The Genius

Nas has a few great albums: Illmatic, It Was Written, Stillmatic.

Raekwon only has the one great album, really.

method man. his voice is great.

RZA is the consummate musical savant. I bow to him.

RZA, followed closely by GZA

method man's got the illest flow

Never said Nas was great either. ILLMATIC is obviously brilliant. But he's plenty of bad albums, and then a few good ones. I'd say that his last few have been very good, though. Pretty much everything from STILLMATIC onward.

GZA, followed by Method Man

Been listening to Liquid Swords for the last week or so.

1. RZA
2. GZA
3. Tie between Meth & ODB.

Tough picking a favorite, though.

i can't do it. i read through the thread thinking about it.

its GZA/RZA/Ghost at the top.

tho I think Meth has the best flow.

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Meth is my favorite. followed by.... INSPECTAH DECK

They are all special in their own ways & everytime I listen to the Clan I find something different. Ghostface definatly has the most consistent solo output.

GZA is the best lyricist, but I don't know sometimes I find his flow too monotonous. Same goes for Rae.

But the Ticallion Stallion maaan always kills it. He got a lil too poppy in Blackout 2 but it is still a classic joint/

because of common interests.

1.Rza, not only for production HE IS THE BEST RAPPER.
2.Gza, but he sucks live where as rza is mindblowing
3.Masta Killah
4.Method Man
5.Inspectah deck, pretty mediocre solo career but he almost always has the best verse by far on collaborations....#1 as far as pure rapping skills go
6. Ghostface, was my favorite for years, but 90% of his work after supreme clientele is lame, and he gets shown up on collaborations
7.Ol Dirty Bastard
8.U-God
9.Raekwon

1. Ghost
2. Meth
3. O.D.B.

Masta Killah is really awesome.

I agree that he's over-looked as a rapper, but do you think he's better than GZA?

nightmares like wes craven
niggas gunnin
my 3rd eye seen it comin

I mean RZA is certainly capable of amazing lyrics (see: "4th Chamber," "Tearz," the entirety of 6 FEET DEEP, etc), but a lot of the time he sort of puts the lyrics in the backseat (see: BIRTH OF A PRINCE, AFRO SAMURAI VOL 2, etc).

at one point or another they've all been my favourite for one reason or another. aside from masta killa.

^what you said, minus U-God and adding Masta Killah who's phenomenal.