Isn't Bone Thugz already sort of the rap barbershop quartet?

ah ha ha ha
you got me going now man!
huh...
who should get together for this one...
Jay, you got tough one to top...set us up for failure on this one...
hmmmm.
btw. Nate Dogg aint a rapper.

how bout -
Slim Kid Tre,
Mos Def,
O.D.B.,
and Phonte

though I really like Cee-Lo for this category.
plus, visualizing O.D.B. or Biz Markie doin their thang - classic.
or to make it simple - get the brothers from J5 - at least they know how to harmonize.

Fair enough, I guess Nate Dogg doesn't count. Drat!

I don't think Bone Thugs count because a barbershop quartet generally involves a 4-part harmony, not four or five guys all singing the same note. :)

(it used to drive me up the wall when people talked about this group named Bone Thugs and Harmony singing "5 part harmony" when they never had any actual harmony going on)

I think any list without Devin the Dude on it is missing one of hip hop's best voices. In terms of pure rapping rappers -- sorry Cee-Lo, Pharrell, Nelly, etc., I'd want to hear:

Devin the Dude
Bumpy Knuckles
Ghostface
Maseo (never heard him sing but I would like to!)

Here's the Killer Line Up:

Myka 9
Pharoahe Monch
Cee Lo
Nate Dogg (Although I like Mos Def)

Ummm yeah derr..... I just realized Freestyle Fellowship already embodies a rapper like barber shop quartet.

Soo.....in my revision:

Aceyalone
Mikah 9
PEACE
Self Jupiter

WHY HAS NO ONE MENTIONED WHODINI???

Slim Kid Tre,
Mos Def,
O.D.B.,
and Phonte

great lineup but i'd switch odb with pharoahe monch...odb would be too drunk to really focus on singing seriously.

yea, just sort of robbing from other people's posts with this one:

mos def is necessary
ghostface
slim kid
and the Biz

though i think ODB and cee-lo would be ill. and what about q-tip??

truth

mos
slim kid
cee-lo
q-tip
monch

(phonte on the bench)

yo jay, what about the best team of producers to produce that thing. i can start it off if you want:

madlib
hi tek
prince paul
pete rock

and on the bench rjd2 and dj honda

-Mos Def
-Cee-Lo
-Andre 3000
-Wyclef Jean

..and then a star was born

i definately would like to see Devin the Dude and Pharaohe up in the mix....

Here's my starting 4

1. Smooth Be

2. Grandmaster Caz (CCB does some serious harmonizing as does nice and smooth)

3. ODB

4. Erick Sermon ( and I beeen waitin!!)

Honorable mentions ..

1- TJ swan
2- rahzel or scratch or dmx (just_ice's) for beatbox effect
3- charlie 2na
4- lord sear (kurious days)

Honorable mentions ..

1- TJ swan
2- rahzel or scratch or dmx (just_ice's) for beatbox effect
3- charlie 2na
4- lord sear (kurious days)

Bass: Pete Rock ("Flooooow on...")

Tenor: Chuck D

Alto: Sadat X

Soprano: Slick Rick ("Walk on byyyy...")

Everyone who said Chali 2na needs to be in there knows what's up!

Hey... what about "Bone Thugs in Harmony"? Its not going to sound like a barbershop quartet no matter what you want. This is it.. They got harmony...

Think about it...

Wikipedia's article on Jurassic 5 said they had barbershop techniques...

OK i just stated the obvious..