y r we lyrically better than most superstar rapperz???
 

xactly, i got tha idea from most club muzik faggotz that be rappin so corny it makes me so sick that we be better and we be livin in ghettoz still not makin millionz...

it would depend on certain things...

its called having connections...

^^ Word.. i know people who are mad ill and then wont get a deal cause of connections..

no.. its not that we rap better bruh, its we rap different.. club music (ying yang twinz, nelly, chingy, blah bah) rhyme flow good and talk about absolutly nothing.. you could do that to, but i doubt youd be as good at it.. cause making club hits, is not easy... give em credit tho, cause ambition is worth more than skill to me.. i respect em.. and i doubt you could beat redman lyrically lol.. and he talks about nothing.. if they wanted to, they could spit with content, its just they go commercial and then thats when they get all gay hehe.. kinda like eminem now...

music and fame change them a lot...........................................

it's because people that are lyrically ill, many of them have no work ethic and just think that, "I'm ill, so all i have to do is drop a demo, and i'm signed. And i can do that any time."

#1.If you have a computer with internet, things can't be that bad.
#2.Living in harsh or broke situations presses one to make it. Nelly had just had a kid, so he got a lot more serious. J-kwon was homeless. Sometimes its that.

exactly like eminem now!@calamity. It's like he was an emcee, and now he's trying to be a rapper. Does that make sense to you?

True man.........so fuck all those haters........they just rap how mainstream wants to hear.............Club songs are in demand and makin money......

he went big time cause he was lucky, dr. dre heard his demoz and then he took him in

eminem got mad mic skillz.. that and some luck helped him out

em is crazy but the reason they rap abou tnuthin is cuz thats wat peeps want 2 hear i guess

see when we get votes on a battle we like grade it so hard that were better cuz he work at it................................................ .... and they got connection

i know a agent i wonder if that a conection

All these so called sucky rappers are better than everyone who has posted so far

thats actually true........Nellys got skills.........they just have a good style

rofl @ this thread...

you guys are pathetic...

...just let tha truth be told

All rappers now that are big are better then probably everyone on here. They know what they are doing, have the skills, just certain things come in demand and they do that to get peoples attention... if gettin 'crunk' is what people want then that is what they will do.

trust if any of you got that 1 mil deal, or even 80 thou, and they told you to put out a couple mainstream tracks, and then you can do anything you want with the rest, then you'd do it. You sacrifice a couple tracks of mediocrity, and then make the rest your own shit. You understand? Like fat joe album loyalty, that shit was very street, but he put out his lil commercial shits, to get it bought. his last batch of discs have been this way, ever since he could get his foot in the door. which is cool.

First you have to realize the difference between hip-hop and rap. Hip Hop has to do with mostly head banging like Ying Yang Twins, but rap is more like twista or cannibus.

true butthere are famous rappers that are makin it big because of connections,their deleverance of their oice like dmx or ying yang twins, but got no lyricism like us young cats these days, but im not saying all of em are like that just a few.

The Only Thing That You Need To Do To Be Mainstream Is Be Noticed, And Be A Fucking Commodity.. If You're A Commodity, Then You're Going To Bring In Money If You Have Skill Or Not.. Hip Hop Is Going Down Hill Because Of The Structure Of The Bureaucracy And The Commercialism Of The Tradition..
My Lil Brother Can Rhyme Better Than Chingy, But Chingy Is A Commodity, And Is Used For His Wierd Voice And Charm..
Eminem Has Skill, But He Is Also A Commodity Because He's A White Rebel..
This Draws Attention To Him, And Stirs Contraversey.. America Thrives Off Contraversy..
But The Real Talent Is Underground Hip Hop.

Benefit
Immortal Technique
Mc Juice
Crooked I

On An On And On The List Goes, But They Refuse To Be Commodities And Are Independant.. It Is Actually A Smarter Way Of Doing Things...
But Lyrically, The Mainstream Only Has Nas, Kanye Has Good Content, Just Not Too Lyrical.. So The Mainsteam Won't Put Emphasis On Lyrics And Insight Tho, They Need To Produce What Lil Kids Will Buy, And What Brain Washed Trend Followers Want. So You Have Whack Mc's Running The Mainstream..

^agreed.. but i also see some of the mainstreamers that have talent but cant use it due to the public outcry for dumb shit... like Ludachris.. he could probably have been a nice emcee.. i bump his shit sometimes.. but he aint as lyrical as he could have been/like to be... but what ever gets the cake...

I'd like to add the Rhyme Sayers crew to that list.

oh yea, there is way more..

eyedea, diabolic, Supernatural, Vakill, Locksmith, Aesop Rock.. much more