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Because he is the embodiment of all of the emcees up to his point. Just like Jordan you have to admit he’s the best because he is the embodiment of all of the players up to his point. You had Doc, Elgin Baylor, the tenacity of Bill Russell, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and then he had to come through Isaiah and then you finally say Jordan. Same thing with Jay-Z you have Mele Mel the power, Kool Moe Dee the wit and execution, you have KRS-ONE who’s the most feared rapper of all time, and one of the most innovative rappers in Rakim. Jay is the epitome of all of those guys up to his point. The bottom line that told me he was the top dude is his performance. Once he played the Hard Knock Life tour in 97 and had to come on after DMX was putting it to his ass. That took a lot of courage and ability for him to get out there and he did it. From there I said this dude is messing with different levels. I think he carries the standard and he’s fearless in his stage show. When people try to debate me I’m usually like have you ever performed on a stage at a high level before? One of the biggest problems of rap music and hip hop are that the books written about it are rarely done by the cats who were on stage or behind the tables. Walt Frazier just put out a book called ‘The Game Behind The Game’ now I’m reading that book! Too many books about hip hop are written by cats who just liked it. It’s like do you understand what it is to be in a stadium and perform at a high level. I’m not necessarily saying one person’s grade is higher than another’s but I definitely know what I’m talking about. There’s gonna be people past Jay-Z but I think he has epitomized the standards of what it is to be the best.
chuck d is a legend, no denying that. but its funny how he did not have one rapper "from the greastest of all time list" that was not from New York. i mean, not even Cube is viable for one of those spots who he fucken worked with? and if hes basing a rapper on stage performance, that means the albums quality doesnt matter, as long as the rapper rocks the crowd for one fucken night? bullshit.lol at Jay-Z is all the rappers greats rolled up into one. the only thing that nigga is rolled into is a big ass garbage bag.
Quote from: L. Sanford - Vice President of The Dangerous Crew Movement on March 29, 2007, 09:41:50 AMchuck d is a legend, no denying that. but its funny how he did not have one rapper "from the greastest of all time list" that was not from New York. i mean, not even Cube is viable for one of those spots who he fucken worked with? and if hes basing a rapper on stage performance, that means the albums quality doesnt matter, as long as the rapper rocks the crowd for one fucken night? bullshit.lol at Jay-Z is all the rappers greats rolled up into one. the only thing that nigga is rolled into is a big ass garbage bag.you are right. chuck d's def is different than ours cause his experience is different from ours. i disagree with what he said alot. but when he was around in the beginning, all hip hop WAS was rocking the mic for one night. one of those cats that doesn't wanna let go of the past, and feels that the idea of rocking the mic for one night will be lost if he doesn't champion it.+1 sanford-T