Will.I.Am lately induced a stir saying that Black Thought is “a trillion” occasions higher than Jay-Z.
The LA artist praised Black Thought’s abilities, particularly his means to provide you with authentic and highly effective rhymes off the highest of his head.
“Don’t get me improper,” Will mentioned, “however Jay has already mentioned every thing. He’s simply repeating what he already mentioned.” He went on to say that Black Thought all the time brings one thing new and recent. “Every part that Black Thought comes up with, it’s like, ‘Wow, I by no means heard that one.’” May even didn’t appear to care if individuals disagreed with him, saying, “I don’t give a f*ck what you assume.”
Will.I.Am, who is aware of Hip-Hop effectively after being found by Eazy-E as a teen, additionally shared his prime 5 rappers of all time. His checklist included KRS-One, Rakim, Massive Daddy Kane, Nas, and Black Thought.
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He admitted that an actual battle between Hov and Black Thought in all probability gained’t occur, however he predicted that somebody will use AI to create a model of it. “I’d wish to see them battle,” he mentioned. “And in the event that they don’t wish to do it in individual, somebody will use AI to combine all their songs and flows to point out who’s higher.”
Not everybody was pleased about Will’s feedback. Jadakiss spoke about it on the Joe and Jada podcast with Fats Joe. He mentioned Will.I.Am ought to have stored these opinions to himself. Jadakiss mentioned feedback like that simply make rappers go towards one another for no actual motive.
“Depart our f*cking tradition alone,” he mentioned. Jadakiss additionally identified that Will.I.Am is now a wealthy tech man who’s targeted on issues like constructing vehicles, not battling within the streets of Hip-Hop. He warned towards beginning drama within the tradition except it’s actually wanted.
