Ice Cube>>>>2pac

[Okka]

co-sign!

Me too...

[UKnowWhatItIs: welcome to my traps....game over]

Gotta agree wit the thread starter...

[M Dogg™]

Compare:

Ice Cube:

AmeriKKKa'z Most Wanted - 5
Death Certificate - 5
Predator - 4.5
Lethal Injection - 4
War Disc - 4
Peace - 3.5

2Pac

2Pacolypes Now - 3.5
Strickly for my N.I.G.G.A.Z. - 4
Thug Life - 4
Me Against the World - 5
All Eyez on Me - 5
Makaveli - 5

2Pac wins by a litttle. It's a debate, but in all honestly, I think the only reason why people are even mentioning this shit is because they are just looking for anyone to say is better than 'Pac. It's the whole underground, underdog complex. I understand, I am not a fan of radio rap, BUT, I don't dismiss just because everyone else agrees. If everyone tomorrow says Ice Cube greatest rapper ever, the same people saying how great Ice Cube is will start to find someone else, like they'll talk about how Ice Cube couldn't even handle Kam, and how he is selling out playing in family comedies. If tomorrow everyone starts to say Crooked I is running the west, and he puts out a platnum album, these same cats will start talking the praises of Sly Boogie and Ras Kass. So personally, I don't see much arguments in your case. 2Pac was better than Cube, the same way Nas is better than Melli Mel. It's all good. I will leave you with this though.

list of singles, (not all, but a majority)

Ice Cube:
Steady Mobbin'
It Was a Good Day
Check Yourself
You Know How We Do It
What Can I Do
One Nation
Bow Down
Push Rhymes Like Weight
We Be Clubbin'
You Can Do It
Hello

2Pac:
I Get Around
Keep Your Head Up
Dear Mama
So Many Tears
California Love
2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted
How Do You Want it
I Ain't Mad Atcha
To Live and Die in LA
Hail Mary
Toss It Up

a list of songs that can go either way. So the argument is there. The only thing is that 'Pac's CDs lacks fillers after a while, were as Cube was depended on fillers, especially as his career was focused more on movies.

[OneHittaSpitta]

agreed.

Pac is cool n all. But he's also far more marketable then Cube ever was. Therefore, far more popular. Shit, Cube was never considered a sex symbol like Pac was. But when it came to makin music, i dont see Pac as better at all. His writing was good fasho, and he had good charisma n shit, but i think theres better rappers out there. He tended to get off topic alot on songs lol that shit used to always bother me.

[M Dogg™]

one more... try making these lyrics marketable.

I ain't a killer but don't push me
Revenge is like the sweetest joy next to gettin pussy
Picture paragraphs unloaded, wise words bein quoted
Peeped the weakness in the rap game and sewed it
Bow down, pray to God hoping that he's listenin
Seein niggaz comin for me, to my diamonds, when they glistenin
Now pay attention, rest in peace father
I'm a ghost in these killin fields
Hail Mary catch me if I go, let's go deep inside
the solitary mind of a madman who screams in the dark
Evil lurks, enemies, see me flee
Activate my hate, let it break, to the flame
Set trip, empty out my clip, never stop to aim
Some say the game is all corrupted, fucked in this shit
Stuck, niggaz is lucky if we bust out this shit, plus
mama told me never stop until I bust a nut
Fuck the world if they can't adjust
It's just as well, Hail Mary

[Fuck Your Existence]

Compare:

Ice Cube:

AmeriKKKa'z Most Wanted - 5
Death Certificate - 5
Predator - 4.5
Lethal Injection - 4
War Disc - 4
Peace - 3.5

2Pac

2Pacolypes Now - 3.5
Strickly for my N.I.G.G.A.Z. - 4
Thug Life - 4
Me Against the World - 5
All Eyez on Me - 5
Makaveli - 5

2Pac wins by a litttle. It's a debate, but in all honestly, I think the only reason why people are even mentioning this shit is because they are just looking for anyone to say is better than 'Pac. It's the whole underground, underdog complex. I understand, I am not a fan of radio rap, BUT, I don't dismiss just because everyone else agrees. If everyone tomorrow says Ice Cube greatest rapper ever, the same people saying how great Ice Cube is will start to find someone else, like they'll talk about how Ice Cube couldn't even handle Kam, and how he is selling out playing in family comedies. If tomorrow everyone starts to say Crooked I is running the west, and he puts out a platnum album, these same cats will start talking the praises of Sly Boogie and Ras Kass. So personally, I don't see much arguments in your case. 2Pac was better than Cube, the same way Nas is better than Melli Mel. It's all good. I will leave you with this though.

list of singles, (not all, but a majority)

Ice Cube:
Steady Mobbin'
It Was a Good Day
Check Yourself
You Know How We Do It
What Can I Do
One Nation
Bow Down
Push Rhymes Like Weight
We Be Clubbin'
You Can Do It
Hello

2Pac:
I Get Around
Keep Your Head Up
Dear Mama
So Many Tears
California Love
2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted
How Do You Want it
I Ain't Mad Atcha
To Live and Die in LA
Hail Mary
Toss It Up

a list of songs that can go either way. So the argument is there. The only thing is that 'Pac's CDs lacks fillers after a while, were as Cube was depended on fillers, especially as his career was focused more on movies.

exactly,some people just like to against the popular vote bo matter what it is

All Eyez On Me>Death Certificate
Pac as Bishop in juice>any role played by Cube

[mauzip]

key question is:

who gives a shit who's better?

[ImmortalOne]

Nope, I definatly dont co-sign with the starter of this thread. Pac is the GOAT, nuff said.

Ice Cube is sick and one of the top 5 all time but Pac is unfuckwithable, especially if we are talking about the 96' era Pac who was in his prime, and reached a level that few other MC's ever reach.

Pac was the better songwriter and more well rounded artist, plus.....

7 Day Theory >>> any Ice Cube album (though Cube has three classics)

as far as acting goes, its roughly equal. But Cube aint got anything on Pac in the music department.

[I TO DA GEEZY]

Without including Ice Cube's NWA legacy and by focusing on his solo career it would be fair to say that
judging by Amerika'z Most Wanted alone Cube was actually better but on the other hand Me Against The World was better than any other Solo album Ice Cube has ever made(not always by light years but still it was better)...I wouldn't rate Makaveli and All Eyez On Me as flawless but both had enough Solid material to make them both decent...

['EclipZe]

key question is:

who gives a shit who's better?

I agree, bump both of their shit a lot 

[gator313]

All Eyez On Me>Death Certificate
Pac as Bishop in juice>any role played by Cube

no way!!!!!!!!

Death Certificate>All Eyez on Me
America's Most Wanted>Me Against the World
Doughboy>Bishop

Don't get me wrong,  Pac is a Legend    but Cube is the GOAT

[acbaylove]

Personally i hate it when we compare two West Coast legends trying to chose who's the n.1 of them all. Why should we chose one? I (still) listen to them both and i have almost all the albums of them both! They both tight as fuck and the both West Coast legends, so let's respect both of them, please. Let's grew up!

[rafsta]

pac is the greatest of all time.

[ABN]

Ice Cube is definently better then Pac(he was not that great).

[Dargine]

key question is:

who gives a shit who's better?

Word.