Who's Your Favorite Rap Band Or Artist

[DemocratSinceBirth]

My props go to Public Enemy... I saw them in an Orlando nightclub in 1990...

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. Michael Franti formerly from

Disposable Heroes of Hiphopracy

Here give it a listen:

http://www.stayhuman.org/index.htm

scroll down just a bit to the right click on LAUNCH THE SPIRIT PLAYER to hear his song LISTENER SUPPORTED...recorded along with one of the Marleys.

[ChewToy]

2. Spearhead (M. Franti does indeed rule)

I'm also the biggest fan of The Goats. They're no longer together, but they did the best album, Tricks of the Shade, which incidentally poked great fun at George Bush I, "Uncle Scam and his federally-funded freak show".

[mitchum]

3. Schooly D...

also:
Bedhead
Geto Boys

[sexybomber]

4. all those guys rip s**t, but none can compare to...

Jurassic 5.

best. rap group. ever.

on edit: where I come from, "rip s**t" is a positive term... hehe

[catpower2000]

5. Rakim, of course.

2. KRS-1
3. Outkast/Andre3000
4. Run DMC
5. PE
6. Wu Tang
7. Goodie Mob
8. Black Star/Mos Def/Talib Kweli solo
9. Eminem
10. Big Pun (RIP)

This list is for sheer talent. My fave is actually Outkast.

Cat

[MissMillie]

6. A lot of these polls leave out the women....

So Latifah gets my vote! I loved "U-N-I-T-Y" from the early 90s.

[Whitacre D_WI]

7. Paris

"Sleeping with the Enemy" is one hell of an album.

"It's no surprise that a brother got wise;
Now rat-a-tat-tat, it's an eye for a eye."

[donotpassgo]

8. Tough call...

no particular order
-Beastie Boys
-Jurrasic 5
-Notorius B I G
-Busta Rhymes
-N W A
-De La Soul
-Eminem

[Kamika]

9. ice tea?

isnt that ice-t?

You missed out alot of rap artists, should have guys like NAS, Wu-tang, bustha rhymes, dirty dozen or coolio instead of vanilla ice