Joe is better than Joel, but thats about itDudes love multi-syllables man, . Crooked I is ehh to me too, he don’t be saying nothing slick or weighty, just rhyming to rhyme, nigs trapped in 2002. Music is dookie too, . The older I got, the more clear it was that Joe Budden was/is way better than all them other nigs in Slaughterhouse, on all fronts.
Joe is better than Joel, but thats about it
Naw Joey, that ain't it.
If he would have said... "Too much down South dikklicking" it would have made more sense. Overall the South has been running sh*t for a minute now.
California will always be a thorn in New Yorks side because of the way the West Coast stole New Yorks shine in the early and mid 90's. New Yorkers will never forget it. LOL
Joey is just trying to get some attention. He wants to be in the mix with Kendrick, Drake and J Cole but Joey's just not good enough. LOL
Crook's catalog is underrated as far as being a writer, definitely a complete emcee. Breh isnt just multi's.Nah, better than Crook too, not with the multis and all that of course...he was pretty much holding up the rear or running right in front of Joell for the most part in the group setting.
And while he's not better than Royce individually, within the group context, they only really worked well when the followed Joe's lead.
Naw Joey, that ain't it.
If he would have said... "Too much down South dikklicking" it would have made more sense. Overall the South has been running sh*t for a minute now.
California will always be a thorn in New Yorks side because of the way the West Coast stole New Yorks shine in the early and mid 90's. New Yorkers will never forget it. LOL
Joey is just trying to get some attention. He wants to be in the mix with Kendrick, Drake and J Cole but Joey's just not good enough. LOL
Crook's catalog is underrated as far as being a writer, definitely a complete emcee. Breh isnt just multi's.
I didn't say that, just saying he's the BEST in that respect, and that was really the reason why they came together, to bar out.
But that only works for sporadic outings. When it comes to the great songs they have togehter, they sound like Mood Muzik. Joe could bar out (not as good as Royce or Crook) and provide substance, he was the most balanced artist out of that collective, at the time at least, Royce has gotten more well rounded since then I feel like.
This is a hard convo because Steez died when he was still a teen, but I think from a rapping standpoint Steez was one of the greatest writers/lyricists ever. Obviously its hard to put him above rappers with fully fleshed out catalogs but what he wrote in his short time is incredible. Also, Joey is great but simply will never be on Steez's level imo. Very few are.
Obviously Joey has a much bigger discog and better from a music standpoint, but rapping its not close