rakim or jay z; who's the better mc?

[I love Latina women]

i never heard anyone talk about who's the better mc between the 2 and i don't see how it wouldn't be a fair debate
so who would you say is or was the better mc? rakim or jay z?

 

[TransJenner]

The DOC

 

[Pifferry]

Jay Z.
Being a pioneer of the originator of something doesn't make you the best at something.
But "If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants."

 

[KravenMorehead™]

Rakim.


Jay had the better career. He made business and political decisions that enabled him to be at the forefront of the culture and explore different creative lanes. But when it comes down to the mic and rhymes, Rakim is better pound for pound.

Rakim was a pure artist and wasn't geared up to handle the business side that took over the genre, or finesse his way through the cultural changes that came with that. His dominance was based purely on talent. I believe Rakim would've done much more creatively with Jay's cunning than Jay did. They're on opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of handling the evolution of the genre.

 

[Nomad1]

Nas

 

[Kitsune]

Rakim

But this is me just going off the one track they had together, Jay had like 48 bars in his verse and he did his thing quite nicely but Rakim came in last minute with a short little 16 and still somehow managed to outshine Jay.
The Watcher pt 2

 

[TransJenner]

Rakim

But this is me just going off the one track they had together, Jay had like 48 bars in his verse and he did his thing quite nicely but Rakim came in last minute with a short little 16 and still somehow managed to outshine Jay.
The Watcher pt 2

Classic Dre (and ghost producers ) beat

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

Rakim is God..
jay z is a statue.

 

[Pifferry]

Rakim

But this is me just going off the one track they had together, Jay had like 48 bars in his verse and he did his thing quite nicely but Rakim came in last minute with a short little 16 and still somehow managed to outshine Jay.
The Watcher pt 2

Anytime anyone tries to use one song as the marker for anything in an artists career it gets incredibly silly.

 

[Pifferry]

Rakim.


Jay had the better career. He made business and political decisions that enabled him to be at the forefront of the culture and explore different creative lanes. But when it comes down to the mic and rhymes, Rakim is better pound for pound.

Rakim was a pure artist and wasn't geared up to handle the business side that took over the genre, or finesse his way through the cultural changes that came with that. His dominance was based purely on talent. I believe Rakim would've done much more creatively with Jay's cunning than Jay did. They're on opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of handling the evolution of the genre.

More evidence that the reason Jay isn't given the credit he deserves is because of when he came in the game and the fact that he's successful

 

[Mwrex]

.38 revolve like the sun round the earth

 

[KravenMorehead™]

More evidence that the reason Jay isn't given the credit he deserves is because of when he came in the game and the fact that he's successful

nah i'm not taking points off because of his success, i'm a fan of his career. I'm saying if you gave Jay and Rakim the same tools (to compare them fairly) or stripped them both down, Rakim would stand out artistically either way.

 

[The Ruler 09]

Better MC? Rakim...

 

[The Ruler 09]

Rakim has more mastery, Jay may be more vesatile when it comes to things such as flow speed but in terms of sheer technical and lyrical mastery Ra.

 

[Newportbox]

If you took the beats out of Paid In Full & replaced them with more modern sounding production, you would never know The God Emcee was spitting them in 1987. That's how ahead of his time Ra was.