TOP 5 DEAD OR ALIVE

[Tyger]

Who's on your list for hip hop's Top 5 Dead or Alive?

[Tyger]

Here's my list. Not in this particular order:

Jay-Z
Jadakiss
Common
Mos Def
Joe Budden

[Night Train]

Budden!!!!!! Wu Tang bout to officially end him!

[Tyger]

I'll post the freestyle that slaughterhouse did later where he airs em out a bit. I doubt though that either side will end anybody. This is one of those beef where I caught it in the middle, don't really care what its about but think it might be bringing out the best (talent wise) in everybody.

Besides when's the last time the Wu came grinding this hard.

I do feel bad I didn't put BIG or my boy PAC up there but everyone will have one or th other on their list so I chose to go against the grain.

[Mr Mogul]

I just heard Raekwon's new single off OBCL 2. He was doing an interview on Hot 97. Straight garbage! Wu-Tang hasn't had a good album since "Forever". Maybe "The W."

Ghostface has been the most consistent on the whole team.

Their popularity has dissolved and so has their album sales.

Joe Budden, however, although I do like his work, can't hold a candle to the Wu. He has not achieved any where near what the Wu has. Regardless of how I may feel about the direction of the Wu's music today, they are still legends.

Joe Budden can go on the list of Hip Hop Number One Draft Pick FLOPS! (Wait, that sounds like a new post)....

[Tyger]

So let me put this out right here. When I say top 5 Dead or Alive I mean Top 5 Rappers not the Top 5 best sellers. If you base how great an emcee is on how many record sales they do then your saying something to the effect that Soulja Boy is a better emcee than Pharohe Monch. How ridiculous is that.

If your saying somebody flopped because the album didn't sell then that's not even the same thing. Put these cats in a booth somewhere and let them lay a track down. Let em battle it out. Give em a topic and watch them put in work. If you want to argue who's the best based on who's the most lyrical compared to who's the best song writer or most original that's one thing but record sales don't guarantee you a spot on my list and most really should thing twice before putting someone on theirs for that reason as well.

That's just my opinion.

[Mr Mogul]

1. Jay-z
2. Eminem
3. B.I.G.
4. LL Cool J
5. Scarface

* In that order

[Night Train]

B.I.G.
Jay-z
Punisher
Big Daddy Kane
Rakim the Master!

Honorable mention: Redman, Andre' 3000, T.I., Nas, and Beanie Sigel