When it comes to lyrics, Queens >>>>>

[-EX-]

Aint nuttin ****in wit Queens in the rap game. Its also the best borough IMO. Not just Queensbridge the boro as a whole.


Queensbridge is a freakin dump I might add unfortunately.

[cusd'amatokid]

queens hold it down
ASTORIA

[The Fix]

brooklyn


notorious big

jay-z

az

Masta Ace

Sean Price

buckshot

M.O.P

shyheim

the gza

ill bill

jeru the damaja

mos def

fabolous

gangstarr...if queens can claim mega, brooklyn gets them

big daddy kane

talib kweli

lil kim

the ol' dirty bastard

papoose...for you mac

busta rhymes

the rza

[-EX-]

Yea Brooklyn can also be up there as well. Brooklyn and Queens best boroughs when it comes to rap. Harlem is decent, Bronx doesn't have too much these days. Staten really just got the Wu. Long Island(not a borough) got Rakim, EPMD, Erick Sermon, Leaders of the New School...

[KEYNES]

What if Nas never worse that Army jacket.

[tctitan]

my fav. P verse...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4SHux3XO0w

[Floyd Sinclair]

Brooklyn gets mad respect, BK is probably better then queens at least on a mainstream level, over the past 15 years but i still think Queens is undeniably the best lyrically. Most people would view pharoahe monch, kool g rap, and nas as the top 3 lyricists from queens...nas and kool g rap are 2 of the top 5 story tellers so for me its hard to say any other borough or region is better then Queens lyrically.

my fav. P verse...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4SHux3XO0w

One of best verses ever, he went off on that...very lyrical and great wordplay throughout his verse.

[pbftxrs316]

i'll give it to queens for most rappers--but a little rapper from new jersey and a litle rapper from michigan would **** on all of those rappers lyrically--you guys know them as joe buddens and marshall mathers. let's not forget rakim and big l, cassidy too. jay z, biggie, tupac, but i know what you're point was. nice thread.

[NYCHeavyHitz]

The Beatnuts!