I think Biggie and Tupac are very different rappers. One was a poet the other a rapper. I still like Biggie better though.
2pac = studio gangsta. this shit about him being a poet is the biggest bunch of bullshit ever. he had some good songs, etc, but people make him this tormented poet intellectual thug crap, so weak.
I know I'll probably catch shit for this, but Eminem was the best rapper. His first two albums were fucking brilliant. Nobody has, or probably ever will, rap like that. His rhymes were way out there... 2pac was also great, but I think his legend has been ruined by the continual release of garbage under his name. For the longest time I thought he was still alive, but the quality of music that was on his last few albums was piss poor. The man is dead. Let him rest in peace. His mom needs to stop trying to make money off him.
Eminem has some very good lyrics, but he's not the greatest. We need The Dream up in here to argue. Let me go get him.
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