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THE OFFICIAL TRAUMA LYRICISM POLL - Em, J, Nas
Trauma-san:
Alright... In my opinion, it's gotta come down to these 3 right now for lyrics. I usually wouldn't ride a bandwagon, but I was listening to "Nail in the coffin" again today, and man... Eminem is unbelievable lyrically. I honestly think he could be the best.
"I would never claim to be no,
Ray Benzino,
an 83 year old, Fake Pacino..
So how can he hold me over some balcony,
without throwin' his lower back out,
as soon as he goes to lift me?
Please don't, you'll probably fall with me,
and our asses'll both be history...
but then again, you'd finally get your wish,
cuz you'd be all over the street like 50 cent"
"I dunno shit about no shoppin' rocks,
But what you know, about hip hop shops,
Rockin' Spots,
When you're the only white boy up in that bitch that's Crippin
Pressin up your own flyers, and your stickers, stickin
them bitches up after spendin 6 hours at Kinko's
Makin' copies of your covers to cassette singles
To sell 'em out of the trunk of your tracer
Spendin' your whole paychecks at discmakers
What you know about bein' bullied over half your life?
Oh that's right, you should know what that's like, you're half white"
I dunno if he can ever be beat in a battle, I can't see it happening. When somebody disses him with something true, he just admits it, explains it, then disses the SH*T out of them with it. It's amazing, I never seen nobody handle disses like that.
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Usually, Nas wouldn't be on my list, because I don't know much about him. I've been listening to some stuff from God's son, though, and man, he really is unbelievable. My favorite line-
"It's becomin' unbearable, makin' hits is easy,
put a famous bitch on the hook, there ya go with a platinum sellin' CD"
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Jay Z, for the obvious reasons. He's about the biggest right now, maybe behind Eminem, but he's consistantly been mentioned as a great lyricist.
So what yall think? It's only these three, I basically feel it's between these three, because they all have well established mainstream careers. There's probably plenty of guys underground or not as well known who are better lyrically, but all three of these guys have shown they can carry a career, and still come consistant lyrically (which is why, say, Kurupt isn't on the list).
Kaidy:
I have to with Em. I was hating on him earlier this year because he was gettting so over-exposed, so I didnt even cop The Eminem Show til a month ago, but when I got it I was literally amazed. He's incredibly clever with his words, his rhyme structure, his flow, everything. Plus his content is becoming more and more focused on society and away from his own personal demons, which I've been waiting for.
I really don't see anyone close to him right now.
Twentytwofifty:
I don't wanna really get deep into it right now and make a huge post. I'll keep it short and sweet.
I'm going with Nas. He's released 3 amazing albums in the last year. He's showing some great versatility. He's changing up his delivery (which is important) and he's being creative. Em's close but he can't make an album like Nas (not yet). But I have to say that Em's flow now is insane, one of the best ever, that's right.
I TO DA GEEZY:
EM has to be above these two fa sho'....dude simply has no limits, he's above anythang right now I suppose....
Jigga comes second as the lyrical king of our dimention
with his sharp ass metaphorism and on point punchlines while always maintaining conceptual focus.
(while EM rules over numerous dimentionz wit his lyrical abillities) ;D
NAS's potensial is enormous, as Illmatic, Lost Tapes, most parts of STILLMATIC and God's Son show...yet he's been mostly too inconsistent to take the second place after EM, and is often very unfocused and poor structured while seemingly trying to poetisize his lyricz ...Although in these last two years I've heared 2 ILL albums and one real solid from him, as I see it, he's mathematicly equal to Jigga at this point, if not a lil beyond(Im yet to decide weather he really is right now ;))....yet I can't ignore NAS at his weakest in the all around calculation (IWW, I AM, Nastradamus)......
Vigilante:
All 3 suck, but Eminem is the best Nas is most consistent......but best overall material is:
Eminem - Infinite and 2nd is:
Jay Z -The Early Years
"I be runnin the track like Jesse Owens" - Jay Z
He had amazing flow and lyrics when he did shit with Big L...especially
"Back 2 Da Game"
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