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Snoop v. Jay Z

submitted by DianaTaurasi
October 12, 2008  |  78 comments  |   Email to a Friend
Today in the midst of Hurry-Up-And-Wait (Spartak Photo shoot), we began debating which rapper, between Snoop and Jay Z has the most classics. Now, I'm not talking about classics as in, "singles" -- or even #1 hits-sat at the top of the charts for 58 weeks. No. I'm talking about songs that when they come on EVERYBODY knows the lyrics. The songs that if they were a person, they'd be described as "iconic"...

So what do you think? Consider some of the facts:

JAY Z

Big Pimpin

Dirt off Your Shoulder

99 Problems

Can I Get A

Izzo (HOVA)

Change Clothes

Money Cash Hoes

Excuse Me Miss

Girls, Girls, Girls

Ain't No N***a

Jigga What Jigga Who

SNOOP

Drop It Like Its Hot

Ain't No Fun

Beautiful

Gin and Juice

I Just Wanna...

2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted

Nuthin' but a G Thang

Snoop Dogg (Whats my Name)

The Next Episode

Doggy Dogg World

B Please

Sue thinks Jay Z...but I think Snoop. Jay's list is...hot, but hardly known by everybody. Is this just me harboring a Westside bias???

I mean, Whats My Name, Nuthin but a G Thang, Ain't No Fun and Gin & Juice? C'Mon. Classics. Every single person at every frat party in America STILL knows the words to those songs.



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75 Comments On: "Snoop v. Jay Z"

 
5. pauliedanger , October 12, 2008  |  Reply
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Drop it Like it's Hot is probably the whackest song I've ever heard from a rapper I actually like. But it's tough. Jay's got the better flow, but Snoop's got staying power like no other in the game. Who else has been doing it as long as he has and still drops hits? But for your argument, I think you've got to go with Jay because he did all his damage in like half the time.

6. NikkiCole , October 12, 2008  |  Reply
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Wow... you really got me with this one! It's hard for me to choose, so I guess I'll have to say both of them are great in their own way.

7. thatGAgirl , October 12, 2008  |  Reply
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ooooo, that's a tough one. even though im pretty sure you're showing your west coast bias here lol, im gonna have to agree and go with snoop. i mean that whole doggystyle album alone has jay-z beat in terms of classics IMO. i STILL listen to that cd, and i wasn't even into west coast music all like that back then. jay has some really good joints that i like, but back-in-the-day snoop wins hands down for me. now i don't know about some of his newer stuff...lol

8. crystALLL , October 12, 2008  |  Reply
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mann..this is gonna be the one time i gotta disagree with you...jay all the wayy

11. Dewey , October 12, 2008  |  Reply
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SNOOP!

12. eaglesfan893 , October 12, 2008  |  Reply
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i gotta go with Jigga man hov

13. tigernike23 , October 12, 2008  |  Reply
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Depends on the age of the person. I'm 23, I remember Snoop when he was Snoop Doggy Dogg back at Death Row. You could write the entire album Doggystyle as a 'classic'. Dee, you forgot "Murder Was The Case". Snoop had Dre.

Jay-Z came up around '96, but I remember Vol. 2. Again, you forgot "Hard Knock Life". That was the sh** back in the day. So was "Anything". Jigga had Biggie in the beginning.

Snoop.

14. adrew148 , October 12, 2008  |  Reply
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are you going to be at the midnight madness this week for uconn?

15. taurasi3fan3 , October 12, 2008  |  Reply
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i looked at the list and i know more jay-z songs than snoop songs, but i like snoop better...his songs are more catchy

16. kstylle , October 12, 2008  |  Reply
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I'm with you on this one too Dee. I mean people may know bits and pieces of Jay-Z's songs, but when you play Snoop almost everyone knows those songs from beginning to end. I'm not trying to be bias either(I'm from Los Angeles and Jay Z is actually my favorite rapper), but it's something about Snoops' songs. Is it that they are easier to learn???

17. mercfan3 , October 12, 2008  |  Reply
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Well, I counted, and I knew four Jay Z songs, and three of Snoop's..so I'd have to go with Jay Z, lol.

18. luvlee4ya2 , October 12, 2008  |  Reply
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i have to agree with sue. i know way more Jay Z then Snoop and so does everyone i know.

19. Nizzleson , October 12, 2008  |  Reply
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I'm from New Zealand (the last place on earth!), and Jay-Z is reasonably popular over here but not nearly as big as he is in the States. Snoop however, hasn't gone out of style since the days of the Chronic and 213. I only know 3 songs of the Jay-Z list, but could add 10 more classics to the Snoop list.

Snoop takin' it International! Hands down the winner.

(awesome topic by the way!)

20. Graybear2012 , October 12, 2008  |  Reply
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Gotta go with Snoop -- sorry SueB.

21. GSWgirl , October 12, 2008  |  Reply
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What'smymuthaf***inname?!!!
Snoop doggy dooooooog!

22. AByouknowme , October 12, 2008  |  Reply
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jay z for sure!! sorry d haha

24. jus10gee , October 12, 2008  |  Reply
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I'm from the west, but I still have to say Jay for sure.

Although this was my ish for the Summer:
http://www.imeem.com/snoopdogg/music/GVdb4VTN/snoop_dogg_those_gurlz/

26. mrbecker712 , October 12, 2008  |  Reply
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Jay-Z by far.

27. newatl , October 12, 2008  |  Reply
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I have to say Snoop!! Probably because he's one of my favorites but he just has those songs that everyone can sing to...everyone knows the words!! Jay-Z's songs are hot but I just have to go with Snoop D-O-GG!!!

28. supercity , October 12, 2008  |  Reply
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ITS DEF JAY-Z BOO-BOO..........HIT ME UP ON MYSPACE AND WE'LL DISCUSS THIS FURTHER
MYSPACE.COM/FREEAGENTSCHAMP

29. Heather_ad , October 12, 2008  |  Reply
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I have to grudgingly admit that Snoop has more classics, but I think Jay wins on every point except that one.

30. mjseekup , October 12, 2008  |  Reply
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The Doggfather!

31. JLannd , October 12, 2008  |  Reply
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Snizzle
with a sneeze on rev and the boys

32. allthewaynorth , October 12, 2008  |  Reply
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That's an easy one - Jay Z!

33. SmoovArt , October 13, 2008  |  Reply
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What was Snoop doing when Jay owed the summer ,7 years straight? Snoop's last couple of cd's have been snoopy poo

35. eagleman11 , October 13, 2008  |  Reply
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TUPAC MAN !!!!! These cats cannot hold a candle to him.................

36. squish059 , October 13, 2008  |  Reply
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Jay Z no contest....

37. Justwannawinna , October 13, 2008  |  Reply
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no way Diana Taurasi wrote this hahaha ok maybe she did but i'll go with 'YOUNG H.O.V from the mutha&^*&* R.O.C' lol

37.1. DianaTaurasi , October 14, 2008  |  Reply
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hater.

38. eagleman11 , October 13, 2008  |  Reply
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If I have to pick one I will go with Snoop

39. fr0arenas , October 13, 2008  |  Reply
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I like both these cats, but i am biased due to my ''EAST COAST'' love.

41. BigRandy , October 13, 2008  |  Reply
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It's gotta be snoop. While he's certainly not as good as he once was he's been around awhile longer and had the help of the best producer of all time in Dr. Dre.

43. GardenOfOden , October 13, 2008  |  Reply
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jays only better lyrically...snoops just better at everything else (oh n snoop got lyrics like a mothafuka too...dont let the smooth shit fool you) definite snoop on this one, his classics are known worldwide.

44. brownd21 , October 13, 2008  |  Reply
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I look at Diana list for Jay-Z and it is all his new stuff...Jay-Z first album contained his huslter floe: "Can't Knock the Hustle", "Friend or Foe", "Ain't no Nigga", etc...one of the top rap albums ever. Then he followed that up with: "The City is Mine", "Who you Wit", etc. I know his later stuff is more pop than hustle, but Jay-Z has some of the ill-est flows and people who know rap KNOW his stuff. Sorry Diana, but i must give the nod to Jay.

45. saywhat , October 13, 2008  |  Reply
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The songs that you mentioned are from Snoops first CD. Those were hits, but after that he just couldnt get that magic back. Now Jay has been killing it. All i can say is when the media mentions Hip Hop Jay-z is the one they talk about.

46. Annt74 , October 13, 2008  |  Reply
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they both suck...............Tupac

48. BigRandy , October 13, 2008  |  Reply
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Hands down pac was the greatest

48.1. fr0arenas , October 13, 2008  |  Reply
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idk about the GREATEST bruh. This will always be an open debate LONG after you and i are gone.

48.1.1. BigRandy , October 14, 2008  |  Reply
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true, but that's my vote.

48.2. Annt74 , October 13, 2008  |  Reply
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u think so too Randy? to me,............ his words, ryhmes, style, and flow was so much more important than anything i have ever seen or heard, so deep.......

49. whitejordan32 , October 13, 2008  |  Reply
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Snoop, all his 90's stuff is classic

49.1. fr0arenas , October 13, 2008  |  Reply
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Ditto on that comment WJ32.

50. mikeysea , October 13, 2008  |  Reply
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Snoop fell off. Jay Z has been more consistent. Some of Snoop's songs are simply not good. Jay Z has more quality hits. My vote is for Jay Z.

50.1. whitejordan32 , October 13, 2008  |  Reply
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Jay-Z is more consistent, I'll give you that. But the question was classic and consistency doesn't equal classics. Individual songs make classics, hits strung together form consistency. Yes, a person can have classics back to back, but I don't think Jay-Z has that to the point where he has more classics.

And in my opinion, Tupac is the greatest rapper of all time, and no one's argument can change my opinion.

50.1.1. fr0arenas , October 13, 2008  |  Reply
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that's definitely opinion bruh.

52. jus10gee , October 13, 2008  |  Reply
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I know the way a nigga livin was whack.
But you don't get a nigga back like that!
Shit I'm a man with pride, you don't do shit like that
You don't just pick up and leave and leave me sick like that
You don't throw away what we had, just like that
I was just fu*kin them girls, I was gon' get right back
They say you can't turn a bad girl good
But once a good girl's goin bad, she's gone forever..
And more forever
Shit I gotta live with the fact I did you wrong forever
-Jay Z (Song Cry)


Check mate.

53. adidasgrl7 , October 13, 2008  |  Reply
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No question Snoop.

How about women rappers?

Missy E or Queen L ...

54. lewii5 , October 13, 2008  |  Reply
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s n double o peeeeeeeeeeeeeee

55. sydthebig , October 13, 2008  |  Reply
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Jay Z all the way. the man is a legend...plus he doesn't have to put out a whack reality tv show on E! lol

56. STLnTDOT , October 13, 2008  |  Reply
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Ha ha!! Being a DJ and have been for a long time, I would say Jay-Z is better lyrically, but Snoop has the mainstream party bangers. So I guess that would depend on what you are into.

And yeah what about women rappers?

56.1. DianaTaurasi , October 14, 2008  |  Reply
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exactly. snoop has classics.

women rappers...topic to come

57. Slim_Change , October 14, 2008  |  Reply
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