Redman says that he places Eminem among the greats of Rap.
“I rank him up there with Jay Z, Biggie and Nas,” the New Jersey rapper says to VladTV.
Redman says that he appreciates the Detroit rapper because Eminem has a mutual respect for him.
On his song, “Til I Collapse,” Eminem lists Redman as his favorite rapper followed by Jay Z, Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G.
“I might not appeal to a certain amount of audience over here, but I do appeal to key people in the game like Eminem and Ludacris,” the Def Jam rapper says. “They say I’m they favorite rapper and they career is still going on. They follow my pattern or they listen to me. In any way they was influenced by me or whatever, they career is still going on as mine’s is.”
Redman says that he and Slim Shady are on the same level because they care about their legacy, not about sales numbers.
“We take this Hip Hop culture serious,” he says. “We not going by how many spins we got on the air. We’re not appealing to the new audience. We’re not going by that. We’re going by our longevity, what we did in the game, our cornerstone. How did we hold our cornerstone of the Rap game down?”
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Redman is fucked up
What makes you say that?
You must be an eminem hater or a lord jamar fan.
Redman is a Rappers rapper.
That’s word.
One L♥√ع Redman
Redman has influenced rappers from all over the globe, across generations. From Eminem and Ludacris to new comers like Yelawolf and Joe Budden, Redman has been an inspiration to all. His album ‘Dare is a Darkside’ is a certified classic, but since it came in 1994, it was downplayed due to the hype of nas’ Illmatic and Big’s Ready to Die.
He is someone I believe is real and speaks whats on his mind. Hence I’d agree with him. Nas, Em, Big and Jay will be greats, all time.
One of most unique albums of all tne
Red was blacking out on that Darkside album. “I switch speeds like Bruce Lee riding a Fuji in a movie”, crazy.
A Reggie u a bitch
Marshall is appealing to a new audience these days Red
redman is up there with gucci mane and ja rule in my opinion. that’s just me though, i’m sure most people wouldn’t even put him close to those two.
oh so my troll comment gets posted but when i’m trying to debate talib kweli’s white privilege assertions the comments somehow get lost? fuck hip hop dx.
For the black people…who constantly hate marshall for being a white boy…they fail to understand one thing…he is one of those few white rappers and even few of those white people who respects his peers and seniors irrespective of any colour.His songs have a constant mention of rappers who he respects.He still sticks to the old lyrical formula…keeps up his legacy…and that’s the very reason why critics hate him…cuz they now focus on fucking things like production,background music and criticizing anyone who doesn’t support those filthy gay asses.
He is the best out no one could stand toe to toe with Marshall in a battle that’s why he goes last when featured on tracks with people
meanwhile even eminem don’t like you whiteboys, always wanna point out race, don’t even know who redman is or his music, but you clowns wanna infest a thread with your fugazy ass knowledge of hiphop…..please go away
fuck them all. Ja Rule the greatest to ever do it!
#FUCKFAME2016 #RULETALK
hahahaah where have you been dude JA–what!!! its murder!!!! naaah you got some mad jokes foreal son
Only reason they mention Jay-Z is bc he’s rich…. nothing to do with talent or being an MC. Jay-Z is a rapper, not an MC. Big Difference.
Jay-Z isn’t even lyrical, all he talks about is his money and what he got and what you dont have. Comparing Nas to Jay-Z is blasphemous
You right about time somebody say it
Lemme guess u prolly like 18 and only heard jayz from 2004 And up… U jus said hov ain lt lyrical? Cmon now bra.. Go do sim research… U crazy as hell
@Pimpn I’m 29 and Ive been listening to dope ish for decades. Don’t “bruh” me i’m not your brother…
Research? You mean go and LISTEN, which I have. In Hip Hop, we call his music “Commercial” music, which is hot garbage. Biggie was lyrical, pac was lyrical, nas is a genius with them lyrics. Jay-Z is a genius at promoting his lifestyle and shoving it down your throat. Every album, 80% of his songs are about his money and braggin about himself.
Tell me who your favorite rapper is and I will show you verbiage of some kind somewhere of that very same artist saying Jay-Z is one of the greatest lyricists of all time. Most good rappers don’t classify other rappers as being dope based on their financial success so I don’t know why you think “bc he’s rich” is even a factor. Redman is saying in the same interview you just read that he is disqualifying commercial success as a factor and here you go saying other wise. What I think it is really is that some people such as yourself don’t want to give Jay-Z his just due “bc he is rich.” If you really listen to rap, and not just skim through it, there’s no way you would consider the guy as “not lyrical.”
Jay aint been dope since Blueprint 1 period.
@GR “Tell me who your favorite rapper is and I will show you verbiage of some kind somewhere of that very same artist saying Jay-Z is one of the greatest lyricists of all time.”
That’s the difference between Hip Hop Heads and rap “fans”…. we dont need anybody to do the thinking for us. Greats lyricists of all time? You just went full retard.
Jay-Z can’t mess with Rakim or KRS-One. KRS-One is literally the Godfather, any rapper will tell you that. Even Nas said so on one of his albums, it was a short skit. Jay-Z self-described himself “Hov” like he’s some kind of God of MC’s… which proves my point, he does too much bragging. Nobody gave him that name(Hov), not even Biggie.
You just lost ALL your credibility when talking about Hip Hop for calling Jay FUCKING Z not lyrical. Ridiculous.
@wtf Every rapper thinks he/she is dope or the dopest; it’s the nature of the beast. So why should Jay-Z be any different? KRS is “The Teacher.” The very same Rakim you bring up is the “god mc” but it’s different? The hova thing came from a play off Jay-Hova. Everybody wants to be the best mc; He just came up with a more clever way of saying it and had the balls to actually verbally claim it; it doesn’t mean he thinks he’s actually god (and if he did think so, who cares?). I’m not really here to defend Jay-Z. His track record speaks for itself if you are being objective. The people you mentioned specifically give it up to Jay (KRS of course has his own individual gripes) when they are not out saying they are the best themselves that is — which again — is what rappers do. I’m simply here to say, you’re not being objective; you’re being opinionated — which is perfectly fine of course. [cliche here]. You don’t like Jay-Z because he uses the truth of his life to create his material; that doesn’t take away from the fact that he has created some of the most incredible material in the history of the genre and is practically universally respected by his peers, the ogs, and the new comers alike — and it’s not because of money. More people *dislike* him because of money than people who like him because of money. And I do appreciate the fact that hip-hop heads think for themselves. Respect.
@GR all your points have no merit. To say KRS-One has it’s own “gripes” is blasphemous. Nas himself said that he’s the best to ever do it on KRS-One Album. Did nas ever say that on a Jay-Z album?
Which proves my point, nobody ever called Jay-Z the Best of All time when he came out, Reasonable Doubt didn’t have any success except in NYC. Nas first album was held a classic World Wide, big difference. If you knew anything about flows you would know that Jay-Z 90% of the time has the same damn flow. 80% of his lyrics is about money. Where is the creativity?
Then again, you don’t know the difference between an MC and a rapper(Jay-Z).
When you have some of the best MC’s praising Rakim and Kris then it’s very different. Jay-Z gave himself that title.
Hell…. even Jay Electronica is better than Jay-Z and he doesnt have an album out! Id put jay Electronica above Jay-Z when it comes to MC’ing. I can tell you’re one of the kids from the new generation that listen to Commercialized BS music and is easily impressed by the Money and fame.
All your doing is giving me your “opinions” give me some facts. And dont quote any broke rappers out here trying to do a feature with Jay-Z bc thats where the MONEY is at… 95% of all these new rappers suck anyway. When you’re used to listening BS all day.. you forget what quality music is.
U think he overrated? Fine? U not a fan? Fine
But to say HOV aint lyrical is one the most ridiculous things i hav eva heard…
Reasonble doubt is like a street bible my nigga.
I neva been a fan of nas… But i always respect him and no way i would say he not lyrical.. If u dont like em thas fine jus keep it real homie
I agree!
If we are talking about SPITTING and crazy flows and versatile delivery…. redman is by far better tgan jay-z
Young hova was mad hungry
Who?
If you don’t know who Redman is, then you don’t belong here.
That was the lamest shit ever haha was probably u
EVERYONE puts Eminem in their top 3 or 5, why is this a debate?
I dont he top 20 not even top 10
Any up and coming artist that feels the need to diss people to get reconinition ain’t ever gonna be shit
If only Redman would learn to chew gum like a human.
However i spit rhymes better than these guys ! shut yo mouths for one second !!
Em uses to be dope but that nigga been getting throatfucked hard since relapse, I mean dude aint even got no gag reflex left. Nah mean?
Irrelevant nobody even knows this no name exists. Get a drake feature or get stop trying to make a name for yourself
Dra-Who?
GTFOH with That homo singer. I bet You Love to suck dicks while listenin to him.
These fuckin Gay Niggas smh
Drake Run Your Butthole Ladyboy
“nobody even knows this no name exists”. You do now.
M&M is a soul and spirit fighter he is able to rock even the highest rappers at there game!!
Redman is in my top 10 of all time. Eminem is one of the greatest of all time.some of the best jay-z verses were his collab tracks with eminm,dmx,etc.
HOLD UP.. did someone say they didn’t know who Redman was??? Are you kidding me?? If you don’t know who Redman is your just listening to the beat and a hook if there is one. And to say Jay is lyrical might be the funniest thing I have ever heard. Read the lyrics of Redman and Eminem and read lyrics of Jay’s.. to say Jay is lyrical you must just like the beat and a catchy hook. if you READ you will see Redman and Eminem are the wittiest syllables, punch lines, metaphors. Only metaphor Jay wrote was 99 problems and a bitch aint one.. cuz its about a drug sniffing dog that was going to search Jay’s car with mega crack in the trunk but couldn’t get a dog out there so he was let go. And its fine if you don’t like Eminem or Redman its your opinion and its fine if you like Em’s old shit instead of after Relapse.. that means you like Eminem on drugs.. which most people say.. but to publicly say Eminem sucks being sober is stupid. He flat lined.. he has 3 children. The fact that he came through that with everything that happened and Proof dying is a miracle. So you can not like someones music, but at least he is still alive for you to say that. His core fan base will never leave him. I think people get confused with lyricism and what it means. And for those who say Jay is Lyrical?? That means that every single Eminem and Redman song goes RIGHT over your head. So you either need to listen or read lyrics. So much shit goes over everyones head its ridiculous. Listen to Forever with Drake Em Kanye and Lil Wayne. Kanye said he had to go back to the studio to write for 2 days after hearing Eminem verse. And still couldn’t top it, and the fact is if you read what he is saying and know the history of Lil Wayne begging to be on a song with Eminem and all that other shit you will see where the disses in that song are for Lil Wayne AND Kanye, not drake. READ lyrics or get out the way and listen to a catchy hook. I do NOT wanna hear Eminem or Redman in the club cuz that would be them selling out.