.G
4)Tupac
5)KRS One
I’m sick of you mayo munching, hot dog smelling, no socks sandal wearing, albino ninja turtle looking crackers trying to take hiphop from us. Some racist white rag is going to tell US who OUR best rapper is? Rap is ours not yours mayo, the fuck out of here. Of course he is the most popular, MORE CRACKERS LIVE IN AMERICA. There are alot of honkeys who wont even listen to a black rapper saying shit like “I hate hiphop but love Eminem”…. That’s why you don’t base shit off sales and likes because it’s not fucking fair at all. Lyrically this cracker is average at best, his lyrics are simple as fuck and they always have been. People just get confused when he shouts and they get brainwashed into thinking he’s saying some amazing shit. But shouting over a track or trying to fit as many words into a bar as possible does not make you the best rapper. If anyone is the beat it’s rappers like Common, or Black Though or Nas, or Lauryn Hill or Wu. Not this goofy white boy who raps about nothing but his mom, hailey and kim. The rappers I named have substance, this dude is all show. And gtfo off our site you silly crackers, I’m sick of you all spreading this Eminem bullshit all over the Internet. You racist mother fuckers have blinders on. You only like dude because he’s white and you think you can live through him in rapping, like you always wanted to. Fucking suburb living 14 year old faggots
COSIGN…AMERICA NEEDS TO HOP OFF HIS NUTS AND REALLY GIVE THE TITLE TO NIGGAS THAT DESERVE IT…
and you only hate dude cause he’s white, thats just as racist
you feel better now?
@QB True G…you just a clown….bet you look like a broke ass pharrell you fuckin’ internet thug…watch out…they spraying e-bullets, better get your iVest on…bitch…
Bwaahahahahahahahah!! You sound racist as fuck!! hahah you a cracker hating racist. Whats wrong buddy, they called you ugly when you were a kid? Your mama didnt love you? Hahah who you calling racist? That had to be the most hypocritical comment I’ve seen on here. Its 2011. Hip Hop has not been “yours” in a looong time. To try and claim an entire genre of music is ridiculous. You clearly don’t know shit. Who you think Mos Def and Common and Wu-Tang has recording their shit. Who you think is behind the boards mixing and mastering their songs and making them sound good!? Huh!? I;m waiting…… Yeah that’s right, its us crackers. We the hip hop engineers. All I can say is you sound dumb as hell, you are ignorant and not properly informed. Talkin bout mayo and shit. Hahaha ok. Thats great. I will not stoop to your level. Just know….. That YOU SIR ARE THE RACIST.
QB, you need to get your shit straight.
1) Eminem’s skill cannot be denied. Just listen to any of his earlier shit. Yea… Bad meets Evil and Recovery were his worst work (because he does do some shouting) but his complex rhyme schemes and syllable bending was why at one point in time he was the best rapper out there. The Slim Shady LP is top 3 rap albums of all-time.
2) I’m white and I listen to a lot of other rappers. My favorites are Del, Gangstarr, Inspectah Deck, Doom, Cymarshall Law. and yes… Eminem.
3) This site doesn’t belong to any race so I’ll stay on it and look at it for my hiphop news and songs whenever the fuck I want to.
4) Just because someone likes eminem doesn’t mean they are racist.
5) Despite me agreeing that Nas, Black Thought, and Wu are very good rappers, I think Common is overrated and overall, your a moron.
@Gaylor
That album is top 3? So you’re saying the slim shady LP is as good as Cuban Linx, Illmatic and 36 Chambers? Are you fucking retarded? This is the shit I’m talkin about. Get off this mans nots. Everything this dude does it magnified 10x to you crackers. There is nothing complex about this dude at all. Who cares about syllables if dude isn’t saying anything in his lyrics? SUBSTANCE is what matters above all else. If it didn’t fucking Bone Thugs and Twista would be considered best rappers wouldnt they? You white boys wouldn be saying any of this shit if he was black, point blank.
If your gonna get yoru panties in a bunch over a ROLLING STONE article…originally a rock and pop magazine…and if you claim true hiphop then you shouldnt even be caring what they have to say about it in the first place sittin here callin people racist when you the most racist of them all
My name isn’t Gaylor douchebag… and those are all classic albums as well. Personally, the only albums I like better are Deltron 3030, 36 chambers, and probably Binary Star. But that doesn;t change the fact that Slim Shady Lp IS one of the greatest. BTW, I probably wouldn’t be saying any of this shit if he was black, because you would be all over his nuts and not saying ridiculous statements all the time. But I don’t live in what if world… only the real one where Em deserves his place among the greats.
Sounds right.
“The magazine claims that the list doesn’t measure the “all-time greatest,” but rather analyzes data like album sales”…See thats the problem, “sales”…I would have thought a prestigious well renowned magazine like Rolling Stone would not use that as a factor but rather lyrical skill, not to suggest Eminem doesnt have it but social networking? The world is getting crazier everyday…
This is not a list of their opinion of the greatest rappers, this is a list of the most dominant and popular rappers. The list is pretty correct.
Just considering the fact that Gucci Mane and Diddy got featured on this proves that this Rolling List is absolute BULLSHIT. Nuff’ said.
Exactly what I thought as soon as I saw this bullshit
BULL SHIT
I swear I’m fuckin huggin spinning blades, that means I love my fans. I run this shit like my nikes in the toilet. All you haters do is the past tense of eat but with an H infront. I spit a hot 8 times 2. Slim Shady in this bitch.
Em will kill anbody on the track so stfu… nuff said punk bitch….
jay and ye are telling ya’s to watch the throne seems like thats all they are doing to, cause im looking at its em sitting there haha
No Disrespect to Eminem at all what so ever but, Rolling Stone… What in the Fresh Fuck are you talkin about??
Pretty self explanatory to be honest..It’s a list of the “biggest rappers” based on record sales, youtube hits and social networking popularity..had you read more than the title you would be aware of this already..
Well by those standards (Youtube, Record sales and social media), Rolling Stone is correct. BET did a list just like this with the same standards to measure who was the best rapper today… and Em won. Of course if this was “Greatest Of Time” list, it would be controversial to put Shady at number 1.
My G.O.A.T. List
1.) Jay-z
2.) Pac
3.) Big
4.) KRS
5.) Rakim
6.) LL
7.) Chuck-D
8.) Kool G Rap
9.) Scarface
10.)Ice Cube
11.)Nas
12.)Eminem
But to the standards that they measure who is the best today (Youtube, Record Sales, and Social media), Eminem is number 1 today.
This is one of the few reasonable lists that I’ve seen on this site
you have everyone that id have in my list, id just have it in a different order…i respect your choice though
I respect your list also bro… I’d just have to replace LL, G Rap and Chuck D with Andre 3000, Black Thought and Mos Def OR Common
WTF….THEY BUGGING AS USUAL, KING OF WHITE RAPPERS YEAH…KING OF HIP HOP? GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE…THESE WHITE PEOPLE KILL ME TRYIN TO TAKE OUR SHIT..EM IS NICE FOR A WHITE RAPPER THATS ABOUT IT…THIS CRACKER DONT HAVE TO BRING OUT A ALBUM FOR TWO YEARS AND HE WILL STILL BE ON THE AWARD SHOWS BEING NOMINATED FOR SOME SHIT..FUCK YALL, AINT NO NIGGAZ IN MY HOOD OR ANY HOOD BUNMPING EM OUT THERE CAR , BUT THSE WIGGERS SURE BANGING IT…
Lol the best rapper is white, the best golfer WAS black. Dont get mad, 99% of rappers are stilll black “YOUR” thing is safe smh at you for calling it that
lol you remind me of some of my home boys
It’s like Elvis all over again… Even tho I fuck with Em and have all his albums (I’m Black by the way), it is kinda fucked up that Black rappers who are just as talented, if not more, will never get the same recognition from fans or critics. But the fact is, Em gave a lot of suburban white kids someone to look up to in this culture, and he’s reaped the benefits.
I agree with some people that say there are plenty of white people who don’t listen to rap or respect Hip-Hop at all but those same people will listen to Eminem. Is that good for Hip-Hop? I can’t call it…
no its just good for sales $$$$
Z100 IN NY NEVER PLAYED HIP HOP UNTIL EM CAME OUT..SO THESE WHITE FUCKS GET WHY MORE PUSH THAN A NIGGA DO, JUST FACTS….SO NATURALLY HE WILL SELL MORE ALBUMS BECAUSE SOCIETY GOT IT LIKE THAT, A RACIST CRACKER DONT LIKE HIP HOP BUT HE WILL BUY A EM RECORD..SEE WHAT I MEAN,
I can’t believe the Illuminati nuts didn’t catch this one: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/introducing-the-king-of-hip-hop-20110815?page=9
Jay-Z’s Mater Ranking : 666
Thats not an accident… ya’ll cant see these fools worshippen the DEVIL… wake up!
And I got love for Em, but as far as popularity I would think Lil Wayne was dominating the Social Media
no wonder Eminem won…none of the others are even hip hop!! almost all of them are pop, we all know yelawolf is the king of hip hop right now anyways.
really Yelawolf?? I hope you’re joking
Hip hop music can go pop. Pop is just short for popular. Run DMC were popular in their era, but no one has ever claimed that Run DMC wasn’t a hip hop group.
I dont mean popular,there are a lot of popular hip hop artists. but almost all of the artists in this list shouldnt be in the genre “hip hop”..excluding eminem and some others.
@Hip Hop Lives.. thats a good point bro. I hate how people use “popular” and “mainstream” in hip-hop like they’re bad things. Every nigga that raps aspires to get their music heard by as many people as possible, then when that happens, their labeled “sell outs”.. WTF??
Nobody should be suprised that Rolling Stone did this, because they have a HUGE hard on for certain artists. Eminem, Lil Wayne, and Kanye are among them. And of COURSE Eminem was going to win something that considers album sales!! He’s one of the 10 mainstream artists who can without a doubt go platinum with any album he puts out (Relapse…)
Relapse wasn’t bad. It’s the only album by Eminem that is exclusively produced by Dr. Dre and may perhaps be Dre’s best production work (matter of opinion but seriously no one talks about the amazing beats). em raps better in that than he does on a few of his albums.
No. You’re blinded by his technique if you think Relapse is good. Production on the Slim Shady LP, Marshal Mathers LP, Eminem Show, and Encore are WAY better. Relapse and Recovery are stale as fuck. Also, there is NO substance in any Relapse song except De ja Vu and Beautiful. 2 good songs on one album don’t cut it. Try listening objectivley
Relapse is better than Recovery & Encore & that new Bad Meets Evil album for sure. I wouldn’t put it up there with those other albums you mentioned but those are some of the best rap albums ever put out
I said Relapse and Recovery are both bad. Eminem lost any emotion/soul he had once he recorded Relapse. For proof of lack of substance, all i have to say is “Insane”. That song was stupid.
@RTYH
Em been in thr game sinc time, and never got much credit because his white. ANd since when is music become all about race. U like it or u dont, so even if the artist has a dope song, ur not gonna bumb to it cuz of his skin color or ethnic backround? YOu for real?! ignorant Ppl i swear. no wonder why u never made out of your own shit and wont go futher then u are now becasue u refuse to c past ur hand.
See Kids all you have todo is SELL YOUR SOUL to the Devil and you can be famous!!
Like Kanye?
Especially KANYE, but so did JAYZ, EMINEM, LIL WAYNE, RICK ROSS, its not just hiphop… BEYONCE, RIHANNA, LADY BLABLA, KATY PERRY… etc… wake up people
just read the full rs article.
THis crap doesn’t matter. Though Em is awesome and one of the greats but even he would not claim these statements.
Everyone knows the popular trendy’s are crap that won’t live long sure they have lot’s of sales but the masses are brainwashed idiots who don’t know what hip hop is. The best rappers arent even mentioned in this article. Oh Em has the most facebook likes so he is the greatest, no. Facebook is not a measure of hip hop values is it. All this means is that a lot of little kids licking his sack with their parents money These kids don’t know hip hop from their assholes. Where is the actual good hip hop rap at in this crap review. We should all know that the best stuff out there is on the low and hidden from the masses because there is too much truth.
Best rappers of today are in no order, because ranking talent is stupid and beauty is in the mind of the thinker. Here is a listof some rappers will never sell as much as Em and Jay but say more in one line than most have said their whole carreer. Im talking skill, delivery, technique, taste, flavor, content, truth, presence.
Alright kiddies do your homework.
Nas, Mos Def, Kweli, Doom, Murs, Immortal Technique, Pharoe Monch, The Roots(Black Thought), Lupe Fiasco, Freddie Gibbs, Currency, Gift of Gab (blackalicious),
And yes I love Em and Jay and yeezy but I do know where they stand.
all yall clowns talking bout how em is nice but show me some black people that actually own a eminem cd..seriously,fuck rolling stone, and for all the haters if your list dont include HOV, u just hate
that’s what I am saying. Although, I do own the first 4 eminem albums. But J is tops…no matter how you feel about him
“show me some black people that actually own a eminem cd”…this is a joke right?..Stop making us black people look stupid and get ur monkey ass off the internet
Black people aren’t the center of the universe, and until yall come to realize that and associate yourselves with the rest of society and quit excluding yourselves, then black ppl can quit bitching and feeling left out. Its true, black people exclude themselves from society as much as white people try to push them out. Rap is no longer just for black people. There’s a white guy who does it better than 99.9% of yall. Just like there’s black guys who do sports better than the majority of white guys. GET THE FUCK OVER IT. FOCUS ON BIGGER THINGS IN LIFE OUTSIDE OF YALLSELVES.
You guys realize the reason people like Pitbull and Drake are on this list is cause bitches post their stupid ass lyrics/songs up on facebook all day right? lmao
Rolling Stone is NOT a reliable hip hop source. so why is HHDX even posting this in the first place??
This is just based on who is the most popular now.
Whatever – Rosa Acosta must be the greatest based on twitter and youtube – right?
Not the best metrics to determine the “King of Rap.” The best of HipPOP – Yes.
Why do people listen to crap…
You can’t deny his word play but as I got older em lacks soul I hate to play the race card but oh well…
I give Em his props. He can rhyme and his skillset is inferior to few3, but I feel his popularity has a lot to do with his race. Anyone denying this isn’t being real with themselves.
“Let’s do the math, if I was black, I would’ve sold half” -Eminem on “White America”
I think everybody is aware.
Btw…for everybody posting on this article. We are all testaments to why Rolling Stone has Em as the “(insert title here) of (insert music genre here).”
The magazine claims that the list doesn’t measure the “all-time greatest,” but rather analyzes data like album sales, YouTube hits and social networking popularity to determine who has the highest index number.
Since hip hop is really hood music and culture, the king of hip hop should based on your popularity and influence in the hood, not the suburbs.
its world music man
Well in that case I’m pretty sure Eminem has mad respect in his hometown, he wasn’t raised in Hollywood or something.
Hip Hop is obviously more than hood music. You are blogging about it. Something tells me the hood isn’t blogging.
Well I dont know about your hood, but in my hood Em gets a lot of respect. You gotta respect a white kid who grew up in Detroit, was a battle rapper and cross-over to mainstream.
The hood lost control of hiphop a long time ago.
Does anybody care about this?
I mean if it isn’t Em, it’s Jay. Not mad at this.
I also hate to play the race card but everyone including eminem realizes he sells more because of his race. There really isn’t another white rapper on the same planet as him.
What’s your point? You say it like it’s a bad thing that white people are buying his album..if ur upset at anything, be upset that more black people aren’t buying more black artists music…jackass
I’m an Em fan, but you are exactly right bro. They might as well leave him out of discussions like this because as long as he’s relevant and releasing music, almost nobody in hip-hop will out-sell him (even if his albums aren’t as good as in the past).
Drake at number 3 just makes the whole list a joke, especially when he’s given over 25% more points than Kanye West. I guess maybe because Kanye took 6 months of 2009 off, but the guy released one of the best critically acclaimed albums in the history of rap which could’ve sold a lot better if he didn’t give half of it away for free prior to it being released. Not to mention since “Thank Me Later” was released, Drake has done close to nothing to speak of in terms of quality new music and Kanye West probably just had the best year, musically, of his entire career.
Its because he’s caucasian. I’m not one to throw the race card out but come on. White america never wants to give a african american props for anything. Dont believe me then ask Obama. Em is a great rapper but king of hip-hop? thats like saying Larry Bird is the king of basketball. Yeah he was a legend but how does he stack up against other legends? Shout out to Eminem but I personally don’t think hes the king of hiphop.
oh its a popularity contest oh OK
Truth be told – I’m pretty sure endorsement deals will be looking at these rankings.
Not a bad way to measure success from a business point of view.
I agree with the methods to capture the last two years. It might be pretty accurate, based on the metrics they used.
This should really be done annually, but capture the last 3 years, not two.
And I know they measure it but albums sales, youtube hits. etc. But i’m pretty sure rollingstone and the majority of white america think he is the best rapper ever to bless the mic. Yet they prolly never even heard any rappers that dont get regular air play.
Rolling Stone has jumped on commercial mainstream dick there lists are bullshit ever since they put 4 Beatle albums in top 10 of the 500 Greatest Albums & Michael Jackson highest entry was 20th.
Now they gonna rank Em’ the King of Hip Hop based on sales, YouFuckinTube & popularity it should be on skill which use to make him the fuckin best I don’t wanna even see or hear about the bullshit list which won’t contain legends such as Big Daddy Kane, LL Cool J & Rakim it probably wont even fuckin have DMX, Xzibit or Luda!!!
jay-z is king of hip hop,
word
I agree
if you said that about 10 years ago, you might be correct
people seriously stop with the race shit… close your eyese and listen to the lyrics and the rhymes and the production and youll see that eminem really is the king of hip hop.. fuck album sales and youtube and all that shit.. pay attention to lyrics, flow, sylables, rhymes, subject matter and tell me eminem doesnt perfect all of those… fuck this list its some bullshit. i mean drake and gucci are on there so the person who made it obviously doesnt know shit and they put eminem at number 1 for the wrong reason.. hes the best to touch the mic you just have to LISTEN
Some of you are so ignorant. It doesnt matter about what race you are. Its 2011 we have a BLACK PRESIDENT SO STFU ABOUT THE RACE CARD!! And whoever said hiphop is based on the hood your soooo FUCKING WRONG. You know nothing about music. And its not because Eminem is white,because he is talented. He raps better than any other white or black rapper out today and stats prove it. Stop being so mad at the world.
everyone that says anything about the race card kill yo self. he can spit better than everyone. lol
can spit better than everyone? chill dude. Eminem is definitely a great rapper (even tho im not personally a fan of him anymore) but theres at least 20 other rappers that would outshine em any day of the week. pz
20 rappers better? You could make an argument for maybe a couple, but Em is still the best ever. Dude spits the craziest shit and its possible to still not catch all of his punchlines/references until you hear a song the 20th time. I love Jay, Pac, Biggie, Nas and many others, but Marshall Mathers is the King of Hip Hop
Better than everyone? Search for MC Juice and shatter your own reality when you see that Eminem lost in a battle to, gasp, a black man.
He may have lost a battle that doesn’t mean he’s a worse rapper..
And how can some you say WHITE AMERICA!? Its america and WE HAVE A BLACK PRESIDENT. IGNORANCE IS SO STRONG. You people make the world seem harsh,but we are the one we make it harsh.
So I guess poverty and racism just magically disappeared once Obama was elected riiiiiight?
em fell off too me, he is no longer enjoyable to listen to…. jay z and kayne are kings of hip hop (not even including WTT)
HOW THE F*** THOSE HE DESERVE THAT TITLE MAYBE MAYBE KING OF RAP BUT HIP HOP IS A BIG F****** STRETCH…eminem does not break dance, he does not dj, he does not grafiti dude doesn’t even dress hip hop…ROLLING STONE CAN GO SUCK A BIG D*** FOR THAT ONE…they are judging by popularity and nothing else and that case eminem would win every time
it funny how WHITE AMERICA is trying to steal HIP HOP just like they STOLE ROCK N ROLL
CO-SIGN!
i say eminem is a mainstream rapper, he aint hip hop
I heard you had a poster of him kissing baby hanging over your bed.
Hate to say it, but it’s because he’s white. Whites make up almost 80 % of the population while blacks make up 12. So of course he is going to sell more than a black rapper when you examine the demographics of his audience. As far as the president being black do you think that is going to change everybody in this country over night, change feelings that are the result of 100s of years of history. Don’t be naive. Em isn’t the best, sorry to rain on your parade but no Elvis shut going on here
Before you start throwing out meaningless stats. The majority of raps fan are white so to use that argument is bullshit. Just admit it. You’re a hater.
/\ You just proved him right dipshit.
Haters get the gasface!
I like Em & you can’t deny the wordplay is crazy regardless of race. But, Rolling Stone isn’t a hip hop magazine. That coupled with the fact that they said the only criteria used was an analysis of social date: album sales & social networking. I’m not surprised by this because he’s White; partly. His skills speak for themselves, but even he admits, he wouldn’t be nearly as successful were he Black. A Black president doesn’t mean we live in a post-racial society, no matter how much we want it to. Less racial, but believe me, the forces are still at work. I’m an Em fan, but this last album only had a few tracks that I was feeling…..way too commercial for my taste. Mixtape Em & Slaughterhouse collabs are always welcome, though.
its a shitty list and rolling stone doesnt know shit about hiphop but eminem is on of the best ever
That whole list is based very much on who’s popular RIGHT NOW.
Now, you’ll never find as big a fan of the new shit as me… but, King of Hip-Hop. All time? He’s just one of many. The almighty Rakim, Kane… KRS… then all those nineties muhfuckers (Biggie, Nas, Jay, Pac, Common, and yes, Eminem). Then all the people you never hear on these lists… Redman, Acey, Cube, etc.
Appreciate the new, but know your history.
Based on sales? So in other words… This list ain’t about shit.
What does Rolling Stone know about HipHop??? GTFOH!!! SMH
Where is Common, Nas, Game ?
Gucci seriously ?
Nicki Minaj seriously ?
WHAT A FUCKIN WACK LIST ROLLING STONE DONT HAVE CREDIBILITY ANYMORE!!!
yes, thank you
ITS BASED OFF SALES AND POPULARITY. If you read you would know. The list is not based off skills.
i have no problem with the criteria, given the ranking and the type of list they are making…but naming the winner the “King of hip hop” is foolish, and has a lot of undertones to it…”king” ?….smh…em is a legend, but he isnt the best i have heard, and the many others on this list should be on any list naming the ‘King of hip hop”…why must they disrespect our culture?..some people out here really listen and truly identify with hip hop…smh
This kind of shit just depresses me. I like Eminem and all but why do people only bring up record sales and popularity as if they’re the only reasons people listen to certain artists? What about his incredible story-telling ability? Or his multi-syllable rhyming? All ever cares about is who’s “relevant.” So if Jay or Eminem somehow instantly went bankrupt, (hypothetically speaking) Would you all stop listening? Come on now..
Co-Sign
Black Americans are fucking illiterates ! What’s up with the Black and white thing ?
Stop watching movies.
I checked the article out. It’s actually pretty cool. I think they’re on point from a statistical standpoint. Glad my dude Yeezy got the nod for being the most critically acclaimed. As long as we all know he makes the best albums, Em and Wayne can outsell him all they want lol.
I bet you didn’t vote for your prom king based on life skills. Just a guess but it was probably the most popular kid in school. If Rolling Stone and BET… yea BET… say he’s the best in this decade what the fuck else do you want. You know what MTV will say. Stop being salty because it’s not Wayne’s name and picture in the headlines. I mean shit, Weezy has to put out 100 songs just to get a few good ones and don’t act like he doesn’t hop on everything just to stay relevant.
Out of hundreds of rappers making good music, this is what we get? A small list of ego tripping show. F*ck the industry.
1. Em
2. Jay
3. Pac
4. Nas
5. Rakim
6. LL Cool J
7. Krs One
8. Ice cube
9. Big L
10. BIG
Yea, Yea, top ten list historically don’t do sh*t other than making people narrow-minded and not exploring lots of other artist’s art. Look I respect these artists, but showing the “greatest” isn’t going to bring Hip Hop back. Ego is what kill Hip Hop. Go try listening some indie stuff and appreciate what the genre has.
where Big Pun at?!
swap Biggie for KRS’s position, then we’re on the same page 😛
Replace Cool J w/ big pun and swap Krs One and Big L’s spots.
FUCK THAT DONT SWAP OUT ANYONE,,,,,PEOPLE SHOULD NOT REALLY COMMENT UNLESS THEY HAVE THEIR FAVORITE RAPPERS ON THEIR LIST,,,,,MUSIC,,,,,DONT LET THE MEDIA WILLIE LYNCH YA,,,,,EXPLORE MUSIC AND YOU MAY FIND THAT YOU HAVE MORE IN COMMON WITH SOME OF THESE ARTIST MORE THAN YOU THINK,,,,,,,,ITS ALL ABOUT EXPRESSION,,,,,A LOT OF THESE RAPPERS ARE DOODOO,,,,,BECAUSE THEY ARE LOOKING TO GET PAID SO THET DO WHATEVER,,,,,A REAL HIP-HOP ARTIST,,,DOSEN’T CONFORM TO THE NORM,,,AND THEY HAVE A MISSION TO BE HEARD,,,FOR A BIGGER CAUSE THAN THEM SELF,,,,,,,THEN THEY PARTY,,,,,NOW ROLL UP FIZUCCK!!!!!
How are they even mentioning Em being better than Nicki Minaj???She isn’t even close to the same playing field as Em… Get that shit outta here HHDX! Em will always be ranked #1, at least on the still alive list…
NAS IS THE KING OF HIP HOP !
Yea, after Nas collaborate with Lil Wayne and use “Hip Hop is dead” album as a publicity stunt to make fans only listen to his music and not able to explore indie Hip Hop music with rappers like Sole, Ill Bill, Aesop Rock, El-P, Ra Scion (Common Market), B. Dolan, Ces Cru (Ubiquitous & Godemis), LMNO, DOOM, Sha Stimuli, Skyzoo, Canibus, Copywrite, Noah23, People Under The Stairs (Thes One & Double K), Del The Funky Homosapien, DÃ¥lek, Special Teamz (Edo G, Jaysaun & Slaine), MF Grimm, Mr. Lif, O.C. & A.G., The Grouch & Eligh, Pharoahe Monch, Dilated People (Ev & Rakaa), Slug (Atmosphere), Sage Francis, Qwel, Termanology, Verbal Kent, Vinnie Paz, Poison Pen, Percee P, Murs, Esoteric, Apathy, Black Milk, Immortal Technique, Diabolic, JFK (Grayskul), Grieves, Buff1, One Be Lo, C-Rayz Walz, Geo (Blue Scholar), Awol One, Truthlive, Ugly Duckling Crew, Zion I, Virtuoso, Cannibal Ox (Vast Aire & Vordul Mega), Guilty Simpson, Hell Razah, Moe Pope, Eyedea, Naledge (Kidz In The Hall), Finale, Fashawn, Greenhouse (Blueprint & Illogic), Kno, Sabac Red, Q-Unique, Rob Sonic, Ruste Juxx, Dose One (Themselves), Vakill, Brother Ali, Cage, Buck 65, Action Bronson, etc. Remember life is beyond our own interpretation.
Even Metermaids new album “Rooftop Shake” sounds hot.
Don’t get me wrong I like some of Nas stuff, but the “Hip Hop is Dead” album is very contradicted point of view from the collaboration with rappers that alot of he’s fans claims to be the killer of Hip Hop culture, which is completely false and deceptive. Again, am sorry for the shot at Nas, but the man needs to be aware of the decision he’s making, when it comes to the representation of he’s musics.
NAS IS NUMBER!!!!!!
I’m doing a list based on real life music, rappers that didn’t just rap but spit poetry. Rappers that talked about struggle, pain, real life shit, not about bitches, money, and how famous they are.
1. 2pac
2. Eminem
3. Nas
4. DMX
5. Joe Budden
What was real life that Em spit? Hating his mom was the closest he ever got. Everything else was on some wordplay bullshit.
just about everything he spit was real life..his real life. the entire cd infinite was nothing but real shit with little to maybe no references of his mom and the slim shady lp too with songs like rock bottom, etc. and even his word play was based off pissing off people with real life issues that were happening and then marshall mathers lp you had songs like stan, marshall mathers, who knew, criminal, etc. and then eminem show you have tons of songs also like soldier, say goodbye to hollywood and others. and assume you think none of that is real life just cuz its not yours so are politics what you’re interested in…mosh, white america, and tons of lines about fucked up politicians, so what is it? eminem gives almost every average person who has had some struggles something to relate to and thats why he’s successful
@ anonymous when i’m gone?! like toy soldiers?! beautiful?! mockingbird?! most of recovery
all you fuckin retards who bitch about album sales not bein shit are flat out stupid….why the fuck do you think artists on major labels sell albums retards??? to fuckin put up numbers….. why do u think some artists are able to stay around the game long… hmmm maybe cuz they get good albums sales… album sales= longevity in your career so to ppl sayin they dont mean shit probably just hate eminem and jay-z
1.Ja Rule
2.MASE
3.vanilla ice
4.MC Hammer
5.Nelly
6.lil Jon
the list goes one my DUDE!!! sells dont equal longevity!!! its a combination of skill good albums and good record sales you dont have to sell the most!!!
haha ur list sux…
big mike just stood over your argument and took a shit on its stomach.
I agree with Em being #1 but this list is kinda wack especially when people like Nicki Minaj and Gucci Mane made the cut. Smh
i’m sorry but rolling stone knows absolutely nothing about hip hop..
If this was based solely on lyrics then the top 3 should read like this
1.Pitbull
2.Gucci Mane
3.Solja Boy
Wakka would barely miss the top three this go around.
Em is garbag btw!
Only rapper to master all aspects of rap from storytelling to complex rhyming to flow to creativity etc…. and also most famous so definatly deserving of the title. NaS at #2 only missing flow and delivery (his flow/delivery is good just not mastered.)
Are you completely out of your mind, Nas flow isn’t mastered, probably one of the greatest flows fucking ever. You Eminem fans disgust me man, you’ll say any stupid statement to make em “nicer” than the next guy… and what about pac/big they weren’t masters either, i forgot they were amateurs, thanks for reminding me. And who are you to say that you know the definitive criteria list for what being the best rap artist is??
That’s my opinion. Even if his flow is mastered he’s still outshined in most catagories (although I’ll give him creativity/innovation for songs like I gave you power, Rewind, etc…) Big and Pac didnt master everything either but they are legends. And I think my criteria is fair.
@Anonymous nas is the truth he has those things you say he is missing,,i guess the only way to really understand it is to listen to each artist’s body of work,,,eminem can be the king of hip-hop but kings lose crowns,,,,teachers stay intelligent,,,,,can eminem speak on the plight,,,of the african american male,,,and bring it full circle so that the same people that buy his music faithfully,,will buy other rappers music at the same clip?,,,hmmm if he can do that then he can be king,,,kings rule nations,,,there cant be a king of a culture,,,,it is to much input from to many other type of people to crown a king or a throne,,SOUND LIKE SOME WILLE LYNCH SHIT, DIVIDE AND CONQUER,,,,AT ITS BEST
FUCK OUTTA HEA WITH THIS PROPAGANDA YO
PAC
BIG
JAY
NAS
WAYNE
Pitbull is better than Em
His songs are all over the billboard, i can’t believe he isn’t in the discussion…………
how many artist make hits after hits like pITBULL
Yeah he’s king of sales and Michael Bay has the highest grossing movies. Yeah see where I’m going with this.
Basing a “king of hip hop” article on who has the best sales is the worst idea i’ve eve heard. Its a complete contradiction to hip hops true essence, thats like saying green day are the best punk band cause they sold the most records… cause both genres were built on being an outcast way of thought. So to be popular in them and base the best on this ability is a complete joke, also the fact that shady hasn’t been as good in the last few years doesn’t help either, hasn’t bought out a brilliant song let alone decent album since 2002, The Eminem Show. But regardless of my opinion this article is logically irrelevant and complete out of context to the true nature of hip hop.
I don’t really care. I like who I like. Em is cool but he usually doesn’t speak on the things that concern me.
IT’S BASED ON SALES!!!!!!! Fix the headline to reflect that please. Saying someone is king of hip-hop is stupid to begin with. What you eat don’t make me shit.
fuck rolling stone
Well, let’s just say that I’m not going to be renewing my subscription with them because this is bullshit! What makes any media outlet determine who gets Kinged for Hip Hop, that’s the beauty of the hip hop culture no one can get crowned because it’s a topic that’s only good for arguments. F**K ROLLING STONE!
If there is a such thing as king of hip-hop then it has to be Jay-Z. He has accomplished EVERYTHING he raps about and stays relevant. Everybody else is great at what they do but no other rapper commands the respect Jay gets and the hate that he gets. No other rapper is being labeled illuminate how ill is that?
Yeah it’s cool that he has big record sales and all, but folks need to get off Em’s dick he hasn’t made a good album in 9 yrs, and a huge reason he even has those sales is because he is white
Co-sign. It is what it is. They are the majority and they relate him. Not a bad thing it’s just fact. BUT when a person says they like hip-hop and only listen to one artist, well that’s “shady”. Pardon the pun.
You’re just jealous that he’s white and is the best in this game. It has nothing to do with skin color. Eminem is dope. If you think he sucks then start rapping and see if you can do any better you fucking losers
Question. What would you base the king of Hip Hop on?
There should be a council of Niggas that analize numbers and that actually listen to Hip-Hop.
PLEASE !! Not before KRS-ONE. Not before GURU !! Not before the ZuLu Nation. Just to name a few. This is how jazz, rock n roll, and funk were taken over so that 100 years from now, future generations think EM created Hip Hop, thus taking the credit away from African Americans. EM is nice, but HE IS NOT, the KING of Hip Hop. NIGGA PLEASE !!! One more name, and thats it. RUN DMC. SORRY to you EM fans, but the names just mentioned, deserve that title.
why aint game on the list?
cause he’s garbage.
and i suppose wayne gucci and pitbull are nice to be up here? gtfoh game is one of the realist right now
fuck rolling stone…if the source XXL or Vibe had said it…maybe i’d read the article. But sum fuckin mainstream rock magazine gon crown the king of hip hop…fuck no!
Watch The Throne, soooo FRESH.
motherfuckin mainstream outlets and their biased ways…they are CLEARLY basing this on sales. em fell off since “relapse”
Eminem has the best sales AND the best skills. He’s mastered everything there is about rapping.
He’s the GOAT and there’s no question about it.
Lupe>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Any kinda Eminem
Lupe can’t even go platinum. ROFL. 3 albums in and none of them are close to platinum. He’s an irrelevant nobody in hip-hop. Lupe SUCKS.
Don’t ever mention him in the same sentence as Eminem ever again. That’s an insult to Eminem, the greatest rapper of all time.
lool so album sales are a representation of MC skill now? I geuss nicki minaj is the hot shit then and underground niggas like Fashawn dont know what they doin…
u f-ing wish u could proclaim a white rapper the king of hiphop-u own the media and most of the wealth in america so there 4 u consume more and you white america haVE A HISTORY OF SUPPURTING UR OWN KIND THROUGH PURCHASE POWER, SALES HAVE NOTHIN 2 DO WITH ONES ABILITY THIS IS THE THNX WE GIT FOR LETTING HIS LAME ASS IN THE GAME WHITE PEOPLE U AINT SHIT WITHOUT UR MONEEEY…WE BLACX KEEP LOSIN CAUSE WE DONT KNOW TO WORK TOGETHER, FUCK EMINEM YO…….HIP HOP IS 4 BLACK PEOPLE…CAUCAZOIDZ……
PREACH BROTHA
your a cunt
shut ya bloody cakehole ya prat
whatever we say now ..
we will be the old people soon..
and all the white kids will make lists of the greatest rappers ever.. and the top 20 will all be white boys
..eminem is nowere near top10rappers since encore …
encore, that whack em record.. the first one you heard
You’re a disgrace. And i’m black too.
1. Eminem
2. Biggie
3. Tupac
4. Nas
5. Lil Wayne
6. Jay-Z
7. Andre 3000
8. DMX
9. Big Pun
10. Ice Cube
Nope rolling stone kick rocks this is a real hip hop site u cant fool us with the bullshit Em aint the king of shit and we broke so we aint buying it real niggas in the hood dont even listen to em at all
WOOORRRDDD!!!!!!!!!
1. eminem
2. jay z
3. biggie
4. nas
5.lil wayne
6. lupe
7.fabulous
8.cassidy
9. kanye
10.50 cent
My G.O.A.T LIST
Tupac
BIG
50 Cent
Eminem
Rakim
BIG L
Lloyd Banks
Jay z
Nas
Ice Cube
your list is cool,,,,however lloyd banks and 50 gotta go,,,,take away the vitamin water and 50 is a one hit wonder one classic non the less
how can you even have a list with Lloyd Banks alongside Rakim lol
lol loyd banks had me laughing too..
wtf man this guy says nothing
Banks is more lyrical than most of these rappers out now, even lyrical than Ross. 50 has 2 classic albums and has sold more than jay z. 50 does great muzik but y’all want the GRODT Fif but 4got to know dt d game changes. thanks to 50 Cent, Eminem black fan-base increased. Every one knew Em was doing pop muzik b4 he got wit Fif.
Em is garbage with his blah blah blah ugh ugh ugh raps i had a white friend that was saying man em is the best rapper i was like cool opinion then i ask him about other rappers he didnt even kno who ace hood, AZ, nipsey hussle or J cole was at that point i his opinion was trashed
Once you said Ace Hood, you lost all credibility to speak on hip hop artist.
lol your opnion lost all credability when you said Ace Hood
Em gets me sooo hot. I jus love touchin myself while listenin to recovery from time to time. Of course he don’t hold a candle to my baby boo weezy n his sexy ass dreds. cot dayum im getin so hot jus thinkin about it…
Sorry we aint feeling dude over here overrated white rapper praised by majority of white media plus a terrible actor yeah 8 mile was good but his acting was really bad
Hip Hop shouldn’t be associated with that list.
All these comments are the same. Save your time people. We get it, he’s white.
hahaha they should of never realesed this list cause i knew the so called “hip hop heads” would have straight het for this
Shut the fuck up Rolling Stone How the fuck is Pitbull even considered
1)Name a rapper better than Jay-Z. 2)Now think of who murdered Jay-Z on Renegade. 3) Think of who else has ever got on the track with Jay-Z and murked him like Em did. 4) There. In 5 seconds I proved why Eminem is the greatest of all time. Damn. And I’m a Jay-Z stan.
They both did their thing on Renegades.
NAS IS RAP FUNDAMENTALLY BETTER THAN JAY-Z,,,,,,JAYZ HAS BEEN FORTUNATE IN BUSINESS,,,SO NATURALLY HE WILL OUTSHINE THE AVERAGE RAPPER,,,,SHIT 50 CENT,,,,HAS A CLASSIC CD,,,,GOT LUCKY ON SOME GOOD INVESTMENT,,,NOW HEADS IS CALLING HIM GENIUS IN SOME SPOTS,,,SO GO FIGURE,,,,NOT PULLING THE RACE CARD BUT HOW MANY AFRICAN AMERICAN CATS YOU KNOW GOT EMINEMS MUSIC LIKE TALKING BOUT,,,,I COPED THE FIRST TWO,,,,BECAUSE HE WAS BEING A WILD WHITE BOY,,,,,NOW ITS LIKE YOU ARE IN HIP-HOP,,,,HOW WILD CAN YOU BE BEFORE HEADS START TO REALIZE,,,YOUR RHYMES HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THERE PLIGHT OR ISSUES,,,,,,HEADS CAN SAY WHAT THEY WANT,,,BUT HIP-HOP IS ABOUT ENLIGHTENMENT AND ATONEMENT,,,AND THE TRUTH,,AND LOVE,,,,,,,,THE GREAT DIVIDERS WILL HAVE THE MASSES THINKING SOMETHING ELSE,,,,HE’S NICE BUT HE’S NOT RELEVANT TO THOSE WHO NEED THE ABOVE ELEMENTS THE MOST,,,,,
@Chilleymost
I don’t agree with that.Nas is superb storyteller and abstract poet, but Jay is a better lyricist point blank period. He has all kinds of flows,Double/triple entendres,crazy wordplay and wittiness. Nas hardly has wordplay and his flow don’t match up to Jay’s. Jay is the essence of versatile MC the battling aspect and lyricism.
LOL JUST LET HIM HAVE IT, ITS MOTIVATION FOOLS THE WHITE BOY DONT EVEN ROCK CHAINS OF COURSE HE THE KING
a white man magazine crowns a white man as King of a hip hop.. Thats fucked up.
Dummiesy comment ever. Read fool, Read !!! It’s base on album sales, social networking, radio spins, tours, album reviews, #1 records..etc etc. And Em completely tops all those categories…READ READ READ !!!!!
*Dummiest*
im white and i agree with first one
wat does u bein white have anything to do with anything… dumbass…. they based everything off numbers fuckin deal with it Em has had the most successful career in hip hop out of anyone.. him and jay-z are leagues ahead of anyone else when it comes to a successful career
I aslso agree with the first.
pittbul ?? wacka flocka ?? gucci mane ??
yo what the f. where is the game? nas ?
and if we mention pitbul, why not damian marley? this SUCKS
but… eminem sucks
Eminem and Lil Wayne are the 2 kings of hip-hop.
Deal with it, haters!
hahahahahaha
Earl Sweatshirt is next to claim the throne.
People take Rolling Stone more serious than any one of you on this site. Shut the fuck up.
GUCCI MANE?? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA hip hop has fucking Fallin OFF
FUCK ROLLING STONE
Ummmm….No and I’m pretty sure Eminem doesn’t consider himself the king of Hip-Hop either because he’s always been humble.
doesn’t consider himself king? have you heard some of the lyrics of his songs. lmfao
this list is bullshit. how is lil zane not up there?
what they know bout hip
hop..?????
what’s all that noise for??? they’re talking record sales
RELAX. ITS ABOUT SALES. EM HAS 100 MILL WORLDWIDE SALES
Haha Nicki Minaj is on this list? Tells me a lot about its credibility.
Drake? Gucci Mane? B.o.B???? Rolling Stone needs to stick to pop shit.
only in america can a culture started by a jamaican,,,,be so called dominated by a white person,,,,because of sales,,,,not positive impact on a community,,,,but sales,,,,,,not the continuation of that culture in a healthy way,,,but sales,,,,,,,not the enlightenment of a generation,,,,,,but sales,,,,,,,I REMEMBER WHEN WHITE PEOPLE HATED BLACK ANYTHING,,,,,,BUT THEY SURE LOVE OUR MUSIC,,,,AMONG OTHER THINGS,,,,,THE MORE THINGS CHANGE THE MORE THEY STAY THE SAME,,,,,,,,,,,,,DONT LET SOCIETY WILLIE LYNCH YA,,,,,,,,STAY ABOVE THE CLOUDS,,,,,WATCH IT ALL,,,,,
Compare watch the throne with bad meets evil. Its not even close.
Eminem is far and away the GOAT. I know lots of people wont admit it because he’s white and rap is at its origins a black thing.
But listen…the metaphors, the word play, the structure. Theres nobody like him.
“I’ll be around as long as you let me get to you
Long as I got two balls to palm, I’ll be the bomb, you’re just a false alarm
Get scared little pissants, and see if I don’t come along and stop your farm
Thunder and lightning, rain, hail, sleet with a tornado’s the kind of brainstorm I get
So when the wind starts blowing, shit, talking about goin’ in?
Goin’ insane’s more like it!
Wizard of words when he he spits hazardous with it
Like a disastrous blizzard so you better listen quick fast don’t miss it
Yeah go ahead little prick bastard, diss it
But when you get hit with a sick ass explicit flow
Don’t ask how much of his passion is it that goes
Just know, that all he knows is this
It’s better to kick ass than kiss it
Dick dastardly of audacity mental capacity
Unmatched it has to be stopped
But it can’t be, but man I can’t just keep doing them like that
Or no one will rap with me
SICK AS FUCK…same song…
Back to badge her skull again, push a bitch out the aston until I get the fuck outta dodge
Shouldn’t have to explain my metaphors?, color books that ain’t colored in
Second and third, fourth wind, gotta another win
Here they come again, none other than, bad and evil
Also known as sadam and osama bin
It’s been a long time, but I bet neither one of us have felt as sick as we do right now
And we only get iller with time, me and nickel fucking shit up on the grounds
Tellin’ us to pipe down, it’s like talking to a meth head (get it? pipe? meth head? oh hilarity!)
Bruce willis on his death bed, last breath with an infection
Fightin’ it while he’s watching internet porn, about to meet his death with an erection
My god, what I mean is, david carrideine jacking his penis in front of his tripod
Choking his own neck, what part you don’t get?
I’m saying I die hard!
Ive heard this CD over and over again, still picking up on his word play…
EMINEM – KING OF HIP POP
? WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT REDMAN,,,,,,,,,,
It’s true eminem is one of the best to rap but Nas, Jay-z, big L, biggie, pac, Rakim, andre 3k all of differnet styles of rap and have golden flows and verses just like eminem does. i understand he’s your favorite rapper but to say there’s no one like him is overlooking many many rappers.
Not that the article has any relevence there is no king of hip hop eminem would be the 1st to say when your a real lyrcist it’s like you join a league. When your a rapper like jay-z, eminem or nas your as big as it get’s and neither of them would ever say there better then the other because they are real artists and understand how the game is.
WHAT ABOUT? BIG DADDY KANE,,,,BIG PUN,,,,,THAY HAVE AND HAD GREAT,,,,METAPHORS,,WORD PLAY,,AND STRUCTURE,,,,,,HOW ABOUT BIG L,,,,,,,,THE PROBLEM IS THERE IS NO PLATFORM TO SHOWCASE THESE OTHER GREAT ARTIST ,,,ON A REGULAR,,,,MAYBE ON SOME INTERNET RADIO YOU MIGHT HERE IT,,,,,BUT TERRESTRIAL RADIO,,,,,,NOT!!!!!1,,,,,,I BET IF THERE WERE A RADIO STATION THAT PLAYED PURE HIP-HOP 24-7,,, A LOT OF THESE RAPPERS CATALOG SALES WOULD INCREASE,,,,,,,,,,,,IM JUST SAYIN
pac, nas, masta ace, rakim, gza, scarface, immortal technique, krs one, kool g rap, az, oc, ice cube, outkast, gang starr, biggie
YELLOW POWER !!!
Eminem and Nas.
/end discussion.
SMH…rolling stone has been pulling some funny shit this whole week and a half.
Idk whats up but I’ve been peeping they actions lately…they must be looking to make some controversy…they sales must be low…its always a business move
oh yeah this list is shitty….Em nice and all but he ain’t no king of anything. I’m from Detroit and we know that shit…lol…dude ain’t been nice since Eminem show…all this new shit is just him fishing for checks
Thank you. I’ve been telling people that for the longest. Em is not the same no more he’s not witty or charismatic like you use to be. The fans know damn well that the Eminem Show Em would rap circles around today’s Em. Don’t tell me charisma don’t matter because that’s one of important ingredients of an MC.
Its sad he tops in sales, and got only about 100 million….his contract is shitty…smh..they been robbing dude for a while
you ignorant people still bringing up color? close ur eyes and listen to music. plus!! this is popularity!!!! NOT the greatest of all time son. Although eminem does deerve to be mentioned on that list too…
Usually I would agree and tell people to calm the fuck down… but i gotta agree here, its like rolling stone is just creating these bull shit columns for the sake of having something eminem can win… tired of this guy getting over praised… hasn’t had an original idea in years, jay and ye decide to do watch the throne, he calls royce up for the barely above average hell: the sequel, that “beautiful” song off relapse was just a ghetto version of that christian aguilera track from years ago, and that “love the way you lie” don’t get me started… he doesn’t take any risks musically, rihanna is popular so is he, course the tracks gonna bank… kanye does track with bon iver and even fergie, thats risk… fuck em, fuck his fans, and fuck the dick riders, its not about colour, its about bars, and he aint got none…. and if anyone calls me a hater you can get fucked, i love his old shits but the mans washed up
first off im not black or white. Im simply a hiphop fan. Jcruce i see your point, but remember bad meets eveil was suppose to happen back in the early 00’s but him and royce fell out. kanye is creative and one day he’ll get his props. Im just tired of all this race comments…im latino and im not trippin because latino rappers are never mentioned.
This is straight up bullshit. The sad part about this for me is that I’m an huge fan of Em. This is some underhanded shit. I don’t give a fuck what the article reads ,they know exactly why they put this out. Eminem is not the king of hip hop or the greatest of all time. Sorry but that crown belongs to Hov.
white people take evrething
white people take everything
white power
Basing a “king of hip hop” article on who has the best sales is the worst idea i’ve eve heard. Its a complete contradiction to hip hops true essence, thats like saying green day are the best punk band cause they sold the most records… cause both genres were built on being an outcast way of thought. So to be popular in them and base the best on this ability is a complete joke, also the fact that shady hasn’t been as good in the last few years doesn’t help either, hasn’t bought out a brilliant song let alone decent album since 2002, The Eminem Show. But regardless of my opinion this article is logically irrelevant and complete out of context to the true nature of hip hop
word the fuck up boss!!!
Am sooooo totally with you. F*ck popularity contest. Remember what Chuck D said: “Don’t believe the hype”
Preach!
I want to hear Chuck D’s opinion about this.
ur a dumb ass lol smh its black music n he is inspired by all black rappers so ur white power is shot u fuck he doesn’t even care bout that dumb shit lol
Its the same thing that happened to Jazz and Rock. History repeats itself
Your correct about that. The worst thing about this that they uncanningly trying to put a gold standard for the excuse why they crowned him “king of hip hop”. They’re not slick , they couldn’t wait to crown Em because white America is getting ready steal hip hop from us like everything else they’ve done in history.If they didn’t mean greatest of all time, then why are they putting this shit out to begin with. That’s what’s shadowy about this. Why can’t they invent something of their own, why do they prey on our shit.
WHAT!! Eminem “King of Hip Hop”!? That is repugnant! If anyone should be King of Hip Hop it should be Lil B the BasedGod! This cracker mutherfucker only spits depressing shit and he IS from the ILLUMINATI!!! FUCK ILLUMINATI bruh! BasedGod has outdone this motherfucker 10 times over by releasing his “Im Gay” album! Lil B has changed the game completely while this cock-sucking-hob-knockin white boy sucks on Dr. Dre’s old ass choad! FUCK EMINEM! LIL B the BASEDGOD is the REAL KING of HIP HOP!!!! BasedGod! Swag! Swag! Omg!
HEEEEYYYYY LIL B,,,,,,HEY GIRRRRRL,,,HOW YOU DOIN,,,,LOLOLOL
by the way, DONT SLEEP ON KENDRICK LAMAR “SECTION 80”
I wonder when the white people who support Em learned what GOAt meant? Its funny to see them use our shit…lol…just like its funny seeing them try to support Em, and pump him like he Elvis..lol
This ain’t the 40s, 50s, or 60s…yall ain’t stealing our shit this time….lol…but yall cool
Who can fuck with Em on the mic???
there’s a lot of emcees/rappers like tech n9ne, joell ortiz, banks, jadakiss, etc. but on a world wide level…….jay-z, kanye, lil’wayne ain’t fucking with Em…..not world wide nor on the mic.
color has to do with Em’s album sales but he didn’t get this far just by skin color……PURE SKILLS.
look i’m white and em would never sell if he was black , NEVER , and about the first dude , man nobody is “stealing” your shit
man fucc that shit
this magazine is shit if is rating eminem lil wayne drake and jay z in top 10
listen to fuccing real hip hop !!
stop hating and give credit where it’s due……don’t see ppl hating on the g.o.a.t basketball player or boxer.
it’s different when a person of black race dominates nfl, mma, or any sport……but when a person of white race really deserves their credit ……always gonna be haters.
Whites don’t dominate things , ya’ll steal it. Blacks just dominate things.
ahut
We ALL already knew this, even the haters.
he deserves it
def. bertter than weezy and YE..dont kno why their names are even on this article
em is a legend and a talented mc but he is NOT the greatest of all time..
Eminem ain’t no king of Hip-Hop. He is the king of faggot rap. He named himself after a fucking candy for fucking sakes. Also why are rappers like Kanye West, Drake, Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg, B.o.B, Lupe Fiasco, Pitbull and that faggot Kid Cudi on here? Kanye West is a racist cunt, Drake is a pussy, Jay-Z is a freemason, Snoop Dogg named himself after a cartoon dog and leads an army of gummy bears, B.o.B is a faggot nigga, Lupe Fiasco is a dumbass who made the worst album this year (LASERS was wack), Pitbull only does lame dubstep rap music and Kid Cudi is the gayest freshmen I ever heard. The most talented new rapper? My ass, that nigga mumbles when he raps and quit rap for doing tracks for twilight. Fuck that nigga. Gucci Mane is on the list and murks all these niggaz. Where’s real Hip-Hop like Waka Flocka, OJ Da Juiceman, Lil B, Soulja Boy, Justin Bieber, Vinnie Paz, Slaine, Hopsin, Tyler The Creator, Canibus, and them? All these niggaz are Gucci’s only competition. Fuck Eminem!
It’s Gucci Time!
i was with you until you tried to claim gucci is hard…then went on to say waka flaka, soulja boy, and bieber are up there with him…
dumb fucking faggot…
gucci mane gucci hes the worst rapper i ever heard me n my boys listen to his lyrics n lauph cuz hes so garbage he hsould go down as worst rapper of all time shady all day u swamp monkey
who named rollingstones the authority on hiphop??
em is top 5 no doubt but king?!? lol
in hiphop u are judged by your albums…not in sales but in quality and em has a classic under his belt but last time i checked jay has 2 so does yezzy and nas
sorry white folks you stole rock from my ppl by crowing elvis “king” after decades of calling it vodoo african music the same thing wont happen with hiphop
Your second paragraph shows that it is racial. A white person cannot be king of hip hop/ Em’s first three albums were all classics. Jay z has been shoving commercial crap in out faces all this while.
They’re probably your jams when they come on in the car or tv 🙂
I for one am not hating, I like Eminem alot personally and think he’s one of the 10 best rappers we’ve ever seen. I just don’t see him as the “King of Hip Hop” at this point in his career. King of record sales? Yeah. King of Hip Hop. NO! It all comes back to the music and musically every album after the Eminem show has been a disappointment. The thing is most people inside the hip hop community know this but it’s a credit to his brand that he has such a mainstream following (including Rolling Stone) that it really doesn’t matter.
Who hasn’t has shitty aibums really? Apart from Kanye West and Kanye can’t rap for shit. He is more pop than hip hop really. You forget ppl like jay z and nas have *very* spotty track records. After reasonable doubt jay went commercial and simplified his flow, he even said it on “moment of clarity”. As nas. Oochie wally. Lol.
Eminem’s albums have always been *well received* go check the reviews. Recovery? Positive reviews. Even relapse has positive reviews. not classics sure, but still positive.
Are you serious??? Have you heard of Blueprint which is also a certified classic.The Black Album and American Gangster critically acclaimed across the board. Remember em only has sixth studio albums and out of those only three are worth really mentioning Marshal Mathers LP,The Eminem Show, Slim Shady LP. The rest were eh
hes made enouph material hes been long in the game this aint the first time he been crowned shady all day fuck wuthcu think pussies
FUCK M&M’s!!!! BASEDGOD deserves to be KING of HIP HOP!!!
Worst 10 rapper of the century:
1.Tupac Shakur
2.Notorious B.I.G
3.Eminem
4.Nas
5.Jay-Z
6.Eazy-E
7.Rakim
8.Mos Def
9.Talib Kweli
10.Tech N9ne
Top 10 best rappers of the century:
1.Lil B the BasedGod
2.50 Tyson
3.Gucci Mane
4.Baby aka Birdman
5.Soulja Boy Tell Em
6.Flo Rida
7.Vanilla Ice
8.Gudda Gudda
9.Waka Flocka Flame
10.OJ the Juiceman
“Im Gay” is the most HISTORIC ALBUM OF THE CENTURY!!!
SWAAAAAGGGGG!!! BASEDGOD! SUCK MY DICK BITCH!!!
your top ten is the top best you retard em will shit on them in a battle these dudes are ruining hiphop
I think you got your list switched around, troll
simple and plain em’s discography is not strong enough to give him such a title
Yall best watch out for that LIL B & JUSTIN BEIBER collab. featuring Rebecca Black! It gon’ be MAD NICE!!! SWAG!
CROWN SHADY best of all time
I MUST AGREE, LIL B ALBUM WAS UNBELEIVABLE. NO JOKE. I LIKE EVERY SONG, LUPE WAS RIGHT. IN MY EYES WTT IS#1 IM GAY IS #2 ALBUM OF THE YEAR. FUCK THE REST OF THE YEAR.
EMINEM IS KING NIGGAS im Black an can admit it
THE KING EH……. JUST LIKE ELVIS…. AND ELVIS GOT FAMOUS SINGING WHAT??? GOSPEL AND R&B. EMINEM DOES WHAT? RAP. WHY IS THE WHITE MAN ALWAYS CROWNED KING OF BLACK MUSIC?? AND MICHAEL JACKSON WAS WHAT???….. KING OF POP!!! THIS SHIT IS FUCKED UP. SO JAY AND KANYE WILL BE THE KING OF……. DANCE?? GTFOH.
because he is the king thats why people like him he sells more then any artist because people support good music nigga you got shit whack he has cray mofockin amount of material this is 2011 it aint about white and black anymore he just is better
WHO’S THE KING OF GOLF? PHIN MICKELSON? VIJAY SINGH? OR ARE YOU GUYS GONNA SWALLOW YOUR PRIDE AND SAY TIGER WOODS. I WOULDA CHEATED ON THAT STALE PEICE OF BREAD TOO! U SEE THEM BITCHES HE WAS BANGIN? SHIT!!
I’D RATHER BE A “CASH KING” ON FORBES LIST ANYDAY, THAN BE THE KING OF HIP HOP!!
and i dont even carry guns no more i dont got to got undercover cops that will legally pop you ( EM ) kind mathers
Common Needs To Come Back!!!! Same as Kweli… Bloody Hell…. …
its eminem pussy shit on them fags
I like eminem but you’re a fuckin’ idiot steven if you think EM can shit on common or kweli lyrically…get the fuck outta here
they have good lyrics but cannot beat em hes to reative there not on his skill level and hasnt made it to where hes at with his success its not even a media type thing hes just the best point blank perid
Eminem got beat by Rhymefest at Scribble Jam 97, he’s lost battles.
IM PRETTY SURE YOU SEE A AFRICAN AMERICAN EVERY NOW AND THEN,,,DONT TALK SHIT ON A HIP-HOP WEBSITE,,,,TAKE IT TO THE STREETS,,,,,,,THATS THE ONLY WAY WE WILL BELIEVE YOU,,,,,,YOU SOUNDING REAL MAD BEHIND YOUR CPU,,,,,,,IM JUST SAYIN GET IT IN,,,,,,,BJ,,,,,,,
shady stay creative baby hold ya head dontchu let up on one of these muthafuckin suckas your a soldier get up stand up for what you belive in as long as you breathin they jealous of you man thats the only reason they BEEFIN!
Say what….?
Oh I get it, he’s the King of the Retards! Drake, Minaj, Pitbull, Gucci… Well done Em, you certainly are the leader in this field. And good luck with your “social networking popularity” (< that makes you the best artist for sure!!).
they meant to say hip pop! If I ever get close enough to eminem I swear Im gone slap the shit out that dude just to show the world how much of a pussy he really is! Same go for kanye west, both of them dudes some straight bitches!!!!!!!!!!
I GOT A QUESTION,,,,,WHENS THE LAST TIME ANYONE PARTIED TO EMINEM MUSIC IN A CLUB AND THE BITCHES WAS TWERKIN AND ALL THAT,,HEADS WAS LIGHTING UP WEED,,REAL CLUB HEADS KNOW WHAT IM SAYIN,,,,,,,,,,,THEY DONT PLAY EMINEM IN THE CLUB,,,SO TO ALL THE EMINEM SUPPORTERS,,,,,,WHEN HE RETIRES OR STOPS RAPPING,,,,,,,,,,,WILL YOU LOVE THE BROTHERS AGAIN,,,,HAHAHAHA!!!
ITS STILL MUSIC DICK!!!!!!,,,,YOUR MAN SELLLS TO THE DEVILS THAT LONG TO BE AFRICAN AMERICAN,,,,,IF YOU FEEL SO STRONG ABOUT AFRICAN AMERICANS,,,,,TROT YOUR ASS BACK UP TO THE CAUCUS MOUNTAIN AND START YOUR OWN FROM OF MUSIC,,,,,THEN YOU CAN BEAT YOUR MEAT IN PRIVATE TO YOUR FAVORITE WHITE ARTIST,,,,,DONT TYPE RECKLESS ON THE CPU,,,IT MAKES YOU LOOK SOFT,,,,,,IM GLAD EM HAS SO MANY OF HIS PEOPLE FOLLOWING HIM,,,,NOW YOU CAN GET OF OUR DICK,,,,,FOLLOW YOUR MANS AND THEM,,,ON HIS WEBSITE,,,CAUSE YOU AINT NOTHING BUT ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT,,,,HAHAHAHA,,,,,DICK!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rolling Stone magazine has no hip-hop ties whatsoever…so there opinion on hip-hop music has no value. Em is one of the kings of the game, just not number 1…that spot will always belong to the Mike Jordan of rap, Jay-Z…crackaperculate bitches…
it’s fucks like you that make me ashamed of being white…stupid racist bull shit
yes il admit it .hes the best
Not to black people. 1. 2Pac, 2. l l cool j, 3. biggie smalls, 4. krs one, 5. jay z, 6. nas, 7. scarface, 8. bizzy bone, 9. t.i., 10. ice cube
Nah, not juz black people, lol. I’ma white boy (Lyricist az well) and at least 6 out of ur 10 artistz would b in my Top 10 too. Em iz skilled, but 2 call him tha greatest… Hell nah…
fuck nIGgies shady all day babye
Pitbull is better than Em
His songs are all over the billboard, i can’t believe he isn’t in the discussion…………
how many artist make hits after hits like pITBULL
Are you joking! Eminem the best? lol best rappers like Tech N9ne and lupe fiasco hasn’t got promotions like Eminem….. Throne is still empty after Pac thats the truth
Hell yea, WELL SAID!!!
Wise statement from Chuck D, “Don’t believe the hype”
“Some people on see that i’m white, ignoring skill”- Eminem
Eminem never gets the props he deserves from black people. And white people that like Eminem are biased because he is white like them.
Eminem is certainly the *biggest* artist in the world. Not in hip hop. In the WORLD. He outsells *everybody*. Many ppl who don’t even listen to rap listen to eminem. He sold the most records in the last decade. His last album outsold Jay’s and Kanye’s *combined*. He has sold 86.5 million records- about 40 million more than jay z.
It’s funny that whenever i am arguing who is better between jay z and nas, jay z fans bring up record sales. But when i bring up eminem they like “naahhh, sales don’t matter homie” LMAO.
You do know that rollingstone just wants to generate controversy right you fuckwits?
Oh, eminem killed jayz on his own shit. heh
Get Nas’s dick out your mouth.
yo fuck all u haters em shit on all these rappers
fuck em. he ain’t the king of shit in hip hop. there are better emcees in hip hop better than em. fuck rolling stone. fuckin honkeys.
i told these stupid hos when i come back ima set this bitch on fire and this time i dont mean im gonna pour gasoline on some chick and light her cuz this time when i fuck the world ima put the whole goddam dick inside her (lmao emin you the shit my boy )
Pig Mentally Challenged People Get Out of HipHop Site U Faggots! SOrt your Life Out or get some SUN hahahaha
are you fucking retarded? “Pig Mentally”? are you fucking kidding me? there’s literally no way you can be serious
jay z is the king of hiphop lol fuck rolling stones
Yeah, it doesn’t matter that Eminem has outseld by nearly 40 million records AND on average has better reviews.
Jay put out eleven studio albums and Eminem has six, so that statement is bullshit.
Who sold more records? Who has the biggest fan base? Who goes away for years comes back and claims the throne again? Who stops doing drugs and still make good music? Who switches their flow, style, and still kill it? Who breaks records? Who got the illest rap group SlaughterHouse under his belt? Who put 50 on? Who kills careers? The only rapper to be still fucking Dre without getting cut off? Who’s a better wordsmith? Who’s got better delivery? Rhyme Sceme? Flow? None other than Eminem
you guys need to learn to fucking read it isnt saying hes the best lyrically or anything like that it adds up multiple factors over a certain time frame…read shit before you start popping off at the mouth
The new Elvis Presley
Correct.History repeats itself. What’s next Justin Timberlake the King of Pop.
I’m pretty sure none of you fuckwits have even read the article before talking.
Anyway Eminem has both outsold jay and on average has better reviews.
Eminem bit his whole bar game from LL Cool J.
so did 90 percent of all the damn rappers… LL is the godfather of rap the true GOAT of hip hop
im sorry that yall jay dickriders are butthurt by this but Em is better at every aspect of rap… better story teller, better rhyme schemes, better lyrics, better metaphors, better substance, more record sales, better shock value, better flow, better diss records…. truth hurts… and Em aint even my favorite rapper
You really full of it. Better Storytelling? That is bullshit. Nas is ten times the storyteller eminem is. I Gave You Power, Pussy Killz, When Thugs Die.
hey dipshit…. nas aint even anywhere in my comment
The real question is how come NEW white rappers aren’t getting shine? You can’t tell me Em is the only ill white rapper is he Interscope?
You mean new white rappers like Mac Miller and Machine Gun Kelly? Because theyre WACK!
the majority group in america is white…
the majority of the people buying albums and watching youtube are white… the majority of people that vote online and stuff are white…and the people that created rolling stone are white…
SO of course a white guy will have the most sales, more reviews, and youtube views…
haha damn dude ur in so much denial ud rather come off lookin like a racist then allow someone gettin the credit they deserve
Eminem King Hip-Hop. Bullshit!!!
Going by that logic, why isn’t Paul Wall and Bubba Sparxx second and third?
Moron.
@anonymous
That’s not racism if it’s facts.
Nas didn’t even make the final cut? I guess the 90s was his time.
Bruh…the shi er the chart is a publicity ranking basically.
Eminem has a ton of talent, but theres no way he more influence then Jay-z. Look 10-12 years ago ppl were saying how Master P and all those dudes were selling records and they were running the game, but it all came back to the talent and the ability to stick around music and Jay has done that better then anyone. He’s never let and had been on top.
What influence does Jay Z have exactly? Tell me one thing Jay Z has done to influence the industry? Jay Z is the *same* as MOST new york rappers- just more successful. He introduced nothing to hip hop. Not a new rhyming style, not new content (rapping about he good he is, bitches, how rich he is etc).
Jay is talented and all but when it comes to it, he is the same as any generic rapper.
You know what Eminem raps about? How he was bullied in highschool, satirizing culture, his relationship with his wife and mother, how the media is hypocritical. And most importantly, how it was growing up as a white trash kid. And that is why he is so famous and that is why so many white kids identify with him. That is why he has sold more albums than jay and that is why he is more influential.
He broke barriers in hiphop. Overcame more shit because he is white and introduced rap to a lot of people who wouldn’t have heard it otherwise.
How the fuck u based the king of hip hop off of views and album sales fuck this mainstream shit dumb ass rolling stone em is real but not king of hip hop he doesnt pass rakim or nas
What the fuck is up with the pic you added with the article? That shit has Marshall looking old and all sorts of fucked up on some some not healthy type shit. Truthfully I started wondering if he was wearing some kinda mask or some shit but either way this pic is horrible.
Basing a “king of hip hop” article on who has the best sales is the worst idea i’ve ever heard. Its a complete contradiction to hip hops true essence, thats like saying green day are the best punk band cause they sold the most records… cause both genres were built on being an outcast way of thought. So to be popular in them and base the best on this ability is a complete joke, also the fact that shady hasn’t been as good in the last few years doesn’t help either, hasn’t bought out a brilliant song let alone decent album since 2002, The Eminem Show. But regardless of my opinion this article is logically irrelevant and complete out of context to the true nature of hip hop.
You moron, it is obvious you have not read the article.
Seriously wtf?
how have I not read the article… the title is “Introducing the King of Hip Hop” then they breakdown peoples sales and youtube views… its a complete contradiction to the cultural and socially political essence of hip hop… although then again I should’ve expected you em dick riders to find some loop hole with what i said
Well…there goes ROLLING STONES’ Hip Hop credibility license.
Slim Shady says you can suck his dick if don’t like his shit…!!
I’d Plow his fine ass and suck his dick after I strap him to a bed and violently have my way with him
Banks is more lyrical than most of these rappers out now, even lyrical than Ross. 50 has 2 classic albums and has sold more than
Tupac
BIG
50 Cent
Eminem
Rakim
BIG L
Lloyd Banks
Jay z
Nas
Ice Cube
jay z. 50 does great muzik but y’all want the GRODT Fif but 4got to know dt d game changes. thanks to 50 Cent, Eminem black fan-base increased. Every one knew Em was doing pop muzik b4 he got wit Fif.
50 Cent?? Really?? That nigga has no place on the top 10!
sooo hows the view from 50’s dick?
eminem fell off to me back in the day he was one of the best to me but now it weak kanye just had a album where most was claiming as the best album of the year
obviously anything talkng about king of hiphop that doesnt mention nas is irrelevant
Come on son!
I do agree that eminem is right up there with the best of all time. but this list is absolutely retarded.
I would not be surprised if Billyjoe is really a black guy trying to troll
There will never be a king of hip hop
LL Cool J
Tupac
Biggie
Bone Thugs
Nas
Wu tang
Jay Z
Snoop
Outkast
DAMN BLACK PEOPLE CANT HAVE NOTHING, DAMN!
Its not about black and white.
Why the FUCK would Diddy & Pitbull get mentioned in Hip Hops greatest? Same with B.o.B, same with Drake & Wayne. Wtf?! This is absurd. Wow.
I agree, Eminem hands down is the King of Hip Hip, without a doubt.
Now they are trying to steal hip-hop…
Yes..this shit was/is a publicity ranking which Em tops. If it was a Greatest of All-Time list, Em would not be in the top 5 let alone, number 1. Nicki Minaj, Drake, Waka Flocka Lame(not a typo) and TI wouldn’t even be mentioned. j/s
After I saw Gucci mane and pitbull on the list with no mention of Nas I instantly disregarded the list altogether…..
huh look at that list gucci, kanye, pitbull?
being the best out of that list is like being a dwarf among midgets
wheres the wu, tupac, immortal technique, mos def???????? i can go on and on
thats a list of sell outs nothing more nothing less
http://soundcloud.com/this-j-bird-bitch
lets take back hip hop blowing it up from the inside
who forgot about real talent, everyone did
WHO FARTED
check out sour diesel, lyndale and my new song shoopi doo whop if you like hip hop
lol they meant Artists TODAY. I think Em deserves to be King of Hip-Hop, name another Artist who was able to have 3 albums Diamond, ‘almost’ undefeated in battles underground, STILL sell records till this day AND..win Grammy’s & a Oscar!? G.O.A.T.
Didnt XXL, VIBE, And Billboard already name Eminem #1? why is this a surprise? Remember The jews control the media so of course they gonna choose a eminem. if they dont then they gonna get bashed by white america and then loose sales
Damn bruh!! you racist faggot. How can you be racist if your “white hope” Eminem hangs around niggas all his life? smh
lol I agree with the List. I mean, there’s no rappers out Today. Eminem has Accomplished so much noone has ever done. RESPECT! even if he was black, brown or green I’d still give him respect!! F&ck all you Haters!
Boo to whoever thought this list made any sense… How can you call someone the King of Hip Hop off of today’s album sales when most artist don’t have the same budget. It’s like having a mom & pop hamburger est. go against McDonalds. Just because they sell more, doesn’t mean they make a better product. I guess you-all just needed another thoughtless article to put out?!? For the record! Get Em off the top of anybodies list. It should be Wayne even though I’m a Jay-Z fan for life. But let me be all the way 100% on this statement. If you’re talking about money or what their career has done for the hip-hop game, you have to put Jay-Z at the top all the time…
as soon as you mentioned Lil Wayne your argument lost all its credibility. Nice try tho
I said the same thing too lol You had a great stance , but a complete let down after you mention Wayne. Wayne is not deserving to be mention among the greats like Jay,Em and Nas.
Fuck Jay Z! Eminem = Jehovah of Rap
Your not even worth replying too. but if you wanna troll, dont use your facebook account. too anyone else click on that shit, this white boy is gay as fuck. wether or not he knows it, lmao, btw i’m not black. just hate racist, worthless people. you personally are a waste of life, look in the mirror long enough and realise it. it when people find out they are like you that they kill themselves daniel
He deserves crown.
In fact its worthless to put Lil Wayne, Drake and Minaj on the list because they are just working for commerical.
Whole list: (A-Z order)
Big Boi, B.o.B, Diddy, Drake, Eminem, Fabolous, Lupe Fiasco, Gucci Mane, Jay-Z, Kid Cudi, Lil Wayne, Ludacris, Nicki Minaj, Pitbull, Rick Ross, Snoop Dogg, T.I., Waka Flocka Flame, Kanye West and Wiz Khalifa
Wheres Lil B? LoL @failed public stunt
I’m glad Tip is still there
I think Gucci Mane, B.O.B., Waka Flocka Flame, Wiz Khalifa, and Kid Cudi shouldnt be on the list because their just too new.
no they shouldnt be on the list because they WACK
Thiz guyz a tripin…. Letz talk hip hop.. N i mean Real shit…
>B.I.G
>2paC.
1.NAS.
2.JAY-Z.
3.EMINEM…
Who tha fuk are you 2 say that a white folk iz tha King of Hip hop…
Thea aint no rapper (blak/white) who can beat Nas’s Illmatic and it was releasd in 94…
So thiz wack magazine shud shut tha fuK up..
Why does ROllingstone have any right to claim someone to be the king of hip hop. As far as I know they cover like five rappers: Drake, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, Kanye West, and Eminem. Fuck Rollingstone!
HAHA Diddy got zero awards lol
Found interesting that Eminem has never nominated for BET
Suck Dick white trash…
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hahaha goddamn all u homos care waay too much about this shit… wat the fuck does it matter to u if ur favorite isnt number 1… do u benefit from that shit or somethin… u get off to seeing another dude getting a top spot and that typa shit?? damn….sensative ass mother fuckers just listen to wat u like it aint like there takin a stab at ur manhood
You guys aren’t better.
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yeah i agree with Em and all, but why are wack rappers in that list like Gucci Mane??? Why not put nas, Tupac, or Biggie on there? even some dope underground niggas like Slug from atmosphere, Tablo from Epik High, Dj Tukutz, Mithra Jin, MC Solaar, and Sam The Kid
tech n9ne?
eminem should sport a crown instead of a baseball cap
Well, the things all of you said might fit everyone on this list besides Lupe Fiasco and Eminem. Eminem is a monster of a rapper himself, everyone who has skills himself and is respected by the hip hop community, admits that without a second thought. Remeber that Scarface said he wouldn’t do a track with Eminem because he would be destroyed on his own song? That he won’t make the same mistake Jay did? That he said his rapping abalities aren’t human? You NEED to have huge impact if you want to be the GREATEST. He changed the landscape of Hip Hop for ever and was once like the guys you all praise (underground). The only one who mixes skills with mainstream appeal besides Jay. You can’t blame him for his success, he’s made it to the top off his incredible rapping ability. He just gave an old friend (Royce Da 5’9”) a much broader audience than he could ever reach alone and celebrated straight rapping with him. Who else would’ve done that in this business? Nas (who so much of you call the greatest, despite his lack of true skils (mulit syllabic rhyming, wordplay, flow variations, double entendres) is famous for kicking a true rapper out of his own group, because he couldn’t outshine him. I could understand the hate if a guy like 50 would be number one, but Eminem has anything that defines a great MC AND the success. Yall should be glad that a true rapper is on top, someone who paved the route for many talented rappers to follow him. A guy that pushed Hip Hop forward way beyond of what was though to be possible.
Why the long Speech bro?? its not like people are disgusted by the fact that Rolling Stone Crowned eminem as the King of Hip Hop. The Majority will Agree. Its not like they crowned Lil Wayne or Lil B
Here we go again. History is sooo important and music history as well. whites are KNOWN to take over Black Culture. Mainly, music, EM is not the best in my BLACK LENS. RAKIM for life. Know your HIP-HOP History. You FOOLS!!!!
even rakim has been quoted talkin about how dominant and nasty Em is on the mic
Everybody with a right mind would admit that.
Rakim has also co-signed Jay and Nas the same way, so what’s your point?
This list is absolute bullshit. Rolling Stone has absolutely no credibility in rap/hip hop music. Why? You’re going to tell me that the best rappers of all time consist of Nicki Minaj, Pitbull, Lil Wayne, and fuckn Diddy? The article who wrote this Rolling Stone garbage should jump off a building.
Second, Eminem is not the best rapper who ever lived. That spot belongs to Jay-Z. I admit that Eminem is top 5 GOAT and definitely heading for GOAT after the release of Eminem Show, he fell of after Eminem Show. Since then, he hasnt released 1 good album and has since sold out. I mean cmon, Love the way you lie, and then lighters?
While Eminem is busy getting drugged up, Jay-Z has been the most consistent and active rapper. Aside from his “retirement,” he’s been relevant and making hit songs from 96-2011. He’s had better albums and better albums than Eminem.
Jay-Z has mastered every style of rapping. He can make a cool mainstream, top 10 charts song and make a street anthem in another song. Go soulful in an album then have a loud banger in another. Point is, Jay is the most versatile rapper of all time. He can make any song hot.
Eminem, meanwhile, was hot for a while, but many of his songs get so old. I get tired of him bitching about his wife and mom. We know he hates the world. We know he loves his daughter. And now hes even worse making soft shit like lighters and love the way you lie.
Great Jay-Z albums
Reasonable Doubt
Blueprint
American Gangster
Black Album
Vol 1
Vol 2
Eminem Great albums
MMLP
SSLP
Eminem Show
Shit, even Nas has been a better rapper than Eminem
Hip Hop is Dead
Illmatic
It was Written
Stillmatic
Lost Tapes
All the idiots saying that Eminem sold more albums and he has better reviews are dumb and are not allowed an opinion because theyre just plain ignorant. Who cares what the LA times,Village Voice, Rolling Stone, NY Times, etc. care about rap music? They dont fuckin know rap music so who cares about their opinion.
Record sales dont show that a rapper is great either, just shows who is more popular. Dont ever tell me that Diddy is better than Nas or Wayne is better than Nas just cuz he sells more.
relapse was more lyrical than anything jay z has ever put out and that was one of shadys weaker albums… most of jays albums u listed were busy bein outshined by Ems albums when they came out, Eminem has a way better pen game, the only time theyve done a track together shady murked him, and BP 3 was just as if not more pop than recovery i dont care wat anyone says…. plus did u even listen to BME besides lighters?? the MCing on that EP is incredible sounds more like an underground project than somethin mainstream
Eminem is Better than Jay Z. You mad?
” Eminem murdered you on your own shit ” Nas on Jay-z ! What ur smoking on ?
Damn, you’re such a groupie. Anything you said in favor of Jay was fucking generic and could be easily said for Eminem if you take Jigga’s name out and Eminems in.
You’re biased as fuck, you use two different measuring sticks to rate them. One for Jay-Z(giving him all the benefits), the other one for Eminem (only looking for faults).
”Jay, meanwhile, was hot for a while, but many of his songs get so old. I get tired of him embracing his success and talking about drug deals and jewels. We know he loves world and his money. And now he’s even worse making soft shit like Young Forever and Lift Off”.
Eminem just did something Jay is afraid as fuck of. He forgot that he’s the biggest superstar, called a true rapper, made an album with him where they just GO THE FUCK IN and destroy everything out there with their flows and lyrics alone. Jay, while being rich as fuck, still cares about sales like he’s in need of money or lives in Marcy. Nas a better rapper than Eminem? Haha, what kind of drugs to you use? That’s so ridiculous and outlandihs that I can’t even say a thing about it. Nas on a track with Royce Da 5’9” when they’re rapping their assess of? Be glad that it didn’t happen for Nas’ career. The last statement that you made about sales destroyed every single bit of credibility you might have had before. Jay fans are the ONLY ones who ALWAYS bring up SALES in EVERY discussion, just the moment MARSHALL appears it doesn’t matter anymore. They ALWAYS bring up there favorite line they live by ”Men lie, women lie, numbers don’t”. The reason they don’t do it when talking about Eminem? Because he sells more. LMAO. Jigga fans are so deluisonal, it’s unbelievable. Jay TOOK a HUGE L here, that can’t be denied. How long has he been sucking their dicks now? His HOME magazine crown Eminem as the GOAT. That’s Ether Pt. 2 right there.
Like Rock and Roll, Elvis, which we know he stole everything from JAMES BROWN, Little Richard, just to name a few. and whites clam Elvis the king.. Now here is Hip-Hip, whites are claming EM the king. You DAMN FOOLS…. History is repeating its self again!!!
This list is simply bull because hip hop isnt a popularity contest. Its who spits the best not whoever gets likes on facebook. Rolling Stone should never ever talk about rap again.
I’m not even black/white and I am damn ashamed of how racist people are. I mean its both whites and blacks. Whites defending the great white hop and blacks saying em aint the best lmao
I’m Guessing Lil Wayne is gonna start crying to birdman when he realizes that no magazine wants to crown him the best now that his career is at its downfall.
looks like someone forgot about dre.
noone can be GOAT. to many people will hate for some reason like “hows he the best? he aint nothing like the underground rapper i’v heard two songs from but ill pretend i know him inside and out” and when the underground rapper goes mainstream the process starts over. how bout noones the GOAT and we just like what we like?
Exactly.
Co-Sign.
You make it and the abilites you were praised for just a few weeks ago happen to magically disappear. LMAO. Hip Hop fans are the reason that this is going down. Nobody with a talent a chance of making it without being called a sellout. You know what they do when their favorite begins to be popular? They move to the next underground cat that not more than 5000 people are aware of. Slaughterhouse proves that, praised, being hailed for skills and now they’re sell outs and pop stars because they can make a living off their talents. The fact that they all were working their asses of to get there gets ignored. Advice for a young rapper? Sell less then 1000 albums and be called the greatest rapper ever from a few fucked up internet freaks.
Co.Sign both of you
That’s so true, because Jay and Em started out as underground battle cats.
eminem should start wearin a Crown from now on
right now in hip hop……rappers that can put themselves on that thrown…..
(no order)
-jay-z -nas- eminem……..no one can top these 3 on an world wide stardom level,skill wise, classic albums, success career/record lable boss/etc.
Those 3 are the holy trinity.
The Sacred Triforce of Hip Hop
Eminem is the greatest rapper alive right now. Lyrically, he is better than Jay-Z.
Which Jay???
Basing a “king of hip hop” article on who has the best sales is the worst idea i’ve ever heard. Its a complete contradiction to hip hops true essence, thats like saying green day are the best punk band cause they sold the most records… cause both genres were built on being an outcast way of thought. So to be popular in them and base the best on this ability is a complete joke, also the fact that shady hasn’t been as good in the last few years doesn’t help either, hasn’t bought out a brilliant song let alone decent album since 2002, The Eminem Show. However regardless of my opinion this article is logically irrelevant and complete out of context to the true nature of hip hop.
shut up nigga you already posted the same shit 3 hours ago. STOP REPOSTING
shut up anonymous, he can post wateva da fuck he wants 2 stop being a ignorant cunt… but boss you gota good points tru
Whack ass statement. That’s not true if you put the most talented on top, who unifies skills AND success. True essence? LMAO. Where do you live? Don’t fool yourself, Hip Hop has been nothing more than an industry for 15 years now. And this is not the first time Eminem is being on top, he gets praised from fans, rappers (underground and mainstream) and critics alike. He would be in 95% of the lists that your favorite underground rappers would make.
Not quite true. Eminem is not the favorite of a lot of underground emcees. He is highly respected in the community though. The underground emcees, especially the white ones prefer more of the lyricists who came before Em as they’re inspiration.
DA SHIT
I LOVE EMINEM
A HUGE L for Jigga that he ain’t on top, after he licked their asses for 10 years.
Licked what asses homie lol? Jay built his empire by playing the system, not letting the system play him. Since when has Jay kissed corporate ass?? Your statement is unfounded. Hov is a hustler which mean he doesn’t sitting around lazy like you, he actually makes shit happen.
sLAUGHTER house is all talk and no action. The only nigga on shady droppin shit worth listening to is shady himself. These cats is all gonna flop!! Without an eminem feature on the album their shit flops. Lets see if Royce success is certain gonna sell like hell: The Sequel. No it’s not!! That shit already dropped out the top ten on the charts. Eminem needs to drop all these niggas and sign some real talent! He needs to sign niggas that can stand on their own two feet without having to ride shadys coattails all the time. Yelawolf probably the only dope cat on shady that is ALSO marketable to the mainstream. Rest of the roster is just bums
Yeah and the mainstream is a great way to gauge talent
LOL @ this nigga stating his personal taste as facts.
Never hear niggaz in the hood bangin Em. How the fuck is he so popular? Oh yeah majority of the population is white. Well not going to win this battle. smh
thats beczause dumbass hoodrats be banging faggots like Rick Ross and Lil Wayne cuz they like how the Bass sounds in theyre cars.
Last time i was at the mall i saw a rich white guy in his convertible banging Love The Way You Lie. Em doesnt make music for poor hoodrats he makes music for midclass americans that can afford to pay 15 dollars for his CDs
And Jigga, Nas or anybody else for that matter not? By your logic, the only true ones are rappers who are rapping on your block and sell burned CD’s outta the back of a car.
No niggaz in my hood bang Z-Ro and K-Rino and Em can’t fuck with K-Rino lyrically. But would never appeal to this white media bullshit. Em’s career would be dead if he was black but fuck it like I said will never win this battle
That’s cool. Z-Ro and especially K-Rino are definitely underrated as fuck and deserve much more success. True artists.
“he makes music for midclass americans that can afford to pay 15 dollars”
So essentially what you’re saying is Em doesn’t make music for niggaz in the hood. Yet you wanna call him the GOAT in Hip-Hop. Need I say more
Fuck Eminem! The real King of Hip Hop is no other than my nigga Barrack Obama. Diz nigga right here has proven himself as the best Battle Emcee of all time! he can take even the best battle rappers and murk them in a 1 on 1 cypher. Niggas that been rappin since they were still in they moms pussy have stood no chance again my niggga obama. Fuck what you heard! Its What you Hearing
I was upset until I looked at the writer’s twitter page… he is a joke.
http://twitter.com/#!/cmolanphy
White Garbage Propaganda. Eminem is the king of white rappers. Black people do not listen to that drug fucked white piece of shit. Rolling Stone is a white magazine that knows nothing about real hip hop. No black man feels eminem. What the fuck does that white piece of shit rap about… All he talks about is shit that only white muthafuckas can relate to. Fuck Eminem!! He has no place in real black hip hop. White people will never ever be better than blacks in hip hop, or any music genre for that matter. They just wanna be down. Thats what happens when white corporations control the hip hop genre. The essence of the music gets lost. This is some Devil shit. Fuck Rolling Stones, Fuck Eminem and fuck Eminem fans. From the bottom of my heart.
Lol, you dumb fuck. You have never been to a rap concert. Rap was aimed at white kids from the sububrs since the beginning. No black man feels Eminem? Nice statement, I’m assuming you know all the black people? Your racist bullshit influences your views. Mad that a white guy is better than all the blacks? Remember, not him took it to the whole commerical levels, black rappers did it. Go to a Wu-Tang, Nas, Jay-Z, Lupe Fiasco or any other rap concert and search for black people. They are, and always have been, the minority there.
Lol, I agree. I don’t feel his music at all nor do I know any black person who does. Maybe during the Eminem Show but his music lately has been trash
What the fuck are you white boys talking about. Firstly, its not about record sales. If it was then i would happily agree that Eminem is “king” Hip hop is about more than sales and popularity. Eminem’s subject matter is garbage and i can bet my life that the vast majority of black people do not feel Eminem’s garbage music. White people do.
Secondly, the only reason u see a whole lot of white boys at rap concerts is cause they just wanna be down. Black people don’t need to prove that they’re black by attending rap concerts like white people do. White people have a lot to prove and need acceptance in order to be labelled hip hop fans. You white muthafuckas know u cant come to the real black neighbourhoods with that nonsense so the only way u can prove yourselves is by attending rap concerts and acting black. You are a disgrace to your own race and are just regarded as white trash anyway by both your own people and by the black people u try to emulate at your so called rap concerts. Get the fuck outta here. Eminem is garbage. Never raps bout anything real. Always whining like a bitch – the same way you white people do. Go kill yourself with your garbage.
What the fuck are you white boys talking about. Firstly, its not about record sales. If it was then i would happily agree that Eminem is “king” Hip hop is about more than sales and popularity. Eminem’s subject matter is garbage and i can bet my life that the vast majority of black people do not feel Eminem’s garbage music. White people do.
Secondly, the only reason u see a whole lot of white boys at rap concerts is cause they just wanna be down. Black people don’t need to prove that they’re black by attending rap concerts like white people do. White people have a lot to prove and need acceptance in order to be labelled hip hop fans. You white dogs know u cant come to the real black neighbourhoods with that nonsense so the only way u can prove yourselves is by attending rap concerts and acting black. You are a disgrace to your own race and are just regarded as white trash anyway by both your own people and by the black people u try to emulate at your so called rap concerts. Get the fuck outta here. Eminem is garbage. Never raps bout anything real. Always whining like a bitch – the same way you white people do. Go kill yourself with your garbage.
Sales have nothing to do with skills on the mic u dumb white fuck. And as for concerts, well the only reason why there are more white people at hip hop concerts is cause thats the only way u white fucks can feel black. Black people r in the hood all day so we have nothing to prove by attending rap concerts cause we are already comfortable with our music and who we are. U white boys have a lot to try prove thats why u always dick riding at concerts. If u wanna be black come to the hood and live like us and see if u will survive, let alone be accepted. The white race is a dumb, weak race. Eminem is wack!! He is a baby always crying about silly little issues. There is no struggle in his music cause white people have no struggle. So how is he the King?? White people are full of shit and ur opinions on hip hop are irrelevant.
Imagine Jay on a track on Hell: The Sequel. LMAO. Jay is an all time great, but more on the deep side. Eminem destroys rappers off delivery alone. Jay could make a diss track and it would still sound soft like he’s talking about girls.
He earns it. Eminem is the true GOAT. He just did something Jay is afraid as fuck of. He forgot that he’s the biggest superstar, called a true rapper, made an album with him where they just go the fuck in and destroy everything out there with their flows and lyrics alone. And he kept his words on the streets, singed Slaughterhouse, while Jay is looking for Pop acts that have NOTHING to do with Hip Hop.
To the person who said race is not an issue is clearly blind. Do you not see what’s going on between the Obama vs Tea Party Republicans? That’s another story, but I’m a fan of Em and he definitely belongs in the list of one of the greatests emcees of all time, but he’s not the king of hip hop. I know they based it off of album sales,youtube views etc. That was a real biased move on their part because they knew Em had the advantage based on that criteria. The only other person who’s up there with him as far as sales go is Hov. I welcome all the hate for this, I believe Jay is the king of hip hop. Jay is the most influential MC of all time, setting trends such as platinum jewelry,cristal,maybachs,bentleys,ended throwback jerseys,affecting the sales of 4.0 and 4.5 range rovers, popularizing Iceberg,no pen,no pad writing method(The Rainman),button-ups,popularizing yankee hats,sped-up soul sampling(The Blueprint),cardigans and rosary necklaces etc. He’s also the most consistent MC ever. Twelve number one albums in a row confirms that. He has certified classics and critically acclaimed albums under his belt. Also was awarded thirteen grammy awards and rap album of the year award.
On top of that he’s one of the best lyricist to ever bless the mic. Hov has to be the most charismatic MC of all time, the man can win over any crowd he’s placed in front of(Glastonbury festival). He’s the full packaged MC.
Oh yeah it’s obvious that I’m a fan of Jay too.
this is about who can RAP BETTER not who popularized what. Even Jay amits that Em is better than him. Jay said that kanye and EM are the only Emcees that he felt have outdone him on a track.
It’s personal preferences on this level and nothing else.
What I respect about Eminem is that he just did something Jay is afraid as fuck of. He forgot that he’s the biggest superstar, called a true rapper, made an album with him where they just go the fuck in and destroy everything out there with their flows and lyrics alone. Jay, while being rich as fuck, still cares about sales like he’s in need of money or lives in Marcy. His home magazine just crowned Eminem as the GOAT. That’s Ether Pt. 2 right there.
Jay couldn’t keep up with Royce Da 5’9” in this form, be true to yourself. Eminem has always been the superior rapper of the two.
Jay couldn’t keep up with Royce??? Go shoot yourself with that comment. Royce is nice all, but he’s not fucking with Jay. Besides Jay is one of his biggest influences and favorite emcees. So how do you sound?
I think Em is the best rapper alive but Nas is right behind him only because i haven’t heard both rap on same track thats where you see who’s better through competition so Em has murdered jay on renegade, murdered kanye, drake on forever and wayne got murdered by Em on 3 tracks. Plus have you heard the flow, wordplay, and complex rhyme schemes on hell the sequel i dont think these other rappers would outshine him on those tracks.
Nas is also one of the greats, but you could be sure that he wouldn’t have a chance against Eminem, but that’s no shame. Nobody has. LMAO. Nas has other strenghts, mostly being poetical and doing cool storytelling tracks. He isn’t a technical and his focus isn’t to be the greatest rhymer. Nas has 1 flow, almost no wordplay (if, it’s simple as fuck) and no complex rhyme schemes. I’m talking about rhyming really complicated words others wouldn’t think of and not those obivious ones Nas always chooses.
If you wanna hear Ems multisyllabic flow at its best listen to Rabbit Run off the 8 Mile Soundtrack. That track is untouchable
God damn, thank you. Didn’t know it before. WTF, that the craziest track I’ve heard in YEARS. It’s offical, nobody can fuck with Eminem. His mastering of the english language and how he uses his voice makes it all the more impressive, it’s way too crazy. How does a normal thinking human come up with this? LMAO.
Omg!! soo happy for Eminem!!! I LOVE HIM.♥=) hes my favorite singer ever. soo happy hes got crowned king
Big Ups to Slim Shady! I love you!!!!
I got mad respect for Em. Congrats on being crowned king u earned it.
YOU WANNA CROWN HIS ASS- THEN YOU CROWN HIS ASS!
ahahahahahahaha
Only white people think Eminem is the kig of hip hop. The truth is white opinions do not matter in hip hop. Its only black people’s opinions that are relevant and reliable. White people just want a piece of hip hop through their white boy eminem. Yeah the white boy is alright i admit but he is certainly not the best. Not by a long shot. He might be the king of record sales but thats where it ends.
The only reason feminem is so popular is cause he is white. Everyone knows white people are are the biggest fans of anything on earth. Thats why Capitalism works well in their nations. But when it comes to music black people doiminate. White people just enjoy the accolades more cause they promote each other. Well maybe with this whole global warming thing they will all eventually get sun burnt and die of skin cancer. Fuck Eminem!!
White People are the ones who finance the whole Hip Hop industry. Go to a Nas, Snoop, Jay, or even a Tech N9ne concert and notice how the crowd is almost 80-90% White. You Blacks just like complaining about this issue yet none of you want to support your own movent by forking over 10 dollars to pay for an album. thats why artists now days have to cater to us because we are the ones who actually go out and buy music.
Yeah commercial rappers appeal to white people but real street niggaz got love fo the hood. U cant discount that with all ur Finances and Money. The music was born from nothing on the street and that element will always be there no matter how much ur pig skinned race Finance the commercial aspect of it. Stupid ass white boy.
And your fucking race will never go away from the streets. You know what? You can put a monkey into a suit, but he is, acts and still looks like a monkey.
these back and forth racist insults are disgusting. ya’ll should be ashamed of urselves!!!
stupid cracker aint lying though. niggas dont buy music and niggas be kissing eminem ass up and down. now they against it. stupid monkeys
You can’t be an official king of hip hop unless your crowned by the streets. The streets is where crown is only valid. For the most part , we don’t embrace Eminem as the king of hip hop or the greatest of all time. He can be consider among the greats, but never the greatest.
All hail the Hip Hop Elvis, like we didn’t see this coming? Not taking anything from the man, he’s an incredible artist, but let’s be real if there wasn’t an Eminem, Rolling Stone Magazine would of crowned Vanilla Ice as the king, or any white rapper for that matter.
ur reaching ur grandma’s pubic hair
Em Would destroy Jay, Wayne, Kanye, and Nas is a One on One Cypher like the one in 8 Mile. Em is not only a Great emcee but also a fullfledged battle rapper
That’s the exact reason that makes him TRULY great and ranks him WAY ABOVE the others mentioned here. They would be standing there, decyphering his lines and be destroyed before they even comprehended what was thrown there at them. LMAO. He would expose and make them look like Gucci Mane. Eminem is the ONLY one who can fuck with all rappers, mainstream or underground.
fucking rick ross stans hating on Em. hahahah bunch of faggots.
you must have us confused with yo daddy.
eminem is the greatest rapper, and he is looking OLD in that pic
he been looking old for the past 3 years where you been
Ha ha u r reading my comments, getting ideas then posting them as your own to support ur white garbage argument. You may be Anonymous but all ur comments sound the same. White idiot.
Kanye West doesn’t care about black people. He’s there to entertain rich whites and sits his ass next to them on fashion shows in Paris. Similar to Jay, who just said ”Usually you have this much taste you European” on his white culture inspired album.
I’m not racist at all. I’ll fuck white bitches, black bitches, asian bitches, latinas, shit anyone can get it if you look good.
Same as my music I fucks with Elliott Smith, E-Z Rollers as much as someone like Lupe. But Eminem’s music sounds like shit. Don’t want to hear at the club or when I’m chillin. Do not feel the lyrics at all. Only popular cuz he’s white.
hahhaah thats cuz Em aint a Club Rapper. You probably listen to Flo Rida, Gucci Mane and all them Club Niggas
LMAO. Eminem has way more substance than all of the concious rappers put together.
way more substance? what part? killing his wife, raping his mother, or constantly talking about his daughter? bitch please.
rocc your argument would have been relevant 10 years ago lol
You need to read between the lines. You underground fools are ridiculous. Just because he doesn’t throw all the things right into your face doesn’t make it any worse. LOL @ rating these whack ass rappers higher because they always talk about how poor they are.
Eminem is WORLDWIDE. A Japanese Telecommunications company recently held a poll for the “Most God-like Rappers” and eminem came in at number 4 on their list. They were Japanese so they obviously placed some japanese rappers above Em but Em was the only “Foreign” Rapper on theyre list! The rest were japanese and korean rappers.
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ALBUM COVER ARTWORK?
MIXTAPE COVER ARTWORK?
LOGOS? ICONS?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHEQP0HleQg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHEQP0HleQg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHEQP0HleQg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHEQP0HleQg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHEQP0HleQg
NEED INSTRUMENTALS/BEATS?
ALBUM COVER ARTWORK?
MIXTAPE COVER ARTWORK?
LOGOS? ICONS?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHEQP0HleQg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHEQP0HleQg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHEQP0HleQg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHEQP0HleQg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHEQP0HleQg
Rolling Stone shouldn’t cover Hip-hop period…This is the same mag that gave Carter 3 4 stars…obviously they know nothing of hiphop, they’re just in love with the fame, cuz Nicki Minaj and B.O.B. would NEVER be in a king of hiphop debate with their wack ass rhymes
A rick ross Fan… No Point in arguing with you dimwits
Well said man. Rolling stones is just another white owned magazine with no ida about hip hop. Don’t listen to this faggot ass Anonymous above. He’s been posting comments all day cause he has no life. He is obviously on of them white Stans. Fuck Emininem, Fuck Rolling Stones and Fuck Anonymous.
ummm b.o.b is nice and so is EMMM his wordplay is indenialbly good no matter what your race u cant deny em his right and yes it is true he would be less popular if he wasnt white (he said it himself) but fact is….. HE IS.
oooo and im not riding b/c j cole and lupe are my fav rappers its just as of now he really does desrve it
He is one of the GOAT but not the King of hiphop
They don’t have ‘Nas’ in the list
So fuck that list but I like em.
My first favorite song was ‘Stan’ now ‘N.Y state of mind’
fuck Nas and Eminem!! G Dragon is the Best Rapper Alive
No! Tablo is Better than G Dragon!
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Hip hop is not commercial, its deep, it has a meaning for each person. it’s to express not impress..its a culture that we take to heart..An emcee represents the hip hop culture, sticks to the essence of hip hop, makes times to learn the history, meaning.. corporate rap lives soley for the spotlight, money, fame and not the hip hop culture and its principles..so no..not hip hop in my book…..Unfortunately, hip hop culture has been misrepresented by the media. we shouldn’t depend solely on the media for information about hip hop culture, since there have been many cases where the media has helped to promote corruption within our culture. Hip Hop Culture is recognized by its main elements: Graffiti, Djing, Breakdancing, Mcing, and Beatboxing.The element which holds the rest together is “KNOWLEDGE” These elements are forms of art designed to express a deep meaning. Hip Hop is also much more than art and entertainment. Hip Hop adds a face and a voice to those who might not have been seen or heard from in any other medium. Hip Hop gives credence to those who have been historically shunned, disregarded, oppressed and invalidated. It is joy, sorrow, pleasure, pain, victory, defeat, anger, happiness, confusion, life and everything else in between. The constantly evolving spirit and consciousness of urban youth that keeps recreating itself in a never-ending cycle. Hip hop teaches the history of the inner city. It teaches the economics of post-industrialism. The hip hop culture is a lens through which we can really analyze current events and politics in our society. Hip Hop Culture cannot be assimilated, integrated, diluted, watered-down, sold for profit, or pimped. It will always exist, in this incarnation or another. Hip Hop is more than what you hear on the radio, read in the magazines, or what you watch on TV..What the mainstream promotes as Hip Hop, is only a commercial product misleading you into believing that it represents Hip Hop in its totality….eminem is not he king of hip hop, these writers are some stupid people
NIGGA…………..BE EAZY..
damn! U spent to much time on that paragraph
Daniel, you make a bad name for white hip hop fans everywhere. Shut the fuck up you racist white trash idiot.
Eminem is the King of Hip Hop!! Im sorry that you had to waste time writing such a long comment for nothing. Lol
You don’t think that naming all the underground rappers you know gets you respect, don’t you?
You listed some great rappers that I rate very highly, but success doesn’t make Kanye or Jay-Z bad and lack of success doesn’t make a rapper good. They’re both talented as fuck and deserve it all. You’re wrong here, it would be much better to diss people like Game, 50 Cent, Gucci Mane, Waka Flocka Flame, Nelly, Chingy, Flo-Rida, Rick Ross or Young Jeezy. Those are fools who don’t deserve the attention they get and should be dismissed by everyone. But not Kanye or Jay, who both did very much for the progression of Hip Hop, pushing artistic boundaries and making Hip Hop accessible for everyone, they always reinvented themselves and their music could be much worse, if consider their recognition. 90% of the rappers you’ve mentioned would name Jay-Z as one of their biggest influences. All of them studied his work front to back. Kanye West is a dope ass producer, who’s always creative as fuck and made some of the dopest beates ever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joHCfll2AGI
This is MASTERING of rapping in ALL aspects. You can’t deny this, Jay has always had extraordinary talent it’s just that he happens to be successful as fuck.
You have the nerve to put your ugly princess face next to that ignorant comment? How did you even get to this site? Do you not realise that 99% of the cotent on this site is about people that arnt white? God help you if you ever end up in prison. Im as straight as they come and id still fuck you in your pretty mouth.
Daniel, you ignorant cunt. So white people dominate black art huh? What about black people dominate white art? I’m talking about Jimi Hendrix, Tiger Woods and besides without Dr Dre(a black man) you would never have heard of Eminem.
Co- muthafucken – sign @ smh – that’s real rap.
Typical white lead media, they probably don’t know shit about rap and just like him cause he’s white. HELL…….they probably don’t even know why he was respected as lyricist.
TYPO as a lyricist
A white boy is the king of hip hop? how you dumb monkeys like that?
Co-Sign!!!
Daniel gregory loves the dick
ARE YOU DIRTY LITTLE PIGS THROUGH ! WE ALL KNOW EMINEM IS THE KING OF HIP POP ! SO WHO’S COMPLAINING. IF WHITE AMERICA AND WHITE MEDIA SAYS HE IS KING THEN HE IS KING BUT NOT TO EVERYONE. NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU ARE RACIST TO BLACK PEOPLE WE ALWAYS RISE LIKE THE FUCKING APES !!! AMERICAN HISTORY IS A BACKS THAT FACT ! COCKSUCKERS !!!
Fuck you Daniel Gregory.. Get a life, btw your picture says enough Mr. igotnolife
If you took the time to read the Rolling Stone article you would notice this;
“in naming the King of Hip-Hop we focused on the very recent past: from 2009 through the first seven months of 2011. We ranked 20 solo rappers who have dropped an album during that time. We looked at album sales, rankings on the R&B/hip-hop and rap charts, YouTube views, social media, concert grosses, industry awards and critics’ ratings.”
On the basis of that, then Eminem is number one. No question about it.
NO he is not. POP wise yes but no even then he is not the king
Eminem came from the underground and earned his respect by battling true rappers without a record deal, so shut the fuck up with that bullshit.
So did Jay dude , and he beat his competition Just like Em did in the underground battle circuit.
Eminem is king of Music Industry
he is one of the Goat (hiphop)
Eminem & Royce >Kanye& jay-z
Eminem being crowned the best is a statement to his hard-work and enveavour at what he’s doing. It’s got nothing to do with his colour of skin or what side of the road he’s from. Personally you all ought to stop this nonsense about race. It’s really stupid.
How this turn into a race war?
” All I need is One Mic”- Nas
It’s really sad when you consider this happening in Hop Hop, which is supposed to unite people.
To start off, WOOOOW at the black people acting not only acting IGNORANT, but ultra SENSITIVE over a RS mag. I’m black okay, and I feel in the CRITERIA it’s in, (even though it’s stupid) it would only make sense Em being “king of hip hop” (although they should change the title to popular rapper to reduce fucktards like y’all from bitching) ! All I see from black people is “oh Elvis of rap, typical white this white that” if you despise Em so much then stop being a winey (whiney?) CUNT and go BUY and SUPPORT your favorite artist! Going back to ignorant comments about “whites stealing cultures” first of all didn’t whites have baseball? Jackie Robinson is named the greatest. Football was a white sport but NOW is predominately black! Basketball,
MICHAEL JORDAN IS GOAT! so WTF is the problem?? Whites don’t complain! (They’ll get scrutinize-yet it’s okay for blacks to scream wolf? Your race card has been revoked!) BLACKS WAKE UP YOU ARE KEEPING RACISM ALIVE -yet you want to be equal? Hypocrisy? Hip Hop is a universal culture-no Color lines! Hip Hop doesn’t have color! Blacks preached about being equal with other races but are so quick to pull a race card when you see Eminem being praised for something he does best? The whole issue about “oh no one in my hood bumps em” well sorry he doesn’t make club joints for you faggots to “ride to” he’s a meticulous, versitile rapper. My favorite! This is not about color! If that’s the case Vanilla Ice will be number one GOAT! Why are people upset? PEOPLE SHOULD GET UPSET AT THE FACT THAT GUCCI MANE WAS EVEN MENTION ON A POPULAR LIST!!
PREACH!!! These are the truest words in more than 570 comments. At least one human being, who is able to use common sense, sees talent and success first and then color. You silenced them with that Vanilla Ice and the Gucci Mane line. Why are people quick to criticize a guy like Eminem that has done more for the culture than anybody else instead of focusing on Gucci Mane, who personifies everything that the black race gets discredited for. Don’t you know that he’s a walking argument for white racits to use him against you? It’s so sad to read all those comments, MLK is spinning in his grave, nothing has changed.
I agree, honestly it’s not a matter of race with me it’s just the mainstream outlets that piss me off. Nobody is the king of hip hop, yo’d be leaving out to many great mc’s to give one man that title. Fuck this black vs white shit, Eminem fell off after The Eminem Show in my opinion. I’m just tired of mainstream outlets saying what’s hot and what’s not!
@IThoughtthisis2011… Poster like you KILL me when you come out the gate trying to chastise blacks and then you justify your position with “I’m Black” when I say your wrong it’s the truth… GTFOHWTBS!
Eminem is Corporate America’s Manchurian MC…
What black people don’t realize is that Hip Hop has been taken over by young white males and it’s been this way for some time now. Even the so-called conscious, hard hip hop head-type of artists like Lupe Fiasco or Mos Def or Talib Kweli, when you go to their concerts and see who make up 80~90% of the audience, you truly see who owns Hip Hop now. White males are the vast majority in Hip Hop. Blacks make about 10%.
Dude that doesn’t even make sense… Sounds like you’re referring to fans rather than hip hop artist. Of course there going to be more white fans when blacks are less than 20% of the population – whereby a percentage of our pop. don’t listen to hip hop.
Eminem used to be good, when he put out his first albums, but now? He is POP all the way, emo songs, Pop collaborations, how the fuck can u call this Hip Hop? Pathetic shit.
first of all i was listening to rap when the leather hats were in!!!!!! eminem top of the lot no way — eminem can spit tight but lets be real he aint in the top 100 rappers of all time. all the real ones are dead thats why these clowns got what they got acting hard with it to – jayz-emeinem-puff- these guys aint even in the same league to the rest of the cream – ps – eminem please stop acting hard with it you more pussy than daisy marie – emeniem is F?£king david beckham!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joHCfll2AGI
That is all.
Black people are so fucking racist. When Tiger Woods become no.1 in golf, WHERE 90% OF THE AUDIENCE IS WHITE, do you see them taking it away from him by saying “well… We know you’re really good at this golf thing but you are not really relevant to our social type, so we’ll just strip your green jacket from you :)” SO WHY CAN’T IT BE THE OTHER WAY AROUND? You fucking black racists make me wanna vomit. Fucking blacks more racists than KKK.
FUCK YOU FAG
Okay your jumping the gun way to much. Everybody is racist in there own way. Just remember who started racism, White people. 90% of white people listen to more Hip Hop then Black People do anyway.
Are Black people more racist then whites? You can read history up til now to prove this question. Secondly, the greatest artist is more so a matter of personal opinion (not record sales & You Tube clicks) whereas you can look at Tiger Woods stats or records that he broke to prove this… Besides, this is an article from Rolling Stone the same magazine that expressed hatred or bias against the culture any many articles.
If we don’t respect the source nor how the source came up with their bullshit title then got dammit we have the right 2 express it. Peace
Golf is a decisive sport… either you get the holes in the least amount of strokes or you don’t.
Unlike Hip Hop which is subjective to the individual perspective and opinion.
However… Eminem has the power of Coporate racism on speed dial… and they own the magazines and can create awards, honors and movies to say he is the King Of Hip Hop.
Congrats to Eminem! Sorry for all the haters..
Your congrats and apology to Eminem… Sounds just like the congressman that apologized to BP Oil during the hearings on how they fucked up the gulf coast.
*SMH*
Rolling Stone doesn’t know shit about hip-hop music.
But you do?
@Anon – he knows enough 2 know that Rolling Stone doesn’t know shit about hip hop, lol. And they don’t, they based the bullshit list off of categories that cater to Eminem’s “strengths”. Then they Nicki & Gucci make the list??? Yea, they don’t know shit about hip hop.
Eminem> all. Even the stuff he comes out with now is still better than all the bullshit everyone else comes out with.
Fuck Elvis!
I just dont understand this new world. Eminem is cool and all but not the king… That’s something labels like.
Eminem is God! He’s related to Jesus Christ
I PITY YOU ! HE CAN’T SAVE YOU BY BEING MY BITCH IN HELL !
I love how all the comments supporting Em are labeling the haters as “You black people”. WHO THE FCK SAID THEY WERE BLACK?! Get off your righteous racism, and stfu.
People don’t like calling Em the King because he ain’t. Point Blank. Maybe in a world of super mainstream artists like Gucci Mane, Drake, and Nicki Minaj, he is. But when it comes to “real” Hip-Hop? Not even close.
Explain real Hip Hop. I’m sure you’re aware of the fact that Eminem was once underground himself? And please, don’t list some random ass underground rappers.
If eminem isn’t real hip hop than hip hop in itself isn’t real. Hip Hop = Eminem
Than what is “REAL” hip hop? If Your ass doesn’t consider em hip hop than you don’t know shit about hip hop. If shady isn’t hip hop than Nas, Tupac, DMX, Biggie, Big L aren’t hip hop either.
If you love it than why you bitching about it.??!
I Love The Way You Lie. Pun Intended
Eminem IS Hip Hop.
Eminem is NOT the King of True Hip Hop…
Eminem is suppose to be this great underground Battle MC… Tell how is it that a great underground battle MC from DETROIT… (RIP to a true King of Hip Hop J-Dilla ) why would Eminem leave Detroit… Fly over New York, the home of Hip Hop, Freestyle, Battle MCing and True Lyrcist to go battle in California…
Eminem gets NO PROPS IN HIP HOP because he has never been tested in New York!
A dope emcee isn’t based on race, BUT SKILLS YOU IGNORANT MORONS.
Eminem Has been king since he dropped The Marshall Mathers LP!!
Your a goof looking muthafucka lol do you know what hip hop is?
Tell us what Hip Hop is. If Eminem ain’t Hip Hop, nobody is. Not Pac, not Jay, not Cube, not L, not BIG, not Nas. Nobody. Eminem has brought Hip Hop way further than anyone could’ve ever dreamd of. Music genres need those worldwide icons to be respected. A King stands over everybody and Em does that since his debut was released. He DOMINATES everything. From skills to success.
when did he lose it?
YOU ARE THE REASON WHY PEOPLE GET KILLED FOR SAYING THE WRONG THING !
You fucks don’t understand what “being a king of hip hop” is, huh?? If you still believe being on top of the game means just great lyrics and amazing production(s), then you’re still fucking stupid. You can add your pointless 2 cents to the argument and talk about your favorite underground artist having better lyrics than him, BUT A KING DOESN’T STAY UNDERGROUND! A king is suppose to DOMINATE, not stay with his small fanbase cause he’s too afraid to venture out.
Exactly. Finally someone who gets it. Impact is pretty much the most important factor. Eminem influeced almost underground rapper out there and many would name him as there greatest influence. It’s hilarious to discredit him.
ALWAYS THE WHITE BOY LOL THEY DO IT ALL THE TIME
well i am black and the only reason the white boy got the so called king of hip hop is because he is white.
You mad?
Invented by the blacks, mastered (see what I did there?) by the whites.
i was going to keep out of this but people bringing race into this not to mention people on here saying Rolling Stones don’t know hip hop…what a lot of yall ignorant idiots don’t realize is that when yall think of Rolling Stones yall think of old white rock band from the 60’s and 70’s, but yall fail to realize Rolling Stones Magazine knows more about hip hop than most rappers in the game right now… As far as Eminem goes he’s rightfully so named the king of hip hop for a reason, no its not because he’s white, it’s because when it came to numbers and lyrisicm surpassed everyone…only rapper ALIVE to have a album go Diamond status, the only rappper ALIVE right now where people are still actually BUYING his music rather than just waiting for a leak, the only rapper ALIVE to reach 10 million plus sales on digital downloads…Need I say more? All you on here hating are just made it’s not Lil Wayne or Drake this article is talking about, honestly Waynes era is coming to a close and his sales will never amount to Eminem heck even Jay-Z with 11 platinum albums hasn’t topped Eminem…Need I Say More?
you are clueless lol
Outkast went diamond.
King of Pop = Michael Jackson
King of Rock n Roll = Elvis Presly
King of Hip Hop = Marshall Mathers aka Eminem
Meh.. not surprised.. and yes it IS because he’s White. You have millions of White kids that don’t listen to any other hip hop except him. White people are the majority in the US, so it’s a no brainer they’d support him in droves. Not saying he isn’t talented, but he is waay overated. He even said himself he wouldn’t have sold half as much if he were Black. Black people do not listen to Em, most respect him, but we don’t bump his music. He speaks to wanna bees, and angry, spoiled White kids. Rolling Stone & White America can keep their “King”.. it doesn’t mean a damn thing to us..
No one cares what you guys think. Hip hop belongs to the whites now.
couldnt agree more QB. Eminem was th ebest way for the white man to infiltrate hip hop and take over liek wat he does everything. Em sucks real talk. He’s not top 10. He’s not top 20.
Hahahahhaha, you fucktard. Eminem is the ONLY one who is Top 5 in EVERY category. Flow, wordplay, rhyme schemes, subjet matter, concept and social awareness. Influence, sales, discography and legacy. Nobody fucks with him out there. Point blank, period. Many rappers who care about legacy are way too scared to ever do a track with him.
Who then? Jay? He cares way too much about sales.
@Anonymous
What you said is the most stupid thing ive ever heard. Hip hop doesnt belong to the whites. Im white and Im sayin that. Everybody knows that except of Em, the other whites are the worst rappers out there. The blacks are the best at rappin everybody knows this and if you dont care what we think you should think that if it wasnt about the blacks Eminem right now would be cookin at a restaurant.
But who cares about this list, hip hop is gone.
Em IS black!!! He just got that disease that turns niggas into white people like Michael Jackson.
Em deserves tis cus he’s a mc that dosen’t gets props for having a classic album cus he’s white, despite da numbers he does. Best Rapper Alive!
the king of hip hop is a matter of opinion, if i had my own magazine it would say this jbird bitch is the best ever
so with that said
http://soundcloud.com/this-j-bird-bitch
jbird bitch gettin all up in that ass
the best rapper in the game
now listen to my music
lol what y’all realize is white boys can never take basketball!!! MJ Kobe now LBJ baby!!! hahahaha
Just watch. We’ll dominate that also!!
Who the fuck cares about Basketball? Soccer will always be the world’s favorite sport.
That top 20 list is dumb how is 50 not there i dont really like him but in the las decade only em & nelly have sold more records than him
His site gets millions of hits a month & is one of the best hip hop sites going.
How on earth can pitbull & wacka get on the list & 50 cant
haha these comments are hilarious. sure em’s good, but there are tons of rappers, its all personal preference.
a white boy with common sense…. WHAT A MIRACLE!
Have you notice the pattern with Nas or Em stans or plain Jay haters that when they make a case that Jay’s garbage or overrated their point of reference is always “Ether”. The intriguing thing about this is that even during that beef with Nas and after “Ether” , you hardly heard words like “overrated” or “garbage” being said about Jay, because he was still in his prime. Up until the Black album you rarely or ever heard such words as “overrated” or wack or garbage about Jay. Interesting huh? What people might not know is that Jay was always battling niggas on records on the low and crushing em before he went head to toe with Nas. Most would agree they Jay won those battles, I don’t know about now though because the hates pretty strong today. So the question is where did all this Jay-Z hate originate from? Jay would say it’s his money, but that half-true. He was worth hundreds of millions during his Black album and Blueprint period, so that’s not really the reason. He would also think because of his longevity and relevancy,but not really either. So next he would think my commercial success and iconic status, strangely nope not that either. So why did he go from the most favorite to the most hated? The real answer and the baseline of Jay’s hate is KINGDOM COME. Nas had already introduce Hip Hop is Dead, but Jay clarified why it was. The younger generation were irate because they felt that he slightly put the blame on them and the third generation rap artists who were their favorites, because they looked up to him as the king. Upon Jay’s unretirement their favorites kind of got put on the shelf. Now the haters from the maturer generation takes issue with is longevity,relevancy and extreme success. The still hold grudges of old feelings of Jay filling the void of Biggie and Tupac and taking off with it. They feel as though Hov shouldn’t of been the anointed one to hold the game down after Biggie and Pac past. The truth is any one who filled that big of void for would have gotten the same reaction. So Nas played it safe bascially avoided that responsibility and Jay took the risk and took it on. To be totally honest Jay was the only one who could hold the crown and run the game for long periods, because he possess a lot of charisma, cool-collected,self-aware,self-assured,consistency,persistence,incredible lyricism(his double/triple entendres are mindblowing),amazing flow,overwhelming ambition,will-power,street-smart,book-smart and business-savvy. These are all leadership qualities. Know wonder he sets the most trends huh. Hov is definitely somebody you would refer to as a rare nigga. Nas wouldn’t of been capable of holding the crown and being on top of the game, because he was too insecure,too inconsistent and letting his fans down too much. The bitter new school and bitter old school joined forces to give birth to the “Fuck Jazy-Z” era or better yet “Fuck that faggot ass Jay-Z” or “Fuck that pussy ass nigga Jay-Z” lol, How about the “Jay-Z shouldn’t be on anybody’s top 5 or top 20 for that matter, he’s the wackest pop rapper ever”. All of these are abusrd and asinine and uncalled for. IF you don’t like some one just say, I personally don’t really like him not “I hate Jay-Z”, really people, is that neccessary. I mean how do you hate someone you don’t know on a personal level. I swear the HateJay fan club has the weirdest impersonal-personal beef with Hov. You would of thought he fired them from their job or purposely caused their house to foreclosure lol. This level of hate definitely didn’t come from vol.2, vol.3 era,the Dynasty era,Blueprint era or The Black Album era. Nas is one of the best storytellers and abstract poets, but far as all around wordplay and witty flows Jay and Em got him beat. Lets break down the battle of Jay and Nas shall we. Memphis Bleek through a shot at Nas on ‘Mind Right” remix. So Nas responded with the “Stillmatic” freestyle over the paid in full beat. Throwing a shot at Bleek, then throwing a weakass one at Jay. So Jay caught wind of it and changed his last verse of the classic “Takeover” then crushed Nas. Everybody in the industry and hip hop(especially Nas fans) community thought Jay finished off and destroyed Nas even Mc Serch(Who put him on). So everybody thought at point he had no chance against Jay because Jay came up battling niggas and Nas didn’t. Jay was the reigning untouchable king at the time. So Hov was the top dog and Nas was the underdog at point. So with all that underestimation of Nas he suprised attack with Ether, and people were in awe shock that he had it in him. Jay fired back with that rushed half-assed “Superugly”. He should got focus and dropped a “Takeover” part 2 on him. Anyway Angie Martinez asked New York who they think one that battle at the results were Nas 52% and 48% Jay-Z. So of course Nas one the outcome. He didn’t slaughter Jay because you can’t destroy an ill MC. Ja Rule and Murder Inc and Benzino got destroyed though. Em ended all of their careers. Now that’s being destroyed in a battle. After Ether revived Nas’s career to being mentioned again, Jay went to run the game dropped few more hits and went double platinum. The next year while still running the game in 2002, he dropped the Blueprint 2 album dropped couple of hit and went quadruple- platinum. Then he announced his leaving the game, dropped the Black album bowing out on top of the game. Going triple platinum on is “so-called” last effort. See niggas Nas did leave a booboo on Jay ,because still went on to hold down the crown. I get tired of these Nas dickriders bringing up “Ether” all the damn time.
Eminem was beat by Rhymefest in the 97 scribble jam. Does that mean Rhymefest is an iller and better MC than Eminem? Does it mean he could beat Em in a battle today? The reasonable answer is hell no. Buster Douglas knocked out Mike Tyson for the title. Does that mean Buster Douglas is way better boxer than Tyson? No.
All champions have lost or going to lose, because it’s vital to their growth. The key to being a true champ never getting knocked down, it’s your resilience from the blow. Em knows now from that day, that he should always come harder with whom ever he rap’s against or with. Hov knows now from that battle with Nas, to never be too cock-sure, too relaxed and underestimate your opponent.
Co-Sign.
Same sword they knight you they gon’ good night you with
Sh.., Thats’ only half if they like you
That ain’t even the half what they might do
Don’t believe me, ask Michael
See Martin, see Malcolm
You see Biggie, see Pac, see success and its outcome
See Jesus, see Judas; see Caesar, see Brutus
See success is like suicide
Suicide, it’s a suicide
If you succeed, prepare to be crucified
Media meddles, niggas sue you, you settle
Every step you take, they remind you you ghetto
So it’s tough being Bobby Brown
To be Bobby then, you gotta be Bobby now
Now the question is, “Is to have had and lost
Better than not having at [all]?”
Everybody wanna be the King then shots ring
You laying on your balcony with holes in your dream
Or you Malcolm X’d out, get distracted by screams
Everybody get your hand off my jeans!
Everybody look at you strange, say you changed
Uhh! Like you work that hard to stay the same
lol wtf
They really fucked the word hip hop. Eminem aint even the king of hip hop no more and all these young money fags shouldnt even be in this list.
I thought Racism was dead?? AND Y’ALL gonna mouth off to this shit?
So, Em is king in rolling stones, so what!?
He could be the 5th in XXL magazine,
he could be the 10th in The Source magazine,
who gives a flying fuck!!
You over-opinionated motherfuckers can’t separate from
music and who the best… You always have to incorporate the two,
and make it all like, who’s the best and all that shit, fuck all of y’all!
You wanna know who the king of hip-hop??
It’s Jesus H Christ!!
If God could rap, he could single-handedly kill every last wigga or nigga out there who thought they was the best…
You peabrains just yapping cause you’re taking this “freedom of speech” too far and stating opinions that has no relevancy in its own way!!
Stop wasting the blogs n lets move the fuck on!!
Hip-Hop is for blacks, white, hispanics and so on and on and on…
If you’re gonna overlook with some dumb stats and facts:
I say Dipset and Wu-Tang is the best rap group of ALL TIME,
now who the fuck agrees with me??
Half of y’all must be raising your eye-brows like the Rock who can cook your ass!
Only 5% of u prolly agrees with me and the rest of you begs to differ, am I wrong?
Same Thing, Rolling stones said Em is #1, you disagreed, okay.
Agree to disagree, because Rolling Stones Magazine doesn’t exemplify what we think “Hip-Hop” is…
For the haters:
Deep down inside, y’all know that as much as you hate it, you know nobody can touch Eminem!! He’s the white Michael Jordan of Hip-Hop!!
For the Racists haters (yea you both black n white fuckers):
In my damn opinion:
Nobody tops Dipset (I’m talkin about Cam’Ron, Juelz, Jim Jones, Max B., Hell Rell, Freekey Zekey, etc)
or Wu-Tang (I’m talkin’ about the muthafuckin chef shallah raekwon, the method man, RZA, GZA, ODB, Cappachino, Ghostface Killah, Master Killah, U-God, Insoectah Deck, Ice Waters, The Cream Team, , etc.),
yes, I’m saying they’re all better than the Hov, Kanye West, and many countless of others!!
But Em comes in third… Come on Y’all, IF U CAN AGREE WITH MY TOP 3,
THEN U A HARDCORE MOTHAFUCKIN HIP-HOP FAN WITHOUT RACIST INHIBITIONS AND SATIRE!!
NWA, A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, DE LA SOUL, JUNGLE BROTHERS, AUDIO 2, STOP THE VIOLENCE MOVEMENT, NAUGHTY BY NATURE, THE JUICE CREW ARE ALL WA-A-A-A-A-A-Y BETTER THAN JAY-Z AND KANYE WEST COMBINED!!
THIS IS NOT BLACK AND WHITE, THIS IS HIP-HOP, BEEEYOTCH!!
WHITE PANTHER,
M-BLAYZE
(SHUT YO’ MOUTH!!)
CAN’T BELIEVE I FORGOT MY MAN, The Game and Drake, they in my TOP 5…
1. DIPSET/WU-TANG (TIED)
3. EMINEM
4. THE GAME
5. DRAKE
OH SNAP, I CAN FEEL ABOUT 75% OF U ARE SHITTING IN YA PANTS ABOUT MY TOP 5??
KEEP SHITTING, CUZ YALL FULL OF SHIT, LOL
THIS IS HOW WE DO (The Game) Beeeyotch!
Wtf Gucci & Pitbull?!
DYLAN DYLAN DYLAN AND DYLAN SPITS SUPA HOT FIRE AND IS KING OF HIP HOP!
“look at my sales, let’s do the math, if I was black, I would’ve sold half”- Eminem on White America. People need to hop off Em’s dick and ride on someone else. His time is done. I’m tired of that bullshit music he’s making these days. Infinite was his debut album, and it was his only album that deserves a CLASSIC rating on it.
Wow someone said i was clueless when i spit nothing but facts if thats all you can come up with after people have been spitting knowledge dude you need to go jump off a cliff with nothing but rocks at the bottom and to anonymous speaking about Outkast they are a rap duo Eminem is doing this by himself…and to the dude that messaged me on facebook about this Maxwell Smart ima put on blast and say that Em being white has nothing to do with his success its his rhymes that got him to where he is now and his rhyme built his fan base and his fan base are the reason for his sells, therefore his sells are the reason why Rolling Stones, BET and everything else is naming him the King of Hip Hop…Quit being mad be cause they not calling Lil Wayne the king…race dont have shit to do with a person success when it come to music…hell yall want to bring race into play one the biggest selling country groups had a nigga as the lead singer Hoodie and the Blowfish, you want to talk success has to do with race and this is outside of music why is the richest man in the world worth 74 billion and mexican? So everyone talkin about race need to quit tryin to speak shit you can’t back up…Go suck on wayne dick since thats who yall want to be the best…
Really, who cares about the opinions of today’s rap fans? Today’s generation are full of dick riding yes men, they’ll co-sign anything as long as it has a good beat, a bubblegum hook, and a techno like beat, don’t get shit twisted, I’m a young dude, but I really despise my generation, and the one below mine, our generation and theirs are full of idiots, who think they’re worthless two cents are valuable,, who’ll also sell their souls just to fit in. No one likes being themselves anymore, nor have any depth in their personalities, it’s all about what someone else is doing or wearing. Everything’s “swag this, swag that†hopefully as we age my generation and the one under us will mature, until then we’re fucked.
some know…trust me. You know all this shit is propaganda to take something else lucrative from the blk community and use its power to influence a cultural takeover while geting wht kids back into feeling superior. Thats why they was pushing that Norway dudes manifesto. Propaganda to get these kids into a new Nazi movement…but they’ll call it some other shit because they’re too busy trying to fool everyone into thinking the Nazi’s were defeated and that their not behind the scenes of a lot of propaganda shit going on these days. the truth is out there…just have to look for it.
So what they are saying is EM is the most popular pop rap act. Crowning him the king of hip-hop would mean was still doing something besides hip-pop using his tried and true formula i.e. the crazy white boy with issues spitting solid bars. He recently went toward an even more pop like sound after doing the detriot acid rap tribute or theft you be the judge i.e. relapse but this new album was pop pop pop and more pop they use watch me burn in spin classes when I walk by at the gym(elevator music).
Also on the list
Gucci Man
Kid Cudi
Pitbull
so as you can see this is a list of most popular. Like I said watch me burn is on kids bop which is the the ultimate crossover situation i.e. so pop it can be watered down to the points kids sing it. Plus any list with Gucci or pitbull on it can’t be taken seriously.
I love Em (no homo) but there’s a difference between The Most Popular Rapper and The Best Rapper. I hate that people try to base greatness off of album sales. Nicki Minaj sold an assload of copies of her album and we all know she sucks
Oh fuck, you still on this dick???
Racism is so dead. You’re the ones are bringing it back!!
WE KNOW! WE KNOW! EM is white and he sponged off of white america, WE KNOW!! WE DONT NEED YOU TO REPEAT IT FOR US!!
I’m saying,
EM aint like he used to be, he seems like he regrets being who he used to be. (His old image).
Let’s go back to old school:
the Hov was just crack-dealin’, n rapping, while Em went on his rampage trip, with his drug-infused, suicidal attitude…
now let’s get here to 2011:
the Hov is A MOTHERFUCKIN ILLUMINATI WORSHIPPER, USING THE ROC SIGN (TRIANGLE GESTURE WITH BOTH HANDS) and fooled out of every-fucking-body!!
Eminem who used to be a part of the illuminati BS, he is now realizing the damage that he has done to black hip-hop and he wanted out, so thats exavctly what he’s doing:
RECOVERY.
Jay?? he wants to rule you all, promoting illuminati, INDIRECTLY.
HIM n KANYE WEST, THEY DOING:
WATCH THE THRONE.
(IF YOU LISTEN TO THEIR LYRICS VERY VERY VERY CAREFULLY),
YOU’LL NOTICE THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT DEVIL WORSHIP, N THEY AINT INTO GOD AS YOU THINK THEY ARE OUT TO BE…
EM MANIPULATING BLACK MUSIC?? THATS OLD NEWS AND HE AINT DOIN THAT ANYMORE!!
THE ILLUMINATI SERVANT, JAY-Z IS MANIPULATING ALL OF US!!
He is clearly one of the most domineering rappers out there, and his power has waved people into his territory…
You believe whatever the fuck you wanna believe.
This is research, not paranoia.
IF YOU THINK IM OFF THE RAIL, THEN YOU BEST GET YOUR ASS TO WORK: RESEARCH OR IGNORE MY BLOG SHORT.
ALL OF U RACIST ASS MOTHERFUCKERS OBSESSING ON THE PAST N SHIT, LET’S GO TO 2011, AFTER ALL WE ARE IN THAT!!
FUCK U HATERS, I’LL SEE U LATER!!
White Panther,
M-Blayze
So we got a YouTube scholar regurgitating other peoples’ opinions/research. Can you cite your sources, sir? The “diamond” or “pyramid” symbol is of AFRICAN origin so attributing it to the “Illuminati” is the first mistake. Jay is aware of this as evidenced by his association with Jaz-O who studied some of Malachi York’s teachings. Not saying Jay isn’t into something foul, but to say so beyond a reasonable doubt (pun intended) without dropping some real knowledge or sources is a waste of everyone’s time. People can google Black Dot and Professor Griff’s videos for more info on this dude’s views, but study for yourself. Don’t believe ANYONE.
When Jay did “Takeover”, I couldn’t resist this song, cause it was so slammin’!! I got love for Nas, because his “Ether” blew everyone the fuck away, but that “Takeover” song was just tooo great.
Notice the song title, “Takeover”
He meant taking over the world…
Notice in one of his verse in “Hard Knock Life”,
Let’s stick up the world and split it fifty-fifty, take the doe n stay real jiggy…
ALL OF HIS LYRICS ARE INDIRECTLY TALKING ABOUT ILLUMINATI RULING THE WORLD…
For people who has no life:
you can do your own research and try to verify the theories…
for people who just bitchin but aint got the time:
sucks to be u!
for people who’s really pissed off at my comments:
sucks to be u!
(Laughing like Jay-Z would laugh before dissing someone)…
Just kill yourself please. Save us time dealing with people like you.
What did they do give everybody token in Poland to download M album? Use their affiliates to sell M album?????
We respect the dude for wanting to eat some of the droppings, we ain’t prejudice. But that’s far as it goes.
Rollingstone need to back the ^&%*& up go focus on the rat eating blood drinking lunatics and leave hip hop fo n!gg$z. Dig?
As for as this fool goes I would never play his toilets for mah kids… Can this fool talk about the toilet the black community has to go through at the hands of his father??? Can this fool talk about how it is to be BLACK??? Mah ear cant get enough of PAC BIG DRE NAS YM DOWG, J. We’ve got a everlasting list to choose from, and when we want to hear more we look to the new n!gg$z to see what they got… Like Meek Mill.
If rolling dust a mean stone king is free-styling over a beat at 100bpm and the DJ drop it to 85bpm that fool will still be going at 100bpm, you know why???? He can’t feel the music. Hip hop, rap, this black shyt there is more to it than the numbers that you control and tweak to your likings. This go beyond stats… But you wouldn’t know this rolling dust, a mean stone. Learn some step step kick routine and you think you got it… You will NEVER get it.
Pac and big set the shyt so high Nas as great as he is had trouble keeping up… Now you wanna tell me this fool is better than one of Nas finger…? Not even in ten thousand years… Much less 2 PAC.So I guess rollingdust think this clown is better than the Doc himself… You can’t even laugh about this shyt.
The trouble is most of these rappers can’t say shyt because they been brainwash to think without stats they can’t make it. The rest just so timid that the plug will be pulled on them and they wont get money. Niggaz say something, your parents survived on hand out and you don’t think you can tell rollingstone to fuck off and survive on the millions you made so far if you have to. Stupid as stupid!!! Where is WEST??? Speak up west. Hammer made it from his car booth. 50 made it before rap money…
You’ll gone just roll over like little puppy dogs and say scratch me some more…
Put out a statement beanie sigel!!!! Where Beans???? We the niggaz on the streetz making noise while not a sound coming from one of your subservient ass…
Now the picture gets much clearer, when pac said, “even Hollywood is trying to get a piece ah this”. “Mah lyrics running all you cowards out of hip hop”. Everybody too dope up to ask why?
What they gone do next? Paint him black and say he’s black Jesus???
wtf are you on about
625 posts and not ONE person read this part
“…in naming the King of Hip-Hop we focused on the very recent past: from 2009 through the first seven months of 2011”
now obviously the biggest release of that period of time was recovery. so racists take a seat haters take a seat, nas d-riders definately take a seat since he wasnt even remotely relevant at that time of the survey and has no business being mentioned in this article and will someone learn how to fucking read. SHEEESHHH!!!