Who's the best emcees, ain't no best Who's the best who's the best, ain't no best Who's the best emcees, ain't no best Top 5 dead or alive, ain't no best It started out with the legendary Kool Herc one of the greats In 1980 Kurtis Blow hit us with The Breaks From then it was on Two years later Melle Mel dropped the Message Round the same time I was born Grandmaster caz cold crushin it was evident Rakim campaign Eric B For President Straight out the Bronx came the one known as Kris Boogie Down Productions rappers gettin' dissed Kane held the throne the streets knew it was his Ever since they heard him just rhymin' with Biz Slick Rick took us on Adventures with his bling Kool Moe Dee told us that Knowledge Is King Meanwhile LL was Rockin the Bells Chuck D and Ice T told the cops go to hell G Rap was Kool RUN was the sire Sucker MC's I never admire Tenth grade I became a hip-hop addict, ass backwards Copped It Was Written and then Illmatic Some say Ready To Die was Biggie's best But then again there's always Life After Death Way before Dame and Jay changed views and split On the real 22 2's was my **** Just when you thought Pac only brought drama He had joints like Keep Ya Head Up and Dear Mama Pun did it his way just like Carlito Big L murdered it on Stretch and Bobbito My man B put me on to Havoc and P Infamous will forever be a classic to me ODB's soul has just entered the buildin' Puffy is good but Wu Tang is for the children Scarface ya mind playin tricks just illusions Pharoah Monch out to Organize the confusion Tryin' to figure out this fly chick I discovered At the same time Common said He Used to Love Her Buckshot with his Camp Click laced up in boots Big up to Black Thought never forgot his Roots Keep some Dirty Rotten Scoundrel in my stereo Can't forget Bustas verse on Scenario Keith Murray was a lyrical assassin' When Reggie grabbed the mic it was time for some action Party anthems Treach rocked without rehearsal The Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal Blackstar better yet Kweli and Mos The in and out flow belongs to Jada and The Ghost Before every X verse you hear the dogs bark OutKast changed the game, just ask Rosa Parks Mic skills ain't got nothin' to do with your gender Clef's ill but L Boogie was my favorite member Out the Fugees the tightest to drop Latifahs the Queen, other chicks are Lyte as rock Before NWA's family feud Who kicked that gangsta **** like Eazy E and Cube But still true lyricists smashin' the cuts Up verbally like Ras Kass and Kurupt E-40, Mac Dre holdin' down the bay Still doin the thizz even though he passed away Rest in peace it ain't about west or east Coast beef the media can be a beast Overnight acts just wanna top the charts No intentions to contribute to the art I absolutely refuse to let it fall apart The Emcee is crafty we here to make our mark They wanna know
[00:21.09][00:10.40]Who's the best emcees, ain't no best [00:23.25][00:13.17]Who's the best who's the best, ain't no best [00:26.04][00:15.79]Who's the best emcees, ain't no best [00:28.42][00:18.10]Top 5 dead or alive, ain't no best [00:30.46]It started out with the legendary Kool Herc one of the greats [00:33.73]In 1980 Kurtis Blow hit us with The Breaks [00:36.24]From then it was on [00:37.79]Two years later Melle Mel dropped the Message [00:39.99]Round the same time I was born [00:41.60]Grandmaster caz cold crushin it was evident [00:44.12]Rakim campaign Eric B For President [00:46.75]Straight out the Bronx came the one known as Kris [00:49.20]Boogie Down Productions rappers gettin' dissed [00:51.87]Kane held the throne the streets knew it was his [00:54.33]Ever since they heard him just rhymin' with Biz [00:56.94]Slick Rick took us on Adventures with his bling [00:59.44]Kool Moe Dee told us that Knowledge Is King [01:02.14]Meanwhile LL was Rockin the Bells [01:04.63]Chuck D and Ice T told the cops go to hell [01:07.13]G Rap was Kool RUN was the sire [01:09.74]Sucker MC's I never admire [01:32.28]Tenth grade I became a hip-hop addict, ass backwards [01:35.65]Copped It Was Written and then Illmatic [01:38.16]Some say Ready To Die was Biggie's best [01:40.55]But then again there's always Life After Death [01:43.25]Way before Dame and Jay changed views and split [01:45.76]On the real 22 2's was my **** [01:48.28]Just when you thought Pac only brought drama [01:50.92]He had joints like Keep Ya Head Up and Dear Mama [01:53.53]Pun did it his way just like Carlito [01:56.05]Big L murdered it on Stretch and Bobbito [01:58.66]My man B put me on to Havoc and P [02:00.95]Infamous will forever be a classic to me [02:03.46]ODB's soul has just entered the buildin' [02:06.17]Puffy is good but Wu Tang is for the children [02:08.71]Scarface ya mind playin tricks just illusions [02:11.28]Pharoah Monch out to Organize the confusion [02:13.95]Tryin' to figure out this fly chick I discovered [02:16.44]At the same time Common said He Used to Love Her [02:18.96]Buckshot with his Camp Click laced up in boots [02:21.54]Big up to Black Thought never forgot his Roots [02:24.20]Keep some Dirty Rotten Scoundrel in my stereo [02:26.86]Can't forget Bustas verse on Scenario [02:29.40]Keith Murray was a lyrical assassin' [02:31.86]When Reggie grabbed the mic it was time for some action [02:34.53]Party anthems Treach rocked without rehearsal [02:37.14]The Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal [02:39.56]Blackstar better yet Kweli and Mos [02:41.97]The in and out flow belongs to Jada and The Ghost [02:44.49]Before every X verse you hear the dogs bark [02:47.30]OutKast changed the game, just ask Rosa Parks [03:10.25]Mic skills ain't got nothin' to do with your gender [03:12.91]Clef's ill but L Boogie was my favorite member [03:15.72]Out the Fugees the tightest to drop [03:18.10]Latifahs the Queen, other chicks are Lyte as rock [03:20.66]Before NWA's family feud [03:23.12]Who kicked that gangsta **** like Eazy E and Cube [03:25.73]But still true lyricists smashin' the cuts [03:28.29]Up verbally like Ras Kass and Kurupt [03:30.93]E-40, Mac Dre holdin' down the bay [03:33.44]Still doin the thizz even though he passed away [03:36.00]Rest in peace it ain't about west or east [03:38.70]Coast beef the media can be a beast [03:41.27]Overnight acts just wanna top the charts [03:43.75]No intentions to contribute to the art [03:46.31]I absolutely refuse to let it fall apart [03:48.92]The Emcee is crafty we here to make our mark [03:51.46]They wanna know
