MTV’s Hip Hop Brain Trust
Tracy Bachman – associate producer, “Direct Effect”
Tuma Basa – manager, MTV Music Programming
Bridget Bland – production associate/writer, MTV Radio Network
Tone Boots – producer, “Direct Effect”/creative consultant, MTV
Buttahman – manager, music and talent, “MTV Jams”
Sway Calloway – on-air correspondent, MTV News
Rahman Dukes – features producer, MTVNews.com
Sean Lee – supervising producer, MTV News
Joseph Patel – segment producer, MTV News
Rodrigo Perez – producer, MTVNews.com
Shaheem Reid – hip-hop editor, MTV News
Shari Scorca – senior producer, MTV News
Curtis Waller – senior producer, MTV Radio Network
Kurt Williamson – associate producer, “Direct Effect”
5. Kanye West
“Top MCs? Kanye West. I think because he’s a producer also, a lot of people discredit him for what he does. But he’s dope time and time again.
He creates hits for other people and for himself. It’s not like he’s a stingy producer and keeps all the hits for himself like other producers out there. But Kanye is dope. When I see him, I feel like I’m in the presence of a legend. When I look at artist that I fuck with, I look at it from a fan’s standpoint.
I really got a lot of respect for that dude. I hope people get the picture on his next album if they haven’t already. I think his contribution has been catastrophic, I’m glad to coexist with a MC like that.” – The Game
4. Andre 3000
“I hear the hunger. That’s what happens for a minute, if you’re doing something and doing it for so long, sometimes you get burned out.
You get burned out from doing it at such a high level for so long, you have to let it go so you can miss it a little bit, and then you can come back to it.
You could tell right now he has that hunger, and he sounds great.” – Jay Z
“[I first heard of him because] the homies from the city, they was like, ‘You heard this kid Game? I think he’s Eazy-E’s son! He’s spitting hard. He’s riding that vibe.’ I reached out to him, the feelings was mutual.
He flew to New York, one of his first trips to NYC. I scooped him up. We been locked in ever since. I respect his hustle, his grind. Above all else, he knew what goal he had to achieve. [After he left G-Unit,] it was like when Ice Cube had to leave [N.W.A]. He was over on the East Coast for a while, got his mind together, he came back and slaughtered.
[Game] absorbed the game and did what he had to do to execute it. He still popped off. Now he’s about to retire, so he must have his paper together.”- Jim Jones
2. TI“I don’t listen to rap. But who be spitting? In this era, Young Jeezy and T.I. for sure. I listen to they shit all day. Tip, to me, if it ain’t me [at #1], it’s Tip.
Real talk: I listen to all Tip’s music and I try to stay sharp. I don’t even listen to it as a fan — which I am. I listen to Tip more as a scout or a competitor of music.
I’m trying to see how sharp is he — and he’s very sharp! If you think I’m great or whatever, it’s because he’s great.”- Lil Wayne
“Everybody is going to start with Lil Wayne. When I heard there was a [hottest MCs] list, I said, ‘You going to start with Wayne then work your way down.’
He delivers so many verses. The amount of work he puts in!
I sat with Wayne working on his album and was like, ‘Do you go on vacations?’ He said, ‘Nah, this is what I do. I dedicate my life to this …
I think a lot of people don’t take being a pop star or rap star serious enough. Because it could be easy, you do a couple of records then you chill out. Nah, let’s not chill.
Let’s do what we can to make sure this art is alive and take advantage of the moment.’ ” – Kanye West
COMMENTS
bullshit
I respect andre 3000, but he aint hot right now. he on one track thats hot right now and thats it. mtv dont know what the fuck they doing. and jim jones.lol give me a break.
i respect kanye and andre but besides them fuck the list
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Bullshit is what i was thinkin to but like calibud said its in the past six months this nigga is hot but i dont think they should have started out with just 1 show thats only goes back 6 month it should be top 25 of the past 2 years, then top 25 of the past six months cuz half the niggaz would make both list and i know other artist that been in the game for a way longer time then GAME and WAYNE is mad cuz the past six months could be their break from their last album. Lil wayne is hot right now cuz he got that wierd ass flow but what happens when that shit gets played out like the rest of the shit? and andre 3000 wat has he done in the last 6 months a couple remixes and one song.
fuck all you Weezy F is the best right now. who else is droppin a couple new mixtapes every fuckin week. he is the best right now. Game and T.I are also the shit. But what the fuck has Andre done. All he has right now is international players anthem. and the main reason that that song is hot is cuz of Bun-B and Pimp C. Quit hatin on Weezy.
Hold the fuck up! Is Dwayne Carter numba 1! Wow Hip Hop Is Really Dead!
HOW IN THE FUCK DID GAME MAKE THIS LIST
by being one of the best mcs in the game bitch
^^^^ Thats right ...numbers dont lie, Games doin his thing
The Game should be on the list niga!
What numbers the second album didnt sell! He gets no love on the West did yall see that There's No Game documentary! "Real Talk" Those are real niggaz that run Cali!
I'm really confused by Game @ number 3 and Andre 3000 even being on the list..
co-sign...dats wass up weezy got crazy flow..his fans pls tell him to stop kissin man dats pure raw undercover homo...everybody is hatin him becuz of dat...
the runners up was on POOOINNNNTTTT, but the winner...sucked.
co-sign
n*f*p i think i like you you are you beatifull
The Game?...ToP 5?, thas kinda crazy...
Nigga?! Game is top 3!! wut the fuk did u expect young buck or lloyd banks!! lol.. the unit is floppin aint no one there hot
wow niggaz is wildin they need to get some street niggaz that eat, sleep and breath hip hop and that has no favorite mc's cause these niggaz is buggin u can tell that they all was pickin favorites but how da fuck is game, and andre 3000 up their.....i mean weezy could be up their but not no number one that swagger jackin nigga
game is a street ni66a, wat u on, andre 3000, idk bout him though
well... wat can u expect from mtv
i want to hear what bet would do
probably still be the same if BET did it because wayne won the Viewers Choice.
we all knew wayne was gonna be #1 even tho he not #1
i disagree i would rank him as the hottest right now
not the best u mean
get weezy off the charts man. that boy is overrated.
Game over 50 What yall G Unit niggaz got to say about that
lol 50 could buy the games entire label and fire them niggas
u funny nigga,lol.
Damn man, how the fuck Wayne gon be number 1??????
shits not rite, but i guess it makes sense, if you really think bout it. He not the best (Obviously) but he is Hot right now.
50 is more popular not more lyrical
well, mtv just lost all credibility. this is the shittiest top 5 list of all time besides T.I.
and besides kanye...aint nobody in tha top 5 fuckin wit kanye
Wayne doing his thing right now. Somebody new will come in 2 years and shake the rap game up a little bit
Jeezy and Kanye hotter than Andre. T.I. hotter than Wayne. I like Wayne better though, even know he'd be right at home in prison.
lol.lol.
i think you are right they are hot..........
haha this list is fucked up!
how they got the nerve to put this nigga T.I. up there after that trash ass album. Originality?! Dude T.I. or T.I.P. or whatever he calls himself jocked that idea from Cassidy!
WOOOOOWWWW!
1.Lil' Wayne
2.Andre 3000
3. The Game
anything after that I can care less!
Tip did that way b4 cassidy thats ben stated over 100 times idiot. trap muzik 2003 ti vs tip
I agree, I don't really like T.I., that album was not as good as I expected even tho everyone else apparently loves it.
feel ya, acouple songs were straight
MTV is full of shit airing this bullshit... they should be ashamed, i love Andre 3000's shit but he ain't doin' nothin' right now to make him top 10 hottest emcee, Game! give me a fuckin' break... i'm not surprised by Weezy being number 1 on the list cuz niggaz are lost these days and ride that guys nuts cuz he's on every other song u hear... the list is bullshit! Fuck MTV, they ain't HipHop!
TOLD YALL NIGGAZ LMAO The exact order i had and cant deny that but Game is one of the best in the Game now. HE way more lyrical than 50, and what can i say Lil wayne and Ti are holding it down and Andre is a legend i think they did good on this list is not who has the most popularity its a list of the hottest MC's
Sorry my dude, But i think you got that Backwards. This list is, "Who is the Most Popular" not the Hottest. Cause if you talkin bout whose the Hottest on a Lyrical Scale. Talib Would own that list. C'mon on. You think Wayne would even be a thought if it wasn't for Popularity.
maybe game up there cuz the westcoast idk...nd andre 3000 nice buh he don even got an album maybe if they said outkast
i think they got hottest and better all mixed up
hottest
1.lil wayne
2. T.I.
3.kanye
4. 50 cent
5. jeezy
how is 50 over jeezy?
take out kanye and swich 50 and Jezzy and you'll be good!!!
the whole panel should be shot
Co-sign that even though I perfer explosives.
this was the wackest list ever. period.
How is everyone going to hate...Wayne gave TI all the credit in the world...and Kanye gave wayne all the credit in the world..its cool to see artists respecting eachother instead of talking shit to one another...Wayne said these guys inspire him to be a better artist...like him or not...he is the hottest right now..
some bullshit
niggas is sleep on 3000.
The nigga one of the best to ever do it and he ben doing it consistently for over a decade.
no doubt 3000 is a legend, one the best ever! but he ain't that hot right now, he barely started rhymin' again, he's still dope but he hasn't put shit out
"hottest MC" is a popularity thing they jus made a top 10 list of rappers based on popularity RITE NOW they didint vote on best rappers jus most popular in the eyes of listeners
what has Game done lately to deserve Being in the hottest out???? even though 50's been suckin it up, hes still doin way more then Game's been. \
Fuck u MTV, bunch of white ppl who think they know what they talkin bout , with hiphop/Rap
I agree but they mention blogs and alot other shit game got a lot of fans and he stay in the news not for rapping, but for beef and trouble with the law.
All he do is dis people he can actually rap though.
If he chill out with all the dissin and dre shout outs and just rap
Game name drops too much and talk about Dre. Who actually counted the names he said on his album? I DID! lol
shut the fuck up with the racism shit.
but yeah MTV really pisses me off.
he's ben doin mixtapes wit skee and promotin blackwall street by takin them on tour and shit duh
hommie u dont kno shit about the west!! the dude in the pannel told u wut game did classic mistapes and brought the fuken westcoast back all the new west artist fall in line with him. he could have been #1 and he deserved it.50 aint done shit except throw a coulbe of bricks Doctors Advocate was a classic.
fucing racist moron...get an education dickface
Please tell me where i said anything Racist??
I think if anything, what i said was more stereotypical or even to a lesser extent prejudice. So if your going to try and Come at me, at least use the Proper
terminology.
and ol girl in the video makes a point! Touch more subjects then goofy azz metaphors. Get political..T.I. does that. I like songs like "I Feel Like Dying", "Scarface" and "Shot To The Heart"...those are SERIOUS SONGS!
shyt like I Know The Future is what makes Wayne lame to me.
U know that one...Pussy MVP!
The legends made HISTORIC TRACKS! Hes hot now but not the hottest! I'd put him #2!
T.I.P. should be the hottest! HES RIPPIN THE CHARTS! GAME SHOULD BE REPLACED BY FABOLOUS! JONES SHOULD BE REPLACE BY CHAMILLIONAIRE!!
and 4 real...HE DIDNT MURDER ALL THEM BEATS ON DROUGHT 3!
DUDE SAID BANDWAGON RIDIN aka (NIGGA TERMS: DICKRIDIN!)
and WTF...dressin like him?
He dressin like Pharell and Clipse!
He dressin now like Jim Jones
ARE YALL FUCKIN SERIOUS??
Rappin like he Jamaican...that shyt aint COOL or REAL!
Dreds...he wouldnt wear them long til he GOT THE SO CALLED SWAGGER!
I cant wait til its exposed COMPLETELY HOW FAKE THIS DUDE IS!
Then yall would see....T.I.P. #1!
bullshit the dont know nothing about rap how the fuck game come in 3 fuck outta here
who cares bout wat MTV got to say all dey do is reality shows so wtf...Game is in a gd spot...but wayne, andre, and shouldnt b there cuz dey gettin money but dey deff aint de best rappers out..i mean look at da list TK Green aka Talib Kweli(u wuld kno who he is if u like real hip-hop)ummm....u got lupe fiasco deres a lot of name dat shuld b up dere instead of these commercialized fags all dose ppl up dere got no type of lyrical mind besides game...but andre got da his own stylle so idk...but fuk MTV DAT SHyTS ASS!!!!
shit i new wayne would be one shit he on everyones fucking album and shit i say game in da top 10 but when i saw jimmie and 50 at 10 and 8 i tought he wasn't making da list but shit number 3 i guess i could see that shit but andre 300 at four over jeezy kanye thats fucked up
This is why people misunderstand the hip hop game and rap these days, little kids watch this kind of bullshit and jump on the band wagon , i know th elist is called the HOTTEST (bandwagon dickriders) list, but let me get sum shit out the way, um didnt nas make an album last year like game and didnt break the top ten, jim jones has had one sucessful song and rappers like Lupe Fiasco and Ludacris (grammy for rap album of the year) who had great albums dont break the top ten, andre 3000 had been featured in a couple songs and is in the top 5, how does this shit make sense, these muthafuccas dont even stay on point with their critique, i didnt bother watching this crap on mtv cause i knew it would piss me off but JOKESTA where's 3000's vid? critique, young jeezy should be on the top five, this kind of shot dissapoints me, is this panel even regonized or respected from someone other than Mtv?, there's like a lot of funny looking muthafuccas in this show, what a joke, our young generation watches shit like this and is influenced and blinded what true music is today, oh well waitng on that new talib and fifty album
and if anything i beleive t.i is on top cause nigga is at least putting out albums like he said "dominated 06' now im going right back"!!!!
dropping sum knowledge, out bitches
-The Infamous Larry Fresh
word!
They didn't have a Andre Vid...
AYO! ARE U FUCKIN WIT THE BOY!!!!!!
I SEE THE LIST... but why the fuck is fabolous nevamind number 1
But my dude aint even make the list???? AM I WRONG FOR SAYIN FAB SHUD BE TOP 5???
WAYNE i got to admit wayne doing his thing rite now..he belongs number 2 tho.
this my list:
TI
WAYNE
FABOLOUS
KANYE
JAY Z:kingdome come was better than the games albums..
THIS is jus my best rappers in the game..different definition then MTV'S fuck swagger its lyrics mainly..they got it fucked up..realtalking
FABOLOUS
JOE BUDDEN
JADAKISS
CASSIDY
RANSOM????? youll probally hate..but this dude is a monster his barz hit ya soul..
who's the best in ya eyes..the best remember that..rite now..an do u think fabolous shud be on this list??? i gotta kno this ..holla at ya boss
Who ever runs MTV, should fire all these clowns, I mean Wayne number 1? WHAT????THATZ GAY!!!LIKE HIM!!!
lol this is really funny. Game #3? lol
man i was really close to predicting the list
none of these rappers will ever be top twenty rappers of all time
exept for andre and jay and game
wayne will burn out/ ti does sound the same/ list is fine, would like to see fab and luda on it
Game has the west coast on his back, we ressurecting hip hop- fuck DMX
MTV IS SO DISRESPECTFUL!
Fabolous, Chamillionaire and Crooked I NOT EVEN MENTIONED!!
crooked i is local, he still need help to expand himself from cali
JADAKI55 5HOULD B3 IN DAT LIST b
HHAHHA.... The Game number 3, and Weezy 1,,,, HHAHAHAHA....are all the haters mad.....
eminem has been quiet lately but after king mathers hes gonna blow this list away :D
and i definitely agree that chamillionaire should be on this list.
Game should be 10...Chamillionaire should be #3 T.I.P. #1 and Wayne #2
fabolous should be over Common cuz Common just dropped...2 songs and im thinkin HOW HE MAKE THIS LIST...he just sparked a buzz for return!