this is the debate thread for who is the best rap lyricist of all time.
feel free to state your oppinion but just know that if you say eminem i swear to freaking god i will argue the hell out of you.
for me Rakim is the greatest rap lyricist of all time. his rhymes and lyrics were SOOOOO good. straight up poetry, metaphors, all that good junk. amazing stuff.
I think most rappers are talented when it comes to lyrics
ya i mean writing crap that lil wayne writes isnt the easiest thing, its mindless and pointless.
the thing about eminem is that he raps but it isnt really "lyrically" genious, like he raps and rhymes but he doesnt really use any rhetorical devices or stuff like metaphors and that jazz all to often. not to say he doesnt but i mean... here just look at this link and compare this song to eminem. set it off by big daddy kane.
best rap lyricists (criteria: strictly on how well they wrote there lyrics, influence not included) 1.Rakim (eric b. and rakim) 2.Big Daddy Kane 3.Notorious B.I.G. 4.Andre 3000 (outkast) 5.Nas
honorable mentions go to (in no particular order) slick rick jay-z kool G. rap Mos Def Black Thought (the roots) KRS one (Boogie down production) eminem ghostface killah (wu tang clan) posdnous (de la soul)
there are more. too im just not going to put EVERY rapper on this list lol
i dont know hwy you said nas i think hes pretty poor, i think eminem is the best rapper ever but definately not the best lyricist ever
the words that nas writes on paper are very beautiful. i mean eminem just writes about **** hes pissed off about. nas writes about a better future and the gang violence he was prior involved in. although there was that dis song he did on jay-z called ether that was SOOOO tight lol.
i think eminem is highly over rated and most white people only like him because hes a white rapper. hes good dont get me wrong but his rhetorical devices just make you pissed off and nothing else.
Are you doing this for a possible rap battle? I think that was you in the other thread. And POS is really good! I'm going to check out atmosphere real quick.
lmao! Ya i ment the world cup haha! That would be an interesting thread. A thread of people rapping oh god I could imagine. And I'm with you I cant write at all :P
And I don't blame you for not making the thread, that is just work right there.
