JTTS Greatest Rappers of All-Time: #74 – Mr. Lif
Posted on September 22, 2009 by Chris Faraone - Filed Under 100 Greatest Rappers, Boston Hip-Hop | Leave a Comment
One hurdle that we’ll surely collide with in composing our exalted list of hip-hop greats is where, if, and how many Boston rap artists belong. No doubt we’re partial around here – after all, we’ve collectively been propping this scene for decades – but that shouldn’t cloud judgment.
Nonetheless; Lif should be here whether the arbiters [...]
JTTS Greatest Rappers of All-Time: #75 – Noreaga
Posted on September 11, 2009 by Chris Faraone - Filed Under 100 Greatest Rappers | 4 Comments
In case you haven’t noticed, it’s taken quite some time to determine who would be next inducted into our legendarily selective Greatest Rappers of All-Time Hall of Fame. I actually wanted to throw down Noreaga last week, but he was supposed to rock in Boston. Had he performed, dude’s set would have likely been bad [...]
JTTS Greatest Rappa Ternt Sanga’s Of All Time #1: T-Pain
Posted on September 9, 2009 by Sleezy Trees - Filed Under 100 Greatest Rappers | 3 Comments
’nuff said.
JTTS 100 Greatest Rappers of All-Time (DJ Knife Edition)- #75: Mulano
Posted on August 17, 2009 by Martín Caballero - Filed Under 100 Greatest Rappers | 7 Comments
Through my keyboard, the words of DJ Knife are ressurrected. He lives! And he brings us another esteemed entrant into the gilded hall of JTTS glory. The Mulano era begins NOW.
“No surprises here. Mulano’s slight but deadly lisp and bestial prowess has been dominating the mixtape circuit in the Bean since 2000. Dude’s been through [...]
JTTS Greatest Rappers of All-Time: #85-76 – Wu-Tang Clan
Posted on August 13, 2009 by Chris Faraone - Filed Under 100 Greatest Rappers, Hip Hop, Wu-Tang Wednesdays | 4 Comments
It’s been tough enough to keep this blog going – let alone regularly continue with recurring features like our 100 Greatest Rappers of All-Time list. But I’m determined to soldier on – and I thought this was the best way to gain quick momentum.
Truthfully, I wasn’t looking forward to assigning any or all of the [...]
JTTS Greatest Rappers of All-Time: #86 – Kool Keith
Posted on July 1, 2009 by Chris Faraone - Filed Under 100 Greatest Rappers, Hip Hop | 1 Comment
Dust was never my drug of choice. As much as I enjoy getting twisted, the sherm threw me so far away from normalcy that I once shat myself on a bad trip. In addition to control issues, I was also born more into the Special K and ecstasy era than I was into the leak [...]
JTTS Greatest Rappers of All-Time: #87 – 50 Cent
Posted on June 30, 2009 by Chris Faraone - Filed Under 100 Greatest Rappers, Hip Hop | 5 Comments
50 Cent was the first truly famous rapper who I ever interviewed. And he wasn’t even really all that famous yet. “Wanksta” had dropped – and New York was amped – but he was no more a mixtape legend than were then-heavyweights like Jae Millz and Mysonne.
I don’t even remember the magazine that hired me [...]
JTTS Greatest Rappers of All-Time: #88 – Eazy-E
Posted on June 18, 2009 by Chris Faraone - Filed Under 100 Greatest Rappers, Hip Hop | 8 Comments
Fuck your family if you don’t think Eazy-E was the nicest member of N.W.A. That’s not to say that Cube won’t wind up on this list too, but, come on folks, don’t be stubborn. The Chronic is a classic, but Eazy-Duz-It is straight chronic.
Eazy was the most dangerous dude in the most dangerous outfit that [...]
JTTS Greatest Rappers of All-Time: #89 – Del tha Funkee Homosapien (or however you prefer to spell it)
Posted on June 9, 2009 by Chris Faraone - Filed Under 100 Greatest Rappers, Hip Hop | 4 Comments
Even though I found it in my heart and taste to tap Planet Asia and Xzibit for this exalted list, I still get West Coast hate when I prop East Coast cats. I should have expected this, as you people tend to forget where this shit started, and where so many lyrically astounding styles proliferated [...]
JTTS Greatest Rappers of All-Time: #90 – Fat Joe
Posted on May 26, 2009 by Chris Faraone - Filed Under 100 Greatest Rappers, Hip Hop | 8 Comments
I’m incredibly interested in how readers respond to this one. For me, it’s essentially a no-brainer; growing up in New York, Joe was without-a-doubt the first cat to do a lot of things: first Latin dude to blow up; first MC (who I can think of) to maintain underground ties (D.I.T.C.) while finessing commercial destinies [...]
JTTS Greatest Rappers of All-Time: #91 – Freeway
Posted on May 21, 2009 by Sleezy Trees - Filed Under 100 Greatest Rappers | 12 Comments
When you think of Philly, a few things usually come to mind. Cheesesteaks. The Eagles, the murder rate, Greenman, and of course Freeway. Philadelphia Free has always been on of my favorites from the “Dynasty “era of the R.O.C. From the beard, to the flow to the voice that sounds like he’s consistently crying, to [...]
JTTS Greatest Rappers of All-Time: #92 – Xzibit
Posted on May 21, 2009 by Chris Faraone - Filed Under 100 Greatest Rappers, Hip Hop | 8 Comments
Back to the West Coast – a frontier that I’m not completely fond of, but that deserves adequate representation on this mighty list regardless. Surely ringers like Tupac and Ras Kass are destined to claim spots, but there are definitely some B-list A-listers who belong as well.
Xzibit is perfect at this time, especially since we’re [...]
JTTS Greatest Rappers of All-Time: #93 – Cage
Posted on May 19, 2009 by Sleezy Trees - Filed Under 100 Greatest Rappers | 10 Comments
For some bizarre reason, I find a sick pleasure in making fun of Cage’s physical degeneration into the male version of Kate Moss in flannel. I also take a fucking huge perverse pleasure (yes, it turns me on sexually) to see the legions of salty fat wiggers heads completely explode as their messiah turns into [...]
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