Best Rapper Alive - 2013

Who is the MVP of 2013?

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Dirty D

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:russ: @ the heated debate

I can see arguments for older and younger rappers this year, neither were blowing the doors off.

MMLP2 was mostly awful music but Eminem was still rapping his ass off. I don't give points for that, u gotta be making good music. "Rap God" is technically very impressive but it is not a good song.
 
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On second thought I don't know if Killer Mike is the definitive MVP of 2013

But I don't know who is:yeshrug:maybe Pusha T? ASAP?

Not a big fan of this year
 
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Inspect Her Deck said:
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I'm just shocked someone can be this dumb. No feelings whatsoever. Just shock.
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I've shytted on your wack concept from jump. But never hurled one insult at u personally. :jawalrus:

U were supposed to b nuetral but u came outta character.


I tell u what tho. U can continue to make wack threads with polls that always end innaccurate, i'll let u cook with no feedbac from me:ehh:


U can have the last word.
 
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mobbinfms said:
I didn't say you did. You are missing the point. You seem to be arguing (correct me if I'm wrong) - that anyone who wasn't commercially successful cannot be considered as the best rapper of any given year. I'm arguing, what about the people who aren't impressed by the new jacks and think the old rappers are putting out the best product? Are we supposed to pick Drake just b/c he had songs that we didn't like played all over the radio?
Obviously, commercial success is not synonymous with quality music. I'm sure you agree with that.

Name albums over the last decade that were similarly underground to Linx 2 but did all of these things.
You are setting up criteria that is going to minimize rappers who are underground.
Can't a rapper just have the best album anymore? Is it necessary that its pushed by the machine?

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt. II was released on September 8, 2009 and was ranked the number one downloaded album available on iTunes for the first three days of its release.[37] It debuted at number 4 on the Billboard 200 and at number 2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, the same positioning as the original Only Built 4 Cuban Linx..., while selling near 68,000 copies in its first week.[38] Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt. II has sold 132,000 copies in the United States as of November 12, 2009, according to SoundScan.[39]

Obviously people were playing it. :francis:
Popularity matters much much more to you than it does to me.

I would think so since he had been dead for three years at that point :russ:

Album was a big deal and long awaited in 2013. He didn't have a smash single or nothing like that...but I don't see why that disqualifies him as the best rapper.

There were no 40 year old rappers in the 80s and 90s breh :francis:
So this doesn't mean anything.
Hip hop is aging...this sort of internal conflict was inevitable.
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If you didn't penetrate the culture or have influence, you weren't that nikka period. It's not sales in particular, the thing is most albums with impact also have decent sales to match. Maybe you didn't like those Drake songs but every single for that album was well received commercially and critically. It was a successful album on both fronts like I said it wasn't just pop shyt. It's undeniable good music, high-level rapping, top notch production and engineering on that album top to bottom. Look at the reviews for My Name is My Name and Nothing Was The Same. Not too much of a difference, guess which one had more impact and which one will get more play for years to come in hip-hop?

Illmatic was not a high seller initially but it still managed to have a major impact on hip hop. Migos released tapes for example look at YRN, if they dropped an album it would flop probably do 50K first week. They're still a very impactful group and had everybody from Drake to Jay Electronica using their flow and dudes biting their ad libs. How about Chief Keef, Back From The Dead mixtape it pioneered an entire sub genre of hip hop and his album didn't have great sales yet he influenced production, flows, ad libs, visuals, fashion, slang in hip hop. Gucci is another one, his albums do underground numbers but his influence and impact is huge particularly in the South.

There were no 40 year old rappers in the 80's and 90's but you knew what rappers were :flabbynsick: and which rappers were phased out/past their prime.
 
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mobbinfms said:
Not true - any project can get you on the list.
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But the TS mostly if not entirely chose artist that released a retail Album in 2013 .

Artist like Curren$y and Action Bronson who didn't have a retail Album but a mixtape were omitted.
 
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smokeurobinson said:
I've shytted on your wack concept from jump. But never hurled one insult at u personally. :jawalrus:

U were supposed to b nuetral but u came outta character.


I tell u what tho. U can continue to make wack threads with polls that always end innaccurate, i'll let u cook with no feedbac from me:ehh:


U can have the last word.
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If you can engage in a proper convo with me about why the concept is flawed, I'll entertain your arguments and we can have a discussion. You saying that we weren't alive or really aware of what was going on in a certain time period or similar arguments won't cut it though. But go ahead, I'll listen to what you have to say.

You're right you didn't insult me personally so I apologise for that. But I am neutral. That hasn't changed. But when someone repeatedly says what I consider to be stupid thing after stupid thing, I'm gonna call it out.

You give me constructive and polite feedback, you shall receive in kind. You wanna be condescending and proceed to make silly arguments, I will respond in kind.
 
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