The Top Best Hip Hop MCs Of All Time

Decided to give you a headz up on the top hip hop rap mcs of all time. The greatest hip hop rap artists and MC's were evaluated on originality, longevity, lyricism, social impact, flavor, battle skills, consistency, charisma, poetic value, substance, versatility, vocal presence, flow and delivery, among other factors. If you think someone has been missed. Holla at us n we will get at you. So here they are in no particular order...

Talib Kweli
This Afrocentric MC uses hip hop as positive elevation of the cypher.
Best Album: Quality

Prodigy
As Mobb Deep's lead-MC, Prodigy raw gritty street narrative is enough to get anyone smakin headz.
Best Album: The Infamous (w/ Mobb Deep)

Bun B
Bun, the pinnacle of UGK, flows in an out like a champion boxer. somewhere in between quick jabs and fearsome power.
Best Album: Ridin' Dirty (w/ UGK)

Method Man
Besides being the first successful solo emcee to emerge from the Wu-Tang camp, Method Man is also widely celebrated for his humor, rugged edge and flow.
Best Album: Tical

Snoop Dogg
Exteme flow like a calm powerful river, Snoop will make your head bop to real gangsta shit.
Best Album: Doggystyle

Busta Rhymes
Energetic performer and has a strong original flow reminiscent of a wild leapard on a blunt acid mix.
Best Album: Extinction Level Event (Final World Front)

Q-Tip
Laid back conscience and party rhymes and can move any crowd with some classic hip hop shit.
Best Album: Midnight Marauders

Canibus
One of the best if not "The Best" battle MC out there. He flows like a fully auto AK-47.
Best Album: Mic Club - The Curriculum

Raekwon
With his smooth descriptive rap flow, Raekwon has us dancin to drug induced filled night of ppl getting robbed and screwed. How'd he do that?
Best Album: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Ghostface Killah
Awesome story teller with a sense of style. A original voice that reminded us of the early hustla on the street corner while you were walkin to school.
Best Album: Supreme Clientele

Ras Kass
An intellectual MCs not afraid to speak his mind and share his view of the world. Like the African king he adopted his name from, Ras holds the throne...as the Left Coast's best living lyricist.
Best Album: Soul on Ice

Pharoahe Monch
Can paint a vivid and illustrious image into your head with his lyrics. His flow is like staring at a colourful abstract painting.
Best Album: Internal Affairs

Big L
Gunned down at the age of 24 on February 15, 1999, the rest of Big L's talent followed him to the grave. A great voice that described the street from the perspective of the up and coming hustla.
Best Album: The Big Picture

Mos Def
Surgical precision and thought provoking hip hop lyrics poured ova any track like honey.
Best Album: Black on Both Sides

GZA / Genius
Intellectually superior with gangsta stripes across the bow. He advised, to neva forget your still human.
Best Album: Liquid Swords

Andre 3000
Originality and creativity are this hip hop MCs greatest skill. Always taking his vison to anotha level.
Best Album: Aquemini

Ice Cube
In-your-face delivery, Ice Cube "Fuck It" attitude influenced later generations of hip hop MCs.
Best Album: Death Certificate

Rakim
Eric B may have been president, but Rakim is definitely the Prime Minister. Smooth lyrics that flow like cappuccino.
Best Album: Paid in Full (Eric B. & Rakim)

KRS-One
The Teacha transformed your life with self-awareness and recognition of where you belong.
Best Album: By All Means Necessary (w/ Boogie Down Productions)

Nas
Lyrical painter of ghetto life, Nas will always be the voice of the new generation of hustlas in tha streetz.
Best Album: Illmatic

The Notorious B.I.G.
His amazing delivery of hip hop lyrics, tounge flow, innuendos, and analogies make him a hip hop MC to be reckoned with.
Best Album: Ready to Die

Jay-Z
True New York gangsta story tellin. Definitely not your street level MC, but a hustla with a taste for the finer and less vulgar things in life. Watch our for the scorpion hook though.
Best Album: Reasonable Doubt

2Pac
The forgotten, downtrodden, abused, disrespected black male's voice. 2Pac emboddied the frustration of the streets with a keep it movin, ima get mines attitude.
Best Album: Me Against the World