RZA Believes 'No Other MC Can Compare' to GZA — Not Even Nas or Rakim

[LevelUp]

RZA has shared that he thinks GZA is a better MC than anyone else in the game — including Nas and Rakim.

On a recent episode of Drink Champs, the Wu-Tang Clan Abbot was asked who he rated higher as a rapper between Nas and his cousin GZA. "In which way?” he asked. "They’re both very powerful brothers."

Then, RZA explained his belief. "For MC-ing, my favorite, best MC is the GZA," he said. "I don’t think no MC could beat the GZA. I think what GZA has written for hip-hop, no other MC can compare."

"Even if you go look at Rakim, who is one of the greatest, to most people, one of the greatest. Nas is one of the greatest. If you go look at what GZA offered to hip hop, look at what he spawned," he continued. "He spawned me, Meth (Method Man), Rae (Raekwon), Ghost (Ghostface Killah) — these are all from GZA, the enlightener





RZA ended his explanation by bigging up Wu-Tang Clan’s legendary lyrical liabilities. "What the Wu offered lyrically is what no one has mastered yet," he claimed.

RZA is set to appear in the upcoming docu-series about the creation of Raekwon’s Only Built 4 Cuban Linx LP. In the trailer for Purple Tape Files, RZA joins fellow Wu-Tang members like Method Man, plus artists like Kendrick Lamar and Nas to tell the story of one of hip-hop’s most highly received projects in the genre’s history.

"It ushered in the alter egos, the aliases," RZA says in the clip. Lamar also gives his thoughts, saying: "Still, to this day, it’s flows that you haven’t heard before, saying the most wild shyt."

Raekwon also speaks on the album and the process of making it in the trailer for the upcoming series. "I put myself into a serious mindframe," he says. "A serious storytelling album. I had to make this product stand out.

"I knew that purple represents royalty, and that’s exactly what I was looking for."

 

[ajnapoleon]

He not wrong

GZA is amazing


Maybe wise intelligent can do the same level

 

[I love Latina women]

This bout to be a 100 page thread

 

[MajesticLion]

He's said that from the beginning. Meth swears it's Deck.



Artists have their picks.

 

[Soymuscle Mike]

I can see that, Gza is my #5 but Liquid Swords is my favorite album of all time.

 

[Metal Face]

liquid swords > paid in full

 

[Ziggiy]

Thats his blood cousin who helped teach him and his other cousin not only how to rap but also helped convert them to the 5% nation and taught them chess.

GZA is like God made flesh to the Wu and rightfully so.

And RZA has been consistent in this stance for years. He’s also said that after GZA, Nas is the greatest lyricist ever. He said that when he first met Nas when Nas was 15 that he was already a master MC.

 

[No Homo]

Gza is as nice and gifted as anyone who ever rapped

 

[Capitol]

 

[LevelUp]

Classic album

 

[Big Boss]

That's his family

 

[TripleAgent]

Can't be mad at this. GZA is one of the most gifted lyricists ever, if anything, he suffers from winning the game too quick. He's been doing sidequests for decades. If not, he'd probably still be making incredible music. He'd fit right in with some of the current underground production. A motivated GZA over some Conductor or Roc Marciano

 

[IronFist]

subs

i mean he supposed to feel that way

but im sitting

 

[Mikeatris]

He's said that from the beginning. Meth swears it's Deck.



Artists have their picks.

I can see that and I said that Meth and Deck is also the best in the Wu. I like Gza and I have tons of stories of him (some good and some pretty bad) as I used to date his cousin and still talk to her to this day. Everyone says Gza based off of Liquid Swords, a thirty year old album. Deck and Meth have been consistent up until now. Gza has had tracks here and there and his rhyme schemes have not aged well. I can't put him over Wu rappers who as still doing their craft up until now but all we want to talk about is Gza and how he rapped on Liquid Swords, an album that came out in '95? Nah I can't do it

 

[New Jeruzalem Journalist]

I've got Nas and Gza in that same tier as lyricism/lyricist and they are pretty fairly matched there. As far as every other aspect of being an MC goes, from delivery, song writing, versatility, variety of subject matter, breath control, etc etc. Nas is the clear cut better MC. Only other characteristic I'd put Gza ahead of Nas on is voice.

The Wise Intillegent comparison made earlier in the thread is a good one cuz my top 5 "lyricists" are Ras Kass, Gza, Nas, Wise Intelligent, and Pharoah Monche. With Breezly Brewin' from Juggaknots as an HM.