Best rapper alive?

                                 Yesterday Big Sean released a new track called Control featuring Kendrick Lamar and Jay Electronica which caused some waves in the music scene. During Kendrick's verse, he basically called out every current relevant rapper! The part of the verse that caused waves was when he said, "I'm usually homeboys with the same niggas I'm  rhyming with, but this is hip-hop and them niggas should know what time it is. And that goes for Jermaine Cole, Big Krit, Wale, Pusha T, Meek Mill, A$AP Rocky, Drake, Big Sean, Jay Electron, Tyler, Mac Miller. I got love for you all but I'm trynna murder you niggas. Trynna make sure your core fans never heard of you niggas. They don't wanna hear not one more noun or verb from you niggas." While you have to respect K Dot and his attempt to make the rap game more competitive and less buddy buddy, all I can think right now is WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!!!!!! He really bodied EVERY rapper who is hot right now other than Hov and Ye and made his claim to being the best! So this got people thinking, is Kendrick the best rapper right now? and the answer is............ Yes! I think K Dot is the best lyrical rapper in the game right now! His pure lyrics are second to none and if you listen to what he's saying you'll wanna refer to him as a storyteller, author, or poet instead of a rapper. Lyrically only J. Cole is in his lane in my opinion. BUT the Compton native is not the best Hip-Hop artist, there is a difference. Drake is the best hip-hop artist right now, Drake just makes better and more diverse music than Kendrick does right now. Drake can sing AND rap and on top of that he isn't THAT far behind K Dot lyrically! Being a Hip-Hop artist is more than just telling a story about how you made it out of the hood, it's about making music that the mass majority of people can relate to and will enjoy listening to. Most Americans can't relate to having to deal with the everyday life or death situations of living in Compton which makes him sort of hard to relate to. An example of this is that Kendrick's arguably least impressive song lyrically is his most popular song and his claim to fame and that's Swimming Pools. If you ask any casual Hip-Hop fan to name 3 Kendrick Lamar songs they're gonna almost certainly name Swimming Pools as one of them. Drake is just more polished as an artist. This inspired me to name my top 5 RAPPERS and my top 5 HIP-HOP ARTIST. So check it out below and leave comments on what you think!

 

                                      


       Top 5 Rappers right now

 

1. Kendrick Lamar
2. J. Cole
3. Jay Z
4. Drake
5. Lupe Fiasco

       Top 5 Hip-Hop artist right now

1. Drake
2. Kanye West
3. Wiz Khalifa
4. A$AP Rocky
5. J. Cole