BmoreGorilla
Veteran
X was far from a simple freestyle/bars type person. Ain’t no way you listened to a whole X album and came away with that
Cam'ron & Ma$e Argue DMX Was A Better Rapper Than 2Pac: '[He] Had More Than 'Pac
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NoirDynosaur
Yurrrrrrrrrr
Both were iconic. However, Pac and X were more alike.
Both had that raw, energetic, in your face type of vibe
Both had experience in cinema movie roles
Pac had more versatility because he songs talked about mother's love (Dear Mama), appreciation of women, poverty, conscious of being black in America (Keep Your Head Up) teenage pregnancy (Brenda Got a Baby)
However, X had one of the greatest songs dealing coping with depression, addiction and stress (Slippin), the GOAT pumped up street anthem (Ruff Ryders Anthem), songs for the bytches (What These bytches Want), classic party anthem (Up in Here), spiritual storytelling (especially his first two), gospel records (Lord Give Me a Sign)
California Love can go neck to neck with Ruff Ryders Anthem. Both songs were deeply embedded in pop culture.
DMX isn't a lyricist? X's in the Early 90's before X changed in 94' X had the Spellbound style
^^ You can hear the BDK influence
DMX couldn't make songs about his mom because his mom wasn't in his life. He did dedicate a song to his late grandma
The interesting thing is X was supposed to sign to Death Row. Irv and Ruff Ryders went to Cali
Both had that raw, energetic, in your face type of vibe
Both had experience in cinema movie roles
Pac had more versatility because he songs talked about mother's love (Dear Mama), appreciation of women, poverty, conscious of being black in America (Keep Your Head Up) teenage pregnancy (Brenda Got a Baby)
However, X had one of the greatest songs dealing coping with depression, addiction and stress (Slippin), the GOAT pumped up street anthem (Ruff Ryders Anthem), songs for the bytches (What These bytches Want), classic party anthem (Up in Here), spiritual storytelling (especially his first two), gospel records (Lord Give Me a Sign)
California Love can go neck to neck with Ruff Ryders Anthem. Both songs were deeply embedded in pop culture.
DMX isn't a lyricist? X's in the Early 90's before X changed in 94' X had the Spellbound style
^^ You can hear the BDK influence
DMX couldn't make songs about his mom because his mom wasn't in his life. He did dedicate a song to his late grandma
The interesting thing is X was supposed to sign to Death Row. Irv and Ruff Ryders went to Cali
Jigga had zero presenter skills lol one thing people can't ever take away from Pac is dude was born to entertain.
MurderToCassette
Sa Da Tay
I got Pac over X but I always wondered, if he had lived, how would have he responded to this?
Fear of his talent and knowing how hard they work, they can't emulate it to get his level of world wide respect
spliz
SplizThaDon
The point is some of these same nikkas would shyt on X’s lyricism in other threads. Anybody who an avid defender of DMX can tell u that. This shyt is a joke. I’m literally one of DMX’s biggest fans on this site.
Cryptocurrency Scarface
Coinbased
I put Pac Cube DMX and Scarface in the same category
i just don’t believe cam & mase are bias
I truly believe it all boils down to pac being a below average MC
…. if you take the elements of what it is to be a MC from flow , cadence, similes, metaphors, punchlines, wordplay etc. etc. he is below average in every single facet …
and finally this whole thing about using the term better artist is kinda weak … and seems the only reason this term is brought up, is to propel him because he lacks the essential skills … I mean I can’t ever remembering a hip-hop debate on who is the best, and some are saying KRS-One, others are saying Big Daddy Kane others are saying Rakim , others are saying LL Cool J (with using him being the so-called better “artist” in their argumen)
It mos def is but in this argument he’s going up against the most versatile rap artist of all time
At some point the general consensus has to count for something. Pacs music has stood the test of time. DMX music has too but not on the level of Pacs.
Both were iconic. However, Pac and X were more alike.
Both had that raw, energetic, in your face type of vibe
Both had experience in cinema movie roles
Pac had more versatility because he songs talked about mother's love (Dear Mama), appreciation of women, poverty, conscious of being black in America (Keep Your Head Up) teenage pregnancy (Brenda Got a Baby)
However, X had one of the greatest songs dealing coping with depression, addiction and stress (Slippin), the GOAT pumped up street anthem (Ruff Ryders Anthem), songs for the bytches (What These bytches Want), classic party anthem (Up in Here), spiritual storytelling (especially his first two), gospel records (Lord Give Me a Sign)
California Love can go neck to neck with Ruff Ryders Anthem. Both songs were deeply embedded in pop culture.
DMX isn't a lyricist? X's in the Early 90's before X changed in 94' X had the Spellbound style
^^ You can hear the BDK influence
DMX couldn't make songs about his mom because his mom wasn't in his life. He did dedicate a song to his late grandma
The interesting thing is X was supposed to sign to Death Row. Irv and Ruff Ryders went to Cali
Both were iconic. However, Pac and X were more alike.
Both had that raw, energetic, in your face type of vibe
Both had experience in cinema movie roles
Pac had more versatility because he songs talked about mother's love (Dear Mama), appreciation of women, poverty, conscious of being black in America (Keep Your Head Up) teenage pregnancy (Brenda Got a Baby)
However, X had one of the greatest songs dealing coping with depression, addiction and stress (Slippin), the GOAT pumped up street anthem (Ruff Ryders Anthem), songs for the bytches (What These bytches Want), classic party anthem (Up in Here), spiritual storytelling (especially his first two), gospel records (Lord Give Me a Sign)
California Love can go neck to neck with Ruff Ryders Anthem. Both songs were deeply embedded in pop culture.
DMX isn't a lyricist? X's in the Early 90's before X changed in 94' X had the Spellbound style
^^ You can hear the BDK influence
DMX couldn't make songs about his mom because his mom wasn't in his life. He did dedicate a song to his late grandma
The interesting thing is X was supposed to sign to Death Row. Irv and Ruff Ryders went to Cali
I always wondered why pac wasn’t in the photo with suge n them and why dmx wasn’t in this picture with suge n them either ……
We’ll agree to disagree breh on this topic respect
Speaking ov pac n dmx that’s surreal that pac and dmx was in reaching distance of each other as dmx told the story on drink champs when he saw pac walk past him and his man’s in l.a in 95/96 pac was dolo apparently obviously pac wouldn’t have a clue who dmx was back then just a crazy moment to have the 2 Greats within reaching distance ov each other