Top 5s

Me and my new roommate are up discussing our rap preferences and surprisingly we agree on about 90% of things... (he thinks Reasonable Doubt is better than Blueprint... I politely disagree...) but anyway, I thought I'd do my top five in a bunch of different categories...

Top 5 (Dead)
1. Biggie
2. Big Pun
3. Pac
4. Big L
5. Stack Bundles

Top 5 (Alive pre-2000)
1. Nas
2. Jay-Z
3. Snoop Dogg
4. Andre' 3000
5. Slick Rick

Top 5 (Alive post-2000)
1. Kanye West
2. Lupe Fiasco
3. Joe Budden
4. The Game
5. Phonte (from Little Brother)

Top 5 Albums
1. Late Registration- Kanye West
2. Life After Death- Biggie
3. Ready to Die- Biggie
4. Blueprint- Jay-Z
5. The Minstrel Show- Little Brother
*note: I did not include The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (probably my favorite album of all time) simply because I see it more as an R&B cd than a hip-hop album

Top 5 Who Always Make Me Go "OH SHIT!"
1. Cassidy
2. Fabolous
3. Murda Mook
4. Jadakiss
5. Eminem

Top 5 Who Fell The Fuck Off
1. Ruff Ryders/DMX
2. Beanie Sigel (Beans, where the fuck you at, my N?)
3. Lloyd Bank$
4. Cam'ron
5. Eminem

Top 5 Slept-on Artists
1. Little Brother
2. Joe Budden
3. Talib Kweli
4. Joell Ortiz
5. Juelz Santana

Top 5 I Never Thought Were That Hot
1. Wu-Tang Clan
2. 50 Cent
3. Tony Yayo
4. Pharrell
5. KRS-One

Top 5 Artists Who Need to Stop Making the Same Song Over and Over and Over
1. Plies (what's this nigga's appeal? someone explain to me PLEASE!)
2. Soulja Boy (self-explanatory)
3. Yung Joc (come on B)
4. Lil' Boosie (see Plies)
5. Birdman (come on B... if it wasn't for your son Wayne, niggas wouldn't tolerate your garbage-ass flow)

Top 5 Groups
1. Little Brother
2. Mobb Deep
3. Outkast
4. Clipse
5. The Diplomats

Top 5 Who Are Starting to Grow On Me
1. Young Jeezy
2. T.I.
3. Red Cafe'
4. The Cool Kids
5. Wale

Top 5 Who Will Probably Never Blow
1. Joell Ortiz
2. Joe Budden
3. Little Brother
4. Ghostface Killah
5. Hell Rell