And I’m going to trust the opinions from a group of people who allowed “My Sweet 16 the Movie” to air. I would much rather see VH1 put together a list like this…..well maybe VH1Soul.
Sway& Co. aka the MTVNews BrainTrust (whatever that is) came up with this wicked list. This joint is BONKERS! AND WHERE THE F*** IS NAS!?!?!?
10. Jim Jones
9. Common
8. 50 Cent
7. Jay-Z
6. Young Jeezy
5. Kanye West
4. Andre 3000
3. Game
2. T.I.
1. Lil Wayne
The mere fact that MCs like Papoose or Joell Ortiz didn’t even get honorable mention is disappointing enough. This definitely goes to show that mixtape artists gets no LOVE from the mainstream world. The sad part is, give these guys a couple of more years, 100Grand, a fur coat, a beef track and a record deal and MTV will be all up on dudes asses…trust! This hip-hop world is coooolllldddd-blooodddeddd (c) Rick James.
I suggest they do the 10 Hottest GHOST WRITERS next.
I came across an Honorable Mention List that looks like it could challenge their Top MCs…with the exception of Rich Boy and Yung Joc of course.
1. Nas
2. Ludacris
3. Fabolous
4. Yung Joc
5.Chamillionaire
6. Pusha T(of The Clipse)
7. Rick Ross
8. Fat Joe
9. Snoop Dogg
10. Bun B
11. Rich Boy
12. Swizz Beats
13. Ghostface Killah
14. Juelz Santana
15. Cassidy
The BrainTrust must have felt really bad, because they added a “Future Shock” list which is supposed to be the Rising Stars of Hip-Hop. How dare you put Papoose and Lil’ Mama on the same damn list! Pap’s been at this since before Lil’ Mama knew how to walk! SMH!!!!
1.Papoose
2.Plies
3.Saigon
4.Lil Mama
This list is def. a list of the 10 hottest MAINSTREAM MCs, and so I can understand why the artist they chose are on there. However..the ordering is a mess. Why is Wayne #1??!! Why is 50 ahead of Common? Let alone on the list. If VH-1 or VH1 Soul did the list I doubt how much different it would be…they are all owned by the same people and probably share the same ideas. I’m curious to see what their list of the best singers would look like..hmmm
Yeah I am not feeling either one of these list. Where the hell is andre 3000 and black thought from the roots?
don’t mind me i’m a real hip-hop head.
I Can’t believe Game made that list. His last album sucked…just like 50’s did.
Yeh, Game making the list is def. killing me more so than anything else!
this is disgusting. it’s leaving me speechless….and dammit that dosen’t happen often. I think the crew from VH1Soul would do a better job tho, even tho they’re under the same “management” VH1Soul stands out by supporting Common and other underground and worthy artists. They’re heavy old school hip hop rotation alone makes THEM FAR BETTER THAN BET and MTV JAMS COMBINED! Not to mention VH1’s Hip Hop Honors shows be BUMPIN’!
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! MTV is some kaka chien!!!!!!!!!! half of those “MCs” don’t know the true meaning of an MC, jeez, MTV should go jump in an ocean, better yet……they need to dig in their tape log and watch some episodes of YO! MTV Raps, those people were MCs these corporate monsters are not MCs, btw, WTF is NAS!!!!!! dats a real MC of today, he said it loud and clear, “Hip Hop is Dead, this morning!” MTv proved that point!!!!!!!!
this list is foolishness! they can’t really believe that….they must have made a controversial list knowing that people and blog sites around the world would raise hell! lol
just take 50 and Jim Jones out the list…just no… Nas and Luda def should take those spots and the honorable mention is a little questionable with Yung Joc and Rich Boy…
how come there’s never any females on these damn lists!! if its the hottest mc’s out right now doing the damn thing then shouldn’t Eve be somewhere??!
yall must of been out your mind JAY-Z should be 1st in all of them and kanye and should be 2nd.
aundre 3000
the game
young jeezy
lil wayne
and
t.i.
aint nowhere near above Jay-Z
why in the hell should lil wayne be 1st look at his lyrics it actually sucks example (a millie) the song is hot once you hear it but look at the lyrics it Sucks…all im sayin is Jay-Z and Kanye got it on LOCK 1.Jay-Z 2.Kanye 3.LiL Wayne 4.Cassidy 5.50 Cent thats from my point of view and who evers point of view for the 1st list above you must of been drunk that day cuz aint no way that Jay-Z should be number 7 and Kanye number 5 yall need to upgrade that list ASAP ya dig..
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