Styles P Says That Jay-Z Never Reached The Level Of Lyricism Of The Notorious B.I.G.

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spliz said:
I would say Reasonable Doubt Jay was damn near if not more lyrically potent than Biggie. But Biggie was just the better overall emcee at the time. He had the "it" factor when he rapped. Also this is for the people who tried to tell me Pac and Biggie death didn't affect anything. Anyone who was around would dispute that shyt.
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If Drake didn’t die after Take Care, Kendrick and Cole would never have been this successful...oh, wait:skip:. Yes, the deaths of the two biggest acts in the genre obviously had an effect. But whatever that effect is/was is not quantifiable and I only see that effect ever used towards one person. There are so many more pressing things that I'd theorize over if those two were alive as opposed to the possible success or lack thereof of another rapper. Imagine busting your ass going on three decades and your success is merely because a nikka died:dead:
 
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I gotta disagree. I’ve always thought Jay was lyrically better than Biggie (as in extremely slightly, arguably better). On the flip side, if someone asked me an example of someone who was BORN to rap, I’m saying Nas or Biggie every time. Those two hit the highest peaks of any rappers ever in my opinion.
 
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Plankton said:
You're doing too much. BIG died in the 90's so we dont know what range BIG could have gone as years passsed. Nas had the 2000's 2010s and 2020's to flex his range. Comparing the 2 when one had decades to expand his range and one only had 3 years doesn't make sense.
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It is what it is though. We can’t assume what he would or wouldn’t have made. Biggie could have completely fallen off after seeing major success, he wouldn’t rushed been the first rapper to do so. We got no clue what would have came later.
 
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If u comparing big first two albums to jay first 2 albums when Big was alived, Biggie clearly won this argument

And we would never know if pac and big was still alive if a lot of artist would actually be successful as they are now or was

However Jay carry the torch well
 
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obarth said:
If Drake didn’t die after Take Care, Kendrick and Cole would never have been this successful...oh, wait:skip:. Yes, the deaths of the two biggest acts in the genre obviously had an effect. But whatever that effect is/was is not quantifiable and I only see that effect ever used towards one person. There are so many more pressing things that I'd theorize over if those two were alive as opposed to the possible success or lack thereof of another rapper. Imagine busting your ass going on three decades and your success is merely because a nikka died:dead:
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I'm confused with what ur saying. This aint no knock against Jay. But it's facts the entire game changed after Pac and Biggie's deaths there's literally no disputing it.
 
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MJ Truth said:
It is what it is though. We can’t assume what he would or wouldn’t have made. Biggie could have completely fallen off after seeing major success, he wouldn’t rushed been the first rapper to do so. We got no clue what would have came later.
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And since we have no clue of what could have came later, like I said, mentioning Biggies name in a comparison for decades of range doesn't make sense when Biggie only had 3 years.
 
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