1. Deltron 3030 (dystopian concept album with rogue mech warriors)
2. Never Better (Punk rap, done well)
3. The Mighty Ocean and the Nine Dark Theaters (this guy is pretty much the first "indie rapper")
4. A Badly Broken Code (Best woman lyricist/ best lyricist ever)
5. You and Yer Good Ideas (Same dude that did 3 on my list)

I feel like I'm missing some...

your rap list is better in reverse deuce

F*CK Kanye

if charts and hipster sites like pitchfork are the level in which we guage how good something is, well F*CK i don't wanna live here anymore.

when you have time, listen to Immortal Technique.
Get back to me and let me kno wat u think

The charts are more of a "who's record label has the most money" than it is about the music.
Especially as far as rap goes, the only mainstream rapper I care for is Jay-Z, and he's losing his touch man
Oh and Kanye is a horrible person, do not support him, even if it's pirated you're still supporting him, I don't care how good his music is, it's about morals.
Oh and as far as your thing about female rappers, I totally agree, but this chick is it, she's more of a poet than a rapper.

Good thread idea.
This would be my Top 5 (not in order):

36 Chambers
Reasonable Doubt
Illmatic
Tha Carter (Yes, Lil Wayne is shit now. This was in 2004 when he still rapped)
Graduation (Kanye can rap. He's not the best lyricist but his production is great and I respect the fact that he's always pushing the envelope and trying to do something different, as showcased in Yeezus)

if charts and hipster sites like pitchfork are the level in which we guage how good something is, well F*CK i don't wanna live here anymore.

and i didn't point out MF doom specifically...i just don't care for MF Doom.

nothing should be above 36 chambers....

CD 1
1. History in the Making (skit)
2. Hate Me Now
3. With the B.S. ft. Trae Tha Truth, Red Cafe & Big Scoob
4. Valhalla (K.A.B.O.S.H.)
5. Strange Days ft. The Doors
6. Hypocrote ft. Hopsin
7. I’m Not a Saint
8. Drowning
9. Heaven & Hell ft. Serj Tankian & Aqualeo
10. The Tortoise & The Rabbit
11. Fuel Me ft. Krizz Kaliko & Eminem
12. Fortune Force Field
13. ?
14. Eternal Torture ft. Liz Suwandi & James Hetfield
15. Meant to Happen
16. That’s My Kid ft. Big K.R.I.T., Game & Cee-Lo Green
17. F*CK With Me

CD 2
1. So Dope ft. Twisted Insane, Snow Tha Product & JL BHood
2. Colorado ft. B.o.B, Stevie Stone, Krizz Kaliko, Ces Cru, Rittz, Bernz, Wrekonize, & ?
3. Thizzles ft. Danny Brown
4. Dwamn ft. 816 Boyz
5. F*CKIN’ Drunk (Caribou Lou Part 2) ft. Shabba Ranks & Kutt Calhoun
6. The Concrete Jungle ft. Slaughterhouse
7. Meathouse ft. Brotha Lynch Hung
8. Tell Me the Truth
9. On My Way Back Home
10. B.I.T.C.H. ft. T-Pain
11. The Last Time
12. Don’t Let Them Tell You ft. Macklemore & Krizz Kaliko
13. Why? (Remix) ft. Prozak & Immortal Technique
14. They Don’t Really See Me ft. B.o.B. & Kendrick Lamar
15. Last Man Standing
16. The End ft. Jhene Aiko

Immortal Technique is great. I only listen to him when I'm in a certain mood though.

Like a hate the government mood? He raps about shit that actually matters...mostly political shit tho