Albums OG’s sit back and listen... young boys explain to hiphop heads why J. cole is better than jay-z...

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

In terms of just flat out skill and just rapping I think they're even, there's been different versions of Jay over the years but there's only really been one Cole though and I think that's the main thing that sets them apart. Jay's reinvented himself a few times and while it hasn't always worked it's given him a lot of variance in content so I'll take him over Cole in that regard. Cole's never dropped a bad album IMO (4YEO is probably the closest but still not a bad album) but I think Jay has dropped a few.

All in all, I think just the longevity of Jay and him being able to exist in different eras of rap gives him the nod and the advantage, but I think Cole is just as good of a rapper bar for bar, he just doesn't have the diversity Jay has had.

lol

 

[Hannibal Fox]

In terms of just flat out skill and just rapping I think they're even, there's been different versions of Jay over the years but there's only really been one Cole though and I think that's the main thing that sets them apart. Jay's reinvented himself a few times and while it hasn't always worked it's given him a lot of variance in content so I'll take him over Cole in that regard. Cole's never dropped a bad album IMO (4YEO is probably the closest but still not a bad album) but I think Jay has dropped a few.

All in all, I think just the longevity of Jay and him being able to exist in different eras of rap gives him the nod and the advantage, but I think Cole is just as good of a rapper bar for bar, he just doesn't have the diversity Jay has had.

No way and I'm not a big fan of Jay-Z at all, 97 Jay-Z vs 2019 J Cole would be like a squash match on WWF Superstars with Cole being the jobber of the week, I get if people don't like his content but his skills aren't in question, he loses points for all the biting though.

 

[Street Knowledge]

Jay Z has like 50 songs better than Jcole’s best song

 

[Ineedmoney504]

Cole is great. But let’s stop, he’s not close to hov in skill or music

 

[mr.africa]

Cole is great. But let’s stop, he’s not close to hov in skill or music

this

 

[FreshAIG]

Jay is light years better than Cole. Give me a break

 

[Smokin Rider]

I hate these thread cause Cole is great in his own regard and I think in some sense lyrically they are close but Cole is boring and Jay knows how to write a song. The intangibles set them way apart.

 

[Jigganaut]

I'm 15 years older than my little brother and he's a college educated middle class black kid he fukks with Cole heavy he'd probably agree with this. Never talked about it though.

 

[Real N Quotes]

these gen Z lean'd out brain dead mush mouths thinking j colon is some amazing rapper

Cole is a fantastic emcee and has made some dope ass songs, but overall his music/beats are ass

IMO, That’s what keeps him off any 25-50 GOAT list

Jay is a top 5 rapper/emcee/ songwriter

 

[SnowflakesByTheOZ]

First off nobody has ever said this

Secondly

Charisma - Hov
Flow - Hov
Punchlines - Hov

Cole doesn't have a classic album wtf

 

[L&HH]

In terms of just flat out skill and just rapping I think they're even, there's been different versions of Jay over the years but there's only really been one Cole though and I think that's the main thing that sets them apart..

Please post a cole verse better than this and this ain't even Jay best verse. Also Cole's best album isn't even fukking with Jay's or 6th best album. This watered down era has made a lot of above average rappers seem much more than what they are. You wanna know how weak this era is, Logic is essentially this generation's Eminem. Let that sink in for a second. DaBaby is essentially doing what Ludacris was doing and Luda is 100x the lyricist as DaBaby. Thug or Uzi is this era's Lil Wayne. Migos this eras Bone Thugs. You see how the overall playing field has fallen off compared to their predecessors.

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

By any standard you’d like to measure rapper by Jay-Z vastly better

I’ll give Cole content I suppose

 

[CarltonJunior]

Please post a cole verse better than this and this ain't even Jay best verse. Also Cole's best album isn't even fukking with Jay's or 6th best album. This watered down era has made a lot of above average rappers seem much more than what they are. You wanna know how weak this era is, Logic is essentially this generation's Eminem. Let that sink in for a second. DaBaby is essentially doing what Ludacris was doing and Luda is 100x the lyricist as DaBaby. Thug or Uzi is this era's Lil Wayne. Migos this eras Bone Thugs. You see how the overall playing field has fallen off compared to their predecessors.

Saying Cole doesnt have an album better than Blueprint 3, MCHG or Kingdom Come is some tone deaf stan shyt.



I didnt even say Cole was better but here comes the wolves

 

[Neuromancer]

You can't even write a thread title. What can you explain to me?

 

[DatNkkaCutty]

In terms of just flat out skill and just rapping I think they're even,

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