"If you think Biggie is better than Ross you a clown. Biggie ain't top 20"

[hex]

He was more respected than pac bruh.

The fact that your mind immediately went to Pac speaks volumes on the gap between Jada and BIG.

BIG was, at the very least, among the best out back then. Jada was a B-C tier Bad Boy affiliate around the same time.

Ross in the grand scheme of things is a hell of a lot closer to a Jadakiss than a BIG.

Fred.

 

[beenz]

I like gusto, but biggie birthed jay-z's style let alone Rick Ross. He birthed a lot of the modern style hardcore rap that we've heard over the past 20 years. Sad thing is biggie didn't even reach his prime. His last verse ever was "victory" and you could really see the potential lyrically for what kinda music he was gonna be putting out if he were to have lived.

 

[beenz]

He was more respected than pac bruh.

For me he was. I don't think PAC was close to biggie lyrically.

 

[No Hook]

The amount of disrespect for Christopher Wallace in this thread

 

[BmoreGorilla]

If we just basing this off lyrical ability than Big was better by a mile. But it was obvious what direction Big was going in after RTD while Ross only got better with each album. Ross also has a better ear for production and talent.

Triple Cs > Junior Mafia. The best rapper in JM had her lyrics written by Big

Id much rather hear Gunplay and Torch over Nino Brown and Chico Del Vec

I love Big but this isn't a bad argument at all

 

[beenz]

I don't think Ross has ever rapped on something as wack as Nasty Boy

Just listen to the remix instead. That's what I always did. That version was

 

[B86]

How is Ross not better than Biggie? In all seriousness...

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Biggie doesnt have a "Babies cry"

"one of us"

"Usual Suspects"

"Mafia music"

RIP BIG... But nah..... Salute Rozay.


Young nikka shyt... I know the OGs love BIG.... But Rozay for the young nikkas

In all fairness tho Ross doesn't have a One More Chance, Warning, or Ten Crack Commandments. Big was the most effortless MC ever lyrically

 

[Stuntone]

I feel like Ross has 3 classics, POM, Deeper Than Rap and Teflon Don. And a ton of classic songs

Biggie is like Tracy Mcgrady in his prime. Best to ever do it, but only did it for a few seasons.

Ross is more like Tim Duncan. Great surrounding cast. Solid for a long time.

 

[Piff Perkins]

Biggie has 1 classic album and the other is average why should he be in my top 20? Dmx has 2 classic albums and ain't in my top 10

I just want to commend you on a high quality troll post that would have generated a 10 page thread at one point

 

[High quality poster]

I voted for Ross and I was born in 81

You old ass nikka.

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

RTD is one of the most overrated classic albums there is though.

Yeah, it's influential but I haven't played it in full in years. The high points of LAD are better.


Ross has a solid catalog...deal with it.

What's an overrated classic?


Sounds like an oxymoron. There's a reason it is considered a classic.

To answer the question, Biggie.

Ross never released upper echelon work to the level of Biggie that along with his longevity would have allowed him to surpass the latter. Great rapper though.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

You old ass nikka.

Im in my prime

 

[Larry Lambo]

There's a difference between rating someone as rapper versus rating them as a rap artist.

Ross is a better rap artist, but Biggie by far is a better rapper.

Cats like Jadakiss, Ras Kass, Black Thought, Sean Price, are great rappers.

Pac, DMX, LL, Kanye, Ghostface are great artists.

BIG was great at both, but I give Ross the edge in artistry because of BIG's lack of material.

Whereas when it comes to bars, I don't need 500 songs, you can show me you're a lyrical beast without a ton of material.

 

[BK The Great]

Biggie birthed Ross' mafioso rap style so i gotta go with him, i'm a fan of both them guys too. if BIG was still was alive he'd probably make the same exact music Ross was making.