Saturday, March 6, 2010
Exhibit A: Eminem/Jay Z
Ive probably been in at least 500 in depth conversations in my life about who is the best rapper ever.. It almost always ends as some debate about BIG vs Pac.. Problem with this convo is theres so much to consider. I personally am a Biggie guy but I also get the Pac argument.. Sure theres 10 others that are up there and worthy but if your talking about straight lyricism there is no one who touches Eminem. Period. The closest to me is Jay and its hard to argue his spot at the top with 11 #1 albums.. Point is these talks can go on for days or you can simply hit play on the above and listen to what to me is one of the top 3 lyrical displays in hip hop history by Em and Jay.. Follow the lyrics.. Has any of the top rappers on your list done anything close to that? Probably not and both of these artists have done it consistently on every track on every album (ok a few have missed but you get the point..)