Big L was better than Big and Pac

[JoelB]

If L woulda signed to Roc-A-Fella like he was supposed to....

but he didnt, so these threads need to be sent to the bushes

 

[surv2syn]

am I the only one who thinks Lifestylez is like an absolute classic

you know, I wouldnt say its a classic because I havent listened to it in a long time. so obviously I dont remember it as one. like I can throw on War Report right now and listen to the whole s**t. that was one of my classics. I did have Lifestylez in heavy rotation though...it has some memorable songs and some not so memorable.

 

[Big Mel]

Big L wasn't even better than OC or Finesse.

 

[the rhyme king]

Big L was the Papoose of his day. Had he lived longer, he wouldn't have achieved much more success or acclaim than Pap. He was nice to listen to and I was a fan of his and copped his music...but basically, he wasnt a guy who was going to cross-over. More of a specialist than a well rounded MC.

lol at comparing papoose to big l fukk out of here

 

[DANJ!]

As far as the Poor & Dangerous album... it was dope but it wasn't a knockout. I know that now some people consider it a classic, but it was really just a good album for its time... no different than how Fat Joe's album that year was good, Mic Geronimo's album was good, Smoothe Da Hustler's album was good... there was nothing on it that REALLY solidified L, it was just a tight performance across the board. The producers brought good beats (for the most part) and L was lyrically nice of course (even though he rapped the same way on almost every song). It wasn't one of those standout must-have, must-hear joints. It was one in a long line of good albums that came out. I wouldn't scoff at someone if it was a personal classic to them, but I see why it's not considered widely as an all-time classic.

 

[Griffith]

no he's not fakkit

 

[Big Mel]

Fat Joes album was waaaaay more of a hit than L's.

Dilla and Big L are the two dead artists who've acquired a gang of uninformed, revisionist fans in their passings.

 

[West Coast Avenger]

Big L wasn't even better than OC or Finesse.

everyone always sleeps on OC.....the nikka is a hell of lyricist.....never fell off...

 

[BrothaZay]

Cassidy is better than Big L RIP

 

[West Coast Avenger]

Fat Joes album was waaaaay more of a hit than L's.

Dilla and Big L are the two dead artists who've acquired a gang of uninformed, revisionist fans in their passings.

now that one I cant let slide......Dilla already had a cult following before his death.....when he passed.....it turned into a movement.....

 

[Big Mel]

But you get why I said it. Questloves Dilla PR has his constituency making wild claims like "Dilla > Premo, Dre etc"

 

[West Coast Avenger]

But you get why I said it. Questloves Dilla PR has his constituency making wild claims like "Dilla > Premo, Dre etc"

true.....I agree....

 

[Big Mel]

And the Big L fans are all Jay Z, Cam/Dipset, Budden/Fab Ronzo types who've heard 93 Freestyle and bolstered him to Punchline god status.

I love both L & Dilla but I see through these opinions rather easily.

 

[BrothaZay]

2pac>Biggie(slightly over Big Pun due to better songs) then big L

 

[DANJ!]

Fat Joes album was waaaaay more of a hit than L's.

Dilla and Big L are the two dead artists who've acquired a gang of uninformed, revisionist fans in their passings.

Yeap... I think we agreed on this in another thread before... that Fat Joe Jealous Ones Envy album was on-point and really gave him a presence in hip-hop. He might not have been lyrically with L, but he had some joints on there that hit a lot harder on the street level, even on the mixtapes.







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