10 lyricists that are better than Eminem?

[DPGC2003]

Alright my cousin is a huge Eminem fan and the other day he told me that Em was the dopest lyricist today...I told him slow your roll kid he's dope but he ain't the nicest...He told me to come up with 5 better lyricists and then I told him I can come up with 10...

Nas
GZA
Ras Kass
Black Thought
Chino XL
Xzibit
Redman
Mos Def
Common
Crooked I

Some of these are debatable but the funny thing is the kid didn't know who half of these rappers were much less heard their music...

[S.G.V.]

this is kinda tough...but i think these emcees can test eminem to the limits...

In know particular order

01. Chino XL
02. Crooked I
03. Talib Kweli
04. Pharoahe Monch
05. Mikah 9
06. Kool G Rap
07. KRS-One
08. Black Thought
09. Ras Kass
10. Bus Driva

[The Watcher]

all a matter of opinion

[Twentytwofifty]

It depends on what your taliking about.
If you're only considering lyrics, rhymes structure, complexity & vocabulary and not thier flow, delivery, diversity, voice...and everything else that makes good emcee, then here are 5 heavyweight lyricists:

Rakim
Gza
Killah Priest
Ras Kass
Canibus

[Vigilante]

Nas - close but eminem has better rhyme style and can come doper
GZA
Ras Kass
Black Thought
Chino XL
Xzibit
Redman - awww helllllllllllzzzzzzzzzzzz noooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mos Def
Common
Crooked I - fuck no, everyone dickrydes him

[AlerG]

you dudes gotta be trippin...canibus just released a lyrical bible in MicClub...if you haven't heard it yet, do so. canibus cannot be touched, if you can get passed the fact that most magazines don't give him the credit he deserves and you actually think for yourselves you will recognize this...i respect it 100%, it helps to be an emcee as well to get the full effect of how bis spit 60 bar verses at the very least on almost every track...that album is incredible, and bis proved himself to be on a completely different level than eminem, peace.

[S.G.V.]

Crooked I - fuck no, everyone dickrydes him

i liked crooked i since his days with C Style and the DPG...but i began to really like crooked i after his battle against Chino XL...he proved there that he is a rhyme animal...no dickriding...

[Pillow]

yall hold some pretty strong cases, but IMO eminem is still the dopest lyracist out there

[CharlieBrown]

DV Alias Khrist - No one can touch him in terms of lyrics, rhyme structure, complexity, vocabulary, flow, delivery, diversity and his voice. Download The Attack Is On, Rejuvination and Symphony to hear him and then decide he's the best in the game right now.

[DPG4lyfe]

all a matter of opinion

[bLaDe]

Word, there r a lotta emcees better than Eminem, just the other day this person was arguing with me saying Eminem is the greatest, sure hes got a lot of skill, but there are rappers who are better than him, peace

  -{bLaDe}

[Hatesrats™]

When it comes to Real content in words not just what rhymes with "Supercalafragilistic"....
The I'll have to place these Mc's before Eminem:

Scarface
Ice Cube {1990-1996}
Rakim
2pac
The Notorious B.I.G.
Mos Def
Common
Chuck D
Eminem
Ect...

Eminem makes hella sense and millions can relate to his struggle, Although his problem's might be fantasy to most of us {Cause we love our Parent's}...his tales about being bullied and picked on cause of his tone hitz alot of people at home cause they might have experienced the same struggles....I appreciate when EM spitt's the life stuff..all his battle shitt can rest in piss for all I care.
I'll take "Stan" like stories any day over....Acid spitt or his head ripp "O.G." bullshit any day.

When hip-hop deliver's some sort of creativity or pay's homage to their spite or humor...like:

"Guilty Conscience" {Eminem}
"Scarface" {The Geto boys}
"I got a story to tell" {Biggie}
"Keep ya head up" {2pac}
"Entire Death side....of Cube's "Death Certificate"
Ect...

I enjoy song's that will last....not blasting mc's who only battle and can't come with anything else I enjoy their music aswell, just I don't think their battles will last the test of time.

Hatesrats 2oo2

[ILL-Logic-AL]

R-A-S

[Reef]

all a matter of opinion

Couldnt have put it better myself.. none of this shit is fact its opinion

[=[Euthanasia]=]

When it comes to Real content in words not just what rhymes with "Supercalafragilistic"....
The I'll have to place these Mc's before Eminem:

Scarface
Ice Cube {1990-1996}
Rakim
2pac
The Notorious B.I.G.
Mos Def
Common
Chuck D
Eminem
Ect...

Eminem makes hella sense and millions can relate to his struggle, Although his problem's might be fantasy to most of us {Cause we love our Parent's}...his tales about being bullied and picked on cause of his tone hitz alot of people at home cause they might have experienced the same struggles....I appreciate when EM spitt's the life stuff..all his battle shitt can rest in piss for all I care.
I'll take "Stan" like stories any day over....Acid spitt or his head ripp "O.G." bullshit any day.

When hip-hop deliver's some sort of creativity or pay's homage to their spite or humor...like:

"Guilty Conscience" {Eminem}
"Scarface" {The Geto boys}
"I got a story to tell" {Biggie}
"Keep ya head up" {2pac}
"Entire Death side....of Cube's "Death Certificate"
Ect...

I enjoy song's that will last....not blasting mc's who only battle and can't come with anything else I enjoy their music aswell, just I don't think their battles will last the test of time.

Hatesrats 2oo2

I agree, although I wouldn't necesserily put the MC's you listed in that particular order. I do appreciate and respect battle MC's for what they bring and I enjoy listening to their freestyles but when it comes to really listening to music I like something with real content and Em is better than most of the MC's listed in this thread when it comes to that imo. He's a better songwriter in other words.