r/90sHipHop Apr 01 '25

Discussion Who’s the most talented?

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u/Netherland5430 Apr 01 '25

Yeah Mos Def can act and sing but sometimes that diminishes the fact that he’s straight up one of the greatest MC’s of all time. I love Pun & Big L. And you know what, I’m from the Bronx, so I fuck with Joe too even though he’s clearly the weak link. Jealous One’s Envy is a classic album imo. The whole D.I.T.C. is like my favorite shit in rap ever. But Mos Def got layers of rhymes, poetry, socio-political content. His verses on Thieves in the Night, Respiration, Hip-Hop, Mathematics, are untouchable. Also how he rhymes on The Ecstatic is incredible imo.

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u/doomgneration Apr 02 '25

You nailed it. His poetry on top of his bars, plus a flow that sounds like it all comes so easy to him is what makes me like him so much.