Best Emcee of 2009
Reader's Pick
Jay-Z
There's no doubt about it: 2009 was Jay-Z's year. In addition to dropping the final installment of his decade-spanning Blueprint series, thereby breaking the existing record for most number-one albums (sorry, Elvis), and scoring his first number-one single with “Empire State of Mind,” the rap megastar laid the groundwork for the next chapter of his dynasty with the formation of new label imprint Roc Nation. ¡Viva la Hovito!
Staff Pick
Jay-Z
The biggest album of the year (Blueprint 3), the biggest song of the year ("Empire State of Mind"), his own major label/company Roc Nation and married to one of the most beautiful women in the world, what more could Jay-Z have possibly done? Even for the almighty Hova 2009 was an enormously large year, and along with the honorary title of president of hip-hop nation, we're proud to award him our Best Emcee of the Year award.
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Member Reviews and Ratings
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 906 |
Id give this to Raekwon for his performance on OBFCL2. However, Jay did hold it down for Hip Hop in 2009 in terms of sales.
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| Posted on Jan 05, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 8293 |
Eminem is a Better MC than Jay-Z on any day of the week. I liked Blueprint 3 better than Relapse, but Em is just the BEST when it comes to lyrics.
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| Posted on Jan 06, 2010 |
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Tastemaker |
Rae or Em. where was Drake???
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| Posted on Jan 06, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 613 |
BP3 was extremely overrated IMO... I'd go with Em
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| Posted on Jan 06, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Crew |
Based off lyrics alone, it's Eminem. However, Jay-Z pulled off better combinations on BP3 than Shady did on Relapse...still think Relapse 2 will be racking up all the mainstream awards next year.
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| Posted on Jan 06, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 544 |
This was for sure Hov's year. Lyrically, Em or Rae had him but Jay put out better hits so I agree with the win.
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| Posted on Jan 07, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 736 |
nah i thought Em had this one down
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| Posted on Jan 07, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 908 |
I forgot who the nominees were already, so I can't remember who I voted for, lol.
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| Posted on Jan 07, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 1192 |
Besides Rae (OBFCL2 was easily the best album released in 2009), none of the mainstream Emcee's really had memorable years, I guess Jay can be added to that list, though I only really liked 3 or 4 songs from the blueprint 3.
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| Posted on Jan 07, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Member |
Hello! Allow me to introduce myself, my name is... Shaaaaaady. So nice to meat you...
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| Posted on Jan 08, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Member |
umm... meet.
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| Posted on Jan 08, 2010 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 4267 |
Not too surprising. Blueprint 3 is one of Jay’s strongest turns lyrically. While Jay’s wordplay has always been about the same things (money, cars, women and money), the endless ways in which he finds to discuss those topics, often while employing double and triple entendres/quotables in the process, Jay’s effortless delivery and proclamations of progression, continue to be fascinating as the year moved on. Nowhere I'm a huge fan of Jay-Z, but you can label me a BP3 stan!
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| Posted on Jan 10, 2010 |
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DJ Booth Member |
4 me u kant win best mc wen u loze da battle on 1 of ya own trax kanye beat him on run this town & em iz betta lyrically nothin haz changed renegade I have mo quotablez 4rm drake den 4rm jay & dey both gt equal listenz 4rm me
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| Posted on Jan 14, 2010 |
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