Kanye’s Top 5
MTV asked Kanye what MC’s are in his Top 5 right now.
Here’s what he said:
1. Lil Wayne
2. Andre 3000
3. Kanye West
4. T.I.
5. Fabolous
LOL @ him putting himself on the list but not Common. He also gave them his top 5 in terms of swag. Wait until you see who #1 is.
August 1st, 2007 at 9:13 am
1st
August 1st, 2007 at 9:15 am
Lil’ Wayne??
Ughhhh..
Kanye’s lucky I like his music enough to forgive that transgression.
August 1st, 2007 at 9:16 am
Someone wanna copy and paste his list? Plantation blocks MTV dot com
August 1st, 2007 at 9:17 am
5?
August 1st, 2007 at 9:17 am
what’s good whiteys, latinos, kneegrows, and all those who had to check the “other†box on standardized tests before 1994?
August 1st, 2007 at 9:18 am
What up lo K?
August 1st, 2007 at 9:18 am
this list befuddles me (nh)
August 1st, 2007 at 9:19 am
@ Rey
And since Kanye is so rich with swagger, we also asked him to give us his top five MCs when it comes to just that: swag.
· 1. Jim Jones
· 2. T.I.
· 3. Young Jeezy
· 4. Kanye West
· 5. Lil Wayne
August 1st, 2007 at 9:19 am
@rey - ain’t nuttin… trying to get over being sick for the past few days, hence my absence… did I miss anything good?
August 1st, 2007 at 9:21 am
PIMP-PIMP!
August 1st, 2007 at 9:21 am
Rey… Joe88… Crazy88… lo k…
What it is chiefs?
August 1st, 2007 at 9:21 am
On why Wayne is #1:
“He’s in a zone. It’s like Eminem with ‘hood records. You go to the strip clubs, they know his words all the way through. People know his records. … When he gets on tracks, he gives excitement, he has a combination of punch lines, excitement and swag. Some people got real lyrics, others have a lot of swag. He combines both. His voice cuts on the track too. His lines are real memorable as well.”
T.I. the King
“T.I. came from being super-lyrical, and what he’s doing right now is so easy for him. It’s so much swag. I just feel like he has the life. He can go in the studio, knock a song out in 10, 15 minutes, and do whatever he wants for the rest of the day. T.I. never overdoes it; he gives you exactly what you needed.”
August 1st, 2007 at 9:21 am
lol.. Apparently yesterday was classic in terms of etherwars.. I missed the majority of it, then I threw a tantrum about getting Ayo’d.. You know, the usual.
“Swagger” is my new Most Hated Phrase in Hip-Hop, besting “hater” and “Movement”.
August 1st, 2007 at 9:22 am
*daps billz*
August 1st, 2007 at 9:22 am
when you hear me bang 9, nigga that’s my gang sign
August 1st, 2007 at 9:22 am
….K.West is a DickSucker.
August 1st, 2007 at 9:22 am
@rey
who got ethered?
August 1st, 2007 at 9:23 am
Words that need to never be spoken in hip hop again
Bling
Swagger
Hater
Ballin
August 1st, 2007 at 9:23 am
*daps Billz*
August 1st, 2007 at 9:23 am
“Swagger†is my new Most Hated Phrase in Hip-Hop, besting “hater†and “Movementâ€.
^Likewise.
August 1st, 2007 at 9:23 am
Kanye is just being politically correct.
August 1st, 2007 at 9:23 am
What up Billz, heard about (read) what happen to your whip yesterday, sorry to hear (read) that
August 1st, 2007 at 9:24 am
where’s fux? I wanna smack that dood for gettin’ that stupid Tabi Bonney (nien)song about puttin’ it in the pocket stuck in my head weekend (none)…
August 1st, 2007 at 9:24 am
Joe 88 Says:
August 1st, 2007 at 9:23 am
Words that need to never be spoken in hip hop again
Bling
Swagger
Hater
Ballin
^When Kobe said “swagger” in that commercial, it made me cringe.
But yeah, I co-sign that too.
August 1st, 2007 at 9:24 am
Rey Says:
August 1st, 2007 at 9:23 am
Kanye is just being politically correct.
^^^
hes a cocksuckn faggit
August 1st, 2007 at 9:24 am
@ lo.. No idea.. I didn’t check.
August 1st, 2007 at 9:25 am
Rey Says:
August 1st, 2007 at 9:23 am
Kanye is just being politically correct.
^Maybe, but I think he really like these dudes (nh) I remember him saying weezy was his favorite rapper a couple times (favorite as in right now favorite)
August 1st, 2007 at 9:26 am
crazy88since88 Says:
August 1st, 2007 at 9:24 am
Rey Says:
August 1st, 2007 at 9:23 am
Kanye is just being politically correct.
^^^
hes a cocksuckn faggit
^^^
Wow.. Such venom for Mr. West.
August 1st, 2007 at 9:26 am
Wow at Kanye West’s list. He must be currently doing work for them or soon
August 1st, 2007 at 9:27 am
Joe 88 Says:
August 1st, 2007 at 9:23 am
What up Billz, heard about (read) what happen to your whip yesterday, sorry to hear (read) that
^lol. Sall good man. Me and parkin’ in public places have a bad rapport. I’ve been towed about 8 times since I bought my whip in ‘05. Bout 5 times when I worked with SSA, at least once when I worked in Silver Spring (and their towing fees are a lot cheaper… though still costly), and then yesterday at school. Made me wish I would have gotten a parkin’ ticket instead. I’d rather cough up $30 and still drive home, rather then walk to the towing place and swipe my card for $220. Shits discustin’ b.
August 1st, 2007 at 9:28 am
@ J88– I know.. I just shudder to think that Wayne might be on Graduation.. I like Jeezy tho’, and I don’t have any problem with Tip.. It’s the other 2 jokers I can’t stand.
August 1st, 2007 at 9:29 am
lo k Says:
August 1st, 2007 at 9:24 am
where’s fux? I wanna smack that dood for gettin’ that stupid Tabi Bonney (nien)song about puttin’ it in the pocket stuck in my head weekend (none)…
^LOL. Shit, at least you don’t live anywhere close to DC, where they attempted to play it a couple times on a Bmore radio station. Or when it mysteriously pops up on a DJ PCutta mixtape, simply because Cutta works in that region.
August 1st, 2007 at 9:30 am
BigHomie… What it is?
August 1st, 2007 at 9:31 am
…this post sucks…
(Zzzzzzzzz)
August 1st, 2007 at 9:31 am
SMH @ Kanye having Jim Jones #1 on his “swagger” list. Don’t get me wrong, he started
a movementsomething with those skull shirts, but that’s all he wears, now I actually seen T.I rock some slick shit, from button ups, to street clothes, to suits, T.I won the best dressed award one year (can’t remember what award show it was) & he said he wasn’t even tryna get it, w/e, but I remember kanye being upset he didn’t winAugust 1st, 2007 at 9:32 am
morning gentlemen: Joe, Rey, lo K, Billz, crazy.. whoever else i missed
August 1st, 2007 at 9:32 am
aw man… what is this obsession with this lil wayne guy? i will never understand. I’m out the loop.
He kisses dudes, i dont know one solo song of his thats a classic, and he is the biggest swagger jacker of them all.
Whats wrong with you people?
August 1st, 2007 at 9:33 am
Cosign Skee..
Hola Greenita! Como Estas?
August 1st, 2007 at 9:34 am
g’mornin greena
August 1st, 2007 at 9:34 am
what has T.I brung to the table that hasnt been done before?
I like 3000 but when was the last time he dropped a record?
August 1st, 2007 at 9:35 am
SKEEMATICS NYC Says:
August 1st, 2007 at 9:32 am
aw man… what is this obsession with this lil wayne guy? i will never understand. I’m out the loop.
He kisses dudes, i dont know one solo song of his thats a classic, and he is the biggest swagger jacker of them all.
Whats wrong with you people?
^^^
*daps Semi-Auto-matics*
August 1st, 2007 at 9:35 am
Morning Greenie
August 1st, 2007 at 9:35 am
>i dont know one solo song of his thats a classic,
^I can’t front, i’m not the biggest lil wayne fan, but I can’t lie to myself, he has a few classic songs, no classic albums, a few classic mixtapes “the dedication series” & he works hard at his craft, gotta respect a man that’ll rather be in the studio then in the strip club
August 1st, 2007 at 9:35 am
*daps green*
August 1st, 2007 at 9:36 am
wayne must have a unbox full of incriminating pics of cats.. i means hes not awful, but i definitely dont understand everyone putting him on their list as #1
August 1st, 2007 at 9:36 am
Daps Homie & Kung-Fu Joe
August 1st, 2007 at 9:37 am
>what has T.I brung to the table that hasnt been done before?
^It’s a rare few artist that bring anything new to the table, jada is a monster, but has he brought new to the table, besides his laugh? That’s not fair pointing one artist out, knowing it’s only a handful of artist that bring anything new to the table
August 1st, 2007 at 9:37 am
green eyes Says:
August 1st, 2007 at 9:36 am
wayne must have a unbox full of incriminating pics of cats.. i means hes not awful, but i definitely dont understand everyone putting him on their list as #1
^^^
must be a cocksuckin thing…
August 1st, 2007 at 9:37 am
morning big homie
August 1st, 2007 at 9:38 am
>wayne must have a unbox full of incriminating pics of cats.. i means hes not awful, but i definitely dont understand everyone putting him on their list as #1
^Co-sign, I thing putting him @ #1 is the new fad
>Daps Homie & Kung-Fu Joe
^What up CS88
August 1st, 2007 at 9:39 am
Cosign J88.. If you wanna go on “bringing something to the table”, Nelly would be in the top 10.
~~~~
green eyes Says:
August 1st, 2007 at 9:36 am
wayne must have a unbox full of incriminating pics of cats.. i means hes not awful, but i definitely dont understand everyone putting him on their list as #1
^^^^
Has dude put out an actual SONG in the last, oh, forever? Not a 2 bar freestyle, not a fuckin’ collabo.. An actual song by himself with 3 16s (no stone cold steve austin) and an 8 bar hook?
FOH with this lil’ wayne bullshit.. Ty is dead the fuck on when he says that if you look at his lyrics you see how corny they are.. *barf*
August 1st, 2007 at 9:40 am
What up Big Homie?
August 1st, 2007 at 9:41 am
What’s good VietNAHm?
*Dap-a-Thon 3000 engaged*
August 1st, 2007 at 9:41 am
What up PMass?
August 1st, 2007 at 9:42 am
morning pmass
August 1st, 2007 at 9:42 am
Sup Rey?
August 1st, 2007 at 9:42 am
Good morning Ms. Green
August 1st, 2007 at 9:43 am
Not much, homey.. Just another day cuttin’ sugar cane.
August 1st, 2007 at 9:44 am
does anyone know anything interesting to do in Brewster, NY?
August 1st, 2007 at 9:45 am
Fabolous #1…. Great list there ‘Ye
August 1st, 2007 at 9:45 am
Ohhh good morning NahRighters!
August 1st, 2007 at 9:45 am
Fuck.. That Garnett to BOS deal went thru??
Son of a Bitch.. My knicks just can’t win..
Watch Isiah make some stupid-ass move now.
August 1st, 2007 at 9:45 am
Not to get off subject, but y’all need to check this site out…..funny shit
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August 1st, 2007 at 9:45 am
Joe 88 A.K.A No amount of security Says:
August 1st, 2007 at 9:38 am
>wayne must have a unbox full of incriminating pics of cats.. i means hes not awful, but i definitely dont understand everyone putting him on their list as #1
^Co-sign, I thing putting him @ #1 is the new fad
>Daps Homie & Kung-Fu Joe
^What up CS88
^^^
….i need some henne & pizza…
August 1st, 2007 at 9:46 am
What it is Rey? Sup X?
August 1st, 2007 at 9:47 am
Has dude put out an actual SONG in the last, oh, forever? Not a 2 bar freestyle, not a fuckin’ collabo.. An actual song by himself with 3 16s (no stone cold steve austin) and an 8 bar hook?
^The drought is over tha carter 3 sessions got alot of actual songs on there, “something you forgot” is my anthem. The funny thing is, that was my whole gripe (nh) towards wayne @ one point, that he never made songs, just freestyles & collabo’s, but I realized that you just gotta accept his music for what it is, You know he’s not the greatest, I know that, but he’s got his own style (that he took from 23657275562691761297 MC’s)& made it his own unique flow. Wayne isnt in my top 70, but when you give him a honest, open minded chance & listen to him, you’ll find something you like that he made
August 1st, 2007 at 9:48 am
Kanye is a joker putting himself on that list. Us as real hip hop heads can’t figure out the fascination with Wayne, but really he is mainstream America’s choice. I am not included in mainstream America like most of Nah.
*daps all around*
August 1st, 2007 at 9:49 am
pmass… Xfacta… Greens…
What it is?
August 1st, 2007 at 9:51 am
New Post
August 1st, 2007 at 9:53 am
This is like a chat room…lol….give it up for my boy Fab for making the top 5 list of the great Kanye…..
August 1st, 2007 at 9:53 am
the hoopla about Wayne is the “zone” you hear everyone speak of. To put it short and simple xanex,weed and henny.
The right amount of each is guaranteed fluid like flow. Similar to the Rock and Heroin link. Be cautious though, cause this trip ends badly.
What up Nahrizzle.
August 1st, 2007 at 10:00 am
Kanye’s a hip hop politician, he’s a smart dude. He doesn’t start beef and he gives props where it’s due. I don’t like the fact that Wayne is on the list, but if he’s talking in terms of airplay and swag, there’s no denying Wayne is everywhere (whore). I’m sure he’s going to be producing for all of them very soon if he hasn’t already. I wish Andre 3k would do a solo LP, big boi is just bringing him down, what were those lyrics on ‘International Players’?
BTW, there are no guest rappers on Graduation, just Jeezy’s adlibs on ‘Can’t Tell Me Nothing’.
August 1st, 2007 at 10:35 am
This has to be a nightmare.
August 1st, 2007 at 10:39 am
Why is Lil Wayne always mentioned in these damn lists’???? Good Lord, am I missing something here…
August 1st, 2007 at 10:49 am
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it’s a wrap 4 kangay
Curtis sept 11
August 1st, 2007 at 10:50 am
I just lost the last ounce of respect for ye that I had left…since when does Jenny Jones have swag??? Getting beat up and stole on repeatedly is not swagger…and I can respect Waynes lyricism but got damn #1???
smh…dick riding is the new hate.
August 1st, 2007 at 12:05 pm
Damn Kanye is ignoring the okayplayer cats that helped him out back around 2002 when he was relatively unknown. No love for Common (his own artist), Kweli, Pharoahe Monch, or Black Thought? Pathetic.
This “swag” talk is the gheyest isht ever. Rappers should not have to be “swagish” to be considered among the top tier MCs. If these douches took this “swag rating” in the early 90s, MCs Chuck D, Q-Tip, Method Man, Das Efx, etc would all be shitted on for being to grimy or abstract or political & not bragging about themselves enough. Any of those dudes son the bitchmade Weezy Fa-go Goldberg.
August 1st, 2007 at 12:32 pm
G7 Says:
August 1st, 2007 at 9:48 am
Kanye is a joker putting himself on that list. Us as real hip hop heads can’t figure out the fascination with Wayne, but really he is mainstream America’s choice. I am not included in mainstream America like most of Nah.
*daps all around*
^^^ Agree. You people are beating your heads trying to figure out why MTV drones are so fascinated with MTV anointed “Hip Hop artists”. Kanye is just being politically correct, like every other “main stream” hip hop artist. Here’s what goes through the mind of someone like Kanye: “Why go against the grain when the grain pays the bills - even if you’re already rich.”
August 1st, 2007 at 12:33 pm
*** No homo @ “beating your heads”
August 1st, 2007 at 12:57 pm
I didn’t know grabbing your sack made you a good emcee. If that’s the case, I’m the hottest mc in the game. Kanye plays it safe. Dude talks party line. But, seriously, swagger needs to stop being considered as a legitimate means for determining a good mc. period. That shit’s over. I thought having verbal content made one a good mc. I guess this is me being stuck in the time when rap didn’t suck so much.
August 1st, 2007 at 2:16 pm
can u say payola?
August 1st, 2007 at 2:17 pm
why is da industry on waynes dick?? oh because they gay just like him
August 1st, 2007 at 5:06 pm
40 Inch Says:
August 1st, 2007 at 2:17 pm
why is da industry on waynes dick?? oh because they gay just like him
^ QUEERS RULES……….lol……..
Boom Bye Bye in a battyman head……
August 1st, 2007 at 5:27 pm
wow… just wow. I didnt think i can hate him even more
August 1st, 2007 at 10:47 pm
lol@Jim Jones’s “swag” bein’ better than T.I.’s, but otherwise, aight lists. even though i ain’t a Weezyan and i probably wouldn’t've put ‘Dre up so high as of now.
props for T.I. though. T.I. vs T.I.P. > all his other albums. every album he drop he get better, maaaaaan
August 1st, 2007 at 10:49 pm
and delivery matters more than lyrics. people gotta get off this “swag is an excuse” ish