Who do yall think is the most lyricly skilled MCs of all time
mine are in no order
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Big Pun
Big L
Chino XL
Rakim
Nas
Biggie

what other skills are there for an emcee to have if it's not lyrical?

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"life is a game, you have to choose a side to play
if i gotta pick a position, i'mma pick missionary."

Yo, I agree on biggie but you cant leave out snoop, dre, or TUPAC

I don't know.
Maybe theres someone out there that like grunts and does caveman language over beats
Im sure that emcee wouldn't haven any sense of lyricisim..

so then there is a skill category outside of lyricism, that an emcee can have?

the most skilled barking emcee? DMX

how narrowminded of me

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"life is a game, you have to choose a side to play
if i gotta pick a position, i'mma pick missionary."

yes there is skills outside of Lyricism

Flow is one....you can have good lyrics ...but if you have shit flow it makes it suck ass

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well that doesn't seem logical to me...

you can't have flow unless you have good lyrics, i mean i pay no mind to flow if the lyrics are shitty, but i could listen to tight lyrics and think it has bad flow.... do i make any sort of sense?

mmm... maybe we have diff. meanings of what constitutes as good lyrics

i guess i feel that an emcee's skill should first and foremost be lyricism... i don't typically gauge emcee's on flow... that is secondary to lyrics in my opinion...

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"life is a game, you have to choose a side to play
if i gotta pick a position, i'mma pick missionary."

^ flow is how liquidy they sound... if they fit the beat... if they can control their breath properly... it has nothing whatsoever to do with the actual content of the lyrics...

I judge rappers in 3 categories:
Flow
Delivery
Lyrics (split into wordplay and rhyming)

id rather have an awesome flow and average lyrics than awesome lyrics and a crappy flow

anyway, answering your question... the most lyrically skilled MC's, in no order:

Rakim
Canibus
Redman
Nas
Big L
GZA
Eminem
Cormega
Method Man
KRS-One

ROLAMOIGHIDGHHIH

There all wack mainstream cats, try listenin to Aesop, Slug, Can-I-bus

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Soft focus

Whats the point of living?

The voices in my head Feat. Rule

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IN ORDER

Canibus
Chino XL
Copywrite
Apathy
Cage
Royce da 5'9"

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it is first and foremost lyricism, but you cant understand the lyrics as good with out the flow....they kinda go hand in hand...you have to have both or it wont be as good

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Rakim

everyone else just battles for 2nd place

Dos Noun

i gotta agree wit dat right der'

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omg lyricism means that the lyrics are way more complex and clever and shit thats what i meant by the most lyrical