2manyFCKNrappers
mentally i measure kilos
Pac would win and nobody would ever be able to get close. He's already a legend (dead and alive), top selling, chart topping, infamous, classic album/single having MC. So we could add anybody with those statistical attributes to the debate. Nas, Eminem, Jay-Z, Ye ect. If you just take all the tangible stats away and ask yourself who had the greatest spirit and soul in the game it would be Pac hands down. If you even compare the others you'd realize they probably have a 
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spirit/soul.....or it's not really noticeable or you can't really tell.
The point is that what you can measure can be endlessly debated, categorized and manipulated to suit your point of view. Soul can only be felt and even tho Hov' is my personal GOAT I really can count the times on one hand I've really ever felt his soul come through the music. I'm not talking about him spitting classic lines over a soulful beat. Same thing with Ye (even though he'd be a far 2nd) because even though I hear raw emotion mixed with passion, it's not the same as hearing soul come through.
To really have a respectable opinion in the context of this conversation you have to let go of all the rating systems we use to measure and calculate success in a game. Hip Hop is not the game. The game started making artists players and then made everybody think Hip Hop is an industry. Hip Hop is rooted in soul and vice versa so the criteria for greatness can't ignore this factor. Like I said, we can still factor in the sales, chart toppers, income, social circles, labels, classics....but at the end of the day which MC made you feel him. That is a skill. That is the ultimate skill when it comes to immorality of hip hop.
or spirit/soul.....or it's not really noticeable or you can't really tell.The point is that what you can measure can be endlessly debated, categorized and manipulated to suit your point of view. Soul can only be felt and even tho Hov' is my personal GOAT I really can count the times on one hand I've really ever felt his soul come through the music. I'm not talking about him spitting classic lines over a soulful beat. Same thing with Ye (even though he'd be a far 2nd) because even though I hear raw emotion mixed with passion, it's not the same as hearing soul come through.
To really have a respectable opinion in the context of this conversation you have to let go of all the rating systems we use to measure and calculate success in a game. Hip Hop is not the game. The game started making artists players and then made everybody think Hip Hop is an industry. Hip Hop is rooted in soul and vice versa so the criteria for greatness can't ignore this factor. Like I said, we can still factor in the sales, chart toppers, income, social circles, labels, classics....but at the end of the day which MC made you feel him. That is a skill. That is the ultimate skill when it comes to immorality of hip hop.
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