Is it safe to say that when the South peaks in artistry, they peak higher than any other region?

[NJ76]

I'd take Mos in the same era (theres a dope 6CD compilation of his unreleased work called We Are Hip Hop I think that further backs this point)
or MF DOOM between 99 and 05

[NJ76]

I aint mad at a Black Thought mention either

[Capo]

No hate, but Mos Def has shit in his discography from that era that Eminem couldnt fuck with on his best day. His verses on Respiration, Twice Inna Lifetime & Thieves In The Night (the latter two are easily top five verses all time) are better than anything from Em in that era, Mathematics & Travellin Man are better than any song Eminem recorded in that timeline not to mention BOBS is better than any Eminem album. Eminem from that era was dope but he wasnt the best, just the most visible.

No hate, but you're delusional.

I'd take numerous eminem songs over Mathematics....til i collapse, rock bottom, 8 mile road, sing for the moment, etc. Shit, Stan is a better concept song imo than mathematics.

And I prefer The Eminem Show to BOBS, but BOBS>>>>The MMLP and SSLP.

[Jonas]

I'll give the south this: when southern artists peak creatively and in terms of synthesizing an amalgamation of sounds, they peak higher than any other region.

[KTULU]

lmao at the mos def stannery

dude is a proven retard

[NJ76]

Mos Def > BIG
BOBS > LAD and RTD
Blackstar/Simpatico > Junior Mafia

[KTULU]

i can just make shit up too, watch:


silkk da shocker >>>>> public enemy

sisqo >>>>>>>> kool herc

shit, literally >>>>>>>>>> pussy

[Jack Roller]

i can just make shit up too, watch:


silkk da shocker >>>>> public enemy

sisqo >>>>>>>> kool herc

shit, literally >>>>>>>>>> pussy

[Swaying Blue Corn]

Dope thread.

OutKast definitely made my favorite album of all time so this is an interesting opinion...I don't know if Dungeon Family plus a few others can somehow create the height to solidify the claim tho. We'd have to come up with some Pitchfork slash Rotten Tomatoes shitty metrical way of weighing classics and see how we end up, lol,