Over-Rated Rappers

[Shadows]

In your opinion who is over-rated and why?

Lyrically, Flow, Originality, Song diversity...etc...



West Coast:

Xzhibit. Dude has some good songs, but nothing was ever really awesome about him unless he was featured in songs, imo.

Don't get me started about The Game.

South:

Young Jeezy. Don't get me wrong. I think he's good, but to say shit like Me and T.I. "We [will be] Like Big & Jay, Pac & Snoop"

um. No. T.I. and Luda >>>> any day.


East Coast:

Call me names, but I think:

Jay Z is over-rated. No way he compares to Big and is better than Eminem. I see why he is a good artist, I just don't like people saying he is the best rapper alive. That's what makes him over-rated. Hell, right now, Lil Wayne > Jay-Z

I also never understood why Mobb Deep was so ill? A few nice songs and that was it.

 

[Bobby Sands]

I agree with Jay-z.

wouldnt say Mobb Deep were overrated though. Their first two albums are classics imo especially Hell On Earth.

 

[ImmortalTech]

lol..

...

The Notorious BIG - Great rapper, yes. But he's waaaayyy overrated.

Nas - is nothing more then meh after It was Written, other than a few songs and verses here and there.

Drake - lol, this nigga SUCKS.. Yes he can make a catchy tune, but as an emcee the dude is wack

Crooked I - this has already been discussed several times.

also.. putting lil wayne over Jay-Z is ridiculous.. Right now.. well right now they both suck, in my opinion. But if ur talking about full catalog, Jay-Z shits all over Lil Wayne.

and what makes Mobb Deep ill is their classics.

Survival of the Fittest
Shook Ones
Hell On Earth
Quiet Storm
Eye for an Eye
etc.

.. c'mon, you cant honestly say that those tracks aren't absolute classics. Does that make em the best? nope.. but they're still dope.

Btw, Xzibit has also released some ILL shit in the past. Personally I dont feel he's overrated at all. I havent in my life heard anyone say he's the dopest emcee, or the best rapper or anything like that. I personally think he gets a bad rap cuz of his short lived commercial success but thats about it.

 

[ImmortalTech]

I agree with Jay-z.

wouldnt say Mobb Deep were overrated though. Their first two albums are classics imo especially Hell On Earth.

Hell on Earth is Mobb Deeps third album

 

[Bobby Sands]

^^yea you are right actually. my bad.

Forgot about the first one Juvenile Hell.

 

[S O F I]

 

[Bobby Sands]

^^gtfo

 

[S O F I]

way to prove my point. lol

 

[Shadows]

What makes him over-rated?

 

[FroDawgg]

lil' wayne...nuff said

 

[Flipmo]

Fuck Jay-Z ... He never made anything I liked. And, no... I'm not saying that cause NAS or Pac shat on him. He's boring as shit.

 

[Da_Funk]

I should probably gtfo of this forum but outside of tupac I'd say rap music in general is over rated. Maybe I just grew up but rap does not do it for me anymore.

I guess what I mean is that, outside of Tupac and Eminem, there are no rappers who I genuinely like. Yeah, Jayz, Biggie, Nas, Wu tang, etc. have their classic joints that will always be good but their songs that aren't considered classic I can't even stand to listen to.

 

[ImmortalTech]

What makes him over-rated?

Hmmm, well, to me Tupac is the greatest poet in hip hop history. But to be honest I gotta agree with SOFI, he is quite over rated.

Look people treat him like he's a hip hop god. Truth is, he's got his strengths and weaknesses like every other emcee.

He has charisma, the ability to make a wiiiide range of music and he's great at putting his emotions in a track, making the listener 'feel' his music.

But 2pac had no wordplay, His flow was average in most cases, His rhymesheme was usually simplistic, and had barely any ability to incorporate clever metaphors and similes.

The reason 2pac is overrated is much the same reason biggie is. Most people act like they were the best at all aspects of emceeing, which is simply not true.

Btw, to be completely honest Hit em up, was a horrible diss record. One of the worst I've ever heard in my life. Yet it gets rated as the best.

Fuck Jay-Z ... He never made anything I liked. And, no... I'm not saying that cause NAS or Pac shat on him. He's boring as shit.

I'd respect ur opinion, IF I actually believed you gave all of Jay-Z's material a FAIR listen.

http://www.streethop.com/forum/street-corner/224775-jay-z-4.html

I posted some of his dope tracks on there... And for reall I'm not a fan of Jay-Z at all.. I think the dudes a faggot. But I cant even deny some of the shit he's released.

Jay-Z is also overrated by A LOT of people.. but on this forum, he's mos def underrated.

 

[S. Fourteen]

Yeah I'm out that Brooklyn.
Now I'm down in Tribeca.
Right next to DeNiro
But I'll be hood forever
I'm the new Sinatra
And since I made it here
I can make it anywhere
(Yeah they love me everywhere)
I used to cop in Harlem
All of my Dominicanos (Hey yo)
Right there off of Broadway
Brought me back to that McDonalds
Took it to my stash spot
560 State Street
Catch me in the kitchen like Simmons whipping Pastry
Cruising down 8th street
Off-white Lexus
Driving so slow
(but BK, it's from Texas!!)
Me I'm out that BedStuy
Home of that boy Biggie
now I live on Billboard
and I brought my boys with me
Say what up to Ta-ta
Still sipping Mai Tais
Sitting courtside
Knicks and Nets give me high-5
N**ga, I be Spiked out
I could trip a referee

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sh-t I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can,
you should know I bleed Blue, but I ain't a crip tho,
but I got a gang of n-ggas walking with my clique though,
welcome to the melting pot,
corners where we selling rocks,
Afrika bambaataa sh-t,
home of the hip hop,
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for foreigners it ain't fitted act like they forgot how to act,
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city it's a pity half of y’all won’t make it,
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everybody ride her, just like a bus route,
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AND

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Because I like that


PLEEEESE! This thread is poop.

 

[yak pac fatal]

jay-z

biggie. ive never understood howyou can label someone the greatest every with only two albums.

nas. his lyrics are there but his flow is boring to point i dont think hes even interested.

 

[Bobby Sands]

^^because they were both awesome?

i dont think he was the greatest but he was one of the best.

 

[ImmortalTech]

biggie. ive never understood howyou can label someone the greatest every with only two albums.

Not that I think BIG's is the best.. In fact, he's not even close to being, imo.

But umm.. QUALITY >>>>>> Quantity

 

[Flipmo]

Hmmm, well, to me Tupac is the greatest poet in hip hop history. But to be honest I gotta agree with SOFI, he is quite over rated.

Look people treat him like he's a hip hop god. Truth is, he's got his strengths and weaknesses like every other emcee.

He has charisma, the ability to make a wiiiide range of music and he's great at putting his emotions in a track, making the listener 'feel' his music.

But 2pac had no wordplay, His flow was average in most cases, His rhymesheme was usually simplistic, and had barely any ability to incorporate clever metaphors and similes.

The reason 2pac is overrated is much the same reason biggie is. Most people act like they were the best at all aspects of emceeing, which is simply not true.

Btw, to be completely honest Hit em up, was a horrible diss record. One of the worst I've ever heard in my life. Yet it gets rated as the best.



I'd respect ur opinion, IF I actually believed you gave all of Jay-Z's material a FAIR listen.

http://www.streethop.com/forum/street-corner/224775-jay-z-4.html

I posted some of his dope tracks on there... And for reall I'm not a fan of Jay-Z at all.. I think the dudes a faggot. But I cant even deny some of the shit he's released.

Jay-Z is also overrated by A LOT of people.. but on this forum, he's mos def underrated.

I have listened to enough that I still don't care for him, nor do I feel the urge to give it a few more 'fair listens' as I have already been through that path. Mofo can spit the best rhymes in the world (and I won't lie, he at times has wow'd me), he just doesn't appeal to me. Just like Pac isn't much of an MC when you break down his rhymes, he had the charisma to bring you into his songs and feel the world he's talking about. I like that. Jay-Z doesn't have that impact on me whatsoever. So, as far as I'm concerned, he can go away.

If I had to categorize him. I wouldn't put him as one of the best, but I'd be stupid to say he's the worst. He stays in the middle, where I get to have a potty mouth and curse him off - while he fucks Beyonce and sleeps on piles of money :thumb:

 

[Bobby Sands]

2Pac was not an overrated rapper.

neither was Biggie.

 

[ImmortalTech]

I have listened to enough that I still don't care for him, nor do I feel the urge to give it a few more 'fair listens' as I have already been through that path. Mofo can spit the best rhymes in the world (and I won't lie, he at times has wow'd me), he just doesn't appeal to me. Just like Pac isn't much of an MC when you break down his rhymes, he had the charisma to bring you into his songs and feel the world he's talking about. I like that. Jay-Z doesn't have that impact on me whatsoever. So, as far as I'm concerned, he can go away.

If I had to categorize him. I wouldn't put him as one of the best, but I'd be stupid to say he's the worst. He stays in the middle, where I get to have a potty mouth and curse him off - while he fucks Beyonce and sleeps on piles of money :thumb:

lol, fair enough

.. That's the thing, everyone has their own preferences and tastes. And if you can break it down, as u did. I have no option but to respect ur opinion.

But just to come in and say 'Fuck Jay-z', 'He sucks' etc. tends to get a bit redundant on this forum.. know what I mean?

2Pac was not an overrated rapper.

neither was Biggie.

how come?

I went into a bit of detail as to why they are overrated... why do u personally think they're not?

(btw I'm not trying to be a prick here, I just wanna get more insight, and have a deeper discussion here than 'So and so SUCKS'.. 'No fuck you, So and So doesnt')