“Today’s MCs can’t even last a minute with the MCs from back in the day.”

[BackInWhite]

You need to go listen to the catalogs of Kool G Rap, Rakim, KRS, Big Daddy Kane, and then you'll understand his point

no, nigga
ain't no need to
that shit is so dated its fossilized
i was listenin to 'the bridge is over' the other day on xm radio
shit was so wack that i knew it was 1 of those "i had to be alive during this time period to appreciate it" type songs

 

[Mvpbrodie93]

I'm willing to argue for today's MC's...

the only 80's rapper that's fucking with guys like canibus, Lupe, eminem, mos def type dudes lyrically is rakim

 

[runningwolf1980]

shit is like compairing the 2010 mucielago to the 1984 mustang yeah that shit was hard in 84 but....................

 

[Mvpbrodie93]

big daddy kane...

Kane can't fuck with those niggaz lyrically

 

[runningwolf1980]

big daddy kane...

really nigga big daddy kane gonna out flow em? mos?!?!!?!? CANIBUS NIGAA!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?

 

[The Professional]

Crooked I is right in what he said, there are alot of 80s era MCs that could keep up with these cats are LL, G.Rap, Kane, Rakim, Tribe Called Quest, Slick Rick, MC Lyte, De La Soul, Cube

There are too many 90s era cats that>>>>>>>>>The newer school MCs.

With that said there are quite a few 2003-present cats who are putting in work, Kanye, Little Brother, Lupe, Jay Elec, Blu, Wiz Khalifa. They could hang in any decade of hiphop.

 

[wordsRweapons]

KRS-One would catch a body

 

[runningwolf1980]

KRS-One would catch a body

more like get bodied...wait he done got bodied

 

[master_mentor]

niggas can't be for real
a lotta these new lyrical niggas would shit on the old lyrical niggas
just cuz you did it first don't mean you did it the best
i personally think slaughterhouse would murk every 80s rapper named
shit
every 90s rapper as well
you can sit there with your emotions and memories and all that
but you can't honestly tell me that tupac is LYRICALLY fucking with them niggas
and i don't even like them dudes
i'm just usin them as an example
a nigga can't tell me biggie is LYRICALLY fuckin with lupe
you can't tell me that big daddy kane would murk nas on a song, in a battle, hell anywhere
eminem shits on krs
and niggas gon hate me for this
but ross is killin the mafioso rap right now
you niggas is just stuck on this "golden era" shit
not to say it wasn't golden
but niggas have progressed
at least some of the niggas anyway

Rakim=GOAT
Slick Rick is still the best storyteller

 

[gamezpog]

Its hard to compare unless u lived thru it. I can say it was, for me, the best in music...

Trying to compare the decades isn't really fair.

kane, krs, Rakim, PE, Poor Rigetious teachers... just too many to name...

All had an influence.

And 98% of their raps did not contain foul language- fact.

So while yall debate this, I'll sit back and enjoy what the 80s hip hop meant to me.

 

[5th Letter]

At least in the 90's the talented MC's were getting shine and the wackness was either NOT taken serious or was never put on to begin with. Now below average MC's are considered "lyrical" and half ass albums from rappers who use their beats as a crutch get labeled "classic". There are some artist from this past decade that can hang with the 90's cats (Eminem, Fabolous, Jadakiss, Lloyd Banks, Lupe) but for the most part none of these new niggas can touch those 90's rappers.

 

[runningwolf1980]

Its hard to compare unless u lived thru it. I can say it was, for me, the best in music...

Trying to compare the decades isn't really fair.

kane, krs, Rakim, PE, Poor Rigetious teachers... just too many to name...

All had an influence.

And 98% of their raps did not contain foul language- fact.

So while yall debate this, I'll sit back and enjoy what the 80s hip hop meant to me.

i was born in 1980 in baltimore md from birth till 18 i would spend my summers in brooklyn and im telling you yeah there are some pretty wack fucking "rappers" nowdays but this era's "best" would eat any mc from tha 80's

 

[BackInWhite]

i was born in 1980 in baltimore md from birth till 18 i would spend my summers in brooklyn and im telling you yeah there are some pretty wack fucking "rappers" nowdays but this era's "best" would eat any mc from tha 80's

is all that i'm sayin
niggas tryna bring waka flocka and all these other niggas into the equation
the BEST from NOW
would shit on ANY rapper from THEN
period.

 

[5th Letter]

Which rapper from now would shit on someone like Kool G Rap?

 

[Mvpbrodie93]

is all that i'm sayin

niggas tryna bring waka flocka and all these other niggas into the equation

the BEST from NOW

would shit on ANY rapper from THEN

period.

Who's the best lyricist alive?

 

[runningwolf1980]

Which rapper from now would shit on someone like Kool G Rap?

nas,jay,em,kanye,hell even waynes ol hit and miss ass...i know you feel differently but if all these mc's did a show tonite wont nobody in that crowd say kool g rap was better than any one of them

 

[wordsRweapons]

niggas can't be for real

a lotta these new lyrical niggas would shit on the old lyrical niggas

just cuz you did it first don't mean you did it the best

i personally think slaughterhouse would murk every 80s rapper named

shit

every 90s rapper as well

you can sit there with your emotions and memories and all that

but you can't honestly tell me that tupac is LYRICALLY fucking with them niggas

and i don't even like them dudes

i'm just usin them as an example

a nigga can't tell me biggie is LYRICALLY fuckin with lupe

you can't tell me that big daddy kane would murk nas on a song, in a battle, hell anywhere

eminem shits on krs

and niggas gon hate me for this

but ross is killin the mafioso rap right now

you niggas is just stuck on this "golden era" shit

not to say it wasn't golden

but niggas have progressed

at least some of the niggas anyway

I actually cosign all of this except for the Ross part. But yea, just because a rapper was a "pioneer" doesnt mean he was one of the best. It does make him a legend though. But thats it.

Your average MC back in the day is probably better than the average MC today. Thats mostly because we got a lot of niggas in hiphop nowdays that shouldnt even be rapping. This is mostly due to the mainstream success of rap and its merge with pop music. (all you need is a fruity loops beat and a new dance routine to make it big)

But the greats of today shit on the greats of yesterday. After all they learned from "the best" right?

 

[BackInWhite]

I actually cosign all of this except for the Ross part. But yea, just because a rapper was a "pioneer" doesnt mean he was one of the best. It does make him a legend though. But thats it.
Your average MC back in the day is probably better than the average MC today. Thats mostly because we got a lot of niggas in hiphop nowdays that shouldnt even be rapping. This is mostly due to the mainstream success of rap and its
But the greats of today shit on the greats of yesterday. After all they learned from "the best" right?

i don't have to say shit else in this thread

 

[5th Letter]

nas,jay,em,kanye,hell even waynes ol hit and miss ass...i know you feel differently but if all these mc's did a show tonite wont nobody in that crowd say kool g rap was better than any one of them

Are we talking pure raw rhyming or song making? Because I would give the edge to Nas, Jay, Kanye and Em in that regard, but if we're talking pure rhyming then G Rap would out rap many people in this era and not to mention he could out perform many on the stage as well. Smh at mentioning Wayne.

 

[Mvpbrodie93]

Are we talking pure raw rhyming or song making? Because I would give the edge to Nas, Jay, Kanye and Em in that regard, but if we're talking pure rhyming then G Rap would out rap many people in this era and not to mention he could out perform many on the stage as well. Smh at mentioning Wayne.

Grap is outrapping nas and eminem? Lupe? Canibus?