Irv Gotti Questions Eminem’s Rap Legacy, “How Can We Say The Guy Is The Best Rapper Alive?” [Video]

Written By S. Samuel

Murder Inc. head Irv Gotti recently addressed Eminem's placement on Vibe's "Best Rapper Alive" list and questioned the rapper's emcee skills as compared to Jay-Z and Ja Rule.

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Claiming his opinion is not based on their past beef, Irv broke down his issues with Slim Shady.

Vibe did a thing and they had him as the No. 1 rapper,” Gotti said. “Sh*t like that kinda pisses me off. You know why? Because let’s take Eminem’s records. Watch my analogy. Eminem is a great artist, no doubt. He puts words together, he’s witty, a smart lyricist, a great lyricist. But how can we say the guy is the best rapper alive? Look at Hov…I been to battles with [DMX], Jay and Ja, that was some real sh*t. Homie, you wouldn’t been able to survive…I say take Eminem, and let him say ‘Hard Knock Life.’ Still hot. Now, let’s have Jay-Z say the ‘We Made You’ song. They would laugh him out the f*cking building…It would be over.” (MTV)

Hip-Hop legend Melle Mel previously questioned why he wasn’t placed at No. 1 on Vibe‘s list and why rappers like Joe Budden did not address Em.

“My only surprise is that I’m not No. 1,” Mel said in an interview. “I don’t really consider Joe Budden young and I don’t think he know but I just think he think that Melle Mel would be a softer target. I don’t think he wants to question the fact that Eminem is No. 1…I got a [body] chart, let’s just say if it’s from 1 to 30, let’s say Melle Mel would be the throat part or the mouth part of hip-hop. Joe Budden is down here at No. 32, that’s somewhere around the a** crack or ball sack of hip-hop…You take Melle Mel out the equation, nobody would be the same. All these cats that say they selling dope would really have to sell dope.” (T7 Live)

Composed by Vibe, the “Best Rapper Alive’ bracket featured a wide variety of new and old-school emcees.

Challengers include Fabolous, Bun B, Mos Def, Lupe Fiasco, Foxy Brown, Jay-Z, Cassidy, Diddy, Cam’ron, Lil Boosie, Chamillionaire, Scarface, Eminem, Ludacris, Big Boi, Flo Rida, Fat Joe, Jadakiss, Killer Mike, Young Jeezy and more. (Vibe)

In addition to performing on tracks like “Renegade” together, both Em and Jay were recently seen on the stage alongside one another at a DJ Hero secret show.

“I love performing with Jay,” Em said in an interview this week. “It’s the third time we’ve done the song together live and it’s always fun. It was an honor to share the stage with him again and to work with his band.” (Rap Radar)

Check out Irv’s thoughts on Eminem below:

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Written by S. Samuel

Steven Samuel is the co-founder of SOHH.com.

25 Comments

  1. She should make a song about her male genitalia. She can call it you cum I cum we both bust nuts though.

    • its funny that you have nothing better to do but hate on sombody thats doin somthin.you are very inmature, have your momma taught you any bettter cause it seems to me she have not. Its called #getyalife and grow the fuck up

    • I heard you suck cock under the bridge with the doodle bop brothers. I hear you suck trannies off in exchange for food and other commodities. I’ll get my cock out and put it in your butthole and you can shat shit and shitty shit shit on it even poot or break it in half while it’s inside you. And then we’ll put it in the microwave grab the mustard and put it in your asshole so when you fart it’ll have little crumbs of shit in it. Boop bop pi diddle dooooo! ^_^

    • No . Dawg future is the bottom. Ciara has a big cock future has a dick bout joe buddens size. I’d fuck them in the ass with my cock. You hear me? I say I’d fuck another dude in the ass with me being a dude with my cock….No homo. I’m not gay.

  2. Well I think it would be betta if he was a typical rapper cause dude sucks.
    No talent at all.

  3. say what you want about her lookin like a man, I’d break Ciara in half ya heard me…

    anyone see her “Ride” video, that ho is amazin.. all ya’ll who say you wouldn’t fuck are 1) gay or 2) gay…

    • I’d fuck her and jerk her dick off from the back. She can come on the floor, but I’m coming in her butt.
      pause…No homo 😀

    • She got a nice body but a stronger jaw than the average man.

    • Lmao…how you gonna say PAUSE after you said you gonna jerk her dick while you in her bunghole…PAUSE…shyts assed-backwards….PAUSE

    • Dude, we gonna have a gay orgy and suck a few cocks maybe hang out with the fellas we gonna come suck yo cock. Trust me it’s all good in the neighborhood. We’ll cum on your chest and then we’ll all chant. “MAN MAN MAN WE DON’T NEED NO WOEN,BUT WE NOT GA WE JUST HAVE SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH OTHER MANS ASSHOLES MAAAANNNN HUM WHOOO >_<….Pause…No homo 🙂

  4. Is Future TPain or vice versa?…anyone can stick a pipe in their mouth and make music.. prostitutes do it all the time! (smirk) fcuk Future and Ciara (Ciara it’s over yo!)

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