Eminem vs Jay, who has the higher highs, and who got the lower lows?

[BK The Great]

He got 3 (SSLP, MMLP, Eminem Show), just as much as Jay (RD, BP, Black Album)

MMLP & Em Show are maybe his best, SSLP is ok but production on it wasn't all good. 8 Mile Soundtrack is better than that album. Jay got RD, Hard Knock Life Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Dynasty album, Blueprint, and that's not even his B Side stuff.

 

[Reptile]

MMLP & Em Show are maybe his best, SSLP is ok but production on it wasn't all good. 8 Mile Soundtrack is better than that album. Jay got RD, Hard Knock Life Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Dynasty album, Blueprint, and that's not even his B Side stuff.

THe bolded is a damn lie that shyt is terrible. And all those Jay projects arent classics.

 

[HNIC973]

Bout as low as you can go lol

this & Puke are contenders for the worst rap songs ever made. How anyone is a fan of this shyt is beyond me

 

[mundL]

8 mile Ost is terrible now lmfao

Everything em spit in 2002 was fire

 

[BK The Great]

THe bolded is a damn lie that shyt is terrible. And all those Jay projects arent classics.

Em doesn’t have many albums I can go back to listen to. That weird shyt in his music is a turn off. 8 Mile soundtrack is better than everything after Eminem Show. Or maybe that Re-Up project too. Let’s not forget Jay got American Gangster too which is also a very good album.

 

[Bondye Vodou]

Jay wins, he's more consistent. Go listen to encore, relapse, revival etc. and tell me Eminem don't got a plethora of toilet bowl classics in his catalogue.

 

[28 Gramz]

Eminem is a (much) better rapper than Jay but alot of his music has aged terribly. I'd rather listen to RD, Blueprint and Black Album over any Em release.

 

[Mastamimd]

If we're being objective here their highs are rather equal, it's just that depending on who you're more of a fan of you're gonna lean a certain way. They both have three definitive classics for sure.

Em's lows are WAY lower album wise...Revival is one of the worst albums I've ever heard lol. And as much as I hate BP3, KC and MCHG those albums have at least a track or two I rock with.

 

[987654321]

MMLP & Em Show are maybe his best, SSLP is ok but production on it wasn't all good. 8 Mile Soundtrack is better than that album. Jay got RD, Hard Knock Life Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Dynasty album, Blueprint, and that's not even his B Side stuff.

SSLP is one of, if not his most cohesive and fun projects. Even at its age it’s still one of his easier listens. It shyts all over 8 mile, majority bass bros production will always win out over em’s.

 

[BK The Great]

SSLP is one of, if not his most cohesive and fun projects. Even at its age it’s still one of his easier listens. It shyts all over 8 mile, majority bass bros production will always win out over em’s.

I think it's one of the lowest he's made Only album i really go back to is Em show. And 8 Mile Soundtrack. Everything else is just certain songs.

 

[987654321]

I think it's one of the lowest he's made Only album i really go back to is Em show. And 8 Mile Soundtrack. Everything else is just certain songs.

I can stomach parts of Eminem show sometimes. shyt started to go downhill after MMLP. Started getting formulaic, all the subject matter started to sound like a soap opera of him responding to national enquirer headlines.

SSLP is always dope to play from front to back. He didn’t have shyt to lose, he wasn’t constantly trying to explain his real life, he was just having fun rapping weird shyt.

8 mile would have been a lot better with better production. It’s just stale now, the rhymes weren’t bad or anything though.

 

[BK The Great]

I can stomach parts of Eminem show sometimes. shyt started to go downhill after MMLP. Started getting formulaic, all the subject matter started to sound like a soap opera of him responding to national enquirer headlines.

SSLP is always dope to play from front to back. He didn’t have shyt to lose, he wasn’t constantly trying to explain his real life, he was just having fun rapping weird shyt.

8 mile would have been a lot better with better production. It’s just stale now, the rhymes weren’t bad or anything though.

Em basically came into the music scene as a comedian, My Name is showed that. If he just kept it from his Rawkus days i think some might've took it more serious but he also showed that side too. I prefer his serious music a bit more, i don't listen to much of those comedic songs unless it pops up on shuffle or something.

 

[Reptile]

Em doesn’t have many albums I can go back to listen to.

You not liking it doesnt stop it from being a classic.

 

[BK The Great]

You not liking it doesnt stop it from being a classic.

That all depends on what everyone calls classic or not.

 

[mikishere]

im listening to BP2, KC & Magna Carta over ANY em album not named SSLP, MMLP or eminem show...

as far as the highs,
RD > SSLP
BP > MMLP
BA > Eminem Show

all 6 are great/classic albums for sure though.