2012 LYRICIST/EMCEE OF THE YEAR

It's Kendrick, Ab-Soul is in second place.
Top two are basically interchangeable though.

tharealest561 wrote: »

SiriuslyHiii wrote: »

tharealest561 wrote: »

SiriuslyHiii wrote: »

Of course, it already seems people are saying Nas just because his history at being a lyricist.
I personally think dude is on cruise control at this point.

Yes. Nas is the GOAT, but people are voting like its untouchable 94 Nas we talking. He's not 01 Nas. I personally think Nas was more lyrical on Distant Relative then he was on LIG.

Nas gets my rapper of the year nod, but i think Lupe & Kendrick would rap circles around Nas. 2012 Nas that is.

I cosign this to an extent. Nas might be on cruise control but Nas on cruise control lyrically is still superior to the majority of the game.

Kendrick definitely is up there this year, and while I'm not the biggest fan I'll give him his props for dropping a game changer for the masses. Nas album is just better IMO and lyrically I feel the content was appropriate/mature considering how long he's actually been doing this.

Okay, but we're not just talking LIG vs. GKMC. Its Kendrick's verses on other artist albums and mixtapes too. the cypher, the on spot freestyles at radio stations. The more i think about it, the more i feel Kendrick just runs away with it. I feel you, but your going back to "old days" and not stayin in 2012.

Kendrick needed a lot of that for momentum and to generate interest in his project too though. Nas isn't going to be doing the cyphers, on the spot freestyles etc. because he's a proven veteran. And when it comes to the overall product, I think Nas wins this one because of the material and content on LIG.

I guess well agree to disagree on this one lol

I disagree that kendrick needed that momentum to generate interest in his project. what created interest in his project was how dope the actual album was. mmg fans weren't listening to his features on burn or the self made album and liek "oh ? thats dope lemme check for his album!". The actual format of his album and the dope lyrics of the album is what drew people to the album.

Nas is one of my favorite artists and obviously has accomplished more in his career but kendrick not only had album of the year but had the most consistent bars on whatever he spit on. Its like a player like lebron or durant having a better year than kobe and getting MVP but kobe having a better overall career at the moment.

Life is good is the best Nas album since It Was Written. And I prefer life is good, but Kendrick was simply all over the place, and he could do no wrong. Nas runs away with this with the year he had almost any other year. I haven't listened to ab-soul much, so I can't even put him in the running, not to say he's not nice, I just don't got time to be a hip hop head anymore. Grown man ? ....

I retract my vote....I was gonna say J. Cole but the thread title specifies "this year"...so Kendrick

SiriuslyHiii wrote: »

I'm not sure if Ab-Soul is seeing Lupe like that.

Idk man..Lupe did his thing on F&L2, but Control System was still better and Ab had more/better features then Lupe..plus Ab is a better lyricist then ppl give him credit for imo

Nas is my favorite artist of all time but it's Kendrick and it's not close IMO. Life is Good was great, but kendrick killed everything he touched and had AOTY... I'd say Ab-Soul would be next followed by nasir a.k.a. the goat

i' ma have to say ghostface killah or the other ghost judging from the rhymes they spitted this year.
on the left coast i ma have to say game.
killer mike killed the ? this year.

I'd have to go with Nas. He killed his features that ? on Khaled's album was crazy, he killed it on Wayne's album and some other features I didn't mention.

Even though you can make an argument for Kendrick, I'll take Nas bar for bar being more potent. And to me listening to both albums I think it's clear Nas is better just from a lyrics stand point.

Also think Lupe deserves mention too. Maybe people weren't feeling the music as a whole but lyrically he's ridiculous. You can't just ignore tracks like Put Em Up and Form Follows Function and say he fell off. I think it's more likely that people weren't feeling the content and direction he went with.

Nas easily.. He doesn't butcher his grammar with phrases like "ran my bumper into corvette".. Dude does anything to force his bars to fit. Almost as bad as eminem changing the pronunciation of words to force a rhyme scheme..

YoungGoldie wrote: »

K.Dot had the best album imo, but Nas was the MC of the year cuz he dropped the 2nd best album of the year imo, and was dropping classic guest features....

Did not see your post before I voted or replied, but this is accurate.

SiriuslyHiii wrote: »

andre_1024 wrote: »

Ab Soul is 3rd behind Kendrick & Nas imo..you can make the case for either 3 tho..

I'm not sure if Ab-Soul is seeing Lupe like that.

No, no he is not and it's not even close at all. I love Lupe's and Herbert's music, but Lupe's one of the all-time GOATS and if you think Control System is better than F&L than maybe, I would just disagree with people who would think that. Lyrically Lupe is just superior.

andre_1024 wrote: »

SiriuslyHiii wrote: »

I'm not sure if Ab-Soul is seeing Lupe like that.

Idk man..Lupe did his thing on F&L2, but Control System was still better and Ab had more/better features then Lupe..plus Ab is a better lyricist then ppl give him credit for imo

Naw, if anything he gets a lot of his filler overlooked. I think he puts out too much filler and his potential is greater than what we've seen. He can be one of the GOATS if he cut the filler, and his features are hit or miss. In that camp, out of Black Hippy, only Jay Rock really kills almost every feature. Plus his BET Backroom verse, BET Cypher verse, and Dre Headphones verse were all wack to me. I honestly believe the latter was simply because he tries to dumb-down for the masses, which I find ironic.

Kanye is not nicer than Jay.

Ridiculous claim is ridiculous