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Wonder what BIG would say bout my boy Dee-1... better and underappreciated...
 
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Blah I do this thread almost every year....missed it last
 
On a side note, I just learned for the first time this past week that Marky Mark was (is) actually Mark Wahlberg. :lol:
 
ABM said:
On a side note, I just learned for the first time this past week that Marky Mark was (is) actually Mark Wahlberg. :lol:
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Apparently he hates when people call him Marky Mark.
 
WAY was certainly one of a kind. The other day, I was listening to an interview with Doc Demento who seemed to claim that he actually gave Alfred his first break on the radio airwaves.
 
Biggie >>>>>>>>> Pac
 
BGD^ Eazy was entertaining, but not a lyricist by any means.
 
"best" anything ever is entirely subjective. seems to me every time you start this thread, you're basing it off of nostalgia. Biggie was a good rapper who was lucky enough to be popular at a particular time when his rhymes were the best on the radio. but best rapper ever? that's a hard argument to make if you really get into it. Rhyme scheme, rhythm, flow? Not the best by any definition.
 
hoojacks said:
"best" anything ever is entirely subjective. seems to me every time you start this thread, you're basing it off of nostalgia. Biggie was a good rapper who was lucky enough to be popular at a particular time when his rhymes were the best on the radio. but best rapper ever? that's a hard argument to make if you really get into it. Rhyme scheme, rhythm, flow? Not the best by any definition.
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The thing that I don't get are the people who say, "Rapper (A) is my favorite rapper, but Rapper (B) is the greatest." If Rapper (A) is your favorite rapper, shouldn't Rapper (A) also be what you consider to be the greatest, not Rapper (B)?

This comes up all the time whenever I'm chillin with people into music. I think John Frusciante's the greatest guitarist that ever lived, with Hendrix being a close second. Why will I not put Hendrix over Frusciante? It's because Frusciante's my favorite for a reason, I think his music was the best. Music is subjective, and if you're into one artist over the other, then you're implicitly saying that that artist is better, in your opinion.
 
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NOVoodoo said:
The thing that I don't get are the people who say, "Rapper (A) is my favorite rapper, but Rapper (B) is the greatest." If Rapper (A) is your favorite rapper, shouldn't (A) also be what you consider to be the greatest?

This comes up all the time whenever I'm chillin with people into music. I think John Frusciante's the greatest guitarist that ever lived, with Hendrix a close second. Why will I not put Hendrix over Frusciante? It's because Frusciante's my favorite for a reason, I think his music was the best.
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Well.... I see what your'e saying, but people have different reasons for liking one thing over another. That doesn't mean they can't appreciate when something is better.

Example: Laker fans probably like Magic Johnson more than they like MJ, but I'm sure more than a few think that MJ is the greatest of all-time.
 
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Well.... I see what your'e saying, but people have different reasons for liking one thing over another. That doesn't mean they can't appreciate when something is better.

Example: Laker fans probably like Magic Johnson more than they like MJ, but I'm sure more than a few think that MJ is the greatest of all-time.
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Sports is less subjective than music though. Music isn't strictly about a musicians technical abilities, whereas basketball is. If you qualify music in terms of technical ability, then someone like Yngwie Malmsteen might be considered one of the greatest ever.

In music, it's not always about the notes you play but rather, the notes you don't play. It's often about being able to create a song, and in terms of hip-hop, a lot of times it's about being able to create a certain cadence and create a lyrical story. It's entirely something subjective.
 
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Biggie got me into rap. I think Eminem is a %(^*ing genius, though.
 
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Biggie got me into rap. I think Eminem is a %(^*ing genius, though.
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If Biggie got you into rap, and you're a basketball fan, then you're probably from the era where you saw Above the Rim, right?

I watched that movie when I was a kid, was my favorite movie for a while, and this song was also my favorite song because of it. (btw - playing that crackhead was probably the first time I ever saw Bernie Mac, so I have that movie to thank for that as well.)

Probably the most underrated/unknown Pac song of all-time:

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