how do you rate FAT JOE as a rapper????

[Chamillitary Click]

50 cent ain't never getting into D-I-T-C alongside Big L, Diamond D, Lord Finesse, O.C., Showbiz....

yet  fat joe somehow did.

maybe he wouldn't, but i still say 50 > Fat Joe lol.

[you gon always be my latin queen bitch]

yeah but jus cuz he got in, dont mean hes dope or at the top wit this rap shit
throw him a dope gza or rza verse and hell need 6 months to recover and a ghostwriter to respond to even come close and not look bad lol

50 cent ain't never getting into D-I-T-C alongside Big L, Diamond D, Lord Finesse, O.C., Showbiz....

yet  fat joe somehow did.

[Makaveli's Food & Liquor]

50 cent ain't never getting into D-I-T-C alongside Big L, Diamond D, Lord Finesse, O.C., Showbiz....

yet  fat joe somehow did.

Fat Joe is the Tony Yayo of D-I-T-C

[Chamillitary Click]

50 cent ain't never getting into D-I-T-C alongside Big L, Diamond D, Lord Finesse, O.C., Showbiz....

yet  fat joe somehow did.

Fat Joe is the Tony Yayo of D-I-T-C

LOL!

[westsiderider323]

average
he definitly started to suck ass after Pun (RIP) died

[Rick James]

average. there is only a few songs I like from him.

[sobrino]

Good, his 90's shit was pretty gutter, then he moved to miami and realized hot women don't give a shit about an ill 16

Yup. 

[herpes]

His first two albums are dope especially Jealous Ones Envy.  Anyone who says Joe has always been wack or is the wackest NY rapper obviously doesn't know shit (young prince).  I ain't goin front for the past 10 years he has been ass cheeks but JOE was a dope fucking album.  And hate Joe all you want but the dude has shown more love and knowledge for the culture than most of your favorite rappers and has always explained whey he sold out when he sold out.  And how can you front on this shit

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/0cIGhMW20HE" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/0cIGhMW20HE</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/oPo8Sil02rY" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/oPo8Sil02rY</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/tHhkw8HuHgo" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/tHhkw8HuHgo</a>

[Lunatic]

Voted average, hes an alright rapper when he wants to be but this guy defines the term selllout, so fuck him

real talk

[herpes]

Voted average, hes an alright rapper when he wants to be but this guy defines the term selllout, so fuck him

real talk

And unlike every other rapper in the industry he never denied when he sold out and always explained his actions.

[The-Leak (aka) kingwell (bka) JULES]

Fat Joe flow = average

Fat Joe lyrics = below average

Fat Joe beat selection = above average

Fat Joe = average = skip him when u see him

[A1]

He killed it on that track on the big picture album but i cant remember the name of the song. That aside i dont really rate him these days, make it rain was an awful song! Then when he called banks a girly girl in that rick ross track i lost an lasting resepct for him as an mc

[GimmeYourShoes]

Average. Joe > Fiddy.

[Okka]

If a rapper don't write his own rhymes should be he even counted as a rapper?

[MediumL]

^^^ Dude used ghostwriters so its not like he actually gets props for most of the stuff he raps

didn't know that but it would not surprise me lol.

got any proof that those 3 particular verses were ghost-write?  cuz if so then i'd change my vote from "good" to 'average" lol

maybe not those verses in particular but ive seen interviews from some of his former ghostwriters. I think one was in TS and I have an inkling that Pun wrote a lot of his earlier lyrics but I could be wrong...