Conway The Machine names his favorite rappers.
Conway The Machine is all set to release his new album ‘From King To A God‘ on September 11 and for the promo run, he appeared on ‘Let’s Get Technical‘ Podcast, which is hosted by NBA players Bonzi Wells and Rasheed Wallace along with SiriusXM’s Gerald Brown.
Conway the Machine releases his highly anticipated full-length album From King to a GOD this Friday (9/11) via Drumwork/Griselda/EMPIRE, following his Alchemist-produced March EP LULU and his Big Ghost Ltd-produced May EP No One Mourns The Wicked. In the lead-up to the album’s release, he appeared on Let’s Get Technical – and he talked about his favorite rappers based on lyricism, among other things (including a walk-through of the night he was shot, resulting in facial paralysis).
At around the 9:00 minute mark, the hosts asked Conway his favorite MCs. “Jay-Z number one, Andre 3000 number two, and then you can put this in any order,” says Conway. “I gotta throw Eminem in there somewhere, honestly I gotta throw Scarface in there somewhere, I might gotta throw Black Thought in that fifth slot. But I hate to leave DMX out, I hate to leave Nas out, Nas is in there. It’s tricky, you know what I’m saying? Kool G Rap, Prodigy, Busta.”
After that one of the hosts says that his list is very East Coast, then Conway replies, “Nah you gotta throw Ice Cube in there too though, Cube is definitely in my top five favorite MCs of all time.”
He was also asked about why No 2Pac or Biggie features in his Top MCs. Conway The Machine responds, “I’m not gonna lie, I just feel like lyrically and I know I’m gonna blow the internet up with this (everyone laughs). Three Stacks is a little bit iller than them, lyrically. They’re in my top five all-time. I got three top fives! I got my top five all-time dead or alive, I got my top five lyricists, I got my top five favorites, you know what I mean?”
Meanwhile, Westside Gunn’s impending Shady Records debut (and third album of 2020) Who Made The Sunshine and Armani Caesar’s Griselda debut The Liz Tape were both set to be released in August but were postponed due to the tragic death of Griselda producer DJ Shay. Armani’s album will be released on September 18, and the video for her Benny the Butcher-featuring track “Simply Done,” which was produced by DJ Premier, will be released on Wednesday (9/9). WSG has yet to receive a new release date, so stay tuned.
Although JAY-Z has mostly retired from the rap business, his year-end TIDAL playlists have acted as a badge of honour for a number of musicians. He released his 2020 playlist of his favourite songs on Thursday. This year’s list includes underground legends like Boldy James, Roc Marciano, and the Griselda group, among others.
Watch the whole thing below and check out his new video of “Lemon” with Method Man.
