someone said big daddy kane was the best battle rapper, he's good, but he got ripped by jay-z, jay also supposedly battled LL, and the gza and supposedly won, but i wanna hear the tapes i aint believen shit ti'll i hear em, but how could you put an overall rapper? isnt that just saying they better then the rest of the categories? anyways
old school rap-KRS or RAKIM
hustle rap-RAEKWON n GHOSTFACE
battle rap-BIG L
gangsta rap-NICKATINA
political rap-IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE
mainstream-RUN DMC
weed rap-REDMAN