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MTV’s 10 Hottest MC’s List

Posted by thekidLEGEND - May 16, 2008

Kanye West

you already know what time it is. im sure everyone will have their 2 cents in so let the arguments commence. Feel free to post your lists.

list after the jump…

01. Kanye West
02. Jay-Z
03. Lil Wayne
04. Rick Ross
05. Snoop Dogg
06. 50 Cent
07. Lupe Fiasco
08. Young Jeezy
09. Andre 3000
10. T.I.

54 Comments

  1. Klock May 16, 2008 @ 7:14 pm

    Jay-Z #2???

    How??

    Snoop 5?

    His album just Failed!!

  2. YERP!!! May 16, 2008 @ 7:16 pm

    Kanye #1….they got it right this time

    everyone keeps talking about wayne but what has he done?

    what classic album has he dropped yet….dont’ get me wrong The Carter was great but what Classic album has he dropped yet?

    what classic tour has he puton on yet

    hmmmmmm

    what about video he has to have a classic video under his belt right?….Lollipop? :-\

    danm….outside of the mixtape looks like wayne hasn’t done shit

  3. Prince May 16, 2008 @ 7:26 pm

    Snoop Over 50 And Lupe???

    Dre On The List???

    Everythings A-Okay In My Book.

  4. Hoodie May 16, 2008 @ 7:44 pm

    1.Kanye
    2.Wayne
    3.Lupe
    4.Ross
    5.Jeezy
    6.Dre 3000
    7.T.I.
    8.50

    no one else worth putting on the list

    putting hov on that list is pointless he would have to be 1

  5. DEL May 16, 2008 @ 8:05 pm

    what weezy #3 are you fuckin serious? if mixtape were sold in the store weezy would be over the top. he is the #1 mc of last year this year and next.no disrespect to kanye but he should be #2 he did a lot but not as much as weezy. and jay should be #3 he cold but he need to just stop for a while cuz he get money other than rap money he ballin.

  6. Goat May 16, 2008 @ 8:17 pm

    I’m just happy Lil’ Wayne’s not number 1

  7. Chris May 16, 2008 @ 9:43 pm

    1) LIL WAYNE
    2) KANYE WEST
    3) 50 CENTS
    4) LUPE
    5) YOUNG JEEZY
    6) TI
    7) ANDRE 3000
    8) LUDACRIS
    9) THE GAME
    10) JAY – Z

    CLOSE CALLS
    JOEL ORTIZ, FABOLOUS, PAPOOSE, NAS, RICK ROSS, JUELZ SANTANA, JIM JONES,BUSTA RYHMES

  8. Dreal May 16, 2008 @ 9:47 pm

    What is wrong with the world?

  9. longz May 16, 2008 @ 11:07 pm

    Fab should b on this shit ppl 4got tha bangers he drop last year damn

  10. dirrt410 May 16, 2008 @ 11:31 pm

    #5 mixtapes arent sold worldwide therefore your arguement is on mute. Are u serious compare wayhen work to Kanye or Jay and u cant honestly say his overall work is better than either one. Wanye is a good but he could be better. It dont seem like he respect his craft the same as Kanye and Jay(e.g Cryin Out For Me Remix).

  11. LK'ONER May 16, 2008 @ 11:34 pm

    Weezy deserves number one spot,no arguements…
    ,he was on every single decent remix last year and ripped up tha track every time,not to mention the entire drought is over series were tha best mixtapes last year and beginning of this year.kanye had a good year i’d say number 2.once the carter 3 drop he’ll be miles ahead of the competition,and why the fuck iz 50 on there, and artists like loso and juelz arent ,fabs album was far better then curtis ,and with all tha material juelz did for tha i cant feel my face prequel he deserves a spot.and i’d say jeezy tip and ross all about even at tha moment.and lupe just keepz getting better and better.

  12. Fixda May 17, 2008 @ 3:35 am

    Fuck Rick Ross

  13. Dmack May 17, 2008 @ 4:03 am

    “I’ma beat my brother” [][]

  14. smilez May 17, 2008 @ 4:16 am

    can my nigga banks get some love he has been killing shit dis year p.s. dont really like g-unit cept for banks n buck but we know wat happened ta buck

  15. ben May 17, 2008 @ 6:12 am

    jay-z shouldnt be on that list

  16. 50G May 17, 2008 @ 6:45 am

    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    1) 50 CENT
    2) 50 CENT
    3) 50 CENT
    4) 50 CENT
    5) 50 CENT
    6) 50 CENT
    7) 50 CENT
    8) 50 CENT
    9) 50 CENT
    10)50 CENT

    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    WHAT DA FUCK YALL BITCHES DONT KNOW WHAT REAL HIPHOP IS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  17. pops May 17, 2008 @ 7:01 am

    wat kanye ova weezy dat shit cant be true i mean he got bars and errthing but wayne is on errthing thas hot if you wanna make just put wayne on yo track hes the hottest rapper out fuck this list!!!!!!

  18. Smitty May 17, 2008 @ 7:03 am

    They got it right with Kanye….but Andre3000, Lupe, and T.I should have been further up on the list, atleast before the likes of Rick Ross!
    http://www.myletsfuck.com

  19. SHOisGOOD May 17, 2008 @ 8:04 am

    (EXCLUDES JAY, DUH. GREATEST OF ALL TIME.)

    1. KANYE WEST
    2. LIL WAYNE

  20. travis May 17, 2008 @ 8:32 am

    1.kanye
    2.HOV
    3. T.I.
    4. the game
    5.lupe
    6. andree 300
    7.jeezy
    8. weezy

    thats it for me
    no one else can compete

  21. STAKXX May 17, 2008 @ 8:37 am

    Im sorry folks but #1 is the only position that matters! and the #1 rapper is and should be
    Hop-Hop aka Lil Wayne bka Weezy F. Baby

    Yall know it but big ups 2 the boy kanye! I fux with him but you know that the hottest rappr is WAYNE he is killin shit!!! Just keep it real 410 aka The WIRE bka B-More

  22. Sighfur May 17, 2008 @ 8:40 am

    1. Andre 3000
    2. Styles P
    3. Slug (from atmosphere)
    4. Blackthought
    5. Kanye
    6. Lupe
    7. Jay-Z
    8. Ghostface
    9. Mos Def
    10.Lil Wayne

  23. Verr May 17, 2008 @ 9:22 am

    MTV And osme of you fools trippin’ like crazy. All of yall saying wayne is #1.. pls just save it, hes not the best in the game far from it. same for 50. Kanye deserved this #1 for this last year, Jay at 2, cant complain bout that.Wayne on 3, im no hater but fck that. Lupe on 7, under snoop, 50, wayne, ross? Fck that, lupe is a better artist than any of those in all ways. Lyricly he slays any of them. And he doesnt rap same old lame shit like any other rapper nowadays does. Personally id say hes better than any of em, hes just underestimated. Rest of the list i dunno, id just put lupe on 3. And t.i deserves a higher spot too. But yea.. thats me, just stop trippin’ and start listening and supporting real artists.

  24. young mar May 17, 2008 @ 9:22 am

    man 1st off sum niggaz shouldnt b on there like t.i. rick ross and snoop..
    1. camron
    2.Nas
    3.Jay-z
    4.Andre 3000
    5.beanie sigel
    6.50 cent
    7.kanye west
    8.young jeezy
    9.lupe fiasco

  25. young mar May 17, 2008 @ 9:23 am

    10.prodigy

  26. jon.'c May 17, 2008 @ 9:25 am

    FOLKS!!!

    we are not discussing the BEST mc of the year.

    its the HOTTEST. and nobody is tearin it up like kanYe. from the singles, to the album, to the tour, and even a mixtape [the Graduate], folks kanYe is crazy hot right now.

    that said. pleez stop the bitching! jeez. u guys are worse than a bunch of middle-aged women arguing over grey’s anatomy. it’s one damn list made by, of all network’s, MTV. the same network that has ‘the Hills’ and ‘Real World’ as its top-rated programs.

    take it with a grain of salt. plz. for hip-hop’s sake.

  27. young mar May 17, 2008 @ 9:32 am

    runners up: lil wayne, fabolous,ghostface, jadkiss, game, t.i., eight ball, mjg, clipse, styles p, juelz santana

  28. yayizzy May 17, 2008 @ 9:41 am

    #1 fiddy#2jay-z#3mr.west #4 nas#5 rick ross#

  29. Dreck echt May 17, 2008 @ 12:13 pm

    1.Eminem
    2.NAS
    3.Jay-Z
    4.50cent
    5.Young Jeezy
    6.Beanie siegel
    7.Kanye West
    8.Styles p
    9.The Game
    10.Snoop Dogg

  30. young money May 17, 2008 @ 2:04 pm

    1.kanye
    2.lupe
    3.hov
    4.styles p
    5.weezy
    6.fabolous
    7.t.i.
    8.game
    9.ross

    how the fuk did dey put snoop and 50 on the list both albums were wack as hell

  31. SoccerG77 May 17, 2008 @ 6:53 pm

    1. Lil Wayne
    2. Kanye West
    3. Lupe Fiasco
    4. Jay-Z
    5. Rick Ross
    6. T.I.
    7. 50 Cent
    8. Young Jeezy
    9. Snoop Dogg
    10. Fabolous

  32. J-easy the great May 17, 2008 @ 9:41 pm

    1. Jay-z
    2. Nas
    3. Lupe
    4. pac
    5.eminem
    6. 50
    7. kanye
    8. dre 3stacks
    9. bank$
    10. jada
    11. wayne mayb if he aint on drugz lol

  33. fresh prince of da LBC May 18, 2008 @ 1:24 am

    1) LiL wayne…………

    2) Kanye West

    3) Lupe

    theres no competition after that fuck all yall Lil wayne haters….just kill yourselfs…hes a proven rapper…tha carter 2 is one of the best albums of all time and when the carter 3 drop…there will be none after…he is hiphop all these other niggas are slaves to a page in his tablet in his mind cuz he dont write shit he spit dat shit…..

  34. Carter Mayne May 18, 2008 @ 3:27 am

    WHO GIVES A FUCK ABOUT WHO MTV THINKS IS THE TOP 10 RAPPERS?????!!!! ITS PLAIN TO SEE THAT MTV DONT KNOW OR GIVE A FUCK ABOUT HIP HOP/ RAP!!!! COME ON FOOL, MTV GOT MORE REALITY TV SHOWS ON THEIR NETWORK THAN ANYTHING RELATED TO HIP HOP!!!! LET ME PUT YALL ON TO GAME IN CASE YALL DONT KNOW…MTV CAME OUT IN THE 80S & AT THE TIME MICHEAL JACKSON & PRINCE WAS KILLIN’ THE FUCKIN’ MUSIC GAME, BUT MTV NEVER SHOWED ANY OF MIKES OR PRINCE VIDEOS. THE 1ST NON ROCK VIDEO TO GET SHOWED ON MTV WAS MICHEAL JACKSON “THRILLER”. WOW, MIKE HAD TO SHOOT A BIG ASS BUDGET VIDEO FOR THEM CRACKERS AT MTV TO PUT HIS BLACK ASS ON THEY FUNKY ASS NETWORK???? FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DONT KNOW WHERE IM GOING WITH THAT LAST STATEMENT, LET ME STATE IT IN THE PLAINEST FORM: “IF MTV DIDNT GIVE A FUCK ABOUT 2 OF MUSIC’S GREATEST ICONS (PRINCE & MIKE) WHEN THEY WERE AT THEY PRIME, SELLING DIAMOND RECORDS; DO YALL THINK THEY GIVE A FUCK ABOUT A HAND FULL OF NIGGAS WHO BARELY GO PLATNUM!!!!!????? FUCK MTV!!!!

  35. pistolpete May 18, 2008 @ 3:46 am

    are u serious ,,, kanye???? ,,, hes aight but definitely not the hottest mc,,, that nigga dont even have hood credibility ,?? wat do u think niggas in da hood saying is now?? i cant wait for that new kanye??? yea aight in his fukin dreams,,, a piece of advice,, kanye stik to the beats,,, no1 cares wat you have to say…..

  36. Some dude May 18, 2008 @ 4:13 am

    ALL the lists on here suck c0x

    Mtv has gone to shit

    Wayne is #1 right now, as far as leading hip hop in his direction.

    Lollipop songs can kiss my ass, all of them

    The south is running shit and dictating style for at least a few years now.

    G-Unit is fading, Young Buck is still the man

    Ross thinks he is Barry White

    Kayne is a crossover star now, totally pop music

    Lupe is Kanye’s mini me

    T.I. got busted tryna be Rambo, they are going to throw the book at him

    uuurybody else on the list is just the usual old timers who keep making a few hits

    *******Ghostface has had a string of great albums, MF Doom always doing interesting things.

  37. weblova May 18, 2008 @ 5:26 am

    **Tired of Kanye
    **Jay Z needs to REALLY RETIRE and be a husband
    ** Lil Wayne is so loaded I’m not feelin him anymore
    **Rick Ross is there cuz hin his song he’s the boss .. who cares?
    **Snoop there cuz he never get no love and Alter Ego is an excuse for the judges
    ** 50 I’m so tired of his rhymes.. But his BEATS are another story
    **Lupe should have been higher
    **Young jeezy is fucking WACK.. come on
    **Andre 3000 I tip my straw hat to for making the list at all
    **T.I .. ok but fucking stop talking bout the drugs.. time for new material, especially when you it leads to your arrest and demise

    Money talks and Television listens
    (just look at the list)

    Radio is Wack
    This List .. even WACKER!!

  38. Hydro May 18, 2008 @ 6:04 am

    Aight my list is just 4:Juelz, Weezy, Kiss and Styles P aint no1 else on thier level as artists and I dont wanna hear shit about wut has wayne done when bar after bar after bar is right on point n juelz done less but i dont care wut noone say what the games been missing wuz a clasic album n like i said bout weezy bar after bar is on point. matter of fact da whole dipset/skullgang is on dey own level as far as da rap game is concerned

  39. KING May 18, 2008 @ 10:06 am

    This list is the most bullshit i’ v ever seen. MTV and this council is a joke. Viacom must have hand picked half this “MCs”. first off Jay Z’s last two albums have sucked so he should not even be on this list, so what he just did the biggest in rap history, live nation is getting robbed and he stoled Young Chris’s Flow. TI is one of the sickest rappers but he’s not hot right now, and i love 3stack’s and every thing he does so phe’s an auto pick for top 10. 50, Kanye, and Wayne top 5 hands down.
    Jeezy and Lupe have stepped it up over the past 6 months,albums, mix tapes, remixes and features, so I would put them in my top10 too, A SUPERSTAR ! Snoop, Legendary, but 2 hot singles and a TV show does not make u in the top 10. So that leaves us with the most glaring spots on this list. 1st Rick Ross is not a Hotter MC than 50, shit not even Lloyd Banks, shit barely better than Yayo. His album lackluster and full of weak “ft’s”, I.e. young hov. Maybe to 15, Maybe! And last but dame sure not least, is Joe Buddens! He dropped a “Klasix” in the form of MM3. He finale got off of def jam and Jay became a copy cat and followed suit. And is the only MAN two KILL the self called “GOAT”, and then go on radio and talk shit about it. So how in the fuck does he get left off this list? I don’t know, MTV you have some Damage Control to do, surprised Puffy was not on this list! Press Play, Take that, Take that!
    P.S. The Game is at least 10! at least!

  40. DA " TRUTH" May 18, 2008 @ 10:45 am

    How in the world two years in a row they leave ludacris out. Shit makes “NO” FUCKING SENSE TO ME. He’s one of the most consitent rappers in the game.

  41. UptownAL May 18, 2008 @ 12:18 pm

    T.I last? WTF!?!
    Why is Lil wayne 3rd? even tho he didnt drop an album he still the best MC…i would respect it more if he was 2nd how could they put JAYZ b4 lil wayne?
    And who the F&*K is 50 cent?

  42. Johnny May 18, 2008 @ 12:21 pm

    The list ok but snoop got to go! Anyway for you clows that keep hatin on JAY-Z shut the hell up real talk yall cant even be on the same level to understand what he says! and p.s fuck 50 to lame as g-unit

  43. xxhazex May 18, 2008 @ 1:04 pm

    ok ok ok listen up ignorants

    1. Kanye
    2. Andre 3000

    and thats all folks.

  44. Alfred May 18, 2008 @ 11:20 pm

    Be serious with yourself… how can u not have Nas on the list… and rick ross above lupe no way. How do u forget Luda and Game… 50 is over-rated young jezzy say the same shit all the time, and andre hasn’t been on the scene since 06 or something…

  45. billy May 18, 2008 @ 11:50 pm

    hey chris if ur typing “50 cents” with an s you have no right to even post on this subject….chi cityyyyyyy

  46. billy May 18, 2008 @ 11:54 pm

    and juelz def top 5…all the cant feel my face shit he kills it ,goes in harder than weezy no homo ya diiiiiiggg…stack bundles top 10 , kanye def 1st, just listen to the lollipop rmx kills it!!!!!i common snoop??what about common? this is mc’s not entertainers ..get it right ppl…fix this shiiiiiiit….

  47. SmokinSkunk May 19, 2008 @ 1:11 am

    This list is fucking gabbage. Why is Game not on the list, besides if it’s based on current hype and shit, Weezy should be number one. No need to pay attention, cause it don’t mean shit.

  48. quan May 19, 2008 @ 4:35 am

    1.50
    2.kanye
    3.luda
    4.t.i
    5.rick ross
    6.cassidy
    7.lupe
    8.jeezy
    9.plies
    10.fat joe

    fuck lil wayne and hop off his dick dickeaters he corny as shit and that nigga a fagit pussy

  49. DoneDealz May 19, 2008 @ 5:06 am

    jay z shouldn’t be on the list he is in his own lane as for wayne that nugga trash k.west is fire and 50 is a trash talking weak ass rapper that’s falling off dre is fire 4sure and lupe is the next best thing (REAL HIP HOP).

  50. Samanthaa May 19, 2008 @ 11:52 am

    1 Jay-Z
    2 Biggie
    3 Tupac
    4 Big L
    5 Jadakissss
    6 Styles p
    7 lil wayne
    8 jeezy
    9 fabolous
    10 50

    tha’d be my list

  51. hotboy May 20, 2008 @ 5:29 am

    1. 50 cent (act like you dont already know, no one has more of an impact on hip hop than this man)
    2. Kanye (how can he be #1 when 50 is the only reason hes so popular?)
    3. Game (single handedly brought the west coast back)
    4. Soulja Boy (hate to say it, but it’s a list of HOTTEST mc’s, doesnt matter that hes not good, you ppl still like him)
    5. Styles P (year in and year out, bar for bar)
    6. Crooked I (what other rapper you know that had the balls to spit over da either beat, plus dude was bringing you the heat every week)
    7. Jeezy (brought his own style to the game that is very much copied)
    8. Wayne (fell off after he stopped rappin like j and started rappin like wayne)
    9. Lupe (just one big hit, but album was classic and full of them)
    10. NaS (anticipation alone, and quite possibly on track to being the greatest mc ever)

    Honorable Mention –
    11. jay z (still talking that same old played out stuff [like how the dealers also get addicted] and biting ppl’s styles and ideas, cant expect anything new from the jigga man, hes been boring for a while now, roc boys? are you serious?! sooo boring!! remember this is a HOT list, boring is not hot)

  52. Adolf June 12, 2008 @ 5:11 am

    R U SERIOUS!?!?!? Y is jay over wayne?????? Jay is a 50 year old has been that needs to retire for good. He reminds me of my old language arts teacher. Ya’ll should listen to Immortal Technique cuz he would make #1. He raps about real things and not no bullshit.

  53. ya boi June 13, 2008 @ 2:44 pm

    how the fucc is kanye west #1 MC that nigga is super garbage hes only #1 cuz the fels sorry for his ass cuz his mama died

    1 2pac

    2 50 cent

    3 The game

    4 Ludacris

    5 lil wayne

    6 T.I.

    7 fabolous

    8 young jeezy

    9 Jay Z

    10 bone thugz

  54. IAN-T August 18, 2008 @ 11:05 am

    why thee fuck isnt eminem on the list yall be for getting one of the best in the game

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