Rap Hater: Best of the Double O's - Part One

Although I am The Rap Hater and stuck in the 90's...I still am on an endless quest to find good music and can't avoid the urge to listen to new music. Which brings me to my quintessential End of Decade List...here it is.

20 Best MC's of the Double O's
The only criteria of this category is that the listed artists have released a full-length album between 2000 and 2009. They are arranged in no particular order.


01.) Andre 3000 - If the perfect MC exists, Andre 3000 is that MC.

02.) 50 Cent - Fif brought Hardcore Rap back to the Mainstream, then sang it away One pop single at a time.

03.) T.I. - Tip brought lyricism back to the South and is one of the best MC's from any region.

04.) Lil Wayne - We literally watched him grow up from child rapper to legit MC to drug addict Rock Star.

05.) Jay-Z - His old ass still can rhyme when he wants to but Blueprint 3 was a let down. I still can't brush off the commercialized stench of American Gangster, but the music was dope.


06.) Skyzoo - One of the nicest young dudes in the game. A hybrid of Jay-Z and Mos Def. The Intellectual Street Hustler with a conscious mind. He has a great ear for beats too.

07.) Kanye West - Despite his homoerotic style, inability to handle his liquor and frequent meltdowns, Ye is a great MC...one of the best.

08.) Black Thought - The Roots Frontman gets better each time they drop an album. He's the Red wine of Hip Hop.

09.) Ghostface Killah - My Favorite MC. Ghost is a BEAST! One of a kind.

10.) Jadakiss - Can't drop a good Solo album, but the flow and the voice are 10/10. He needs to cut that "Ahhhaaaaa" sh*t out though.


11.) MF DOOM - Dude is a F*ckin Weirdo! But his beats are dope, and his rhymes are humorous, deep, and 100% entertaining.

12.) Nas - Fell off briefly but bounced back with Stillmatic then Untitled. And let's not forget ETHER. That alone earns him prime real estate on this list.

13.) DMX - "Cocaine is a hell of a drug" - Rick James.

14.) Sean Price - Dude is hilarious and never disappoints with hardcore rap sh!t.

15.) Prodigy - HNIC, HNIC Part 2 and Return of the Mac are among the best of the Mobb Deep catalogue. Product of the 80's was decent too. FREE P!!


16.) Lloyd Banks - Arguably the Best member of G-Unit (including 50). Dude is a Mixtape Monster!

17.) Lupe Fiasco - Made Nerd Rap a respectable sub-genre. Dope lyrics with an Intelligent perspective on the world and the business.

18.) Mos Def - A Giant among midgets. Hard to accept that his primary job is acting. But when he gets on the mic, it's borderline genius.

19.) Common - Be & Finding Forever were damn near perfect albums. I forgave him for Universal Mind Control. Stick with Kanye, Com.

20.) Lil Fame - The lyrical half of M.O.P has been helping keep Hardcore Rap Alive! the anti-bling Anthem, Ante Up sent a powerful statement to the Hip Hop World that all that materialism and shining might get yo ass Yapped!