Busta Carmichael
LOT - Full-Time Kufi/Yarmulke Smacker
Biggie was crowned the king of new york and the best when he was alive and thats of one LPCall my blasphemous if you want but the myth of Biggie being the greatest rapper of ALL time when he never got past a proper second album is a conversation nobody wants to have.
Yes, his albums were great. Yes, he had flow, content, and notable talent in song writing. I take nothing away from what Biggie actually was while alive.
But the pedestal NYers put him on is like if Eminem died after the MMLP or 50 died after the Massacre or Kendrick Lamar died after TPAB. It's putting them in a time bubble where they never experienced a possible slump and then comparing them to everyone else.
The myth is that Biggie was the greatest rapper of all time. The reality is, he was a great rapper who never got the chance to get ever better or fall off. The circumstances of his death and career does not make him perpetually better than any rapper that has or ever will exist in Hip Hop.
Rakim was crowned the best after one LP.
Yall crown 3k as one of the best and hes never even released an album.
Artist wise, you can make a case if biggie would have longevity or he would fall off like Kurupt.
But rapper wise he is the best to rock a mic, so much so that I've never heard a biggie impersonator.
Not someone with the same voice like guerilla black, im talking someone with the same smooth flow and rhymes.
Biggie never had a wack or skippable verse in his career. I cant think of a rapper that can actually say that.