On a scale of 1-10.

Crooked I
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Royce Da 5'9
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Joe Budden
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I think they are all 9.5 in terms of flow and lyrical ability.

Thats a very tough question...im gonna go with a 9 for all 3 of them. They're all very well polished and balanced emcees. I think all 3 of them have the ability to make a classic with the right production.

No Joell Ortiz?

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Crook and Joey.

out of the three my fave is crooked i but they're all at least a 9 in my book

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Royce (9)>>>>>>>>>>Budden(8.5)=Crooked I(8, lower though in my book only because he hasn't put out a ****in album yet)

Royce (9)>>>>>>>>>>Budden(8.5)=Crooked I(8, lower though in my book only because he hasn't put out a ****in album yet)

Yeah that's my only problem with Crooked I he has no album.

Yeah that's my only problem with Crooked I he has no album.


I'm tired of all this mixtape ****, he better not end up like Papoose where he goes off on all his early mixtapes, never gets a deal, never puts out an album and looses all his steam.

Honestly, Papoose used to be a great MC with his early work. He's declined quite a bit.