ICE CUBE vs BIGGIE

[Slikk_J]

Overall Ice Cube is better.

Discography? Cube got 2 undeniable classics (AMW and DC), 2 arguable classics (Predator and Lethal Injection), 2 group classics (Straight Outta Compton and Bow Down) and a classic EP (Kill At Will)

Skills? Biggie takes it but not by far.

Impact? Cube wrote Straight Outta Compton. Nuff Said. Changed the game forever.

And Big's written his share of classics as well. It's kind of an uneven debate. Cube not only started more than 6 years before Big but he's had a full career since. Big died about three years after his first album hit the shelves. For the time that Big had, he influenced a lot of cats and really earned himself a legacy. It would be like if Cube was gunned down right after he finished recording "Death Certificate".

It's kind of a weird comparison anyway. I'd go with something like Cube vs. Face since they both started out in a group and have both been in the game for over two decades. Biggie versus Cube just seems like an odd match-up to me. Their styles aren't similar enough to where it makes sense to compare them. The decision seems like it would almost always have to be based on whose style you dug more. It's kind of like an Eminem vs. Tupac comparison, the votes are gonna pull away from skill and turn into "well, this guy wrote this and this guy makes music about pointless shit so he's stupid".

I agree. Good points.....Hmmm one thing that stays in my mind when everybody saying Biggie is THE greatest, is that he took King Ts style, then ran with it. Also IMO Only Ready 2 Die was classic (as in solid from start to finish). He was the 'savior' for the East, wehn West was dominating, and ever since the Pac Biggie beef (argue even earlier), East fans have been fickle to everyone but 'thier own' bred mcs...

Not a good comparison.

[2euce 7even]

Tha Don Mega Ey Ey 

[Prof@ssor]

Its the most nonobjective thing to ask this on a West Coast forum, since most of the people will say Cube.

But Biggie is the best.

to.

ever.

do.

it.

point.

[Hatesrats™]

Ice Cube

[OG Hack Wilson]

Overall Ice Cube is better.

Discography? Cube got 2 undeniable classics (AMW and DC), 2 arguable classics (Predator and Lethal Injection), 2 group classics (Straight Outta Compton and Bow Down) and a classic EP (Kill At Will)

Skills? Biggie takes it but not by far.

Impact? Cube wrote Straight Outta Compton. Nuff Said. Changed the game forever.

And Big's written his share of classics as well. It's kind of an uneven debate. Cube not only started more than 6 years before Big but he's had a full career since. Big died about three years after his first album hit the shelves. For the time that Big had, he influenced a lot of cats and really earned himself a legacy. It would be like if Cube was gunned down right after he finished recording "Death Certificate".

It's kind of a weird comparison anyway. I'd go with something like Cube vs. Face since they both started out in a group and have both been in the game for over two decades. Biggie versus Cube just seems like an odd match-up to me. Their styles aren't similar enough to where it makes sense to compare them. The decision seems like it would almost always have to be based on whose style you dug more. It's kind of like an Eminem vs. Tupac comparison, the votes are gonna pull away from skill and turn into "well, this guy wrote this and this guy makes music about pointless shit so he's stupid".

only white ppl think pac and em are on the same lvl...comparin em to pac is a slap in the face. like comparing chuck barry to elvis or vanilla ice to mc hammer. originator v imitator

im white and i think 2pac shits on eminem....including Em when he was the man (1996-2001)

[OG Hack Wilson]

Its the most nonobjective thing to ask this on a West Coast forum, since most of the people will say Cube.

But Biggie is the best.

to.

ever.

do.

it.

point.

BIG L was better than Notorious in every aspect of rap

[al3000]

Shit....it's Cube hands down...RIP to BIG but just because he died early doesn't make him the greatest ever.....Cube simply has more classic tracks and albums period.

[OG Hack Wilson]

Shit....it's Cube hands down...RIP to BIG but just because he died early doesn't make him the greatest ever.....Cube simply has more classic tracks and albums period.

but who at their best was better?


if you put the two on a track I'm picking Biggie for the better 16 or 24 bars

[al3000]

Shit....it's Cube hands down...RIP to BIG but just because he died early doesn't make him the greatest ever.....Cube simply has more classic tracks and albums period.

but who at their best was better?


if you put the two on a track I'm picking Biggie for the better 16 or 24 bars

You can't say that because it was a different time when both where on top...to me Cube had a lot more meaningful songs with Substance between America's most and Death Certificate alone....not to even mention The predator....shit Cube was predicting the riots before they even happened...he had a lot of songs about police brutality, economic slavery by foreigners in our own hoods(Black Korea)...ya know real shit that was effecting our people.

Yeah Biggie had great word play....but where was the substance?? Cube was the voice of the people for his time....fo real.... But i respect your opinion.

[Hatesrats™]

Shit....it's Cube hands down...RIP to BIG but just because he died early doesn't make him the greatest ever.....Cube simply has more classic tracks and albums period.

but who at their best was better?


if you put the two on a track I'm picking Biggie for the better 16 or 24 bars

You can't say that because it was a different time when both where on top...to me Cube had a lot more meaningful songs with Substance between America's most and Death Certificate alone....not to even mention The predator....shit Cube was predicting the riots before they even happened...he had a lot of songs about police brutality, economic slavery by foreigners in our own hoods(Black Korea)...ya know real shit that was effecting our people.

Yeah Biggie had great word play....but where was the substance?? Cube was the voice of the people for his time....fo real.... But i respect your opinion.

Well said! Good stuff.
I love B.I.G. too, But I have to agree 100% w/your post bro.
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[OG Hack Wilson]

biggie had substance

Juicy, Everyday Struggle, Sky's the Limit, Things Done Changed

[Paul]

Cube - Greatest rapper of all time imo

[DOGGSHIT]

ICE CUBE

[MediumL]

Cube and BIG are very different rappers imo, a better poll would have been Cube vs Pac.

[Westdog]

Cube and BIG are very different rappers imo, a better poll would have been Cube vs Pac.

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