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2608466, RE: I've never been to Brooklyn, and he's my GOAT Posted by ps, Thu Sep-29-11 10:31 AM
>I know the argument is that he only has two albums, so how >can he be better than those with six or seven. But I feel like >he did more with those two albums than anyone else has with >their entire discography, Jay-Z included. > >He could do every time of song, and do it better than whoever >you think it's the nicest at it, or at least AS good. >Storytelling? Check. R&B crossover shit? Check. Club joints? >Check. Straight boom bap for the heads? Hell yes. > >Big also has the benefit of not being around to tarnish his >only legacy. Who knows what his career would've looked like >had he not been killed. Would he be a mogul like Jay? A legend >who's time has come and gone but he doesn't know it like LL? >An icon with a super loyal fanbase but largely ignored by the >mainstream like Nas? An act that tours and sells music based >on nostalgia like Wu? > >Who knows. > >But he's the best to ever do it, IMO.
Spot on.
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