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View Poll Results: Hip Hop Poll: Round 2, Poll D
Ghostface Killah 1 6.67%
The Roots 5 33.33%
Madlib 9 60.00%
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Old 02-14-2011, 12:39 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Look at it this way, Madlib releases about 5 albums a year. Even then, it's breathtakingly complex stuff. He's dedicated as well as mega talented.
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Old 02-14-2011, 12:45 PM   #12 (permalink)
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You guys are crazy. It takes, what, eight of them to do what Madlib does on his own. And Madlib still manages to be more eclectic. Talk about talent? Madlib is his own jazz band for pete's sake. And he's a better rapper than Black Thought. And his beats are better than Questlove. The man is brilliant.
Iunno about that...unless you can provide some examples. He has some pretty original style though, especially quasimoto


Your favorite rapper?

Madlib produced him, guaranteed.
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Old 02-14-2011, 12:50 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Iunno about that...unless you can provide some examples. He has some pretty original style though, especially quasimoto
I guess my examples would be anything Madlib has rapped on versus anything Black Thought has rapped on. I've always considered Black Thought only a so-so rapper honestly.
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I guess my examples would be anything Madlib has rapped on versus anything Black Thought has rapped on. I've always considered Black Thought only a so-so rapper honestly.
anything madlib has rapped on eh?

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(Haack) Uh Madlib and Dilla is the illest my niggaz
Only haters holler they can't feel us
Wanna get looser then we?
But just gonna be a looser to me and dilla(ha)
Killa, Talkin bout how you kill cops, you softer then a pillow
Backslapin' ya neck while you covered in rep?
cause you bluffin and you aint said nothin to spec?
Anyway i'm straight high off the trees
your girl don't wanna lie she's gonna get on a niggaz ****
Turn It up, y'all niggaz must be outta head
If ya sister made it up to the bed?

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Old 02-14-2011, 01:03 PM   #15 (permalink)
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even Madlib knows he's a horrible rapper, he says hes a DJ first, producer second and rapper dead last, there is no way that he is more talented than Black Thought
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Old 02-14-2011, 01:14 PM   #16 (permalink)
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anything madlib has rapped on eh?
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Like what the **** is this
Hey look at this what kinda luck is this
(Haack) Uh Madlib and Dilla is the illest my niggaz
Only haters holler they can't feel us
Wanna get looser then we?
But just gonna be a looser to me and dilla(ha)
Killa, Talkin bout how you kill cops, you softer then a pillow
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cause you bluffin and you aint said nothin to spec?
Anyway i'm straight high off the trees
your girl don't wanna lie she's gonna get on a niggaz ****
Turn It up, y'all niggaz must be outta head
If ya sister made it up to the bed?
What's your point? I'm not arguing that he's a great lyricist. In fact, I'm not even arguing that he's a great rapper, just that he's better than Black Thought.

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even Madlib knows he's a horrible rapper, he says hes a DJ first, producer second and rapper dead last, there is no way that he is more talented than Black Thought
You're right that he's better at other things than he is at rapping. And yet he's still better than Black Thought!
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Just how bad do you think Black Thought is?
Even if he's totally generic (which he totally is) he's still technically more proficient then madlib.

His voice is better(which is why madlib uses speeds it up or does effect) and his rhymes are actually coherent..

I feel like your being a little snobby janzoon
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Just how bad do you think Black Thought is?
Even if he's totally generic (which he totally is) he's still technically more proficient then madlib.

His voice is better(which is why madlib uses speeds it up or does effect) and his rhymes are actually coherent..
Well at least we agree that Black Thought is kind of generic! And I don't hate The Roots or anything, by the way, I just don't think Black Thought's rapping is what makes them a good band.

I don't know how you measure who is "technically" better and I don't really care honestly, the end result is what's important to me. Madlib's vocals are unique, interesting and entertaining, all of which require talent to pull off well. Black Thought's vocals are serviceable. They work in the context of The Roots music and that's fine but I don't think he's tremendously talented compared to other rappers.

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I feel like your being a little snobby janzoon
Because I think Madlib is more talented than The Roots? How is that snobby? Are you being snobby for having the opposite opinion?
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No, you already know i agree with him being better overall. Saying he is a better rapper is blasphemous
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When you compare The Roots and Madlib, you have to take into account that most of what you hear when you are listening to The Roots is live. Madlib on the other hand primarily samples. So as far as technical ability goes, The Roots win by a long shot. It takes far longer to get good on an instrument than it does to learn how to produce, and whether production is quality or not is subjective. I like Madlib waaaaaay more than the Roots, but when it comes to raw talent, you have to admit the roots win.

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I'm not even arguing that he's a great rapper, just that he's better than Black Thought.
Definitely not. 90% of the time, black thought is far ahead of Madlib lyrically. Just because he has a weird voice doesn't mean he's good at rapping (the Unseen is the only album of his that I've actually enjoyed his verses on). He certainly isn't a better rapper, but Madlib is more creative and more fun to listen to.
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