GZA or Lupe...who's the better lyricist?

[The Truest]

I don’t know what your point is, and I don’t care.

I know you don't. You don't know what lyricism is. That's the point.

 

[mobbinfms]

I know you don't. You don't know what lyricism is. That's the point.

Ok.

 

[NormanConnors]

Rakim is better than Lupe Fiasco.
There is no time period in the near future, the far flung future or the past where Lupe fiasco
was or will be better than Rakim.

Kool G Rap is better than Lupe too.


Imagine changing Hip-Hop lyricism FOREVER and then getting compared to a dude
who is "the son of your son".

Facts

 

[NormanConnors]

On your part.

He makes some songs that are extremely dense and abstract that a GZA, Nas, or Rakim can't do based on their careers thus far. And he makes the simple stuff that they do, also. It's not a difficult concept to grasp.

He made "Mural Jr" and he made "Show Goes On". The guys you named only make "Show Goes On"

Follow The Leader and Lyrics of Fury, RIGHT NOW are better than Mural and Mural Jr.

 

[The Truest]

Follow The Leader and Lyrics of Fury, RIGHT NOW are better than Mural and Mural Jr.

Nah.

 

[Ziggiy]

Whose BETTER is debatable.

Whose more lyrical? Thats Lupe.

Lupe’s entire existence is dedicated to being the best lyricist possible. What separates Lupe from someone like Cannibus is that Lupe can be lyrical while actually writing a catchy SONG. Lupe can write hooks, structure verses into incredible stories, remain charismatic enough that he’s not boring, and extend concepts across an entire album.

 

[JayBaldacci]

Follow The Leader and Lyrics of Fury, RIGHT NOW are better than Mural and Mural Jr.

As songs they are(better beats, replay value), but not lyrically.

 

[NormanConnors]

As songs they are(better beats, replay value), but not lyrically.

Yes they are, across the board

 

[ManBearPig]

Whose BETTER is debatable.

Whose more lyrical? Thats Lupe.

Lupe’s entire existence is dedicated to being the best lyricist possible. What separates Lupe from someone like Cannibus is that Lupe can be lyrical while actually writing a catchy SONG. Lupe can write hooks, structure verses into incredible stories, remain charismatic enough that he’s not boring, and extend concepts across an entire album.

GZA as a storyteller > Lupe

 

[ManBearPig]

Can someone post some GZA verses that supposedly are in the same stratosphere as Wasalu the goat? Somehow I musta missed em all these years.

 

[ManBearPig]

At the end of the day I believe Lupe can make a liquid swords but I don’t think GZA can make a song like Failure, Switch, He Say She Say, Hurt Me Soul, or an album like Tetsuo.

We talk about Liquid swords (classic) I also love legend of the liquid sword (underrated) but protools and beneath the surface aren’t really that good. Lupe dropped lasers and drogas light but he also bounced back and with Tetsuo, DMIZ, and drogas wave. That’s not including loosies and pharoah height mixtape which all contains a high level of lyricism, storytelling, and imagination.

But I’m also a person who actually thinks Deck is the best lyricist in the Wu he just hasn’t made a classic album

FAILURE?

didn't GZA write Labels, Publicity, Fame, and queen's gambit?

 

[JayBaldacci]

Yes they are, across the board

Mural has better rhyme patterns and word play than both. I might put Ms. Mural over those not just lyrically but musically also.

 

[Billy Ocean]

FAILURE?

didn't GZA write Labels, Publicity, Fame, and queen's gambit?

You have to excuse @Chip Skylark. He's a delusional Lupe stan. Otherwise a good poster. When that trash rapper's dikk ain't lodged in his throat he makes good posts.

 

[JayBaldacci]

You have to excuse @Chip Skylark. He's a delusional Lupe stan. Otherwise a good poster. When that trash rapper's dikk ain't lodged in his throat he makes good posts.

Just went through the thread again... not one delusional post from him.

 

[Insensitive]

Lupe isn't Jordan.
Just about everyone from Lupe's class (Lupe include) didn't survive past-2015.

Lupe is the dude who made the league but found out, he wasn't built for it.
Kendrick Lamar has the career that Lupe would have, if Lupe's pen was that nice.

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