MY TOP 20 G.O.A.T.

I did a blog entry in relation to this concept a couple of months ago, and judging by the last few months, EVERYTHING has changed. The way that I look at music, from all aspects, has twisted, distorted, and evolved. I realized that maybe a lot of artists that I had in my top 20, were in there based on legend status, and that I left out artists in my top 20, in which I grabbed on to their style and their material faster than those on my list...now that a few months had gone by...I figured its time I do this...and base this list off of simply influence on ME and me only, as to why I thrive on this music so much nowadays, and who keeps me going in this rap shit.

I am probably going to catch heat from people on this, but this is MINE....make yours.

1. Andre 3000
2. Nas
3. Black Thought (The Roots)
4. Eminem
5. Common
6. Biggie
7. Brother Ali
8. Lupe Fiasco
9. Jay-Z
10. Scarface
11. Kool G. Rap
12. Big Pun
13. Ghostface
14. Rakim
15. Big Daddy Kane
16. 2Pac
17. Mos Def
18. Q-Tip
19. Slug (Atmosphere)
20. Tech N9ne

I know what you are thinking...where are the Chuck D's? where are the KRS-One's, where's the Slick Rick's?....shit where's LL?...not disregarding what they have done, I got Criminal Minded, Nation of Millions, Great Adventures...(as far as LL, I lost interest after listening to everything else in chronological order, after Radio.), but it took me a while to appreciate it as much as I did Live and Let Die or Illmatic...even modern classics, like The Cool or Be...fuck even underground classics, like Shadows on the Sun or Anghellic. So, if you can do better, post your own blog on who your favorite top 20 is...I think I'm gonna do bands next. Holla....back to studying now.