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black thought is the goat of this sh*t!

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I like Phonte but Black Thought is top 5 DOA

Black Thought easily. Phonte is dope but he's not THAT dope.

Phone is nice but theres no competition

that's unfair OP

Black Thought is the clear winner here but Phonte's punchline delivery is uncanny and should never be slept on.

Thought > Phonte but Phonte > 95% of rappers

Personally I’m more of a Phonte fan

Phonte and black thought = deadly
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is this even a question? tariq trotter

Black Thought is the better rhymesmith certainly, but Phonte makes better music to me

Black Thought, it's not even a debate.

Look...if everybody want to front thats fine...but n*gga Black Thought be on some rambling "hoetep" unclear raps sometimes (same issue i got with Jay Electronica) and Phonte is ultra clear and has a much better flow....

Black thought is one of the few cats I'd put above tiggalo...

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Side note... The n*gga selling more records as a singer with foreign exchange then a rapper I believe.. The best Rapper/singer to ever do it imo

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Who had the better verse here? Blu, phonte, or Bt?

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One is a dope emcee. The other is an elite legend. This comparison is laughable.

17-0 and counting...

Voted for Thought because technically he's the better pure spitter and his longevity and discography is clearly better.

But someone earlier in the thread hit it on the head..Phonte's clarity and ability to say things in a plain and simple way yet in a way you never really thought of is almost unmatched IMO. As much as I love Black Thought, he never wrote a verse that made me feel like these:

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I’m more of a Phonte fan but Black Thought is better.

Golgo13isDuke said Look...if everybody want to front thats fine...but n*gga Black Thought be on some rambling "hoetep" unclear raps sometimes (same issue i got with Jay Electronica) and Phonte is ultra clear and has a much better flow....

You sound like one of them fans that want to be spoonfed lines that hit them right away as opposed to catching sh*t later . you must dislike Lupe for the same reasons.

Black Thought is clearly the better wordsmith though .

Black thought is amazing but tigallo be way more relatable/versatile and can carry solo joints

Hands down phonte

Switchc2390 said Voted for Thought because technically he's the better pure spitter and his longevity and discography is clearly better. But someone earlier in the thread hit it on the head..Phonte's clarity and ability to say things in a plain and simple way yet in a way you never really thought of is almost unmatched IMO. As much as I love Black Thought, he never wrote a verse that made me feel like these:

Jay Electronica is the best to me for what you just described. And I know what u mean.

I'm a Little Brother stan so


Str8 spittin BT has it but the gap isn't as wide as most are portraying it in this thread. Outside of just being a raw spitter Phonte is overall better. He's 10 x's more versatile, makes better MUSIC, writes better hooks, can sing, more slept on, etc...

phonte is an amazing mc but he's not black thought