Top 5 Favorite Rappers or Rap Groups....

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Big Pun

Biggie

Nas

Big Daddy Kane

Wu-Tang

Rakim

Cypress Hill

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Nas
Wu Tang
Biggie
Black Thought (The Roots)
Gang Starr

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MF Doom

One Be Lo / Senim Silla / Binary Star

Rza

X-Raided

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phil da agony
OVM
krumbsnatcha
binary star
sexion d'assaut

The world sleeps on Binary Star

[Mike D]

Shout out to y'all listing DMX, prime DMX (It's Dark & Hell is Hot, Flesh of My Flesh Blood of My Blood) was raw as f**k. In fact those two albums alone are enough to get him into my top five.

in no particular order

DMX
Pac
Eminem
Twista
Outkast

Honorable mention: Cube, Mobb Deep, Brotha Lynch, Common, Dogg Pound/Kurupt, Do or Die, ESG, UGK, Geto Boys, 50, Game, J.Cole, Cudi, Wiz Khalifa, Lloyd Banks, Luniz, BIG, Meth & Red, 8 Ball & MJG, Nas, Obie Trice, Rappin' 4-Tay, The Roots, Scarface, Spice 1, 5th Ward Boys