The Top 10 New School MCs

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» by Hip-Hop Wired January 11, 2012, 15:15pm

The Top 10 New School MCs

 

Hip-Hop is constantly progressing, with older MCs falling by the wayside, while new, hungry talent enter the game. The shelf life of most artists is extremely limited, but there are always a crop of fresh faced rappers with the potential to have lasting careers. The criteria for this list boils down to which 'New School MCs'—limited to artists with only one proper album, at most, to their credit—have the potential to become rap superstars. So before you fail to comprehend, an artist like Drake was disqualified since Take Care was his sophomore album.

That said, the following ten artists, in no particular order, combine different amounts of rhyme talents, social media savvy, charisma and other nuanced factors essential to making a lasting mark in the rap game.

Think about how many rappers were can't miss prospects, that dropped an album or two and vanished. Now realize how few actually are still rocking with respect.

 

Did your favorite new jack MC make the cut? If not, feel free to let us know who we missed in the comments. Click the #s below.

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  • http://twitter.com/dondada999 Don

    Meek Mills is the nicest on this list. Then J Cole!!!

  • Evilempire718

    Bugging...^^^ Kendrick Lamar would is the Truth.. Non of these artist has anything that can come close to  "Look out for Detox" or "Rigamortis" 

  • Mickey Rouke

    what about vado?

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  • LiamMacBuie

    First off, I didn't listen to all of the artists, but I'm left unfulfilled. When I see a headline about the top ten new school  MC's, I'm thinkin' mother f*ckers killin' it with a fire inside. Spittin venom and knowledge and edification to the youth.  The two I listened to, were rehashes of the past, which really isn't new school. On top of that, it was boring as hell because they weren't even as good as the ones past that they want to emulate. I aint here to hate. I give props to anyone makin' moves and trying, but I guess I expected a little more creativity and individuality.
    You can do your own thing and it doesn't have to sound like every other rapper from the past 2o years. Lets try and turn this sh*t upside down. DJ's and Producers are in need of some mushrooms as well. Maybe that will spark some creative genius. Peace

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