greatest rapper alive
- Started
- Last post
- 73 Responses
- jaylarson0
I would 3rd the motion but Saul should be put in his own category...probably along with Andre 3000...they from a different planet than us. just ill lyricist.
jondj24
(Jan 24 06, 09:06)Yeah, Inever listened to Andre 3000, but I dig the slam poetry scene.
Anyone checkout The Last Poets? ...dandy! I don't listen to much hip-hop-related, but I dig Saul as he is in a league of his own. Some of the slam poets out there haven't got a major record contract to do cool music. too bad because so many poets are a hell of a lot better than what is deemed hip-hop and rap....
*steps off of make-shift soapbox...
- BuddhaHat0
Guru wrecked it for years with Premier, Big L was phat, loved Jeru, Mos Def, the dude from Black Moon, i can't remember his name, and the brothers Wu, Method, Rza, and Gza.
Jay-Z the best? please.
- Palindrome0
My vote goes to Big L-definitely.
peep '98 freestyle and you'll know what I mean.
- kuttyranks0
whoever said jay-z was good anyway apart from MTV
- jaylarson0
Blackspade--
You got to see Saul? nice! I really liked the design of that book. Especially the poem about 911.
For those who haven't heard Saul Williams' last two cds: it ain't spoken word.
I really like the track "Shakespeare" where he teams up with Zack de la Rocha.
Of course this conversation is objective.... otherwise there wouldn't be 38+ replies. Jay-Z, an average poet for average listeners.
It takes a big person to practice retaliation. It takes an even bigger person to practice non-violence.
- BuddhaHat0
classic.
De La Soul - I am I be
http://www.users.on.net/~marc/de…
- blackspade0
jaylarson,
yea its a sweet little book, pitty the copy I got signed was water damaged, + a friend spilled some beer on it also :( !!
heres some pics of him speakin in Sydney couple of weeks ago:
..some lady in the audience made a statement that she had stopped listening to hiphop years ago because of the mysoginistic trend developing in the genre. Saul kinda let loose on her for about 20 mins. It was being recorded and I wish I could find it online cos it was a great discussion on the state of hiphop.
:)
- jondj240
well Jay-Z does have street cred in every city. (is that saying much???) yes. without MTV.
- blackspade0
ima' email em and see if I cant get an mp3 to post.
- BuddhaHat0
If you find anything more on that gig in sydney blackspade, post it up, that sounds cool, thanks for that :)
I remember the first time I heard Saul was opening for the original Lyricist Lounge album... awesome.
- JazX0
William Shakespear
- vaxorcist0
Bob Dylan can Rap!
(and you can let google decipher the lyrics in realtime too!)
- Glitterati_Duane0
I used to think Canibus had the greatest battle raps in his songs back in the day so this broke my heart
- rasko40
your name is about right
- Gilt0010
Jay-Z is the greatest rapper alive? When did the MTV News broadcast that? During TRL yesterday?
- rasko40
no the track is proving JZ to be a ripper.
- tank020
haha.
he stole from everyone..omg.
- heathen0
bingo!
- jaylarson0
Saul Williams.