The Official name 10 rappers better than Jay Z thread

[Walk Wit Me]

this should be interesting :yes:

[Aje]

lyrically or overall (beat selection, choruses, concepts). What's the criteria?

[Illiptical360]

nas

[I-Hate-You]

Borat

[Multi]

jibbs

[Theruler]

lyrically Nas
Kool G Rap
Redman
Juice
GZA
Killah Priest
Rakim
Sean Price
Common
Ras Kass


and they're all alive. Over the same beat, they'll all murder jay

[westkoast2k2]

Nas
Redman
Tupac
Ice Cube
Common
Big Daddy Kane
Biggie
Chuck D
Del
Ras Kass (dont bring up his gay lil video cuz we are talking about straight rapping)


Honorable Mentions:

Old Xzibit (pre-fukkin with Dre, his first 3 albums speak for themselves)
Old Kurupt (pre-chronic 2001, Deathrow era and first 2 solos speak for themselves)

[Walk Wit Me]

lyrically or overall (beat selection, choruses, concepts). What's the criteria?


whatever artist you feel is better in your opinion.... lyrically,overrall,right now... doesn't matter...

[Aje]

whatever artist you feel is better in your opinion.... lyrically,overrall,right now... doesn't matter...See, I'm a producer at heart so beat selection is very important to me. I'd say Nas, just lyrically, because he can't pick beats (for the most part). Eminem is better than Jay lyrically, too, but when it's not a Dre track Em's beats are hit or miss. Big Pun is actually probably better lyrically and DID pick good/great beats the majority of the time (except Yeeah Baby had some suspect beats on there).

Man, I could probably think of a couple more but not ten.

[Illkiller2]

Nas
Tupac
Big
Rakim
kool g rap
Big daddy kane
Chuck d
Big Pun (only lyrically)
Big L(only lyrically)
Ice cube
Grandmaster Cas

[1dopeboyinacadillac]

Rakim
Andre 3000
Nas

Perhaps Biggie at times

Thats about it...

10 or so others could give him a good run though.

Black Thought
Kool G
BDK
Rae
Ice Cube
Big L
Posdenous
Ghost


Twista at times (YUP)

maybe even someone new school like Killer Mike

or Father Dom from the Bay Area.

[The Real QueenBee]

NOT in particular order
1.Big
2.Nas
3.Gza
4.papoose.........yea i said it........papoose
5.Big L
6.Common
7.Scarface
8.Old Prodigy
9.Rakim as of today
10.Big Daddy Kane as of today

[manish82]

all yall list of 10 hold no clout...

i bet if somebody put rhyme for rhyme verse for verse jay-z will have had way more fire then %75 of the names you listed. i don't even like jay-z that much but i can't deny him as a dope emcee, reasonable doubt alone puts him in top 5 guaranteed.

nas is definitely one of em though.
so is Lil Flip.

[jaXon]

Rakim
Nas
BDK

[westkoast2k2]

all yall list of 10 hold no clout...
i bet if somebody put rhyme for rhyme verse for verse jay-z will have had way more fire then %75 of the names you listed. i don't even like jay-z that much but i can't deny him as a dope emcee, reasonable doubt alone puts him in top 5 guaranteed.
nas is definitely one of em though.
so is Lil Flip.

lol @ you saying 75% of the people named are wack but then you say Lil Flip.

Argue my list and ill give you a reason why they are all better then Jay.

[Young_Dirty_Bastard]

MC Eiht
DJ Quik
2pac
Nas
Redman
Ras Kass
Kurupt
Afro Man
The Game
Talib Kweli

[510_ThaTown]

Com
Rakim
Ice Cube
Kool G
Black Thought
Chuck D
Pharoahe Monch
Masta Ace
Lord Finesse
AZ

[grock2727]

"Jay-Z that, Jay-Z this..."

[ILLFiL A BLuNT]

AZ
Nas
Kool G Rap
Raekwon
Ghostface
Masta Killah
Jadakiss
Styles P
Sheek Louch
Camron

[Negative_]

pharoahe monch
gza
rakim
big daddy kane
eminem
canibus
vakill
sage francis
ras kass
masta ace

[pathethik]

all yall list of 10 hold no clout...


but this is the best so far

Com
Rakim
Ice Cube
Kool G
Black Thought
Chuck D
Pharoahe Monch
Masta Ace
Lord Finesse
AZ


Some of you guys are delusional

[RAYDOGG]

Andre Nickatina
Kool G Rap
Scarface
Andre 3000
Casual
Tech9ne
Brotha Lynch
Krayzie Bone
Messy Marv
Redman

and I can still name another 10 actual real legends.

[Da Boss]

just a FEW rappers that are better

cube
pac
nas
rakim
snoop
kurupt
crooked I
d.o.c
mc ren
common

[Tybo]

nas
krs
big
rakim

that's about it

[Uptown B. Fresh]

All time these are the only *****s better than Jay bar for bar
Eminem
Nas
Kool G.
Bun B in his prime
Common in his prime
Pun
Ras in his prime

Right Now I'd take these cats over Jay
Budden
Wayne
Lupe Fiasco
Pusha T

[Walk Wit Me]

bump...

[Walk Wit Me]

jay lost

[XXX Pharoahe]

a better thread would be name 10 worse rappers than jay...cos after this album i cant think of 10...

[Lustchild]

I know that muthafukka ain't say no damn MC EIHT... :dry:

scroll back and see who...

[Da_Eggman]

Nas
Notorious B.I.G.
KRS-One
Big Daddy Kane
Common
Ghostface Killah
Ice Cube

only ones i know for sure

[GreenHornet]

nas
Gza
ghost
rakim
posdenous
immortal technique
common
ice cube
tupac
andre 3000
eminem
big daddy kane
beastie boys -personal reasons nikkas

[Walk Wit Me]

I know that muthafukka ain't say no damn MC EIHT... :dry:
scroll back and see who...


:laugh: :laugh:

[badguy]

Nas
G RAP
Prodigy (His Prime)
BIG
CUBE
ANDRE
GHOST
GZA
Beanie
Pac
Common

[slystallion26]

Biggie
Tupac
Rakim
Big Pun
Eminem
ice cube back in the nwa heyday
Krs-1 in the 80's


this is just my opinion. In all honesty Jay Z has one of the most consistent catalouges in all of rap music. Its tough to actually bad mouth the guy.

[510_ThaTown]

Biggie
Tupac
Rakim
Big Pun
Eminem
ice cube back in the nwa heyday
Krs-1 in the 80's
this is just my opinion. In all honesty Jay Z has one of the most consistent catalouges in all of rap music. Its tough to actually bad mouth the guy.
Not really...

Reaonable Doubt - Dope
Vol.1 - Ehh
Vol. 2 - Garbage
Vol. 3 - Ehh
The Dynasty - Ehh
Blueprint - Dope
The Blueprint 2 - Garbage
The Black Album - Ehh
Kingdome Come - Ehh

Jay-Z has one of the most overrated cateaouges in all of rap music.

[Don Mack]

All this Jay Z hate is ridiculous. This is why black people don't have anything. Everytime someone is sucessful, even if they're talented, ni99as gotta try to name people better than them they think should be on the spotlight.

Mofos naming Lupe Fiasco, Pusha T, Snoop, Mc Eight, all sorts of BS.

Crabs in a Barrel mentality strikes again. Blacks stay losing.

[<9-milli>]

Nas
AZ
Ice Cube
MC Ren
Snoop Dogg (1992 version)
Chuck D
Notorious B.I.G.
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