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We need to clarify.
Is a great rapper someone who is a GREAT MC? If so, that leaves out a TON of hip hop people.
Is a great rapper someone who writes rhymes and makes them clever and double-triple meanings? That knocks out a whole shit ton of fucks too.
I would posit that a truly GREAT rapper must be everything, an MC, keeping the crowd hype, a lyricist, using language to make actual street poetry, not just prison yard "freestyle", a musician making sure his rhymes and flow stay fresh and make the ear dance.
You guys are listing a lot of guys who write well, but rap boring, or who are emotive rappers, but dont write SHIT.
Greatest all-around Rapper? KRS-One
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