Tooshort said:
all this talk of who is best and who isnt ..like KAYNE said its all a matter of opinion. one person might think eminem is the best, the next wouldnt put him in the top 30. my opinion differs a lot from the next guy on the street. and as for record sales, i guess its easier to sell records when you have song that goes mainstream pop and gets played on all the teenie bopper stations.
So true, ppl keep on ignoring that fact that EMs songs get played way more on public radio than other rappers.
The other big factors are that he's white, creates a lot of controversy, and is actually pretty decent at rapping.
(he finds real creative ways to rhyme and he raps about more stuff than just gangs and hos, etc.)
Okay, now time to get some words in about the other rappers mentioned:
Notorious BIG? good? LMAO!! Whoever said he includes his thoughts/emotions in his song is messed up. He raps about nonsensical stuff like drugs, hos, gangs, etc. The only reason why he's popular is because he was shot (around the same time Tupac was too)
Tupac? yea he's good but I wouldn't say the greatest, his death helped give him a lot of publicity.
Jay Z? lmao, most people can't stand the guy. His beats suck, he raps over nonsensical babble, and he does nothing really thats that creative.
Then there's Dre. He has a cool voice and good beats, and everything he says flows together pretty well. His flaws though are that he doesn't have any meaning to his material and most of his stuff is pretty simple,
Snoop is also alot like him and has the same strengths and weeknesses,
So far I don't see any negative replies about NWA or Wu-Tang yet, so that must say something.