Is Problem lyrically better than Kurupt in his prime?

[BiggBoogaBiff]

Its starting to look like it. But to be fair its Apples & Oranges

[Hack Wilson - real]

no....give him a few years and see where he's at

[BiggBoogaBiff]

Kurupt wasnt THAT particularly hot for that long.  Stop sysin it.  Prob's been out for a while now (atleast in California years nowadays)

[papa-smurf]

hell fucking no.problem a never be as good as kurupt was in his prime.thats like asking is soulja boy is as good as nas inhis prime.even tho problem not wack like soulja boy.problem just not on the level kurupt was on.

[papa-smurf]

Kurupt wasnt THAT particularly hot for that long.  Stop sysin it.  Prob's been out for a while now (atleast in California years nowadays)

are u smoking?kurupt was hot.problem not even warm.he never been as hot as kurupt was.kurupt was known world wide.problem not even known in cali like that.some poeple know him but he is not known like that.kurupt was on top with death row & them.problem havent reach th top of nothing.problem do deserve to be more known he is tho.problem is a good artist.but he cant be compared to kurupt in the 90's

[Hack Wilson - real]

Kurupt wasnt THAT particularly hot for that long.  Stop sysin it.  Prob's been out for a while now (atleast in California years nowadays)

are u smoking?kurupt was hot.problem not even warm.he never been as hot as kurupt was.kurupt was known world wide.problem not even known in cali like that.some poeple know him but he is not known like that.kurupt was on top with death row & them.problem havent reach th top of nothing.problem do deserve to be more known he is tho.problem is a good artist.but he cant be compared to kurupt in the 90's

kurupt form 1993-1997 is easily a top 10 of any rapper as their best


only problem is his career extended another 16 years with mediocre verses mostly and that outside of the west coast most rap fans truly don't know how DOPE he was because they don't check for death row shit like we do still


Kurupt did drop a hot few verses in 2008 on a C tunes tape that left me with the impression he still has it when he's focused

[BiggBoogaBiff]

only on dubcc is 4 years a super long time.  I liked Kurupt in the early 2000's too (he was still good non-Death Row) and "BlaQout" blew me away the very first time i heard it becuz it was unexpected and beautiful and new but old

[BiggBoogaBiff]

Problem has more lyrical jab and swiftness than Kurupt had

[MOBNigga06]

Problem is without question a more clever lyricist and a better song writer than Kurupt ever was.

Where Kurupt has Problem beat is in his flow: Kurupt's unpredictable and savage flow is much rawer than Problem's, who clearly writes out his verses before he spits them, then spits them in an orderly manner. But Problem says way more clever shit than Kurupt.

[Ghost Drebin]

no....give him a few years and see where he's at

This. Nigga whaaaatt

[BiggBoogaBiff]

Kurupt lost his thought and hisconfidence  on his flow.  He's just now started to recover

[doggfather]

neva

[bouli77]

Kurupt wasnt THAT particularly hot for that long.  Stop sysin it.  Prob's been out for a while now (atleast in California years nowadays)

agreed... Kurupt started falling off pretty quick. 1992-1997 was his prime. it's funny yesterday I was listening to Doggfather (which I hadn't listened in years) and i realized that Kurupt murked all his verses (Up Jump Tha Boogie, Gold Rush and Blueberry especially) and outshined Snoop on each of these songs (well Snoop doesn't rap on Blueberry). I love Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha but even then for the most part he wasn't nowhere near his previous level.

[Black Excellence]

Kurupt wasnt THAT particularly hot for that long.  Stop sysin it.  Prob's been out for a while now (atleast in California years nowadays)

are u smoking?kurupt was hot.problem not even warm.he never been as hot as kurupt was.kurupt was known world wide.problem not even known in cali like that.some poeple know him but he is not known like that.kurupt was on top with death row & them.problem havent reach th top of nothing.problem do deserve to be more known he is tho.problem is a good artist.but he cant be compared to kurupt in the 90's

this.

[HighEyeCue]

Kurupt wasnt THAT particularly hot for that long.  Stop sysin it.  Prob's been out for a while now (atleast in California years nowadays)

agreed... Kurupt started falling off pretty quick. 1992-1997 was his prime. it's funny yesterday I was listening to Doggfather (which I hadn't listened in years) and i realized that Kurupt murked all his verses (Up Jump Tha Boogie, Gold Rush and Blueberry especially) and outshined Snoop on each of these songs (well Snoop doesn't rap on Blueberry). I love Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha but even then for the most part he wasn't nowhere near his previous level.

 yeah "Streetz" had better production than lyrics, Crooked I had the best verse on that album...for about 5 years Kurupt was up there with dudes like GZA, Deck and Redman as far as lyricists...