"In the last 10 years, the Migos is the most important rap group to come out."
"Women ran rap again this year—they killed it."
"He left a legacy unlike any other rapper, similar to Tupac Shakur."
"I respect Nicki Minaj's rap. She is the Godmother of rap."
"N.W.A.'s 'F**k the Police' marked a pivotal moment in rap history."
"I can't sit here and drag him for his lyrics when NBA young boy is one of the most popular rappers right now."
"He becomes the second ever rapper in history to win a Grammy."
"People were still not taking rap seriously until about 2014-2015. That was pretty much the year when everything changed."
"J. Cole perfectly predicted Lil Pump's future."
"The best rapper in the [__] game, the best, you don't have to say that, I am saying it."
"SoundCloud rappers were not exactly accepted with open arms by hip-hop in the beginning."
"Freezing with this rap, y'all say your girl name never, y'all enjoying the lie when I spit I help the people."
"Creatively, rap could become so much more interesting... it could be way weirder."
"Juice WRLD had a little bit more appreciation for his lyrics now... Rapping is what he was born to do."
"It's rap music that's keeping them learning, living off the streets, it's just such a powerful and important moment for me."
"Arguably the greatest gangsta rap like rapper from the 2010's decade."
"My actions never malicious, ripping bust other rappers couldn't get with us."
"This would be considered one of the most heinous crimes in rap history."
"Daytona was easily one of the best albums of 2018, if not the best rap album from that year."
"I don't know if everything they're rapping about is true, but they tell the truth of what they do."
"Logic really made himself out to be a rapper to contend with."
"The game's rise to fame bore a lot of eyeballs back to LA and local legends like Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, and Ice Cube all dropped projects around this time to capitalize on the growing West Coast buzz."
"Ken's musical roots: 'Raised on Soulja Boy and Lil Wayne...'"
"I used to look at rap like I look at superheroes."
"Nas, Nasty Nas, I think it's pretty self-explanatory why he is on this list."
"It's cool because for one of the only times in western animation rappers aren't aggressive or intimidating... they're actually loved and admired for their craft."
"Jay-Z consistently since he came out he's been the best rapper by far."
"The freestyles in particular go hard as hell. If you listen to the freestyles on this album and you say that Megan doesn't have a great flow, I want some of the crack you were smoking my friend."
"I spice was able to go from a completely unknown artist to an overnight rap star."
"The rap sections were well placed because there was time to sink into the flow and add lyricism and depth."
"I like the fact that it's all competitive... I love when rapping is competitive and not violent."
"nowadays everybody want to talk like they got something to say but nothing comes out when they move the lips just a bunch of gibberish and [ __ ] that they've got About Dre"
"Everybody's rapping about it in a different style, in their own way."
"He's not just a rapper, he's an artist... and he's doing what he wants to do and still being a dope ass rapper."
"Daylight is a freak man, his rhyme pattern, the level of genius that boy got."
"Either Owen's a dumbass and intellectually dishonest, or this motherfucker is the dumbest idiot to ever be a dumb idiot, and he's being intellectually honest. You get to pick one of these to write."
"Once the Kendricks and the Coles and the Drakes and those type of rappers once they put their [stuff] out, everybody else has to pay attention and kind of adjust accordingly."
"I'm expecting Kendrick to just set himself apart from all these other rappers and MCs that you know he is, he is one of the aliens and none of these dudes can [mess] with him."
"Good kid, m.A.A.d city is officially the longest charting rap album in Billboard 200 history, rap is still alive, there we go."
"She wrote specifically to address her haters and ventured into rap music with the song 'Can't Sleep' in January 2019."
"We need some more alternatives to this gangster rap."
"We need to see rappers loving their kids, homie."
"Rappers got bars I can hang with the Backpackers."
"Busta Rhymes doing a full greatest hits including his legendary verse."
"Throwing them flows up, these rappers miniature like Tricia's donuts."
"Can New York drill make a mainstream comeback in my opinion New York will always be a dominant region in rap music."
"Rap transports you to where they're from and how they grew up."
"If rap lyrics can get you in jail man look we all need to be in jail cause we all recited some horrible ass rap lyrics before."
"Black Thought, he's an alien. He's one of those rappers and artists that every time he does something, it's quality."
"Epic Rap Battles of History has introduced a new brand of rap that is delicately choreographed with replay value through the roof."
"After being strangled so hard on diss tracks by 50 cent and Eminem, it's not just what they said on the tracks but it was that sentiment in rap had shifted."
"She did what she was supposed to do as a rapper. She calls herself a rapper. She went and she did that."
"Rap is one of the last places on earth... based around motherfuckers trying to outdo each other."
"I'm not a lyrical miracle god, couldn't give you the skill if you prayed."
"I think Cudi has a really strong case for most influential rapper ever."
"Rap music had become the symbol of toughness and going against the grain."
"Damn, this is a banger and a half. His flow and delivery on this is insane."
"Future may soon flame out but his current status as rap royalty is one of the best things in recent memory to happen to a genre."
"Biggie could say things back in the '90s, how has that been erased from the culture?"
"It's not about a salary, it's all about reality." - Ice Cube
"His impact on the rap game cannot be overlooked."
"Griselda tapped into a vastly underserved market of 30 plus rap fans."
"Rappers were the original social media influencers."
"First name messiah rap so hot I spit yoga fire everything you preach."
"Jay-Z and Nas, in terms of their verbal command, are at Shakespearean level of creation."
"Watch the throne was one of the greater rap albums."
"Tyler really proved that a rapper could really just go into any Direction they want sonically and doesn't really have to play by any rules."
"I shake the tectonic plates of the game if I lay one vocal, the God is interstellar while you fellows remain local." - Jay Electronica
"95 south could put an M right on your head, you Luigi brother now." - J. Cole
"Crown me the queen of rap because I'm coming with these bars."
"He also told a story about uh and he's also a perspective, one of the best storytelling rappers."
"Game is a dope rapper. There's some very good bars that are laced throughout this diss track."
"I feel like I'm 21 Savage. Yes, I pull up and [ __ ] on your daughter." - Ugly God
"MC Lyte is a legend, she's iconic, she's did her thing."
"We went from being broke to being Bruce Wayne with every single rhyme coming straight from the brain."
"He's one of the MCs that you cannot mess around and underestimate because you know he'll light a major fire."
"Rap music can be a genuinely viable route out of the streets for these young men born into these challenging situations."
"It's brilliant how he fills space with just the most basic words. And the 'wait'—something about telling me to wait knowing you're about to rap."
"Rap music wasn't just about making a statement or just making money and getting Fame it was an act of expression."
"Rappers tell the truth, so you'd be the first one."
"You have some rap performances that are almost alien-like."
"Luxury rap was born from art, history, and thoughts on European lifestyle."
"DMX is the only rapper on this list to record five number one albums."
"They've used rap and black people as a shield."
"Sometimes I might be introvert is easily the best rap album I've heard all year."
"Drake really taps into what he excels at in terms of what he can rap over."
"I feel like he's evolved as a rapper... evolved... step in the good direction."
"He solidified himself as probably one of if not the best rapper of this generation."
"The journey of Atlanta from a quiet player to a dominant force in the rap game is as fascinating as it is influential."
"This song is the epitome of top-tier storytelling, top-tier rapping, and just top-tier songs in general. This is one of Kendrick's crown jewels, a 12-minute two-part song telling a story from the perspective of different people."
"When I'm listening to Biggie Smalls on any track he is the best rapper to me."
"Rage is the coldest female MC ever in my book."
"I want to give you guys credit for being the leaders of the new school era and how you influence the influence and change the trajectory of how people approach rap."
"So overall, while Goblin definitely stirred up a lot of controversies and showed us just how afraid the world can be of rap music..."
"I'm gangster, I'm taking rap in a whole new direction."
"The true gangster is the one that owns the gangster rapper."
"Best white boys rapping, I'm a legend, ain't no question."
"He's rapping in Italian with a lot of Milanese references and a lot of African references."
"You did say a lot of things in your rap that I felt like I hadn't heard you say and they had a lot of meaning"
"Rap is a blessing because it feeds a lot of families and a lot of kids. It helps a lot of people."
"This is hip-hop, so let's get to the debate of is Kendrick Lamar the greatest rapper?"
"Little Marlo finally started to take his craft in his career as a rapper seriously."
"You know I'm representin' rappers from the USA."
"Some of the best production you're ever going to hear on a rap project."
"Rap music was as dark sometimes as the blues without being sad."
"I'm really moving, constantly improving, they say my vocal tone rough, rugged at the same time getting too busy with flows."
"When we talk about rap [ __ ] we talking about the rapture [ __ ] we talking about this the second coming of African divinity on this planet."
"Nicki Minaj is still the greatest female rapper of all time."
"Rap works because it is our vernacular; it just needed someone from the hip hop generation to come along and synthesize it."
"Months later, I did Bodak Yellow and Bodak Yellow just changed my life."
"Rap nowadays has such a reach it's one of the biggest if not the biggest genre out there right now."
"Opportunities, bro. Like to get that call, like, 'Alright, come with me to LA, we're about to go record with Tupac.' I mean, the biggest rap star in the world at the time."
"Rap music is all about confidence. If you don't have confidence for yourself, you listen to that, it can juice you up, bro."
"The most successful rap artists...are people who managed to do both, who managed to be socially conscious while also reflecting hip hop's more materialist side or its more street side."
"I always wanted more growling and more just rawness inside of rap. This track has it in spades."
"In the end, despite his reputation in the streets, King Von would lose his life to the gun on camera just like FBG Duck, ending his meteoric rise in the rap game."
"He's like the most influential drill street rapper."
"You have some rude awakenings. The bar is lower than it's ever been in terms of getting a career in rap music."
"I think you're better than a lot of these guys out there, you know what I mean? Spit that real rap, yeah, I'm saying, that real pain."
"Rap music gave me confidence now we toasted to accomplishments give them comments man it's common sense rap music gave me confidence."
"Wow, his voice is so distinct, I've never heard a voice like that in rap before."
"We are making rap, which is sample-based, which is audio collages."
"Throughout the early 2000s, there was no bigger rapper than Eminem."
"For everyone thinking that J.Cole apologizing for making the Kendrick diss song is no big deal, think about Nas apologizing to Jay-Z after he dropped 'Ether,' Tupac apologizing to Biggie for 'Hit 'Em Up.'"
"Rap music, the rap culture, has really shifted the world."
"The quickest hack to learning how to write a dope rap song is mastering your ability to handle any issues you have once you've completed verse one and making it easier for you to write and write and write."
"Zack TV played a major part in [the drill music movement] going to some of the most dangerous hoods in the city interviewing their top talent about their plans in the rap game."
"I get nice with quotes, they calling me to go, word to Amakai, I grab the mic and I slam a fly lyric for my people."
"Slaying rappers then acting for the next contender, got the game locked down like correctional centers, HMAC, I'm making everyone listen."
"When I'm spitting, I'll be going in hard, all my verses are collectible like Pokemon cards."
"I'm a feast on these rappers, I'ma eat them up for dinner."
"Who is the best people, oh, you guys top three rap duo's of all time, tongue rap duo's, yeah."
"The next rapper on this list is the one and only Silento."
"The Hot Boys is a legendary hardcore rap group."
"Rappers give us the news of what's going on around us and prepare us on how to deal with it."
"My thing with ice-t is like this if you like the rap and don't like me on TV cool."
"There are a lot of artists who are really great rappers and don't know how to write songs."
"I'm just rapping what's on my mind, what I've seen. It's just expressing yourself through music."
"Once you, it's like, no one can diss Eminem because he will insult himself in a song."
"J. Cole's '95 South' - off season. That's one of his best intros, so 100."
"When Drake is rapping, there's not too many better than him."
"Rap artists have a freedom that most other musicians don't give themselves anymore."
"I love the fact that there are more female rappers now, 100% love it."
"Altered the sonic landscape but also catalyzed a paradigm shift by popularizing rap as a collaborative force within the genre."
"He was a headliner, a rich, famous rap star, and someone wanted him dead."
"Nicki Minaj is the queen of rap; that's it, it's not up for debate."
"J. Cole, just as an artist, as a rapper, has only improved as time has gone on."
"I look at rap like a sport, I always treated it with the same approach I did with ball."
"Jay-Z is my GOAT, personally, he's the best rapper ever as far as I'm concerned."
"Known by his stage name Twista or Tongue Twister, Carl Terrell Mitchell was an American rapper popularly known for his chopper style of rapping."
"Our number one America's biggest culture export is culture, and our culture drives from rap music."
"Cardi has cemented his legacy as one of the most impactful artists in rap history."
"He was a spitter that you had to respect because he talked that [stuff], he expressed himself in a good way."
"I've continued to get rawer and rawer ever since the first day I wrote the first rap I ever wrote."
"Rap is about letting everyone know what it's like everywhere."
"Nori's style is one of a kind; he's now one of the most loved rappers ever."
"Rap has a stigma about writing your own lyrics and rightfully so; it's a very personal art form and it's rooted in speaking truthfully."
"Fonte is very light-hearted but super heavy at the same time and he's not corny at all."
"They just make grown man rap like now it's speaking to their experiences."
"There's no doubt that Eminem is one of the greatest MCs of all time."
"I won't retire my raps, but I want to thank y'all for inspiring that."
"His profound impact on the creative and commercial landscape of the music industry led to his recognition as the greatest rapper of all time."
"Some of the best contemporary poetry rap music uses alliteration masterfully."
"Rap taught me empathy; I was able to listen to somebody on a very intimate level, hear about their daily concerns."
"I loved rap music since eight, nine years old when my sister would wrap that rapper's delight."
"Dear Slim, I thought that maybe because you paved the way for me, you might relate to the weight that Caucasian rappers are carrying."
"It ain't no cap in my rap, I got proof."
"I'm a different breed, I'm a different type of rapper, I'm in my own category."
"What made King Von stand out was his authenticity."
"Let's get it Thug Motivation 101 or TM101 for short."
"He's one of the best battle rappers but he's one of the best writers in the game."
"Does that negate the fact that Nicki is an incredible writer and a great rapper? No, it doesn't negate that."
"Snoop is probably the most known rapper in the world, over everybody."
"I'm recalibrating my idea of what rap is and who the God is out here."
"She's been the blueprint for a lot of the rap girls for the last 15 years."
"Senorita is easily the biggest and best industrial rap banger I've heard this year."
"Never been more motivated, just look at all the minds I've opened and penetrated."
"Slick Rick was like the best rapper to me, the best storyteller ever."
"She's widely credited as the spark that ignited rap music as an industry."
"Word is that there is a bunch of unreleased material and albums from No Limit, but this arguably takes the cake."
"When they ask who's got bars, they don't think kamikaze. Ain't in jail, they told me I'm ill in the head, well sick like cold, but I ain't been well."
"I'm about to blow your whole mind with this rap style."
"The best rappers, the ones that last the most, they sell you a feel, they can give you something and say, heal like that."
"Trying to be a rap and inspirational speaker, and y'all know I let my lyrics flow through your speakers."
"Rap music is used because it's the best way to tell the story."
"I'm in business, I got the bars, I got the flow, and I got the technique."
"It wouldn't surprise me if a large portion of the BTS fandom is actually rap fans."
"It made rappers alright to be vulnerable."
"I've been keeping it honest, I'm feeling like Lincoln, my flow is presidential."
"I love rap music because it was a part of my youth."
"Rap music is so powerful now that it's defining the culture too."
"The top rappers definitely changed."
"Rap chose me, I didn't choose rap."
"Rap music is a creation; it was birthed from Black American culture, Black American struggle, the Black American Experience."
"It was such a performance; I've never seen a rapper put on such a performance before in my entire life."