Eminem, most technical rapper ever ?

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You would go an hand pick a "first single" song to try and make a point.



This is more recent, and conceptionally/lyrically sound. he's up there as far as technicability goes but he's also a dope SONG WRITER when he wants to be, sometimes you have to dial down the technical shyt to make the song work.

You got guys like monch, thought, and early rakim and kool g that really put a lot into their craft as well, em's ability to BALANCE that talent is what set him apart from the cats people like to try and compare him to (canibus, chino ect.)...rippity rap aside he's an underrated overall song writer when he's really on his shyt.



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thats what sets his apart hes THE ELITE LYRICISTS with ELITE LEVEL SONG WRITING SKILLS... a rare combination.. throw in his sense of humor and you have the highest selling rapper in history
 

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Definitely up there.....technically speaking. In terms of lyricism, presence, flow, charisma he is top notch.

All the screaming he's done in recent years....eh. Personally I think he's lost some faith in his mic presence. It seems he feels he can't command a track unless he raises his voice.

Plus his beat selection has been a mixed bag, but IMO him and Nas are the only two who can take a sub-par instrumental to the next level.
 

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eminem >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
 

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no but top 5 is fine. i wouldn't have a problem putting him up there with the g rap's and rakim's(who also have basically said he's one of the greatest)
 

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lord finesse, kool g rap, and rakim are the best technically proficient emcees of all time.

eminem is offkey, on every verse vocal tonality wise.
which means his actual technical skill as a writer is used as virtual metronome to keep him from going off beat.
yet, he is always offkey, because he lacks vocal tonality.

g rap, finesse, and earlier rakim all perfected the technical rubrick with a deeper mastery of vocal tonality than eminem.
over numerous sonic landscape changes with fully recognized growth.

in the styles era, g rap used his physical setbacks from a lisp to dominate.
to this very day and age, where g rap perfectly pockets and uses expert vocal tonality bar to bar.

rakim came to the game with expert vocal tonality and the best technical skills in the history of rap.
with no fall off ever in his actual story and was never offkey a day in his career.

lord finesse was a bit offkey, in his earlier years.
while using his technical skills in the same virtual metronome based way that eminem still does to this day.
yet, in 1996 on the awakening.
finesse fully perfected his vocal tonality to one of the best ramped up skillsets of all time.
plus, one of the best vocal tonality based artist in rap history.

plus, none of these three guys ever bit anyone to ramp up skillset wise.

whereas eminem has bitten hordes of skilsets, over his career.
to ramp up in different areas of technical skill.
while never actually ramping up his ability to pocket flows with expert vocal tonality.

so, eminem can never be the best technical emcee of all time.
as technical skills are directly related to how you pocket a flow on a beat through technical application in rhyme.
of which through eminem's entire, he has never succeeded in ever doing.



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Ya..Ems technicality is the GOAT..no doubt about that..Monch, Brotha Lynch Hung are almost up there

Busta Rhymes is a dope technical rapper when you really think about it to
 

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"I'm desperate at my desk" from the 8 mile track kills me. Dope as hell. Art Barr knows what's up but Em is so sick too.
 

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one has to have a special type of understanding of lyricism to recognize how great he is. your average listener wouldnt understand
Then why is he the #1 most prefered rapper of the average rap consumer if his lyricism is so complex and hard to understand?
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anybody that really love rap music know that technical ability is the most back handed compliment you can give an mc. the greatest compliemnt you can give an mc is that they are a great songwriter.


songwriting>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>technical ability. granted you need solid technical ability to make songwriting seamless, but technical ability for its own sake is pretty boring past a few listens.
 
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