Question...

Who is your favorite emcee from the early-to-mid-'90's? Just curious...

59 comments:

Guy Fawkes said...
Gotta be Nasir Jones.
ezi said...
Master Ace
Anonymous said...
jeru, guru, bahamdia and black thought

all three deserve top honors in my book
Teck-zilla said...
CL smooth(no one seems to mention him these days), Rakim, Nas,Gza,...hmm still thinking
Jeff said...
Mef Tical!
Anonymous said...
Rae, Ghost and Method Man.
Anonymous said...
No doubt, Mef was on fire back then. Pac was the shit of course....
Derwin said...
E-40 was my dude until the Hyphy sh!t
Anonymous said...
Biggie (just coming through), Meth & Nas
SP said...
Redman was killing the game from his contibutions to Business as Usual in 90 through Muddy Waters in 96.
Anonymous said...
KRS.
Cr8digga92 said...
Big L is my pick. He fuckin killed it on the m.i.c.
Anonymous said...
Wu!
Anonymous said...
Big L, Sadat X, KRS, O.C. & the Ticalian Stallion!
Anonymous said...
Mr. X to the Z, Xzibit...
Anonymous said...
X in the early/mid-90's!?!?

I'd go with MEF, Sadat, Jeru, Rae, Del and Ed O.G.
emile said...
Gotta say the mighty KRS-One
L said...
Canibus
Anonymous said...
Its like youve asked us whos your fav. Mc of all time. early -to-mid 90's=Best Hip Hop Era
Anonymous said...
Krs one and Chuck D
Anonymous said...
Rakim
Funk Doc said...
Snoop all day. Not so much after '94.

Fav MC, not necessarily the best.
ISMAZ said...
I'd say Nas / Biggie / Pac
Juicecrew4ever said...
Ice cube,Big daddy Kane,Chuck D,KRS-one,Rakim,CL Smooth.Sorry,it's to hard to pick just one
Dom Corleone said...
Is there any question?

Biggie Smalls = The Illest

I also fuxed heavy [II] with Nasir, Rakim, & Wu-Tang. Jay-Z & The Lox a lil' bit later.
Dom Corleone said...
Damn! Forgot Big L, dude was on-point with the lyricism. Honorable mention goes to the other members of D.I.T.C. plus Snoop reppin' the West West y'all!
Anonymous said...
Its a tie amongst KRS-One, B-Real, and Tupac
Anonymous said...
west side on you niggaz lol
Anonymous said...
Snoop Dogg, Method Man, KRS-One, Chuck D, 2Pac, Guru..... ummmm and Black Sheep!
B3N said...
Big L.
Anonymous said...
Q-TIP
TC said...
Ice Cube of course. Any other answer is uncivilized.
Britton said...
q-tip, q-tip, q-tip, q-tip, q-tip, q-tip, q-tip
RL said...
NAS, KOOL G RAP, RAKIM
Ivan said...
Damn! And the HHIReaders come out of the woodwork to drop some comments? Where you guys been!?!? :D

This list will help in compiling future 'Archives' releases... :D

Organized rarities for both the OCD and lazy hip hop heads out there! :D
Anonymous said...
jeru
Mak7227 said...
Scarface.
Teck-zilla said...
Q-tip??? he aaight but BIG L really really held it down back then!!! my new list shud be...Big L,Canibus(I hate LL for what he did to him), Rebel INS, KURUPT,Ras Kass(Illest westcoast lyricist to me)
Anonymous said...
Scarface and Mr. Cheeks
Anonymous said...
M.e.t.h.o.d Maaaan
Anonymous said...
^ Agreed. MEF FTW!
superfree said...
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superfree said...
'dre from outkast, and scarface
Rusty Shackleford said...
Lord Have Mercy
bubb rubb said...
prodigy was sick in the mid 90's
Anonymous said...
Oh shit that's true. Everybody forgot Prodigy. Him and Mef were like every rapper's favorite rapper. Rappers' rappers if you will.
Anonymous said...
Hammer!!!!! Too legit.
Anonymous said...
Hammer?!?!!!? No. Guru & KRS!
Anonymous said...
Plug Wonder Why + Trugoy the Dove= THA GREATEST
folabi said...
Guru, Rakim, Nas, BiG, Common,
folabi said...
i forgot gza and the rest of wu tang actually
moose said...
Co-sign on what everyone else said
Anonymous said...
Del, during the Mistadobalina and No Need for Alarm days, was totally unique and killed on the mic.
Anonymous said...
^ Hiero
Jason @ PSB said...
wow. 54 comments. that's awesome ivan. in the early to mid nineties, my favorite emcee was chris cooper aka super c aka sup aka sup the chemist, sfc represent. then it would drop to peace 586 of freedom of soul fame. and then to lpg and rest of the tunnel rat family. those were the days.
Jason @ PSB said...
but big l has the voice. big is the legend. but i'm a sucker for jigga.
Moose said...
Vanilla Ice?
MF Chang said...
Shame on y'all. After all the comments, no one's gonna show love for Grand Puba??? Some people for some reason put Sadat X, but no Puba?? C'mon now.
verge said...
KRS, RAKIM, Latee, BDK, Kool G Rap, Kool Fash, Godfather Don, Grand Puba, and..um..Natural Elements, all of 'em.