Ten Most Important People in Hip-Hop History?

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[QUOTE=L.Kizzle]No order ...


-Russell Simmons
-Run-DMC
-NWA (Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Eazy-E)
-The Fresh Prince/Will Smith
-Queen Latifah
-Tupac Shakur
-Puff Daddy
-Master P
-Jay-Z
-James Brown and George Clinton


Anyone agree?[/QUOTE]

No.

[QUOTE=Jackass18]No.[/QUOTE]
What's your ten?

I don't know, but why did you put Master P up there?

[QUOTE=Jackass18]I don't know, but why did you put Master P up there?[/QUOTE]
He changed hip hop.

First rapper to own his masters.

An independent artist selling so many records from the ridiculous deal he signed with Priority in 1995. Also he was the first rapper to release straight to movies.

The first rapper worth over 100 Million.

The first rapper to really go outside of hip-hop with him being a sports agent and so forth.

Everyone is doin it now, but P started the trend.

[QUOTE=L.Kizzle]He changed hip hop.

First rapper to own his masters.

An independent artist selling so many records from the ridiculous deal he signed with Priority in 1995. Also he was the first rapper to release straight to movies.

The first rapper worth over 100 Million.

The first rapper to really go outside of hip-hop with him being a sports agent and so forth.

Everyone is doin it now, but P started the trend.[/QUOTE]

So, would you say he was the start of the decline of hip hop?

How was Nas not mentioned?

Arguably the GOAT and one of, if not THE most influential/greatest rap albums of all-time in Illmatic.

LOL @ listing Master P and others before Nas.

DJ Kool Herc
Beastie Boys
RUN-DMC
2pac
NAS
Biggie
the roots
NWA
RAKIM
Eminem

..there's too many to list

This is a big fail for me since you dont have two most influential MCs ever, Rakim and KRS One.

There's really too many to name. So many people were influential in their own way. It really depends on what defines "important."

Is it more important to have been one of the first rappers, paving the way for everyone else?

Or is it more important to have come along later, and re-defined what hip-hop was?

Given the first criteria, your list will include 10 guys no one has heard of, and that would probably sound whack based on todays expectations.

But given the second comparison, guys like Tupac, Eminem, and Jay-z become much more prominent.

[QUOTE=Jackass18]So, would you say he was the start of the decline of hip hop?[/QUOTE]

To discredit Master P and the No Limit camp as nothing in the game of rap is haterish and backpackerish all day. No one argues Master P was superbly talented or an emcee, etc steez, but to ignore his impact and how he came into the industry and 'wrecked shit' (for lack of a better term/description) is just being a dumbass, which isn't surprising coming from you.

When you try and add your $0.02 in these rap debates, it almost always comes off like some redneck who occasionally had their white trash ear open to hear a little rebel rap music here and there; which commonly highly praises the Wu Tang clan and outside of that, doesn't really know anything of the subject and would be much better off just not engaging in discussions.

Your type is so sickening. Just please, please keep your opinions out of these discussions. Pathetic.

most important people in hiphop history....

um... black people? lol

[quote=Legend of Josh]To discredit Master P and the No Limit camp as nothing in the game of rap is haterish and [B]backpackerish[/B] all day. No one argues Master P was superbly talented or an emcee, etc steez, but to ignore his impact and how he came into the industry and 'wrecked shit' (for lack of a better term/description) is just being a dumbass, which isn't surprising coming from you.

When you try and add your $0.02 in these rap debates, it almost always comes off like some redneck who occasionally had their white trash ear open to hear a little rebel rap music here and there; which commonly highly praises the Wu Tang clan and outside of that, doesn't really know anything of the subject and would be much better off just not engaging in discussions.

Your type is so sickening. Just please, please keep your opinions out of these discussions. Pathetic.[/quote]

What the...i don't even...

Yo, no Eminem love? dude sorta changed the whole hip-hop and rap game... cuz he proved you didnt have to be black to rap and all those shit.. I dont know if Vanilla Ice became famous before Eminem did.. but to me, Eminem proved everything you could ever possibly prove. Homie shut everyone up....

And I can see that lil wayne influenced Posterize to put a tattoo on his face... how dumb can you be? No hate, but thats just dumb..

[QUOTE=pete's montreux]What the...i don't even...[/QUOTE]
He lost me when he clicked on the thread....