Biggie eclipsed his peers in the mid ’90s, before being usurped by 2Pac. Hip-hop heads have an easier time agreeing on the “Best Rapper Alive.” In the genre’s first twenty years of mainstream popularity - 1984–2004 - the title was rarely up for discussion, as an up-and-coming rapper was pegged to inhabit the throne before his predecessor had pass the torched.Īfter Rakim’s reign in the late ’80s, Ice Cube and Nas followed in the early ’90s. Regardless, it’s all relative, in that generational bias and what you value most in an MC, be it- longevity, influence, skills, or their career discography - determines how you quantify greatness. ![]() As Hip-hop history tells it, the GOAT distinction is reserved for a few usual suspects - Rakim, Biggie, 2Pac, Jay-Z, Nas, and Eminem.
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