Best Rapper Alive Tournament

Vibe Magazine has come up with a brilliant idea to have a tournament with some of today's hottest rappers in the game. And of course people are buzzing about it. I was extremly hesitate when I filled my bracket out. I do realize that people will probably fill their bracket out and be biased and pick their favorite rapper but I guess everyone does not think logically. I was very disappointed in how they came up with some of the first round match ups. Here are some of the match ups that I had a problem with.

Mos Def. Vs Talib Kweli
Scarface Vs. 8Ball
Big Boi Vs. Killer Mike
Common Vs. Black Thought
Jadakiss Vs. Beanie Sigel
Ghostface Vs. Raekwon
and the worst of them all
Nas Vs. Joe Buddens.

The only other problem that I had with this list is that they left out Phonte

For a first round match up...all of these artist should meet in the later rounds not right off the bat. Nas and Joe Buddens are way to nice to be going against each other in the first round. And for those of you would like to know who would like to know the outcome of those match ups....Just know that I based my criteria off of who I thought
1) was the better lyricist
2) who was more relevant
3) who will stand the test of time
and if I couldn't choose between the two then I would decided based off of
4) who would win in a battle

Mos Def
Scarface
Big Boi
Black Thought (In a battle I thought Black would murder Common)
Jada
Ghostface
Nas

All of the Number 1 Seeds made it past the first round that is obvious. Now in my Sweet 16 things got very interesting. I had some match up where I struggled with making a decision.

Sweet 16
Lupe Vs. Mos Def
Wayne Vs. Scarface
Ludacris Vs. TI
Eminem Vs. Ghostface
Big Boi Vs. Nas
3000 Vs. Black Thought
Busta Vs. Ice Cube
Jay-Z vs. Fab

The toughest one to call is Andre 3000 against Black Thought. I love both of them and not too many people are aware of Black Thought skills, I think he can go with anybody. Andre 3000 gets on a song its an event, the whole world will stop and listen and he puts he words together so unorthodox that its cool and witty, so 3000 got the nod. TI and Luda: Now I now that a lot of people like TI and I am one of them. However, I think he somewhat overrated as a rapper. So to me this match up came down to who would win in a battle...and we all heard Young Buck's "Stomp". Luda won that joint hands down. So in what would be a surprise to many...Luda moves into the final 8. And for some odd reason I don't know why but I had Lil Wayne beating Scarface....don't ask why. I am trying to not be biased, and I was basing the winner off of the match up..but I thought to myself if Lil Wayne and Scarface got into a battle...Wayne would win.

Elite 8
Jay-Z Vs. Lupe
Wayne Vs. Ludacris
Eminem Vs. Nas
3000 Vs. Busta


Okay so the easiest one to call were Jay-Z and 3000. As I was filling this joint out I was still wondering how Ludacris made it this far. But he had favorable match ups in the other rounds. Now remember my criteria. I think that Wayne is more relevant however, I think Ludacris has way better lyrics. So who would win in a battle? Lil Wayne is cool but he is not as witty as Ludacris. I think in a battle Luda would be quick on his feet and kill Wayne with punchlines....

Eminem and Nas is very interesting. Both of them are great at what they do, but both have different styles. Both of these talented rappers are dope with the lyrics and are still relevant right now. So who would win in a battle? We all know what Nas can do (ether) but we also know what Em can do.....So I came to my conclusion like this. I am a big Nas fan but I also Em as well. and while I was going back and forth with my decision I just kept thinkin about Em's verse on Jay-Z "Renegade" (Eminem murdered you on your shit-Nas) Because of that one verse I gave the nod to Slim Shady.

Final 4
Jay-Z vs. Luda
Eminem Vs. Andre 3000

The Jay call was easy (and No i was not being biased)
Eminem Vs. Andre 3000....how do you pick between these two dope emcees.

and so I was stuck....and I wasnt sure who to go with...So who would you chose to match up against Jay-Z in the greatest rapper alive Tournament. Andre 300 or Eninem. and Who would win overall.

If you would like to view the bracket and fill one out for yourself just click HERE