Kurupt Calls Dr. Dre Best Hip Hop Producer, Rakim Best MC | TMZ

Dr. Dre recently stamped Eminem as the greatest MC to ever touch a microphone -- but Kurupt is saying the root of the greatest begins with the 18th letter - Rakim Allah!!!
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[@star-jammer8014]

Rakim has Alway's been on a Dif. Level! ( nobody beats the " R" )

[@leek487]

Totally.... Could agree more.... From paid in full,move the crowd to follow the leader and microphone fiend,for president casualties of war,to the r.... The guy is ridiculously talented and modest humble.... Rakim is the goat....

[@mathematicalfacts1439]

@@leek487 Fact's 💯...I just seen him in concert a couple of weeks ago in Oakland, Cali and he talked afterwards and I told him he was the GOAT and he was very very appreciative and humble. He's one of the most down to earth MC's/rappers there's ever been in Hip Hop.

[@mathematicalfacts1439]

There's Rakim and then everybody else...There's a lot of dope MC's but Rakim is in a class by himself.

[@Layzee888]

Love Kurupt! That man was a beast on the mic in his prime.

[@tyronebrown962]

I couldn’t have said it better. Rakim is the #1 MC, FACTS! FlyTy QGTM

[@cbreezy1322]

🎶Rakim'll say ✌🏼 Follow the Leader! 💙💪🏼💯💯💯...

[@robbierobb7496]

Nobody Badder than the "R" !!

[@rasungod7257]

💯

[@frank-xp6pj]

Facts about RAKIM 🔥🔥🔥🔥🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@loscortez6936]

Rakim all day .......

[@MichaelBrown-ti1un]

No lies told by Kurupt.

[@foemoe26]

Rakin is the best mc

[@ednorton5515]

Ninja you SPAZZIN equating Em wit The R, shiiiiiid.

[@Heywhatsupman20]

Eminem sucks he's overrated as hell. His lyrics are shallow as hell all he raps about is dissing other people. Eminem is such a childish little man always dissing people for attention. Isn't he like 40 years old now?? He's too old for that.

[@esestlloco]

Kurupt always talk that real shit

[@susienader7301]

Kurupt a fierce MC giving props to RAKIM the greatest M.C. to ever touch a Mic 🎤 Lyricist 🎶👏 There's so many great Producers 👏 Congratulations to Dr. Dre 👏

[@leek487]

No... He is a rapper,not an MC..... As there is rap and there is hip hop... Big difference...

[@lilartbodega]

i agree

[@user-mb9tf7jv8z]

You smoking ! Rakim changed the game on tip he laid the blueprint for next level Mcing. Em is following what he laid down. Also em lyrical content not on his level

[@coolb8545]

Thank you

[@jaanuvashisht3196]

As always these lil fans "who ain't no rakim/kurupt/dre" talking about who's the best MC lol

[@rollandcurtis874]

The title doesn’t tell the entire story. Kurupt Young Gotti said that Eminem is the best because he’s equal with The R, but that nobody ranks higher than the Gawd MC. But it sounds like he has other producers above Dre, but that those other producer are outside of the genre of hip-hop.

[@user-ep8xg3er4x]

C walk homie

[@sha7305]

Rakim for president.🎉

[@kwamegray5656]

Rakim is the best Wonder Why Dr Dre Didn't Continue Working With Rakim

[@WarFace-lj4kx]

Other way around

[@coolb8545]

Logically we'd think putting the best producer and MC together would be the best combo but it depends on where they're at at a particular time imo

[@WarFace-lj4kx]

@@coolb8545 Rakim verses standout on a particular type of sound, and Dr Dre in my opinion can't capture that right sound for his lyrics, but I think DJ Quick can. I'm not suggesting that's why they didn't work out I believe Rakim had difference of agreement on the business side of it.

[@roneran51]

Dr dre wanted Rakim to "bring out the gangsta out of him" when they worked on the album, and Rakim didn't feel like it was the right thing to do, hence the project got shoved down ​@@WarFace-lj4kx

[@freeworld2275]

Agree

[@Maal7432]

I respect it. Nas is my goat tho.

[@incognitame141]

Mine too. Him & Pac are my one & 2 but Pac is my number 1

[@JRock514514]

Shout out to Kurupt Young Gotti!

[@LilHondaCivic808]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@standingontherockofages]

John 3:16 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life 1 Corinthians 15:4 “And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures Acts 16:31 31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house

[@leek487]

Rakim yes,that's on point,along with a close krs-1.... But dre as best producer, come on,no way there's far better...

[@frank-xp6pj]

Exactly….my favorite is DJ Premier….i love Premo’s beats a lot more than Dr.Dre’s

[@leek487]

@@frank-xp6pj I was gonna put DJ premier up as that's a producer that always gets overlooked whenever stuff like this comes up... Dre always sounds the same,and would he even get a mention without Scott storch... And as for "nothing but a g thank" it's mostly sampled anyway... Dre is smart why do u think he's kept the d.o.c around good ghost writer amongst the rest... Dre surrounds himself by people who can do what he can't... DJ premier is a far,far better producer hands down,and there alot more before Dr Dre gets a look in...

[@frank-xp6pj]

@@leek487 there you go boss, in agreement with everything you said I remember watching a video with the Bootcamp clik many years ago & Buckshot was talking about the differences in Producers & he said that while out on the west coast he learned that Dr.Dre did things differently from the producers he worked with in NewYork he said Dre had a team of producers working on a beat but Evil D , Marco Polo & producers he worked with do the beats exclusively themselves.

[@leek487]

@@frank-xp6pj and yet all his beats sound the same... Dr Dre isn't even in my top 10 producers and he is more rap music than hip-hop and for anyone who can tell or know the difference will get it as in the realm of hip-hop let's forget about Dre,as there's so many and much,much better in that field,that he don't get a look in. I'm 52 and I've been down with hip-hop since day one,I live in the UK and the b-boy graffiti DJ and the culture,so I know what I'm on about and there is a big difference between rap and hip-hop and hip-hop was and is much,much better.... As it's about positivity not negativity,and I was raised on hip-hop... I am hip-hop and I'm proud of hip-hop...

[@coolb8545]

Dre had a lot of help.

[@Will_Rx]

For God sake, what an annoying question to ask someone off guard in a crowd of people. You got your first answer just keep it moving

[@chazzb5568]

Kurupt looking old just watched his & Goldberg movie again the other day. Sounds the same looks different

[@ttopbugatti9430]

Love this 🥷.. crip shit‼️😝

[@Slanda_39]

Kurupt my favour 😅

[@judahking7566]

Rakim is the Goat, Krs one, let's be real and follow the leaders, m&m not yet

[@carlosderr6098]

Kingpin!⭐️

[@gjslaughter]

Rakim!

[@dafuqdouwan8649]

Young Gottiii!!! 🔥

[@macstermarston2145]

TIMBALAND 🙋🏽‍♂️

[@AnythingEverythingT.V.]

No way Dr. Dre is the Best! He never ventured out and made beats for anybody outside his label or who he was affiliated with. DJ Premier is more iconic and better in my opinion. He made beats for anybody n everybody. He didn't keep ppl waiting. Dre lives off the popularity of his name.

[@reginaldrobinson1714]

Kurupt up there with them

[@MP-ju6sz]

He's corrupt alright, Eminem ain't NO WHERE NEAR Rakim. . Let alone many others, ..

[@coolb8545]

Em is hella nice but not equal to Rakim respectfully

[@johnnieepps9039]

Dre is in top 5 but definitely not #1 about the R I agree

[@Slanda_39]

😅🎉😮🎉😮Karupt

[@richierich8628]

All these gangster rappers robbed us

[@Resi1ient11]

Mannie Fresh for me. M period. Comma yo wife is my baby momma

[@rickysosa1620]

😂😂fresh the best 👌

[@righteousshadowsdojopt.3979]

Eminem is not even close. Gtfoh.

[@Leslee2012]

But he is 🤷‍♀️

[@ehailey09]

I love how other greats in his field say it, but people still deny it.

[@tchlin]

If you don't rap, really you got no say. Yall couldn't do what he does even if your whole family's lives depended on it and you has a year to do it.

[@chaoticprogress]

If you think so, you obviously don't listen to Eminem. Probably just know his big tracks or heard him back in the day. I'm not saying you have to like his music as much but if you're talking about just MC skills? Don't be ridiculous, he's far beyond.

[@coolb8545]

Rakim said "you might try but you can't get close to"....My Melody

[@TheRealCompensator]

No, Marley Marl is the best Hip Hop producer ever! He’s the most innovative and progressive producer!

[@incognitame141]

I do agree Dr Dre is the greatest hip-hop producer of all time but not the greatest. Just hip-hop

[@dianevrules]

Kurupt is on some bs again. Scared to say that gibberish Eminem is below the best. Just say Rakim is better than bs Eminem. Stop trying to say that they are equal

[@edwin99901]

You still talking shit lmao. I remember you from like 6 years ago.

[@aje2321]

Rakim himself said he thinks eminem is the goat lol

[@Dezzyyx]

@@edwin99901haters gonna hate

[@ehailey09]

Look up what Rakim thinks about Eminem, then go cry yourself to sleep.

[@tchlin]

Lmao haters lie their wholes live mad. The collective tears of eminem haters could keep the Nile river flowing even if it stopped raining forever.

[@stevenjamesgiurbinojr6893]

glad Soneone like Kurupt said it, now watch all these clowns 🤡 “change and switch” and start talking about Rakim is #1 and by Bozo’s, i mean “you know who” fans, lol 😂

[@JRock514514]

Jay-Z and Biggie fans? Couldn’t agree more, both so overrated.

[@stevenjamesgiurbinojr6893]

@@JRock514514 emcee’s like Rakim and KRS will always be #1 from rhyme flow to rhyme topic, which is why emcee’s like Em lack in comparison, maybe not flow, but his content in rhymes lack anything worth hearing or listening to, and i know ppl will. respond with like 5 tracks that had relevance, but i’m referring to entire catalog, not just a few tracks 💯👊🙏✌🏻

[@jugglaassassin]

Nah, J Dilla holds that, then Hitboy

[@daevonsibert3735]

They asked him the best MC, not the best producer.

[@jordanflores5687]

Dre smashes both of em

[@Dezzyyx]

@@daevonsibert3735they asked him both

[@TheEdub1]

Hitboy a better producer than Larry Smith, Marley Marl, Preemo, Pete Rock, Prince Paul, Teddy Riley, DJ Quik, Bobcat, Large Professor, Diamond D, Erick Sermon, The Beatnuts, Havoc, Kanye, Alchemist please take a seat!!!!

[@jordanflores5687]

@@TheEdub1 hahahahahaha

[@mmmmcolbert8787]

lost all respect for kurupt m&m is a gimmick he aint dope period...

[@leirikal]

lucky pac aint alive to be there he is the best

[@As-ny9tm]

Tupac really goat ❤

[@JohnSmith-nm4zd]

Dr Dre is the greatest producer of all-time 2Pac is the greatest rapper of all-time

[@user-jp4cj3ds7p]

He's also a woman beater

[@studentoflife3501]

To you

[@radicalmind5742]

Bro Pac is not even Top 20 emcees , if you truly knows hip hop regardless of discography. Drake has huge discography too can you Drake on Rakim, Krs one, Biggie, eminem level.

[@leek487]

This guy, u is funny.... Or u are on crack.... There should be a rap top 10 and there should be a hip hop top 10. That way hip hop would have proper MCs in it... And rap could have, Dr Dre,Eminem,drake,snoop,2pac,and even the island boys in it... But leave rap and gangsta rap rubbish out of the hip hop top 10..... As it don't belong

[@JRock514514]

⁠@@leek487 L O L, you don’t put EM as an MC? That’s ridiculous, I guess you just the racist hater. Eminem is definitely a top-tier MC, one of the greatest of all time, sorry to hurt your feelings.

[@regglocc7778]

Not down south homie. 2Pac the goat 🐐 and always b to me. Hands down. We don't feel em down south and West Coast also. That surprise me to hear that from kurpurt. I know alot West Coast and they wouldn't say that. But I forgot kurpurt from Philadelphia

[@cjay5643]

I'm from California and I say Rakim is the GOAT. And I'm a huge 2pac fan. And if you from the south than you should know it's scarface and K rino. I laugh at you youngsters who don't know shit...lol

[@Maal7432]

You south fans are something else. Annoying

[@As-ny9tm]

Tupac goat

[@Naosoofficial]

In my openion, Eminem is much better than Rakim. They are not even close

[@Naosoofficial]

@@g_hagan that's true he single handedly push the style forward. But Eminem is extremely technical and rap music changed forever after he came into the game. He spread it worldwide. I too love Rakim more than Eminem but I can admit that he is better than Rakim in some ways

[@coolb8545]

​@@NaosoofficialRakim impacted every technical rapper after him but there were a few before him that he was impacted by ( Grand Master Caz, Kool Moe Dee etc) late 70s technical rappers