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Sikx:
atm id say banks, his album was naah.. sounded like one of those mixtapes, and every1 is hyping him as best artist of g-unit.

I`m Wayne Brady bitch!:
50 cent , Lloyd Banks , Game , Jay-Z , Kanye West , Eminem

Kill:
KRS-ONE - Yes, he's a legend, yes, he's a good MC, but on the mic he is not one of the best ever and he overrates himself by thinkin 1. so & 2. he's in the position to define hiphop and set rules as to how it has to be done, spelt, etc. I don't like him for that and he got sum real die-hard fans

ODB - Nobody would claim he's lyrically good, but except actin like a psycho and living up to his name, this guy ain't done that much. I just think since 94 he didn't have to put much effort into bein liked cause people were just feelin his crazy ass style which don't require alot IMO

Game - Definition of a average MC

Eazy-E - Of course he was extremly important to west coast gangsta hiphop and I'm not tryin to play down his influence...but on the mic he wasn't all that, he didn't have one helluva flow and from what I know he didn't write all his lyrics himself

Common - What comes to (my) mind thinkin of Common is just this whiny, undifferentiated song about hiphop's status quo that was "I Used To Love H.E.R." that people like to praise him for...and i admit it took me a while to realize how unimaginitive i found this song too. Just my opinion, don't hate, but while he might deserve more public attention (he IS a good MC no doubt) many "backpack hiphop" heads are on his nuts waay too much

the only one mentioned i don't really have respect for is Game, all the others are/were dope in their ways, but tend to get dick-ridden

teecee:
I think Common is one of the best mc's ever (disregarding that horrible last album) and i am hardly a backpacker!  I bump some spice 1 and throw on some common, its all hiphop.  If common isnt your sound, thats cool, but to me he has got to be one of the most underrated ever.....of course, his impact on hiphop hasn't been what jay or nas have done, so all around i can see your point i guess

as for jay z, i never really started to appreciate him until the black album dropped.   I liked reasonable doubt when it dropped, but NOONe at the time thought it was even close to a classic, just a very good cd with nothing new to bring to the game.  I DO think Blueprint is a classic however, at first i didnt but i see why people think thhat now.   Jay's  catalogue is amazing, perhaps the best ever in rap (and this is coming from a huge nas fan, and former jay z hater for a couple of years)...yeah, jay has released wack cds (blueprint 2 being the best example)  but he dropped so many hits, and had such a huge impact, its hard to say hes overrated, he is probably one mc who would never become irrelevant , could rap til he was 50 and still make hits (and pretty good albums)

as for kanye, he is both overrated and underrated.  some people hate because of all the samples, but how is what he does on the production tip different than what Dre did on songs like Nuthin but a g thang or Lil Ghetto boy (dont get your panties in a knot, dre shits on kanye!)........kanye is actually better on the mic than people give him credit for also, he is like a new millenium warren g, not the best rapper but the way he says his shit combined with his production equals good MUSIC, even if he isnt the most lyrical.  and despite all his bragging, he does have some pretty original and thought provoking songs like Family business and Never let ya down.............right now he is way overexposed, its sad but with the state of the game everyone needs the hottest producer for their disc, and kanye is that man right now. 

Regardless of what u think of kanye, who in the past couple of years has dropped a better all around DEBUT album?  What NEW rapper has gave us a great cd, one that gets critical and COMMERCIAL success? 

Kill:

--- Quote from: teecee on August 09, 2004, 11:43:46 AM ---I think Common is one of the best mc's ever (disregarding that horrible last album) and i am hardly a backpacker!  I bump some spice 1 and throw on some common, its all hiphop.  If common isnt your sound, thats cool, but to me he has got to be one of the most underrated ever.....of course, his impact on hiphop hasn't been what jay or nas have done, so all around i can see your point i guess

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as i said, i think Common is good and as for the word backpacker i can't stand that term anyways, especially cause I'm sumbody who can go from Brotha Lynch Hung straight to Little Brother too if I feel like it...i like common, but i think many people, especially those limiting themselves to the type of hiphop he does, overrate him, "I Used To Love HER" bein my fav example cause that song is lame and overloaded with cliches IMO

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