KamPushMe;c-9668387 said:
Look at you niggas. I'm hater now?? Smfh. Pac is in my top 5. He is the most iconic rapper that has ever walked on this earth. No one ever will eclipse him no doubt. He has 3 albums that are arguably in the top 10. All this true, but let's not forget the basis of joeys statement. He said bar for bar he out rap pac. This is believable. Joey Badass is a lyrical rapper. Pac isn't as clever as joey when it comes to wordplay and double meanings. That doesn't mean joey a better rapper just because of that. Pac, obviously, is the better overall rapper.
They not gonna hear you bruh.....lol. I don't really listen to Joey so I can't cosign his claim, but I do agree that there are a shitload of rappers who are "
lyrically...bar for bar" better than Pac. The problem is everybody gets all in their feels whenever Pac's greatness is questioned in any way, shape or form. Pac wasn't a slouch on the mic either....but he wasn't a "Joe Budden"...."ohhh did you hear what he said" type of lyricist either.
A person says.....
"So and so is lyrically better than Pac"
Niggas hear.....
"So and so is better than Pac"
Their are plenty of technical lyricists who are leaps and bounds above Pac from a lyrical standpoint. However Pac wasn't great because of his "lyricism" or ability to awe mfs w/ all sorts of crazy metaphors/entendres/etc. His appeal and greatness came from his ability to connect w/ the listener on an emotional level and capture their hearts/minds/etc. No other rapper in history was/is better than Pac in that respect...imo.