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Who paints the best, clearest picture ?

Brendas Got A Baby, N****s Bleed, Art Of Peer Pressure, Summer Vacation, I Gave You Power etc....

I can't decide gun to my head probably BIG

Sidenote---these the 5 best rappers ever? Some saying yes

Big for sure

i prefer Nas

Gimme The Loot and Second Childhood are some of the best examples of storytelling in hip hop. Prolly go Big but it's a thin margin

Kendrick

Kendrick walked us thru his drake disses like a movie

Kendrick

I’d easily throw Lupe in the convo as well

Depends what you like to hear
If you’re one who likes more deep records that make you reflect on life, you’ll probably say Kendrick or Nas (not because Nas and Kendrick never made storytelling gangster music but that more conscious side of his music has produced more of their most iconic tracks)

But if you’re more into the street side, it’s hard not to say Big
Pac was a great storyteller but I think people really don’t give him his props in that dept simply because Big is his most frequent comparison, which is kinda messed up

Ns bleed is the best storytelling rap song of all time

Toss up between Nas, Lupe and Kendrick for me

Coincidentally my top 3

I get you

Nas and Lupe are in the same group to me, not just because they’re great storytellers but because they’re not afraid to shy away from making a conceptual record about a left of center concept
Listening to joints like Belly Button Window and Sekou Story by Nas or Dinosaurs & Double Burger with Cheese by Lupe, the whole Samurai album, writers like them really remind us of how limitless Hip-Hop can be in the right hands

tie between biggie and nas but lowkey gotta give to biggie

hes detailed what it feels like being broke and the means to get it how you live in such excruciating detail i never heard any rapper do it as well as him (nas and jay being the closest) i remember for years thinking gimmie the loot when he switches perspective was like the engineer pitch shifting his voice or something but easy mo bee confirmed that he just changed his voice naturally lol

just incredible stuff

ghostface

2pac

Biggie

Lupe Fiasco. The greatest story teller to ever do it hands down.

But Pac would make you feel his stories, every emotion he wanted you to feel.

All worthy. But I might actually go with three stacks

You gotta be telling at least half the truth to be the best storyteller. Making up a fake daughter, s***trafficking ring, snitch with no papers, pedophilia, cease and desist, etc, all debunked. Them disses are the worst example you could've used for Dot smh they aged like dog s*** left out in the sun. Now if we're talking biggest Cap Rap you may be onto something

It's Big or Nas but I will go with Big because he was able to make more people connect with it which is a skill a storyteller needs. Nas may be better on an overall technical level tho. Mentioning Ice Cube before Lupe is criminal

Are you dumb?

Stories can be completely fictional dumbass

Whether it’s “real” or not, means absolutely nothing when it comes to storytelling

Fiction and non-fiction are separated for a reason. Rappers and rap audiences have always preferred non-fiction verses over made up fairy tales. Em is a very technically skilled storyteller but we're not trying to say him rapping about murdering George Bush is better than Pac talking about him and his mom's struggles. I don't make the rules