Which borough harbored the best/your favorite rappers from NYC?

Bronx got Fat Joe, Remy Ma, Big Pun, Camp Lo, Kool Keith, Swizz Beatz, Cory Gunz, KRS-One, Lord Finesse, *CL Smooth, *Slick Rick, & *Canibus (barely).

One of the Bronx’s most skilled

Big Pun: R.I.P.

Brooklyn put out Jay-Z, The Notorious B.I.G., Maino, Sticky Fingaz, Memphis Bleek, Sean Price, Saigon, Big Daddy Kane, Busta Rhymes, GZA, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Fabolous, Papoose, Joell Ortiz, O.C., AZ, Ill Bill, GangStarr, Phife Dawg, M.O.P., Pumpkinhead, Masta Ace, Keith Murray, Rise, Foxy Brown, Necro, Junior M.A.F.I.A., Killah Priest, MC Lyte, & Lil Mama.

Brooklyn Rep: Maino

B.I.G.: R.I.P.

Queens gave us Cormega, Stack Bundles, A Tribe Called Quest, Grafh, 50 Cent, Black Sheep, Organized Konfusion, Nas, Kool G Rap, Mobb Deep, LL Cool J, Pharoahe Monch, Consequence, Fredro Starr, Lloyd Banks, Ja Rule, Lost Boyz, Nicki Minaj, Large Pro, Run-DMC, & Styles P.

The Newest thing out of Queens

Stack Bundles: R.I.P.

Staten Island gave us the Wu-Tang Clan and Cappadonna.

Staten’s Cappadonna

Manhattan gave us Big L, Ma$e, Cam’Ron, Bloodshed, Juelz Santana, Loon, Jim Jones, JR Writer, Kurtis Blow, Immortal Technique, Jae Millz, Cannibal Ox, Charles Hamilton, Max B, MIMS, Puff Dady, and *Joe Buddens & *2Pac (though neither rep NY).

"Dave Chappelle: "That nigga’s got dolphin teeth!"

Big L: R.I.P.

Other notable areas:
Yonkers – DMX, Jadakiss, Sheek Louch
Long Island – Rakim, MF DOOM, Public Enemy, Aesop Rock, EPMD, De La Soul

Personally, I’d take Brooklyn. Papoose, Busta, Mos Def, Gang Starr, Masta Ace = Greatness. Of course Queens and Brookyln are stacked because they’re the biggest, but Manhattan doesn’t look too bad if you include the two rappers who don’t claim it. Queens and Manhattan do get a strike against them for harboring Max B and Ja Rule in my book though.

*Note: If you’ve got no favorite rappers from NY, then that’s fine. If you want to go and yell "HOUSTON GOT THE BEST BITCH" or "ALL GOOD RAPPERS FROM THE SOUTH," feel free. But the point of this blog is to showcase New York’s talent, inform some of the clueless, and to see which New York rappers get the most love. So who’s your favorite?