Marc Lamont Hill Names His Top 5 Greatest Rappers of All Time

Author/TV personality/Activist, Mark Lamont Hill was interviewed on DJ VLad TV two days ago, and he was discussing many things, till the discussion kind of veered to who he considers the greatest rappers of all time. He answered with...




"For me, top 5 is Jay Z without a doubt; Nas without a doubt; Andre 3000 without a doubt. Umm! I'm putting Lauryn Hill in my top 5." (DJ VLad Interview)








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50 Cent Says Eminem is Better than All Black Rappers

The issue of color will always come up in Hip Hop, and the latest person to discuss that is 50 Cent. In a recent interview with Music Choice, he was speaking on whether or not Hip Hop is a black thing, and he came to the conclusion that Hip Hop is black music. He also added that though it is a black thing, Eminem, a white rapper, is better than every black rapper out there. 










Read 50's words below. 



“Hip Hop is Black music, without question, and, unfortunately for some people, it’s tough to accept that you have a White artist that does it better than Black artists. It is what it is. You can get like whoever you think is the best Black artist and stand them face-to-face in a room with Em and he will eat that [guy] alive. Right now if you had 'em prepare themselves, whatever way they would have to prepare themselves to come battle…I bet what I have, everything” that Eminem would win." (Music Choice Interview)






This is a tough subject, cos people sometimes people judge based on who they like, or what sub-genre of rap music they like. Eminem is not my choice of 'The Best Rapper' alive right now, but I do have to agree that when it comes to flow and delivery on a song, Eminem will eat any rapper alive. That is not all there is to rap, and I do know Eminem has other qualities as an artist, but that is one of the qualities that people look at when they speak on who is better than who in Hip Hop. And ofcos the other criteria of commercial success; Eminem has no opponent in this department...he is light years ahead of any black rapper in this area, so 50 Cent has a point. 

Nas Discusses Being Top 5 in Hip Hop on 'Real Time With Bill Maher'

Nas is out there promoting the 20th Anniversary reissue of his debut album, Illmatic, which is titled Illmatic XX. The album is dropping on April 15th, and he was on Real Time With Bill Maher speaking about the album yesterday. During the course of the interview, Bill said he had seen an MTV list where Nas was named number five best rapper of all time, and asked what Nas thought about that. And Nas said...













"Yea...nah, it's crazy cos, it's like, you know? Kids are always gonna have their number one's. You know? I'm 40, so kids, they got their new guys now. So, for me to be a number five is like uhm! It's it's a humbling thing for me. I'm really, I'm really excited to keep my career going now, because if I can stay number five right here, in anybody's list, in the mainstream, cos I'm not mainstream. I think I'm not mainstream. So if that mainstream audience can see me in the top five, I'm good money" (Real Time With Bill Maher)