Who's more lyrically skilled, group A or group B?

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Just a coli survey. Not who's music you like better. Just who's the more talented group of lyricists.

My guess is group A will win in a landslide. That's the wrong choice though.

Group A:
Big Punisher
Jadakiss
Fabolous
Styles P
Lloyd Banks

Group B:
Andre 3000
Q-Tip
Posdnous
Grand Puba
Zevluv X/MF Doom

 

[Indiglow Meta (R$G)]

Group B is only good stylistically and on certain types of production...Funny thing about group b is it has 3 rapper/producers in it, and group a has none...Group A people need group B people as anchors or advisers. I really don't think group B folks should make solo albums due to the overly stylistic approach to lyricism...minus andre.

 

[Zero]

Just who's the more talented group of lyricists.

Group B

 

[Suspicions]

Doom and them are super lyrical and shyt but dont act like group A cant rap circles round these dudes as well

 

[BronxFleeZ]

Group A.

 

[the cac mamba]

easily A

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Doom and them are super lyrical and shyt but dont act like group A cant rap circles round these dudes as well

Group is a bunch of "hot spittas." That's all well and fine, but people vastly overrate that aspect when it comes to skilled lyricism.

To draw a parallel with respect to subject matter, prime Prodigy is better than everyone in group A, though you could make a strong case for Pun. Prodigy's grim Edgar Allen Poe/Sylvia Plath poetics > hot punchlines rhyming a bunch of syllables about nothing but bragadocio.

 

[Indiglow Meta (R$G)]

Prodigy doesn't stay within patterns or have a dope cadence, either...when you're focused on subject matter, you are a doper poet but you sacrifice technicality....Pharoahe Monch, Nas, and Elzhi have that balance. TI as well. They can pop syllables, keep up a pattern, AND paint you a picture. So could pun. I see what you're doing here, but no. P started getting outshined by Havoc after Hell on Earth because of his sloppiness. Dude wants to paint a picture so bad he forgets to stay within the lines...and ends up barely rapping.

 

[Bankroll]

This is hard one. I fukk with MF Doom heavily (from Group B), along with Q-Tip and Andre 3000, they are lyrical no doubt. The thing is, Group A's rappers like Big Pun and member of The LOX (Jadakiss and Styles P) were and are lyrical beasts on the mic. So I'd have to go with Group A.

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Prodigy doesn't stay within patterns or have a dope cadence, either...when you're focused on subject matter, you are a doper poet but you sacrifice technicality....Pharoahe Monch, Nas, and Elzhi have that balance. TI as well. They can pop syllables, keep up a pattern, AND paint you a picture. So could pun. I see what you're doing here, but no. P started getting outshined by Havoc after Hell on Earth because of his sloppiness. Dude wants to paint a picture so bad he forgets to stay within the lines...and ends up barely rapping.

Yeah. Don't want to get into semantics, so I'll say you described Prodigy's shortcomings as an overall emcee. I'm talking just about lyrics...not delivery and cadence.

 

[Zero]

Doom and them are super lyrical and shyt but dont act like group A cant rap circles round these dudes as well

They can't

 

[I.AM.PIFF]

Depends on how you view it. If it's acts independant from each other then maybe B since I think 3K & DOOM are the best lyricists from that bunch. As a crew? Group A for me.

 

[SunZoo]

My instincts say group A but I also realize we have better song writers in group B. Interesting thread breh.

Posdnous is probably my personal favorite from group B, Banks from Group A...I'd definitely rather hear banks rap. You say gloss over delivery and cadence but that's kind of hard to do.

 

[Indiglow Meta (R$G)]

Yeah. Don't want to get into semantics, so I'll say you described Prodigy's shortcomings as an overall emcee. I'm talking just about lyrics...not delivery and cadence.

Even with his picture painting, P always spit Mini-vignettes or solely from his or a "dunn" perspective. He never personified an object or pushed the boundaries of his storytelling like Styles has...

 

[Suspicions]

Group is a bunch of "hot spittas." That's all well and fine, but people vastly overrate that aspect when it comes to skilled lyricism.

To draw a parallel with respect to subject matter, prime Prodigy is better than everyone in group A, though you could make a strong case for Pun. Prodigy's grim Edgar Allen Poe/Sylvia Plath poetics > hot punchlines rhyming a bunch of syllables about nothing but bragadocio.

I see what you mean but prodigy is not seeing anyone in group A imo, peep his collabs with those guys he usually gets washed. I agree prodigy can paint a picture but his lyricism lacks due to that he isnt on nas' level for example. Lets not act like DOOM doesnt rhyme a bunch of syllables about random things