The other day I watched the Lil Wayne documentary and I found myself wondering, is he the best rapper alive?  Quickly the answer came to me; no he isn’t.  He doesn’t hold a styrofoam cup of sizzzurp to Jay-z.  This is not to say that I’m not a fan, I’m just not ready to give him the crown just yet. See I remember  when Lil Wayne started, granted he was young, and he sucked. It wasn’t until the carter that he developed into a quality rapper. Since then he has put out many mixtapes and appeared on many songs with other artists but the quality doesn’t always show up. One hot song out of every 10 isn’t the best ratio.  I show him respect for his work ethic, but the best rapper alive he is not.

Now Jay-z on the other hand has been on fire his whole career. From freestyles to studio albums he can’t go wrong. He has sold over 30 million albums in his career which started only 3 years before Weezy’s. For those simple facts alone Jay deserves the title best rapper alive.

I would like to finish by saying they are both lucky that Biggie isn’t around anymore. Biggie was by far a much better rapper than both of them. That being said I would like to open the discussion to the general public and you can respond with your thoughts on the best rapper alive. Maybe you agree with me or maybe you think it’s Jimmy4Real or somebody else. I’m interested to see what people think.

Rest in peace. Much respect.

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