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Title: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Lunatic on May 10, 2009, 01:17:46 PM
I know it's dumb to make a statement like that and act as if its fact, but I truly feel it is fact. Every other single rapper who is brought up in this discussion has a blemish on their discography. Scarface has not 1. If not all classic albums, all near classics at the very least. And that's his solo discography. Shall we bring up the Geto Boyz? Nobody has been apart of as much classic Hip-Hop as Scarface has, without a single blemish. Don't forget The Product album a few years ago, another classic or near classic.

Due to his extensive discography without a single less than quality release, Scarface truly is the greatest rapper to ever live - the collection proves that imo.

y'all always talkin' about me and T.I. lol, when truly, Face is my favorite.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Let's Get Down on May 10, 2009, 01:20:50 PM
I've never heard his music a side from a few features. Name some dope songs, I'll peep em
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Lunatic on May 10, 2009, 01:25:49 PM
I've never heard his music a side from a few features. Name some dope songs, I'll peep em
Recent material (songs) you should check:

Can't Get Right Ft. Bilal
Still Here Ft. Shateish
It's Not a Game
Who Are They Ft. Slim Thug & K-Rino
Soldier Story Ft. Z-Ro & The Product
Emeritus
Never
Burn Ft. Z-Ro
The Suicide Note

Old material:
Mr. Scarface
Born Killer
Murder By Reason of Insanity
Body Snatchers
I'm Dead
Dying With Your Boots On
Mr Scarface Pt.3 : The Final Chapter
He's Dead
I'm Black
No Tears
I Seen a Man Die
Hand of the Dead Body Ft. Ice Cube & Devin the Dude
They Down With Us Ft. UGK
The Last of a Dying Breed
OG To Me Ft. Tha Dogg Pound & Jayo Felony
No Warning
Smile Ft. 2Pac & Johnny J
Game Over Ft. Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Too $hort

 ;)
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: MediumL on May 10, 2009, 01:58:26 PM
It depends what you're basing it on. His discography may have no major fail in it but there are average albums within it (Emeritus was good but not anything above average). The thing with him is that he never went for huge mainstream success so he doesn't really have the corny albums that may tarnish someone like LL or Nas' discographies but the lack of imagination or formulaic approach to some of his albums doesn't make the anything special.

Dude is a legend but if I had to choose between him and Cube i'd take Cube all day everyday.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Lunatic on May 10, 2009, 02:00:58 PM
It depends what you're basing it on. His discography may have no major fail in it but there are average albums within it (Emeritus was good but not anything above average). The thing with him is that he never went for huge mainstream success so he doesn't really have the corny albums that may tarnish someone like LL or Nas' discographies but the lack of imagination or formulaic approach to some of his albums doesn't make the anything special.

Dude is a legend but if I had to choose between him and Cube i'd take Cube all day everyday.
Emeritus?!? that was great way to close his career. 9/10 album imo. The only tracks I didn't like were High Note and We Need You. Everything else is pure fire. Well it's artists like LL and Nas' fault they went for the mainstream success and tarnished their own discographies. They brought that upon themselves. That's an excuse imo, the consequences they decided to roll with. Thankfully, Face sold his good amount of records without having to do that crap.

Face > Cube imo and I LOVE Cube. Face doesn't have a single album as weak as both the War & Peace releases.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Sikotic™ on May 10, 2009, 02:03:18 PM
The Diary = one of the top 5 greatest albums ever
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Lunatic on May 10, 2009, 02:03:42 PM
The Diary = one of the top 5 greatest albums ever
easily.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: MediumL on May 10, 2009, 02:05:52 PM
It depends what you're basing it on. His discography may have no major fail in it but there are average albums within it (Emeritus was good but not anything above average). The thing with him is that he never went for huge mainstream success so he doesn't really have the corny albums that may tarnish someone like LL or Nas' discographies but the lack of imagination or formulaic approach to some of his albums doesn't make the anything special.

Dude is a legend but if I had to choose between him and Cube i'd take Cube all day everyday.
Emeritus?!? that was great way to close his career. 9/10 album imo. The only tracks I didn't like were High Note and We Need You. Everything else is pure fire. Well it's artists like LL and Nas' fault they went for the mainstream success and tarnished their own discographies. That's an excuse imo, the consequences they decided to roll with. Thankfully, Face sold his good amount of records without having to do that crap.

Face > Cube imo and I LOVE Cube. Face doesn't have a single album as weak as both the War & Peace releases.

He doesn't have a a really weak album (although i dont think neither war and peaces are weak) but i'd say hes formulaic and hence sometimes a bit average for him. In contrast Cube pushed the boundary and switched it up every album from Straight Outta Compton all the way up to Lethal Injection. He has the classics that Scarface doesn't have imo Everybody has their own opnion and although The Diary is a classic i wouldn't say its top 5 and on the whole i've seen it in very few top 5s. Death Certificate or Amerikkkas Most wanted are real defining moments and on the whole put Cube above Scarface imo. Although sayin that i havent listened to every geto boy album or every scaraface track.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Let's Get Down on May 10, 2009, 02:11:00 PM
I've never heard his music a side from a few features. Name some dope songs, I'll peep em
Recent material (songs) you should check:

Can't Get Right Ft. Bilal
Still Here Ft. Shateish
It's Not a Game
Who Are They Ft. Slim Thug & K-Rino
Soldier Story Ft. Z-Ro & The Product
Emeritus
Never
Burn Ft. Z-Ro
The Suicide Note

Old material:
Mr. Scarface
Born Killer
Murder By Reason of Insanity
Body Snatchers
I'm Dead
Dying With Your Boots On
Mr Scarface Pt.3 : The Final Chapter
He's Dead
I'm Black
No Tears
I Seen a Man Die
Hand of the Dead Body Ft. Ice Cube & Devin the Dude
They Down With Us Ft. UGK
The Last of a Dying Breed
OG To Me Ft. Tha Dogg Pound & Jayo Felony
No Warning
Smile Ft. 2Pac & Johnny J
Game Over Ft. Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Too $hort

 ;)

Props. I'll be back here in week or with my opinion.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: QuietTruth on May 10, 2009, 02:14:37 PM
The World Is Yours and The Diary is pure unarguable classics, imo.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: thisoneguy360 on May 10, 2009, 02:29:29 PM
I've never heard his music a side from a few features. Name some dope songs, I'll peep em

Check out My Block, one of my favorite songs by anyone.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: herpes on May 10, 2009, 03:05:44 PM
I've never heard his music a side from a few features. Name some dope songs, I'll peep em

Check out My Block, one of my favorite songs by anyone.

You know whats funny, when it first dropped that track got a lot of hate.  But I always thought that track was dope.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: K.Dub on May 10, 2009, 03:07:02 PM
I've never heard his music a side from a few features. Name some dope songs, I'll peep em

Check out My Block, one of my favorite songs by anyone.

You know whats funny, when it first dropped that track got a lot of hate.  But I always thought that track was dope.

Me too.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: MediumL on May 10, 2009, 03:12:27 PM
I've never heard his music a side from a few features. Name some dope songs, I'll peep em

Check out My Block, one of my favorite songs by anyone.

You know whats funny, when it first dropped that track got a lot of hate.  But I always thought that track was dope.

Me too.

 i could see why it got the hate but that track and whole album is dope to me.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Let's Get Down on May 10, 2009, 03:34:26 PM
I've never heard his music a side from a few features. Name some dope songs, I'll peep em

Check out My Block, one of my favorite songs by anyone.

yup, it's dope. my fav Face track so far haha
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: westsiderider323 on May 10, 2009, 03:51:47 PM
any of his most recent album been officially screwed by a real DJ like Michael Watts or OG Ron C??
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Lunatic on May 10, 2009, 03:54:29 PM
I always loved "My Block." Untouchable is another classic Face album btw.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: thisoneguy360 on May 10, 2009, 04:03:37 PM
I've never heard his music a side from a few features. Name some dope songs, I'll peep em

Check out My Block, one of my favorite songs by anyone.

yup, it's dope. my fav Face track so far haha

 8)
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Let's Get Down on May 10, 2009, 04:09:32 PM
Who does most of his productions? I'm feelin "Who Are They" atm 8)
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Lunatic on May 10, 2009, 04:15:00 PM
Who does most of his productions? I'm feelin "Who Are They" atm 8)
Mike Dean, Tone Capone, N.O. Joe, Nottz and John Bido.

btw "Who Are They" was prod. by Illmind.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: D-Nice on May 10, 2009, 04:17:25 PM
Who does most of his productions? I'm feelin "Who Are They" atm 8)
Mike Dean, Tone Capone, N.O. Joe, Nottz and John Bido.

btw "Who Are They" was prod. by Illmind.

Mr. Lee works with Face alot too and he is also a dope producer in his own right. Produced a majority of Untouchable.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Lunatic on May 10, 2009, 04:19:55 PM
Who does most of his productions? I'm feelin "Who Are They" atm 8)
Mike Dean, Tone Capone, N.O. Joe, Nottz and John Bido.

btw "Who Are They" was prod. by Illmind.

Mr. Lee works with Face alot too and he is also a dope producer in his own right. Produced a majority of Untouchable.
Mr. Lee did "The Last of a Dying Breed." "Untouchable" was handled by NO Joe, Mike Dean, John Bido and Tone Capone. My favorite Scarface album.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: D-Nice on May 10, 2009, 04:21:30 PM
Who does most of his productions? I'm feelin "Who Are They" atm 8)
Mike Dean, Tone Capone, N.O. Joe, Nottz and John Bido.

btw "Who Are They" was prod. by Illmind.

Mr. Lee works with Face alot too and he is also a dope producer in his own right. Produced a majority of Untouchable.
Mr. Lee did "The Last of a Dying Breed." "Untouchable" was handled by NO Joe, Mike Dean, John Bido and Tone Capone. My favorite Scarface album.

Yeah. Face did a ton of co production on Untouchable. That album is probably his most slept on other than his first 2.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Lunatic on May 10, 2009, 04:23:46 PM
Who does most of his productions? I'm feelin "Who Are They" atm 8)
Mike Dean, Tone Capone, N.O. Joe, Nottz and John Bido.

btw "Who Are They" was prod. by Illmind.

Mr. Lee works with Face alot too and he is also a dope producer in his own right. Produced a majority of Untouchable.
Mr. Lee did "The Last of a Dying Breed." "Untouchable" was handled by NO Joe, Mike Dean, John Bido and Tone Capone. My favorite Scarface album.

Yeah. Face did a ton of co production on Untouchable. That album is probably his most slept on other than his first 2.
Yea, Face be a dope producer, lots of ppl don't realize. He did 3 joints on that UGK double disc self titled album. "Untouchable" is my personal favorite Face album. His 2nd is actually my worse imo, or maybe The Fix.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: D-Nice on May 10, 2009, 04:27:14 PM
Who does most of his productions? I'm feelin "Who Are They" atm 8)
Mike Dean, Tone Capone, N.O. Joe, Nottz and John Bido.

btw "Who Are They" was prod. by Illmind.

Mr. Lee works with Face alot too and he is also a dope producer in his own right. Produced a majority of Untouchable.
Mr. Lee did "The Last of a Dying Breed." "Untouchable" was handled by NO Joe, Mike Dean, John Bido and Tone Capone. My favorite Scarface album.

Yeah. Face did a ton of co production on Untouchable. That album is probably his most slept on other than his first 2.
Yea, Face be a dope producer, lots of ppl don't realize. He did 3 joints on that UGK double disc self titled album. "Untouchable" is my personal favorite Face album. His 2nd is actually my worse imo, or maybe The Fix.

Love his 2nd album, the dope thing about Face is for the most part lyrically there is a steady progression in his music album to album. If I was put on the spot to pick my favorite it would have to be Last Of A Dying Breed probably.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: operation stackola on May 10, 2009, 04:28:13 PM
Face is actually my 2nd fav. rapper of all time (behind Pac, of course). Pac could just touch a man's soul with his lyrics like no one else could. Face can do this too, but not like Pac. Love Face and his timeless music (one of the hardest to ever touch the mic).  Like Pac, Andre 3000, Nas, Slick Rick, GZA, Ghostface, Raekwon, Biggie/ Face is also great at the Art Of Storytelling.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Lunatic on May 10, 2009, 04:29:05 PM
Who does most of his productions? I'm feelin "Who Are They" atm 8)
Mike Dean, Tone Capone, N.O. Joe, Nottz and John Bido.

btw "Who Are They" was prod. by Illmind.

Mr. Lee works with Face alot too and he is also a dope producer in his own right. Produced a majority of Untouchable.
Mr. Lee did "The Last of a Dying Breed." "Untouchable" was handled by NO Joe, Mike Dean, John Bido and Tone Capone. My favorite Scarface album.

Yeah. Face did a ton of co production on Untouchable. That album is probably his most slept on other than his first 2.
Yea, Face be a dope producer, lots of ppl don't realize. He did 3 joints on that UGK double disc self titled album. "Untouchable" is my personal favorite Face album. His 2nd is actually my worse imo, or maybe The Fix.

Love his 2nd album, the dope thing about Face is for the most part lyrically there is a steady progression in his music album to album. If I was put on the spot to pick my favorite it would have to be Last Of A Dying Breed probably.
Last of a Dying Breed is definitely a slept on album of his. I love this guy's disco lol. It does get better and better, lyrical progression always. Face is the truth.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Lunatic on May 10, 2009, 04:29:47 PM
Face is also great at the Art Of Storytelling.
Face's art of storytelling is slept on. The best story teller from the south ever imo.

Man all this Face talk is making me badly wanna do a new interview with his group, The Product.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Chamillitary Click on May 10, 2009, 04:30:07 PM
Pac > rap. ;D 8)
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Sofa_King_Awesome on May 10, 2009, 04:51:09 PM
I would have to agree with you on this one Justin Melo
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Lunatic on May 10, 2009, 04:53:01 PM
I would have to agree with you on this one Justin Melo
8)
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Triple OG Rapsodie on May 11, 2009, 01:50:23 AM
Face dreams he was the greatest rapper.

Just because YOU believe he has all classic albums doesn't make it so. And even if he did have a perfect discography, it still doesn't mean shit because there are better rappers. Face is good, but his rhymes aren't very complex and there are far better lyricists out there.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: LBCstyle on May 11, 2009, 02:14:57 AM
IMO his last albums aren't that great  :-\
But he's definitely one of the best and has dropped a lot of classics with the Geto Boys and solo...
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Lunatic on May 11, 2009, 04:40:23 AM
IMO his last albums aren't that great  :-\
But he's definitely one of the best and has dropped a lot of classics with the Geto Boys and solo...
You didn't like Emeritus?
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: ABN on May 11, 2009, 08:31:15 AM
iīm glad iīm not the only one on here thatīs a Face head. the thing about Face thatīs unique is the technically heīs not really a great rapper but his subject matter,beat selection,voice and song writing abilities are on another level. when it comes to to pure lyrical skills heīs not even the best in Houston IMO coz thatīs Ro but the big difference is that Face albums are always jamming and Ro stay dropping average shit.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: virtuoso on May 11, 2009, 09:49:12 AM

2 things to mention about scarface (recent stuff anyway) for instance I had never heard a full scarface album until I heard the Fix. For me scarface is obviously a good lyricist, is obviously able to express himself and drawn in the listener with his introspective lyrics but his voice gets irritating and furthermore he can't really flow. It is the production and his lyrics which carry the album and it is a very listenable album but in my opinion really tails off after track 8. The reason why I listened to this album is obviously I have heard him before on various collabos but as this album was mentioned as a modern day rap classic, I had to listen to it myself. I think what I am likely to find is that scarface is consistent but the beats need to fit around him, he can't fit around the beats. However for that very reason, I don't think he can be described as great. In addition to which, he isn't going to dazzle anyone with wit, with punch lines, with metaphors, so I genuinely don't think he can be described as a classic.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: LBCstyle on May 11, 2009, 10:12:53 AM
IMO his last albums aren't that great  :-\
But he's definitely one of the best and has dropped a lot of classics with the Geto Boys and solo...
You didn't like Emeritus?

Not really, maybe I'll give it a second chance ...
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Lunatic on May 11, 2009, 10:46:24 AM

2 things to mention about scarface (recent stuff anyway) for instance I had never heard a full scarface album until I heard the Fix. For me scarface is obviously a good lyricist, is obviously able to express himself and drawn in the listener with his introspective lyrics but his voice gets irritating and furthermore he can't really flow. It is the production and his lyrics which carry the album and it is a very listenable album but in my opinion really tails off after track 8. The reason why I listened to this album is obviously I have heard him before on various collabos but as this album was mentioned as a modern day rap classic, I had to listen to it myself. I think what I am likely to find is that scarface is consistent but the beats need to fit around him, he can't fit around the beats. However for that very reason, I don't think he can be described as great. In addition to which, he isn't going to dazzle anyone with wit, with punch lines, with metaphors, so I genuinely don't think he can be described as a classic.
The Fix is one of his worst albums though.
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Post by: 3rd Coast on May 11, 2009, 04:43:31 PM
mainstream u prolly can aruge yeah..imo i say outkast lyric for lyric.. face aint seein big or dre

but texas underground... k-rino got the best catalog to date in texas...nigga got classics the mainstream hasnt heard til this day

Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: ABN on May 12, 2009, 02:29:45 AM
mainstream u prolly can aruge yeah..imo i say outkast lyric for lyric.. face aint seein big or dre

but texas underground... k-rino got the best catalog to date in texas...nigga got classics the mainstream hasnt heard til this day


yeah Kīs raw with it, by the way. am i the only one that likes Ganksta Nip around here? i havenīt met another person in my life that likes him.
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Post by: Chad Vader on May 12, 2009, 04:17:22 AM
mainstream u prolly can argue yeah..IMO i say outcast lyric for lyric.. face ain't seeing big or Dre

but Texas underground... k-rino got the best catalog to date in Texas...nigga got classics the mainstream hasn't heard till this day


yeah Kīs raw with it, by the way. am i the only one that likes Ganksta Nip around here? i haven't met another person in my life that likes him.


Ganksta Nip is tight. K-Rino got some shit,but I wouldn't go as far as saying he's up there with Face.  ;)
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Post by: J2K on May 12, 2009, 05:07:30 AM
The G Code and Guess Whos Back are my favourite Scarface songs. And Hand of the dead body .  8)
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: westsiderider323 on May 12, 2009, 01:13:46 PM
mainstream u prolly can aruge yeah..imo i say outkast lyric for lyric.. face aint seein big or dre

but texas underground... k-rino got the best catalog to date in texas...nigga got classics the mainstream hasnt heard til this day




yea true k-rino is a beast i b bumpin his shit often
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: 3rd Coast on May 12, 2009, 02:26:00 PM
mainstream u prolly can argue yeah..IMO i say outcast lyric for lyric.. face ain't seeing big or Dre

but Texas underground... k-rino got the best catalog to date in Texas...nigga got classics the mainstream hasn't heard till this day


yeah Kīs raw with it, by the way. am i the only one that likes Ganksta Nip around here? i haven't met another person in my life that likes him.


Ganksta Nip is tight. K-Rino got some shit,but I wouldn't go as far as saying he's up there with Face.  ;)


..i know if if was a 5th we'd all be fucked...

but if k had the handouts that face had comin up... face wouldnt even be a factor

everybody face done been with had connection from j to troy he aint have to go thru the struggles k-rino has..

i heard a long time ago.. big mello when he was on rap-a-lot.. was the only nigga to not have ft's from anyone.. kuz they aint wanna let him put k-rino on bone hard or wegonefunk.. forgot which one it was..

hell thinkin bout it.. the 2 cats affiliated with spc.. and rap-a-lot..k-rino wasnt on anyone of their albums...

kinda crazy...


k-rino a lil bit too deep for some tho... that nigga makes u go back n google shit..


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Post by: Chad Vader on May 12, 2009, 03:06:33 PM
^^^
k-rino is defintly slept on,dude is tight as fuck. but,let me ask you; you're saying,that if rino got beats from mike dean,n.o joe and john bido he would be recongnized as one of the best?
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Post by: Lunatic on May 12, 2009, 03:07:53 PM
Rino is dope but he is missing somethin for me that doesn't put him in the same league as face. Face has a certain presence on the mic, similar to 2Pac. When he raps, something just makes you listen and take it all in. Rino doesn't have that IMO.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: 3rd Coast on May 12, 2009, 04:04:39 PM
^^^
k-rino is defintly slept on,dude is tight as fuck. but,let me ask you; you're saying,that if rino got beats from mike dean,n.o joe and john bido he would be recongnized as one of the best?


beats dont really matter.. if he had dean, bido nem or not.. it wouldnt matter.. if he had the money put behind him

like face has..or had.. he would get recognized as the best

face never had2 come outta pockets to get pressed up

or picnics or make sacrifices

he has always been spoiled.. if it wasnt lil j bread.. it was troy licks he was hittin n the bird money he was flippin

man if big mello was still around.. u would be upset over the struggles him n k went thru he'd tell ya..rino dont talk about it...mello will tell u straight up
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Post by: jeromechickenbone on May 12, 2009, 04:57:24 PM
Nah I disagree.  First, I could never call someone the GOAT.  You can break shit down w/ different eras, and maybe come up w/ a top 10 for each era, but I think it's impossible to pick a greatest.  Kinda like comparing great athletes of today w/ athletes 40 years ago - apples and oranges. 

Like how up on game are you on Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee, Grandmaster Caz, Kurtis Blow, etc?  What about BDK, KRS, Juice Crew, Ultramagnetic, Rakim, Slick Rick? 

That's no diss at all, I just know you are a younger cat and likely haven't gotten that far diggin in the crates.  Again, not talkin down because I'm still discovering lots of old shit (and you def are up on the new shit much more than me).  Point being, unless you are well versed in everything since the dawn of Hip Hop, it's really impossible to emphatically say who the GOAT was / is.


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Post by: D1G1T4L on May 12, 2009, 10:10:25 PM
huh? you said the fix is his worst album? you mean the album that got 5 Mic rating from The Source Magazine?
it's a tight ass album....kanye west production... it's def better than made and his latest album.. you got a weird taste hommie
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Post by: Triple OG Rapsodie on May 13, 2009, 12:03:19 AM
Rino is dope but he is missing somethin for me that doesn't put him in the same league as face. Face has a certain presence on the mic, similar to 2Pac. When he raps, something just makes you listen and take it all in. Rino doesn't have that IMO.

maybe...but Face gets outshone A LOT when he does collabs.
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Post by: ABN on May 13, 2009, 01:30:45 AM
mainstream u prolly can argue yeah..IMO i say outcast lyric for lyric.. face ain't seeing big or Dre

but Texas underground... k-rino got the best catalog to date in Texas...nigga got classics the mainstream hasn't heard till this day


yeah Kīs raw with it, by the way. am i the only one that likes Ganksta Nip around here? i haven't met another person in my life that likes him.


Ganksta Nip is tight. K-Rino got some shit,but I wouldn't go as far as saying he's up there with Face.  ;)



i heard a long time ago.. big mello when he was on rap-a-lot.. was the only nigga to not have ft's from anyone.. kuz they aint wanna let him put k-rino on bone hard or wegonefunk.. forgot which one it was..

i miss Big Mello, dude was dope as hell and he seemed like a really nice person. and he definently had an eye for a talent coz he fucked with the Maab waaay back in the gap.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: westside159 on May 13, 2009, 01:39:02 AM
the greatest rapper ever ?  come on buddy , your doin too much with that statement .    he is maybe in the top 25
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: westside159 on May 13, 2009, 01:40:52 AM
Scarface Best song of his career  = Never Seen A Man Cry  &   Smile   8) 8)
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: ABN on May 13, 2009, 01:44:30 AM
Scarface Best song of his career  = Never Seen A Man Cry  &   Smile   8) 8)
Never Saw A Man Cry is one of the best songs ever recorded by a rapper.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: K.Dub on May 13, 2009, 04:45:22 AM
No Tears is so fucking dope!

http://www.youtube.com/watch/v/vR_RW857ecA
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: D1G1T4L on May 13, 2009, 12:08:02 PM
whats k Rino best album?
whats his best commercial album?
whats his best album beat wise?
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: 3rd Coast on May 13, 2009, 12:54:49 PM


1. imo its a 3way tie hit list, k-rino and book number 7

2. too underground to be commercial..

3. i never checked k's album for the beats.. on the real any real k-rino fan check the lyrics and not the beat..beats dont make em.. if u lookin for a rino album for beats.. stick to jammin face..


http://www.youtube.com//v/Wtk44hCYk4Q

face could never come up wit no shit like this..and its reason he never really fucked wit em.. face would get ate..


 



Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Let's Get Down on June 19, 2009, 01:57:45 PM
"On my Grind" Ft. Z-Ro is sick 8).......ALso feelin "Hand of the Dead Body"
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: OG Hack Wilson on June 19, 2009, 02:04:16 PM
rappers better in alphabetical order:

2pac
Big Daddy Kane
Big L
Big Punisher
Crooked i
Eminem (in his prime)
Guru
GZA
Kool G Rap
KRS-1
Kurupt
Notorious big
Ice cube
Proof
Rakim
Redman




don't get me wrong, i LIKE scarface better than some of those, but his talent as an emcee doesn't hit me.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Let's Get Down on June 19, 2009, 03:00:37 PM
rappers better in alphabetical order:

2pac
Big Daddy Kane
Big L
Big Punisher
Crooked i
Eminem (in his prime)
Guru
GZA
Kool G Rap
KRS-1
Kurupt
Notorious big
Ice cube
Proof
Rakim
Redman




don't get me wrong, i LIKE scarface better than some of those, but his talent as an emcee doesn't hit me.

How bout Kurupt in HIS prime?

Big L
Big Punisher
Guru
GZA
Proof

^^^
those cats ain't Face's level.

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his talent as an emcee doesn't hit me

you're right,Face ain't a MC MC... but he can flip it,and REALLY ill too. Just check his verse on Devin's The Dude album... ohh wee,he kills it.


Big L not on his level?? I don't get it...L's the best ever imo
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Chamillitary Click on June 19, 2009, 03:03:26 PM
L is definatly in Face's league.

& Kane, Hack said Kurupt already (in his list); but agreed that he is better than Face.

Proof, Guru & GZA are not better than Face though lol.


Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: OchoCinco on June 19, 2009, 03:04:30 PM
He's great but not the greatest.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Chamillitary Click on June 19, 2009, 03:06:57 PM
He's great but not the greatest.

well put.

if you're a big fan of his music i can see you sayin' he's top 10, but to call him the greatest sounds a little biased to me.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Invincible on June 19, 2009, 03:48:58 PM
L is definatly in Face's league.

& Kane, Hack said Kurupt already (in his list); but agreed that he is better than Face.

Proof, Guru & GZA are not better than Face though lol.




Nothing funny about GZA. He's fucking ill. I would put him above Face.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Let's Get Down on June 19, 2009, 03:52:41 PM
L is definatly in Face's league.

& Kane, Hack said Kurupt already (in his list); but agreed that he is better than Face.

Proof, Guru & GZA are not better than Face though lol.




i was tryna point out that Kurupt is not in his prime anymore, along with Eminem...but he was one of the g.o.a.t.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Chamillitary Click on June 19, 2009, 03:54:52 PM
L is definatly in Face's league.

& Kane, Hack said Kurupt already (in his list); but agreed that he is better than Face.

Proof, Guru & GZA are not better than Face though lol.




i was tryna point out that Kurupt is not in his prime anymore, along with Eminem...but he was one of the g.o.a.t.

oh, no doubt.

Slim & Kurupt in their primes >>> Face.

L is definatly in Face's league.

& Kane, Hack said Kurupt already (in his list); but agreed that he is better than Face.

Proof, Guru & GZA are not better than Face though lol.




Nothing funny about GZA. He's fucking ill. I would put him above Face.

not sayin' he isn't sick but Face is better than GZA, in my opinon anyway.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: OG Hack Wilson on June 19, 2009, 03:55:23 PM
chamil - Proof at his best DESTROYS scarface at his best


scarface bar for bar would be easily outmatched
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Chamillitary Click on June 19, 2009, 04:24:48 PM
chamil - Proof at his best DESTROYS scarface at his best

youtube me "Proof at his best"; also, solo? or his verses on D-12?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SmQ0awd7-U

i think that is some GREAT shit, but it might just be as good as Scarface's best.

but show me; maybe you'll make a believer out of me. ;)

EDIT: could be my favorite Proof song; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx1ee_6fH60 8)
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: K.Dub on June 19, 2009, 04:30:26 PM
Lol at Kurupt and Proof is mentioned in the same breath as Face.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Chamillitary Click on June 19, 2009, 04:33:24 PM
Lol at Kurupt and Proof is mentioned in the same breath as Face.

not even Kurupt in his prime? really...?
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: OG Hack Wilson on June 19, 2009, 04:45:50 PM
Lol at Kurupt and Proof is mentioned in the same breath as Face.

you finna tell me you'd take Scarface over Kurupt 1993-2000?


and Chamill, you got AIM?  ill send ya some mp3's if ya do
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Chamillitary Click on June 19, 2009, 04:47:39 PM
^yeah, check my profile.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Chad Vader on June 19, 2009, 05:16:32 PM
Lol at Kurupt is mentioned in the same breath as Face.

They can't be compared. Kurupt is a MC,Face is a "storyteller rapper". So I can see where Hack is going. But Face can spit MC shit too,but he hardly does. (Check his verse on Devin's The Dude album).
So clearly Hack prefer MC's over storytellers,nothing to get mad about.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: OG Hack Wilson on June 19, 2009, 05:22:44 PM
Lol at Kurupt is mentioned in the same breath as Face.

They can't be compared. Kurupt is a MC,Face is a "storyteller rapper". So I can see where Hack is going. But Face can spit MC shit too,but he hardly does. (Check his verse on Devin's The Dude album).
So clearly Hack prefer MC's over storytellers,nothing to get mad about.



+1  i LOVE scarface's music for sure....it's just that when you throw him on a song with lyricists 2pac (Smile) or Crooked I (Gangsta Rap from Too Gangsta 4 Radio) he sounds average at times.... it's like when you take him away from his element (borderline horrorcore songs with Geto Boys over grimey or funky beats) he can't keep up with certain elite rappers


Scarface has spit some great shit over the years and I'm fully aware...but his ceiling isn't the highest compared to atleast 10 guys i listed
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Lunatic on June 19, 2009, 05:37:09 PM
rappers better in alphabetical order:

2pac
Big Daddy Kane
Big L
Big Punisher
Crooked i
Eminem (in his prime)
Guru
GZA
Kool G Rap
KRS-1
Kurupt
Notorious big
Ice cube
Proof
Rakim
Redman




don't get me wrong, i LIKE scarface better than some of those, but his talent as an emcee doesn't hit me.
LMAO, some of this list is a joke sorry to say my man

Big Pun put out what? 2 albums? Scarface has a disco that is way longer and overall MUCH better
Crooked I is a great MC but has never put out a single project - no way he can be considered better than someone with a disco as deep as Face (15 albums?)
Eminem's last few albums have been a total joke
Kurupt has a pretty weak discography


I guess my thing is I don't just consider TALENT but what you do with your talent, and how that transforms into the making of actual good music - And no rapper has made as good music with so much music being consistent as Face.

Is some of that list better MC's than Face? Easily. Have any single one of them transferred that into a resume as decorated as Face? not even close at all.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: OG Hack Wilson on June 19, 2009, 05:38:40 PM
it's about who was better at their best, NOT WHO PUT OUT MORE CD'S AFTER THEIR PRIME ENDED


Big Punisher is a top 5 emcee ever....how some people don't know this is beyond me.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Chad Vader on June 19, 2009, 05:45:03 PM
Lol at Kurupt is mentioned in the same breath as Face.

They can't be compared. Kurupt is a MC,Face is a "storyteller rapper". So I can see where Hack is going. But Face can spit MC shit too,but he hardly does. (Check his verse on Devin's The Dude album).
So clearly Hack prefer MC's over storytellers,nothing to get mad about.



+1  i LOVE scarface's music for sure....it's just that when you throw him on a song with lyricists 2pac (Smile) or Crooked I (Gangsta Rap from Too Gangsta 4 Radio) he sounds average at times.... it's like when you take him away from his element (borderline horrorcore songs with Geto Boys over grimey or funky beats) he can't keep up with certain elite rappers


Scarface has spit some great shit over the years and I'm fully aware...but his ceiling isn't the highest compared to atleast 10 guys i listed

you got my point,but in the end there's no point in comparing MC's to storytellers. What I believe Luna is saying,is that Face as a strong catalog of ALBUMS,maybe even the best. Few of the cats on your list can match the quality Face has put down on SO MANY albums...
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Moe on June 19, 2009, 08:22:10 PM
thats a steep claim. i did like the fix though.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Chamillitary Click on June 19, 2009, 09:35:00 PM
maybe you could say, "Scarface is the greatest artist of all time"; with the disco. & all.

but lyric for lyric, he is not the best in many peoples books.

"most accomplished artist"? :P

when i think of "greatest rapper" it doesn't necessarily mean their success, but how well they could kill it on the mic.

Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Chad Vader on June 19, 2009, 09:46:06 PM
maybe you could say, "Scarface is the greatest artist of all time"; with the disco. & all.

but lyric for lyric,he is not the best in many peoples books.

"most accomplished artist"? :P

when i think of "greatest rapper" it doesn't necessarily mean their success,but how well they could kill it on the mic.

I co-sign that.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: D-Nice on June 19, 2009, 09:50:57 PM
That is the craziest thing about music. Some of the most celebrated artists of all time are not the best or even the most prolific. I will say this, Face has a very consistent catalog, really no weak album in the bunch. Few MCs can say or do that.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Lunatic on June 19, 2009, 11:48:11 PM
What I believe Luna is saying,is that Face as a strong catalog of ALBUMS,maybe even the best. Few of the cats on your list can match the quality Face has put down on SO MANY albums...
exactly..the best catalog therefore making him the best rapper imo..
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: K.Dub on June 20, 2009, 03:45:33 AM
Kurupt was really good rapper in the 90's. I can say that without even be a fan of him nor the Dogg Pound, but these last years he's been throwing too many "big" words out making them rhyme, thinking it's smart as hell.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: ABN on June 21, 2009, 07:12:24 AM
Kurupt was really good rapper in the 90's. I can say that without even be a fan of him nor the Dogg Pound, but these last years he's been throwing too many "big" words out making them rhyme, thinking it's smart as hell.
i disagree, Kurupt used way more advanced words early in his career and what he said actually made sense back then.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Moe on June 21, 2009, 07:44:26 AM
Kurupt was really good rapper in the 90's. I can say that without even be a fan of him nor the Dogg Pound, but these last years he's been throwing too many "big" words out making them rhyme, thinking it's smart as hell.
i disagree, Kurupt used way more advanced words early in his career and what he said actually made sense back then.
thats what crack will do to someone
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: K.Dub on June 21, 2009, 09:42:39 AM
Kurupt was really good rapper in the 90's. I can say that without even be a fan of him nor the Dogg Pound, but these last years he's been throwing too many "big" words out making them rhyme, thinking it's smart as hell.
i disagree, Kurupt used way more advanced words early in his career and what he said actually made sense back then.

Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Paul on June 22, 2009, 02:45:21 PM
thats a steep claim. i did like the fix though.


yeah, dont think you can really say opinions are facts


never eally got into Scarface to be honest so couldnt make a fair judgment on his albums


Cubes the greatest imo, 4 classic solos, 2 classic group albums and wrote some of the greatest and most influencial hip hop records of all time
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Chad Vader on June 22, 2009, 03:58:42 PM
thats a steep claim

yeah,dont think you can really say opinions are facts
eeehh,that's right... but this ain't fact either;
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Cubes the greatest imo,4 classic solos,2 classic group albums

so...
and luna never said that it is a fact did he?
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Paul on June 22, 2009, 04:04:51 PM
thats a steep claim

yeah,dont think you can really say opinions are facts
eeehh,that's right... but this ain't fact either;
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Cubes the greatest imo,4 classic solos,2 classic group albums

so...
and luna never said that it is a fact did he?


thats why i put imo


And he does say fact in the original post
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Dre-Day on June 23, 2009, 05:04:05 AM
ok,my bad if he did (and you).
But as I see and co-sign his point though (see a couple of posts above),but shit will always be subjective... so there's not really any point with all these greatest/best threads.
exactly
Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Paul on June 23, 2009, 06:56:36 AM
ok,my bad if he did (and you).
But as I see and co-sign his point though (see a couple of posts above),but shit will always be subjective... so there's not really any point with all these greatest/best threads.
exactly

I hate them, theres another who the top 3 best west coast rappers of all time thread on the main board

Title: Re: Scarface is the greatest rapper of all time.
Post by: Dre-Day on June 23, 2009, 09:41:58 AM
ok,my bad if he did (and you).
But as I see and co-sign his point though (see a couple of posts above),but shit will always be subjective... so there's not really any point with all these greatest/best threads.
exactly

I hate them, theres another who the top 3 best west coast rappers of all time thread on the main board
yeah, thanks to those topics, great topics disappear from the frontpage very quickly :P