It's Not What You Say, It's How You Say It

This is a lesson I learned back in the day. Back when Stuntman and I shared a room, we almost killed each other over a musical debate. I was on my conscious shit, he was on the hype tear the club up type shit. I don't know where it came from, but we were trying to compare Common to Three 6 Mafia. You couldn't tell us nothing! It was gonna be a double homicide in the room that night. We were back friends like Jay-Z and Nas in no time.

A lesson I learned from my uncle, "If you have a nice delivery, it doesn't matter what you say." He said this as we were watching Lil Wyte on Three 6 Mafia's Adventures in Hollyhood. Lil Wyte isn't the most thought provoking emcee out, but his delivery is what gives him attention. When it comes to rap deliveries, there are few that standout to me in my book:

5.Ace Boogie

4.M.O.

3.Method Man

2.Ludacris

1.Jay-Z

In the words of Jay-Z, "Little did I know my more potent delivery would deliver me kingpin of the inkpen, monster of the double entendre." This is a nice line, but if you know Jay-Z, he sometimes spits a whole bunch of close ended nonsense. For instance: "Don't believe everything your earlobe captures, it's mostly backwards, unless it happens to be as accurate as me. And everything said in song  you happen to see, then actually believe half of what you see. None of what you hear, even if it's spat by me." It was said so nicely that most listeners would probably neglect the paradox.

So why am I on deliveries? An emcee that I once doubted is actually one of my favorites nowadays. Remember Gucci Mane's "So Icy"? Whose verse did you listen for and turn it off when the song was over with? Jeezy The Snowman! I admit, I wasn't always a fan of Mr.17.5. My problem with him was his rhyming style. "You told me not to bring the white in the house, and what did I do, brought the white in the house."

The hardest Jeezy songs have got to be: "Trap or Die", "Streets On Lock" and "The Realest"....not saying he doesn't have any other hot songs, it's just you feel what's going on in his head with these joints.

Consult ANY Method Man cameo verse and tell me his delivery isn't pungent. So what does this mean for me? I gotta do something to put myself on my own list, eh?

Montezuma ain't gonna take that from no punk ass crab!

P.E.A.C.E