THE BOA COULD ALMOST B THE BEST RAPPER WHO’S ALIVE….HE MIGHT CAN TAKE THAT TITLE WITH HIM…BUT, BEST MC……THAT’S ANOTHER STORY…JAY-Z HAS PUT IN ENOUGH WORK AND HAS ENOUGH HITS TO BE THE GREATEST RAPPER WHO’S ALIVE..FOR SURE!

get tha f**k outta here with that bulls**t,mayne !!! tha outlawz(any and all of ‘em) rakim, krs-one, nas,l.l. cool j ??? wtf ??? big snoop dogg, cube ??? not 2 mention outkast, scarface or bun-b !!!

damn….dead prez, and big ball and mjg as well….twista, b.o.n.e. thugs !!! it’s like niggaz just started listenin’ 2 rap in tha early 90′s or some s**t….wake up !!!!

YES I AGREE JAY IS THE BEST RAPPER ALIVE A LOT OF CATS DONT REALLY LISTEN TO WHAT HE IS SAYING. LISTEN TO “RUN THIS TOWN” HE ON SOME REVOLUTIONARY TYPE THING FOR I BEEN A FAN OF JAY-Z SINCE I WAS IN 8 GRADE LOOK HOW HE HAS EVOLVED FROM REASONABLE DOUBT TO NOW BIG CHANGE HE IS MORE CONSCIOUS. NOT LIKE A LOT OF RAPPERS RAPPING ABOUT THE SAME S**T FOR LIKE 10 PLUS YEARS. IS HOV IS THE GOD MC

I agree wit Goldfinga2, There are plenty of artist out there that can be a top dog. It’s all about who/how much Advertising/Publicity you get, along with airplay and how much money is behind you. I Don’t dissagree that Jay is definately nice wit’ it. It does seem like cats just started listening to rap in the 90′s. I think it too commercialize now more about money than battling and havin’ fun. Jay just had a little more money behind his hustle. The best Rapper alive, you can’t really give that title to no one unless they just held it down forever until they retired. I’m talkin like they stay No.1 until their next album drops or if you take every track on each album that that rapper put out and out of 15 tracks he/she held down the top 15 until the next album. To be honest there are not too many albums that most of us can say we listen to from the first track to the last (not saying that there are none)we all have our preference. Every dog has his day and so does record Labels. Bad boy, No Limit, Death Row, Cashmoney, Slip n Slide, G-Unit, So So Def, so on and soforth. They all had their time where it seemed that almost every artist on the label was hot. Then comes a new style. That’s why I don’t have a favorite rapper there’s too many times I have heard some nice Lyrics from different cats but not through the whole album though. For ya’ll Jigga lover’s I luv em’ too, BUT NOT ENUFF TO GIVE HIM THAT TITLE, OR ANY OTHER RAPPER FOR THAT MATTER.

I’m sorry, but I GOTTA step into THIS ONE!! @GoldFinga2.. I FULLY AGREE with ya, my Man!! These cats DON’T KNOW what REAL RAP is all about!! Rakim, Nas, LL Cool J, E40, Bone Thugs N Harmony, Twista, Busta Rhymes, The Outlawz.. The list of REAL RAPPERS is ENDLESS!! See?.. The problem is.. THIS generation doesn’t have ample exposure to REAL talent, as the Media (Movies, MTV, BET, the Radio Stations) doesn’t show them what REAL TALENT is!! Between the Bey-Z’s, there’s more @$$-Kissing going on than in the Political Arena! Truly sad.. He is only #1 when it comes to having THE BIGGEST LIPS in Rap!! ;-)

F**K NO HE AINT THE BEST RAPPER ALIVE F**K FACES IT’S WEEZY F YA DIG. THE DUDE THEN PUT OUT OVER 2OO PLUS SONGS SINCE 2007,SOLD A MILL IN A WEEK, AND HIS FLOW IS UNTOUCHABLE. IF ANY OTHER RAPPER PUT OUT THAT MUCH MUSIC THEY WOULDNT HAVE NOTHIN 2 RAPPER ABOUT 4 A COUPLE YEARS.YEAH JIGGA HAD HIS TIME NO ITS WEEZT TURN F**K YALL NO HOMO.

Jay-Z…great rapper
Best rapper alive?? NNNOOOOOO. KRS ONE?? YEAH….put Jay-Z in the MC booth to battle with KRS ONE he wouldn’t survive.
I guess some people are still in denial when Nas killed Jay-Z in Ether also. Lol
I’m a Lil Wayne fan (SORRY YA’LL, WHAT CAN I SAY I’M A DOWN SOUTH GIRL!! (: though I don’t think Lil Wayne is the best rapper alive either, he hit the same success rate as Jay-Z, and he’s only 26, something Jay could never top.

The best rapper ever is Rakim and he’s still alive. With that being said Jay-Z deserves to be in the conversation along with Andre 3000, LL Cool J, KRS-ONE, Nas, Black Thought, Ludacris, and Jadakiss. Sorry Weezy fans, although he might be at the top of his game as an overall artist, skillswise these cats plus about 7 or 8 I didn’t mention would crack Lil Wayne’s head if he went head up with them.

LMAO @ illtown (couple comments down from me)…
People like him crack me up saying Lil’ Wayne is the greatest just because he sold a million in a week and the high quantity of tracks he did. Artists been producing million sales in a week’s time in hip hop for years..Not saying Lil’ Wayne is wack, but far from the best despite the fact he sold one million….So you mean to tell me he’s better than Rakim? KRS ONE? Nas? Big Daddy Kane? Joell Ortiz? Just because none of those artist sold a milli in a week and did thousands of songs? GTFOH!!! Quality will always beat quantity!!!

It’s still KRS-ONE, Rakim, and Black Thought. Shouts to Mos Def, Andre 3000, and Luda (Did I really say Luda? lol). Record sales and radio play don’t mean shyt!!! And Weezy is cleaver, but he’s garbage!

Keep On…

i was just havin this argument yesterday… i personally think Nas is the best rapper alive and if you got jay z alone in a room by himself he would prolly say the same thing….Nas makes music jay z wishes he could make but he cant bcuz he went the pop route…seriously trading in Beanie Sigel and Memphis Bleek for Kanye and Rihanna?????..if dat aint sellin out i dont know what is!!

HANDS DOWN THE BROOKLYN BOY BEST RAPPER ALIVE POUND FOR POUND SMASHIN THESE NIGGAS SINCE 96 UNTIL NOW .NOT TAKIN NOTHIN FROM NAS OR THE OTHERS BUT WHO BEEN CONSISTANT MORE THE BOY HOV EVERY YEAR SINCE 96 HE HIT U WITH A ANTHEM.YALL NEED TO GIVE IT UP AND STOP HATIN FOR REAL.THE NAS BATTLE WAS A CLASSIC NAS GAVE IT TO HIM BUT HE WAS SUPPOSE TO CAUSE JAY FORCED ETHER TO COME OUT.HOMIE BEEN IN THE GAME 13 YEARS MULTI MILLIONAIRE AND STILL CAN HIT U WITH A CLUB BANGER OR STREET SCORCHER GIVE IT UP YALL HATIN ASS NIGGAS

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You mean to tell me that this website censors any double “s” if it appears after the letter “a”…??? Idiots. Assumption. Assertion. Assail. Assassin. Assault. Assembly.

h is th bst but is lacking in th substanc ara…..black awarnss

The greatest rapper, dead or alive, is the 18th, the microphone soloist, the fiend of a microphone, the punisher, the only emcee strong enough to break New York from Long Island. Jay-Z is greatness in emcee form, but he is not the greatest. He may be Jay-Hova, but there is one one god on the mic and that’s the R- the A to the K-I-M who amongst you dare say not him!?!?

Shout out to BP SportsFreak, glad to see someone else really listening behind the flavor of the day.

Jay z is the best entrepenior c** magician c** musical genius
but not rapper
sorry j

what i luv about J is he dont rap a lot of bulls**t like the other rappers out here he and Kenya rap about s**t that makes since and u can understand what the f**k they are saying

lil wayne nosir, JAYZ IS THE TRUTH ALWAYS BEEN THE TRUTH GON ALWAYS BE THE TRUTH

hell yeh he’s te best rapper alive
and i wish u ppl would stop doubtin him

its either Jay or kanye…i say kanye because he has overall talent…production,rymes,style ect….jay is jay hes the most relevant MC today same goes with kanye..and the ill portion of it all is that their on the same squad!!!!!!….no one is f**kin with that!!!

Jay-Z is like 39 I mean really what was the point of rapping to your well in your 40′s. But I guess more power to him.

JAY Z WASNT EVEN THE BEST ON DEF JAM–HE BLACKBALLED JOE BUDDENS( LISTEN TO THE PUMP IT UP REMIX) HE COULDNT TOUCH REDMAN– HE GOT RID OF LL–HE RAN DEF JAM IN THE DIRT TO MAKE ROCKAFELLA PRIORITY AND DAMN NEAR FUGGED THAT UP—-BEST RAPPER ALIVE—NAWL–KRS-1…RAKIM….NAS..JOELL ORTIZ..JOE BUDDEN..ROYCE..HELL WE FORGETTING EMINEM..TO TOP EM OFF….JAY GOOD..BUT HE NOT THE GREATEST…

ummm this is to the hatters at the top of the page..IT SAYS “JAYZ IS THE BEST RAPPER ALIVE IF U BELIEVE HE IS , THEN THIS GROUP DESERVES YOUR MEMBERSHIP” SOOOOOOO MAYBE U GUYS SHOULD CREATE UR OWN LITTLE SECTION FOR “JAYZ IS NOT THE BEST RAPPER ALIVE” AND HATE AND TO SUB-NEGRO….I THOUGHT WISDOM COMES WITH AGE….SOOO UR SUPPOSED TO STOP RAPPING AT A CERTAIN AGE? I CAN SEE IF HE WAS WALKING AROUND WITH BRAIDS AND HIS ASS EXPOSED HES NOT BOO….

JAY-Z SUCKS AZZ**NOBODY IS THE BEST RAPPER ALIVE IN MY OPPINION**LIL WAYNES GOOD ENTERTAINMENT & HE DOES HAVE SOME INSPIRATIONAL SONGS LIKE “IM A GO GETTA” SO IF I HAD TO CHOSE I’D SAY LIL WAYNE**EVEN THOUGH PAC WAS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME :)

GOLDFINGA2 U SOUND LIKE A IDIOT IT’S PEOPLE LIKE U THAT HATE 4 NO REASON U HAVE THE NERVE 2 MENTION BONE BUT THEN SAY JAY-Z AINT NUMBER 1 WHAT A FOOL I’M FROM CLEVELAND AND I WOULDNT BUMP THAT WHACK S**T

LADY OBAMA GIRL U NEED 2 SHUT THE HELL UP WAYNE COULD NEVER B THE BEST HE DOESN’T TALK ABOUT N E THING EXCEPT EATING P***Y SO I GUESS THATS Y U LIKE EM HUH! SO SHALLOW

Jay-Z? The best rapper alive? G.T.F.O.H.! Little Wayne? Please…another simple lyric Southern rapper hiding behind hard beats (“I turn ice cream into sherbert?” THAT’S “hard?”). Damn you all need to leave thet crack alone…it’s devasting the black community!

Jay Z is not a Rapper hes what Hip Hop calls an MC. For those that don’t have a Clue that means Microphone Controller. Who can rock the Mic like him (NO ONE)and he don’t even write his Joint’s down thats genious!!!

Not round my way pimpin’!!! You mean “Jay-Z of Hawaiian Sophie fame”? Whateva…listen, playas in the south didn’t even know he existed until BIG and PAC were DEAD! Blueprint was great…but the greatest rapper alive? OUTKAST, SCARFACE, EMINEM, BUN-B, hell I’m feelin TI before JAY!!! He is a great businessman but other than that…this just speaks to the slim pickins out there today…maybe he is the best up north rapper or something…nah can’t dis KRS,METHOD MAN, hell CHUCK D aint dead either is he?

Wtf Lil Wayne is the best Rapper alive today jay-z is pure trash shyt i would rather listen to nas anyday before camel lips even game just trashed this man ppl dont have on wayne bekuz he doing his thing ….. eactcoast rap is pure trash now its a few old as rappers that is doing there thing but jay keep the same damn style since hes tarted the game

for those saying wayne is better than Hov…shoot yourselves now…wayne lyrics are horrible and his delivery is weak no1 since BIG has done it like Hov and as far as Nas goes…Nas wasnt doing s**t for the longest until hov made him relevant again…Hov is the best alive period end of story.

Man Jay-z aint no rapper his an MC.. n to all you sayin Lil weezy is the best rapper u must be on crack or something..n errbody sayin Nas aint s**t this is my theory lol Jay-Z= Legend then if that is so Nas = Legend Killer lol hahaha

((((((HUH!!!!!))))) That is some $%#@#&& **&^$ ((*^$#@# I’m sure you feel me on this…Greatest Rapper!?! Ha, ha, ha……. He may just be the GREATEST JOKE….LMAO

You east coast niggaz need 2 hold hands and jump. Weezy f. and Drake got this s**t. Juellz is the best yall got other than Nas. Did Jay Z not verbally give weezy the throne on Mr.Carter?…….. Yall respect everything else he says and does So RUN TELL DAT!!!!!!!!!

weezy is done listen to his lyrics these days they dont make sense hes always hi jay z gave him love when he sounded good ask him that ? now and see what he says flat—————line i am out

By far Jay Z is the best that ever did it album for album song for ssong verse for verse Jay is the G.O.A.T buut if you dont listen youa re bound to say Jay is alright but not the best sit and listen from reasonable doubt up till now his freestyles the whe whole thing Jay’s wordplay is impeccable, his content his flow the way he rides a beat if you are a true EMCEE you will not be able to deny jay is the G.O.A.T.

East coast, South. Lil Wayne, Jay Z. I am from the south and listen to Jay Z but likes Lil Wayne last album better than any he has ever made. And to those dissing the south. The East coast is hanging their hat on one guy. And to the brother dissing the south simple rappers. Scarface was one of the best to do it and besides that ain’t none of them kicking real knowledge to help our kids. Its all entertainment. Add up the money being made in the rap industry and you wil find out the South overall is ruling. Live with it. God bless

poeticqueen217 I LOVE what U said, from start to finish… Soulgasm I have no idea where ya ears went when u listened ta Waynes last album but ummm, the Carter 2 was better than 3, and Wayne has released NO CLASSICS… Jay’s at least released 2(The Blueprint and Reasonable Doubt), 4 if u wanna argue the other two some people consider classics… It’s not about where u from at all, but album for album, bar for bar, Jay is the BEST ta ever do it.. Hell y’all arguing Lil Wayne, that nigga didn’t even matter til he changed his style and guess who he was bumpin when he changed it… Don’t worry, I’ll wait.. It’s funny some of the people y’all say is the best would say Jay-z is the best… ladyobama please change ya name to ladyimdumba, cause u sounded so stupid…