Lupe Fiasco recently performed a freestyle during a gig at University of Illinois at Chicaco, declaring himself the “best” rapper and taking aim at several other emcees who have recently dropped albums.
“When you’re done Watching The Throne, turn around and watch me, when you’re done with the Carter 4 come back to me for more, when you’re done with that Drake, no, I ain’t trying to hate but I’m back up on my grind and I’m about to skaaaaate on these niggas,” he rapped. “Put it on your blog and your tumblrs on your twitters that Lupe said that he’s the best, nigga!”
Lupe most recently announced the dates for his “Generation Laser” tour.
Watch footage of the freestyle below (via lupEND).
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A rapper saying they are the best rapper is news now? OKAY.
Word! Haha where do these guys get their story ideas? This isn’t news.
This is a pretty pathetic post.
hiphodx news: we landed on the moon!
I don’t know about the BEST but he’s better than Jay, Wayne, Drake, and Kanye. So whatever.
this guy succs dicc
The fact that you’re REALLY fuking ugly made me disregard your comment
The above statement is true.
I second that
Is this faggot serious? Nobody listens to his nerd rap music. Wayne sold more in a week than this UNcle Tom bitch will well in a lifetime. Go skate off a bridge pussy. Wayne will bust a cap in your bitch ass. Best alive= Weezy.
Jason, you sir are a clown. What are you 13? Weezy will bust a cap in him? The same nigga who wore women’s jeggings and kissed a dude (I’m from N.O. btw). This shit aint news, every rapper says they are the best. Lupe got the commercial success with Lasers, but it lacked the shit that made him popular with, as your dumb ass calls it, “nerd rap fans”. If liking lyrical skill makes you a nerd, then I’m in fucking Tri Lambda.
Nope sorry I was with you up until you mentioned wayne.
^^^^
Weezy’s a blood you idiot. He shot himself before and went to jail which proves he pack weapons. And so what if he wears jeggings? I bet you’re gonna buy some. Weezy’s a trend setter like that.
And Lupe is nerd rap. Nobody cares to understand what he says because it sucks.
HAHA look son you sound like your on weezy’s dick seriously.
This has to be a troll. If your dumb enough to think wayne is in the spectrum of best rappers, you’re either young as hell, new to hip-hop or just a really uninformed adult.
“If your dumb enough to think wayne is in the spectrum of best rappers, ”
KRS-One, Nas, Jay-Z, Eminem, Andre 3000, Busta Rhymes, T.I., Tech N9ne, Talib Kweli ALL think Wayne is in the spectrum of best rappers.
There goes your argument. LOL
It makes me crack the fuck up when people make wayne seem hard or a g dudes been set for life since he was like 9..when did he struggle and become tough? Never i bet a good enough smack would make him cry plus the dudes tiny as fuck id put money on lupe to whip his ass in a fight or on the mic and i cant stand neither
IF YOURWE A WAYNE STAN YOU CANT CALL ANYONE OTHER ARTIST A NERD. WAYNE IS A WANNA BE ROCKSTAR/SKATER/BLOOD? WTF? WAYNE IS A BETTER RAPPER NOW THAN FROM HIS HOTBOY DAYS BUT HE AINT EVEN THE BEST RAPPER OUT OF NEW ORLEANS. JAY ELECTRONICA IS THE BEST RAPPER OUT OF N.O RIGHT NOW.HIPHOP NEEDS MORE ARTIST LIKE LUPE RIGHT NOW AT LEAST HE TRYS TO DROP A LITTLE SELF AWARNESS. BY THE WAY DRAKE HAS ABOUT MUCH STREET CRED AS WAYNE DOES.WAYNE ALWAYS RAPPING ABOUT HOW HE WILL DO THIS AND THAT BUT THE FACT IS THE ONLY PERSON/THING WAYNE HAS BUST WAS HIMSELF.LOL! THE SHOW GOSE ON IS ONE OF THE BEST SINGLES OF THE YEAR.” I hope your son dont have a gun and NEVER be a D-BOY!”
@Jason
“I don’t even know how to rap” – Lil Wayne
There goes YOUR argument LOL
^^^ You left a key part out, when he said “Imagine that” afterwards
“Imagine that” = sarcasm.
Are you so retarded you can’t detect sarcasm?
OH give me a break….big daddy Kane based his style over an form of rap called braggadocio rap, if you have a problem with a rapper doing that go to the kool g rap’s an big daddy Kane’s of the rap world. And a rapper dissing another rapper is nothing new either.
Jay electronica best right now.Lupe had its run.If noone put on top5 ever when he was at his prime noone’s gonna do it now.Still better than wayne ect
Okay……this is really insulting to hiphopdx readers really what the hell this isn’t news.
What I like about Lupe is he really freestyles and you can tell. Lyrically he really is one of the illest on the mic. fahrenheit 1/15 was dope, revenge of the nerds was dope,a rhyming ape was dope, enemy of the state was dope, Food and Liquor IS a CLASSIC, The Cool IS a Classic, his only dud was Lasers. I don’t think he is a mainstream as people think cuz I doubt people have heard all the mixtape(s)/album(s) I listed. If you haven’t I recommend listening to them and then see where he ranks on your list. If you don’t wanna do that just listen to a few songs: “Kids with Guns”, “The Coolest”,”Theme Music to a Drive-by”,”Mean and Vicious”,”Ignorant shit”… after hearing those 5 songs there’s no way anyone can say he’s garbage.
so the fuck what? literally every MC ever has at one point declared themselves the best, sometimes the best ever, or at least the best in their city, and in a freestyle off the dome? thats not even news. hop off dick, dx.
But Lasers was weak sauce
steven horowitz stop trying to start shit
everyone says their the best, it doesn’t mean they are serious.
fuck i hate this guy, worst writer ever
how is he still employed? he fucking blows it on so many levels each and every week with bullshit articles, basic spelling and grammar mistakes, and ofcourse posting news stories that turn out to be false
i miss the old hiphopdx, why do i even come to this website anymore
Why are you here then?
because i was coming to this website long before they sold out to complex magazine and started hiring dumb ass writers like steven horowitz and because i can bitch
Lupe Fiasco is fucking garbage.
Wayne >>>>>>>>>>>>> Lupe
DRake >>>>>>>>> Lupe
I hate Gay-Z and Kan-gay
And both of them are >>>> Lupe as well.
Lupe fucking sucks at rapping.
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PLEASE. Wayne is gargabe and talks about NOTHING. Lupe can freestyle and spits about real shit. I like Drake for his lyrical content (and his subject matters), but I’ll even admit, his shit is WEAK. Wayne is all hype, Drake too (but I don’t consider him a rapper)
I love Ye and Jay, so I’m biased on that…
He is the best skateboard RAPPER if that means anything
that means nothing because this nigga doesnt even skateboard
to be honest fashawn is probably the best skateboard rapper and he aint even a skateboard rapper, hes just a rapper that skates and hes better than lupe, pharrel, tyler the juggalo, and lil wayne put together
Fuck that ill take skateboard p over lupe or fashawn anyday..
sorry i should clarify, when i said fashawn i was talking about skills on a skateboard, that dude knows how to skate and is very good at it but doesnt write songs about it like these other posers,
lupe, pharrel, wayne and tyler all suck at skateboarding, i wasnt even getting in to the music side of it
the name skateboard p should be abolished because that nigga cant even do an ollie
I suck dick.
I dont see the problem, he pretty much is the best. I mean, out of everyone that came out last decade anyways.
Lupe Fiasco is the best rapper alive. Fuck Jay-Z. Fuck Lil Wayne Fuck Kanye. Fuck Lil Wayne. Fuck Game. Fuck Lil Wayne. Fuck Eminem. Fuck Lil Wayne. Fuck all you mainstream dick sucking faggots who disagree.
Lupe Fiasco = G.O.A.T
How is Lupe not mainstream? Lasers was bullshit. Then this dude thinks he can run around like the savior of the world. please.
u suck.
Laser’s was Atlantic Record’s album featuring Lupe Fiasco. Listen to any of his mixtapes and both his other albums; dude is nice. Every great has at least one dud. I personally haven’t liked an Eminem album since The Eminem Show. I think Graduation had hot beats but other than that it was forgettable. Blue Print 3/kingdom Come weren’t my cup of tea either. I ONLY liked the Carter II, and Drake is just whack to me.
dude sold his soul and put out a shitty album, dont try to blame the label just cause it sucked, this nigga wanted to be on a major label and thats how it works
eminem puts out quality albums that wreck
Doesn’t matter why it sucked, it sucked, but it was one rock in a collection of diamonds. All of his other bodies of work definitely put him in the upper echelon with the other lyrical elite. Of course you wouldn’t know that if you haven’t heard his music.
LOL You put fuck Wayne 4 times.
“eminem puts out quality albums that wreck”
…not on Atlantic he didn’t.
The drummer Rocks!!
fuck lupe nas is the king mothafuckas , nas = g.o.a.t
Um Lupe… one word: LASERS.
You can’t claim to be the best with that. Gimme Food and Liquor 2 and I’ll probably be convinced
“I flattly refuse I aint dumb down nothing”… I can’t respect Lupe anymore after that trash ass album… We hear relentlessly for 4 years about individualism and being yourself and not selling out and of course he breaks all his own rules… He was my favorite rapper for a long time but man I can’t stand by the bullshit this man says….
You do know that his label made him release the album the way it was…he had way better songs that were supposed to be on the album before that got cut because it wasn’t “pop” enough??…so thats why lasers was the way it was
Most idiotic statement i heard all year Kanye is the most creative artist in the game Lil Wayne when he actually puts some effort into his work he is really GOOD not Amazing Drake has slid since Thank Me Later Jay-Z is probably done after one more album but he is 2nd all time when Lupe released The Cool he could be in conversation but now just no hell no the best in game right now top 10
1. Nas keeps himself relevant and hasn’t lost his lyricism
2. Eminem Building Shady records as an empire and staying relevant as a solo artist
3. Kanye West Amazing last year with mbdtf this year with wtt keeping himself good
4. Tie Game/Wayne both are doing good Red album was better than C4 but wayne gets himself noticed but collabing with other artists both really good
5. Rick Ross Building MMG and Triple C’s while doing well as a solo artist
6. Jay-Z not doing as well but still jay-z
7. J.Cole only reason he isn’t higher hasnt put out the album yet when does though watch out
8. Wiz Rolling Papers was Ok but another artist who can collab with other artists and put good verses down
9. Tyler The Creator VMA WINNER AT A POP ORIENTED EVENT NUFF SAID
10. Tech N9ne more talented than half the guys on this list but if he pulls off another 6’s and 7’s he has fulfilled his legacy as the greatest independent artist of all time Lupe not on there
The fact that Wiz Khalifa is on that list makes everything else null and void. Step your hip-hop game up.
Why are you defending Ross and Em and (ohh hell naw) Tyler the creator with material stuff…and seriously do you “listen” to the music.. Wiz Khalifa and Lil Wayne??!!…they rap nonsense…When comparing rappers compare the lyrics and the creativity…Don’t really make sense either that you have Nas at number 1 and Wayne so close behind
HE DID NOT SELL OUT! Like fuck did no one watch that shit unfold? He did what he had to do to get the album out so he could continue his career. If he didn’t compromise, the album would have been shelved, and he’d be no better off than young buck, stuck on a label that wont put your shit out. I didn’t care for lasers, but he still kept it as political and conscious as Atlantic would let him. He even said he wasn’t satisfied with the album.
that list was in no particular order But still Lupe is not ever going to be on it
” only reason he isn’t higher hasnt put out the album yet when does though watch out”
“that list was in no particular order”
What?
THIS IS SHOCKING!!!! A RAPPER CLAIMING THAT HE WAS THE BEST!!!! WHAT A VISIONARY MOVE BY LUPE!!!! NO ONE HAS EVER DONE THAT BEFORE!!!!!!!!!!!! 20 YEARS FROM NOW, WE’LL ALL REMEMBER WHERE WE WERE WHEN A RAPPER FIRST CLAIMED TO BE THE BEST!!! THIS IS OUR 9/11!!!!
lol
Wtf he never said he was the best you assholes well not by what you said above in that portion he didnt maybe he says in the vidof tha freestyle
“Put it on your blog and your tumblrs on your twitters that Lupe said that he’s the best, nigga!â€
Lupe im enjoying watch the throne tha carter4 no, but props to games red abulm, anyways all you had was lasers that abulm was a watered down version of you and u know?? its not becuase of these dumbass niggas saying it cuz he sold out no, its becuase of alantic records fuckd with his shit and his abulm anyways back to my point lup i’d like to go back to you but i already hear you first too great abulms you dont have any music on the way tho your just touring atm but i hoping ur next abulm is less like Alantic Record’s Lasers and more like Lupe Fiasco’s Food and Liquor ah ha yea
Whats wrong with a rapper saying hes the best? I thought you should never say someone is better than you.
I have no problem with a rapper up’ing himself up during a freestyle. Rappers do it all the time. Whether it’s true or not, is a totally different story.
Dopeness, he just might be
yep
Lupe is the best rapper, when he puts out albums like The Cool. His last LP was slave work though, makes him look bad.
Wait… Didn’t Soulja Boy already say that HE was the greatest?
Well now I don’t know who to believe..
Lupe doesn’t even have a platinum-selling album, after 3 albums.
Dude is a flop.
His fanbase consists mainly of nerds with thick glasses
You are a moron
Lupe’s relatively new to the mainstream…and who the f**k cares if it goes platinum these days cus’ the majority of people who listen to hip hop are clueless sh*ts just like you..i bet you wayne’s album goes platinum and its 100% garbage
hasnt every rapper said they’re the best at some point in their career at least once?? i dont see how this is news
young money groupies…lol It’s called YOUR opinion cause it’s your own. Fuck if an artist I like says something(Ye,KRS, whatever), doesn’t mean I share the same opinion. I guess i don’t hop into artist laps as fast as Jason. Who cares either way. No one is the best and def not rapper that can only put together a song with a concept every 50 songs and has gradually fell off for the past 3 years with abc flows that half the time don’t even make sense.
Claiming you’re the best rapper doesn’t qualify as news, and if someone asks him about this he’ll say that this wasn’t a this, battles are dead
WHY LUPE DON’T GOT EVEN ONE PLATINUM ALBUM?
NOT EVEN ONE?
LOL
Get off the Computer son and go finish you’re homework.
So you think Lil Wayne is better then Lupe bc he has platinum album. Lupe is to lyric and complexed for the average fan to understand.
shut up all of you. lupe is corny. and sales mean shit.
A person that can’t tell the difference between ”your” and ”you’re” is telling someone to do his homework. Nice.
I’m been sayin this for a while now ever since Food and Liquor lol. But now I’m leanin more towards Kendrick Lamar for that title. Unless Food and Liqour 2 blows people out the water. But right Section 80 is the only thin I’m listenin 2
imgaine if this was Game that did the freestyle. We’d have 17 pages of hate. haaah
game is garbage and always rap about the same shit.
Lupe is better > than both WEST/JAY/WAYNE/NOIR
NO DISCUSSION!!!!!!!
It’s true, he is the best rapper out besides J cole.
you dumb
you’re*…. dumbass
It took 10 yrs for Illmatic to go platinum….going by sales would mean hammer and vanilla ice are top 5.
Lupe is dope, though kind of fucked in the head with his comments these days, but he is not the best.. The best rapper of all time is 2Pac, but the best who is breathing this polluted air still is Nas….
He’s said two things….he called Obama a “terrorist”. Lupe’s interpretation is someone who has the power to do something and won’t do it.
And this… he’s felt this way for a while now…
Oh we naming top 10’s!!!! ok top ten f**k what you heard
(as of now)
1)Kanye West(don’t rate him too well lyrically but production wise its hard to top him)
2)Black Hippy movement(there hot right now)
3)Lupe Fiasco
4)Jay Electronica
5)Jay-Z
6)Lil Wayne…….sike..
the real
6)Game– really good singles..proved that he’s ill
7)J Cole
8)MF Doom
9)B.O.B…if he was really focused
10)Tie between NY rappers-Busta,Jadakiss,Styles P…etc..they aint really bringing heat though
disagree with this list but I respect it…. besides kanye
i like your list have a couple that would be on mine kanye doom lupe cole hov
In no particular order…
3Stacks
Black Thought
Cee-lo Greene
Styles P
Cube
Q-Tip
Lauryn Hill
Lupe
Scarface
Jay Elect
My personal top 10
1 SNOOP
2 WIZ
3 BILL PALADINO
4 CHEVY
5 NEAKO
6 TOOKIE
thats jokes man, you must be such a faggot
I think lupe fell and bumped his head he dont want it with da carter “you don’t wanna start wezzy cause the F is for finisher”
Only one best rapper alive – lil wayne
That is disgusting. I hope you’re just trying to provoke an argument and don’t truly mean that.
Uhm…. Because he is lyrically. No bullshit ain’t no one fucking with Lu when it comes to those double entendres and metaphors or complex rhymes schemes. This isn’t like a lil wayne stunt, this is actually legitmate.
He isn’t THAT complex. Here’s rappers that can keep up or outrap Lupe (not mentioning the dead ones and obv not mentioning every rapper thats on his level or better)
Mainstream: Eminem, NaS, Jay-Z
Old School: Rakim, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane
Underground: Pharoahe Monch, Chino XL, Slaughterhouse, Tech N9ne, Jean Grae, etc (theres many more in the underground)..
^^^ you obviously don’t know lupe’s shit well if u think a fewa those mcs are near his level lol
I stopped as soon as you mentioned Nas in an comment that was for complex rappers. Nobody, outside of Jay, belongs there. Vakill would crush them all.
Lupe is the best, u wayne stans are the worst ppl on the face of the earth as soon as another artist gets the slightest bit of attention yall go blabering off “wayne is the best wayne this carter that” lil wayne was nice Carter 2 days but after that he lost me as a fan especialy wen u go rappin and sayin shit like “lifes a beach and im playing in the sand” like come the fuck on lupe is betta than wayne and hes betta than Jay its the truth honestly but fuck it tho i wanna see Lupe on a track wit Jay Electronica thatll be dope as fuck ohh nd hang urselves wayne stans 🙂
hopefully he going back to his mixtape ways if he saying all this lupe one of the best but that last album was not him
It’s funny to see a faggot say he’s better than some other faggots…they’re ALL fucking pathetic
Im not gonna make a top 10 rappers of all time list cus that shit is pointless too me (too many good mc’s) BUT as far as rappers I listen too the most that are dope as fuck:
1.)LUPE (yep)
2.)Kendrick Lamar(close second)
3.)J.Cole(hope debut is a classic)
4.)MFdoom(been around a while but has one of the most unique delivery’s ever)
5.)Jay electronica (exhibit c, enough said)
6.)Earl Sweatshirt(wish I could hear more from him best OF member)
7.)curren$y
8.)stalley
9.)Blu
10.)Big K.R.I.T.
my dude…… this is one of the best top 10’s I have seen on here , I couldn’t agree more….. mad respect you have a good ear….
Nice list they are def dope. Yeah, Stalley is a problem, his sound is stoopid.
Rappers say their the best all the time in songs. Doesn’t mean they actually believe it.
took the words out of my…fingers.
Eminem>
KENDRICK LAMAR WOULD RHYME CIRCLES AROUND THIS NIGGA.
now why would you say some dumb shit like that
hes good but lupe is by far the better lyricist
thats the silliest shit i ever read
Ahahahahahahahahahahaha, I can’t stop laughing. Shit was too good.
Yep. He is the best black rapper of all time!
BEST RAPPER OF ALL TIME! I AGREE
lupe know. im just glad that someone educated is on the radio. hes been my fav since i heard him the 1st time. hes been off his rocker a bit latelly, but hes gonna put it down from now on.
The Cool >>>>>>> Your favorite album
food and liquor is better
^^^ F&L was great but The Cool is a classic what with the sound
Illmatic is miles better than that shit… kill yourself
So, tell Nas to do a track with a actually talented rapper. Lupe has more talent on Lasers than Nas ever had.
Yo, Jay Electronica vs. Lupe Fiasco.. who wins?
They need to hurry up with that collabo!!!
Clarity and Depth and probably beat selection Jay Electronica
Punchlines, Flow , and Metaphors Lupe..
I got to go with Lupe he’s become a veteran(minus lasers) but yes!! a collabo would be nice…there both in the top 5–for the ignorant go youtube exhibit c-jay electronica and Fire, and S.L.R by lupe…then hush
Lupe by far. One song off Food & Liquor > Jay’s ”career”.
my top 5 favorite albums of all time
1. busta rhymes- the big bang
2. kanye west- my beautiful dark twisted fantasy
3. lil wayne- tha carter 2
4. rick ross- port of miami
5. webbie- savage life 1/savage life 2 (tied)
no question he is better than everyone he called out.. except maybe jigga, no surprises really, he’s one of the few who can claim to be the best
How is this even considered newsworthy or even relevant?! Uhh, this just in: rappers are boastful. If you don’t promote yourself, who will?
totally agreed, of course every rapper is going to be a shameless self-promoter. lupe was super dope to me until lasers hit shelves, i feel like at this moment in time he needs to find his lane again. a lot of cats in the game would not even touch his old mixtapes, let alone his first two amazing studio albums. i’d say definitely top 5 lyrically now and possibly all time. fuck big sean, fuck wiz khalifa, and fuck tha carter iv. give me a new little brother album or something
the cool >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> section.80
Co-Sign.
kaney ego sucks lupe kills him
Lupe is a faggot ass pussy who talks to much and I don’t like him. But if you’re being real with yourself you know he rappers better then all those niggas. He a clown but dude is nice.
He’s a clown but he’s nice! WTF?! Whose side are you on? You call him a pussy and then you say he’s good.?
JAson hop off waynes dick.so wat if lupe aint have a platinum album.Wayne been rapping longer den him and released more albums den him but it toke him 10 fucking years to truely have a platinum album and dat wass da carter 3 so dont come with dat bullshit saying lupe released 3 albums and none havent got platinum.yous a hoe and i aint even a lupe fan jussdont be a hypocrite about sumthing you little faggot.wayne got big in 2007 after 10 years so stfu
All of the Carters went platinum guy. The Carter III just so happened to be his biggest release to date. Not a big fan of him, just stating facts.
So he did just claim to be “the best NIGGA” almost thinkin he wasn’t counting Em. Everyone respecting that Em will destroy them.
Not agreeing with him by any means, but still sick
Eminem would get mangled by Lupe. and i’m not even a huge Lupe fan.
HOW CAN YOU CLAIM NOT TO BE A LUPE FAN AND SAY SUCH BULLSHIT? YOU MUST BE A MAD EM HATER
I HOPE TO GOD LUPE GOES AT EM JUST TO SHOW HOW BAD HE WOULD GET RAPED. EM IS NOT YOUR AVERAGE MC
Em is even slightly fucking with Lupe lyrically, I hope to fuck Em disses Lupe so the world can see just how mediocre Eminem really is
Lyrically Em isnt close to TOP 25 of all time, Lupe is
In terms of mainstream artists still putting out albums on major labels, the best lyricists right now are
1. Nas
2. Jay Electronica
3. Common
4. Lupe Fiasco
5. Jadakiss
6. Rick Ross
7. The Game
8. Kanye West
9. Big Sean
10. Busta Rhymes
Lupe isn’t the best but he’s in the top 5th best out now.
When did Jay Electronica put an album out? lol. Dude can stay in the “potential” category until he actually puts a retail album out.
big sean….really though??!!! everybody else can stay but the only thing lyrically dope he ever put out was that supa dupa lemonade track
how are you really gonna put out a top lyricist list without namin Em…. dudes shreds MCs any rapper will even say there scared to go at him
1. Lupe Fiasco (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4fPzD6F9eI & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-B23QJQ5fs, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaDZyO-w9pQ, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI6iZJOntY8 The whole The Cool album is rap’s lyrical zenith and some of the best shit ever written)
2. Eminem (Wordplay, lyricism, metaphors, punchlines, complexity)
3. Vakill (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTcwUt7Lo_E, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY4IPBkIjRY, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY4IPBkIjRY, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5QGugfuHD8, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYJ6iHlCpdo, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E2XNeNatnM) The Darkest Cloud, Worst Fears Confirmed, Armor Of God, underground verssion of Lupe, straight outta the same city) and Elzhi (just incredible all around)
4. Kool G Rap (all the albums with Polo)
5. Jay-Z (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joHCfll2AGI) need I say more?
6. Joe Budden (Mood Muzik, Padded Room and Escape Route)
7. Canibus (Almost everything)
8. Killah Priest (Everything from Heavy Mental to The Offering)
8. One Be Lo (From Binary Star, to S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M. and L.A.B.O.R.)
9. MF DOOM (EVERYTHING)
10. AZ (DOE OR DOE AND THE INTRO OFF PIECES OF A MAN)
11. The Last Emperor (much better version of Nas)
50. Nas
that lists horrible Kanye doesnt even write his own rhymes, Rick Ross is garbage n Game cant make a song without 5000 name drops in it,
next cat FUCK A RETAIL ALBUM
last cat your list sucks too, Eminem lmao
……
Elzhi
Black Thought
Torae
Skyzoo
Canibus
K-Rino
Prince Ea
Lupe
Vinnie Paz
Pharaohe Monch
are currently the best MCs in Hip Hop
Elzhi (Yes, shows GREAT potential)
Black Thought (ever been)
Torae (in the same category as Blu or Median, which means NEVER)
Skyzoo (if he keeps up the quality of The Great Debater, yes)
Canibus (If you like to read lyrics on RapGenius, than yes, his music is horrible, good lyricist, terrible rapper, LL destroyed him)
K-Rino (same thing as Canibus)
Prince Ea (never)
Lupe (Of course)
Vinnie Paz (I hope this was intented to be a joke, if not, I feel sorry for you)
Pharoahe Monch (belongs on a list of the best lyricists, too)
Why are you white boys listing all these underground rappers…. I said top 10 mainstream artists on major labels. Jay E hasn’t put out an album yet but hes still a “current” a artist signed to a major.
Every rapper thinks they’re the best. Lupe is ill, but Lasers was hot garbage. I think his next album is gonna be tough though.
Lyrically, WTT was garbage. Lil Wayne has been garbage since Tha Carter III. I give Ye and Jay-Z their props for the production aspect of the album, but the rhymes were weak. Lupe is all about teaching. Jay-Z, Wayne, and Kanye, not so much. I think that’s why he said this; he’s tired of hearing the same crap over and over again (“State Run Radio”)
real shit…..
wtt was garbage because it spoke to the black community plain and simple thats why people hate it
Predominately white people clapping to the word nigga in the end pronounced by an artist that caters to that demographic.hm.
cuz honkeys love bumpin All Black Everything in their toyota prius
Lil wayne concerts(and the majority of the rappers you most likely approve of)—predominately black and white people who don’t even have a high school diploma or goals in life clapping along to lyrics laced with unesessary cursing and incoherent rhymes about how much richer he is than you…lupe has many fans my dude black and white
you clueless f**k…if white people recognize real let them..quote-hm:
“cuz honkeys love bumpin All Black Everything in their toyota prius”…nuff said lmao
is he the best HELL NO!!! but true lyrics are better than these pop bull shit rappers who talk bout pussy and bling so when your next shit drops Lupe i will listen to every track like a critic and might put u in MY TOP TEN
I hope Lupe addresses this with some a classic mixtape very soon at least a single
with a*
Its hip hop. Who the FUCK doesn’t think they are the best. Who is getting on the mic saying. Im probably number 32 on the list. Stupid fucken article. By the way Lupe is dope as fuck.
I agree with Lupe saying he’s the best rapper, because thats all he is…a “rapper”. If we’re talking about MC’s, were saying Kendrick, Nas, Rakim, Kool G Rap and so forth..there is a clear distinction
sorry im a 12 year old. But if u dnt mind, can u tell me the difference between rapper and mc?
a rapper is someone who can rap aka rhyme words and spit them over a beat
an MC is a Master of Ceremony, someone who can not only rap, but can control crowds, can move crowds not just rap fans any crowd anywhere, someone who can freestyle off the top of the dome coherently with no problem and someone who is ALWAYS ready to spit anywhere anytime instantly
LUPE is 100% an MC anyone who states otherwise doesnt know what an MC is or doesnt understand the level Lupe is on coz he’s unquestionably an MC
thanks for clearing that up beezlebud bro. But does that mean that technically, mc’s are better than rappers?
yes, an MC can do what a rapper can but a rapper cant do what an MC can, an MC is a more well rounded performer, they have more versatility with the over-all craft
that doesnt mean all MCs are better at rapping than all rappers though, they are just more rounded and better performers
example Doug E Fresh is an awesome MC he can move any crowd, he can freestyle off the top he can rap, he can do it all but he’s not a better rapper than Royce da 5’9
Royce da 5’9 cant freestyle n other aspects beyond being a rapper that it would take for him to be considered an MC but he is one of the greatest rappers of all time, his technical rapping skills wordplay, delivery, rhyme schemes, metaphors etc far surpass most rappers and alot of MCs
the best MCs will always be better than the best rappers though over-all because the best MCs cats like Black Thought, LL, KRS One, 2pac have high level rapping skills and can compete as rappers on the technical aspects (wordplay, delivery, content, versatility, punchlines, metaphors, rhyme schemes, flow etc) with the best rappers plus they have a high level of MC’ing abilities (crowd moving, freestyling, ability to flow over any musical composition etc)
alright man thanks bro
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hahahahhahahahahahahahahhahahahaaha wait… hahahhahaaa
Another young man that doesn’t understand or trust in the power of HARD WORK. Lupe you need to decide who you are and except what may come. Underground king or Pop darling? Both have pros and cons. Choose bro and get on with it.
I’m the best too. Now pay me. Oh it doesn’t work that way?
Lupe is, without a doubt, the best to ever do it. Anyone who acknowledges real lyrics, should know this. People still don’t get most of his material, it’s waaaay to complex. He’s like Nas and Jay put together, our generations poet. From the mixtape with crazy songs like Switch, to Food & Liquor (the best album of the last decade, perfectly crafted), to The Cool (some of the most complex tracks EVER released in MUSIC). Lupe is the best skillwise and proved it countless times, he not only has the skills of the likes of Vakill, Canibus, Elzhi or Crooked I, he has the musical talent and the mainstream appeal to make true classics. Nobody, I mean NOBODY comes even close to Lupe. Skillwise and from a musical standpoint, Food & Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album will have people decoding the lyrics 10 years from now. Bow down to the GOAT!!!
COME BACK WHEN YOU HAVE A CLASSIC ALBUM OR EVEN A CLASSIC TRACK… NAS WOULD DESTROY YOU
Ahahahahahahaaahahahaha. Nas couldn’t destroy 50 nowadays. Classic album? Food & Liquor & The Cool. Lasers, where he used 10% of his abilites, is worlds above Nastradamus. Nas couldn’t decode the lyrics on Lupe’s mixtapes with a a dictionairy and 10 language professors.
Dumbass of the week is back and it goes to the dumbass saying Lupe is better than Nas. Lupe has no classic albums. Haha you talking about decoding lyrics like its Da Vinci Code, fuck out of here. Hes a good lyricists, hes not the best.
The Cool >>>>>>>>>> illmatic
music, concept, subject matter, lyricism
all nas did was spit hot shit bout random hood life over a bunch of samples on fresh beats
Man you people are crazy… im a lupe fan and all but dude is not better than Nas never will be… Nas has 3 solid classic albums and depending on who youre talking to maybe even more… Nas’s lyrics can be matched by maybe 3 rappers throughout the history of rap… name a current rapper that nas aint influences? even weezy gave dude his props, common kanye and j. col have been fans of nas since ilmatic so lets be serious Lupe is good but not top 5 D.o.A (dead or alive) good
If he made that comment after “The Cool”, I would agree. It’s not that he can’t rap anymore, but Lasers made me look at him different. That album was STRAIGHT GARBAGE.
Like Nas WHOLE discgorahpy, besides Illmatic. But thanks to a fourty minute long piece of music released 15 years ago, he will never lose his following of retarted fans.
^^ Guy above: you realize that you are trashing Lupe’s idol right, the guy Lupe claimed as the greatest ever right? Lupe claimed he modeled FL after It Was Written dumb ass… unbelieveable… Illmatic/It Was Written/Stillmatic/Lost Tapes/Godson/Distant Relatives trash right? I understand if Nas isn’t your favorite and thats fines. But don’t make that completely idiotic, unqualified, and unsupportable assertion like that really. The Nas verse on the Carter IV outro 10X > LASERS by the way dumb ass
Letting Go >>> Nas’ verses since Stillmatic, you dumb fuck. Nobody needs Nas.
My self portrait shows a man that the wealth tortured
Self-absorbed with his own self-forfeit
A shelf full of awards
Worshiping the war ships that set sail on my sea of life
When I see my own self I wonder if we still see a light
We was tight seeing lights
Speaking right and breathing life
Now I see my demons and barely even sleep at night
I don’t get high life keep me at a decent height
As the old me I predicted all my recent plights
Exhausted. Trying to fall asleep. Losses at my recent fights
Burdens on my shoulders now, burnin’ all my motives down
Inspiration drying up, motivation slowing down
How is this news? every rapper says this shit. How come you guys didnt write an article a few years a go “Whack Rapper Claims To Be Hot” when mims came out with that lame shit?
is he the best NO, is he better than every single mainstream rapper today YES, in no way shape or form will Jay Z throw a shot back at Lupe he wouldnt dare risk Lupe takin it as a challenge he knows he’d get fucked up they all would
Lupes only competitors today are underground cats like Elzhi, Black Thought, Torae, Skyzoo, Canibus, K-Rino, Gemstones, Talib nobody n i mean literally nobody in the mainstream is on his level lyrically
@beezlebud on twitter
I’ve got to co-sign you. He’s the only mainstream artist who can fuck with every single underground artist. Vakill, who’s also out of chicago, is up there with the ones you’ve mentioned.
In terms of lyricism Eminem sure is, but he likes Lupe. And I saw a video of Lupe saying he’s the one rapper who he would never do a freestyle battle with. Not to mention once at a concert he also said he’s better then everyone except Eminem. Dudes got a lot of appreciation for Em’s skill.
But Em likes Lupe so they’re ain’t a problem between them, I just brought it up cause you can’t deny Em’s lyrical ability. Just incase you don’t know check out ‘Despicable – Eminem Freestyle’.
You dudes should be beefing over the word “LAME” because that’s all this is. Stupid Rapper shit
Anyone questioning Lupe’s statement? What the FUCK?! Your ability to rate something is fucked up then. If he ain’t Nas 2.0, I don’t know who is. Food & Liquor (Just Might Be OK, The Instrumental, He Say She Say, Sunshine, Daydreamin’ (!!!!!), The Cool (THE PERFECT INTRODUCTION TO THE NEXT ALBUM, Hurt Me Soul (!!!!!), The Emperor’s Soundtrack) was the best album of the last decace to me. This was Hip Hop’s lyrical zenith, it can’t get better than this. Those were masterpieces from a lyrical, conceptual and musical standpoint. Lupe is just waaaay too nice with it. Nobody can fuck with him. The whole The Cool album is just ridiculous, how can anyone come up with that? If Dumb It Down ain’t lyrical wizardry, nothing is. There are still lines that people don’t got. He’s like an even better version than Nas. Shit, he’s like Jay and Nas put together. He has the complex metaphors, double-entendres, punchlines and delivery from Jay AND the poetical, subjects and honest side from Nas. He’s the best rapper ever. Even Lasers (Getting Go, THAT FIRST VERSE, Words I Never Said and All Black Everything) showed his unmatched abilites.
Everything you said made sense until you started biggin up LASERS.
Real Lupe Fiasco fans don’t like lasers, don’t support it and wish it never existed. Yes words I never said and all black everything were amazing but not good enough to warrant an album full of trash like that.
Hopefully lupe redeems himself with the next project.
Enemy of the state: a love story displayed some of the best (if not the best) lyricism in the history of rap, along with his first two albums and first 3 mixtapes before that. Lupe gave us 6 straight classic projects, so he still gets the respect. But LASERS was pitiful.
^Even if “Real” lupe fans don’t like Lasers, I love all black everything, W.I.N.S, and Show goes on (for its inspirational stuff).
I am a Lupe fan and I respect Lasers…because it’s like a tenth of Lupe’s ability but still shits on the music of everyone else who uses the same commercial formats/beats.
This faggot saying he’s better than Lil Wayne and Drake is like saying jerking off with sandpaper is better than jerking off with a hand full of thumb tacks…THEY ALL SUCK
This is going to hurt…so uh brace ya self…
Why are ya’ll putting men up on a chart and rating them. You know who else does that? Females. I wouldn’t be surprised if y’all started talking about dudes dicks next.
You are wasting your time and only end up proving you are a side-liner who will never be where they are. I suppose you think you even the score by shitting on a multimillionaire while cloaked in the anonymity the Internet affords you. Or even worse you hang off their nuts like cheerleaders; skirt and pom-poms included.
Solidifying my previous point: you are a bitch. Remember that the next time you look in the mirror just be honest with yourself; you are a bitch who would rather gossip about what another man is doing than focus on your on grind and get your own. I know my words will fall on deaf ears and y’all will be back to dick riding and/or sneak dissing in no time.
At least all your ramblings will keep HipHopDX paid; Geto Boys said it best: “Let a hoe be a hoeâ€.
You made some true points, but Hip Hop IS competition and people WILL ALWAYS compare rappers. And while you’re here, you wrote a rambling yourself where you declared yourself superior to all the other commentors on a fucking HipHop site. What else is the comment section for, you pseudo-intellectual?
and your someone criticising kids on the internet so really wtf does that make you son
I find it funny that anybody defending lil wayne always talk about how he’s getting paid and his album sales, but never his skill or actual music…because I thought this is what it was actually about…the music…Never has there been a sensible argument that Lil Wayne is nicer than Lupe …never…so the only person dick riding is you son..your dick riding lil wayne because it makes you look cool…thats right now look in the mirror and cry..talking about being real gtfoh!!
I feel like 90% of all rappers have made this claim at some point in their careers.
99%
All these competition is good fur the gander don’t ye think young mates?!!
a rapper says hes the best? wow! in other news, water is wet, night is dark, and winter is cold.
Hahahahahaha….
nice. kudos to you sir.
nobody has mentioned Andre on none of these best of lists. Im fenna start checking ID’s on this board
Elzhi,eminem,nas,wutang,wale,the roots, jcole,slaughterhouse,common,lupe fiasco, skyzoo,kendrick llamar,tech n9ne,AZ,saigon
some of the people that are still making good music and keeping hip hop alive
whats so great about elzhi? he has nas’s flow….. cool, the only one who can be nas is nas
I suggest you listen to The Preface and check out tracks like Guessing Game & Colors, just cuz he did a tribute to Nas doesn’t make him a copycat.
Elzhi is 10 times the rapper Nas is, you fuck tard.
The Cool is miles ahead of illmatic.
Is this guy stupid?
Aite im a huge Lupe Fan but that statement is just retarded
it aint miles ahead but i’d say it’s better. conceptually, artistically, and more importantly lyrically. yall gotta give reasons instead of that “are u stupid???” bullshit.
It is better. The Cool is one of the best hip hop albums I’ve ever heard. It’s a story and the lyrics and flow are unmatched.
yeah he is stupid. there is nothing memorable from The Cool. It was a good album don’t get me wrong. but illmatic had one of the greatest verses of all time, a few of the greatests couplets of all time, hot beats for Nas, and set a bar lyrically for niggas to catch up to. Done
GET…THE…FUCK…OUT…OF…HERE
ILLMATIC RAPES ANY LUPE ALBUM, YALL ARE FUCKIN RETARDED
if lupe came out with the cool at the same time nas came out with illmatic, then lupe would win. but illmatic is an absolute classic not necesarily because of its content but also because of the time it came out.
“nothing memorable” is completely subjective. It takes a better artist and creativity to make something like the cool than it does to make illmatic. Most of you just don’t appreciate that kind of artistry n like the simple sound on illmatic. nothin wrong with that, but you’d have to be a close minded lame to think illmatic is the all around better album.
lupe’s best album is definitely Food and Liquor, only slightly though..F&L had Pressure- the song he did with Jay-z v.s Dumb it Down on The Cool album… im gonna have to go with Pressure IMO
That funny, you sure you arent related to Katt Williams?
Dumb It Down is MILES ahead of Illmatic. Even Doe Or Die was better than that garbage.
ya’ll gotta shut it. this is the list of who will take hip hop to the next level.
1) Nas
2) Jay Electronica
3) Lupe Fiasco
4) J. Cole
5) Kendrick Lamar
6) Jay-Z
those of you who say eminem is good, your right but hes not gunna push hiphop anywhere else. that list is the people who will change what people want to hear. and those of you who say Jay Elect isnt good do not know what rap is, the fact that he hasnt released an album makes him ten times better.
great list.. .wrong order… flip it upside down… yea… thats about rite.
everyone underestimates jay electronica.. hes the truth
Nas doesn’t belong there. He made an album called Hip Hop, got pop features and sounded like he should’ve retired 10 years ago.
he also made a recent album called Distant Relatives..
Nas doesnt belong there? oh wow the way these Jay Z stans hate on Nas isnt even funny. Like everytime sum1 has something negative to say about Nas you can autmatically assume its a JayZ fan. Give it up. Im not even gonna quote songs or lyrics anymore. Google Nas yourself and bite your own tounge.
And if u think Nas went pop what the fuck does that make JayZ? nigga was swaggajackin rappers lyrics and dress code! keep it real.
I love how people always say Lupe is so lyricaly complex that no one can understand him. In fact, that is why I don’t really see him as one of the greats.He is just complicated for the sake of being complicated, there is nothing more to his music then the understanding of the metaphors and entendres. He rarely achieves any form of sincerity or anything that will draw me in. Oh btw, Murder to excellence >> ALl black everything
I would be mad if it was anybody else But its Lupe……Lupe Fiasco. Like people can argue with that statement. I couldnt, if he’s not the Best, He is in the Top 5 alive. Listen to Mean and Vicious. Enough Said bout time he Said what alot of people think (not everyone).
thought*
Lupe SUCKS
“Just because you don’t understand him, it don’t mean that he nice. It just means you don’t understand all the bullshit that he writes”
^^That applies to Lupe.
HMMMM Hey i cant fault you for what you think……… but BULLSHIT. Lupe fiasco is nice. If not whoes better.
You can believe that dumb ass Jay Z line if you want, but that’s how he sells you his simpleton shit. Lupe’s song depth laps Jay by leaps and bounds.
Bingo, that line was jay’s way of avoiding the fact that his rhymes are mad simple. But truth is simple rhymes and rhyme patterns sell.
anytime i dont understand something lupe or nas says i always research it..thats why i learn more from those 2 about anything then going to high school.
ok seriously when i listened to lupe food and liquor, that cd got too me, if your stupid and never got a good education or wtvr and you would rather listen to something like lil wack in which you can understand because his verses are simple and wack as hell that fine but if you are an actual fan of hiphop you should respect him for his lyricism, you may not like his music, but pay some respect for some rapper for using intelligence. And true jay z is not as good as lupe on some levels, but to me, he is the best lyricist on the mainstream level, i mean i have been listening to his verses and im impressed cause you have to liten carefully on what he says. Only problem is that he mostly talks about the same stuff, but whatever better then lil wack anyday
No, this line is the truest ever written in Hip Hop history. It’s even more accurat than that numbers line. The only one who writes STRAIGHT BULLSHIT is Nas. He doesn’t understand how to use metaphors, similies and double entendres. Jay and Lupe are the best ever and masters of metaphors. Way more complex, intelligent and thought out than Nas ever was. I guess that the reason Nas released Decoded, huh? Hahaha.
Here, you dumb fuck. I hope you can comprehend this little freestyle that holds more deep substance and lyrical finesse than ALL Nas albums put together.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joHCfll2AGI
fuck this NERDY ASS LAME. my baby boo weezy is ten times sexier. I cant go a night without pleasuring myself to that C4 and thoughts of weezy’s goodies.
Did anybody catch the misspelling of Chicago in the beginning of the article?
HAHAHAHAHAHA! This nigga is super lame. Wasn’t this the nigga who released Lasers, a shitty pop album with generic club beats and lame hooks from shitty singers like Skylar Grey, John Legend, Trey Songz and that lame Jesus look alike in that lame Tinie Tempah song? Gucci Mane will murk that nigga anytime. Fuck Lupe Fiasco, he’s as lame as Kid Cudi, B.o.B, Drake and Mac Miller.
It’s Gucci Time!
i take it from your name you like that wack ass nigga gucci, that mothafucka cant even rap, kill yourself nigga, the world is better off without you and gucci
You dumb fuck. Lupe Fiasco will murked Gucci Mane.
#LASERS
john legend and trey songz are great singers..and lupe fiasco would destroy gucci any day..when you grow up you will realize that and actually care about lyrics in music
only thing missing is the SWAG! but you clowns dont realize hes pretending to be a fan of gay rappers right? kindergarten shit
John Legend is an unbelievable singer.
HOW THE FUCK IS THIS NEWS?!?!
HHDX has the most pointless news articles of all time. Seriously. A rapper claimed that he’s the best in a freestyle? This is news!?!
If you guys made a new article every time a rapper says he’s the best in a freestyle, you’ve have about 1000 news articles a day. Wtf
Agreed.
it’s disgusting how these mainstream rappers argue about who’s the best like they are the only rappers on the planet. nobody mentions the underground rappers. dudes like reks, one be lo, the cunninlynguists, murs or shad would murder 95% of the mainstream rappers
cool story bro and im sure mainstream rappers notice underground rappers so no they dont think they are the only rappoers on the planet
You dumb fuck. Lupe ACKNOWLEDGES all of them. He LOVES Hip Hop. Shad, Reks and One Be Lo? Yes. I know a rapper who would murder EVERYONE, his name is Vakill.
What I don’t get is how people put artist like J.cole and Jay electronica anywhere near a top five when they have never put out an album. A realistic list would include overall music (albums mixtapes features), creativity, longevity, relevance, and lyrical skill. That being said here is 100% “top5”
1. Common- the ONLY album I didn’t like was UMC other than that he has a great collection of work.
2. Talib Kweli- do I really need to explain. He has a solid fan base unique flow and extreme lyrical ability
3. Kanye West- I didn’t love fantasy or graduation because they felt superficial, but the production alone on those two were astounding. He is a double threat, and where he lacks in lyrical ability he makes up for in his production ability.
Lupe Fiasco- He has a plethora of “underground” mixtapes that are several times better than his competitors albums. His song “SLR” is the dopest song I’ve heard in the last 365 days at least. I still can’t decide if Food and Liquor is better than the Cool as both albums are 5 mics albums.
5. Jay Z- the only reason he isn’t higher on the list is because you can listen to all his albums and the message is generally the same. I have lots of money and I used to deal drugs, but he is a jack of all trades. Lyricaly talented and an ear for beats.
I’m not saying these are the 5 most talented emcees in the world but off the variables I listed I think these are my personal top fives. I didn’t put eminem because his music doesn’t move me at all. It isn’t whack but it isn’t for me. Nas isn’t on there because unfortunately he has never appealed to me either, I feel like a lot of his verses just don’t make sense, and it’s not that I don’t understand metaphors, allegories, and similes; it’s just a lot of the times his verses have no direction. Plus his albums bore me.
Lil Wayne >>> all 5 of those guys you just mentioned.
Real talk.
@ Jason real talk you must be in special ed
I Co-Sign this list, iddle1: Chicago has the most talent EVER. No I.D., Kanye Common, Lupe Fiasco and Vakill. Only thing, I would switch Talib with Vakill. And yes, Nas doesn’t belong there, nothing about him is complex, it’s stupid bullshit he knows nothing about wihtout direction.
Ima whip lupe ass!
LMAO.. Lupe needs to put the jeffrey down, hes been smokin 2 much.. we all know that #LilWayne is the best rapper alive!!!
how many albums did Lupe sell????? exactly
wow you need to post that on here and youtube ? you that much of hater. lil wayne sold that many albums because the new generation is retarded and hates to think about what the meaning of a song is so they listen to lil waynes kindergarden punchlines
damn bro, if you thing lil waack is better lupe just beacause he sell more cd is totally mental beacause people like you dont realise actual wordplay, and let me tell you, if you thing lil wayne is a good rapper and good punchlines or whatever. You seriously need to take a good listen of food n liquor cause lupe has more lyricism in one song then lil wack has in one whole album. I mean i could go ranting on about this. But seriously with lil wack saying hes the best alive, that gives lupe authority to say hes better beacause he is
Sales dont mean shit bro. Im sure Britney Spears (same fan base as wayne by the way) has sold more records than even that whack ass midget with doodles on his face but that doesn’t make her a real artist. Skills don’t necessarily translate to numbers, just good marketing. Lupe shits on wayne from such a distance…
lil wayne with his elementry school bars negro please
Nas’ aren’t better, so why gets Wayne called out for that?
http://soundcloud.com/this-j-bird-bitch
how can lupe be the best when jbird is
i made it cool to hate lil wayne
jbird bitch
IS MIGHT BE THE CRAZIEST TRACK I’VE EVER HEARD ,
LOWKEY FT M1 DEAD PREZ BLACK THE RIPPER – OBAMANATION
SAMPLES GLEN BECK AND LUPE FIASCO CHEECK THIS OUT JEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEZE !!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB-vYuYhdSE&feature=feedu
THIS IS THE CRAZIEST TRACK I’VE EVER HEARD ,
LOWKEY FT M1 DEAD PREZ BLACK THE RIPPER – OBAMANATION
SAMPLES GLEN BECK AND LUPE FIASCO CHEECK THIS OUT JEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEZE !!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB-vYuYhdSE&feature=feedu
“I say things other rappers wont say, cos my mind never closed like Guantanamo bay”
Crazy
all you did was talk ish about how dope u are and how u were back on ur grind and then you dropped that lazy album…screw u lupe. i really thought u were going to destroy the game with a crazy album…oh well – ur fan.
and once you hear F&L2 you will take that back
Hey its one bad album. Every great MC has one. Don’t lose hope. LUPE KNOWS which is why he’s releasing F&L2 for his fans so quickly.
Lupe you did not found Cole style. Cole was Cole before you dropped. And he better than you lyrically. you dont have it like you did. Even then I’d say Kendrick could eat you alive. I promise Kendrick will eat you alive. Stop amusing yourself.
kendrick and cole couldnt hold a candle to lupe YOU are trippin
Lupe would destroy both of them EASILY. Lupe is Nas & Jay put together, you dumb fuck.
lol it wasnt even really a diss listen to 2:55 through the end the lyrics werent that hard to listen to(it was more like a concept). fail by hiphop dx and people that post here saying lupe sucks. i guess he didnt dumb it down since you no comprende
Lupe has soul,he forces that into every track he makes. Most rappers,I cant say the same.
I can’t believe people are hating on Lupe for saying he is the best. He has put two classics out, and one bad album and suddenly he sucks?
Lupe is one of the FEW rappers who CAN actually declare he’s the best. He is just that good as an emcee.
No one is fuckin’ with Lu! The twitter freestyle in response to all the NAYSAYERS and DISBELIEVERS should also be posted!!! Check it here:
http://www.thelupendblog.com/2011/09/lupe-fiasco-twitter-freestyle.html
Effortless!
I thought every single literate person was aware of this since he dropped Revenge of the Nerds?
THANK YOU!!!! I wonder if people even listen to lupe’s mixtapes and responses….I DARE a non-believer to go listen to the song Fire-by lupe, S.L.R, Revenge of the nerds, Faliure..go ahead
Lupe is, without a doubt, the best to ever do it. Anyone who acknowledges real lyrics, should know this. People still don’t get most of his material, it’s waaaay to complex. He’s like Nas and Jay put together, personified poetry. From the mixtape with crazy songs like Switch, to Food & Liquor (the best album of the last decade, perfectly crafted, The Istrumental to Hurt Me Soul was the best row of all time), to The Cool (some of the most complex tracks EVER released in MUSIC). Lupe is the best skillwise and proved it countless times, he not only has the skills of the likes of Vakill, Canibus, Elzhi or Crooked I, he has the musical talent and the mainstream appeal to make true classics. Nobody, I mean NOBODY comes even close to Lupe. Skillwise and from a musical standpoint, Food & Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album will have people decoding the lyrics 10 years from now. Bow down to the Greatest Of All Time and spend your freetime with decoding the lyrics of the genius mind that Lupe is!!!
You’re a fucking dickrider, Lupe isn’t that good, people will not be decoding his lyrics in 10 years. Canibus is 100x better and if people will be decoding anyones lyrics it’s his in 100 years. What you meant to say was “I’m a stupid fuck so alot of lines on these albums went over my head”. You must be spiritually dead.
Canibus can’t make a decent song, let alone a whole album. He uses a lot of big words and basically says nothing. Jay, Lupe and Vakill are A LOT better than this fuck who got destroyed by a pop rapper. Canibus is H20 prisoned by a trasparent object instead of a glass of water, complicated for the fuck of it.
ok lets clear this up real easy like.Canibus would carve him, if you dissing Canibus by saying he ain’t rapping about nothing check ya fucking eyes,the only reason Canibus didn’t go so far is cause LL used fame to make him crash and burn. Aside from that the only thing holding him back is his lack of chorus based songs. in the game right now he’s the illest,only people alive on a skill level comparison to him is Eminem and Lupe, Jay couldn’t handle it and Nas Couldn’t handle that enough said. if you really want to see how nice Canibus is Listen To Master Thesis,Poet Laureate, Poet Laureate Infinity, Channel Zero, Curriculum 101. the simple fact that rhymes alone his bars is nice and the simple fact that added to that all his shit makes sense and links GTFO of here with that. Need to replace the hate with respect probably the best yet poet laureate. In fact he’s probably the only nigga in the game with an actual awarded title unlike the title that people say they have,he actually is The Poet Laureate,so Take that to the Bank and Cash it.
Food & Liquor Part 2: The Great American Rap Album will rape Hip Hop front to back, underground and mainstream. I don’t want to be a rapper the day it gets released. Nothing will touch it. It will get the same status for the modern times that Illmatic has for the golden era.
haha every rapper is the best rapper alive hahaah
there is no such thing as the best rapper alive people just grow up in different era’s and like who is out at the time
nas put out some bricks in his carreer also before the jay-z beef put a fire under his ass either was ok but it was full of jokes not like SUPER UGLY and TAKEOVER was all facts
you are a true fool… Ether was all factual. Why do you think NY had Nas back the whole time and that got Hov pissed. Hot 97 did a poll on which artist NY supported the most and Nas ran away with that shit. I remeber the poll like it was yesterday. Why do you think Jay went so hard after that song? People needa get their facts straight
4 to 5 classic albums over 50 million records sold the best rapper alive is jay-z hands down you can hate all you want he set the most trends in the game now every rapper wants a maybach platinum chains been there done that. jay-z doing something right i remember when lupe first came out all he did was talk about jay-z just like game but as time went on and the man is still in the game the love turned to hate the same with wayne and the same with these fickle rap fans that put emotions before the music you dont know any of these rappers but want to hate on them like they fucked your bitch how can you have a opinion on a person you never will know thats pure hate.LUPE im shocked jay-z was an EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ON YOUR FIRST ALBUM HE PUT UP THE MONEY SO YOU CANT GET YOUR SHIT OUT thats how much he had faith in you he didnt sighn you to the roc he just put the money up and you put the album out on your label WHO THE FUCK gonna do that for a nigga he heard you on one song and said he was gonna support you and you talk all that rightous shit but your character dont show it a nigga like 50 would have tryied to slap that g-unit logo on your shit but jay just gave up the bread and let you run with your 1st and 15th label.first you was all about the music but i see niggas get real funny when they looking for that spotlight and got all your shit on CD not i-tunes.
He’s smart for that…who else signs to a the roc and actually survives??????
you dont get the point do you ? it wasnt about him going to the roc it was about what a nigga did for him
kanye west doing pretty good
Whats the big deal??? to true hip hop heads this should be commonsense. By printing a story like this its easy to see where hiphopDX stands in this matter
Lupe IS GREAT but its not that serious wen someone calls themselves the best rapper , it happens all the time people say it everyday ”______ is the best rapper alive” theres is no No.1 there is a bunch of greats tho
I back lupe too…but please man dont say stupid shit like that…go and listen to illmatic again it’s a good album
First of all fu*k Hip Hop dx and this apparent
douche Steven J Horowitz for this misleading article…but also thank you…cus’ on the low I think this is exactly what Lupe needs to show how nice he is…its either people are jus hating, forgot his music(F&L, The Cool, mixtapes..) , or just dont know…Go ahead and show them why you the best if not the best top 5
I know WTF?? Its a freestyle at a concert not a serious official statement from lupe saying “I am the best rapper of all time”
Lil Wayne >>> Lupe
lupe by far is more lyrical than gay azz lil wayne or anyone in ymcmb compare slr(lupe) to the motto(ymcmb)….. lupe is on a whole nother level than lil wayne
Lupe Fiasco recently performed a freestyle during a gig at University of Illinois at Chicaco…??? CHICAGO!!
I mean can you really disagree though (unless you’re a ymcmb dick rider, even then) the only rappers on lupe’s level is all members of slaughterhouse, j. cole, eminem, and kendrick lamar. THAT’S IT!
only niggas on lupe level is common , nas , big ,mos def , talib kweli , rakim , gza , & pac
I remember when Lupe didn’t have to say he was the best. Oh well.
So what? Lupe can say it and thats a fact..
“Even if I was homeless I would still have an awesome house
Cause the world is mine, Lupe to the rescue, the world is fine
Words and lines of mine, I feel. are better than every rap in the world combined”
-Lupe
Someone call eminem and tell him there needs to be a battle.
you got that right