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i wish people (joe budden fans in particular) would realize that there’s more to making great music than JUST lyrics. lyrics are ONE part of a song. just like production is one part. flows/melodies are another part. hooks are another part. its a formula. 

Ray Allen? Great shooter. Steve Nash? Great passer. Yao Ming? Great shotblocker. 

Kobe Bryant/Lebron James?? Great basketball players. 

Joe Budden might be Ray Allen. Great shooter. Not such a great passer or shotblocker. 

50 Cent might be Dwight Howard. Great dunker. 

But the people who can make all-around great music? Those are the Lebrons and Kobes. And there’s very few of those in music. 

and making great MUSIC is a combination of those things. joe has great lyrics. hasnt mastered making great music. sometimes has some great songs. but making an album is a completely different animal. 

keeping someone entertained for 4 minutes is one thing. keeping them entertained for 60 is completely different. 
if you’re a FAN of the artist –  of course you will like the album a lot more than other people. that doesnt mean your opinion is right and everyone else is wrong. you relate to what joe says – so you feel his music. that’s a good thing. he’s a good artist. 

padded room isnt regarded as a great album. i completely understand why. that doesnt mean you should like it any less. the beautiful thing about music is its completely subjective. there is no right or wrong answer. its all opinion and all debatable. 

who was better – babe ruth or barry bonds?? 

same shit. 

is method man better than joe budden?? depends on what you’re talking about. joe budden is great with writing down lyrics. he can, right now, write a dope 60 bar verse about my sweater. that’s a great talent.

method man writes melodies and flows that people remember and recite. he’s also authored some of the greatest, most memorable songs in hip-hop. THAT’S a definite talent. 

who would win in a one-on-one, verse for verse battle? probably joe budden.

but did they ask for best lyricist? or best rapper?? best rapper is open to interpretation. 

its like the mvp award. some say its for the best player in the league. some say its for the one who was most valuable to his team. 

joe vs method? are we talking one 16 bar verse? are we talking best songwriter? who can make the best album? or who had the best career?? 

i usually stay out of these things. but if you ask me? joe budden is the better lyricist. method man is the better all around artist. both have had pretty crappy albums. but method man has authored much more classic material. recording a CLASSIC song, or a CLASSIC album – is nearly impossible. there are only a handful in the history of hiphop. having been part of a revolutionary group, releasing 36 Chambers, Tical, Wu-Tang Forever – along with other relevant projects – i feel method wins this argument, fairly easily. 

could joe smoke him in the booth for 40 bars? probably. but i think the comparisons end there. 

juan pierre can steal more bases than albert pujols, but i dont think anyone would say he’s a better baseball player. 

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