I know it may hurt some feelings but Cee-Lo is better than your fave by a lot.

[qawshun]

ya'll come up with more bs than any other site i've been on smh

 

[white715]

I wonder if Cee-Lo was from NY I wonder if yall south niggas would be amping him up cuz really I see alot of him in Lupe ? Cee-lo definetly one of the best in the game but true is the is no best in the game right now there is a handful of cats that would be at the top tho and he is one of them.

 

[The Lonious Monk]

ya'll come up with more bs than any other site i've been on smh

Thanks for the quality addition to the discussion. We've dropped verses, songs, and album credits to support the argument. If you disagree that's fine, but at least put something to support your side.

 

[The Lonious Monk]

I wonder if Cee-Lo was from NY I wonder if yall south niggas would be amping him up cuz really I see alot of him in Lupe ? Cee-lo definetly one of the best in the game but true is the is no best in the game right now there is a handful of cats that would be at the top tho and he is one of them.

I live in the South, but most of the rappers I listen to are from up North. The fact that I do listen to a lot of NY rap is why I feel like I can say for sure he's better than them.

 

[Hip-Hop One]

Definitely one of the best, doesn't get the respect he should.

 

[grumpy_new_yorker]

.negative.

 

[Age187]

Better than Kweli? Maybe; it depends on what you mean. Cee-Lo's a good rapper, no doubt, but his real talent is his versatility and vision.

 

[qawshun]

Thanks for the quality addition to the discussion. We've dropped verses, songs, and album credits to support the argument. If you disagree that's fine, but at least put something to support your side.

I put it like this i give dudes credit when their music actually catches me the only thing i like from cee lo was the joint with goodie mob first album and in due time with outkast other than that i don't see what ya'll see, he's a better version of nate dog. it's like the same thing with lupe dudes say he's so great i listen to the tracks ya'll post up and the shit be trash just my opinion. But if you feel dude is better than my fav mc i'd have to strongly disagree

 

[innercity99]

His average verse have way more meaning than anything Jay has ever dropped.

His lyrics are realer than all of Nas' stuff.

He has more raw ability than Pac.

He is much more versatile with his subject matter than Biggie.

He can make a raw verse that doesn't involve beefing with someone unlike Eminem.

I could go on for just about every big time rapper out there, but I'll let his lyrics speak from him. Here are just a few examples from Soul Food alone.

Thought Process

Sometimes I don't even know how I'm gon' eat

'Bout twenty dollars away from being on the street

Shit, you might see a nigga on tv

But hell it's almost like I'm rappin' for free

That little money be gone...got dammit, I'm grown

I gotta help keep the heat and tights on

It would be nice to have mo' but I kinda like being po'

At least I know what my friends here fo'

I wanna lie to you sometimes, but I can't

I wanna tell you that it's all good, but it ain't

It's nigga's hurtin' and uncertain about if they gon' make it or not

That's why we got nigga's killing

Feelin like they coming up off a little dope they sold

You can get some gold but we won't make it as a whole

Cause without you there'd be no me

And without no unity there will never be any happiness

You could smoke a pound of sess and it still won't relieve yo' stress

God bless my...thought process

Live at the O.M.N.I.

Is it you don't know? Is it they don't show?

If it is, then realize them crackers don't owe you no explanation

Yo' hesitation to learn the truth will be yo' extermination

That's why we gotta put the bullshit to rest

Excuse me, I'm 'bout to get some shit off my chest

Niggas is still dying it aint' no excuse

A.I.D.S. got it where a nigga can't reproduce

Niggas don't wanna listen when you tell it like it is

Can't even get his own cause you worried 'bout his

Regardless where you from I'm your got-damn brother

We ain't never ever gon' make it without each other

Seek and you'll find but we gon' stay lost until...

One Million Niggas Inside this frame of mind...

Goodie Bag

First of all, I stand a little more than five feet tall

But we can still brawl nigga, I ain't scared at all

I guess you niggas don't know or can't see

That it ain't even wise steppin' to me incorrectly

But yet still when nigga's feel they can deal

I will split yo' ass up for real

Cause we the maniacs with the chunky Goodie sac's

No I don't carry an ax, but I still swing low with the lumber jax, tracks

Are being made by Organo-i-z-e

While we coolin' in the shade ain't gettin paid

For chillin, illin' willin' to do what I got to do

To come thru your speaker

Cee-Lo, he will never come weaker

Uniquer than a lot of emcees out today

Because I'm more than careful about what I say

When I pick up a microphone it's on

Them better leave me alone, I'm in my zone

Prone to snap if you offer me a chance

Like it when them chunky hoes can dance

I'll enhance the microphone when it's in my grip, I do not slip

I can't forget my nigga's Jo, T-Mo, and Gipp

Ha, ha, ha, well Great Scott, is he a thief?

It seems like he has a mouth fulla gold teeth

I smile because your eyes can't take the glare

But Cee-Lo, him don't care, I cut off all my hair

And everybody stop and stare when we come in the place

And I can get on the mic wit no time to waste

Get right up in yo' face, kick the flavor you taste

And when I'm on the microphone it's a damn disgrace

How you don't comprehend what I'm saying to you

And I'm the C, the double E from the Goodie Mo Crew

I'm coming thru, I'm comin' true, ooh I can't even stop

It's Cee-Lo B, I'm down wit that nigga pop, pop, pop and my nigga Mike L

And Bert P and my nigga Pretty Ken, you know he down wit me

We from Atlanta, G-A, that is where we stay

I'm diggin all in the Goodie Bag each 'n ever day

Ooooh shit!!

I Didn't Ask to Come

As he laid in the final resting place

He had such a peaceful expression in his face

My visions blurry from crying

But it aint hard to see that

At any time it coulda been me

It's about 90 degrees outside

But yet it feels like i'm froze

The ceremonies come to a close

I toss a rose but just can't seem to walk away yet

Damn I done fucked around and got upset

But it aint nothing we can do

It's bigger than me and you

One day our time coming too

So aint no use in being sad

Leaving here was probably the best gift he ever had

We should be glad

Maybe his life was something

That he had to give to show me

That I need to be responsible about how I live

I won't complain about my pain

But I just aint gone let my niggas die in vain

So Bean I'm gone make it for you

The cycle that these young black men keep goin through

I'm gone break it for you

And start takin care of me

And me consist of all my friends and my family

From now on, until I'm gone.

Don't let me go to Still Standing, or his solos, or his featurings or B-Sides. On the real, nobody really fuckin wit Lo.

R u serious or r u just jokin???? Cee Lo is nice don't get me wrong but nicer then all those artist u just named is reachin. He has good lyrics but he flow/delivery is silk the shocker like lls and he more nice on the poetry tip and not so much on the lyrical mc tip he must be the souths own personal pleasure. Cause I'm not feelin dude like that he not even the nicest in the south that would be 3000

 

[Ibex]

R u serious or r u just jokin???? Cee Lo is nice don't get me wrong but nicer then all those artist u just named is reachin. He has good lyrics but he flow/delivery is silk the shocker like lls and he more nice on the poetry tip and not so much on the lyrical mc tip he must be the souths own personal pleasure. Cause I'm not feelin dude like that he not even the nicest in the south that would be 3000

LMAO @ bolded Cee-lo do got the Silk the Shocker flow....but for real 3000, Bun B, and TI would murder Cee Lo easy

 

[innercity99]

Lls yea I don't know wut these niggas be hearin when they be makin these outlandish statements but I just don't hear it and I'm not no ny nigga that hate on the south I'm not even in ny I'm from down the street from u in oxon hill

 

[The Lonious Monk]

Ya'll niggas wildin'. Better version of Nate Dog? How does that make sense, Cee-Lo actually raps and does it well, so where does the comparison to Nate Dog even come from? Silk the Shocker flow? Silk has to be one of the worst rappers in every category. Putting Lo on Silk's level in anything is out of line. Honestly don't know what you are talking about with the bad flow. Someone needs to give me an example of where he rides the beat horribly.

All that aside, if you look at my first post, I was clearly talking more about lyrical content and depth as an MC than flow anyways. I didn't say he spit harder than anyone. A couple people said they don't hear what I'm talking about. Do you dudes even listen to lyrics or do you just like beats and the rappers tonal qualities as they ride the beat. If you can't see how well he laces his verses and understand how real the shit he says is, then I don't know what to tell you. SMH @ some of these niggas piling on his delivery and ignoring the lyrical content.

 

[drunkenone]

He's still not better than my boy Andre' 3000.

 

[innercity99]

Ya'll niggas wildin'. Better version of Nate Dog? How does that make sense, Cee-Lo actually raps and does it well, so where does the comparison to Nate Dog even come from? Silk the Shocker flow? Silk has to be one of the worst rappers in every category. Putting Lo on Silk's level in anything is out of line. Honestly don't know what you are talking about with the bad flow. Someone needs to give me an example of where he rides the beat horribly.

All that aside, if you look at my first post, I was clearly talking more about lyrical content and depth as an MC than flow anyways. I didn't say he spit harder than anyone. A couple people said they don't hear what I'm talking about. Do you dudes even listen to lyrics or do you just like beats and the rappers tonal qualities as they ride the beat. If you can't see how well he laces his verses and understand how real the shit he says is, then I don't know what to tell you. SMH @ some of these niggas piling on his delivery and ignoring the lyrical content.

U don't hear it r u serious????? Its on every track he sounds like silk flow wise at least and his lyrics are good but like I said not on no rappin shit he sound like johhny cockern on some if the glove don't fit then u must aquit lls just ordinary rapper with something 2 say

 

[Yungin T. Jeezie]

LMAO @ bolded Cee-lo do got the Silk the Shocker flow....but for real 3000, Bun B, and TI would murder Cee Lo easy

T.I. cant murder Cee-Lo. T.I. is average ass hell in lyrics

 

[innercity99]

T.I. cant murder Cee-Lo. T.I. is average ass hell in lyrics

Nigga u trippin if u say t.I lyrics is average then who's who's lyrics is above average?? Cause I don't even think that nigga cee lo lyrics are above average

 

[Yungin T. Jeezie]

Nigga u trippin if u say t.I lyrics is average then who's who's lyrics is above average?? Cause I don't even think that nigga cee lo lyrics are above average

So you think T.I. is a lyricists?

Lol @ bolded

 

[pothead420]

believe it or not cee lo does alooooot of ghost writing dude is mad versatile

 

[innercity99]

So you think T.I. is a lyricists?

Lol @ bolded

Give me the realest shit or the hottest shit this nigga ever spit cause from what I heard from silk I mean cee lo its nothin 2 say ohh shit did u hear that

 

[a_list]

cee lo is cool son spits but dont get ahead of yaself