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Title: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 14, 2016, 08:23:02 PM
They've been playing him a lot on the classic hip hop station recently. It's my go to station and every song they play of his is garbage in terms of lyrics, content, and flow. Of all the rappers who gets played regularly on this station his songs have always aged the worst.

Like, I remember when Hard Knock Life came out. It was a great song then with a catchy hook that you could identify with in some way if you were black. Especially with that music video. But now I find the lyrics to be trash egotistical typical jay z self fellating crap and knowing that the book is from Annie just makes me want to watch Annie instead. You have a hook called Hard Knock Life, about getting kicked down, about not having as many options. Its subtitle is the Ghetto Anthem and you've got this dude rapping about the "hottest verses New York has ever seen". It lacks self awareness, introspection, or anything new and truly epitomizes how and why late 90's mainstream hip hop was straight :trash Jay Z represents the beginning of the end of New York hip hop.

And that's his most famous song.

Jay-Z sucks outside of reasonable doubt and there a ton of better albums released in 1996. His fame undeserved, doesn't deserve to be in a top 10 mc list, and owes his career to the children who sang Annie - who weren't even paid - and, Kanye west, and 45 king.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: StealthFan on December 14, 2016, 08:24:26 PM
I agree
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 14, 2016, 08:34:12 PM
2pac is my fave mc I just think Nas is the best :umad
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Vertigo on December 14, 2016, 08:47:32 PM
Both Tupac and Nas have good lyrics but mostly garbage tier beat selection.


Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 14, 2016, 08:49:20 PM
Jay z wishes he could have better production than all eyez on me
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Valkyrie on December 14, 2016, 08:53:13 PM
Used to listen to Lil Wayne, his lyrics are fucking garbage, but I liked the sound of his music.
I'm still ashamed though.

What should I check out, other than Nas?
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 14, 2016, 08:56:48 PM
Pac just gets me emotional aight. So many tears is the GOAT hip hop song afaic.

Comparing Nas' most famous song (if I ruled the world) to Jay's ( hard knock life) it ain't even close.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Syph on December 14, 2016, 09:01:38 PM
nas won
 :aah
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 14, 2016, 09:15:03 PM
Nasir GOAT Jones is so influential that you can bring up Jay-Z without mentioning his highness' name and it'll make Jay-Z stans shook.

HIS POWER.

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Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Phoenix Dark on December 14, 2016, 09:24:08 PM
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As a long standing stan of Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, the best rapper, I feel obliged to say I do not cosign the views expressed by the OP. How could I hate on a fellow Nas stan?

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Carmen said that when she was with Jay he’d ask her weird questions about her and Nas, like what positions Nas liked to hit, and weird stuff… she said Jay-Z was obsessed with Nas
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she said in Jay’s Manhattan appartment Jay had a huge vinyl collection of rare Nas singles and shit…
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said she found Beyonce's number in Nas' jeans...Nas played it off like her breathe stank though
:hitler
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:hitler



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Smiling like a proud dad watching his only son who made it
:preach

In his 40s still looking 20
:noah

Hairline still immaculate
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Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 14, 2016, 09:25:30 PM
:dead :sabu
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Mandark on December 14, 2016, 10:03:44 PM
2pac

Now we can really start talking about the most overrated rapper.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: WanderingWind on December 14, 2016, 10:09:14 PM
Nas got the better albums, Jigga got the better singles. Nas gets more studio shoutouts, Jay gets more industry respect. Nas fails at everything in his life beside making albums, Jay shits gold. Immutable laws of the game. Will never change.

 
Now we can really start talking about the most overrated rapper.

Always got to be one motherfucker bringing up Eminem in these discussions
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Mr. Nobody on December 14, 2016, 10:53:20 PM
"2Pac and Nas are the GOAT....Jay-Z sux!!!"

Might as well throw in some Eminem and make the teenage cac cypher complete (http://www.thecoli.com/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/scust.png)
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 14, 2016, 11:26:06 PM
2pac

Now we can really start talking about the most overrated rapper.

Dead to me
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Syph on December 14, 2016, 11:36:44 PM
2Pac is excellent, dude made all sorts of great tracks. His biggest problem is his insane fanboys.

Eminem is the most overrated rapper by far. Even in his prime he did more bad than good, and his best has aged like a day old open can of budweiser.
lol wut at the bolded
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Cerveza mas fina on December 15, 2016, 02:03:26 AM
id agree but now there is "rappers" like lil wayne

wait till you hear lil wayne on a classic hip hop stattion and come back

btw I saw Busta Rhymes on Jimmy Fallon sn dude got fat af
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Syph on December 15, 2016, 02:19:04 AM
2Pac is excellent, dude made all sorts of great tracks. His biggest problem is his insane fanboys.

Eminem is the most overrated rapper by far. Even in his prime he did more bad than good, and his best has aged like a day old open can of budweiser.
lol wut at the bolded

Slim Shady LP was more bad songs than good, same for Marshal Mathers LP, same for Eminem Show, same for both D12 albums. We can also go back and include Infinite, his tapes with Royce, the EP, everything.
:pacspit
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Mr. Nobody on December 15, 2016, 02:39:05 AM
2Pac is excellent, dude made all sorts of great tracks. His biggest problem is his insane fanboys.

Eminem is the most overrated rapper by far. Even in his prime he did more bad than good, and his best has aged like a day old open can of budweiser.
lol wut at the bolded

Slim Shady LP was more bad songs than good, same for Marshal Mathers LP, same for Eminem Show, same for both D12 albums. We can also go back and include Infinite, his tapes with Royce, the EP, everything.
:pacspit

We're grown men now. Majority of Eminem's work expires the minute you hit puberty.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: king of the internet on December 15, 2016, 02:59:28 AM
I don't fuck w his music outside of Reasonable Doubt which is a classic
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: king of the internet on December 15, 2016, 03:00:13 AM
id agree but now there is "rappers" like lil wayne

wait till you hear lil wayne on a classic hip hop stattion and come back

btw I saw Busta Rhymes on Jimmy Fallon sn dude got fat af

Lil Wayne? Is this the mid 2000's? Get with the times gramps.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: seagrams hotsauce on December 15, 2016, 03:18:40 AM
Lil Wayne is a great lyricist. At his peak he came up with stuff that rivals anyone
Also Pac makes great records but he isn't very impressive technically
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Syph on December 15, 2016, 03:20:26 AM
2Pac is excellent, dude made all sorts of great tracks. His biggest problem is his insane fanboys.

Eminem is the most overrated rapper by far. Even in his prime he did more bad than good, and his best has aged like a day old open can of budweiser.
lol wut at the bolded

Slim Shady LP was more bad songs than good, same for Marshal Mathers LP, same for Eminem Show, same for both D12 albums. We can also go back and include Infinite, his tapes with Royce, the EP, everything.
:pacspit

We're grown men now. Majority of Eminem's work expires the minute you hit puberty.
you really got me there didnt you  :comeon
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: nudemacusers on December 15, 2016, 05:19:08 AM
I'd like 2pac more if weren't for his influence on the rise of the homosexual agenda in hip hop.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: jakefromstatefarm on December 15, 2016, 11:10:05 AM
??? Did you actually listen to his music or did you just skim through it? By my estimation, he's got 2 certified classics in RD and TBA, a borderline classic in BP1, and what is probably the best singles catalogue in rap period.

And I say this as someone who thinks that: a) Illmatic is probably the best rap album ever; b)  sober discussion on either of the men's discographies has to acknowledge any rekindling of the beef for what it really is, posthoc navel gazing over something that neither of the original combatants actually cares about; and c) jay has a legit claim to be one of the best verse writers in rap, this last point has been obscured over the last 15 years because of both the poor output since his comeback and the narrative that pigeonholes him as the Big Daddy Kane to Nas' Rakim.

In short, yes, Eminem is the most overrated rapper.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Phoenix Dark on December 15, 2016, 11:55:17 AM
Whether you have him in your top ten is a matter of personal preference of course but it's hard to legitimately argue that he can't rap or doesn't have an impressive catalog. Reasonable Doubt, BP1, and TBA are all great albums, and at least two of them are classic albums. Not to mention the fact that he has rapped over some of the best production in the genre and put together one of the best in-house production teams ever (Just Blaze, Kanye West, Bink, etc).

I think a lot of people knock Jay for being a Brooklyn nicca flashy or the shit talking, but he has quite a few tracks that delve into a variety of personal subjects. And above all he's always been witty as fuck.

I spent hours arguing Nas v Jay as a teen and college kid, and used to hate on Jay a lot. Given the fact that they're friends today and I'm a fucking adult I really have no excuse to linger on it...but that being said I love reliving the old battles and trolling on the subject. It's the best rap battle of all time. It didn't start in 2000/2001, it goes back to 1995 if not earlier. Years of subliminal disses and tension led to two of the best diss tracks ever. And nobody got killed despite various armed confrontations.
:whew

Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Mr. Nobody on December 15, 2016, 12:38:30 PM
you really got me there didnt you  :comeon

If the shoe fits (http://www.thecoli.com/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/hubie.png)

Only a preteen and a complete stan would listen to a song like Role Model in 2016
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Phoenix Dark on December 15, 2016, 12:42:36 PM
I listen to Eminem because he doesn't say the n-word every ten seconds, isn't rapping about gangs, and doesn't talk about money.
(http://i.imgur.com/Q1NuATb.png)

Instead he raps about things my cac self can identify with such as killing my mother, doing opiates, being homophobic, and pooping.
(http://i.imgur.com/Q1NuATb.png)

If only the nation's policy makers would have listened to Eminem they could have anticipated the rise of heroin/opiate use in rural communities.
(http://i.imgur.com/Q1NuATb.png)
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: seagrams hotsauce on December 15, 2016, 01:27:37 PM
My turning point on eminem was in the summer after junior year of HS when I heard a Atlantan suburbanite say "I think he's the best rapper ever, and not just cuz he's white"

It really shocks me that he's as big as he is today. He's actually gotten worse than he was at his peak. He used to be able to string words together in a clever way that could convey a thought or feeling (sick of aggy bosses bitching while i'm washin dishes) and now he just comes up with the most technical rhymes he can that have absolutely zero or less than zero substance. I honestly thought syph was joking when he posted that Trump thing he did last month
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 15, 2016, 01:49:21 PM
??? Did you actually listen to his music or did you just skim through it? By my estimation, he's got 2 certified classics in RD and TBA, a borderline classic in BP1, and what is probably the best singles catalogue in rap period.

And I say this as someone who thinks that: a) Illmatic is probably the best rap album ever; b)  sober discussion on either of the men's discographies has to acknowledge any rekindling of the beef for what it really is, posthoc navel gazing over something that neither of the original combatants actually cares about; and c) jay has a legit claim to be one of the best verse writers in rap, this last point has been obscured over the last 15 years because of both the poor output since his comeback and the narrative that pigeonholes him as the Big Daddy Kane to Nas' Rakim.

In short, yes, Eminem is the most overrated rapper.

RD is a classic. Never really "got" BP1. Never listened to TBA. Find the rest to be boring or filler. For his place in hip hop, I think he's overrated and I'd rather have Puffy over him.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: seagrams hotsauce on December 15, 2016, 02:19:46 PM
What? Puffy ruined a whole labels worth of careers and has never written a rap in his life.

Also there is no point in Jay's discography that's nearly as bad as Nastradomus or HHID
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 15, 2016, 02:44:06 PM
I dunno. I just don't like him. Reasonable Doubt is great and one of the best debut albums ever imo. And it's downhill from there. That's all I can say about him. Aside from Takeover, just coasting.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Vertigo on December 15, 2016, 03:14:23 PM
??? Did you actually listen to his music or did you just skim through it? By my estimation, he's got 2 certified classics in RD and TBA, a borderline classic in BP1, and what is probably the best singles catalogue in rap period.

And I say this as someone who thinks that: a) Illmatic is probably the best rap album ever; b)  sober discussion on either of the men's discographies has to acknowledge any rekindling of the beef for what it really is, posthoc navel gazing over something that neither of the original combatants actually cares about; and c) jay has a legit claim to be one of the best verse writers in rap, this last point has been obscured over the last 15 years because of both the poor output since his comeback and the narrative that pigeonholes him as the Big Daddy Kane to Nas' Rakim.

In short, yes, Eminem is the most overrated rapper.

RD is a classic. Never really "got" BP1. Never listened to TBA. Find the rest to be boring or filler. For his place in hip hop, I think he's overrated and I'd rather have Puffy over him.

I'd say the Blueprint 1 and The Black Album are probably for me better than RD they feel like the most full Jay albums Blueprint especially.

As it's not just flashy nugga lyrics.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Vertigo on December 15, 2016, 03:16:14 PM
My turning point on eminem was in the summer after junior year of HS when I heard a Atlantan suburbanite say "I think he's the best rapper ever, and not just cuz he's white"

It really shocks me that he's as big as he is today. He's actually gotten worse than he was at his peak. He used to be able to string words together in a clever way that could convey a thought or feeling (sick of aggy bosses bitching while i'm washin dishes) and now he just comes up with the most technical rhymes he can that have absolutely zero or less than zero substance. I honestly thought syph was joking when he posted that Trump thing he did last month

Em is awful now. I can't even listen to most of his old stuff now either, just doesn't have the timelessness that classic hip hop should.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Phoenix Dark on December 15, 2016, 03:32:24 PM
How do you like RD but not get Blueprint? And The Black Album...come on brehette.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pc3kD2iV8w
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Steve Contra on December 15, 2016, 03:33:23 PM
I just want to say god damn is Big Pimpin good :lawd

Can't see a point in Nas' career where did anything comparable
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 15, 2016, 04:40:30 PM
Never listened to black album. Pegged it as another mediocre post-RD lp
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: benjipwns on December 15, 2016, 04:56:47 PM
I just want to say god damn is Big Pimpin good :lawd
http://www.bratproductions.com/mixes/mashups/brat_bigshotpimpin.html :lawd
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: seagrams hotsauce on December 15, 2016, 05:21:22 PM
So it looks like Jay Z is just the most overrated rapper that you've never actually listened to
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 15, 2016, 05:30:00 PM
FYI my dislike for Jay has nothing to do with Nas. I was a fairly big Jay Z fan in the 90's and early 00's. The only Nas songs I knew were Hate Me Now and If I Ruled The World and as Christian, I couldn't fuck with Nas after that Hate Me Now vid. "Who the fuck does this nicca think he is?" were what I literally said after seeing that video.

I wasn't a hip hop head then. I watched MTV Raps a lot but mostly BET religiously. I was about club songs because as a teenager I'd go to lots of dances and parties and we'd bust out the moves we were working on against our rivals. Back then I was bout dat Souf. Endless Cash Money lp's and OUTKAST and Htown sound. I was all about Juvenile and Lil Wayne. With some Lil Keke on the side. They could turn a party upside down. But I liked no rapper more than the duo of OutKast. Ms Jackson was my jam. It was the jam of everyone I knew too. No one fucked with Nas or any of that stuff besides 2pac. Jay Z was cool because he made lots of great bangers. Jigga (My nicca), Big Pimpin;etc were bangers at parties and dances.

Y'all bring up Nas but the artist that made me a hip hop fan was Kanye West. College Dropout was the first hip hop record I actually connected to. It helped that I also wanted to drop out of college. I identified with that album. After that album I placed the genre on a completely different standard. After that I went back and became intimate with the genre. I went back to the 80's to learn its origins and got heavy into Grandmaster Flash and Africa Bambaaataa. I got into 2pac. Around the same time GTA San Andreas came out and I fell in love with its soundtrack. I checked the discog of every rapper on that games ost. 80's, 90's whatever. Joining SOHH sent me down the path to Nas, Jean Grey, Common, Jurassic 5,  Wu-Tang Clan, People Under The Stairs, Tribe, Blackalicious, Run DMC, De La Soul;etc basically all or most of hip hops classics.

Then I went back to Jay Z and my old south shit. I just didn't think it stacked up according to my new standard. While I could still get down to Back That Ass Up or The Block Is Hot or Kiesha I just found Jay's stuff primitive outside of RD.

It didn't help that any time I heard Jay featured on a track on artists I liked (Kanye, again) he just sounded whack. He turned an emotional, spiritual song is Never Let Me Down (College Dropout's best song) into something about himself in the most egotistical, boring way. I had no reason to check his stuff out again or give him a second chance.

I'd rather listen The Carter and jam to Earthquake than listen to Jay Z back then even while recognizing I still kind of liked his famous singles on the "I like to twerk to this" tip but at my heart, I'm still going to compare every hip hop lp to Collegr Dropout even if it's not the best (though it's up there) or even my fave (again it's up there).

I've never really fucked with Em. He had some good songs like Stan but I've always found him cheesy in that white boy sort of way?
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 15, 2016, 05:30:56 PM
So it looks like Jay Z is just the most overrated rapper that you've never actually listened to

Wrong. I've listened to all his albums up to black album and nothing past that besides throne.

Jay Z stans emotional af
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: seagrams hotsauce on December 15, 2016, 05:48:46 PM
lol @ me being an 'emotional stan' because you're calling someone overrated and haven't listened to half their discography, after writing that dissertation no less
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on December 15, 2016, 06:06:43 PM
I think he's ok.  He hasn't done anything post-retirement that is worth listening to though.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: nudemacusers on December 15, 2016, 06:19:26 PM
The black album is great. Change clothes :lawd
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: benjipwns on December 15, 2016, 06:25:00 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPdJxuiMJQ0

his best work

bless up
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Mr. Nobody on December 15, 2016, 06:35:49 PM
Y'all bring up Nas but the artist that made me a hip hop fan was Kanye West. College Dropout was the first hip hop record I actually connected to. It helped that I also wanted to drop out of college. I identified with that album. After that album I placed the genre on a completely different standard. After that I went back and became intimate with the genre.

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Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 15, 2016, 06:40:09 PM
:lol

Listening to 7-8 Jay-Z albums = Not knowing what I'm talking about

I don't have to like every rapper. I think Jay is ok, and just like stuff like Mobb Deep I just don't get the appeal. A least Jay has RD though. I really like RD but his other stuff didn't click.

Listening to 8 Jay Z albums gives me a good enough idea of his strengths and weaknesses. Listening to Black Album likely won't change my perception of him at all.

You can listen to 8 albums by Jay but if you don't listen to Black Album suddenly all bets are off and you don't know what you're talking about! :lol :umad Don't miss this extra special release but yeah, this doesn't add to my argument that Jay is an above average rapper with a mediocre discog.

Jay Z is still my most overrated rapper. All that fame, power, riches, and influence and he has one great album, some fun singles, and an okay album in Blueprint. SMH. I don't think Em is overrated partly because the only people who rate him highly in 2016 are crazy white rap fans. I can't think of any rapper on Jay's level of influence who has put out as many average albums, Black Album or not. Even if Black Album is good, this still only puts him at one great album (RD), one solid album (BP1), and the rest are okay to average.

Comparing it to 2pac who from 1991 to 1996 put out bangers it's not even close. Comparing it to Nas it's not even fair. Nas has Illmstic, It Was Written, Lost Tapes, Stillmatic, Distant Relatives, God's Son. Kanye's got College Dropout, Late Registration, 808's (I like it okay?), MBDTF. But Jay? Y'all are stanning for RD, BP, and Black Album?! And thinking this doesn't prove me right? Three albums?! A rapper of Jay's stature should have five classics minimum.

I'm going with most overrated.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 15, 2016, 06:51:14 PM
I'd honestly put 50 in this as well but no one's riding 50's dick in 2016.

All those albums from Jay though. All those albums and the classic hip hop station I listen to can't put anything noteworthy unless it's a Reasonable Doubt song.

TBH, listening to that station just reinforces my viewpoint. They play everything classic from 1979 to 2005 ish and Jay's songs are still among the lowest quality besides production. I'd definitely rather listen to him than anything G-Unit though. I want to bang my head against the wall any time I hear The Game. I'll say this about Jay-Z: I don't hate him, at least. Can't say the same for niccas like Young Jeezy!
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 15, 2016, 06:58:09 PM
The late 90's stuff is really poor too. What a :trash era with Jay-Z leading the pack. No Limit Records didn't help either. Hip hop definitely peaked in 1996 which is probably its best year next to 94 and 88. Late 90's were so bad you had Q-Tip doing songs like Vibrant Thing. :trash Thank the Lord for DMX and underground hip hop from that era.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 15, 2016, 07:06:46 PM
Doesn't like mobb deep, young Jeezy, jay z and no limit

Likes Jurassic 5

:dead

Mr. nobody is right you have the taste of a 14yo white guy in 2005

Now you throwing INSULTS because I don't like the same rappers you do. Jay-Z needs to teach his stans some manners. :wag

My hip hop album of the year is Yes Lawd. Fuck you insulting me like this. My taste is fine! Almost all my favorite rappers are pro-black af. You mention I don't like no limit but I DO like Cash Money which I mentioned earlier. No Limit was trash outside of Silkk The Shocker. Everyone knows Cash Money was better.

:pacspit
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 15, 2016, 07:12:33 PM
lol @ me being an 'emotional stan' because you're calling someone overrated and haven't listened to half their discography, after writing that dissertation no less

That took me five minutes to write. You are definitely mad. Only people who have no other rebuttal mention how long something is, especially if it's only 4-5 paragraphs. I have listened to the majority of his albums. I forgot I listened to Magna Carter, BP3, and some other albums. I still don't get it.

All you Jay-Z stans can do is throw out insults, just like your idol. :aah
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: PlayDat on December 15, 2016, 07:17:01 PM
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I used to not get what people loved so much about Jay, but I only grow to appreciate his music more with time.  He's one of the most versatile rappers ever.  When he wants to he can be poetic, braggadocious, introspective, or technical.  He doesn't excel at everything he tries, but his hit rate is damn good.

His most famous song would be Empire State of Mind.  It was his first #1 track.  I lived in NYC at the time and can tell you the song was inescapable for months.  Maybe this speaks to my youth, but I'd also wager people more quickly associate him with 99 Problems than Hard Knock Life.  My first time listening to The Black Album in full was years after it's release and already knew every word when it came on. 

For the record I like Nas more, but won't stan either of them.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: WanderingWind on December 15, 2016, 07:23:16 PM
this thread just reconfirmed that Yeezy stans are the actual worst
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 15, 2016, 07:24:45 PM
As expected from Playdat, an actual response on why they like him rather than juvenile mud slinging as per a typical Jay Z fan.

Good response! I would say he's versatile. He doesn't excel at anything and that's my problem. He can be braggadocious but Biggie did and Nas did that better. He can be introspective but he's no Common or Lupe. He can be technical but he's no Nas. He can be gangsta but he's no NWA. He doesn't excel at anything and everyone one ups him on everything he does.

So contrary to the belief of the stans in this thread, I don't hate him. I just don't think he's up to par for someone of his stature. Given his fame, he should be known for excelling at one thing and the one thing I think he excels above everyone else is his best picks.

The worst thing is, I feel like he could be better than a lot of those artists. But it feels like wasted potential to me. It's like he's on the cusp of reaching those highs and excelling at things, but he's so inconsistent that it feels like his positives are never allowed to blossom.

Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: nudemacusers on December 15, 2016, 07:25:04 PM
thugga the goat tbh :rejoice
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 15, 2016, 07:26:23 PM
I fucking love make em say unh!

Nah nah nah (nah nah nah!)

Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: WanderingWind on December 15, 2016, 07:28:06 PM
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Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Madrun Badrun on December 15, 2016, 07:28:18 PM
I like how we are talking about over rated rappers with out bringing up Beastie Boys.  I mean I appreciative that they taught us that shit rhymes can literally give you mouth cancer but that's really the extent of their achievements. 
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 15, 2016, 07:29:31 PM
I like how we are talking about over rated rappers with out bringing up Beastie Boys.  I mean I appreciative that they taught us that shit rhymes can literally give you mouth cancer but that's really the extent of their achievements.

Paul's Boutique is pretty good
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: nudemacusers on December 15, 2016, 07:31:05 PM
not sure why wanderingwind posted eminem's 'campaign speech'  ???
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 15, 2016, 07:32:27 PM
this thread just reconfirmed that Yeezy stans are the actual worst

Hmmm. Although I love some Kanye albums, I haven't really liked his albums much. He's on and off with me. I didn't really like Graduation, Yeezus was kind of wack. I wouldn't really call myself one of his stans. He kind of lost me a long time ago but I still put College Dropout on a high level.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: WanderingWind on December 15, 2016, 07:33:19 PM
not sure why wanderingwind posted eminem's 'campaign speech'  ???

its actually every song by Immortal Technique, another fan fav of people who disrespect Jay
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 15, 2016, 07:34:21 PM
I don't like Immortal Technique at all.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: benjipwns on December 15, 2016, 07:37:20 PM
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GTFO
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 15, 2016, 07:40:58 PM
Jay-Z fans are the worst TBH. They want you to idolize their master. I said plainly that I think RD is one of the best debut albums of all time. But apparently I "hate" Jay-z because I am critical of his output. Fuck y'all!

At least Kanye stans mostly keep to themselves.

Look at the receipts. The first person who mentioned Nas is a Jay-z stan. :sabu I didn't even mention the GAWD but it was just assumed. Al these years and they still ain't over it.

This dude actually said I have the taste of a white person when my GOAT made a song literally calling out coons. :aah

The Jay-Z tactic: when you can't win, insult. At least Kanye fans have a surrogate father in Mr. west. Jay stans need morals. :tocry I feel sorry for y'all.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 15, 2016, 07:47:13 PM
I've never seen beastie's on a GOAT list
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Mr. Nobody on December 15, 2016, 07:47:36 PM
Doesn't like mobb deep, young Jeezy, jay z and no limit

Likes Jurassic 5

:dead

Mr. nobody is right you have the taste of a 14yo white guy in 2005

Now you throwing INSULTS because I don't like the same rappers you do. Jay-Z needs to teach his stans some manners. :wag

My hip hop album of the year is Yes Lawd. Fuck you insulting me like this. My taste is fine! Almost all my favorite rappers are pro-black af. You mention I don't like no limit but I DO like Cash Money which I mentioned earlier. No Limit was trash outside of Silkk The Shocker. Everyone knows Cash Money was better.

:pacspit

 :stahp

You pick the rapper who is objectively the worst on No Limit to prop up? Silkk is fundamentally bad at rapping  :mindblown
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 15, 2016, 07:55:52 PM
Doesn't like mobb deep, young Jeezy, jay z and no limit

Likes Jurassic 5

:dead

Mr. nobody is right you have the taste of a 14yo white guy in 2005

Now you throwing INSULTS because I don't like the same rappers you do. Jay-Z needs to teach his stans some manners. :wag

My hip hop album of the year is Yes Lawd. Fuck you insulting me like this. My taste is fine! Almost all my favorite rappers are pro-black af. You mention I don't like no limit but I DO like Cash Money which I mentioned earlier. No Limit was trash outside of Silkk The Shocker. Everyone knows Cash Money was better.

:pacspit

 :stahp

You pick the rapper who is objectively the worst on No Limit to prop up? Silkk is fundamentally bad at rapping  :mindblown

Oh shit, I forgot Mystikal was on No Limit. :aah That nicca turned me into pudding back in the day. TBH I don't remember shit about No Limit except that they flooded the market, were worse than Cash Money, that Make Em Say Unh was a banger, and that Mystikal was tight af.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Mr. Nobody on December 15, 2016, 07:59:16 PM
Brehette, you're stringing us along, right? You're just having one big laugh over there, aren't you?

Calling Jay-Z overrated with a limited exposure to his music is one thing...but citing Silkk as the best rapper in No Limit? I cannot sanction this buffoonery.  :iface

I actually liked his first 2 albums, but the man is just a straight up bad rapper. His flow is nonexistant more often than not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99OMPB9a9Ak

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lmU0ple0KE

I don't care how popular he was back then, you cannot tell me he was better than any other artist featured on these songs. This is a rare case of being beyond opinion, he's terrible at what he does.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: benjipwns on December 15, 2016, 08:02:43 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psaHLi7-DIs

have a soft spot for this :uguu
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: benjipwns on December 15, 2016, 08:04:57 PM
Quote
At the 45th Grammy Awards, it was nominated for Best Male Rap Solo Performance, but it lost to Nelly's "Hot in Herre"
mods help
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: seagrams hotsauce on December 15, 2016, 08:08:48 PM
*posts five times in a row* "you're umad"
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 15, 2016, 08:15:50 PM
This dude actually said I have the taste of a white person when my GOAT made a song literally calling coons. :aah

If you were to make a list of White Hip Hop Fans favorite 5 rappers/acts circa 2016-19xx it'd look like this:

Eminem
2pac
Kanye West
Nas
Wu-Tang

My top 10

1. Nas
2. 2pac
3. Common
4. Tribe
5. OutKast
6. Run DMC
7. De La Soul
8. Queen Latifah
9. Blackstar
10. Kanye West

It's pretty safe, but I've found these artists to be pretty tried and true and consistent for my tastes.

My rap album of the decade is To Pimp A Butterfly. Runner ups are Yes Lawd! and We Got It From Here. My taste skews towards story telling.

Frankly mentioning race here isn't cute, especially since you are not black. I highly suggest you drop this subject now.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: seagrams hotsauce on December 15, 2016, 08:18:16 PM
Lol @ threatening him for a flippant, very accurate joke
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: benjipwns on December 15, 2016, 08:18:38 PM
Quote
At the 45th Grammy Awards, it was nominated for Best Male Rap Solo Performance, but it lost to Nelly's "Hot in Herre"
mods help

Hot in Herre deserved it :clap
I highly suggest you drop this subject now.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 15, 2016, 08:24:40 PM
Quote
Calling Jay-Z overrated with a limited exposure to his music is one thing

Jay-z albums I have listened to:

Reasonable Doubt - great
Vol 1 - okay
Vol 2 - okay
Vol 3 - forgettable
Dynasty - meh
Blueprint - solid
Blueprint 2 - okay
Kingdom Come - meh
American Gangster - bad
Blueprint 3 - meh
Magna Carter - bad
Watch The Throne - okay

Quantify my "limited experience" to Jay-z. Because I haven't listened to Black Album? Please.

I believe I still own most of these in my cd collection.

As for Silkk, I don't remember anything about No Limit. They were dope at the time, but looking back they flooded the market with trash. I don't remember which trash. The fact that Master P is out of business says it all TBH.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: seagrams hotsauce on December 15, 2016, 08:26:55 PM
Uh...

Wrong. I've listened to all his albums up to black album and nothing past that besides throne.

Jay Z stans emotional af

 :confused
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 15, 2016, 08:30:07 PM
Define emotional. :doge

I'm on the defense in this thread. I'm surrounded by IDOL worshippers. It is only right I defend myself against tyranny. :obama
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Madrun Badrun on December 15, 2016, 08:30:59 PM
Tribe wrote a song about how eggs are bad for you.  That's enough to knock them off any top 10 list. 
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: seagrams hotsauce on December 15, 2016, 08:31:38 PM
That was not the part of the quote I'm confused about
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 15, 2016, 08:32:57 PM
Tribe wrote a song about how eggs are bad for you.  That's enough to knock them off any top 10 list.

I'll be honest. I think Tribe has only three great lp's. I'm not a fan of later Tribe output, their latest release aside. But what's in Midnight Mauraders and Low End Theory just works for me.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 15, 2016, 08:36:59 PM
That was not the part of the quote I'm confused about

Oh. I have listened to his other ones, but forgot. I'm old. I own up to Black Album.l and have listened to them multiple times. I streamed/pirated the others and found them so forgettable that I forgot I listened to them. I think Watch The Throne was the worst about this. I was really hyped for it and I thought it was a wet fart. Blueprint 3 was also ugh but nothing was worse than Magna Carter. I've been listening to Jay-Z's albums hoping he'd surprise me with some quality ever since Kingdom Come and I'm never impressed.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: seagrams hotsauce on December 15, 2016, 08:38:19 PM
Nm, addressed
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 15, 2016, 08:43:17 PM
Explain the appeal of Mobb Deep. I have given The Infamous a shot a bunch of times and I'm just so indifferent so to it. I mean, it's okay. The production is the best thing about that album.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: seagrams hotsauce on December 15, 2016, 08:46:33 PM
And this is where I exit the conversation
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 15, 2016, 09:18:58 PM
??? Did you actually listen to his music or did you just skim through it? By my estimation, he's got 2 certified classics in RD and TBA, a borderline classic in BP1, and what is probably the best singles catalogue in rap period.

And I say this as someone who thinks that: a) Illmatic is probably the best rap album ever; b)  sober discussion on either of the men's discographies has to acknowledge any rekindling of the beef for what it really is, posthoc navel gazing over something that neither of the original combatants actually cares about; and c) jay has a legit claim to be one of the best verse writers in rap, this last point has been obscured over the last 15 years because of both the poor output since his comeback and the narrative that pigeonholes him as the Big Daddy Kane to Nas' Rakim.

In short, yes, Eminem is the most overrated rapper.

RD is a classic. Never really "got" BP1. Never listened to TBA. Find the rest to be boring or filler. For his place in hip hop, I think he's overrated and I'd rather have Puffy over him.

:heh

Fuck off.

Unh

Now

What y'all wanna do
Wanna be ballers, shot callers, brawlers?
Who be dippin in the Benz with the spoilers
On the low from the Jake in the Taurus
Tryin to get my hands on some Grants like Horace

:trollbron

:sabu
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Phoenix Dark on December 15, 2016, 09:19:45 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/HHfe4B3.gif)

I sense trolling but I'll enter the pool anyway.

Part of me wants to defend Himu because her views on hip hop are clearly coming a southern perspective, whereas most rap discussions tend to go back and forth between east or west coast fans. While there are plenty of people who are simply rap fans, overall many people's perspectives tend to slant towards a coast. There are artists who both sides fuck with (Snoop, Biggie, 2pac, etc) but for instance a west coast stan is going to have a completely different appreciation/love for Kurupt than an east coast stan.

Point being southern stans weren't heavily fucking with Nas or Hov in the early/mid 90s, whereas they fucked with 2pac and Biggie. Not saying Nas and Hov didn't have fans there, just saying that southern niccas talk about Andre 3k the way NY niccas talk about Nas and Hov. Even with Mobb Deep...just like east coast stans dismiss Three 6 Mafia, southern stans probably dismiss Mobb Deep. Despite the fact that they were both making dark ass rap shit at the same time.

I'm an east coast stan but I'm also a fan of rap shit in general. 90s east coast shit is my favorite stuff. Nas, Mobb Deep, Wu Tang, G Rap, etc. That's what I grew up listening to. Whereas the first Outkast album I heard was Speakerboxxx/Low Below. I didn't give a shit about the south back then. Hell I still don't give a shit about some of those slow motherfuckers but I digress...I'm trying to be Obama here and bridge the divide.
:whew
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: nudemacusers on December 15, 2016, 09:26:11 PM
Part of me wants to defend Himu because her views on hip hop are clearly coming a southern perspective, whereas most rap discussions tend to go back and forth between east or west coast fans.
Considering the thread, there might be a reason for that.  :doge
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: nudemacusers on December 15, 2016, 09:28:36 PM
Dooms disco is like 80% 💩

But he has some hot moments. So it's all good.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 15, 2016, 09:31:06 PM
Some are trolls. The puffy thing is a troll.

But what I said in the big post was true. I didn't know a single person who fucked with Nas back then until the Jay z beef. We were all about OutKast, No Limit, Cash Money, Scarface, Geto Boys. Some Lil Keke. Lil Troy. The Tootsie Roll! To the left, to the left, to the right, to the right! Let me see you do the tootsie roll! That and west coast g-funk.

I'm not saying Mobb Deep is bad, but I don't get it. UGK tho...

And yes, Andre3000 is royalty.

That was your first OutKast album? Oh my GOD. What else you listen to?

You wrong on Jay though. Jay was huge down here when Hard Knock Life came out.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: nudemacusers on December 15, 2016, 09:32:07 PM
I was way late to the party but atliens was a dope record... slick stuff and good vibe.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Phoenix Dark on December 15, 2016, 09:32:35 PM
Southern rap fans like Jay-Z. He was one of the first NY rappers to actually shout the south out and give it dap instead of hating
Yea things changed in the late 90s. Even Nas did a track with Master P. Today I'd say Hov/Nas/etc are put on a pedestal by many fans across the country, but I was referring to the early and mid 90s moreso with my post. TBH I'm surprised Himu even likes Reasonable Doubt. How do you heavily cosign that but think The Infamous is whatever...
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 15, 2016, 09:34:39 PM
Southern rap fans like Jay-Z. He was one of the first NY rappers to actually shout the south out and give it dap instead of hating
Yea things changed in the late 90s. Even Nas did a track with Master P. Today I'd say Hov/Nas/etc are put on a pedestal by many fans across the country, but I was referring to the early and mid 90s moreso with my post. TBH I'm surprised Himu even likes Reasonable Doubt. How do you heavily cosign that but think The Infamous is whatever...

Idk. I like gritty rap but only SOME gritty rap and I'm very particular about it. It's not my preferred type of rap. I like some ideas on Infamous like Drink Away The Pain.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: nudemacusers on December 15, 2016, 09:35:33 PM
Mob deep never clicked with me much either. Not sure why, had all the elements I was into, but on listen it just left me flat. A few of the tracks off infamous are great of course, it overall, eh.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 15, 2016, 09:40:08 PM
Pac did give his buddies too much space in his songs.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 15, 2016, 09:57:16 PM
Mob deep never clicked with me much either. Not sure why, had all the elements I was into, but on listen it just left me flat. A few of the tracks off infamous are great of course, it overall, eh.

Yeah, I don't know why it didn't click. It's not bad. The lyrics can be good especially if Prodigy has a lengthy verse and there's some good songs and the album has great ideas but something about it...:yeshrug You'd think I'd like it too given I tend to really like Queensbridge rappers.

Thinking about it, comparing Shook Ones to NY State of Mind I'll take NY State of Mind every time. When I listen to Nas I often imagine the visuals to the lyrics and it feels like a story playing out in my head. I don't get the same thing with Mobb Deep. NY State of Mind creates the life of early 90's NYC. Nas uses imagery. But Mobb Deep is mostly just about brutality and when they do use imagery it tends to be disgusting. Stuff like stabbing you in the brain with your nose bone just grosses me out and the sheer savagery of it just isn't appealing to me in the least. I prefer gritty hip hop that tells the reality of the situation. It's the reality that makes it gritty. The Message is what I'd consider gritty for example. But Mobb Deep is like, this is what we'll do to you and how we're gonna do it type gritty. It's like if Marlo and Snoop from The Wire made a hip hop album. It feels too cold to me. Which I assume is part of the appeal? I prefer 62 Pick ups type grit. Some of them NY rappers in the 90's too savage. :brazilcry
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: seagrams hotsauce on December 15, 2016, 10:14:57 PM
Eh, Return of the Mac, HNIC 2 and Albert Einstein were all solid. There was really no space commercially for what they did after 2003 or 2004 though. By the time G-Unit was signing groups like them and MOP the door had really closed on stuff that hardcore that wasn't adopting pop hooks and Korg Triton presets. Still a few gems from that era though, like P's verse here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmkcobEpqjA
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Phoenix Dark on December 15, 2016, 10:22:15 PM
Prodigy was top 3 in 96
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gps6J9SKi6I
WHEW
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Phoenix Dark on December 15, 2016, 10:24:57 PM
the most vicious diss track no one talks about
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ACMDW42eOI
got raped on the Island

remember the vid of them riding around NY blasting this shit and laughing after Pac got shot :tocry

bourbon and rap brehs. have a good night
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: tiesto on December 15, 2016, 10:46:47 PM
Probably the only Jay-Z related tracks I got into:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQC-Z3S8NbY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frIA7tuBqqY

I've found more Nas stuff I was into... I tried to mash up an acapella of "If I Ruled The World" with the Guardia Forest song from CT once :P Didn't really work out that well :P
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: benjipwns on December 15, 2016, 10:59:40 PM
Whereas the first Outkast album I heard was Speakerboxxx/Low Below.
:holeup
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 15, 2016, 11:16:52 PM
Whereas the first Outkast album I heard was Speakerboxxx/Low Below.
:holeup

Album is a classic and probably the best rap double album.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: benjipwns on December 15, 2016, 11:19:30 PM
I mean more along the lines of how in the hell did he manage to avoid Stankonia.

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which is better too :doge
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Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 15, 2016, 11:22:21 PM
Who knows.

Over here everyone was about OutKast from ATliens on.

Thinking about it, OutKast has the best discog in hip hop history. Every album is a classic. :obama I may have to amend my top 10. OutKast is top three easy.

ATLiens > Stankonia

Cooler than a polar bears toenails, oh yeah there he go again, talkin that shit. :bow

And then you've got Big Boi's Sir Lucious Leftfoot. OutKast may be the higher than top 3. I need to relisten to my faves to make sure. I had an OutKast obsession the other month where I listened to them for a month straight. Sometimes when I wake up I think,"I miss OutKast." :brazilcry
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 16, 2016, 01:11:56 AM
Listened to these mobb deep tracks posted on this page and  :holeup :badass

Time to cleanse my ears.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu5P4pOUuYk
https://youtu.be/SWszICEBSLU
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Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 16, 2016, 02:09:37 AM
PD may on to that southern thing.

http://www.houstonpress.com/music/jay-z-americas-most-overrated-rapper-6575076
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: seagrams hotsauce on December 17, 2016, 05:25:31 AM
kanye>jay>nas
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: seagrams hotsauce on December 17, 2016, 07:14:36 AM
Not trolling. Ye is clearly the most consistent artist out of the three, single or album wise
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: seagrams hotsauce on December 17, 2016, 02:52:13 PM
By consistent I mean that his efforts album wise are, at worst, good*. I realize that's a matter of taste, and he's obviously not as good a rapper as Jay or Nas (I'd reverse the previous list ranking them by rapping ability) but he manages to pull off well-realized projects better than either of them. I will completely admit to being a stan, so I'm wearing rose tinted non-prescription wayfarers on this one, but I don't think that's too outlandish.
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Cruel Summer nonwithstanding
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Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 17, 2016, 02:54:56 PM
Nas > Kanye > Jay

but my most emotions are most tied to Kanye for making me a hip hop fan.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Trent Dole on December 17, 2016, 03:40:18 PM
I'd say 'Ye's more of a good storyteller than a great rapper if that makes sense. :yeshrug
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Phoenix Dark on December 17, 2016, 11:43:13 PM
Album for album sure you could argue Kanye has a better/more consistent catalog than Nas and possibly Hov overall. But does Kanye have any albums better than Illmatic, It Was Written, Reasonable Doubt, The Blueprint, or The Black Album? No.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 18, 2016, 01:50:59 AM
I found CD to be refreshing after crunk and 90's -00's gangsta rap. Comparing it to say, 50 Cent at the time, I thought it was a revelation. It was among the first hip hop I heard that was introspective beyond leanings of the hood. As a suburb black, I had almost zero connection with gangsta rap. When I growing up, it was okay but I preferred listening to TLC instead of Wu-Tang Clan and the rap I did connect with, like Queen Latifah, for the most part that kind of rap died out by the mid-90's and was pretty much replaced by gangsta rap across the board. Kanye's introspection was relatable in that it told the black experience outside of the traditional hood narrative. I related with rappers like Lupe Fiasco for similar reasons. It's not that I'm dismissive of the hood because I was very familiar with it. But musically, it never made me want to see what the genre had to offer besides what I watched on MTV Raps, Rap City, or 106 and Park. I had my favorites of course but I never branched out beyond that nor had the need to. As far as I was concerned rap was party music. It was what you danced to at a party.

Then this nicca comes out talking about his experience surviving a car crash and dealing with the plight of American consumerism to make ourselves feel better.

When Kanye lost me was when he traded the introspection for ego stroking. Which makes sense, he did marry a Kardashian after all.

I never thought Kanye could rap well but I never felt his rap ability mattered much as opposed to what he said.

Really helps that CD had a ton of great guest features that made it easy to expand my hip hop knowledge. To this day I still find gangsta rap mostly wack except for anything introspective southern flavor or G-funk but that's because I grew up on them. :lol
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 18, 2016, 02:43:02 AM
Spaceship is a great pick. I connect with that song a lot. I listen to CD a lot when I do art. Spaceship is a song that fuels me for success.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 18, 2016, 03:03:39 AM
Drive Slow always been kinda lame.

Kanye wasn't involved in Be too much to my recollection but could be wrong but the intro is one of the greatest things ever made in hip hop. You have a problem with the skits in CD and LR but they've always been a problem and complaint ever since they came out. They probably just didn't bother you then.

My favorite Kanye songs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFGIXyVQG28

Lay-Z aside of course. This song is the song I identify with the most. It helps that my mom took me to a restaurant they weren't allowed to eat at during segregation. I relate to this song a lot. Jay-Z is lame as fuck.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf7YpEfpYwI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr_5yTNvIt4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCvTk1iA2RI

https://youtu.be/somma-IdxHM

https://youtu.be/Y9Gq1usyKp8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy4r4FxyIac

https://youtu.be/ila-hAUXR5U

https://youtu.be/n6rjQ9VVLDI

https://youtu.be/HZwMX6T5Jhk

https://youtu.be/L53gjP-TtGE

https://youtu.be/nB7BC1w3jRU

https://youtu.be/jGyIXJ4KG8U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAfFfqiYLp0

I really, REALLY liked Kanye at one point in my life. When I heard about his recent struggles I was really hurting for him. I hope he heals and comes back stronger. Kanye made me love hip hop and I'm not ashamed to admit that.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 18, 2016, 03:45:41 AM
Jay has a verse on Never Let Me Down. Two in fact. It's the first song I commented on. Fuck Jay-Z for that and that is truly where my hate for Jay comes from. Never Let Me Down is my probably my favorite Kanye song and that fucking camel tries to ruin perfection but thankfully it's good enough to rise above his laziness.

Nicki's verse on Monster is amazing.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 18, 2016, 03:51:58 AM
I am fucking TRIGGERED by that post aughhhhhh lalalalalala
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 18, 2016, 12:17:54 PM
>calls Jay-Z a lazy rapper
>writes paragraphs praising Kanye West, saying that his lack of rapping ability doesn't matter

:rofl classic himuro

I don't understand why that's confusing. It's no different from 2pac. Jay has flow, but his lyrics generally do not jive with me. Kanye's flow tends to be bad but his lyrics would connect with me. When I say Jay z is a lazy rapper, I'm talking about the whole package. Not just rap ability. It's the same thing with Common. Common is not the best rapper. Some of his songs would be better as poems than as songs. But if you give him the right beat, that nicca can cook. Rap ability is among the least important things for a rappers quality. Otherwise we'd listen to rappity rap rap shit.

Of the most important qualities of a rapper this is how I rate it:

1 is most important.

1. Message
2. Voice and intonation
3. Visual lyrics
4. Outward style (I.e. How they present themselves)
5. Production choice
6. Technical lyrics
7. Flow

Sometimes these qualities mix. Common will have a message while using using technical lyrics ("She know dairy so she say cheese to get bread"). Jay makes a lot of brag songs and lyrics but I've never heard him say anything as creative as Nas' "drank moet with Medusa gave her shotguns in hell with the spliff that I whiff and inhale". If you're gonna say you're all that, make it technical. Like the GOAT. Otherwise I will think you're just an egotistical busta looking fake bitch. Flow is probably the least important aspect of a rapper to me. At the same time, technical ability isn't the best either or otherwise I'd listen to Jadakiss - and I dont' listen to Jadakiss. But message will always trump anything else. Which is I like songs like Slim Thug's Chuuuch (what a bad song name).

http://youtu.be/T-dM6ZpOvEE

Before I listened to Never Let Me Down, I actually liked Jay-Z. Listening to it changed my entire perception of him. He went into a song with a beautiful message and rapped about himself. I hadn't listened to RD by that point, but that song sealed my opinion of him and I've felt the same ever since. My conclusion was that he was a bum rapper. Even if I admit RD is a classic, my thoughts still go back to Never Let Me Down and I can never shake that perception of him. Message is important.

Again, I brought up this example before but compare NY State of Mind to Shook Ones.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKjj4hk0pV4

https://youtu.be/yoYZf-lBF_U

Given my ranking in the importance of rap skills above, which song would I prefer? I'm a highly visual person. If I can hear your song and make the song come to life like a movie? You're on my A list. For that message, intonation, visuality, and production are the most important aspects.

For me, Kanye fits my preferred idea of a rapper. Jay doesn't.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Himu on December 18, 2016, 01:58:09 PM
Going by my own rap criteria, I think I might have to reconsider Nas as the GOAT. It's clearly OutKast.
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: Trent Dole on December 19, 2016, 03:29:52 AM
So Jay-Z is the FF of hip hop then. Long past their respective primes but people refuse to stfu about either of them. :doge
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: tiesto on December 19, 2016, 01:14:26 PM
So Jay-Z is the FF of hip hop then. Long past their respective primes but people refuse to stfu about either of them. :doge

Jay-Z is the FF, Kanye has to be the Ys, who is the DQ? Premier?
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: curly on December 19, 2016, 02:09:07 PM
More like jay zzzzzz amirite
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: tiesto on December 19, 2016, 02:44:23 PM
Great, an excuse to post this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjS0d5OxrZs

There's also this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5ZWWm17yLs
Title: Re: Jay-Z is the most overrated rapper
Post by: ToxicAdam on December 20, 2016, 10:48:07 AM
This may be an unpopular opinion, but I think more than anything else in entertainment you can't compare Rap music from era to era. It's such a youthful, immediate medium that serves those that are living that experience at the time. It's the music of the 15-20 year old.

That doesn't mean you can't grow to appreciate others that came (before or) after that time in your life, but you are not going to get the same kind of 'charge' from the music as you did in that time window.

So, it's all equally great to me. Because some 15 year old is having his mind blown by Chance or Tyler (or whoever is considered the new thing now) and they are the one's who ultimately decide for their generation. It's not for the 20-somethings and the 30-somethings to decide.