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Who favorited?Best Rapper Alive Tournament Biggie Bracket (Cast Your Vote!)
by on July 15th, 2008
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So we decided to move ahead of Vibe and open up voting for you, our loyal and crude readers, to decide who the greatest rapper alive is.
We'll post up the brackets for voting every two days or so until we come up with the winner. Just a quick note, this has nothing to do with the actual Vibe tournament they're holding--we're doing this for our readers only.
So lets start it off with the Biggie Bracket, we'll post the Tupac Bracket in two days.
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In other words, vote or stfu and keep it moving.
o ya u kno is JIGGAAAAAA, MY NIGGAAA
JUMP OFF A ROOF.
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“I can take a phrase that’s rarely heard/Flip it/Now it’s a daily word.”
That’s what every writer aspires to. It’s the flyest shit I’ve ever heard
vibe made it
And i think the reason they don’t got some of the golden era guys like rakim and krs is because neither of them are still heavy in the game. When was the last time they put out a solid album??
But, with that said i think its an absolute atrocity that Styles P was left off that list, and the seeding for everyone that made the list is all fucked up too, so vibe did fuck up
Jay-Z vs. Lupe Fiasco
ScarFace vs. Ludacris
Eminem vs. Nas
Andre 3000 vs. The Game
Each one of them is a tough call but in my Final four I got
Lupe Fiasco vs. Ludacris
Eminem vs. The GAME
After two closely faught battles the Finals look like this
Lupe Fiasco vs. Eminem
And The Winner IS!!!
Lupe Fiasco… The Most talented Lyricist of this time!!!
BIG UPS TO DEFSOUNDS
judging by how the responses so far, this is going to be a huge FAIL.
kim
cam cass
missy
lupe
talib
foxy
how can we vote if it’s blank????
I checked IE and Firefox and they both are visible to me….
and lol @ the Foxy wit a vote against Kanye
Cam >>>>>>>.. Juelz
Do you niggas listen to the Firm?
“yung flossy floss, yung flashy flash, santana aka yung splashy splash, and i let them things go 4 that cashy cash
wah wah wah itll be rigged!..jokestas right, shut the fuck up and VOTE
lauryn(the best female rapper out there
cam(based on whole career)
fab(never really liked fab)
missy(female legend in the game..or soon to be)
lupe(spits RAW, but yeah tribe is fuckin sick as hell)
mos(that shit was kinda hard)
kanye..foxy is a deaf hoe!
The most interesting bracket to me is the tupac bracket I think that bracket has the most talent.
That one can go any way if you ask me you got eminem stans than you got 50 stans, you also got people who not felling 50 and probly gone vote forbuck like crazy so lloyd banks doesnt have a chance , than you got nas someone who should defitnly make it to the finals in that bracket. Than you also got jadakiss so im really felling that bracket.
all in all I thiink it will come down to eminem and nas in that bracket who wins it i dont know cause they both heavy weights.
Mos Def vs Talib first round??? seem alot of the seeds are just someones ‘dream match’
(cam Juelz, Fab Cass) just this bracket alone
vibes gonna knock out a bunch of heavyweights in the begining for no reason….
and honestly if my comp cant handle a simple vote, why you think im gonna be able to download FireFox, im lucky to be here shit haha prob same goes for alot of people here.
and Jokesta should give a shoutout to ‘ant’ for posting this in the forums…..
jk….. (maybe)
you could use this site
http://www.snappoll.com/
in step 3 of creating polls they allow you to
“Prevent multiple votes from one IP address;
OR from one computer (cookies)”
and Q Tip gave us the industry rule! Lauryn over Kim! i had to go with Cam’ron(C.O.T.C.) and banned from tv pop’d in my head
kayne over foxy! missy over lil mama for the fact i’ve never heard any of lil mama’s lyrics and that diddy vs jim jones…. should of been more of who’s ghostwriting for them at the time…
the funniest match is eminem vs. soulja boy…. seriously, anyone votes soulja boy needs to get shot, especially over em.
that shits dumb funny
the prolly the same lyrically but Eli got more swagga lmaoo
THIS AINT THA END-ALL-DECIDER
AKS PAC, B.I.G, PIMP C AND PUN WHEN YALL MEET EM
R.I.P
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diddy should also be over jim jones….jimmy had “we fly high” and diddy has nonstop hits from the 90’s c’mon now
good idea, poor delivery….
There should have had blank spots first.
And Why the hell is vibe dois this and not the source(the Hip Hop Bible) or have they already doen it?
KISS VS ANDRE 3000
FINAL 2
JAYZ VS KISS
JAYZ WINNER HANDS DOWN BEST RAPPER ALIVE
and Diddy over Jim Jones any fuckin day
You the true definition of an E-thug and you sound stupid you said em wont sale 10 mil again you right cause he been pushing 20 mill ever since the marshall mathers lp.
encore was whack as fuck but still sold more albums than all 11 of a jay’s and all 10 of nas.
And american gansta was half ass that shit was not no classic it was little better than kingdom come but it wasnt that hot which is why jay asked timbaland to produce his whole next album so he can generate sales.
And I put all the money in the world that king mathers sell 10 times more than any jay-z or nas album dont get me wrong i like jay and nas but they are not more creative than em until they make a song like stan i dont want to here shit em is creative from the ground up from makeing his own beats to haveing catchy hooks and flipping his style more than any body in the game. he did more with 4 albums than your favorite rapper has done with his whole career.
@ everybody who say’s em isnt relevent so he shouldnt win.
people say he’s not releven cause he havent put out a album in four years yet where is andre 3000 solo album but we still make him very relevent, 50 cent just crew been dropping flops since yayo album but we still make him ralevent, nas havent had a hot album since stillmatic but he’s still ralevent. jay-z had the shitty’s come back since jordan going to the wizards, but he’s still ralevent. Jadakiss havent put out an album in 4 years but he’s still ralevent. DR. DRE HAVEN HAD AN ALBUM SINCE 1999 BUT PEOPLE STILL DEMAND THAT HE SHOULD BE ON THE LIST.
catch my drift how are these poeple ralevent but em isnt. nigga im black and if you can spit you can spit no matter what color you are and em is # 1 to me and until someone can prove me wrong thats my opinoin.
em N1 fan
u say
i like jay and nas but they are not more creative than em until they make a song like stan i dont want to here shit em is creative
Nas is lacking of creativety!!!!!Man u r insane!!
Stan is nothingh near compare to rewind by Nas
Em is always raping about how he hates his wife and loves his daughter especialy on his last records ,while Nas lyrics are much more complex.
look
I spit it slow so these kids know that I’m talking to em
Give it back to these damn critics and sock it to em
I’m like a thug, with a little bit of ‘Pac influence
I spew it, and look how I got you bitches rocking to it
You mother fuckers can never do it like I can do it
Don’t even try, you’ll look stupid, do not pursue it
Don’t ever run your life trying to knock the truse
I spit the illest shit ever, could drive me to it
thats the verse that u posted
They plan was to knock me out the top of the game
But I overstand they truth is all lame
I hold cannons that shoot balls of flames
Right in they fat mouth then I carve my name
Nas – too real, Nas – true king
It’s however you feel, g’head, you swing
Your arms too short to box with god
I don’t kill soloists only kill squads
Fame went to they head, so now it’s “Fuck Nas”
Yesterday you begged for a deal, today you tough guys
I seen it comin
and we talking about creativity!!
the streets disciple was hot…..
“I started this gangster shit/and this is the motherfuckin thanks I get??” Dr Dre “Hello”
“Do you listen to music/or do you just skim through it??” Jay-Z “Renegade”
Bars like that are why Dre and Jay are still relevant.
Redy to die
life after death
illmatic
all eyes on me
get rich or die trying
the slim shady lp
the matshall mathers lp
the chronic
stillmatic
I can go on
and that verse you posted by dre is actually a cube record a cube chorus and wrote by cube and the one you put up about jay-z didnt eminem kill him in that same song.
Now heres a vears by eminem that makes him ralevent:
I spit it slow so these kids know that I’m talking to em
Give it back to these damn critics and sock it to em
I’m like a thug, with a little bit of ‘Pac influence
I spew it, and look how I got you bitches rocking to it
You mother fuckers can never do it like I can do it
Don’t even try, you’ll look stupid, do not pursue it
Don’t ever run your life trying to knock the truse
I spit the illest shit ever, could drive me to it
Nothin’ can stop and nothin’ can change it
you better just make new living arrangements,
if you think your the top and king of the castle
You about to BE thrown off the throne and ripped a new asshole
All I hear is, I’m best at this an I’m best at that,
but I don’t hear my name NOWHERE brought up in rap
and I don’t usually trip or dare get caught up in that
but when they say one of the best, im nowhere thought of as that
Not even the same league as Jay-Z
Nas, Pac, Biggie or maybe they’ll name me
Somewhere down at the bottom right after AZ
or say “he ripped that Biggie verse or that Jay-Z
Yo, his verses were crazy on that Renegade beat
but I ain’t never bought no whole CD of Shady
And I all I hear is pop tunes come on the rad-i-o
And they play ’em 20 times in a row daily”
And that very well may be the same reason they don’t say me
when they speak on hip-hop legends which IS amazed me
Cause I thought the formula was to hit mainstream
and make it big-big-big-big-b-baby
there’s a certain feeling you get
when you real and you spit
and people are feeling your shit
this is your moment
and every single minute you spend
trying to hold on to it
cause you may never get it again
so while you’re in it
try and get as much shit as you can
and when your run is over, just admit when it’s at its end
cuz i’m at the end of my wits with half the shit gets in,
i got a list, here’s the order of my list that it’s in
it goes Reggie, Jay-Z, 2pac and Biggie
Andre from outkast, J, Kurupt, Nas, and then me
but in this industry i’m the cause of a lot of envy
so when i’m not put on this list, this shit does not offend me
thats why you see me walk around like nothing’s botherin me
even though half you people got a fuckin’ problem with me
you hate it but you know respect you got to gimme
the press’ wet dream, like bob and your whitney
Nate hit me
PAPOOSE ISNT EVEN ON HERE
IM NOT SAYING HES THE BEST ALIVE
BUT HES BETTER THAN SOULJA BOY,BOW WOW,E-40,RICH BOY,YOUNG BUCK
THE LIST GOES ON
EVEN IF YOU DONT LIKE PAP YOU HAVE TO ADMIT HE ALWAYS COME HARD
HE NEVER DISSAPOINTS
SOME OF THE SHIT HE COMES UP WITH IS INSANE
FUCK VIBE
FUCK VIBE
FUCK VIBE
THIS SHIT PISSES ME OFF
AND FUCK ALL THE HATER WHO TRASH ME ON THIS
OVA FAB NIGGA
OVA FAB NIGGA
Verse 1 – Eminem] There’s not much you could do or say to phase me People think I’m a little bit crazy I get it from all angles, even occasionally Doc Dre-zy will Have to step in every once and awhile to save me To make me stop and think about it ‘fore I just say things Sometimes I forget what other people just may think A lota rappers probably wouldn’t know how to take me If they heard some shit I lay to tape before they erase me I may be a little too fast paced and racy Sometimes the average listener rewinds and plays me 20 times cause I say so many rhymes it may seem like I’m going too fast cause my mind is racing And I could give a fuck what category you place me As long as when I’m pushing up daisies and gone As long as you place me amongst one of them greats When I hit the heavenly gates I’ll be cool beside Jay-Z For every single die-hard fan who embraced me I’m thankful for the talent in which God gave me And I’m thankful for the environment that he placed me Believe it or not, I thank my mom for how she raised me In that neighborhood daily that jumped and chased me It only made me what I have today see Regardless of what anybody believes who hates me You ain’t gonna’ make or break me Tryin’ to strip me of my credibility and make me look fake, G You’re only gonna’ be in for a rude awakening Cause sooner or later you haters are all gonna’ face me And when you face me with all that shit you’ve been saving to say to me You had all this time to think about it Now don’t pussy out and try to about face meCause I’ve been patiently waiting for the day That we finally meet in the same place to see……. [Chorus- Nate Dogg] No matter how many battles I’ve been in and won,No matter how many magazines on my nuts, No matter how many MC’s I eat up oh, It’s never enough No matter how many battles I’ve been in and won,No matter how many magazines on my nuts, No matter how many MC’s I eat up oh, oh,It’s never enough….. [Verse 2 – 50 Cent] My flow’s untouchable now you gotta’ face it Uh oh it gets worse when I go back to the basics You gon’ say the wrong shit and get your whole face split The smell of victory, love it so much I can taste it I spot my target, blaze it, direct hit Graze it, your peace talk save it You shit sounds dated you’re overrated I’m obligated to study your moves then crush you motherfuckas If I’m the best and the worst then God’s gift is a curse Soldier trained to destroy you payin’ attention boy? I spit shit, slick shit, so quick you miss shit To be specific I go ballistic as hieroglyphic My music is a drug press play, you ain’t gotta’ sniff it Shoot it or pop it, roll it, bag it or chop it It’ll get you high over and over but you gotta’ cop it When it’s hot, it’s hot your hatin’s undeniable, stop it….[Chorus – Nate Dogg] No matter how many battles I’ve been in and won,No matter how many magazines on my nuts, No matter how many MC’s I eat up oh, It’s never enough No matter how many battles I’ve been in and won,No matter how many magazines on my nuts, No matter how many MC’s I eat up oh, oh,It’s never enough…..
My Final 4 would be 1)Jay-Z over 3)Young Jezzy
1)The Game over 11)Ya Boy
1)Nas Over 3)Andre 3000
2)Jadakiss Over 1)
Cassidy
Semi-Finals
1)The Game Over 2)Jadakiss
1)Nas Over 1)Jay-Z
Old School Era Finals 1)The Game vs 1)Nas Winner-Nas
Rappers in my tournament-Eminem,Papoose,Kanye West,Lil Wayne,Ice Cube,Kurupt,Beanie Sigel,Bun B,Julez Santana,B.G,Scarface,Snoop Dogg,Fabolous,Shyne,T.I,Young Buck,Styles P,Llyod Banks,Ludacris,GZA,50 Cent,D.J Quik,Hussein Fatal,Freeway,Sheek,Juvenile,Busta Rhymes,G.Malone,Common,Obie Trice,Mos Def,Lupe Fiasco,Canibus,Rick Ross,Paul Wall,Royce5’9,Chamillionaire,Talib Kweli,CamRon,DMX,Prodigy,KRS 1, Rakim,Crooked I,Ghostface,Method Man,Twista,Pusha T
,Big Boi,Lauryn Hill,L.L Cool J,AZ,Havoc,Krayzie Bone,Redman & Layzie Bone
That’s the best field of 64 you can get NO PUFFY,NO LIL KIDS REAL RAPPERS…SOME WHERE LEFT OUT BECAUSE JUST TO ME THEY CAN’T GO WITH THE BIG BOYS NIGGAZ LIKE -Nelly(Sweat & Suit Nuff Said),Baby (Horrible It’s Like Listening To A Drunk Ass Lil Flip),Lil Flip(The More Money He Got The Worst He Got), Memphis Bleek (The R.O.C’s Roster Was To Deep & He Got Stuck On The Bench),Soulja Boy (Joke) He’s Not A Rapper,Fat Joe (Still Taking Shit Outta Pun’s Rap Book),Tony Yayo (Needs To Steal Someones Rap Book),Jim Jones (Too Old To Be Dressing Like A 19 Year Old),Trina (Take Away That Azz & She Has No Deal),Flow-Rider(See Tony Yayo),Ja Rule (Was Doing His Thing For A Minute But Sizzled Out Became A Pop Star)
I Think That’s The Best Field Of 64 I Can Come Up With It Would Take To Long To Match Them Up But Let Me Say It Cassidy & Wayne Would Be In The Same Bracket & As You See Cassidy Wins Easy With My List Wanye Might Get To The Final 16 To Face Cassidy (Big Maybe) And If You A Wayne Dick Rider Don’t Get Mad It’s Just My Opinion He’s Not Tight He’s Cool But No He’s Not Tight……….
My Top Five Dead Or Alive
1)2Pac/Makaveli
2)Notorious B.I.G
3)Big L
4)Rakim
5)Nas
Get Five Groups Ever
1)Outkast
2)N.W.A
3)E.P.M.D
4)Wu-Tang
5)Eric B. & Rakim
Top Five Dynasty’s (Record Labels)
1)Deathrow Records
2)Def Jam
3)Roca-Fella Records
4)Bad Boy Records
5)Ruthless Records/Cash Money Records
jay z def. has skills and talent too, how is he gonna be so consistent if he lacked those. he started off with reasonable doubt which was fuckin fire and a classic and ur gonna tell me he provides no lyrics. he is nice and im a nas fan so i can respect it and recognize it.
the weezy comment is true too and he will be seen as the best outta the south and the best ever to a certain amount of people, not that i agree but just speaking the truth. pusha t is underrated and deserves to be on here more than half the people in it.
just my 2 cents..
Final Four should be—Jay, Lil wayne, Jada/Nas/ghostface, Method Man/Common (the Big Pun bracket is wack too)
and whoever said Em is wacc does not listen to rap music.
Eminem is top 5 greatest rappers.
LIL WAYNE IS ASS. ALL THE WEEZY DICK RIDERS HOP OFF
thats a pretty funny poll though,they need to do wayne the girl from crimemob.
B.I.G. bracket
1. Jay-Z (2 best rapper alive)
16. Lil Boosie (big underdog but he gots flow so don’t hate)
8. Cam’ron (no legend but good rap career)
9. Nelly (jus not a legend yet but few more hot albums he will)
5. Young Jeezy (2 hot albums already)
12. Lloyd Banks (can rap but rotten apple flopped and sucked)
4. Lauryn Hill (she is more den jus a rapper and i likes dat)
13. Plies (2 good albums but yall hate cuz he from da souf)
6. Papoose (can’t be higher den dat til he brings out a lp)
11. Missy Elliot (one of my favorite female mcs eva)
3. Jean Grae (da greatest female mc eva)
14. Fat Joe (a ok rapper at best)
7. Styles P (nasty on da mic)
10. Ja Rule(used 2 be hot til 50 ended dat)
2. Andre 3000 (better flower out of da 2nd best group eva)
15. Gucci Mane (can rap but no platinum albums)
Pimp C bracket
1. Nas (G.O.A.T.)
16. Trina (alot of ass and sum rap skills 2)
8. LL Cool J (what have u dun 4 me lately is y he low)
9. Cassidy (beast freestyler but no plat)
5. Krs-One (like his rap on knowledge)
12. Rick Ross (on da damn come up)
4. T.I. (a legend of da south)
13. Webbie (jus not dere yet but can rap so he on my list)
6. Busta Rhymes (got skills left on da mic)
11. Beanie Sigel (can’t wait 2 here bout this seed of him)
3. Lupe Fiasco (2 classics already needs 2 rap longer)
14. Young Dro (only 1 album but was a gud 1)
7. Freeway (nice rap skills)
10. Redman (whea u been at)
2. Eminem (alot of gud albums but no classic)
15. Lil Mama (she can flow needs 2 work wit jay-z)
SLIMSHADY LP=CLASSIC
MARSHALLMATHERS LP=BEST SELLING RAPPER ALBUM EVER,BUT IS A CLASSIC BECUASE THE MUSIC ON IT
EMINEM SHOW=20MILLION RECORDS SOLD AND ITS NOT EVEN THE BEST SELLING ALBUM AND IMO IS HIS BEST ALBUM
ENOCRE=OK ALBUM HAD COUPLE OF JOINTS
AND IF YOUR A FAN OF HIPHOP MUSIC YOU KNOW THAT EM’S FIRST THREE ALBUMS ARE CLASSIC.
that you notice that it’s sorta unique,
cause you know it’s me, my poetry’s deep,
and i’m still matic the way I flow to this beat,
you cant sit still
its like tryin to smoke crack and go to sleep
i’m strap, just knowin any minute I could snap
i’m the equivalent of what would happen if Bush rapped
I bully these rappers so bad lyrically,
it aint even funny, I aint even hungry,
it aint even money, you cant pay me enough
for you to play me
it’s cock-amamie, you just aint zanie enough to rock with Shady,
my noodle is cock-adoodle, my clocks koo-koo,
I got screws loose, yeahhh, the whole kitten-kaboodel
im just brutal, its no rumor, i’m numiro uno
assume it,
there’s no humor in it, no more you know
i’m rollin with a bowlin ball in my bag,
you need a fag to come and tear a new hole in my ass..
SLIM SHADY
semis’s
kanye vs wayne
nas vs andre 3000
final
wayne vs nas
winner…??
but final 4 SHOULD be Kanye, TI/Scarface, Eminem, Ice Cube
final 4 WILL be Jay Z, Wayne, Eminem, Game
my nigga cassidy won
fab my nigga too but cassudy killin em
Where the hell is Obie Trice? Dude is fire on every song he’s been on. This is a Shady victory my dudes!
But its still gon be fun, just to see what the public votes
Now shit, if this tournament was a FREESTYLIN contest, and they hosted it on like B.E.T., or mtv or some shit, now that be sweet to watch and see what happens.
Chamillion all day
sadly, i have a feeling that you’ll come up with an excuse not to.
so be it, dick ridin other sites is what you’re known for.
Biggie Bracket: Jay-Z no doubt…Kanye…then Fab
Pimp C Bracket: Scarface / Bun B / Ludacris / Lil Wayne
Tupac Bracket: Has Too Many Potentials…Shit I can’t even choose from Kiss or Siegel man…50 is super hot now…but Joey Crack had tapes in the late 80’s early 90’s…don’t like Nelly but he sells…Eminem is an amazing lyricist but lost something after a while…and most ppl…including me…just wanna say Nas…but then ppl wanna start talking sales so…
Big Pun Bracket: Snoop / Busta Rhymes
Who is the best from that list…I don’t think it’s as obvious as it seems…of course many would say Jay-Z…but it might be Scarface, or even Snoop, who is really the best rapper alive…and I might not even agree with that…lol
He should be on the list
and for those who don’t know who Dizzee Rascal is…he’s a British artist…Joe Budden used one’a his beats (Fix Up Look Sharp) on “Wait Just A Minute”….step outta your fuckin’ boxes and peep other shit…whether you end up likin’ it or not…
but eminem is gonna win cuz who sold more albums than him and thats alive no one, he sold 10 million records in the US for The Marshall Mathers LP and The Eminem Show………
Furthermore, I doubt any of these no who Q-Tip is, because if they did, there is no way he would lose to Lupe by such a wide margin.
kanye over jay z hey i think kanye more versitile
lil wayne over luda both give hard bars wayne just put together better albums
andre over take ya pick the runner up spot is wide open maybe busta andre just to damn dope
nas over raekwon
then wayne over jay man say what you wanna but wayne ate that nigga on mr carter
andre over nas nas dope i like but 3 stax go deep like him but paint a more vivid picture
andre over wayne yeah wayne hard but andre punch lines knock niggas out like a young iron mike