This isn't even my opinion, just a fact. A great topic to debate, everyone loves to chime in there two cents. But I'll be the first to tell you that there are only 3 rappers who can be considered the G.O.A.T. Jay-Z, BIG, and Eminem. Now i know y'all are gonna go haywire on me for not putting Queensbridge finest, and 2Pac.
But that's fine. Because Nasty Nas doesn't have quite the mainstream success as the aforementioned 3. And 2Pac, while definitely one of the rawest rapper's ever, remains a little overrated to me. That doesn't mean he "sucks" or was "whack" or anything like that. It just simply means he isn't a better rapper than BIG, Jigga, or Shady. Now before i catch mad heat for that, lemme explain.
Yes, few cats have ever matched his passion and he is the MOST influential rapper ever. He rapped about real shit and he's definitely one of my favorite rappers. But lyrically, i don't think he was as good as people make him out to be. Somewhere along the line someone told us that you had to choose between The Notorious B.I.G and Tupac Shakur for your favorite rapper. Which i think is preposterous.
With all that being said BIG's career was cut short. (All the BIG haters will cry that 2Pac's was cut short too but he put out 5 albums as opposed to BIG's 2). So he definitely never reached his full potential. Not to mention both were classics.
Jay has all the accolades that would allow him to claim this title, along with one of the tightest flows our ears have ever heard. The only thing he really lacks are superb lyrics. Only three cats in my opinion stand in the "Elite MC" category. And you can probably guess all of them. If you guessed BIG, Nas, and Eminem--- you were right!
Now on to Mr. Mathers. He's the highest selling artist, lyrically he's almost untouchable. The flow is top 3 too. And he has 3 classics under his belt. Am i the first one to label "Relapse" as a classic??? Maybe so. It's the best CD I've heard since Nas' "Hip Hop is Dead" from 2006. If you compare the Shady LP to Relapse, you can see how much he's matured. The flow is almost crazy. Like y'all prolly wont even notice how ill it really is. His flow on Relapse is equivalent to Jerry Rice's stats. Like ain't no one fuckin with it. Real Talk.
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jigga jigga that nigga jigga! you know i give the nod to Hov. fuckin facts about tupac and esco.
ReplyDeleteeminem m&m, that nigga shady, you know that slim will get the nod
ReplyDeleteeven if I respectfully disagree because I don't care for Em, you supported your arguments quite well, which I respect. Nice post.
ReplyDeleteoh yeah....Biggie, Biggie, Biggie, can't you see somehow your words just Hypnotize me. (BIG the best)