On some real ish

[King Biko]

im a huge pac, nas, big, fan but none of them ever rapped as good as jay did on reasonable doubt.

I think his business mind stopped him from being the goat.

like he said on moment of clarity

The music business hate me
'cause the industry ain't make me
Hustlers and boosters embrace me
And the music I be making
I dumb down for my audience
And double my dollars
They criticize me for it
Yet they all yell "Holla"
If skills sold
Truth be told
I'd probably be
Lyrically
Talib Kweli
Truthfully
I wanna rhyme like Common Sense
(But I did five Mil)
I ain't been rhyming like Common since
When your sense got that much in common
And you been hosteling since
Your inception
fukk perception
Go with what makes sense
Since
I know what I'm up against
We as rappers must decide what's most important
And I can't help the poor if I'm one of them
So I got rich and gave back
To me that's the win, win
The next time you see the homie and his rims spin
Just know my mind is working just like them
(The rims that is)

 

[Yoda]

camel stans that way >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Nas the GOAT

 

[King Biko]

Pac is the goat but hov could have been the goat tho easily

and i agree nas>>>hov

 

[King Biko]

Bump

hov bodied big on reasonable doubt

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

im a huge pac, nas, big, fan but none of them ever rapped as good as jay did on reasonable doubt.

I think his business mind stopped him from being the goat.

like he said on moment of clarity

The music business hate me
'cause the industry ain't make me
Hustlers and boosters embrace me
And the music I be making
I dumb down for my audience
And double my dollars
They criticize me for it
Yet they all yell "Holla"
If skills sold
Truth be told
I'd probably be
Lyrically
Talib Kweli
Truthfully
I wanna rhyme like Common Sense
(But I did five Mil)
I ain't been rhyming like Common since
When your sense got that much in common
And you been hosteling since
Your inception
fukk perception
Go with what makes sense
Since
I know what I'm up against
We as rappers must decide what's most important
And I can't help the poor if I'm one of them
So I got rich and gave back
To me that's the win, win
The next time you see the homie and his rims spin
Just know my mind is working just like them
(The rims that is)

I agree with pac not rapping as good as jay on reasonable doubt, but no way when it comes to biggie and nas. they're all on the same level rap wise imo. all three of them utter geniuses

 

[King Biko]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BCsxQg3NE4]Jay-Z - Dead Presidents [HQ/Explicit] - YouTube[/ame]

 

[King Biko]

I agree with pac not rapping as good as jay on reasonable doubt, but no way when it comes to biggie and nas. they're all on the same level rap wise imo. all three of them utter geniuses

illmatic was a better album but he wasnt even rappin as good as jay then skills wise jay was >>>>>> than all them and i feel like reasonable doubt was better than both biggie albums

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

illmatic was a better album but he wasnt even rappin as good as jay then skills wise jay was >>>>>> than all them and i feel like reasonable doubt was better than both biggie albums

I just really can't agree with that breh. Nas is a top tier emcee, Illmatic came out in '94 (I think) and Reasonable doubt came out in 96 (I think??) so if you wanna do that, compare it was written with reasonable doubt. You may like jay as an emcee better but I don't see how you can say lyrically jay was better. and ready to die is on the same level as reasonable doubt, illmatic, it was written imo.

 

[King Biko]

I just really can't agree with that breh. Nas is a top tier emcee, Illmatic came out in '94 (I think) and Reasonable doubt came out in 96 (I think??) so if you wanna do that, compare it was written with reasonable doubt. You may like jay as an emcee better but I don't see how you can say lyrically jay was better. and ready to die is on the same level as reasonable doubt, illmatic, it was written imo.

i said illmatic because its nas at his best but jay was rapping better than him on iww 2. I mean its all opinion but i dont really think its close lyrically its just jay knew that would slow up his money

and yes nas is top tier but so is hov and big and pac and others

 

[King Biko]

 

[jadillac]

LEt's be honest, Pac was only 25 at his height. And with the kinda rapper he was, he would've only got better with life experience b/c THAT is what he rapped from.

He died at 26. Most dudes dont even know who they are at 26.

Jay was already almost like 30 or so when he started poppin.

 

[King Biko]

LEt's be honest, Pac was only 25 at his height. And with the kinda rapper he was, he would've only got better with life experience b/c THAT is what he rapped from.

He died at 26. Most dudes dont even know who they are at 26.

Jay was already almost like 30 or so when he started poppin.

i think jay was like 27 when reasonable doubt dropped but im talkin strictly skill wise

 

[the rhyme king]

nah the makaveli album proved that pac was a better lyricist then jay-z
but much respect to the ts

 

[LOUDaffair]

>>>> Hov on Reasonable Doubt

 

[King Biko]

2pac - blasphemy - YouTube
>>>> Hov on Reasonable Doubt

nall but thats probably my favorite pac song ever either that or mamas just a lil girl