Many Of Hip-Hop's Greatest Rappers Name Their Top 5 MCs

What's The Headline

Rappers are fans too...On this week's episode of AFH's What's The Headline, we do a deep dive into the Top 5 MC lists of 30 of Hip-Hop's greatest artists. 0:00 Intro 1:10 Ice Cube said Lil Wayne is the greatest rapper of all-time (besides himself) 7:25 The significance of Top 5 MC lists in Hip-Hop 14:44 Jake’s Top 5 MCs 15:37 Reggie’s Top 5 MCs 17:35 The Top MCs for 30 of the greatest artists of all-time 19:08 Ice Cube’s Top 5 MCs 23:40 Black Thought’s Top 5 MCs 26:38 Snoop Dogg’s Top 5 MCs 30:30 Scarface’s Top 5 MCs 33:00 Run’s Top 5 MCs 35:02 J. Cole’s Top 4 MCs 36:45 Nas’ Top 7 MCs and his Top 5 MCs of this generation 42:48 LL Cool J’s Top 5 MCs 46:30 Pharoahe Monch’s Top 5 MCs 48:43 Lupe Fiasco’s Top 3 MCs 51:03 Ab-Soul’s Top 5 MCs 53:48 Raekwon’s Top 5 MCs (not in Wu-Tang Clan) 56:00 Action Bronson’s Top 5 MCs 59:08 Vinnie Paz’s Top 5 MCs 1:01:14 Kurupt’s Top 5 MCs 1:03:04 The D.O.C. names the rapper he would most want to be like if he was still rapping today 1:07:12 Kendrick Lamar’s Top 5 MCs 1:09:09 Jadakiss’ Top 5 MCs 1:12:55 R.A. The Rugged Man’s Top 5 MCs 1:18:22 Drake’s Top 5 MCs 1:21:03 Bun B’s Top 5 MCs 1:22:26 Immortal Technique’s Top 5 MCs 1:23:49 Lil Kim’s Top 10 MCs 1:25:12 Kool G Rap’s Top 5 MCs 1:27:41 Rakim’s Top 5 MCs and who he thinks is the most underrated MC 1:29:50 Eminem’s Top 5 MCs 1:31:38 Lil Wayne’s Top 5 MCs 1:33:52 JAY-Z’s Top 5 MCs 1:35:55 Kool Herc’s Top 5 MCs 1:38:17 Key takeaways