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Originally Posted by Punk
PAC still the goat
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If the argument is that pac so far has been the most impactful emcee we've seen, sure I accept that. Though I don't think Pac should be the actual GOAT for me, as he died so young & his style didn't get the time to develop real notably incredible lyricism, he kind of plateaued on the conceptual tracks / or general thug shit which he still executed amazingly well. While that lyricism is one of the only pillars of hiphop that I think Pac lacked, I feel the greatest of all time should be a legendary emcee well rounded in the four (or more) most important elements of hip-hop, not lack in one while they can shine in the others.
Is Pac the most influential rap artist of all time? Most probably, I cant think of anyone near his level on that scale. Is he the Goat to me? nahhh.
Moving on to the mainlining topic of this thread, I think that Kendrick is the most well rounded emcee who exists in the popular pool of the current wave. I definitely think that he sits around the top three position for current popular artists, if not being the actual head of the totem pole for the current hip-hop scene.
as for any real "goat" or real "greatest of ALL time" argument, I don't know if we've even seen a real candidate so far. For there to even be a greatest of all time he needs to blow most everyone else completely out of the water, just dunno if I've seen that in many emcees so far personally.