This is a massive tournament! 128 rap artists compete for all of the glory! There are 8 groups of 16 artists.

Select Your Top 8 Artists From Each Group!

Group A
Cypress Hill
Nelly
Jedi Mind Tricks
Jay-Z
Mos Def
N.W.A.
Kool Keith
Gangstarr
Heiroglyphics
Memphis Bleek
Bubba Sparx
Big L
Tone Loc
Redman
Master P
Spearhead

Group B
Nas
OutKast
Twista
Big Punisher
The Roots
Eyedea & Abilities
Immortal Technique
Ludacris
Marley Marl
Freeway
Lloyd Banks
D12
Big Tymers
Boshido
Kool Savas
Z-Ro

Group C
Snoop Dogg
Cannibal Ox
Afrika Bambaataa
Scarface
Sage Francis
Pharoah Monch
Ma$e
Pharcyde
Def Squad
Run-DMC
Eric B. & Rakim
Wu-Tang Clan
Lil' Wayne
The Hilltop Hoods
Edan
T.I.

Group D
2pac
Big Daddy Kane
GZA
Royce Da 5'9
Saigon
Mike Jones
Aesop Rock
Jurassic 5
Bone Thugz-N-Harmony
Busdriver
Nate Dogg
Swizz Beats
Chamillionaire
Youngbloodz
Trick Daddy
Fabolous

Group E
Talib Kweli
A Tribe Called Quest
LL Cool J
Sugar Hill Gang
The Game
Obie Trice
Slim Thug
Eko Fresh
2 Live Crew
Trillville
Noreaga
Method Man
Common
Busta Rhymes
CunningLynguists
Eazy E

Group F
Notorious B.I.G
Atmosphere
Ice Cube
Blackalicious
Slick Rick
Swollen Members
Wyclef Jean
Canibus
Az
Mr. Lif
Dr. Dre
Gorillaz
K-OS
Everlast
Kurupt
Sido

Group G
Eminem
Kanye West
De La Soul
Mobb Deep
Cee-Lo
Tha Alkoholix
Xzibit
Dilated Peoples
Benzino
DMX
Dead Prez
MF Doom
Ying Yang Twins
Mystikal
The Clipse
Paul Wall

Group H
KRS-One
Public Enemy
50 Cent
Ice T
Dizzee Rascal
Ol' Dirty Bastard
Young Buck
The Coup
Young Jeezy
Del Tha Funky Homosapien
Beastie Boys
Heavy D
Da Brat
Swan
Raptile
The Herd

Additional Tournament Information:

Round 1 : 128 Artists
Round 2 : 64 Artists
Round 3 : 32 Artists
Round 4 : 16 Artists
Round 5 : 8 Artists
Round 6 : 4 Artists
Round 7 : 2 Artists
Round 8 : CHAMPION!

Each round will take a few days to a week depending on how active the threads become. If this gets alot of posts, I may create another "Tournament Discussion" thread so that I can keep votes seperate from general chat. We'll see...

VOTE AWAY!

Pretty tough and its only the first round

Here are my choices...

Group A
Jay-Z
Mos Def
N.W.A.
Cypress Hill
Jedi Mind Tricks
Kool Keith
Gangstarr
Heiroglyphics

Group B
Nas
Immortal Technique
Ludacris
Marley Marl
OutKast
Twista
The Roots
Eyedea & Abilities

Group C
Snoop Dogg
Run-DMC
Eric B. & Rakim
Wu-Tang Clan
Cannibal Ox
Afrika Bambaataa
Scarface
Sage Francis

Group D
2pac
Big Daddy Kane
Jurassic 5
Bone Thugz-N-Harmony
GZA
Royce Da 5'9
Aesop Rock
Chamillionaire

Group E
Talib Kweli
A Tribe Called Quest
Common
Busta Rhymes
CunningLynguists
Sugar Hill Gang
Obie Trice
Eazy E

Group F
Notorious B.I.G
Atmosphere
Ice Cube
Dr. Dre
K-OS
Blackalicious
Slick Rick
Az

Group G
Eminem
Kanye West
DMX
Dead Prez
MF Doom
De La Soul
Mobb Deep
Dilated Peoples

Group H
KRS-One
Public Enemy
50 Cent
Del Tha Funky Homosapien
Beastie Boys
Heavy D
Ice T
The Coup


Now everyone that wants to participate makes their own list just as I have. Once this round has ended, I'll add up all the votes and the top 8 artists from each group move onto the next round.

Select your top eight artists from each group!

Group A
Cypress Hill
Jay-Z
Mos Def
N.W.A.
Kool Keith
Gangstarr
Redman
Spearhead

Group B
Nas
OutKast
The Roots
Ludacris
Freeway
Lloyd Banks
Big Tymers
Boshido

Group C
Snoop Dogg
Cannibal Ox
Afrika Bambaataa
Pharcyde
Def Squad
Run-DMC
Eric B. & Rakim
Wu-Tang Clan


Group D
2pac
Big Daddy Kane
GZA
Aesop Rock
Jurassic 5
Bone Thugz-N-Harmony
Youngbloodz
Trick Daddy


Group E
Talib Kweli
A Tribe Called Quest
LL Cool J
Sugar Hill Gang
Noreaga
Method Man
Common
Busta Rhymes


Group F
Notorious B.I.G
Atmosphere
Ice Cube
Blackalicious
Swollen Members
Mr. Lif
Dr. Dre
Kurupt


Group G
Kanye West
De La Soul
Mobb Deep
Dilated Peoples
DMX
MF Doom
Ying Yang Twins
Mystikal


Group H
KRS-One
Public Enemy
Ice T
Ol' Dirty Bastard
Del Tha Funky Homosapien
Beastie Boys
Heavy D
Dizzee Rascal



Take any write-ins? If so...I'd like to add:

GRANDMASTER FLASH & THE FURIOUS FIVE
Beans
Anti-Pop Consortium
cLOUDDEAD
Sole

Booooo! Kriss Kross ought to be onboard! And where's Lil' Bow Wow? And Lil' Kim? Salt n Pepa? Fat Boys?

Anyway...

Group A:
Tone Loc
NWA
Nelly
Master P
Cypress Hill
Big L
Redman
Gangstarr

Group B:
Z-Ro
Kool Savas
Nas
Outkast
Ludacris
Boshido
Marly Marl
Twista

Group C:
Run DMC
Snoop
Wu Tang Clan
Def Squad
Cannibal Ox
Scarface
Lil' Wayne
Edan

Group D:
2Pac
Nate Dogg
Swizz Beats
Chamillionaire
Youngbloodz
Trick Daddy
Fabolous
Jurassic 5

Group E:
2 Live Crew
Eko Fresh
Eazy E
LL Cool J
The Game
Trillville
Tribe called quest
Busta Rhymes

Group F:
Sido
Everlast
Dr Dre
Ice Cube
Notorious BIG
Swollen Members
Wyclef Jean
Slick Rick

Group G:
De La Soul
Xzibit
Yin Yang Twins
Cee-Lo
Dead Prez
DMX
Benzino
Paul Wall

Group H:
Raptile
Ol' Dirty Basterd
P.E.
Ice T
Beasty Boys
Heavy D
The Herd
Da Brat

Does there have to be 8 in each? What if you don't think there are that many in a group? Not that it matters to Satchmo, since in the end it's Chuck D and Public Enemy.


Actually, why not just close the thread now?

I`m afraid my knowledge doesn`t do this thread justice, but at least there are a bunch of names to check out

Sure, you can put in some write-in's.

The artists that you write in are in some sort of a disadvantage though.

And if you don't want to include all 8, then I suppose you don't have to

yeah, I know, but I thought that it was funny that you listed Afrika Bambaataa and The Sugar Hill Gang, but didn't mention Grandmaster Flash of all people

Saw Beans in concert back in 2004 and loved every second of it. It's impressive when a rapper gets on stage BY HIMSELF and performs acapella and also by performing electronically while rapping.

...this is Nashville of all places, so you can imagine the people that were there.

same here... I knew only a handful of names of each group, and I haven't even listened a lot to all of those...