Art of Rap 2

Inspired by Henry Louis Gates Jr's article in FT Weekend Magazine - or to be more truthful, Kagan McLeod's illustrations of hip hop stars - I have decided to review a few hip hop 'artists' and rate their quality.

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#34 Mos Def: Freshness:8 Roots:9 Gangsta: 5 Soul: 8 Lastability:9 'Classic' Track: 'Hip Hop' / Anything off 'Black on both sides'
#35 Talib Kweli: Freshness:7 Roots:6 Gangsta: 1 Soul: 8 Lastability:6 'Classic' Track: 'Get By'
#36 Will I Am Freshness: 1 Roots: 1 Gangsta: 0 Soul: 0 Lastability: 9 (unfortunately) 'Classic' track: 'Where is the Love'
#37 DMX: Freshness: 5 Roots: 4 Gangsta: 9 Soul: 5 Lastability: 6 'Classic' Track: N/A
#38 Rahzel: Freshness:6 Roots:6 Gangsta:3 Soul:3 Lastability:3
#39 Eminem: Freshness: 7 Roots: 4 Gangsta: 3 Soul: 5 Lastability: 10 'Classic' Track: 'Real Slim Shady' Trivia: Dedicated to my brother Aled Seago, who once performed an Eminem song dressed as the rapper. He even dyed his hair.
#40 Puffy: Freshness: 1 Roots: 3 Gangsta: 3 Soul:0 Lastability: 8 'Classic' Track: 'Bad Boys for Life'
#44 Xibit: Freshness: 2 Roots: 2 Gangsta: 5 Soul: 1 Lastability:6 'Classic' Track: Hosting Pimp my Ride
#45 Jay Z: Freshness: 5 Roots: 4 Gangsta: 7 Soul: 0 Lastability: 9 'Classic' Track:
#46 Coolio: Freshness: 8 Roots: 5 Gangsta: 4 Soul: 4 Lastability: 8 'Classic' Track: Keenan and Kel Theme Tune
#47 Outkast: Freshness: 8 Roots: 5 Gangsta: 3 Soul: 7 Lastability: 8 'Classic' Track: 'Miss Jackson'
#49 Notorious BIG: Freshness: 7 Roots: 5 Gangsta: 10 Soul: 6 Lastability: 10
#50 Nas: Freshness: 6 Roots: 5 Gangsta: 8 Soul: 5 Lastability: 8
#51 Lauren Hill: Freshness: 9 Roots: 9 Gangsta: 2 Soul: 10 Lastability: 8 'Classic' Track: 'Everything is Everything'
#52 The Fugees: Freshness: 9 Roots: 8 Gangsta: 4 Soul: 9 Lastability: 9 'Classic' Track: 'Ready or Not'
#53 Wu Tang Clan: Freshness: 8 Roots: 7 Gangsta: 7 Soul: 5 Lastability: 9 'Classic' Track: 'Enter the Magic Mystery Chambers' (Beatles/Wu Tang Mashup) Dedicated to Tom Caruana
#54 D.I.T.C.: Freshness: 7 Roots: 5 Gangsta: 9 Soul: 2 Lastability: 6
#55 Bootie Brown: Freshness: 6 Roots: 5 Gangsta: 2 Soul: 6 Lastabilty: 4: 'Classic' Track: Gorillaz 'Dirty Harry'
#56 Del Tha Funky Homosapian: Freshness: 6 Roots: 6 Gangsta: 3 Soul: 7 Lastability: 5 'Classic' Track: Gorillaz 'Clint Eastwood'
#57 Hieroglyphics: Freshness: 6 Roots: 7 Gangsta: 3 Soul: 7 Lastability: 4 Classic Track: Don't Hate the Player Hate the Game
#58 Black Thought: Freshness: 8 Roots: 10 Gangsta: 3 Soul: 7 Lastability: 8
#59 snoop dogg: Freshness: 7 Roots: 5 Gangsta: 9 Soul: 2 Lastability: 10 'Classic' Track: 'Gin and Juice' - "Home Boy Alone"
#60 Cypress Hill: Freshness: 6 Roots: 4 Gangsta: 10 Soul: 4 Lastability: 7 'Classic' Track: 'Insane in the Brain' feat. The London Philharmonic Orchestra dedicated to Greg Jones