“At His Prime, Nobody Was Touching Him”

Written By S. Samuel

[Each week, SOHH asks two entertainment personalities to name their Top 5 rappers of all-time. To make things tricky, we've created a "Hall of Fame" of emcees (see right) who are universally respected and therefore may not be mentioned. After Baiyu brought out her fave five spitters, New York rapper Nems unleashes his top rhymers.]

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  • nems.jpgNems. I have to name myself because it’s me and I really feel like I’m the best sh*t that’s out.

  • p-big-pun.jpgBig Pun. I had to name Pun because that’s my favorite rapper. I feel like his music was dope and he was way ahead of his time.

  • p-big-l.jpgBig L. I’ve got Big L in here for the same reasons as Pun but it’s not so much his music but his lyrics were so far ahead of its time. Even with people now, the emulate his style. It’s like how he said, “How come, you could listen to my first album and hear where cats got their whole style from.” That’s true. I feel like that.

  • dmx.jpgDMX. DMX is just real. His music is incredible. He may not be the most lyrical one out, but his music is incredible and it’s real sh*t and it’s from the heart. I respect him because he’s been through real stuff and talks about it. His music is for the people.

  • p-prodigy.jpgProdigy. At his prime, nobody was touching him. Nobody was touching Prodigy. You could listen to Infamous, Hell on Earth, Murda Muzik and even f*cking H.N.I.C.. Those were four classic albums. He started a lot of trends.

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Written by S. Samuel

Steven Samuel is the co-founder of SOHH.com.

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  1. Somebody snitch how they know who did it if he was wearing ski mask….dumb niggas these day he prolly was braging about it

    • so let me get this straight..instead of being happy that this idiot got caught, you’re mad about it…

    • My theory is that (I wont mention names) put a price on his head or something. I mean this is the second g-Unit affiliate who got murdered and in both cases the killer got caught.

    • brooklyn og recently sentenced to life. 2pac beef from the 90s. Game business in the 00’s. Son got slapped???

    • Plenty reasons. Mobile phone records, car caught on cctv, killer kept the burner…. list of possibilities goes on and on

    • So let me get this right. A guy named Scott Jamal killed Jamal Green? Whats the chances of that happening

    • That’s the hood mentality unfortunately. Rejoice in killing our own instead of teaching and building a future for our children we out here kill each other colours. Just like rap, gangs started with a good purpose but over time has evolved into stupidness

    • Even after he got life and was labeled a snitch though?. Also he went after the dude that slapped his son unless they had a personal issue which i doubt.

    • Im not happy about it im just sayin if he didnt say shit he would have never been caught NO FACE NO CASE

  2. no matter what sumone losing their life is sad & messed up but why at 37 did he do a gang related shooting? arnt u suppose to be a grown man that age & not running around tryna act tough.sad sum folks ignorance never lets them grow outta the hood mindset

  3. Why do y’all niggas come to this terrible site? Ever heard of Allhiphop, 2dopeboyz, Hiphopdx….?…?… Sohh has been garbage since 2007. You can thank me later.

  4. Rest in peace Mazaradi Fox!!

    You were a cool brother from the streets who left us far too soon..

    GOD bless your soul & your family..

    Southside Mazi for life!!

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