The Greatest Rapper of All Time Died on March 9th

[Deejay]

Respectable rap died when marketability became the primary focus of rappers.

Uh then I guess it died at NWA. The group practically broke over marketing disputes

edit. I know what you mean though. just sayin'

[Sepukku]

This is where its at. People wanna roar in their pussy 2006-2010 Mustangs (lawlz) with new rap blasting like their car or their taste in music is impressive. Roll through the main street with this blasting from a piece of shit 1993 rusty white sedan, that turns heads. Still.

NVM Youtube tags didnt work.

[Titanss]

Rap died in 91

[AidenCarby]

Rap died in 91

Idk, pun was nice too.

[Howard Roark]

Delivery/Rawness I would give to Eminem
Flow to Big
Concepts to Jay (only person that really grew with his music)
and Lyricism to Pac
Bestest? idk

Still think Big L, Busta, Nas, KRS, Slick Rick (idc what u say he's good), Big Pun, Meth/Red, and Lupe if he stays consistent are all up there on my list too.

see this is the road I come to when I am pressed to say 'best'

I eventually break it down to

best storyteller (biggie)
most heart (ghostface)
most passion (tupac)
most words rhymed in a row without sounding retarded: (busta)
most charismatic (snoop)

it goes on and on, so many categories and to say any one of them is better.. it's more accurate to say one is better at x aspect than others

rapping in paragraphs is just so impressive to me, a lot of verses end up saying I'm blah like So-and-So and they throw in names that rhyme or are a joke or diss, but eminem just goes on and on and it makes sense, as well as the added irony of all his lyrics


also I can't really seem to truly get into Jay-Z, no idea why but beats aside his rap bores me

inb4 youtubes trying to prove me wrong:\

[Howard Roark]

Rap died in 91

semantics, and then gansta rap got big and hip hop was coined/born

[Howard Roark]

TI is the best out of the list you mentioned.

Easy-E is one of the best also.

hoh man, Sorry Louie is probably one of the best rap songs ever haha

[Deejay]

That's the thing with Jay Z. People either REALLY love him or are REALLY bored by him. It's really weird. It's not really a Love/Hate thing with Jay. It's more like a Love/Zzzzz thing. You either love him or you simply don't care much for him.

I personally think he spits truth.

And OH MY GOD I CAN'T BELIEVE I FORGOT ANDRE 3K
edit: oh and mos def too wtf is wrong with me

[EckoGecko]

What about best freestyles?

Ever hear Em's "Keepin it Raw"? that's fuckin genius.

[Howard Roark]

What about best freestyles?

Ever hear Em's "Keepin it Raw"? that's fuckin genius.

was that the one off the BET awards or something?

my roomate showed me a vid with him and quite a few other big names and he KILLED it and everyone there knew it


there were myabe 9-12 guys and a couple dudes did verses then Eminem came on and it was a whole other league, I wish I could remember a line from it to confirm it's the same one or not

[Deejay]

Best freestyle ever. If you don't have Biggie/Tupac's verses memorized then you are not a true rap fan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4dlxIs2r2U
bonus points if you can recite Big L's portion without screwing up

[EckoGecko]

was that the one off the BET awards or something?

my roomate showed me a vid with him and quite a few other big names and he KILLED it and everyone there knew it


there were myabe 9-12 guys and a couple dudes did verses then Eminem came on and it was a whole other league, I wish I could remember a line from it to confirm it's the same one or not

Nah that was the Cypher session they had. That was also good but this was old Em way back when he was first coming up I believe. It's savage.

[Deejay]

was that the one off the BET awards or something?

my roomate showed me a vid with him and quite a few other big names and he KILLED it and everyone there knew it


there were myabe 9-12 guys and a couple dudes did verses then Eminem came on and it was a whole other league, I wish I could remember a line from it to confirm it's the same one or not

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaV00sP-9w0
and yeah em killed it

[Quixotic]

First thing I thought of when seeing this thread title:

http://img.youtube.com/vi/Z9lg6HqJeY0/0.jpg

[Rhyis.]

First thing I thought of when seeing this thread title:

Glad I wasn't the only one.

[Max™]

What the fizzuck?

Eazy-E, Tupac, Outkast, Dre, Snoop, Ice Cube, Common, Mike D, The King Ad-Rock, and the fuckin' MCA, I could go on, but you get the idea.

He was good, great even, but of all time?

[Howard Roark]

look closer at the OP, it's a Canibus line, I didn't even say Biggie's my #1

read the thread Max

[Moss]

Pharoahe Monch anyone?

[Max™]

Never even heard of Canibus, but man, seeing Eminem listed at the top, I mean the kid can rap, and anything Dre touches is probably going to start shitting gold records... but wow.

To mention Eminem and not the original dorky whiteboy rappers is like, a sin?

[AidenCarby]

Never even heard of Canibus, but man, seeing Eminem listed at the top, I mean the kid can rap, and anything Dre touches is probably going to start shitting gold records... but wow.

To mention Eminem and not the original dorky whiteboy rappers is like, a sin?

Old rapper that beefed with LL over a misunderstood lyric, needless to say LL stomped 'em.