MikeJordan23 0 Report post Posted March 11, 2005 KRS-One has plenty of hit records, but yes, he is the GOAT Biggie is in consideration, but falls short. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ripper 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 KRS-One has plenty of hit records, but yes, he is the GOAT Biggie is in consideration, but falls short. It was rumored that Rakim was helping him write a bunch of stuff back in the day as KRS was a great battle rapper, but was having trouble putting some of his other stuff in song form. I don't know. I seem to remember him getting sued by Rakim for some of the royalties. I will look it up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 When you say "so-and-so is the GREATEST RAPPER OF ALL TIME" what factors do you include: Freestyle, Studio Raps, Career lenght, etc. My vote would go to KRS-ONE, but Ripper's latest post intrigued me. You learn something new every day... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ripper 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 Well...apparently this was a big april fools joke from a few years back and it spread like wildfire. Here is the original story: Rakim is suing KRS-One for a whooping 200 million dollars. Yesterday at a news conference The R told reporters that he had ghost written much of KRS's lyrics over the past 12 years. 'He was never really a good writer, all he had was vocal skills', a solemn Rakim told reporters. "I sat him down and developed a concept for KRS-One, I created the persona of him being a 'teacher' and a 'philosopher'..Hip Hop needed a bigger then life figure to pull this off and Kris was it'. Rakim went on to explain that he had an agreement with KRS to keep their arrangement secret. He also explained that he was absent from Hip Hop for a while because he was doing a bunch of ghost writing. An angry KRS is counter suing Rakim claiming that every penny that was owed to the revered lyricist was paid back. When pressed as to whether or not Rakim had indeed written his lyrics, KRS stated that the matter is in litigation and he would speak no further. During the press conference Rakim started flawlessly freestyling lyrics from many of KRS's popular songs like 'My Philosophy and 'Sound of The Police'. 'This should prove I'm the original author', he said. 'What I wrote came from the heart'. Joining Rakim in the lawsuit is Sean Puffy Combs and former 3rd Bass member MC Serch. Both claim that they too crafted rhymes for The Blastmasta. Puffy pulled out copyright papers to prove that he wrote the songs 'Step Into My World' and 'You Must Learn'. 'I spent at least two weeks researching the material that was later recited in that song. I'm still owed some money.', stated Combs. MC Serch told reporters that popular songs like 'The Bridge Is Over' and 'South Bronx' were tracks that he had written when he was trying to break into the business.. 'I was trying to be down and get noticed', Serch told reporters. 'So I wrote these songs as a way of breaking into the biz'. Serch also revealed that KRS is originally from Far Rockaway Queens and not the Boogie Down Bronx as he had always claimed. 'That man lived in the Red Fern Houses where no emcee would ever go..In fact that's where he did his very first show', Serch said. When asked by reporters, a smiling KRS said he had indeed been to the Far Rockaway housing projects but stopped short of saying whether or not it was where he did his very first show. He also noted that Puff and Serch are long time friends of his but said he had paid them every cent owed. He walked away when asked whether or not he wrote the songs 'Bridge Is Over' and 'South Bronx'. A local news reporter kept pressing the issue, so a pissed off KRS-One grabbed him and lifted him off the ground. He looked him dead in the eye and said with a vicious smile 'You sucker... April Fool'!. You folks knew I had to get you a day early Pass the story along.. Peace to ya Davey D c 2000 It apperntly made it to some reputed news outlets Minus the last part and was reported as real. Something felt wrong along about the "puffy writing for KRS-One" part. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 I dunno guys, after Will Smith's clapback to Eminem, I think we can completely end this debate right now... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CBright7831 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 Tupac was considering retirement, which what may have got him killed in the first place, if you listen to all of the Tupac conspiracy theorists. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slayer 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 The Greatest Rapper of All Time, Died on March Ninth Vanilla Ice is still alive Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Your Paragon of Virtue 0 Report post Posted March 14, 2005 I think freestyles are completely overrated in terms of defining a rapper. In fact, I don't get the big deal about them in the first place. It's impressive, but it don't mean shit. I was thinking of starting a thread, but might as well put it here since someone pointed it out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Prime Time Andrew Doyle 0 Report post Posted March 15, 2005 Man, y'all trippin Everybody in the hood knows that Ja Rule is da best emcee ever. Like rule said "I'm regarded the hardest working artist since Pac Niggas, and I a ain't talkin it from life or better, I'm talking if he was here we probably ride together on these chick ass niggaz" A true masterpiece Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
