g rap is prolly top 3 lyricist of all time and ahead of ghost on a pure emceein lvl
but ghosts own brand of raps ... idk i cant put many ahead of him. few emcees could go bar for bar... ghosts had better production too but i try to keep that out of it. he has more range than g rap and more emotional depth for sure..
ghost
Not at all,....
Kool g rap has written the definitive ideals of storytelling and depth in rap and it all encompasses the realest feeling of content. Even if it for that story such as tequila sunrise. it is presented in a mythical ideal as far as background, premise or basis for the tale or environment. where the said rhyme will occur. That in wutang's style of feudal Asian covert content style rhymes applied to an urban ideal. more or less revolves around g rap's already created ideals. That in that Wu tang could never branch outside of its production based direction to illustrate in the same manner as g rap in any realm of production or sonic landscape.
With g rap I could transplant g rap to west coast production and it will match the feel of the arena in every possible way. Whereas with gfk and all of Wu tang that would never ever work.
Gfk is more an artist who ramped and could do so because of the brilliant defining scope sonically of a wutang project in direction. Yet in that is also limiting and where the superiority of g rap being the best gangsta rapper, and story teller of all time. Including being and is the next best technical marvel in rap behind rakim. set him distinctly apart from anyone in rap history.
For any story you can cite gfk for.
g rap has a more elaborate and defining story in a smaller way more skilled sample pool and in time line. Where, his small sample pool is more difficult to recreate by any artist in rap history and also is not confined to one single sonic color pattern in region or style of expression.
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