By 2004, despite releasing four solo-albums before he turned 23, Lil’ Wayne was dismissed as nothing more than a Cash Money prodigy. Subsequently, we overlooked a pint-size rapper who was in the midst of amassing an unprecedented underground following. Even so, Hip-hop heads failed to settle on the rightful heir. and Young Jeezy ushered in the trap-rap sub-genre And Kanye West and The Game warranted praise by way of their critically acclaimed debut albums. At the time, 50 Cent was the biggest commercially T.I. By 2004, Jay-Z’s retirement and Eminem’s drug-induced hiatus left the door open. After their deaths, Jay-Z held court from 1997–01, until Eminem became king in the early ’00s. Biggie eclipsed his peers in the mid ’90s, before being usurped by 2Pac. Hip-hop heads have an easier time agreeing on the “Best Rapper Alive.” In the genre’s first twenty years of mainstream popularity - 1984–2004 - the title was rarely up for discussion, as an up-and-coming rapper was pegged to inhabit the throne before his predecessor had pass the torched.Īfter Rakim’s reign in the late ’80s, Ice Cube and Nas followed in the early ’90s. Regardless, it’s all relative, in that generational bias and what you value most in an MC, be it- longevity, influence, skills, or their career discography - determines how you quantify greatness. As Hip-hop history tells it, the GOAT distinction is reserved for a few usual suspects - Rakim, Biggie, 2Pac, Jay-Z, Nas, and Eminem.
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