If all hip hop fans had all their memories and information relating to hip hop erased from their minds, and then went back and listened to their hip hop collections with an entirely clear mind free of any outside influences and opinions, and then voted on the greatest mc, album, and producer of all time, who do you think would emerge as the winners?
As it stands now, with outside influences, it'd most likely be...
Rakim
Illmatic
Premo
But that is of course 96% due to the sheepish, follower mentality of human beings. If the above scenario somehow happened I can almost guarantee Illmatic wouldn't make the top 20 albums (probably not even top 50), Premo would not make top producer, and I doubt very much that Rakim would make top mc. So who do you think would take the crowns?
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