2012 LYRICIST/EMCEE OF THE YEAR

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I'd have to go with Nas. He killed his features that shit on Khaled's album was crazy, he killed it on Wayne's album and some other features I didn't mention.

Even though you can make an argument for Kendrick, I'll take Nas bar for bar being more potent. And to me listening to both albums I think it's clear Nas is better just from a lyrics stand point.

Also think Lupe deserves mention too. Maybe people weren't feeling the music as a whole but lyrically he's ridiculous. You can't just ignore tracks like Put Em Up and Form Follows Function and say he fell off. I think it's more likely that people weren't feeling the content and direction he went with.
 
Jay-Z shouldn't even be on the list. He's really fallen off. The feature on Ross album and Clique were underwhelming.

On WTT he wasn't that nice either only on a few tracks like Murder to Excellence and New Day. Everything else was pretty average considering its Jay.
 
Nas easily.. He doesn't butcher his grammar with phrases like "ran my bumper into corvette".. Dude does anything to force his bars to fit. Almost as bad as eminem changing the pronunciation of words to force a rhyme scheme..
 
mdot;5306399 said:
Jay-Z shouldn't even be on the list. He's really fallen off. The feature on Ross album and Clique were underwhelming.

On WTT he wasn't that nice either only on a few tracks like Murder to Excellence and New Day. Everything else was pretty average considering its Jay.

LOL .. Jay fell off?

Jay's next album will be highly anticipated, and i'm sure he can still make a classic.

 
mdot;5306399 said:
Jay-Z shouldn't even be on the list. He's really fallen off. The feature on Ross album and Clique were underwhelming.

On WTT he wasn't that nice either only on a few tracks like Murder to Excellence and New Day. Everything else was pretty average considering its Jay.

yo i aint even a Jay fan and he's not even in my top 10 of all times, but until that old nigga retire every year his name is going to be mention...
 
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Nas

Kendrick Lamar had album of the year, but the combination of NAS' overall body of work in 2012 is superior to Kendrick's when you include the totality of album + guest features on mixtapes and other albums. Nas' was a monster on the guest verses all year, and Kendrick simply isn't at all.
 
YoungGoldie;5303995 said:
K.Dot had the best album imo, but Nas was the MC of the year cuz he dropped the 2nd best album of the year imo, and was dropping classic guest features....

Did not see your post before I voted or replied, but this is accurate.

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andre_1024;5303791 said:
Ab Soul is 3rd behind Kendrick & Nas imo..you can make the case for either 3 tho..

I'm not sure if Ab-Soul is seeing Lupe like that.

No, no he is not and it's not even close at all. I love Lupe's and Herbert's music, but Lupe's one of the all-time GOATS and if you think Control System is better than F&L than maybe, I would just disagree with people who would think that. Lyrically Lupe is just superior.

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SiriuslyHiii;5304032 said:
I'm not sure if Ab-Soul is seeing Lupe like that.

Idk man..Lupe did his thing on F&L2, but Control System was still better and Ab had more/better features then Lupe..plus Ab is a better lyricist then ppl give him credit for imo

Naw, if anything he gets a lot of his filler overlooked. I think he puts out too much filler and his potential is greater than what we've seen. He can be one of the GOATS if he cut the filler, and his features are hit or miss. In that camp, out of Black Hippy, only Jay Rock really kills almost every feature. Plus his BET Backroom verse, BET Cypher verse, and Dre Headphones verse were all wack to me. I honestly believe the latter was simply because he tries to dumb-down for the masses, which I find ironic.
 
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Kanye nicer than jay at this point and ye don't even belong in this convo atleast this year so that means jay really don't belong even more.
 

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