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Mar 16, 2024 · The best rappers of all time include those like Lil’ Kim and Kendrick Lamar, who combine a lyrical know-how with a style that’s their own. Between critical acclaim, cultural influence,...
Aug 8, 2023 · 50 Artists Who Changed Rap: Jay-Z, The Notorious B.I.G., Dr. Dre, Nicki Minaj, Kendrick Lamar, Eminem & More. In honor of the 50th anniversary of hip-hop this year, GRAMMY.com is celebrating some of the genre's most impactful artists across the decades. From Drake to OutKast, Lauryn Hill to Lil Wayne, these pioneers shaped rap over the past 50 ...
- L’Trimm, “Cars With the Boom” The first national Miami bass hit came from Lady Tigra and Bunny D, teenagers with personality for days who met as dancers on a local TV show and had rhyme battles with boys in the high school lunchroom.
- Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz feat. Ying Yang Twins, “Get Low” “Get Low” was the Number Two hit that signaled the peak of the high-energy, high-alcohol-content, shout-happy movement known as “crunk.”
- M.I.A., “Paper Planes” Maya Arulpragasam was a globally connected radical who turned into one of hip-hop’s most forward-thinking artists. “Paper Planes” was a Clash-sampling shot at immigrant-fearing Westerners, complete with gunshot sound effects.
- Jay Z and Alicia Keys, “Empire State of Mind” This towering New York anthem began as a demo by Angela Hunte, who grew up in the same Brooklyn building as Jay Z, and Jane’t Sewell-Ulepic.
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- Drake. Drake is one of the biggest rappers ever known for dominating the charts and blending singing with rap. After acting, Drake arrived in 2009 with So Far Gone.
- Future. Future is an Atlanta trap innovator who flooded the late 2010s with mixtapes and hits. After breakthrough hit “Turn On the Lights”, Future perfected an addictive melodic flow.
- Nicki Minaj. Nicki Minaj is a chart-topping rapper known for quick flows, pop crossover hits, and a flashy persona. Coming up with Young Money, she broke through with 2010’s Pink Friday.
- Young Jeezy. Young Jeezy is an Atlanta rapper who pioneered trap music in the mid-2000s. His debut Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101 took the rap world by storm in 2005.
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- Travis Scott, ‘Astroworld’ (2018) After the horrific tragedy at his Astroworld Festival, it’s hard to listen to this album with much objectivity, let alone any sympathy.
- Juice WRLD, ‘Goodbye & Good Riddance’ (2018) Working a primal whine of been-done-wrong romantic angst, his vocals marinating in effluvial synths that sounded even more bummed than he was, Jarad Higgins staked his claim as an emo-rap star on his debut album.
- KMD, ‘Mr. Hood’ (1991) Mr. Hood is a marvel of youthful imagination, and a reflection of hip-hop’s short-lived Native Tongues era. The album is bracketed with skits featuring “Mr.
- Freddie Gibbs & Madlib, ‘Bandana’ (2019) A meeting of a relentlessly down-to-earth rapper and an elusive production genius, the second summit between Gary, Indiana, MC Freddie Gibbs and iconic beat-warper Madlib is at once hard-nosed and hard to pin down.
Billboard initially created a list of the 10 greatest rappers of all time in November 2015, with the top position held by The Notorious B.I.G. [1] The publication revised their rankings in 2023, via a partnership with Vibe, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip hop.
Oct 8, 2019 · Shook Ones (Part II), Mobb Deep (1995) 2. Fight The Power, Public Enemy (1989) 1. Juicy, Notorious B.I.G. (1994) More on BBC Music’s greatest hip-hop songs of all time: What critics had to say ...
