I was born in 97 Jay z status blew off when he stared doing songs with Kanye west and when he supported Obama for president tbh he probably the Michael Jordan of rap not course of his music but the way he played the game he was still hustling hard behind the scenes but jay z used the 48 laws of power ti get where he at lol I'm not really a fan couse he to illuminati for me but he the best to ever play the game
I’m from south Florida and I’ve never heard Jay on the radio and also he performed down here at the heat arena and damn near everyone was there for Beyoncé. He’s speaking facts. I never could listen to Jay but 98 Dmx had the game on lock.
@@clpclp5744. I already know you aren’t from here or currently living here because if it’s not DJ Envy’s radio channel you not hearing JayZ fam. It hurts you knowing Jay ain’t shit in the South, never was and never will be.
Pac will always be #1. Ready to Die mirrors Me Against the World, song for song, down to concept and beat selection… And so does Life After Death… it mirrors All Eyes on Me, song for song, down to concept and beat selection.
@@christopherbrock5299neither would most of the successful rappers from that era. Why would jay be the only who wouldn't be as big? That doesn't make sense. That's like saying that jay would be the ONLY rapper wouldn't be as big if they were still alive. Well why him?
7:23 I remember being in a store and looking at CDs when a guy came up and told me "to watch for 50 cent. He's going to be huge." I bought his mixtape before he got shot (How to rob was on it) and was amazed. A few months later he was mega huge! Also, DMX is very underrated. Dude was a beast and he wasn't scared of going against anyone. He poured his heart into his music. I remember, before he died, watching videos of him reading Scriptures and crying. Such a tormented soul trying his best to do right. He knew too much about the darkness of the music industry. I hope he's in heaven.
I used to argue all the time that DMX was ahead of Jay Z at his peak. That first 3-4 album run he was untouchable. Coupled with his transition into movies he was on a heck of a trajectory.
This man speaks the truth. “Half that car cause of your girl😅” That girl from H-Town! Seriously the wisdom he drops about DMX is the knowledge for life 🙏🏽
That's because y'all keep looking at him as just an rapper. He was a co owner and had more control over how to promote his music and influence on hip hop.
Nah. Pac was following Ice Cube's blueprint. Cube's first 3 albums are better than Pac's 3 best albums. Plus he wrote most of Straight out Compton, an album bigger than anything Pac did.
Tupac was bigger than life. Anybody around at that time remembers that. Now he's like a legend but he was really a legend when he was alive which rarely happens.
@@chadalahio8266 Stan's? Nobody said that shit back then tho. Haha. Listen man the beef came at the end of his life. He was making music and doing movies before all that shit.
Ppl praise the nigga that beef with a whole bunch of street niggaz and rappers, became a follower joining the Mob bloods and brag about smashing other niggaz wifes.. pac was a goofy
Real talk when Pac dropped Me Against The World, I was locked up and Dear Momma premiered on TV, I witnessed a cell block full of grown men of all colors shed tears. Pac was that powerful. DMX was equally as powerful as for the rest, I'll wait
@@antwandukes I was never a big fan of DMX either. He had some great songs, but as a whole his albums front to back weren't that good to me. But X was a legend. His voice and style were a 1st. RiP
I was born in 92' Brooklyn NY, I feel like Big Gipp my Uncle from the south dropping gems on me about the rap game, giving me personal perspective and challenging my bias. He gave context according to history, even though I was a major fan of all kinds of rappers from different regions, I alway held Jay on a pedestal, likely because of my geography and the fact that he is a captivating rapper in terms of painting pictures of the lavish life of ballers and ex drug dealers in a Scorsese like way with production from the best producers of our generation but I have to admit like Big Gipp said "it's technical" i don't feel much of anything from his records as I do other artist, especially from the south.
I'm from Algeria in north Africa if you ask anybody here about who is the best rapper of all the time they will say it's 2pac hands down maybe some of them prefer biggy but jayz !! No way
@@alvine7117 yeah, you're right. But reason I say Biggie because nowadays I see people wearing his t-shirt more than 50 and dmx,even our African rappers most of them gave him in their top 5, not 50 and dmx
I know it doesnt matter for the culture but in Africa, Jay-z is not even in the discussion, the majority of people would vote for Pac and many would vote for Big. Jay..Who?
💯 on all points... U see 2pacs name spray painted on buildings and at train stations in every country overseas... Not only back home... Not Jay-Z... Pac is universally loved speaking "truth" has that affect... Regardless of languages...
DMX's ability to tell a detailed, complex story in a song was unmatched, only NAS and Biggie came close but DMX mastered that. I feel like you can take most of his songs (not the singles) and write a script for a tv show or movie based on his lyrics.. ATF is a good example. Tupac is my no.1 but he was not that good of a story teller but he was amazing and the absolute best at weaving in a message into his music and connecting with you as the listener on an emotional level and that's because he believed what he was rapping about. He really was that revolutionary questioning the system, so you felt it when he rapped about it.
@@Don.M. Right, Undying Love, 2nd Childhood, What Goes Around, Mastermind, Last Words, No Idea's Original, Black Girl Lost, Beef, Money is my Bitch & many more
Jay & Pac both overrated. Jay overrated before death. Pac overrated after death. Liked both but too many Sharper Complexed Rhyming Lyrical Storytelling Emcees than both. Nas, Krs, Rakim, Black Thought, Common, & more
@@2KILLAVILLE pacs lyrics touched peoples heart, there was a huge message behind it. Jay Z is a dope lyricist but Jay Z aint inspiring nobody. He is bragging about material ishhh talking about drinking pellegrino water in monaco.
@WiLL Alva Pac lyrics still overall were elementary compared to the other Elites, no matter how much touching they were..Jay was never top 5 Lyrically from BK..many Sharper Advanced Complexed Storytelling, Rhyming Lyrical Emcees than both of them
@@COLOMBIADOBLEZERO9 poetry some people just didn't get it . Rhymes that's new York shit . That's why the south has been running things sine no limit studios .
Lies. Jay had three hits before Pac died and more before Big died. Yall act like their deaths gave him life. Jay's album after they both died almost flopped and he and Dame went back to the drawing board and came back with Hard Knock Life-Life and times or whatever and he hasn't fell off since. After the second album lackluster performing album, Jay restructured his style and blew the f up in the fall of 1998. I was in Alabama and everybody was playin that shit. He has not fell off since. Homie might wanna take notes instead of lying and giving his baseless theories.
The disrespect we have for our greats is mind blowing. You look at other genres of music and there is never the amount of vitriol and contempt we have for our greats. Interview sounds direct and personal. Peace be with you king… I just hope an ATL native doesn’t come thru years from now and rip you up years from now. I liked yo verse on black ice. SMH social media is a hell of a drug.
I agree when 50 cent happened...for 6 summers straight he single handledly transformed New York city on a whole nother level...business, street & industry wise
Everybody wanted to be a Ruff Ryder back in the day. That shit was crazy. I'm from a place so separated from DMX but even in the deep south as children we emulated that shit. Them and the 504 Boys from N.O.
@@MF-Rell Only a fool would still be stuck with that,the South got something to say mentality smh worrying about what New Yorkers said about them years ago
Finally! A Rapper with the Balls to speak the Truth! Not an Industry dude or signed to Roc Nation. He dont have to play the Game cuz he dont need em...
I remember that hard knock life tour in Dallas. Redman and Methodman started the show off so dope BUT when Dark Man X came on it was the most electrifying thing I have ever witnessed outside of chicks passing out over Micheal Jackson. DMX made that show that night and the energy when he growled had the whole arena going nuts!! 😂
50 Cents peak years were during Jay Z's retirement. Get Rich or Die Trying came out early 2003 and Jay Zs Black Album dropped in late 2003. By the time Jay Z came back in late 2006, 50 had dropped another giant album, Gunit had dropped one while each of it's members had dropped two, with the exception of Yayo. The Gunit legacy pretty much went downhill from there but those year of 03-07 were big for 50. Jay is a guy who's just been at the top for a very long time. He might not have two records that sold 8 and 10m like 50. But he has over 10 albums that have steadily sold 2m-5m over 3 decades. Longevity.
Jay-Z never retired. He pretended to retire so that he could get more hype build up for his album. Jay-Z was always a strategic businessman. But when 50 came out he was running everything. It was his moment even in Jay-Z's prime
I had several dmx and Fif cd's in my car! Had that shit on repeat till the cd got scratched to all hell !!! I've never purchased a Jay-Z album in my life! But I'm just 1 person who makes this statement 💯
Pacs Makaveli Album is his absolute best album. I’ve went back and listened to it so many times read every lyric dissected all the production. Pac was so proud of that album-all the artist that talk about being around him and his zeal for it before it was released tells the story. THAT ALBUM IS CRAZY TO THIS DAY. My favorite HIPHOP ALBUM PERIOD.
@JaJu Fitness Me Against The World & 2pacalypse Now..Me Against The World was his best work & Rhyming Lyrical Album imo. All Eyez on Me best Production album. I barley listen to Makaveli( White Man's World, Hold Your Head, Hail Mary, Blasphemy & Just like Daddy ) only tracks I listen to off that album
@JaJu Fitness If I die 2nite, Old School, Dear Mama, So many Tears, Heavy in the Game, Lord Knows, Temptations, Can u get away, Me Against The World, Death around the corner..Me Against The World Album Thorough!!
I'm from GA, love Goodie mob, love Pac, said fuck Jay at first because of Pac, no doubt. But, that was all before I listened to Jay. Jay that nigga, don't discount Hov because you love Pac.
@titus showers nah I like blueprint 1, but nah. Blue print 1 had a bunch of forgettable records. Izzo hova being one of em (I hated that song lol). But blueprint 1 intro, rulers back was my shit. The beat. Jay but/stole those rhymes
@@el84oro no it didn’t blueprint was classic from begging to end and it was in the library congress for its cultural significance one of the greatest rap albums ever
Being from NY we never argued in HS at the lunch table about Pac. We always had fodder over Jay-Z Raekwon Big and Nas depending on what area of the city you are from. When Jay-Z dropped Reasonable Doubt and Vol 1 those albums went over people's heads because cats weren't up on him. Vol 2 Hard Knocks brought Jay-Z into the commercial side of things. Jay-Z was already at the Tyson fights before fame that was confirmed during his Streets is Watching days. Vol 1 is classic straight-up Blue Print and Vol 2 is all classic joints so it's all up to preference. Jay-Z got better lyrically by coming into the game rapping alongside dudes that were better than him(Big L) Jay-Z and DMX battled each other that night on tour at the pool hall Judging from people that were in attendance it was a draw saying they both were going in. So again it's a preference for Pac Big Nas Jay-Z DMX so many others that came in and did their thang. Roca-A-Fella was one of the best movements in the game. Period. I'm not sure 20 years later why people choose to throw shade at one of the best just because they like someone else. But I digress.
Nelly was the first hip hop/ rapper to go diamond. Eminem was second. Nelly said in recent years if he was from New York they would be talking about him as one of the best of all time. Since he is St. Louis they barely played his music
I think DMX is underrated especially because he gets theatrical and doesn't rap about money. I never heard a single song by X where he was boasting about money. He had bars but people overlook it because he was rapping on some mad beats and his style alone would have you going crazy but he had bars!
You can find people who did certain things better than Jay-Z, but Jay-Z did everything great and for longer than anyone else. They didn’t have to eradicate people who didn’t understand business. They eradicate themselves.
@@mr.j410 if you had the concert tickets on the table and you could pick one, you going to see jay z or dmx ? I think the fans connected more with DMX because of his realness and he made people feel like, he was with them. All jay z rapped about was hustling drugs and he was a master at that.
Jay Z would still be a powerhouse if both Big & Pac were alive. Their deaths only changes how successful he would’ve been. But it does not change his lyricism. Y’all have to stop this mess!
That's true. From my memory of Y2K-2003, I can only remember 3 songs by Jay that had major play... 1. Izzo 2. Fiesta 3. Bonnie and Clyde 4. Crazy in Love In the Midwest, all that was in rotation on repeat ( in no order )... 1. 50 2. Em and D12 3. Dre 4. Ja Rule 5. Nelly 6. Luda 7. Lil Jon 8. T.I. 9. Twista 10. Kayne West 11. OutKast
@@TrellAvanti I guess that’s why I didn’t mention Twista but Ye wasn’t on til then but most of Gipp talking is bullshit. Hov always been on radio everywhere on his songs or other people songs. DMX opened up for Jay in 98 on The Hard Knock Life Tour. Can I get A was in Rush Hour. OutKast dropped twice on Hov release date they debut at #2 both times. Plus G Unit dropped on Black Album debut #2.
@@JJPurp I know that but that wasn’t my point. Big Gipp has no solo classic albums and nobody ever asked for a Big Gipp album so as much criticism he is throwing at J what has he done by himself. I love Goodie Mob but he can’t stand on his own and was never considered a top 5 or top 10 on any rap list.
@@betbet5606 What he said didn’t have anything to do with opinion. What he said was a fact as far as sales. NOT as far as who he thought sounded better. You should do your research first before taking shots, cause it makes you sound… Well, you know.
@vyrezbeatz1159 considering rocafella records houses most of Kanye west and jay z catalogs it is a fact they have sold way more records than murder Inc by a large margin, it's not even close. Jay alone and ye alone outsold murder inc. Do you want to take back your comment, so you don't look...well, too late. 😉
@@betbet5606 This is a different argument, plus you’ve already made yourself look ignorant but now twice. See what you originally typed you deleted, and what was said was some weird stuff about Big Gipp and that was disrespectful. And what we were talking about was a certain period of time. If you look it up Murder INC was out doing Roc A Fella between 2000-2002 or something like that. Not All Time. That was never the argument, and Gipp never said that and that was the main reason why i even said anything to you at all… Also, I really dont look on here to respond or shit like this. For some reason I got time today though.
Jay-Z's a BILLIONAIRE, selling his music/making big deals vs. Gipp's been in the industry longer, not making significant money from his music, while needing to sell WEED to make his millions that he doesn't have yet = he's butt-hurt
At the end of the day this is true to one personally But overall He is right. DMX was the bigger artist from 1998-03 He ran shit and 50 came in 03 and took over.
My thing is; why do black people like to create rifts and unnecessary levels of competition among themselves and their legends? All the above mentioned are black legends that worked hard to get their brands and status to the levels they are at. These comparison conversations are retrogressive and redundant.
Yeah but this has always been the case since slavery. Plus we live in a competitive environment. Blacks go at each others neck sometimes even when we have love for one another…
Stfu with that weirdo tinfoil hat bull shit. When they sell their souls do they get change back? Do they sign a contract? 😂 I get it if you mean metaphorically (then I apologize) but if you mean literally, I see why so many of us are stupid AF. Do you really believe that shit bruh? Y'all been watching too many movies. This is the goofiest shit ever 😂 you gotta believe in Santa and the tooth fairy too huh 😂😆
like it's crazy that our own people think that the only way for you to be successful is sell their souls 😂. Here, I'll play along, is every soul worth the same amount? If a bum and a rich man both sold their souls are they both gonna be worth the same? And what is it that they get back, fame and money? Does the price get adjusted for inflation? How do they pay? And when do they get what they sold their souls for? Do they get deals? 2 for 25? Can they run off on the plug twice? Can they cheat and give somebody else's social security number? 😂🤣😆 Man I'm sorry I can't this shit is goofy AF 🤣 "sold their souls" 😂😂
He doesn't have an album better than All eyez on me either in my opinion. And I had every Jay album from reasonable doubt all they to American gangster
That's fine. Most people don't. Also most artists don't have an album that's better than the miseducation of Lauryn hill. That's a diamond album. Do y'all understand that y'all are comparing Jay z to the guys he wants to be compared to?? Same people y'all try to uplift , Jay z been uplifting them anyway 🤣 he's not a hater like y'all brah.
This man is talking facts. Most them, taking lyrics from 2Pac, now he gone. But 3 decades later his music beats anything current. With the acting he was on a whole another level period! DMX had New York as the best and 50 Album shut down everybody. Back 2 back hits. Jay Z dont have that. Most of Jay Z good work is with Kanye anyway, and look how he did him, ppl 4get. His raise has been through Beyonce. Back in the day, Murder Ink was shuting it down. The numbers dont add up to that with Rockafeller. Just cause you accumulate money and make some business investments that go well dont make you the KING of nothing. Ppl need to stop confusing music with investments.
I alway said back in the day why is Diddy in all his artist songs and videos, now I know Diddy has no talent on his own. Thank you Big Gipp for always saying 💯. DMX was one of the greats who said how dirty the industry and Diddy was.
I was DJing 3 nights a week in the South during that time, & Jay had more than 1 or 2 joint on regular rotation. DMX was great but little weren't requesting his music like that. Jay had several songs people could dance to & chicks wanted to hear...DMX had tracks rap fans liked. Pac was the biggest star the industry ever produced (before Snoop of course), but that don't diminish Jay's run. Jay was considered great in the 90s, so saying his longevity is the only reason is crazy.
These niggas dead for bad thinking Jay a billionaire for good thinking stop it homie who has the most sold records listen ur choice is ur choice but stop hating on one to big up the other and one mo thang u better care about money u can't give yo people shit if that white man own all yo shit goofy
I from senegal west Africa and I am growing up in france 🇫🇷 no one can be compared to Tupac everywhere and the world knows ho is tupac poeple still talking about him listening her songs wearing her t-shirt and watching her movie
@@MasterMind-py2nk "Jay-Z didn't get played on the radio here aside from big pimpin" lies cause Jay was EVERYWHERE. I was in ATL and heard ho mall the time on hot 97.9 (107.9 now) and V103 "Murder inc was bigger than the roc" Inc only had Ja-rule and Ashanti. Roc had Jay, freeway, bleek, Sigel, Kanye, Cam'ron, diplomats. Nuff said.
I understand people point but y'all be disrespecting Jay-Z lyrical ability and discography. He may have never been the hottest but those that were fizzled out. Jay-Z still go platinum to this day. He basically the lebron of rap.
I live in the Bahamas. I witnessed my OGs rap Pac lyrics from their hearts as if they were their own. I never saw that with Jay Z. I witnessed the same thing with Dmx. X had our schools on lock! I never saw this with Jay Z. Just sayin🤷🏾♂️
Tupac was already a legend when he was alive. But, boy when he died , he became something else. People believe he's still around lol ..they miss him so much. That's a unicorn right there .
50 is most comparable as a business man to Jay. He had a respectable music career but he started later and peaked earlier. But he's a comparable business man.
You definitely don't know the meaning of overseas 🤣🤣.. Jay is known everywhere man, I am from the real south, South Africa and I've known Jay my whole life
He speaking his facts and his opinion that is all. They can post a thousand other artists that say J the Goat and the comments section will look just like this one in reverse
Lies. Jay isn't regional and was hot when G Unit was on top. The Black Album went multiplatinum and everybody was rockin button-ups. Jay has also appealed to.other regions and specifically catered his style to appeal to all regions. Dude is envious af and wants to say its because he's from NY. If Jay kept just a NY sound, he would have not gone past Reasonable Doubt popularity though it originally went gold which was very hard to do in 1996 with all of the competition and blew up Foxy. Foh
@@chadalahio8266 He didn't say that. Stop selective listening. He speaking facts. Jay Z had to grow on the south and west. His popularity was mainly on the East coast. Only people bumping Jay Z mostly in the south or west were NY people themselves. When Big Pimping hit is when Jay broke through the south fully by cosplaying his style like southern rappers and using a southern hip hop sound
@@vincente4570 Yeah, his new "identity" of a gang banger and a baller who just got out jail? Your take doesn't make sense. He wasn't rapping about that ish before he got locked up. Even his own friends said he wasn't being who he was.
@@baccgod942 BS. I was in Alabama and Jay Z broke with volume 2. 1998. Went to Georgia right after and people were bumping it. Was in the Midwest 2 months after and cats were playing Volume 2. Big Gipp was clearly talking as if Jay has just been big in the Northeast which is PURE bullshit!😃😀 Big Pimpin? That was 2000. Hell no. Lies, lies, and more lies. Hard Knock Life is when he blew up everywhere. No one goes multiplatinum just being popular in one region.
I can barely think of any song you'll hear from Jay Z at a sporting event or club except the brush your shoulder song. They usually play the beat only for that tho
@@baccgod942 ppl are just brainwashed by the fact Jay z give you a false impression that he’s alone at the top but when you look closely at it he been somewhat relevent in the last 10-12 years cause of Beyonce Kanye Rihanna and Cole not because he’s doing quality music for me the only good Jay z song i can think that can turn up a club is that Jigga my n**** joint yo 50 and Dmx got like 10 song that can turn up a club easy !!! Gipp speaking facts
I've never heard somebody describe DMX so perfect
Lol really
Maybe because hi is a brain bro !!! ;p
@@sinceremarks8529 also that bro 😎
yeah he did that
👍👌👏
"When 50 Cent came out I ain't hear no Jay-Z music, it just stop playing!"🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thats not true but Jay even said 50 was about to be the thing
@@DLabri3 it’s true bro… Jay music was non existent when 50 dropped ….
Yall wildin. 50 was hot, but Jay Z definitely still got play time
I was born in 97 Jay z status blew off when he stared doing songs with Kanye west and when he supported Obama for president tbh he probably the Michael Jordan of rap not course of his music but the way he played the game he was still hustling hard behind the scenes but jay z used the 48 laws of power ti get where he at lol I'm not really a fan couse he to illuminati for me but he the best to ever play the game
The black album came out in 2003 and outsold beg for mercy the first week. Change clothes, dirt off your shoulders was in heavy rotation.
I’m from south Florida and I’ve never heard Jay on the radio and also he performed down here at the heat arena and damn near everyone was there for Beyoncé. He’s speaking facts. I never could listen to Jay but 98 Dmx had the game on lock.
Stop lying when Jay came to arena he was by himself. On BP3 tour. I was there sold out niggaz be making shyt up all the time
I know that’s a lie..as many New Yorkers live down there😂😂y’all really be hatin for no reason 😂
@@clpclp5744. I already know you aren’t from here or currently living here because if it’s not DJ Envy’s radio channel you not hearing JayZ fam. It hurts you knowing Jay ain’t shit in the South, never was and never will be.
@@JuiceOg1 who cares….his body of work still can’t be denied. Truth is tho had BIG lived….whose Jay? 😂😂😂
@@JuiceOg1Jay gets no play down south most definitely not in Miami
Pac will always be #1.
Ready to Die mirrors Me Against the World, song for song, down to concept and beat selection…
And so does Life After Death… it mirrors All Eyes on Me, song for song, down to concept and beat selection.
I feel like life after death mirrors Makaveli
I first listened to ready to die ten years after only really listening to Tupac ,Biggie copied his whole album definitely
There is no best, just a arena of great artist. If you're not great you're not Invited!
I don't see how but if y'all say so
When boosie said Jay name don't hold the same weight in the south everybody called him a hater but dude was spitting facts
But yet.... every show he did in the south was sold out🤷🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
@@NPGWOP what do you consider the south? don't remember Jay coming to Louisiana, Mississippi,Arkansas etc that's the south
@@Pop-eg7sr Exactly💯, and Memphis either. We have never listened to JayZ like that in the M.
Texas is south. And that man sells out every arena here.
Them dudes hate jayz if you can't see it it's probably because you got hate in you also...💯
He was spitting a lot of facts. I always say if Big and Pac didn't die then Jay-Z would not be as big as he is today.
Then u could say that about several other rappers.🤷🏽♂️
Facts
My mother always said that lmao so true and nas could Rap better then jay
@@randallsimon585like who
@@christopherbrock5299neither would most of the successful rappers from that era. Why would jay be the only who wouldn't be as big? That doesn't make sense. That's like saying that jay would be the ONLY rapper wouldn't be as big if they were still alive. Well why him?
Tupac is the biggest American rapper in Africa since the 90 and whenever you are at a party and Tupac's music comes on, damn things are turning crazy
Real talk..
50 cent and DMX are up there as well
Pac was #1 and still #1 and will be #1 he's the 🐐
I've been listening to hip hop since early 90s and is so mind boggling and so disrespectful that nobody put DMX in his top 10. Unbelievable
My top five, 2pac, Dmx, Black thought, Mos def, Treach.
He's my fav
Soulja Slim
Pac
DMX
Shyne
Kodak
That's because DMX was not a lyricist.
@@HypnoticHollywood You beyond bugging lmfao
@@HypnoticHollywood clearly you have your own definition.
This guy is 100% correct. 2pac is the Greatest. All Eyes on Me is the best album ever. DMX and 50 in their prime were bigger than Jay Z.
Even ja rule was bigger than jay😂
@@ViginiaMolai nah the radio just played him more, his album sales wasn’t fucking with jays.
B@@romaretaylor9953 pain is love outsoled the blue print. Ja was way bigger than HOV world wide. Especially in 2000-2003
Jay has 14 number one albums my dude, nobody cares who was bigger on a specific year. It's about consistency. Stop being silly
7:23 I remember being in a store and looking at CDs when a guy came up and told me "to watch for 50 cent. He's going to be huge." I bought his mixtape before he got shot (How to rob was on it) and was amazed. A few months later he was mega huge! Also, DMX is very underrated. Dude was a beast and he wasn't scared of going against anyone. He poured his heart into his music. I remember, before he died, watching videos of him reading Scriptures and crying. Such a tormented soul trying his best to do right. He knew too much about the darkness of the music industry. I hope he's in heaven.
..same bro ..met this Samoan dude and he told me that 50 cent is going to be huge here in New Zealand
2PAC will always be number 1 4 me 2. Facts. 1 love.
I used to argue all the time that DMX was ahead of Jay Z at his peak. That first 3-4 album run he was untouchable. Coupled with his transition into movies he was on a heck of a trajectory.
Bruh been saying that shit for years....Even Ja-Rule was popping harder than Jay-Z.
Both of you must militant crack rock smokers. FOH.
@@ndujamz ja rule never popping harder then jay z please stop ja rule don’t even have a platinum album
@@Mar_Escobar35 I agree as far as he won’t popping harder but Rule got 2-3 multi platinum albums lol
@@ndujamz what DMX album is better than HOvS first 5? X is a Goat but the J hate is crazy
DMX the only 1 to have 2 number 1 albums under 1 year 🔥🔥🔥 and they still didn’t give him the rewards Smfh he’s the only real one ❤️ my fav
Makaveli da Don 👑 and Big dawg the only ones who did that
@future did it
🕓 1st). 2Pac in 1996 (had "3" / a double album & an album).
2nd). DMX double album 1998.
& This is NO DISRESPECT 4 X
Plies did it 2
Facts
PACs music is timeless
This man speaks the truth. “Half that car cause of your girl😅” That girl from H-Town!
Seriously the wisdom he drops about DMX is the knowledge for life 🙏🏽
The way he described NY bias is hilarious bc everyone knows it's true. Jay learned how to win the popularity contest in NY
That's because y'all keep looking at him as just an rapper. He was a co owner and had more control over how to promote his music and influence on hip hop.
@@glendavis9673 zzzzzzzzzz
Through DMX
NYC earned the right to be biased…. We created hip hop 🤷🏾♀️
@@PureNapture and everything yall currently putting out is TRASH. be bias when your music is good
Jay simply was blessed to outlive his peers. Big L alone was light-years ahead of him.
Facts 💯
Dude preach
I think Jay is dry as cheerios box left in a desert....with salt on it. Never sid nothing for me. NYC needed a hero and he was it.
LMAO you got jokes. It was Jay-z that pushed Biggie to stop writing his rhymes. Caused Big to scrap his own verse and start over.
@@jameelparrish741 Preaching a bunch of NONSENSE
Pac set the bar that NO ONE can match or achieve .. ❤
Nipsey did
PAC is an actor and mid at best
@@PureNapture mid ? Lol ok
All things are possible.
Nah. Pac was following Ice Cube's blueprint. Cube's first 3 albums are better than Pac's 3 best albums. Plus he wrote most of Straight out Compton, an album bigger than anything Pac did.
Tupac and biggie are the only artist I can honestly say I can close my eyes and listen to from start to finish
Tupac was bigger than life. Anybody around at that time remembers that. Now he's like a legend but he was really a legend when he was alive which rarely happens.
Bigger than life to the crazies that were later coined as Stans. Beefing with everybody was not something many looked up to.
@@chadalahio8266 Stan's? Nobody said that shit back then tho. Haha. Listen man the beef came at the end of his life. He was making music and doing movies before all that shit.
@@chadalahio8266 I can tell you where either super young or not alive before 96!
Ppl praise the nigga that beef with a whole bunch of street niggaz and rappers, became a follower joining the Mob bloods and brag about smashing other niggaz wifes.. pac was a goofy
Makaveli da Don 👑 told you "I'll be a LEGEND breathing or dead"
Real talk when Pac dropped Me Against The World, I was locked up and Dear Momma premiered on TV, I witnessed a cell block full of grown men of all colors shed tears. Pac was that powerful. DMX was equally as powerful as for the rest, I'll wait
No rapper fanbase will ever compare to Tupac & DMX. They had grown ass men crying in the crowd like MJ concerts with women.
Not to be different, but I never really liked DMX music 🎵 that much, even though it's obvious he was a great artist he's sold a lot of records.
Scarface is on that level too.
@@antwandukes I was never a big fan of DMX either. He had some great songs, but as a whole his albums front to back weren't that good to me. But X was a legend. His voice and style were a 1st. RiP
Pac
I was born in 92' Brooklyn NY, I feel like Big Gipp my Uncle from the south dropping gems on me about the rap game, giving me personal perspective and challenging my bias. He gave context according to history, even though I was a major fan of all kinds of rappers from different regions, I alway held Jay on a pedestal, likely because of my geography and the fact that he is a captivating rapper in terms of painting pictures of the lavish life of ballers and ex drug dealers in a Scorsese like way with production from the best producers of our generation but I have to admit like Big Gipp said "it's technical" i don't feel much of anything from his records as I do other artist, especially from the south.
I'm from Algeria in north Africa if you ask anybody here about who is the best rapper of all the time they will say it's 2pac hands down maybe some of them prefer biggy but jayz !! No way
Agree, 85% of Africans would say 2pac then 15% would biggie
@@ViginiaMolaiif we go deeper we would put Pac, 50 cent and DMX over biggie....these 3 are arguably the most popular rappers ever
@@alvine7117 yeah, you're right. But reason I say Biggie because nowadays I see people wearing his t-shirt more than 50 and dmx,even our African rappers most of them gave him in their top 5, not 50 and dmx
I’m 40 years old and I’m from the Midwest and I can say I remember everything the way he says it.
Same here Midwest he rite especially the 50 cent part
This man speaks nothing but facts… in Houston we were not trying to hear Jay Z… we were Team Pac… and it’s still to this day
I know it doesnt matter for the culture but in Africa, Jay-z is not even in the discussion, the majority of people would vote for Pac and many would vote for Big. Jay..Who?
I lived in the South my whole life and he ain’t lying. Nobody fucked with JayZ that heavy down here. NY niggas swear it’s all about Jay
man this a fact. If you from Houston and you jam Jay z we def look funny at you
Hov could announce a stadium concert in Houston today and it would sell out by tomorrow. Stop it 😂😂😂
@@diamondhickspharmd2808 maybe so… but this is Beyoncé’s town so he probably will be with her
💯 on all points... U see 2pacs name spray painted on buildings and at train stations in every country overseas... Not only back home... Not Jay-Z... Pac is universally loved speaking "truth" has that affect... Regardless of languages...
DMX's ability to tell a detailed, complex story in a song was unmatched, only NAS and Biggie came close but DMX mastered that. I feel like you can take most of his songs (not the singles) and write a script for a tv show or movie based on his lyrics.. ATF is a good example. Tupac is my no.1 but he was not that good of a story teller but he was amazing and the absolute best at weaving in a message into his music and connecting with you as the listener on an emotional level and that's because he believed what he was rapping about. He really was that revolutionary questioning the system, so you felt it when he rapped about it.
You should listen to more Nas. His storytelling is unmatched. One Love, Shootouts, I Gave You Power, Rewind, Small World…so many amazing stories
Checkout Scarface
His storytelling was on point too
@@Don.M. Right, Undying Love, 2nd Childhood, What Goes Around, Mastermind, Last Words, No Idea's Original, Black Girl Lost, Beef, Money is my Bitch & many more
Brenda's got a baby is one of best storytelling rap songs. He was good at it just not the best at it
dmx used to talk about raping peoples kids in front of them...he and biggie say some very weird shit at times.
He dropped some gems. Pac's greatness is on a level that can't be compared to any other artist.
Jay & Pac both overrated. Jay overrated before death. Pac overrated after death. Liked both but too many Sharper Complexed Rhyming Lyrical Storytelling Emcees than both. Nas, Krs, Rakim, Black Thought, Common, & more
@@2KILLAVILLE pacs lyrics touched peoples heart, there was a huge message behind it. Jay Z is a dope lyricist but Jay Z aint inspiring nobody. He is bragging about material ishhh talking about drinking pellegrino water in monaco.
@WiLL Alva Pac lyrics still overall were elementary compared to the other Elites, no matter how much touching they were..Jay was never top 5 Lyrically from BK..many Sharper Advanced Complexed Storytelling, Rhyming Lyrical Emcees than both of them
@@COLOMBIADOBLEZERO9 poetry some people just didn't get it . Rhymes that's new York shit . That's why the south has been running things sine no limit studios .
There are a lot of rappers better than 2Pac: Ice Cube, Wu Tang Clan, Nas, Rakim.
Finally, someone tells the truth about Pac, Biggie and the rap game!
Lies. Jay had three hits before Pac died and more before Big died. Yall act like their deaths gave him life. Jay's album after they both died almost flopped and he and Dame went back to the drawing board and came back with Hard Knock Life-Life and times or whatever and he hasn't fell off since. After the second album lackluster performing album, Jay restructured his style and blew the f up in the fall of 1998. I was in Alabama and everybody was playin that shit. He has not fell off since. Homie might wanna take notes instead of lying and giving his baseless theories.
Boy stop 💀
@@chadalahio8266 What were those 3 hits?
@@Dee0336 Hawaii Sophie Fame, I Be, Ain't No Nigga
@@Dee0336 plus in my life, originators, dead president
The disrespect we have for our greats is mind blowing. You look at other genres of music and there is never the amount of vitriol and contempt we have for our greats. Interview sounds direct and personal. Peace be with you king… I just hope an ATL native doesn’t come thru years from now and rip you up years from now. I liked yo verse on black ice. SMH social media is a hell of a drug.
Tupac Shakur was from another planet. He's the GOAT of Hip Hop Rap
I agree when 50 cent happened...for 6 summers straight he single handledly transformed New York city on a whole nother level...business, street & industry wise
50 had NY rappers beefing because he was so good
Straight facts bro 💯
Who is 50 Cent?
We love 50 more in the A than NYC
You said “ six summers….”😂😂😂😂 lmao dude that’s a jay z line. Just to show u how much haters y’all is.
I Miss DMX G was one the Realest ever born😢🕊️
Tupac is the goat and it’s way more than bars..Tupac spoke for every man in the 80 and 90s all over the world and he spoke it perfectly
Everybody wanted to be a Ruff Ryder back in the day. That shit was crazy. I'm from a place so separated from DMX but even in the deep south as children we emulated that shit. Them and the 504 Boys from N.O.
He is definitely cooking the shit outta J
Let him cook
he being honest
It sound like a place of hate
@@splak305 Nah. You don't understand the New York used to clown down south. Now look where the Mecca of Rap is??? Atlanta!!!
@@MF-Rell Only a fool would still be stuck with that,the South got something to say mentality smh worrying about what New Yorkers said about them years ago
Finally! A Rapper with the Balls to speak the Truth! Not an Industry dude or signed to Roc Nation. He dont have to play the Game cuz he dont need em...
EXACTLY!
I remember that hard knock life tour in Dallas. Redman and Methodman started the show off so dope BUT when Dark Man X came on it was the most electrifying thing I have ever witnessed outside of chicks passing out over Micheal Jackson. DMX made that show that night and the energy when he growled had the whole arena going nuts!! 😂
50 Cents peak years were during Jay Z's retirement. Get Rich or Die Trying came out early 2003 and Jay Zs Black Album dropped in late 2003. By the time Jay Z came back in late 2006, 50 had dropped another giant album, Gunit had dropped one while each of it's members had dropped two, with the exception of Yayo. The Gunit legacy pretty much went downhill from there but those year of 03-07 were big for 50. Jay is a guy who's just been at the top for a very long time.
He might not have two records that sold 8 and 10m like 50. But he has over 10 albums that have steadily sold 2m-5m over 3 decades. Longevity.
Someone with factz in here 💯
Jay-Z never retired. He pretended to retire so that he could get more hype build up for his album. Jay-Z was always a strategic businessman. But when 50 came out he was running everything. It was his moment even in Jay-Z's prime
I miss DMX 😞
Yea didn't want him to go😔
Mee too dude was one of a Kind
All the real ninjas dead . But the conniving snakes still here claiming they number one lmaoooooo
Tupac
Big
DMX
Big L
Big pun
Nipsey Hussle
If you was around when he dropped, you'd know he changed the game.
I always said DMX & 50 was the best, My favorite 2 rappers
He's right about 50cent when IN DA CLUB came out that record was tearing the airwaves and clubs up nobody was messing with 50 that yr
Years 2003-2007 that was his run.
@@biggkrizzvg2002 - 2008 Curtis blew up, sold 5mill in the USA, but beat Kanye world wide..
I had several dmx and Fif cd's in my car! Had that shit on repeat till the cd got scratched to all hell !!! I've never purchased a Jay-Z album in my life! But I'm just 1 person who makes this statement 💯
Pacs Makaveli Album is his absolute best album. I’ve went back and listened to it so many times read every lyric dissected all the production. Pac was so proud of that album-all the artist that talk about being around him and his zeal for it before it was released tells the story. THAT ALBUM IS CRAZY TO THIS DAY. My favorite HIPHOP ALBUM PERIOD.
Me Against The World > Makaveli
@@2KILLAVILLE I use to feel that way my run down is: Makaveli, Strictly 4 my Niggaz, All Eyez on Me, Me Against the World
@JaJu Fitness Me Against The World & 2pacalypse Now..Me Against The World was his best work & Rhyming Lyrical Album imo. All Eyez on Me best Production album. I barley listen to Makaveli( White Man's World, Hold Your Head, Hail Mary, Blasphemy & Just like Daddy ) only tracks I listen to off that album
@JaJu Fitness If I die 2nite, Old School, Dear Mama, So many Tears, Heavy in the Game, Lord Knows, Temptations, Can u get away, Me Against The World, Death around the corner..Me Against The World Album Thorough!!
I'm from GA, love Goodie mob, love Pac, said fuck Jay at first because of Pac, no doubt. But, that was all before I listened to Jay. Jay that nigga, don't discount Hov because you love Pac.
Most people aren't smart enough to think that way.
@@aaronflowers8881 facts
i got to agree. no jayz album is touching life after death
BluePrint 1
@@titusshowers6203 nah.
@titus showers nah I like blueprint 1, but nah. Blue print 1 had a bunch of forgettable records. Izzo hova being one of em (I hated that song lol). But blueprint 1 intro, rulers back was my shit. The beat. Jay but/stole those rhymes
@@el84oro no it didn’t blueprint was classic from begging to end and it was in the library congress for its cultural significance one of the greatest rap albums ever
Vol 2
Being from NY we never argued in HS at the lunch table about Pac. We always had fodder over Jay-Z Raekwon Big and Nas depending on what area of the city you are from. When Jay-Z dropped Reasonable Doubt and Vol 1 those albums went over people's heads because cats weren't up on him. Vol 2 Hard Knocks brought Jay-Z into the commercial side of things. Jay-Z was already at the Tyson fights before fame that was confirmed during his Streets is Watching days. Vol 1 is classic straight-up Blue Print and Vol 2 is all classic joints so it's all up to preference. Jay-Z got better lyrically by coming into the game rapping alongside dudes that were better than him(Big L) Jay-Z and DMX battled each other that night on tour at the pool hall Judging from people that were in attendance it was a draw saying they both were going in. So again it's a preference for Pac Big Nas Jay-Z DMX so many others that came in and did their thang. Roca-A-Fella was one of the best movements in the game. Period. I'm not sure 20 years later why people choose to throw shade at one of the best just because they like someone else. But I digress.
Nelly was the first hip hop/ rapper to go diamond. Eminem was second. Nelly said in recent years if he was from New York they would be talking about him as one of the best of all time. Since he is St. Louis they barely played his music
Nelly is a good song writer
I think DMX is underrated especially because he gets theatrical and doesn't rap about money. I never heard a single song by X where he was boasting about money. He had bars but people overlook it because he was rapping on some mad beats and his style alone would have you going crazy but he had bars!
That pain
Music
X is most definitely not underrated
That's real but I promise you dmx is in a perfect and he plan well for his legacy after his death.
DMX left multiple albums not only on defjam..the real album was not Exodus 1:7
Tupac is world wide thats what they forget. Iam from Sweden and weeee loooove Tupac here !!!!
All BIG Facts!! When 50 came this boy reset the game when the game needed it most!
You can find people who did certain things better than Jay-Z, but Jay-Z did everything great and for longer than anyone else. They didn’t have to eradicate people who didn’t understand business. They eradicate themselves.
He said a lot with that one line,
"The ones who made money they god are the highest". DMX, Biggie, PAC and 3 stacks was always 🔥
Even DMX sold more copies than Jay Z when they were on the same label.
DMX was the biggest rapper in the world
@@billystutz55 Tupac was
Then Jay became president and shelved dmx
@@mr.j410 if you had the concert tickets on the table and you could pick one, you going to see jay z or dmx ? I think the fans connected more with DMX because of his realness and he made people feel like, he was with them. All jay z rapped about was hustling drugs and he was a master at that.
@@GreenLantern1971. Jay z was a shit performer when dmx was on top.
I've always felt like Me Against The World was Tupac's best work. It's his magnum opus as far as I'm concerned.
Me as well. ❤
In S. Carolina DMX and 50 were huge. Heard a lot of their music booming from cars. Heard a lot of Tupac and Biggie. Heard some Jay to a lesser degree.
Lol Jay Z definitely going to SNEAK diss Gipp in his next song 🎵 😂. Gipp on his head whole interview 😂
ANDDDDDDDDDDD - Will it be on his Special Olympics album ?
Jay-Z forgot Gipp even exists
@@ProtaJ Nah He Can Never Forget Gipp Exist If He Mentioned Andre 3000 On A Star Is Born. #DungeonFamily #WhatYouNiggazKnowBoutDaDirtySouth
@@hollywood7009 you just compared 3stacks to Gipp??? 🤣
Dissin broke rappers is beneath Hov 😂😂
Dmx presence as a Legend was way bigger than Jay z
big cap but ok
@@mexia23 how so? X was loved worldwide
@@thecunninlynguist exactly! Jay-Z doesn't get love worldwide.
@@mexia23 omm big cap seeing Jay is like seeing Obama to people
@@mexia23 You saw Dmx shows ? he holds everyone's attention, nobody cares about jay z, he was upstaged at his own concert in '98 lol
Jay Z would still be a powerhouse if both Big & Pac were alive. Their deaths only changes how successful he would’ve been. But it does not change his lyricism. Y’all have to stop this mess!
That's true.
From my memory of Y2K-2003, I can only remember 3 songs by Jay that had major play...
1. Izzo
2. Fiesta
3. Bonnie and Clyde
4. Crazy in Love
In the Midwest, all that was in rotation on repeat ( in no order )...
1. 50
2. Em and D12
3. Dre
4. Ja Rule
5. Nelly
6. Luda
7. Lil Jon
8. T.I.
9. Twista
10. Kayne West
11. OutKast
Kanye dropped in 04 this bullshit
@@MCox1432 Slow Jamz By Kanye ft Twista and Jamie Foxx was out on rotation summer/fallish in '03.
@@TrellAvanti I guess that’s why I didn’t mention Twista but Ye wasn’t on til then but most of Gipp talking is bullshit. Hov always been on radio everywhere on his songs or other people songs. DMX opened up for Jay in 98 on The Hard Knock Life Tour. Can I get A was in Rush Hour. OutKast dropped twice on Hov release date they debut at #2 both times. Plus G Unit dropped on Black Album debut #2.
@@MCox1432 true famo
99 problems?
I don’t think J is losing any sleep off of what Big Gipp is saying. I got love for Gipp but he has zero classic solo albums under his belt.
But he was apart of the dungeon family. They were well respected all over☺️
@@JJPurp I know that but that wasn’t my point. Big Gipp has no solo classic albums and nobody ever asked for a Big Gipp album so as much criticism he is throwing at J what has he done by himself. I love Goodie Mob but he can’t stand on his own and was never considered a top 5 or top 10 on any rap list.
@@travistouchdown2118 facts
Soul Food is better than any Jay Z album.
Gipp know the game.. it ain't about the money.. he speaking them facts.. I can't remember a time where I said "play that Jay-Z".
PROTECT THIS MAN BY ALL COST.
Why, he sound kind of retarded. He said murder Inc was bigger than rocafella? To females bro, he sound mad at jay.
@@betbet5606 What he said didn’t have anything to do with opinion. What he said was a fact as far as sales. NOT as far as who he thought sounded better. You should do your research first before taking shots, cause it makes you sound… Well, you know.
@vyrezbeatz1159 considering rocafella records houses most of Kanye west and jay z catalogs it is a fact they have sold way more records than murder Inc by a large margin, it's not even close. Jay alone and ye alone outsold murder inc. Do you want to take back your comment, so you don't look...well, too late. 😉
@@vyrezbeatz1159 no apology bro? Nothing???
@@betbet5606 This is a different argument, plus you’ve already made yourself look ignorant but now twice. See what you originally typed you deleted, and what was said was some weird stuff about Big Gipp and that was disrespectful. And what we were talking about was a certain period of time. If you look it up Murder INC was out doing Roc A Fella between 2000-2002 or something like that. Not All Time. That was never the argument, and Gipp never said that and that was the main reason why i even said anything to you at all… Also, I really dont look on here to respond or shit like this. For some reason I got time today though.
Jayz the Tim Duncan of the Rap ...
the most fundamental and consistent
I never thought about this. But you’re right.
He told no lies when 50 dropped he had everything on lock💯💯💯
50 had one album
Why he cooking Jay-Z like this? 😂
Cause he a hating ass nigga. Plain and simple.
Jay-Z's a BILLIONAIRE, selling his music/making big deals vs. Gipp's been in the industry longer, not making significant money from his music, while needing to sell WEED to make his millions that he doesn't have yet = he's butt-hurt
@@DaFactsNoNonsense1713 regardless...dude is speaking nothing but facts
Because he is a mf sell out lol and don't deserve that spot, but he buy your mind
2PAC GREATEST RAPPER OF ALL TIME ⏲️ 🙌 💯
You know what, it's all about who you like, as fans, and I understand this...I mean, all of these guys were great in their own right...One Love Yo!!!
i agree
Very true but personally I’ve always though jay was wack
@@art678VL me, personally, I've never really listened to Jay like that, he's slick tho'!!!
Right,, music is subjective..it's your own personal taste...that's why Gipp said "too me"
At the end of the day this is true to one personally But overall He is right. DMX was the bigger artist from 1998-03 He ran shit and 50 came in 03 and took over.
My thing is; why do black people like to create rifts and unnecessary levels of competition among themselves and their legends? All the above mentioned are black legends that worked hard to get their brands and status to the levels they are at. These comparison conversations are retrogressive and redundant.
Yeah but this has always been the case since slavery. Plus we live in a competitive environment. Blacks go at each others neck sometimes even when we have love for one another…
Biggie had 2 albums… 1 alive and 1 in death. He wasn’t around long enough for me
Basically the ones who didn't sell their souls were loved by the people
Facts 💯
Who’d Jay sell his soul to and for how much? Specific
Stfu with that weirdo tinfoil hat bull shit. When they sell their souls do they get change back? Do they sign a contract? 😂 I get it if you mean metaphorically (then I apologize) but if you mean literally, I see why so many of us are stupid AF. Do you really believe that shit bruh? Y'all been watching too many movies. This is the goofiest shit ever 😂 you gotta believe in Santa and the tooth fairy too huh 😂😆
Everyone likes the new and shiny thing. But can you stay on top.
like it's crazy that our own people think that the only way for you to be successful is sell their souls 😂. Here, I'll play along, is every soul worth the same amount? If a bum and a rich man both sold their souls are they both gonna be worth the same? And what is it that they get back, fame and money? Does the price get adjusted for inflation? How do they pay? And when do they get what they sold their souls for? Do they get deals? 2 for 25? Can they run off on the plug twice? Can they cheat and give somebody else's social security number? 😂🤣😆 Man I'm sorry I can't this shit is goofy AF 🤣 "sold their souls" 😂😂
I can say Jay Z does not have an album better than Life After Death.
@@mondee5758 LOL, word.
He doesn't have an album better than All eyez on me either in my opinion. And I had every Jay album from reasonable doubt all they to American gangster
That's fine. Most people don't. Also most artists don't have an album that's better than the miseducation of Lauryn hill. That's a diamond album. Do y'all understand that y'all are comparing Jay z to the guys he wants to be compared to?? Same people y'all try to uplift , Jay z been uplifting them anyway 🤣 he's not a hater like y'all brah.
@@jackjill8129 All I Eyes on Me is overrated. The second half is weaker. Reasonable doubt and The Blueprint are better than any Tupac albums
@@angechrisman1694 that's a matter of opinion. The majority including myself would disagree tho
The west, the south and Midwest love 2 pac
This man is talking facts. Most them, taking lyrics from 2Pac, now he gone. But 3 decades later his music beats anything current. With the acting he was on a whole another level period!
DMX had New York as the best and 50 Album shut down everybody. Back 2 back hits. Jay Z dont have that. Most of Jay Z good work is with Kanye anyway, and look how he did him, ppl 4get. His raise has been through Beyonce.
Back in the day, Murder Ink was shuting it down. The numbers dont add up to that with Rockafeller.
Just cause you accumulate money and make some business investments that go well dont make you the KING of nothing. Ppl need to stop confusing music with investments.
DMX a solid one with bars 💯💯💯
I’m getting the feeling that JayZ isn’t in Gipp’s top 5….lol 😂
Lol
I alway said back in the day why is Diddy in all his artist songs and videos, now I know Diddy has no talent on his own. Thank you Big Gipp for always saying 💯. DMX was one of the greats who said how dirty the industry and Diddy was.
I was DJing 3 nights a week in the South during that time, & Jay had more than 1 or 2 joint on regular rotation. DMX was great but little weren't requesting his music like that. Jay had several songs people could dance to & chicks wanted to hear...DMX had tracks rap fans liked. Pac was the biggest star the industry ever produced (before Snoop of course), but that don't diminish Jay's run. Jay was considered great in the 90s, so saying his longevity is the only reason is crazy.
Sooo much truth in everything he said about Big , Tupac , and J Z
*This man is speaking NOTHING but truth through this WHOLE video..*
Everybody knows Jay Z was taken from biggie he owns his publishing to Miss Wallace
Saw the DMX funeral procession, that was the streets! Never seen anything like it! He’s speaking truth!
These niggas dead for bad thinking Jay a billionaire for good thinking stop it homie who has the most sold records listen ur choice is ur choice but stop hating on one to big up the other and one mo thang u better care about money u can't give yo people shit if that white man own all yo shit goofy
FACTS!!!!
💯
I from senegal west Africa and I am growing up in france 🇫🇷 no one can be compared to Tupac everywhere and the world knows ho is tupac poeple still talking about him listening her songs wearing her t-shirt and watching her movie
We're from NYC.....and he's 100% accurate about it all.
2pac is Fire 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
He didnt lie at all 💯💪🏾
He lied a few times
@@gideoninc8687 wen did he lie
@@MasterMind-py2nk "Jay-Z didn't get played on the radio here aside from big pimpin" lies cause Jay was EVERYWHERE. I was in ATL and heard ho mall the time on hot 97.9 (107.9 now) and V103
"Murder inc was bigger than the roc"
Inc only had Ja-rule and Ashanti. Roc had Jay, freeway, bleek, Sigel, Kanye, Cam'ron, diplomats. Nuff said.
@@gideoninc8687 yeah you right
Big Gipp is telling the truth
I understand people point but y'all be disrespecting Jay-Z lyrical ability and discography. He may have never been the hottest but those that were fizzled out. Jay-Z still go platinum to this day. He basically the lebron of rap.
I agree 💯%. The blatant disrespect of Jay-Z is mind boggling to me.
Big Gipp dropping gems and the facts!
2:08 he is gargling something in his mouth and it has to be some salty foreign mineral deposits build up 🤤
Facts being spoken right here. Fuck the industry
FACTS !!!! THIS MAN SEING IT AND LIVED IT STRAIGHT UP TRUTH!!!!
I live in the Bahamas. I witnessed my OGs rap Pac lyrics from their hearts as if they were their own. I never saw that with Jay Z. I witnessed the same thing with Dmx. X had our schools on lock! I never saw this with Jay Z. Just sayin🤷🏾♂️
He told no lies at ALL!!!!
💯💯
Tupac was already a legend when he was alive. But, boy when he died , he became something else. People believe he's still around lol ..they miss him so much. That's a unicorn right there .
50 is most comparable as a business man to Jay. He had a respectable music career but he started later and peaked earlier. But he's a comparable business man.
I still remember listening to the Me Against The Word album. I was 13 and I was hooked!
Big Gip... You spoke absolute facts King 👑💯
Big Gipp and OG 40 water dope
Gipp the one who asked Jay "what's the difference between a 4.0 and a 4.6" 😂😂 jk I'm loving the interviews
“They be like if Big was alive Hov wouldn’t be in this position/ If Big had survived, y’all would have got The Commission “ -Jigga 💯
Yada yada yada
Hov Gonna always be Hov 💯
@@DJLITRAVE it was the universe’s will, cause Allah said so
He would've still been A huge artist but he would never outshine Big you guys know that
Exactly it would have still been Jay involved
Man almost nobody knows who J is overseas but they know who Biggie & Tupac are
WHAT?! Stop the drugs….PLEASE 😂😂😂😂😂
@@DuckDaPhillyFan where have you ever been overseas
The man headlined Glastonbury.
They say they don’t know me internationally, niggas on the road did.
You definitely don't know the meaning of overseas 🤣🤣.. Jay is known everywhere man, I am from the real south, South Africa and I've known Jay my whole life
He speaking his facts and his opinion that is all. They can post a thousand other artists that say J the Goat and the comments section will look just like this one in reverse
BIG GIPP IS MY FAVORITE IN GOODIE MOB 💯
Me Against the World is a masterpiece & Gipp spittin’ facts!
Lies. Jay isn't regional and was hot when G Unit was on top. The Black Album went multiplatinum and everybody was rockin button-ups. Jay has also appealed to.other regions and specifically catered his style to appeal to all regions. Dude is envious af and wants to say its because he's from NY. If Jay kept just a NY sound, he would have not gone past Reasonable Doubt popularity though it originally went gold which was very hard to do in 1996 with all of the competition and blew up Foxy. Foh
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He didn't say that. Stop selective listening. He speaking facts. Jay Z had to grow on the south and west. His popularity was mainly on the East coast. Only people bumping Jay Z mostly in the south or west were NY people themselves. When Big Pimping hit is when Jay broke through the south fully by cosplaying his style like southern rappers and using a southern hip hop sound
Hell naw. All Eyes on Me and beyond magnified his identity in his style in his music. But I digress 🤷🏿♂️
@@vincente4570 Yeah, his new "identity" of a gang banger and a baller who just got out jail? Your take doesn't make sense. He wasn't rapping about that ish before he got locked up. Even his own friends said he wasn't being who he was.
@@baccgod942 BS. I was in Alabama and Jay Z broke with volume 2. 1998. Went to Georgia right after and people were bumping it. Was in the Midwest 2 months after and cats were playing Volume 2. Big Gipp was clearly talking as if Jay has just been big in the Northeast which is PURE bullshit!😃😀 Big Pimpin? That was 2000. Hell no. Lies, lies, and more lies. Hard Knock Life is when he blew up everywhere. No one goes multiplatinum just being popular in one region.
You still hear DMX at every sporting event. This man telling what he know. Its music politics and business.
I can barely think of any song you'll hear from Jay Z at a sporting event or club except the brush your shoulder song. They usually play the beat only for that tho
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Hardly none if any. But, Jay ain't in the category of those GOATS and they've been gone for nearly 30 years my man. Nice try tho
@@baccgod942 ppl are just brainwashed by the fact Jay z give you a false impression that he’s alone at the top but when you look closely at it he been somewhat relevent in the last 10-12 years cause of Beyonce Kanye Rihanna and Cole not because he’s doing quality music for me the only good Jay z song i can think that can turn up a club is that Jigga my n**** joint yo 50 and Dmx got like 10 song that can turn up a club easy !!! Gipp speaking facts