RZA's weakest here. He's really inconsistent, honestly. Gravediggaz was his lyrical highlight.
KRS-One's lyrics are corny as shit, but his flow is so much better than usual (he's a pretty bad rapper overall, way too stuck in the '80s when what he did was actually impressive compared to his peers, but he hasn't advanced at all since then. Very typical of rappers), probably because he had to compete with heads like Xzibit (criminally underrated in his prime), Chino, Pharoahe Monch and so on.
As for Eminem, the brilliance in his rapping is actually pretty subtle. The way he intertwines the rhyme schemes with actual meaning in the lyrics is exceptional. Not a good songwriter at all, but as far as getting lyrical goes, he's great.
Re: why eminem is a joke
Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 12:54 pm
by pete_bubonic
Eminem in his prime could shut down pretty much any of your favourite emcees. Wordsworth, Craig G, and a COUPLE of other battle emcees can hold a torch to Eminem when he was hot.
Shame he's doing what he's doing now. Rolling on fucking twenties tho.
Re: why eminem is a joke
Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 1:10 pm
by Preacha
Pharoahe Monch = God
Re: why eminem is a joke
Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 2:08 pm
by fassyman
his first verse is dope as fuck ^
but yeah i agree that he's a joke, his new shit is tooooo wank
and i cant hate on KRS, MC's act like they dont know is one of my top played tunes, such a classic
Re: why eminem is a joke
Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 9:15 pm
by sleepyhead1
eminem is amazing,maybe his new shit is kinda shit but i bet all you saying that hes a joke couldnt rap anywhere near as good as him ? if you can prove it
Re: why eminem is a joke
Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 9:32 pm
by staticcast
sleepyhead1 wrote:eminem is amazing,maybe his new shit is kinda shit but i bet all you saying that hes a joke couldnt rap anywhere near as good as him ? if you can prove it
Uh oh. Well, that's us told then.
Re: why eminem is a joke
Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 3:16 am
by ruckus49
Genevieve wrote:RZA's weakest here. He's really inconsistent, honestly. Gravediggaz was his lyrical highlight.
KRS-One's lyrics are corny as shit, but his flow is so much better than usual (he's a pretty bad rapper overall, way too stuck in the '80s when what he did was actually impressive compared to his peers, but he hasn't advanced at all since then. Very typical of rappers), probably because he had to compete with heads like Xzibit (criminally underrated in his prime), Chino, Pharoahe Monch and so on.
As for Eminem, the brilliance in his rapping is actually pretty subtle. The way he intertwines the rhyme schemes with actual meaning in the lyrics is exceptional. Not a good songwriter at all, but as far as getting lyrical goes, he's great.
this man knows. ems flow was perfect around this time
Re: why eminem is a joke
Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 10:27 am
by Pedro Sánchez
sleepyhead1 wrote:eminem is amazing,maybe his new shit is kinda shit but i bet all you saying that hes a joke couldnt rap anywhere near as good as him ? if you can prove it
Goto bed sleepyhead.
Re: why eminem is a joke
Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 6:55 pm
by dustywingfield
Shit after the Marshall Mathers lp (even then it was only a few tracks)
His verse on this tune is BIG though.
Re: why eminem is a joke
Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 7:18 pm
by symmetricalsounds
he has done some amazing tracks, even the shit ones his flow is tight. sick freestyler but now just playing the game to the fullest, drug ballad is a classic IMO.
Re: why eminem is a joke
Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 9:09 pm
by faust.dtc
dustywingfield wrote:Shit after the Marshall Mathers lp (even then it was only a few tracks)
His verse on this tune is BIG though.
Dunno who that first guy was but he is proper shit.
As for eminem he has lost his way but at his high point he could definitely stand up to the best of them.