Lyricism. Delivery. Subject Matter. Flow.

[BonillaIce]

HEY!!! IONO BOUT YALL BUT IM ADDIN 4 MORE CATEGORIES TO THIS... CUZ THERES ALOT MORE THAT MAKES A COMPLETE EMCEE....

Lyricism:

Delivery:

Subject Matter:

Flow:

STLYE:

ORIGINALITY:

BUSINESS SENSE:

STREET CRED:

N WHEN I SAY STREET CRED I AIN'T TALKIN THEM HAVIN TO BE SUPER GANGSTA BANG BANG SHOOT EM UP... IM TALKIN JUST BEIN REAL WITH WHO THEY ARE, PERIOD...

I can see adding originality and maybe style, but business sense and street cred? What do business skills have to do with being an MC...at all? Business sense or skill should have zero merit when it comes go grading a rapper.

Heres a new one.

Kid Cudi:

Lyricism: 8

Delivery:8

Subject Matter: 10

Flow: 7

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[strangefruit]

Jay Electronica...

And some of yall cats are worse then them B.E.T judges on the top 10 of the 21st Century

And how do you measure " Street Cred" , if thats the case Lil Boosie gets a 40 off of that alone.

 

[nyy132]

The New age of Hip Hop

Kid Dudi

Lyricism: 8

Delivery:8.5

Subject Matter: 10

Flow: 7

STLYE:9

ORIGINALITY:way over 10

BUSINESS SENSE:8

STREET CRED:4

64.5/80 (My Fav. artist right now)

J. Cole

Lyricism: 9

Delivery:10

Subject Matter:9

Flow: 10

STLYE:6

ORIGINALITY:5

BUSINESS SENSE:3

STREET CRED:5

57/80 (His hunger on his records alone puts his flow and delivery way over 10)

Drake

Lyricism:8

Delivery:9

Subject Matter:7

Flow: 6

STLYE:8

ORIGINALITY:9

BUSINESS SENSE:8

STREET CRED:6

61/80 (His flow is cool but he sounds the same on every record to me. If you disagree with these #'s thinking they should be lower-->There's a reason why he's one of the hottest rappers right now

Big Sean

Lyricism: 9

Delivery:6

Subject Matter:4

Flow: 7

STLYE:7

ORIGINALITY:8

BUSINESS SENSE:3

STREET CRED:6

51/80 (Big Sean got punchlines for days but most of his songs are boring to me)

Wale

Lyricism:8

Delivery:6

Subject Matter:9

Flow: 8

STLYE:10

ORIGINALITY:8

BUSINESS SENSE:3

STREET CRED:7

59/80 (BTW whoever got a 3 in business sense is cause they haven't done anything huge in that category)

Asher Roth

Lyricism: 8

Delivery:9

Subject Matter: 7

Flow: 8

STLYE:0

ORIGINALITY:4

BUSINESS SENSE:3

STREET CRED:0

39/80 (Roth is still nice)

Wiz Khalifa

Lyricism:7

Delivery:5

Subject Matter: 6

Flow: 6

STLYE:6

ORIGINALITY:7

BUSINESS SENSE:7

STREET CRED:8

52/80 (Haven't heard a whole lot from him honestly but on the business point of view, he's creating his own buzz and its pretty big)

B.O.B.

Lyricism:8

Delivery:9

Subject Matter:10

Flow: 10

STLYE:8

ORIGINALITY:10

BUSINESS SENSE:8

STREET CRED:1

64/80 (He's like my 3rd or 4th favorite out this list but its hard not to disagree with these numbers)

Nicky Minaj

Lyricism:8

Delivery:10

Subject Matter: 3

Flow: 10

STLYE:10

ORIGINALITY:10

BUSINESS SENSE:3

STREET CRED:10

64/80 (She's the most animated rapper male or female that i've ever heard. To me she tops ODB and Busta Rhymes in that sense. As for street cred, Every girl wants to be her and every guy wants to fuck her)

 

[snappa]

Read alot of dumb shit in this thread but the one that made me bust a gut laughing was the cat from Degrassi getting a 6 in street cred.

Still ROFL'ing about that shit.

 

[MilosK]

eminem

lyricism: 11
delivery: 10
subject matter: 10
flow: 10
stlye: 10
originality: 10
business sense: 10
street cred: 10

81/80

Top 5 Ever:

1. Tupac
2. Eminem
3. Nas
4. NWA
5. Wu-Tang

 

[dankusmellymuch]

J. Cole has better subject matter and lyricism than you think. Canibus is a Hardcore Cornball. Nas and Biggie are great but overrated.

 

[dankusmellymuch]

Subject Matter is at best a 5. Let's be serious, dude either raps about some goofy shit, like "Kim Kardashian's a man." or some vulgar shit like, "bend over and take it like a slut, okay ma." Occasionally, he'll have a meaningful song, but only on occasion.

Lyricism is 6. Subject Manner is 6. Too many "niggas" and random bars about girls to give him that high of a number on subject manner.

Lyricism is 7. He just has impeccable flow, so it makes okay bars sound hot.

Cosign, even though I would give him a 40.

...Now my turn...

Canibus

Lyricism- 12

Delivery- 6

Subject Manner- 9

Flow- 8

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*per my reply

 

[coonuncooned]

Eminem

LYRICISM: 10

DELIVERY: 9

SUBJECT MATTER: 2

FLOW: 8

STLYE: 6

ORIGINALITY: 7

BUSINESS SENSE: 3

STREET CRED: -10

 

[innercity99]

AIGHT HERE IS A REAL 1

JAY-Z

Lyricism: 9

Delivery: 10

Subject Matter: 8

Flow: 10

Overall: 37

C/S^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

[innercity99]

Drop lyricism to 8. He's good but not great. Also, drop subject matter to 7. He addresses the same topics a little too much. Also, he seems to have a problem with the female gender (at least in his early songs). He's always attacking women.

...

Ghostface

Lyricism 9

Delivery 10

Subject Matter 10

Flow 9

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I think u crazy if u actually think ghostface is nicer then Jay and what exactly are the different topics he talk about 4 u 2 give him a 10 for subject matter?

 

[thedarkprince]

Lil B

LYRICISM: N/A
DELIVERY: N/A
SUBJECT MATTER: N/A
FLOW: N/A
STLYE: 3
ORIGINALITY: 10
BUSINESS SENSE: 10
STREET CRED: 7

30/80

 

[thedarkprince]

Canibus

LYRICISM: 10
DELIVERY: 7
SUBJECT MATTER: 8
FLOW: 6
STLYE: 6
ORIGINALITY: 10
BUSINESS SENSE: N/A
STREET CRED: 7

54/80

 

[HIT_EM_UP]

Lloyd Banks

Lyricism: 9

Delivery: 9

Subject Matter: 4

Flow: 10

Overall: 32

People gonna hate this but Banks is deserving of top 5 or 10. Subject Matter could be a 5, its the only area he lacks though.

 

[thedarkprince]

Lil Wayne

LYRICISM: 9
DELIVERY: 10
SUBJECT MATTER: N/A
FLOW: 9
STLYE: 10
ORIGINALITY: 10
BUSINESS SENSE: 9
STREET CRED: 7

64/80

 

[thedarkprince]

I am drawn to artists who really use their creativity in their music. Artist who's lyrics are practically the most poetic that I have ever heard and their songs paint pictures with perfect imagery...that's what I want to capture in my craft and my music...Art is life...vision is knowing...feeling is living...and people can be inspiration...and all of you inspire me to make Art!!!!

I do this for you guys...hoping that my music can bring you joy, inspiration, peace of mind, understanding etc.

Leamy...

Watch me using the Youtube link below



Pic:

Youtube link:
The Jamerikan

LYRICISM: 3
DELIVERY: N/A
SUBJECT MATTER: 6
FLOW: N/A
STLYE: N/A
ORIGINALITY: N/A
BUSINESS SENSE: N/A
STREET CRED: Niggas a snitch...!!!!

9/80...

 

[bronxbomber1]

chino xl

l - 8

d - 5

s - 8

f - 4

 

[quietaskept]

T.I, Bun B, Pimp C, Paul Wall, Trick Daddy?

 

[nyy132]

Read alot of dumb shit in this thread but the one that made me bust a gut laughing was the cat from Degrassi getting a 6 in street cred.

Still ROFL'ing about that shit.

IMO You gotta have some buzz on the streets if your mixtape ends up winning a grammy.

 

[nyy132]

T.I.

Lyrics: 7
Delivery:8
Style:9
Flow:9
Originality:7
Business Sense:15 - 10(for being stupid and letting the endorsements go)= 5
Street Cred: 9

 

[genocide_cutter]

Sicktanick

Lyricism 5

Delivery 6

Subject Matter 10

Flow 6

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Razor Ruckus

Lyricism 6

Delivery 8

Subject Matter 10

Flow 9

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