Quote Originally Posted by MacWQ33
Overall...taking every possible category into question, they are two of the best. Flow, delivery, rhyme scheme, lyrics, subject matter, change of style, pitch, & tempo, passion, album sales, growth as an artist, number of records, commercials hits, street hits, ability to spit on any beat, ability to make a great song, inspiring lyrics, respect from peers, influence on hip-hop as a genre...meaning they both changed a whole entire genre of music in a positive way, etc. Can only say that for maybe a handful of other MC's (Nas, Tupac, BIG to name a few). But besides all that shit, Em got 4 albums (counting Infinite) you can listen to song for song, and Jay got like 8 lol.

Not to mention Jay doesn't even write his lyrics on paper, and has worked his way up to CEO of the biggest record company in the world (it's a business man, you gotta realize that, it's not selling out..it's doing what you're suppose to, trying to make it to the top by conversing your music to the world). Em got the whole country in a stir concerning many issues...not many people can do that.

You might be an underground-head, which is fine. But, you gotta keep an open-mind past the underground. And I just wanted to throw this out there...not trying to change your mind or anything, just maybe give you something to think about...helping out a fellow hip-hop head. I hope you enjoyed my thoughts lol...cheers.
Alright, I can respect that. Can't really think of anyone off the top of my head that did all those things you mentioned, maybe Common, but besides that I dunno.