Who Are The Most Overrated Rappers To Ever Pick Up The Mic(Regardless of Region)
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wait, i'm confused. are we sayin overrated, or are we sayin hated on? muss be a some young buccs on here sayin that rakim is overrated. have u heard rap BEFORE rakim? it was all kindergarden shit. rakim came and brought good vocabulary, complex rhyme patterns to tha game. kool g rap mighta been HARDER, but as a LYRICIST, he was NOT fuccin wit rakim. but anyways, this is all based on opinion, so i've learned not to fight opinions on the internet, but damn, RAKIM?
but yeah, i also wonder who most of yalls FAVORITE rappers are that dissed pac, biggie, ti, eminem. fold.
but yeah, i also wonder who most of yalls FAVORITE rappers are that dissed pac, biggie, ti, eminem. fold.
<<<<rakim came and brought good vocabulary, complex rhyme patterns to tha game. kool g rap mighta been HARDER, but as a LYRICIST, he was NOT fuccin wit rakim. but anyways, this is all based on opinion, so i've learned not to fight opinions on the internet, but damn, RAKIM? >>>
look. no disrespect to rakim, i think hes an all time great. i just think people are too quick to call him the greatest when his body of work doesnt exemplify that, IMO. But all those Eric B and Rakim cd's were off the chain, but his solo projects afterwards left alot to be desired. longevity is a part of greatness and rakim stopped making real tight music when he was still fairly young. But he was way ahead of his time lyrically, no question. BUT, he did make the teenage mutant ninja turtle theme song, he lost a couple stripes there, LOL!!!! young bucks wont remember that, lol!!!
look. no disrespect to rakim, i think hes an all time great. i just think people are too quick to call him the greatest when his body of work doesnt exemplify that, IMO. But all those Eric B and Rakim cd's were off the chain, but his solo projects afterwards left alot to be desired. longevity is a part of greatness and rakim stopped making real tight music when he was still fairly young. But he was way ahead of his time lyrically, no question. BUT, he did make the teenage mutant ninja turtle theme song, he lost a couple stripes there, LOL!!!! young bucks wont remember that, lol!!!
Bottom Line: 50 cent is the MOST OVER RATED RAPPER IN THE HISTORY OF THE GAME
G-Unit are ALL over rated
even though I dont like somebody dont mean Im gonna try and say they dont have talent. I like a couple of old boys songs... But every single teenager in the US rides that guys dick, buys his clothes water and video games, cops his albums, wears a cocked hat and all of a sudden thinks theyre the hardest motherfuckers on the streets. I grew up rough, but I dont walk around telling the entire god damned world and act like a fuckin fool because of it.
50 is good marketing... but in a sense, the content of his music kinda puts kids on the wrong track. 50 cent is a multi millionaire. he will pay 30 different motherfuckers to kill somebody before he picks up a gun. HE DOESNT SELL DRUGS AT ALL, he gets mad paid off of records and clothes and endorsements. he doesnt need it. but every song he drops is like "I shoot a nigga when I wake up after I eat my eggs every morning/ then i fuck his crackhead girlfriend while she still in mourning/i flash 5 guns to police just as a warning/then I sell crack rocks all day until the shit get boring"
can ya'll dig what im trying to say?
G-Unit are ALL over rated
even though I dont like somebody dont mean Im gonna try and say they dont have talent. I like a couple of old boys songs... But every single teenager in the US rides that guys dick, buys his clothes water and video games, cops his albums, wears a cocked hat and all of a sudden thinks theyre the hardest motherfuckers on the streets. I grew up rough, but I dont walk around telling the entire god damned world and act like a fuckin fool because of it.
50 is good marketing... but in a sense, the content of his music kinda puts kids on the wrong track. 50 cent is a multi millionaire. he will pay 30 different motherfuckers to kill somebody before he picks up a gun. HE DOESNT SELL DRUGS AT ALL, he gets mad paid off of records and clothes and endorsements. he doesnt need it. but every song he drops is like "I shoot a nigga when I wake up after I eat my eggs every morning/ then i fuck his crackhead girlfriend while she still in mourning/i flash 5 guns to police just as a warning/then I sell crack rocks all day until the shit get boring"
can ya'll dig what im trying to say?
Honestly, I never saw the infatuation with Biggie. I wont knock him for not having 10 albums worth of music a la Tupac, but I never really got into him.
Jay-Z would be in my top 5 too. I like him, but I dont understand why people think he is the greeatest. Not to shit on anyone's opinion though. Some people just like different music.
Eminem would also make my top 5. Like Jay-Z, I like him too, but he is overrated.
There are some I dont agree with. I dont see how anyone can include Eazy-E in their most overrated. He put "gangsta rap" on the map with NWA and opened a lot of doors for other artists. But on the mic, I dont think anyone saw him as a "lyricists". He was more of a getting bitches, smoking weed, gangsta (and later dissisng) rapper. For example, Boyz n Tha Hood is great song, but it is probably the most basic song I have heard (I am sure there is more basic, but I dont listen to the radio ro watch MTV and the like at all). There was really no meat to it and him basically telling a story.
true that... i guess it might be cause i've had discussions with folks trying to argue with me that he was a poet... poets usually dont use ghostwriters. i agree that he did help put gangsta rap on the map, but it was more so due to his status as a head of a label than his own music. dont get me wrong, i love his music... but if one were to really listen to what he says, simplicity would be an understatement to describe his lyrics. he is a legend, no doubt.
