Irv Gotti Says Jay-Z Is A Better MC Than Eminem
via MTV News:
Irv Gotti came by the MTV offices and spoke to us about the list recently. Although he wasn’t as adamant as Joe Budden was about the list being wrong, IG took exception to Eminem ranking in the top spot.
“I got a thing with Eminem,” Gotti said. “This has nothing to do with the beef. I don’t really feel like I have beef with Eminem. This has no hatred or nothing. This is just my opinion on it. Vibe did a thing, and they had him as the #1 rapper. Sh– like that kinda pisses me off. You know why? Because let’s take Eminem’s records. Watch my analogy. Eminem is a great artist, no doubt. He puts words together, he’s witty, a smart lyricist, a great lyricist. But how can we say the guy is the best rapper alive? Look at Hov. He makes real records. Every one of Eminem’s first singles is some clown shit. He’s clowning. Is that the #1? That’s not my #1 rapper, man.”
Gotti said he also factored in the battle element in deciding that Jay-Z is better than Em. He said that back in the day, Slim Shady wouldn’t have a chance against a young Jay — or DMX and Ja Rule, for that matter.
“No disrespect, you’re a great lyricist, but I come from a school — I know they ‘battled’ in ‘8 Mile’ — but I come from where they battled on the streets with guns out,” the head of Murder Inc. said. “They would have put you under pressure. All that ‘off the top,’ they would have put you under pressure. I been to battles with X, Jay and Ja, that was some real shit. Homie, you wouldn’t been able to survive. These niggas was going with written shit. In your grill. X [would say,] ‘I don’t walk, I stalk, living foul.’ Saying some shit you wouldn’t been able to withstand.”
Gotti said Em would survive in a cipher with the big dogs.
“You would have been like, ‘My name is Em and I eat M&Ms. I eat you.’ What?” IG laughed. He said the Detroit legend would have been greeted with three harsh words: ” ‘Shut the fuck up!’ It would have been a ’shut the fuck up’ moment off the top. Dame [Dash] would have been like, ‘Look at him. He’s crunchy! He’s wack!’ Then I look at the singles he put out. They’re all good, but they only work for him. I say take Eminem, and let him say ‘Hard Knock Life.’ Still hot. Now let’s have Jay-Z say the ‘We Made You’ song. They would laugh him out the fucking building. … It would be over.”
Irv finished by saying the best rapper alive has to be Jay-Z or Lil Wayne.
I just had this conversation the other day and I never come to a conclusion, it’s hard to decide when both of them are your favourite artists and they both offer something different, both of them are my top 5. Irv does have a point though with the different perspectives.
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Comment by Elusive on 5 June 2009:
Irv Gotti = stubborn a white boy is the best. Eminem murder Jay Z on his own track just listen to “Renegade”
Em’s verse kills Jigga’s. Anyways though Big L > all.
R.I.P.
Big L
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Comment by Smash on 5 June 2009:
what the fuck is with people saying Lil Wayne is the best rapper alive? Seriously. Like fuck. Lil Wayne is an auto tuning, wanna-be r/b peice of shit. Lil Wayne shoulda just stuck with his old stlye, back in his Squad Up days. ( Pump the Bass, In Da Club remix and Fuck Tha World) He wouldnt have made it as big as he is now, but at least he would have been keeping it real. Now all I hear is him using the auto tuner so fucking much, that its rapping turning into r/b. FUckin bullshit man seriously
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Comment by Bigboss on 5 June 2009:
This shit aint news, Eminem can’t wipe Jay-Z’ ass
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Comment by TahMiGyrl on 6 June 2009:
Somebody blow a bull horn in these nigga’s ears so you goofy ass punks can get it through your head jay z is wack. He used to spit fire now all that come out of his mouth is politics and anything to make the old white massa happy. He just don’t realize that he’s no longer a good rapper no longer even black. Half the things he talk about no one can relate to because he forgot where he came from a long time ago. Quit kisses his ass! That nigga ain’t god. He Beyonce’s bitch!
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Bigboss Reply:
June 6th, 2009 at 3:35 am
No one is saying Jay is God, but to say Eminem is “better” than him is blasphemy! Eminem is a joke. I mean have you even listened to Reasonable Doubt??
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Comment by Bigboss on 6 June 2009:
Eminem is the most over-rated piece of shit in hip-hop, i really dont get his appeal. Yeah he’s funny, but funny doesn’t make a great rapper, it makes a comedian…
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Comment by SeddSedd on 6 June 2009:
Jigga wud fuck Eminem up, he is easily
one of the best rappers alive.
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Comment by patria on 7 June 2009:
ok irv made some good points but the it’s like chozen said they both different to say jay-z is the best lyrically is an over statment he is one of the best but not the best em lyrically is better it’s just that em to me atleast misuses his talent to make goofy shit as for for best rapper lyrically the best hands down is nas one his first album is one of hip hops classics and also one of the best debuts in hip hop history also he destroyed jay-z …and he’s the closes thing to 2pac since 2pac himself and not to mention pac himself had said that nas was the best rapper on the east coast with or without biggie
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Comment by Trap P on 8 June 2009:
All I can say is that yes eminem did start off with some clown records but those clown records was way on a whole notha level than any of the shit out at the time and I dont care what nobody say eminem is the best rapper alive put him jay in a battle and see what will really happen.
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Comment by homeslice on 29 July 2009:
Irv gotti is washed up piece of shit in the first place no one cares what he thinks
but jay-z is great and so is eminem
and people keep saying eminem is funny well you
obviously havent heard a good eminem song
but jay is slipping and so is em
lil wayne is probably the best right now but hes slipping too so its unfair to name anyone the best
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