Best Bay Area Rappers

The Top Ten
1 C.N.T. Mafia

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Straight out of San Francisco Sunnydale housing C.N.T. Mafia is has Dominated the bay area Rap Scene in 2018 & 2019 with consistent shows sold out crowds physical and digital record sales marketing and promoting campaigns.

The best that ever happened to the bay area in rap history C.N.T. Mafia did own marketing strategy. Promoted own album's funded own career.

C.N.T. Mafia is the New N.W.A. straight gangster still in the slums of San Francisco bay area and constantly doing shows with Nu-ricks llc & Treetop productions

2 E-40 Earl Stevens better known by his stage name E-40, is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and investor from Vallejo, California.

Its difficult to name his best songs cause he's got so many bangers.

E40 hottness been banging 40water since in a major way most underrated rapper ever

E-40 is the most underrated popular rapper ever

E40 is by far my favorite living rapper by far!

3 Messy Marv

Messy marv is the Bay. Even if he disagrees

One of the real ones

4 Nef The Pharaoh

Ne dropped fire with big tymin and old school hyphy. His new stuff is just as good Everything big slappz VOte for Nef

5 Mac Dre Andre Louis Hicks, better known by his stage name Mac Dre, was an American rapper and record producer, founder of Thizz Entertainment record label.

"This California lifestyle that I live
Zeus amps, Zap' board, highs and mids
Woofers in the trunk straight slammin
Strikin through the neighborhood jammin
Where you can drop the top, or blow the brains
Hit the intersection and do some thangs
Passin up freaks with a gang of 'Yo! 's
Smooth thick legs, no panty hose
Silky perms and dookie braids
Brothers with curls, some with bangs
House parties rock way past 3
Players straight sip on Hennessy"

RIP Mac Dre... He is the best rapper from the Bay, because his RAPS!
Other lists put other people at the top because they have national cred, or a top chart song nationwide. But what rapper had the best flows, CD after CD? MAC DRE

Second to none, period.. Sick flows like no other.. Period. All damn day.

Coldest to ever do it..opened the door for all the other underground legends from the bay

6 Too $hort

The greatest rapper bar none, to come out of the bay area. Always real with his raps and never stops rapping from the beginning of his songs to the end. The epitome of a true rap star!

Greatest rapper from the West Coast/ Oakland ever! As far as the rest of the world? definitely in the top five hands down!

been rapping for over 20 years now

Should be at top of the list

7 Tupac Tupac Amaru Shakur, also known as 2Pac, was an American rapper and actor born on June 16, 1971 in East Harlem, New York. Tupac sold over 75 million records worldwide and has been referred to in multiple major publications such as Rolling Stone as one of the greatest music artists of all time. 2Pac was assassinated on September 1996 at the age of 25. ...read more.

I don't know if pac considered a "bay area rapper" he did live here but he repped LA more then the OAK

Spook many to choose from but I have to go with back! 2nd Mac Dre though 3rd goes to nickatina

Those raps what he had lived real ads gangster

Tupac makes the list. No questions asked

8 G-Eazy Gerald Earl Gillum, better known by his stage name G-Eazy, is an American rapper, songwriter and record producer from Oakland, California.

G-Eazy is the new modern day rapper for the Bay Area. What I like about G-Eazy is that he reps from he is from like he takes the Bay with him when he goes on tours.

He produces probably 90% or more of his own music, which is amazing enough, but also his raps are always so chill. definitely top 10

Best new modern rapper, most hype songs as well as most deep

Hair slicked backwards that's dapper

9 Andre Nickatina

Andre's lyrics and flow are second to none. It's close between him and Mac Dre, but Nickatina is cream of the crop.

My personal favorite rapper anf he's one of the few OG from the bay. Wish he was more with the times and modernized his style.

busting out all he's got for the game

Flow and power

10 Woodie

Grew up listening to woodie. A lot of people can relate to his lyrics. One of the best.

A Legend who put Northern California on the map, changed the game rapped about the life of crime, drugs, violence, and all Northern California Including Antioch, His Home. Blew up Norte and told everyone what gang he represents. Re$t iN Peace

Lyricism on a par with Tupac and Eminem, I voted Woodie over Tupac here because he never did get the recognition he deserved. Legend.

A true norte bay area legend

The Contenders
11 The Jacka

The realist to ever do it period

Should be number one because I didn't know about any bay area rappers until I learnt about the jacka he goat

Best of all time!

He should b # 1..Period! #9 is an insult.. Straight up

12 IAmSu

Sure, even though his verse on Gas Pedal was probably one of his worst, his verses on Up by Loverance, Function by E-40, and a lot of his stuff from his three Kilt mixtapes, plus others like Mobbin and countless other songs are what really put him on this list. Plus, he produces a lot of beats not only for himself but other rappers like Ty Dolla $ign, which is a big bonus. Sure he may never be as great as Mac Dre, but he is a great rapper nonetheless.

Besides from E-40, he runs the bay right now, him and HBK are why the bay stays hot

13 Spice 1

Most underrated rapper of all time

Should be top 3 wit 40 and pac

Should be in top 10

14 Philthy Rich

Should be top 5

Garbage

He the best

Philthy top 10

15 Berner

A real hustler and a real artist... demonstrating professional level flow along with sick beats makes his material a original top shelf and uncut product

Definitely a hustler don't matter if it's cookies the clothing, cookies the weed, or his raps everything is up to par

In the bay area Berner for sure. No questions asked. Way better than mac dre

Should number 3 or4

16 Richie Rich
17 J. Stalin Jovan Smith, better known by his stage name J. Stalin, is a rapper from the Cypress Village housing projects in West Oakland. In 2007, he signed to Zoo Entertainment Production Company run by artist Mekanix, who described his style as a variant of Hyphy known as "Go".

For real the best damn samples I've ever heard. He may not have the best lyrical skill or wit, but in today's hip hop standards, he's not terrible by any mean.

Bruh top 5 dead or alive all-time my opinion! Keep pumpin blood we rocking wit Stalin in Arizona!

18 Totally Insane

One of the most underrated groups of all time. The Insane

19 Celly Cel
20 Del tha Funkee Homosapien
21 MC Hammer Stanley Kirk Burrell (born March 30, 1962), known professionally as MC Hammer (or simply Hammer), is an American rapper, dancer, and record producer who had his greatest commercial success and popularity from the late 1980s until the early 1990s. Remembered for his rapid rise to fame, Hammer is known for songs (such as "U Can't Touch This" and "2 Legit 2 Quit"), flashy dance movements, choreography and eponymous Hammer pants.

Hammer is the best selling Bay Area Rapper and he should be #1

Hahaa Mac Dre #1 hell no, PAC PERIOD, Dre isn't even the best from his own city.

22 The Whoridas
23 Lil Yase
24 P-Lo
25 The Coup

The Coup brought political content the Bayarea rap what they talked about was way above gangsta rap

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