GOAT Day 2 Round Four: Ice Cube vs. Eminem (Bracket 2)

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Eminem in a rout of epic proportions.

Cube wins

Cube wins due to overall betta albums, delivery, and subject matter and he's in my top 3. Em is the betta lyricists overall due to Cube's drop off in recent years. But in Cube's prime he would eat this mofo alive. Em is in my top 15.

KRob TheRapGod wrote:

Cube wins due to overall betta albums, delivery, and subject matter and he's in my top 3. Em is the betta lyricists overall due to Cube's drop off in recent years. But in Cube's prime he would eat this mofo alive. Em is in my top 15.

Me, LBT and another friend were talking about Cube in his prime last weekend. He always came so angry with it...it was pure dopeness.

I too vote for Cube.

Cube comfortably!

Cube.

Cube

Eminem, this shouldnt be as close as it is

eminem. as an emcee eminem slaughters cube, even on cube's best day

Slang Editorial wrote:

Eminem, this shouldnt be as close as it is

If we were required to base this on lyricism alone, you would be correct.

Em takes Cube on flow and lyricism easily. They are pretty close on charisma but em's got him there... the only thing that might go cube's way is classic albums and strength of catalog but that's a purely preference choice there.

Slang Editorial wrote:

Eminem, this shouldnt be as close as it is

There's more to dopeness than lyricism, although Cube in his prime didn't lack in that area either.

Em is a better lyricist, but Cube's overall body of work is stronger than Em's IMO. Cube is 6th on my GOAT list, Em is about 14th or so.

Big Daddy Kool wrote:

Slang Editorial wrote:

Eminem, this shouldnt be as close as it is

There's more to dopeness than lyricism, although Cube in his prime didn't lack in that area either.

Em is a better lyricist, but Cube's overall body of work is stronger than Em's IMO. Cube is 6th on my GOAT list, Em is about 14th or so.

Co-sign 100000000000000000000000000000000000%

I also prefer Cube's subject matter, story telling ability, and delivery over Em's

I'll go with Em but again this is a brutal matchup.

Em has just as good storytelling as anyone in the game so stop that. If you prefer subject matter that's your thing, but Em has a better, more divers flow and delivery than cube ever did. Cube also had his fair share of mediocre albums and run of ten years without even a 4 star album.

Southern Rap Pro wrote:

Em has just as good storytelling as anyone in the game so stop that. If you prefer subject matter that's your thing, but Em has a better, more divers flow and delivery than cube ever did. Cube also had his fair share of mediocre albums and run of ten years without even a 4 star album.

The War Disc and Raw Footage are both 4 star albums IMO.

War was over 10 years ago KJ. LNCL is around 4 stars though

T. Myers wrote:

War was over 10 years ago KJ. LNCL is around 4 stars though

I know it was, but SRP said that Cube went 10 years without a 4 star album and I was disputing that.

I'd also like to add that Em easily had the worst album between the two in Encore. That shit was wacker than the Peace Disc even.

I don't consider War a 4 star album - LNCL I consider 4 stars but that came out in 2006- even if you consider War 4 stars - that was still 8 years without a 5 star album... and raw footage is just average too. I don't bump Encore or Peace really at all so both are equally wack to me.

Preference is preference but Em hangs with any emcee in the game in almost every category.

Big Daddy Kool wrote:

T. Myers wrote:

War was over 10 years ago KJ. LNCL is around 4 stars though

I know it was, but SRP said that Cube went 10 years without a 4 star album and I was disputing that.

I'd also like to add that Em easily had the worst album between the two in Encore. That shit was wacker than the Peace Disc even.

Well wait unit you hear I Am The West. Its on some Encore shit. Not buying this one.

You heard I Am The West?

T. Myers wrote:

You heard I Am The West?

Yeah I got it and sampled all of it. He really could have kept this shit save for 5-6 trks that are decent.

KRob TheRapGod wrote:

T. Myers wrote:

You heard I Am The West?

Yeah I got it and sampled all of it. He really could have kept this shit save for 5-6 trks that are decent.

Damn, it was gonna be a blind buy for me, but i may have to try before i buy first.

steve said it was a classic but he can not be trusted

T. Myers wrote:

KRob TheRapGod wrote:

T. Myers wrote:

You heard I Am The West?

Yeah I got it and sampled all of it. He really could have kept this shit save for 5-6 trks that are decent.

Damn, it was gonna be a blind buy for me, but i may have to try before i buy first.

Please try before you buy. I'll pm you a link.

KRob TheRapGod wrote:

T. Myers wrote:

KRob TheRapGod wrote:

T. Myers wrote:

You heard I Am The West?

Yeah I got it and sampled all of it. He really could have kept this shit save for 5-6 trks that are decent.

Damn, it was gonna be a blind buy for me, but i may have to try before i buy first.

Please try before you buy. I'll pm you a link.

cool

Southern Rap Pro wrote:

steve said it was a classic but he can not be trusted

Damn sure can't, nothing that comes out of that bitch ass posers mouth is trustworthy.

Ice Cube for me

Em.

I'll take a link, too, Kev, if you don't mind.

I vote for Cube. I will vote when I get home because my phone won't let me.

Raw Footage was about 2.75 stars IMO...that joint was average to below average IMO....but Cube still wins here comfortably for me...

Eminem is a silly motherfucker....plain and simple....he has had moments where he is shining but IMO he's not as lyrical as dudes have been making him out to be.....he isn't throwing together words any better than G Rap did...or Cool J did or Nas does or Phonte does, or Biggie did, or Treach did, or Method Man does, or Rakim did either just too name a few, heads act like Eminem is some type of lyrical scientist or some shit, like he's smarter than the heads I just mentioned, and that's hardly the case, what Eminem has been since he joined the game was be the great WHITE hope....he's actually given white people some one that they could look at as what could be perceived as a "real" emcee....not a white emcee who just talks about drinking beer, or getting high but someone who has "substance" in his lyrics because he wants to kill his baby momma/wife or he really loves his daughter or he hates his mother, or he has stalking fans....lol....so what....he has never been as dope to me on the mic as some of you guys and others are making him to be, he is very good, he's a top 40 of all-time emcee, but he isn't fuckin with a dude like Ice Cube in any way, shape of form, and again all of this is MY OPINION....so no one on here please take any offense to what I just wrote.....just talking about the topic at hand...

Eminem>>>>>>>>>Phonte. And you know it, lol

Shaun wrote:

Eminem>>>>>>>>>Phonte. And you know it, lol

LOL....not to me infant seat!

KRob TheRapGod wrote:

Big Daddy Kool wrote:

T. Myers wrote:

War was over 10 years ago KJ. LNCL is around 4 stars though

I know it was, but SRP said that Cube went 10 years without a 4 star album and I was disputing that.

I'd also like to add that Em easily had the worst album between the two in Encore. That shit was wacker than the Peace Disc even.

Well wait unit you hear I Am The West. Its on some Encore shit. Not buying this one.

"On some Encore shit"? Really Kev?

D.Powell wrote:

Shaun wrote:

Eminem>>>>>>>>>Phonte. And you know it, lol

LOL....not to me infant seat!

I don't see how anyone could prefer Phonte to Eminem. Em is superior in every catagory but to each their own.

Em is EASILY one of the better lyricists of all time, sure he makes silly songs but he has to do that to sell records. Without those, he'd be like many other MC's and go wood and he's not satisfied with that and I don't blame him. If I were a rapper I wouldn't be satisfied with not selling many records either. When Em wants to spit fire, he spits FIRE!!

Cube wins in every department except corny jokes about pop culture

Missed the vote by a few months, but Cube in every way possible.

Em is sooo much doper than cube.

I personally beg to differ

So you personally beg to be wrong? Lol just playing, to each his own.

Linker's top two rapper slots are filled with ICP. Pay him no mind.

Cube

Shaun wrote:

Linker's top two rapper slots are filled with ICP. Pay him no mind.

And Shaun just admitted in the chatbox the Nicki Minaj is the best album so far this year

It is

Justin Linker wrote:

Shaun wrote:

Linker's top two rapper slots are filled with ICP. Pay him no mind.

And Shaun just admitted in the chatbox the Nicki Minaj is the best album so far this year

Please tell me that's a fuckin joke. No way is Pink Friday as dope as Distant Relatives, Lucious Leftfoot, How I Got Over, or The Stimulus Package.

Dead serious. I was shocked too

You haven't heard it yet, hater

Christ, Shaun's taste is getting as bad as N3RO's and Pedro's.

I'm gonna download the album, but I doubt if I'll like it as much as the aforementioned ones, I probably won't even like it as much as Rah Digga's album.