Jay-Z vs. Drake 20 round battle - Does Drake have the softest catalog in Hip-Hop history?

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Who wins this 20 round Battle For The Culture between Jay-Z & Drake?

Which was the toughest round to judge?

What songs are missing?

Is it time to move Drake into the top 5 Hip-Hop artist of all-time?

Can Jay-Z be beat?
 

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A few things I noticed instantly.

Drake has to have the softest catalog in rap when you put it against an elite rapper.

Sequencing is spicy AF on the low.

Drake plays "Marvin's Room" - Jay-Z plays "99 Problems"
Drake plays "Started From The Bottom" - Jay-Z plays "The Story Of O.J." (still nikka)
 

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Find your love made the list but lord knows is nowhere to be found... be fair :manny:
On one hand if this hypothetical battle happened, Drake could play bigger hits and challenge Jay on that tip or he could play strictly bangers to try to match Jay and get washed. You can’t compare their singles, Most Drake singles are bubblegum pop, while Jay is the opposite. A comparison of non-bubblegum bangers would be a better comparison for a hiphop head.

Same thing would be with Frank Ocean and The Weeknd, Weeknds pop singles vs Frank is a trash match up. But weeknds non-single songs vs Franks would be a nice battle.
 
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Find your love made the list but lord knows is nowhere to be found... be fair :manny:

What's "Lord Knows" doing against "Soon You'll Understand", "Where Have You Been", "Never Change" "Some How Some Way" etc.?

The only chance Drake has is with his hits that he has catered to women and social media viral moments because women speak loud.
 
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Jay would still wash him, but Drake got more than 3 hard songs that made noise. That list seems deliberate

Name them.

I can't think of any off the top that, made noise. I like Drake mostly in his "Elevate", "Jaded", "Successful", "Fireworks", and "Too Much" bag. "Pound cake"?

I mean Drake's career is what it is. Successful, but when you start digging we all see why, and it's nothing wrong with that.
 
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