Let's get to the real deal: Biggie, Eminem and Rakim are in for reasons every true fan of rap music shouldn't even question. Let's get to the other 7.
#10: TERMANOLOGY
Don't tell me you'd rather keep Weezy over the resurrection of Pun.
#9: KENN STARR
Give this man Kendrick's budget and see a star rising
It's hard to show Ghost the door, but El's lyrical ability deserves a spot here.
#7: WORDSWORTH
It's not a woman-for-woman thing here. It's about rap. Give Lauryn a well-deserved place in a "Greatest R&B" thing or whatever. She won't be happy anyway.
This guy right here, instead: he's really got food for thought. Mirror Music is a classic.
#6: FREDDIE GIBBS
The man every hot rapper is being schooled by. Enough said.
#5: TALIB KWELI
One of the greatest contemporary poets. Best rapper alive, if you ask me.
#2: TUPAC
He should be #1. Nevermind excluded.
Everyone is entitled to disagree. As long as the focus is on quality rather than the thousand lights making the nth music-biz clown shine.
Have your say.