Lupe Fiasco Ranks The Three Greatest Rappers of All Time
Lupe reveals his top three
Lupe Fiasco is one of the greatest rappers of all time. So when he talks about rap, you listen.
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On Monday, Lupe Fiasco went to Twitter to talk about rap music. In a series of tweets, Lupe gave his opinion on the greatest rapper of all time. Lupe’s answer wasn’t surprising: it’s JAY-Z.
Here is what he said:
To me…I think all around factoring in all the tangibles and intangibles…Jay Z is the GOAT…bars, sales, influence, swag, power, credibility, hits, beats, wife, longevity…I’m mean who else comes close? https://t.co/ohRryYeLOJ
— COBRA|Soul Food 🐍 (@LupeFiasco) July 2, 2018
I think the best rapper is undeterminable. But just off bars alone Jay is still top 3 and probably spent more time and top 1 than anyone else https://t.co/ChvOmJ8iWu
— COBRA|Soul Food 🐍 (@LupeFiasco) July 2, 2018
I don’t think it’s automatic Jay has put in effort and has multiple moments of blacking out and doing things in eras that were just above and beyond his peers. But rap is big and all the top 30 have moments of brilliance so I stopped even trying to pick a “best” https://t.co/GeosgnvNku
— COBRA|Soul Food 🐍 (@LupeFiasco) July 2, 2018
Lupe was then asked to fill out his top three. Again, no surprises here:
Alive?…Nas & Em… https://t.co/3e0RnfImJi
— COBRA|Soul Food 🐍 (@LupeFiasco) July 2, 2018
Lupe was also asked about Kendrick Lamar, a rapper that Lupe has critiqued in the past. He said:
I like Kdot…he’s just not on MY goat list…def in my top 40 tho..👍🏾…it’s a lot of rappers that are super talented and can spit that come before him to me though no shade or hate just my personal opinion https://t.co/o21tVMoVou
— COBRA|Soul Food 🐍 (@LupeFiasco) July 2, 2018
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Also interesting is the fact that Lupe announced that he would no longer be doing songs with other rappers.
Lol hear me & hear me good you will never hear me on a track with another rapper ever again. Lol I don’t like doing features and I’ve done all the features I wanted to do it’s done, it’s done, it’s done. I work at SOSA everyday with some of the best MC’s in the world so I’m good https://t.co/SJUFGY0Y90
— COBRA|Soul Food 🐍 (@LupeFiasco) July 2, 2018
One question he doesn’t answer: where’s the album?