MC duos without a large skill gap between them

shakeanjake · Post by **shakeanjake** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 2:05 am

Prodigy is better than Havoc
Andre is better than Big Boi
Buckshot is better than 5FT
Black Thought is better than Malik B
Chuck D is arguably better than Flavor Flav

But what are some duos that have two equally dope rappers?
Not too shitty rappers like MOP or Clipse.

So far I got:
Heltah Skeltah are the only ones I could think of that are both invariably great

Ghost/Rae?
Red/Meth?

Who you got?

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 2:11 am

shakeanjake wrote: Chuck D is arguably better than Flavor Flav

Whose arguing that?

Anyway,
when Organized konfusion came out, I thought the two were close but, obviously, that wasn't on point.

shakeanjake · Post by **shakeanjake** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 2:32 am

Obviously flav was a joke. And the O.K. gap widened fast.

I like smooth b, I wonder if there are some hardcore Greg nice fans out there....

Moolah · Post by **Moolah** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 2:53 am

winnar

DLG · Post by **DLG** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 2:56 am

Moolah wrote:

winnar

TheBigSleep · Post by **TheBigSleep** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 3:33 am

Smoothe & Trigger? I guess they aren't a true duo but still.

Sucka Ducka · Post by **Sucka Ducka** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 4:09 am

Billy Danze and Lil Fame are both shitty rappers?

did you mean "two"?

step one · Post by **step one** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 5:44 am

Smif N Wessun

Huldrich Bullsh!t · Post by **Huldrich Bullsh!t** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 6:00 am

EPMD
Run DMC
Ghost and Raekwon on Cuban Linx
Beatnuts to me were always pretty on par although Juju takes the cake
Camp Lo

i know people wont agree with me but on the Blackstar album both held it down imo.

duhbreez · Post by **duhbreez** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 6:04 am

LUNIZ

Dap · Post by **Dap** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 6:24 am

i gotta go with clipse and heltah skeltah

i can't think of many duo's without a large skill gap between them....

even with OK.....pharoahe is obviously a lot better...even though prince po is nice in his own right

step one · Post by **step one** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 7:01 am

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 7:43 am

DLG wrote:
Moolah wrote:

winnar

Came in to say Clipse and Luniz but Artifacts? GTFOH.

vermillion · Post by **vermillion** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 7:50 am

step one wrote:

I can't be the only one who disagrees with this?

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 7:57 am

vermillion wrote:
step one wrote:
I can't be the only one who disagrees with this?

Posdnous is better than Dove. It wasn't until the newer DLS shit where people claiming Dove as the better emcee on their albums. No mistakes about it though, Pos is the best. He is a top 25 emcee of All-Time IMO. Dove is REALLY REALLY good, but he isn't top 25.

step one · Post by **step one** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 8:40 am

thread title says 'large skill gap'.

I wouldnt say Pos is better than Dove to the point where he's carried De La.
Its far from a Q Tip/Phife situation.

MistaTurk · Post by **MistaTurk** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 8:43 am

DLG wrote:
Moolah wrote:

winnar

really? tame one was/is ten times iller tah el imo...

my vote goes to the clipse and camp lo

Escobar305 · Post by **Escobar305** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 9:03 am

This is a shock post. The answer is clearly the Clipse.

step one · Post by **step one** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 9:40 am

Escobar305 wrote:This is a shock post. The answer is clearly the Clipse.

but only because no one on Bad Boy fits the criteria right?

Combo7 · Post by **Combo7** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 9:41 am

step one wrote:Smif N Wessun

Hell no.

Steele >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tek

Granted, the disparity wasn't as stark when they came out, but it's been growing steadily since and is enormous at this point.

Combo7 · Post by **Combo7** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 9:49 am

Naughty By Nature (history has simultaneously overrated Treach and underrated Vinnie, in my opinion).

admiral · Post by **admiral** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 10:00 am

Combo7 wrote:Naughty By Nature (history has simultaneously overrated Treach and underrated Vinnie, in my opinion).

Did Vinnie even spit 10 total verses on all the combined NBN material?

Combo7 · Post by **Combo7** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 10:16 am

Haven't listened in a while, but I remember his only being absent on the first album. He had much more of a presence on the next two.

Piff Tannen · Post by **Piff Tannen** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 10:35 am

this nigga said

'not too shitty rappers like the clipse.'

i stopped reading for a multitude of reasons

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 12:07 pm

Kinda old but Both Jungle Brothers were pretty close in skill. I think Afrika started off being the better one but Mike G took over eventually.

Indivisual · Post by **Indivisual** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 12:13 pm

Camp Lo

ackbar · Post by **ackbar** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 12:19 pm

i don't know if they're "equally dope"..
but there's definitely not a large skill gap in mobb deep or outkast

Icesickle · Post by **Icesickle** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 12:20 pm

step one wrote:thread title says 'large skill gap'.

I wouldnt say Pos is better than Dove to the point where he's carried De La.
Its far from a Q Tip/Phife situation.

Yeah, when you consider they're emceeing from the AOI series on there's not a large disparity at all.

Me Still · Post by **Me Still** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 12:34 pm

Dope post. Epmd was pretty equal to me. Neither were lyrical giants but one of my favorite rap groups ever. I think Eric Sermon beat Parrish just by the voice.

Beatnuts. Juju was always really dope to me.

With De la Pos was always better than tha dave but when dave stopped rapping nonsense he became pretty good.

With the clipse, I dont know which one is which but one is definitely better than the other. On of them dudes spits cliche trash. The other one says some clever shit.

ATCQ. Even though phife got better after the first album. He still couldnt fuck wit Q tips voice. One of the nicest in hiphop.

Artifacts. Tame always shitted on dude.

DLG · Post by **DLG** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 12:40 pm

MistaTurk wrote:
DLG wrote:
Moolah wrote:

winnar
really? tame one was/is ten times iller tah el imo...

my vote goes to the clipse and camp lo

yeah I totally misread the topic title :fail:

my vote goes to camp lo then, easily.

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