1. Jay Electronica
2. Mr. Fantastik
3. John Cena
4. Chubb Rock
5. Masta Ace
6. K-Rino

Crazy how this list was enough to start this much s*** back then now every pea brain outlet puts out dogshit lists like this all the time and no one gives af

Kenny really hiphop

Kinda sad niggas don’t even rap like that anymore or care enough to, for a list like that to exist

Real tbh

Didnt Ye take Kenny on tour after tho?

Dahell did Nas do back then

yea these outlets still curated discussion and shaped narratives to a certain extent back then, they were basically cultural gatekeepers, this s*** happened when they were still feeding off the old days when there weren't many platforms for artists to speak directly to fans and shape the narrative on their own, like that crossover period before things started moving online and the complete social media takeover in 2015-2018

I sorta miss s*** like this because now we have this weirdo s*** where artists completely control the narrative with fake ass influencer or inner circle interviews conveniently dodging getting pressed and only using direct to fan communication to control the narrative, s***'s gotten so fragmented that you can take a huge L but it won't even transfer to certain environments and you can just brush it off... it's counterintuitive but a certain level of gatekeeping by media outlets was actually healthy for the game, especially when it was perfectly balanced with social media in that 2010-2014 era

Huh…so at what point did all this s*** become clickbait engagement?

For 2013 this list pretty on point tbh

it's not, big sean sucks ass and leaving out cole was a crime

also ye shoulda been #1

the only way big sean music can ever be labeled "hot" is as hot garbage

Was this list before NWTS?

born sinner is a classic album, deal with it plebs

sean has zero classics

ye started and ended sean lol

love ye for recognizing he made an honest mistake and taking responsibility before it was too late

Man this list used to have niggas pissed every year lowkey miss when rappers cared about blogs/media now niggas are too cool to do interviews and live on socials

I love you ye

I'll take nwts over any kendrick album any day

The irony the weirdos on here were saying Kendrick was the one jealous

Had no idea they were subbing before Control

1. saying “somebodys gonna die” first sentence is hilarious

2. even funnier quote after what actually happened when the beef kicked off

Yep basically since post GKMC they’ve been off and on subbing each other. Same with Jay Z