Cube23 wrote:The Slim Shady LP is not better than Illmatic or Reasonable Doubt. You may like it more. But to state it's better is just simply incorrect.
Reasonable Doubt was just another mafioso rap type of record though; next to Only Made 4 Cuban Linx and It Was Written, it didn't offer anything new. TSSLP on the other side, was a completely new product in rap music. It was original and it had something that other albums lack(ed). The wittiness is exclusive for that album, and in the same connotation - so is the humor. Also, the rhyming and flow are better than what was presented on Reasonable Doubt. The rhyming is very impressive and it's not forced at all, on albums like Capital Punishment, you can tell that the rhyming is overshadowing the other aspects. Jay-Z came up with a unique flow as well, but he couldn't really blow you away with some impressive streaks of rhyming. Granted, Jay had more complex and metaphorical touch to RB, and in that aspect it is better than TSSLP, but that one aspect isn't enough. Renegade is a very good example of how Eminem's strong sides overpower Jay's.