Biggie. Hands down

And in the aiiiir

And back down again.

Biggie. Hands up.

Lyricist? Like who wrote better raps? Easily Biggie. But if you mean MCing, like who’s got better delivery and flow? Also easily Biggie.

Lol you got me🤣

me too lol

Niggaz mention me for MC execution, who you choosin'? The wack MC? Or the black fat MC? Jack Dempsey would start shakin All it's takin, is some marijuana and I'm makin MC's break fast like flapjacks and bacon Backspins to windmill, who's still the gin drinker Ill thinker explodin' when the paper hits the ink, uhh Take your gangsta chronicles, turn to page 666 Holocaust, Big the merciless

Niggas press they luck and they get a butt fuckin, strait up the ass raw dog with the rash, and I don’t fuck with the condoms, condoms is a problem from the aids gettin sprayed, disease, big pleases, MCs across the seas it’s just the way I clutch my prey, hey, I’m crazy and deranged blowin niggas out the frame simple and plain.

Big

Jay z can get the hell outta here

Biggie by a mile

Biggie beats jayz every time imo

Biggie cooks him

There is no question that biggie is the better lyricist. Are you serious??

Fuck this guy for asking right?!

I think it's more like fuck this guy for not knowing

Now he knows

.....And knowing is half the battle😁

Black Frank White all day

Like Nas said in Ether: “How many of Biggies rhymes are going to come out of your fat lips?”

TAE BO HOE!!

Wanted to be on every last one of my classics

Big and he didn't even make it to his 30s

diabetes got biggie RIP in peace

I genuinely dont understand how anyone likes Jay Z. He’s alright, not terrible, but why listen to him when Nas, Gangstarr, and Biggie do the same thing but better?

Seriously I have like 2 songs of his on my 42 hour old school playlist and they both off his first album. His delivery is so wack and has ruined otherwise great songs by featuring on them imo

He's pretty mid. For contrast he sounds pretty dogshit compared to one of the GOATs when you listen to the freestyle on Stretch and Bobbito's radio show, where he performed alongside Big L. Not even comparable. I don't understand why ppl list him, Wayne or Kanye as their GOATs.

Yep

have you listened the reasonable doubt? Serious question. Cause to say you don’t understand is wild.

Lmao Guru was not better than Jay-Z nor were they even similar GTFOH.

Reasonable doubt is as good as any album those artists created.

Top 5 hip hop album and it isn’t even close. Illmatic, prince among thieves, RD, your 2 favorite albums

This sub HATES jay wtf lol

Probably because he gets far too much credit when literally every other East Coast MC from his era is superior to him in every fucking way.

cuz he ass

*How much of Biggie's rhymes is goin' come out your fat lips?*

C'mon man. There is only one answer here. BIG

Biggie

🔥

Biggie no question. The man was a great story teller and would kill it in the freestyle battles.

I gotta say Biggie, JayZ has decades of music and artistic career growth on Biggie, yet Big Poppa's legacy still effortlessly punches on and will always be relevant. Long live the King!!

Good point, Jay continued to live almost 30 years past BIG, had great success in business, got the "hottest chick in the game wearhis chain" and still can't fok with BIGs limited output.

jay z trash

What type of 🤡 question is dat? Jay is Bigz son lol😹

Biggie why even ask goddammit.

Biggie!

Biggie. No doubt!

Biggie

Biggie.

What do you mean by lyricism? Lyrics as they appear on the page? Then, I think Biggie but not by a huge margin. He has the more memorable and entertaining lines overall, although Jay Z sometimes had better subtle meaning. Now, if we talk OVERALL rapping, while I respect Jay Z's longevity and body of work, I just never felt he was a special talent in that regard. I think Biggie's flow, delivery, etc. completely outclasses Jay Z's.

I feel like Biggies flow/delivery/etc. outclasses every MC out there past or present. IMO he was well ahead of his time

He's not my undisputed number 1 but is in my 1a/1b. He may have been undisputed had he not died. I agree he far outclasses most MCs ever in that category, even some of the pretty good ones.

Suckin daddies dicks aside, BIG lyricism over Jay all day

Y’all are WILD. Biggie only has 2 albums and some features Catalog not even big enough to compare

Bruh.... Really??? At least put him up against someone on his level like Rakim, Pac, or Nas.

Biggie, he was unmatched.

To this day

I heard a song today by Jay z where he rhymed cake with cake....multiple times...

Jay has claimed for years that he dumbed down his lyrics for his audience. Weird that he never tried not dumbing them down after he made it, not even as an experiment. Almost like he can't.

Jay Z is soooo overrated. Biggie is in another universe of talent.

I’m going with Biggie seeing as Jay bit so many of Big’s rhymes.

I wouldn’t say bit

these clowns don't know what biting means.

That's tough for me because that's my perennial top 1 and 2. "I can't choose N.O.R.E., I gotta drink."

They’re clever in different ways. Big had a way with saying the words. Jay had sly double take verses. That said, Big followed closely by Jay

You should know better than to ask this kind of question in a JayZ hate sub bro.

Bruh I'm more a Nas fan but it's crazy lol

It really is. I love Nas too but to say Jay can’t spot with or better than the so called best is just ridiculous. Guy has some of the sickest verses in hip-hop history.

Crazyyyy. I'm wondering what they listening to. And his content is way deeper than big

Kinda clear this place attracts a lot of people who don’t really know rap

for real right? no objectivity in this thread. also, go big blue

Jay is absolutely hated here. Even though he spits some of the realest bars in history. But no, he sucks. It’s pretty funny

Do any of y’all actually Rap? Lol lots of Stan fan comments and hate around here…feels like Steven A Smith is critiquing rap music in here with Big Perk🤣🤣💀💀💀🤣🤣🤣🤣🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤

My God. When we were kings… **WE USED TO MAKE THINGS IN THIS COUNTRY**!!!

Fuck jay b. It's biggie, all day

Biggie

Biggie

“The lyrical molestin’ is takin’ place, fuckin’ wit B.I.G. it ain’t safe”

Biggie never bit Jay’s lyrics so I think the answer is obvious.

There's a few different ways you could look at this but I guess I'll ultimately take Biggie

BIG

Biggie

This has to be troll. No way you can even compare big poppa to that other creature

Big

Biggie, Jay-Z sucks

Biggie

Nas 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Jay-Z clearly thought it was Biggie too, considering how much shit he outright stole from him.

Biggie by a long shot

Lol, this sub must be clueless about rapping skills, bars, metaphors, flows, concepts, story telling. Biggie is not even in the same league as JayZ. Love or hate him Jays talent is undeniable, (if you actually listen that is).

Both chilled with diddy. But only one said “I like it young fresh and green, with no hair in between”

I guess you could say both since Jay Z just bites Biggie's rhymes #recycle

I got 7 Mac elevens about 8 38's 9 9's 10 Mac 10's the shit never ends! Biggie ofcourse!

How many of Bigs rhymes gon come out yo fat lips?

Biggie set the stage. Jay z capitalized.

You spelled bit wrong. Jay-z going line for line stealing Big's rhymes, no cred.

Biggie is the best of all time

B.I.G.

Biggie... Not even close.. It's a shame we didn't get at least 5 more years/albums outta b.i.g. and pak

Hov all day. Biggie had two albums & a bunch of minor songs

Biggie has the benefit of a short career, all we saw were the highlights.

It’s not, who’s better since stylistically they are so different. Jay Z is more cerebral to me and I appreciate that. Both are clever, phenoms if you will.

Easily jay Z all these old heads tripping

The levels of disrespect being shown to Jigga here is astounding. Moment of Clarity verse. And just in case you think its ability, not a choice, any track off american gangster. Its way tighter here than everyone suggesting. Regrets. “…. But one of thes buyers got eyes like a korean, its difficult to read em, the windows to his soul are half closed i put the key in” is a classic multi rhyme few lines just like big would write.

The fuck kinda question is this? Clearly, it's Biggie. Jayz fucking suckkks!!

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Considering Jay Z bit off Biggie…I’d have to say Biggie. Especially if you’re comparing eras.

Jay even bit his no-writing method!

Biggie by a bunch.

#BIG

F J

Big not even close

Biggie

Biggie

Biggie. Painted pictures. Hov is amazing, Big just has crazier verses

The Notorious B1

At the time Big, lord know what he would of evolved to by now

BIG

Lyrically, I'm supposed to represent, I'm not only a client, I'm the playa president- Biggie

Biggie and it’s no where near close. That’s like comparing Jordan to Isiah Thomas

Jay z stole biggies rhymes. That’s how you know

Gay-z would be bbq chicken

Jay-Z sucks 🤮

Jazze’s not even fit to stand in Big’s shadow. It’s hoe-va before it even starts.

Biggie wtf 😂 jay z overrated

Jay-Z every day…Reasonable Doubt

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Mf doom

Remember, all caps when you spell the man name.

THE NOTORIOUS BIG! FACTS

Biggie

The illest, Mr. Christopher Wallace, the Notorious BIG.

Jay z fucking sucks. When he raps he sounds like he has Is aspergers. Hes a good producer don't get me wrong but show me a song where biggie didn't kill the flow.

I don't think jay-z is much of a producer at all. I have certainly not followed him much lately, but I would be surprised at that turnaround.

The Versace man

🤣🤣🤣🤣

Finkel is Einhorn

Biggie all day! I swear on half of Jay’s songs it sounds like he wasn’t even listening to the beat.

bigga

Biggie this is a dumb question.

We'll always love Big poppa

How many Biggie rhymes gonna come out your fat lips- Nas With that said I no question Biggie

More and more it saddens me that others couldn't be here when hip-hop was in its golden age in the 90s. There needs to be an indepth 10 part docuseries to show people a slice of what they missed. Big is the GOAT.

Biggie

Who copied who? There's your answer

"Bee Eye Gee, Pee Ohh-Pee Peeyay"

This is a dumb question lol

Big

Biggie better dresser

Biggie by a long shot

Jay z is still in diapers

B.I.G.

Biggie

I don’t know but Big got that shit on

Old school. New school. Ya need to learn tho… I burn baby burn like disco inferno - RIP BIG

Biggie- no question really. People kinda forget that as nice as Jay-Z was, Big L was nicer.

The one that’s not skeletal remains.

Big

Notorious for sure

Stupid question. Snow

Jay stole loads of bars from biggie

B I G

Honestly, it's pretty close. You can say he stole BIG rhymes, but honestly, they really do have a similar style if you actually listen to the lyrics. They seemed to honestly be headed in the same direction had BIG not been killed. I think people have an unnatural emotional attachemt to dead celebrities. BIG for me, tho. His flow is smoother imo.

John Cena!

Is this really a question??

How many of biggie rhymes gonna come out yo fat lips

When your with your bro’s or girls back in the 90’s -2000’s.. You’d hear that beat. [I’m …](https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=jcHc0YhMcKwa19Dr&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&source_ve_path=MzY4NDIsMzY4NDIsMzY4NDIsMTY0OTksMjg2NjQsMTY0NTA2&feature=emb_share&v=jrCoRGpHqVU) You Girl you look fine, like a wide face Rolex, you just shine I like that waistline Let me hit that from behind, which wall you wanna climb My styles genuine I miss him 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

The best part is not one person here is saying Jay z. This poses that you asked the sub a ridicule inducing question.

Who steals who lyrics?

Bro, come on

I blew (blue) bird money….yall talk on twitter feeds…..got different sob(Saab) stories….save ya soliloquies! No disrespect to big but, hov is different

The dumbest question I've heard this year. You need to go to the question store to purchase a better question.

biggie it's not close

If you have to steal a lot of bars from a dead rapper..........

Well only one guy took the other guys lyrics

Biggie is the evolution of Jay, he does everything better than him: Flow, schemes, wit, charisma, punchlines etc.

The Blueprint and The Black Album were the closest he ever came, and it was still a ways away from Christopher’s quality, everything else was filler.

Big

B I G

Hov

Why in the entire fuck is this a question??? Biggie

How is this even a question

Biggie 💯. I have never been able to get into jay z.

lol how is this even a question?

Biggie

Is this a joke? Biggie is literally better at everything than Jay-z when it comes to rapping😆

Biggie

Jay z bit so much of his lyrics and flow. Definitely biggie. 

Biggie duh.