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VH1's top 50 HipHop Artists

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Maximumsushi
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XXL did it, The Source did it, and BET did it, so why not VH1? On Friday, VH1 premiered the first in their Greatest Series, 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Artists, hosted by P. Diddy. They counted 50 artists that they believe are the greatest, with stories and accolades with each artists featuring commentary from Chuck D, Busta Rhymes, Ice-T, Nelly, Hammer, Grandmaster Flash, Outkast, Eve, Snoop Dogg, KRS-One and Afrika Bamabaata.

Fans can catch the rerun of the show on Tuesday April 22, Thursday April 24 and Friday May 9. Check your local listings for show times. Here's VH1's 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Artists:

50.Sugarhill Gang
49.Tone Loc
48.Kool Moe Dee
47.Arrested Development
46.Eve
45.Heavy D. & The Boyz
44.MC Hammer
43.Coolio
42.Kurtis Blow
41.MC Lyte
40.Gang Starr
39.Ja Rule
38.Biz Markie
37.The Roots
36.Master P
35.Big Daddy Kane
34.Lil Kim
33.De La Soul
32.Cypress Hill
31.Naughty By Nature
30.Will Smith / DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince
29.Nelly
28.Busta Rhymes
27.A Tribe Called Quest
26.Ice Cube
25.Snoop Dogg
24.Queen Latifah
23.DMX
22.KRS-One / BDP
21.OutKast
20.Eric B & Rakim
19.Nas
18.Afrika Bamabaata
17.Fugees / Lauryn Hill
16.Ice T
15.Missy Elliott
14.P. Diddy
13.NWA
12.Wu-Tang Clan
11.Beastie Boys
10.Jay-Z
9.Salt N Pepa
8.Grandmaster Flash
7.Dr. Dre
6.Eminem
5.LL Cool J
4.Notorious BIG
3.Tupac Shakur
2.Public Enemy
1.Run-DMC
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May 20 2003 12:18PM
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Do you guys agree? I certainly don't with many of the choices. There was no pharcyde or Del. Some of the higher ranking artists havn't stood the test of time yet and there is a lot of pop shit up there that few will remember in the years to come. I think public enemy should have been #1, beastie boys #2.
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May 20 2003 12:20PM
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SVHucker
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there are a lot of people in front of snoop that should not be
May 20 2003 12:27PM
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gambino500014
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true.... and the wu is really far up too
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dspin7x
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ya and will smith number 30?? what the hell is up he should be top ten at least in my book
May 20 2003 1:12PM
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Maximumsushi
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I totally agree, Will Smith should definatly have placed a lot higher.
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May 20 2003 1:35PM
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FreshCoast
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There are only a couple of artist that deserve to be there in my opinion. But this is pretty much just of a bunch of people's opinions put together. Oh well, what can you do.
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May 20 2003 5:04PM
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if it was based solely on lyrics,2 pac and marshall would be 1 and 2 for sure


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May 20 2003 5:12PM
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weazelzb
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Wu tang should be in top 10 and HOW THE FUCK DID QUEEN LATIFA AND SALT AND PEPA PLACE BETTER THAN SNOOP????? thats bull fuckin shit


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May 20 2003 5:25PM
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Triple_Strum
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yeah...queen latifa, please. If a guy came out with her music he never would have landed a record. But anyway, where the props for outkast? 21...bah.
May 21 2003 2:34AM
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snow-bunny
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its good that rundmc got 1st, but mc hammer that far up???he should be at least top 20!!

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CTripper
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the roots 37? come on now.
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May 21 2003 2:14PM
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lineskier10
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yeah thats an ok list, but outkast should definitely not be infront of snoop, or even in the top 50
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therealjerk
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two things:

1) WHAT THE FUCK!!! SALT N PEPPA!!!!!!

2) Lineskier10, shut up. snoop is more prolific than outkast but you cannot deny. your fuckin basic ass doesn't even know man, you probably think Aquemini was their first shit. they should definitely be in the top 50.

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May 21 2003 5:32PM
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jksl
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nelly?....give me a break...
the roots should be higher, and i agree with salt n peppa and latifa

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May 21 2003 6:24PM
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jksl
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and by that i mean i agree with what the other people said

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May 21 2003 6:38PM
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srwinnsuco
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wow that list is all screwed up snoop should be down there with dre and eminem, and it salt and pepper and queen latifa and that shit shouldnt even be on there

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May 21 2003 8:30PM
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weazelzb
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ya i mean cmon Salt n' mother fucking Pepper ahead of snoop?!?!?! thats bullshit


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May 21 2003 9:40PM
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weazelzb
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damn that whole list pisses the shit outta me


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May 21 2003 9:40PM
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LC.
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Sugarhill Gang derveres way better than #50.
May 22 2003 8:03AM
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madontarian
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whoever puts ja rule in front of gangstarr is a fuckin idiot.

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May 22 2003 8:25PM
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Tosh
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i dunno who said the doenst agree with #1 but i toally agree with rum-dmc ontop but some of the other groups i dunno how they even made it on
May 23 2003 1:32AM
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Maximumsushi
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Do you think that Run DMC would still have been #1 a year ago?
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May 23 2003 11:28AM
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depends who would have written the list

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