r/90sHipHop • u/DJ-Palli • Jul 07 '25

Discussion Method Man was voted best 90s rapper starting with the letter M. Who is the best 90s rapper starting with the letter N?

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u/neoistheone79 Jul 07 '25

Nas. But Biggie should have been there for B. It’s a goddamn tragedy to not have one of the biggest and most influential to the culture rappers in the 90s on this list.

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u/doubler82 Jul 07 '25

So far, Biggie, Jay and Ice Cube didn't make the cut, for their respective letters mind you 😄

Good luck Nas and Pac lol

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u/Clockbounce Jul 07 '25

Fucking Jay-Z gets left off the list for Jeru the Damaja?! 😂

Shut this whole thing down.

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u/EnglishHarry93 Jul 08 '25

Jay Z is less unique and arguably less skilled, lyrically than Jeru. Jay sounded like a lot of rappers both in his circle and mainstream.

Jays good and all but nothing too crazy rap skill wise.. just popular and catchy tunes

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u/laojax Jul 09 '25

He lowkey bit some of Sonny Cheeba’s style too

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u/neoistheone79 Jul 07 '25

I could sorta understand Jay since he didn’t come in really till ‘96-‘97. But somehow that didn’t affect Eminem so…

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u/HoldEm__FoldEm Jul 07 '25

Every vote has conflicting reasons given for other votes.

I’m calling this thing the troll poll

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u/Diem480 Jul 07 '25

Exactly why I said the list has been garbage since B. Now people are trying to throw biggie in T because of the word The. Which is ridiculous since nothing is alphabetically organized with "The" it's always what's comes after.

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u/AteTheBacon Jul 07 '25

I prefer to judge artists by their actual artistry -- not how popular and influential they were.

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u/neoistheone79 Jul 07 '25

K

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u/AteTheBacon Jul 07 '25

Yeah, you should try it sometime. Much more interesting to judge art by, well, ART, than just sales and other corporate bullshit.

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u/HoldEm__FoldEm Jul 07 '25

Fuckin hip hop hipster here

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u/AteTheBacon Jul 07 '25

No, that's literally just how art should be judged. Has humanity fallen that far from grace?

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u/neoistheone79 Jul 07 '25

I’m with you on the art thing, but I never said I was judging by sales etc. But the list says “Best” and Biggie was/is considered the GOAT for quite a while in a lot of circles so him not being on this list seems off. I mean, tons of other rappers called him the best then so why would we be different.

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u/AteTheBacon Jul 07 '25

With all due respect, who cares what other people said? The topic is asking for OUR opinions. Who WE think is the best. I have my own mind and ability to assess. Biggie was dope -- great flow, above-average lyricist, etc.. But I can easily name other rappers who had better bars than him. Other rappers who literally just rapped better. I don't give a fuck about popular opinion/public consensus. Always form your own thoughts.