Who has had a bigger influence on Rap? Ice Cube Or Eazy-E?

[ikke]

Some people on youtube were pretty convinced Eazy>>Ice Cube but  to me the best things eazy did as a solo artist were written by ice cube

[KaiserSoze]

Whether they were written by Ice Cube or not is pretty irrelivant I would say, after all, Ice Cube wrote plenty of his own lyrics in NWA as wel but didn't quite get the stardom that Eazy did. With that said, Ice Cube definately had an incredible influence on Rap, however I doubt he would have at all if it wasn't for Eazy in the first place. Remember, without Eazy, there would be no NWA, and without Eazy's persistence to rap in a different style, Gangster Rap would never have been born, and without those two in place, no matter how dope Cube was, I doubt he would have had the mainstream exposure to make as big an influence as he did.

[Al Bundy]

Ice Cube wrote for NWA and then said fuck yall and made his own solo career and probably sold a shit ton more records than eazy did when he was alive.

both are a major part of westcoast rap history though

[thisoneguy360]

Eazy was huge but Cube wrote his shit so it's gotta be Cube

[Nigga_With_An_Additude]

mayne yall know i gotta vote eazy although cube is a bad boy...........

[Triple OG Rapsodie]

Ice Cube...you can argue that Ice Cube wouldn't have been shit without Eazy E, but you can also argue that Eazy and N.W.A. wouldn't have been shit without Cube. Who wrote Boyz in da Hood? Who wrote all of Eazy E's raps? Who had the most influence on Straight Outta Compton? And this isn't even taking into account his amazing solo career.

[KaiserSoze]

Who wrote all of Eazy E's raps?

Cube, Ren, D.O.C ... let's not forget that it wasn't a one man show by any means, Cube didn't even write all of his OWN lyrics at NWA, but just because Eazy said "Ice Cube writes the rhymes that I say" people think Cube did everything.

[West Coast Veteran]

Who wrote all of Eazy E's raps?

Cube didn't even write all of his OWN lyrics at NWA

Explain. First time I heard Cube had a ghostwriter in the N.W.A. days.

[Dre-Day]

the question is a bit lame if you ask me

with that said, it's sad that people tend to forget what Eazy has done for rap.

[Lunatic]

As Dre Day said, ppl forget Eazy E. Eazy E did more imo, but Cube is def. the better artist/rapper.

[Dre-Day]

[Hatesrats™]

Eazy-E is the foundation... w/o him no "N.W.A" = no money to put them out.
In hindsight... It has to be Ice Cube.

[Muhfukka]

definitely eazy. anyone saying otherwise is most likely a european

[ThaRealSupreme]

Whether they were written by Ice Cube or not is pretty irrelivant I would say, after all, Ice Cube wrote plenty of his own lyrics in NWA as wel but didn't quite get the stardom that Eazy did. With that said, Ice Cube definately had an incredible influence on Rap, however I doubt he would have at all if it wasn't for Eazy in the first place. Remember, without Eazy, there would be no NWA, and without Eazy's persistence to rap in a different style, Gangster Rap would never have been born, and without those two in place, no matter how dope Cube was, I doubt he would have had the mainstream exposure to make as big an influence as he did.

Co-sign!

[Triple OG Rapsodie]

Eazy-E is the foundation... w/o him no "N.W.A" = no money to put them out.
In hindsight... It has to be Ice Cube.

Yes, but who gets credit for Illmatic, Nas or the guy who financed the project?