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Best Rapper Ever Tournament: Round 2 (Bracket A)

Round 1 here: http://maxreviewsandthoughts.blogspot.com/2017/09/best-rapper-ever-tournament-round-1.html

 Seed 1)Kanye West vs. S5)Common: These 2 rappers worked together a lot and this will be a tough battle! Prediction, Kanye by 10 points or less.
Flow: I love Kanye’s flow….but I think overall, Common has been more consistent. (0-10)
Creativity: While I love Common’s creativity, a lot of that has been due to K.West production. Its close but I think Kanye wins this category. (10-10)
Storytelling: It’s a tie. I don’t consider Common an elite storyteller, but he’s certainly a good one. Kanye is too. (15-15)
Impact: Tough one. Both rappers have influenced the game a lot. However Kanye has the edge here. (25-15)
Collaboration: We all know both of these rappers bring heat when featured. So it’s a tie. (30-20)
Versatility: Another tie. Common is very versatile in his own right. And we all know Kanye is about as versatile as it gets. (35-25)
Albums: OOo this is tough. Let’s break it down. Let me just say both rappers have great discographies. Black America Again was better than Kanye’s last couple albums. But Common doesn’t have anything as good as MBDTF. So it’s another tie damnit. (40-30)
Comm.Suc: Common needs this category to send it to a sudden death lol. Unfortunatly he gets smoked in this category and Kanye wins. His albums have all gone platinum(Except for TLOP). Common has barely moved gold sales. (50-30)

Kanye is the winner of the Chi-Town battle with 50 points. It wasn’t as close as I thought it would be.



Seed 2)Kendrick Lamar vs. S6)Nicki Minaj: I predict Kendrick will win by over 20 points.
Flow: Kdot wins the opening cat. I mean do I really need to explain? (10-0)
Creativity: Tie. I feel both rappers are pretty creative. They are very different but yes. (15-5)
Storytelling: Kdot wins again. Sheesh its not even close. (25-5)
Impact: Now this is tough. On the surface it seems Kdot but no, Nicki is the dominant female rapper to date. Give her the cat. Win. (25-15)
Collaboration: Tie. Both rappers bring serious heat on a feature. Nicki has literally been everywhere since 2010 bruh.  (30-20)
Versatility: This is looking like a tough matchup. Tie. Both rappers excel on song types(35-25)
Albums: Kendrick wins this one in a no brainer. I mean come on all his albums are 95 plus. Nicki has no 95 albums period to date! (45-25)
Comm.Suc: Nicki wins here. Pink Friday went 3x platinum alone. (45-35)

Kendrick wins albeit barely with 45 points. It was very close….I actually had to redo this one.



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