Vote for the Best Rapper Alive over at Vibe (Finals: Jay-Z vs. Eminem)

Everyone's got a favorite rapper. Even your favorite rapper has a favorite rapper.

So we're taking the debate to the people, to you - fans, Stans, and pros alike. Introducing VIBE Presents...The Best Rapper Alive, an interactive, NCAA-styIe tournament pitting the 64 top Mcs recording today against each other in a head-to-head competition: All this to determine who you believe to be the best in game.

The first round of voting begins July 21. Each round lasts one week - followed by our version of The Final Four. That's when the tournament really heats up. Winners of each matchup will be determined by your vote at VIBE.com.

There are four brackets, represented by four of our fallen rap legends. Click on any one of them to begin voting. You can vote once a day for as many days as you like. At the end of five weeks, we'll crown a king or queen, and the winner will be announced in our November issue.

But voting online is only one part of The Best Rapper Alive competition. Think you know rap like that? Prove it by downloading and printing out the bracket and fill in your predictions for each round, from the play-in game to the ultimate champion.

Bracket 1

1 Jay-Z
16 Winner of Play-inGame

8 Lauryn Hill
9 Lil Kim

5 Cam'ron
12 Juelz Santana

4 Fabolous
13 Cassidy

6 Missy Elliott
11 Lil Mama

3 Lupe Fiasco
14 Q-Tip

7 Mos Def
10 Talib Kweli

2 Kanye West
15 Foxy Brown



Bracket 2

1 Lil Wayne
16 Trina

8 Lil Boosie
9 Webbie

5 Bun B
12 Devin the Dude

4 Scarface
13 8 Ball

6 Young Jeezy
11 Rick Ross

3 Ludacris
14 Young Dro

7 Chamillionaire
10 Paul Wall

2 T.I.
15 Shawty Lo



Bracket 3

1 Eminem
16 Soulja Boy

8 Lloyd Banks
9 Young Buck

5 Nelly
12 Flo Rida

4 Ghostface Killah
13 Raekwon

6 Big Boi
11 Killer Mike

3 50 Cent
14 Fat Joe

7 Jadakiss
10 Beanie Sigel

2 Nas
15 Joe Budden



Bracket 4

1 Andre 3000
16 Dizzee Rascal

8 Method Man
9 Redman

5 Pusha T
12 Rich Boy

4 Common
13 Black Thought

6 Busta Rhymes
11 Twista

3 The Game
14 Crooked I

7 Ice Cube
10 E-40

2 Snoop Dogg
15 Bow Wow

Biggie bracket will come to Kanye Vs Jay.

Pimp C bracket will come to Wayne Vs T.I.

2Pac bracket will come to Nas Vs Eminem.

Big Punisher bracket will come to Andre 3k Vs The Game.

its going to be crazy who beats who from there on out. big names.

lmao @ Soulja Boi's placement

and also lol @ game vs. cross eyed

No Phonte?

Black Thought Vs. Common First Round is tough..I would say black thought

:lol: at Game vs. Crooked I

I guess someone in OTB is a writer for Vibe...

It'll come down to Wayne vs. 3 Stacks... and Wayne win, cuz they lose.lonestarg

i call the april babies caus ethey fools...seriously

Voting is now open:)

http://www.vibe.com/bestrapper/

My votes:

Bracket 1:

• Jigga
• Lauryn
• Juelz
• Fab
• Lil' Mama
• Lupe
• Kweli
• Kanye

Bracket 2:

• T.I.
• Cham
• Luda
• Jeezy
• Scarface
• Bun B
• Boosie
• The Best Rapper Alive

Bracket 3:

• Nas
• Jada
• Fat Joe
• Big Boi
• Raekwon
• Nelly
• Lloyd Banks
• Eminem

Bracket 4:

• Andre 3000
• Method
• Rich Boy
• Common
• Busta
• Game
• Cube
• Snoop

Weezy ftw.

Omfg :lol:. When you guys are done voting, scroll down on that "Thank you for voting" page and look at the Crooked I fan comments. Jesus... Half of them are giving him pity votes. Saying ish like "oh he deserves this, he's been through so much hardship". :| SMH. And then one went on about how he could "rip"/"kill" Jigga and Nas in a battle. Do these people not remember Ether? Takeover? :|. Rap has some serious issues today, if fans think some mediocre rapper could out-battle the two rappers that took part in one of the biggest rap beefs ever...

Crooked I is ok and all, but people need to chill on hyping him up :|. And giving any rapper pity votes or votes "for their dedication" is just stupid. If they are going to vote for Crooked for being dedicated for years, they need to Wiki weezy real quick. :|

SMH SMH SMH...

i thought this was going to be legit, but apparently when i saw shaqty lo among others, i consider this a joke

edit: i didn't even know half of these people. who the hell is rich boy?

i thought this was going to be legit, but apparently when i saw shaqty lo among others, i consider this a joke

edit: i didn't even know half of these people. who the hell is rich boy?

jsmoke03

Throw Some DDDDDD"S on Dat *****

Bracket 1

Jay-Z (obviously), Lauryn Hill, Santana, Cassidy, Missy Elliot, Lupe Fiasco, Talib Kweli (really hard choice), and Kanye West

Bracket 2

Lil Wayne, Webbie (both are garbage), Bun B, Scarface, Young Jeezy, Ludacris (lol obviously), Chamillionaire, and T.I (not even fair, the other guy is garbage)

Bracket 3

Soulja Boy

xD jk, naw Eminem obviously lol, Banks (the only G-unit rapper that is good), Nelly (both are garbage), Ghostface (another hard one), Big Boi, 50 Cent (obviously), Sigel (IMO he won the beef with Jadakiss and has a better style, Jadakiss has a voice that annoys me), Nas (obviously, Buddens is a good rapper though, he owned gayme and pump it up was an ok song but just not on Nas's level, YET)

Bracket 4

Andre 3000, Redman (hard choice), Rich Boy, Common (since I used to live in Chicago and loved it there and I have seen the man before, black thought is proficient as well), Twista, Cookied I (I hate gayme mainly because of his heavy animosity towards g-unit), Ice Cube, and Snoop Dogg

I voted too btw ^_^

Some of the names in the brackets just makes me wanna go slap some random people. Geez.

i thought this was going to be legit, but apparently when i saw shaqty lo among others, i consider this a joke

edit: i didn't even know half of these people. who the hell is rich boy?

jsmoke03

Ya know Rich Boy.... Ghetto Rich Remix and Lets Get This Paper, 2 dope ass songs.

I voted.

Biggie:

• Jay-Z
• Lauryn Hill
• Santana
• Cassidy
• Elliott
• Lupe (Tough one, between a veteran and an upcoming star)
• Mos Def (I cried haha)
• Foxy
  

Pimp C:

• Wayne
• Webbie (Don't know either)
  
• Devin the Dude
• Scarface
• Young Jeezy ( Picked the lesser garbage)
• Ludacris
• Chamillionaire
• T.I.

2Pac:

• Eminem (because he was alone in the bracket)
• Lloyd Banks ( Picked the lesser garbage)
• Nelly (At least Nelly been around but again, picked the lesser garbage)
• Ghostface Killah (Reall tough one)
• Big Boi
• Fat Joe
• Jadakiss
• Nas

Punisher:

• Andre 3000
• Method Man (Tougher than the one between Face and Rae. I still love you Doc)
• Pusha
• Black Thought (Wow that was tough)
• Busta
• Crooked
• Cube
• Snoop
  

First Round results are in... nothing too suprising. Out of all the #1 seeds, Lil' Wayne had the lowest percentage of votes which is prolly due to the sheer amount of haters he's picked up along the way. Of the lower seeds, Juelz Santana upset (if you can even call it that) Cam'Ron.

Bracket 1:

1 Jay-Z (93%)
16 Diddy (7%)

8 Lauryn Hill (61%)
9 Lil Kim (39%)

5 Cam'ron (39%)
12 Juelz Santana (61%)

4 Fabolous (66%)
13 Cassidy (34%)

6 Missy Elliott (82%)
11 Lil Mama (18%)

3 Lupe Fiasco (78%)
14 Q-Tip (22%)

7 Mos Def (51%)
10 Talib Kweli (49%)

2 Kanye West (91%)
15 Foxy Brown (9%)


Bracket 2:

1 Lil Wayne (86%)
16 Trina (14%)

8 Lil Boosie (58%)
9 Webbie (42%)

5 Bun B (86%)
12 Devin the Dude (14%)

4 Scarface (84%)
13 8 Ball (16%)

6 Young Jeezy (73%)
11 Rick Ross (27%)

3 Ludacris (94%)
14 Young Dro (6%)

7 Chamillionaire (79%)
10 Paul Wall (21%)

2 T.I. (95%)
15 Shawty Lo (5%)


Bracket 3:

1 Eminem (95%)
16 Soulja Boy (5%)

8 Lloyd Banks (45%)
9 Young Buck (55%)

5 Nelly (84%)
12 Flo Rida (16%)

4 Ghostface Killah (68%)
13 Raekwon (32%)

6 Big Boi (85%)
11 Killer Mike (15%)

3 50 Cent (68%)
14 Fat Joe (32%)

7 Jadakiss (78%)
10 Beanie Sigel (22%)

2 Nas (90%)
15 Joe Budden (10%)


Bracket 4:

1 Andre 3000 (91%)
16 Dizzee Rascal (9%)

8 Method Man (76%)
9 Redman (24%)

5 Pusha T (59%)
12 Rich Boy (41%)

4 Common (87%)
13 Black Thought (13%)

6 Busta Rhymes (78%)
11 Twista (22%)

3 The Game (76%)
14 Crooked I (24%)

7 Ice Cube (90%)
10 E-40 (10%)

2 Snoop Dogg (94%)
15 Bow Wow (6%)


Round 2 matchups:



1 Jay-Z
8 Lauryn Hill

12 Juelz Santana
4 Fabolous

6 Missy Elliott
3 Lupe Fiasco

7 Mos Def
2 Kanye West




1 Lil Wayne
8 Lil Boosie

5 Bun B
4 Scarface

6 Young Jeezy
3 Ludacris

7 Chamillionaire
2 T.I.




1 Eminem
9 Young Buck

5 Nelly
4 Ghostface Killah

6 Big Boi
3 50 Cent

7 Jadakiss
2 Nas




1 Andre 3000
8 Method Man

5 Pusha T
4 Common

6 Busta Rhymes
3 The Game

7 Ice Cube
2 Snoop Dogg

First Round results are in... nothing too suprising. Out of all the #1 seeds, Lil' Wayne had the lowest percentage of votes which is prolly due to the sheer amount of haters he's picked up along the way. Of the lower seeds, Juelz Santana upset (if you can even call it that) Cam'Ron.

7 Mos Def (51%)
10 Talib Kweli (49%)

Orlando_Magic

that was the only one i had to really think about

[QUOTE="Orlando_Magic"]

First Round results are in... nothing too suprising. Out of all the #1 seeds, Lil' Wayne had the lowest percentage of votes which is prolly due to the sheer amount of haters he's picked up along the way. Of the lower seeds, Juelz Santana upset (if you can even call it that) Cam'Ron.

7 Mos Def (51%)
10 Talib Kweli (49%)

Forget

that was the only one i had to really think about

ya same, i voted for Kweli, but either way i think they're both better than a lot of the guys on the bracket in general.

Too many Game stans for Crooked to compete, damn those stans.

O well the tournament is pretty bogus, they forgot many top rappers in the game.

Mkavanaugh77

not to take sides but 2 albums>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>52 freestyles

on another noted this time the brackets seem more equal and relevant

nas vs kiss

bun b vs scarface

and method vs 3000

Round 2 matchups:

Jay-Z

Fabolous

Lupe Fiasco

Mos Def





Lil Wayne

Bun B

Ludacris

T.I.




Eminem

Ghostface Killah

Big Boi

Nas




Andre 3000

Common

The Game(ehh)

Ice Cube

Orlando_Magic

I hope Nas beats Em in the future.

[QUOTE="forgetwhatyahear"][QUOTE="Mkavanaugh77"]

Too many Game stans for Crooked to compete, damn those stans.

O well the tournament is pretty bogus, they forgot many top rappers in the game.

Mkavanaugh77

not to take sides but 2 albums>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>52 freestyles

on another noted this time the brackets seem more equal and relevant

nas vs kiss

bun b vs scarface

and method vs 3000

Thats opinion, 52 freestyles>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>2 albums is my opinion

His freestyles are quality though, i dont even look at them as freestyles, they could easily be album material.

anyway

Jada>>>Nas

Scarface>>Bunb

3000>Method

[QUOTE="Mkavanaugh77"][QUOTE=][QUOTE="Mkavanaugh77"]

Too many Game stans for Crooked to compete, damn those stans.

O well the tournament is pretty bogus, they forgot many top rappers in the game.

forgetatyahear

not to take sides but 2 albums>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>52 freestyles

on another noted this time the brackets seem more equal and relevant

nas vs kiss

bun b vs scarface

and method vs 3000

Thats opinion, 52 freestyles>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>2 albums is my opinion

His freestyles are quality though, i dont even look at them as freestyles, they could easily be album material.

anyway

Jada>>>Nas

Scarface>>Bunb

3000>Method

....But you do know about the albums he released in the past right? :|.....

LOL, ehh im not feelin Nas music anymore, I give it to the underdog

Mkavanaugh77

Pusha T vs Common was the toughest one I've had so far.longdongsilvr

I can't even make it past the 1st page of round 2... Lauryn vs Jigga :|. **** my life.elpooz

are you serious? not knocking l-boggie but jigga is better than her,plus he's not crazy

[QUOTE="elpooz"]I can't even make it past the 1st page of round 2... Lauryn vs Jigga :|. **** my life.chang your effing name

are you serious? not knocking l-boggie but jigga is better than her,plus he's not crazy

Lauryn = Jigga.

All he has over her is consistency, which Lauryn would have if she had kept herself in the Rap industry.

"The joy of my world is in Zion" - Lauryn Hill

;)

[QUOTE="elpooz"]I can't even make it past the 1st page of round 2... Lauryn vs Jigga :|. **** my life.forgewatyahear

are you serious? not knocking l-boggie but jigga is better than her,plus he's not crazy

Round 1 went for the most part, to plan not too many upsets or anything of interest. Round 2 though there are some interesting match up's. As a big Cube fan I hope he can beat Snoop.

For Round 2 I Voted...

Jay-Z > Lauryn Hill
Jeulz Santana > Famolous
Missy Elliott < Lupe Fiasco
Mos Def > Kayne West
Lil Wayne < Lil Boosie - I'm a Wayne hater so even Boosie sounds better. Plus Wayne will win either way.
Bun B < Scarface
Young Jeezy < Ludacris
Chamillionaire < T.I.
Eminem < Young Buck - I have hated Eminem for a long time, by far the worest thing to hip hop ever.
Nelly < Ghostface Killah
Big Boi > 50 Cent
Jadakiss < Nas
Andre 3000 < Method Man
Pusha T < Common
Busta Rhymes < The Game
Ice Cube > Snoop Dogg