Lord Jamar Debates Vlad on Black Thought Being a Top MC 

Go ask any MC if they want it with Black Thought. Exactly.

Never heard a whack verse from Black Thought...

I am starting to believe that Vlad does not really understand the intellectual significance of hip-hop.

Black thought rap circles around jay z. FACTS

Black Thought is a lyrical genius!!! Vlad is a joke

All of Vlads “credibility” is gone now. Dude is a joke. Black Thought is a King among Kings

Black thought Is elite

Vlad has no credibility in hip hop if he doesn't think Black Thought is a top MC.

“Unsung, underrated, under-appreciated, the one them underachievers had underestimated” ~Black Thought

Black Thought is a genius and worthy to be in the conversation of top ten lyricists of all time. If you're upset that anyone puts Black Thought in their top 10 or even top 5, then you don't understand hip hop. Period.

Vlad.... huh? How is Black Thought NOT a top MC when he is literally the BLUE PRINT of what an MC is???

Black Thought is one of the greatest ever. How is this in question?

Black Thought is your favorite Emcees Favorite Emcee.

Vlad stick to asking the questions because Black Thought is beyond your comprehension. Factz💯

Vlad lost all creditabilty

This dude just said "I wouldn't put him in my top 50." That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard a human being say about anything..

Black Thought is a purist when it comes to EmCeeing... he is Hip Hop in its essence... 💯

Vlad Bugging ! Black Thought Is ya favorite rappers favorite rapper...

j Cole is not better than black thought.

Vlad loses a lot of credibility when he makes dumb statements like that, BLACK THOUGHT is dope.

No way anyone can objectively say Black Thought is not a top emcee. This is really baffling lmao. When it comes to every facets of being an emcee, Black Thought excels in it all. Lyricism, flow, cadence, mic presence, writing, use of literary devices, vocal tone, etc. You cannot defend any statement that claims he is not in that category. Vlad's couldn't even explain his reasoning, just spoke in broad, vague rhetoric that didn't explain shit at all.

Who let Vlad in the community? Why does he have a voice? Excommunicate him immediately.

I'm loving how Jamar has to visibly restrain himself because he is so offended and is really struggeling to find the right words to describe how wrong vlad is on this one. That level of respect is just mind blowing. "I'm telling you: Don't front on Black Thought." Props!

Vlad legit understands nothing about hip-hop

Thought's breath control alone blows most mcs out the building. foh Vlad

Vlad hasn't listened to Black Thought. He just showed me that he isn't a real hip hop head. For him to not say Black Thought isn't a top MC is like saying Michael Jackson wasn't a great dancer...

Vlad is a clown!!! Black Thought killed "Super Lyrical" on Big Pun's Capital Punishment album!

Lord Jamar is struggling to explain to Vlad that Black Thought is like a God level quintessential MC. He's the very essence of Mceeing without all the flashy stuff and hot beats. He's a pure artist and it's time people recognize the man's skill level.

Black thought bodies all contemporary mcs hands down..

In the wake of Black's recent Flex freestyle, this is hilarious.

black thought is def top mc tho! he could rap circles around most dudes out now and probably has been able to do so for 20+ years

Am I wrong for thinking this discussion is disrespectful to hiphop? Or at least to the contribution of Black Thought? What grounds is his greatness legitimately in question? What rubric? Vlads fake opinion strikes again, and we're left defending artists that need no defense, the culture moves down...vlads views move up... (I'm guilty too bcuz I watched the shit)

No other emcee has a powerful vocal presence on live shows like Black Thought (KrsOne comes close), apart from hes ability to fully exploit the english vocabulary. Vlad is crazy

you can tell although vlad may listen to hip-hop but he don't study the culture.

Black Thought is a Hip Hop Hidden Gem My Friend.

Black Thought the most underrated lyricist ever

Black Thought is a top 5 MC....Cmon not even in your top 50? So you can name 50 MC's that are better? He named TI...lost all his points.

Culture vultures hating on one of our g.o.a.t..

Listening to Vlad shows you why deserving actors don't be bringing home Oscars.

The way Jamar talks so passionately about Black Thought is so beautiful! Then he pauses... Wow! That's love! I love it!

IF BLACK THOUGHT NOT IN YOUR TOP 5, YOU ARE LISTENING TO R&B!

Most underrated emcees of ALL TIME!!! Black Thought Mos def Talib Kweli Common

Real hip hop heads have black thought on there top list.

Guru was nice. Very underrated. Word to the wise, you don't gotta rate everybody

Black Thought is the Kawhi Leonard of MCs. Underrated as hell

No way T.I. is better than Black Thought! And I'm a huge T.I fan. I too totally agree with Lord Jamar, Black Thought trashes Eminem.

jcole better than black thought???? GTFOH!!!!

Lord Jamar is right. Even though Jay-z, Nas, T.I., etc...are dope. There is a difference between the art and the flash and charisma. Black Thought, Talib Kweli, Lupe Fiasco, and so on are in a different class. Not a BETTER class, just different. " If skills sold, truth be told, I'd probably be lyrically Talib Kweli". Jay-Z

Black Thought is top 5 worthy off of straight skill He been in the game 20-25 years and has yet to spit a mediocre verse, not even a bad verse. I mean I remember I think 2014 when he went crazy on them features Rapid Eye Movement (he managed to outshine Pharoahe fucking Monch) Bird's Eye View The Imperial Those were like 3 verse of the year contenders

This is the interview that made me hate vlad, just because he showed how he is a fuq dude. Then pulled out that agree to disagree. Then he said Eminem, Beanie, and TI are better than black thought.

Black thought top 5 lyricist period. Vlad trippin

Black Thoughts is one greatest M.C.s no if and or buts about it.

VLAD the culture Impaler, smh... Black Thought in the stratosphere as Royce, GZA, DOOM, Kool G Rap, Tech 9ine, Deck...all the hardcore lyrical BEASTS!

Big up to Lord Jamar for recognizing that Black thought is a flame thrower 🔥

j cole? tupac? ti? emeniem? beanie sigel? Black Thought surpasses them lyrically + he's a freestyle MC! vlad is WAY off ramp! FOH vlad! and Guru is dope ass MC!

Vlad also said 2 Chainz is a real lyricist

I have never heard a bad Black Thought Verse.

Vlad's opinion about Thought has aged like milk since this video was released.

Jay z and jcole they ain't close to black thought

So... do i vote this up because of Lord Jamar.. or vote it down because Vlad is talking stupid?

Some people are attracted to lyrics that are constructive, critically well thought, intelligent, informative, dignified, self respecting and edifying. Vlad is not one of those people.

Vlad compared j Cole to jay z and KRS one. nuff said

** Unsubscribes and listens to Black Thought's newest HOT 97 freestyle with middle fingers waving in the air ** @djvlad your opinions are like a soundsystem with all treble................baseless!

If Black Thought release a solo album with a couple of nice producers around him he would put the majority of these new rappers in his pocket.

The way Jamar pauses exactly describes Thought's presence in the game! His bars transcends everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

black thought is one of the finest we have alive Vlad

Black Thought makes shit rhyme that has no business rhyming. Unless you know what it's like to write rhymes, you may not notice this subtlety or how difficult or even how unlikely it is to consider rhyming like that. I can't think of anyone who does this better than him, now that I think about it. Rhyming is an artform so some people will get it and some won't. Ask the great MCs and I promise every one of them will acknowledge that Black Thought is WITHOUT A DOUBT, one of the greatest MCs of all time. What I mentioned is only one of his attributes, but if you reverse-engineered his rhymes, you will see what I mean with more clarity.

Black Thought IS better than eminem. Jamar is right for once.

Black Thought is a top MC. Period. He brings a level of intellectualism to hip-hop unmatched by any other MC. He has been doing it for years. Lord Jamar is spot on when he said Black Thought has bars and bars and bars. Dude will go on for days. If someone claims to be a hip-hop fan and doesn't know who Black Thought is or gives him the proper respect he deserves as an MC, then that person loses all credibility with me. Vlad included.

Give Vlad a retro Donkey of the Day 😂😂😂. Black Thought just shitted on you 🙄🙄🙄

vlad tripping about putting J Cole over black thought. buggin!

People aint even counting LIVE CONCERT SHOWS as a criteria for top emcee (MC = MOVE THE CROWD) And Black Thought and the Roots have one of the BEST shows in not just hip-hop....but ALL GENRES of MUSIC....this is what people don't want to understand.

Black Thought is undeniably one of the greatest lyricists on or off earth for all eternity before now and after. Period.

I hadn't watched this dude much since he set up Tommy Sotomayor on his show, but I saw the title to this video and watched it. Click bait at its finest, no true fan of hip-hop would utter such disrespectful words.

Everybodies entitled to their opinion, but to say TI is better than black thought shows some serious ignorance on vlads part, and also speaks to the volume of how hard people really sleep on black thought and also don't listen to his lyrics, any resaonable mind cant listen to black thought and not see him as a top lyricist.

"I think TI's a better rapper than Black Thought." Enough said. Your opinion is based on ignorance. You are not equipped to be in this discussion.

1. Black Thought 2. Nas 3. Andre3k 4. MFDoom 5.Rakim

That Flex freestyle.. He said stuff that you have to go back and listen to and he did it in ONE TAKE!! Shut up Vlad!!

I literally signed in and had to change my password just to say out loud and publicly that Vlad is whack for saying that mess. Interviews may be his thing, but true hip hop isn’t. You knew it as soon as he compared Thought to Jay Z and Big. 🤣😂 this was the most ridiculous thing I ever heard

10 Minute Freestyle! Black Thought is Elite!

Vlad... check Black Thought's verse on The Imperial from Statik Selektah with Action Bronson and Royce 5'9. Then go check out his verse on Extradite on Freddie Gibbs album. That's just two recent verses that if you don't recognize his value then turn in your hip hop credentials by the end of the week. Actually, fuck that. Check his verses on: J Dilla - Reality TV Skyzoo - Money Makes Us Happy Raekwon - Masters Of Our Fate Prhyme - Wishing pt II Ghostface - In The Park Styles P - Cause I'm Black Thought might even step his game up without the Roots.

Take this down....Vlad sounds foolish. Black Thought is one of the BEST MCs of all time. He spits ETHER!

I'm from DC, and when I was 15 back in 2000, Things Fall Apart was my first REAL hip-hop album. It wasn't a cheap CD either, I think I paid $20 for it!! As soon as I loaded it into my stereo, that quote from Mo' Better Blues, which really goes to show you how smart The Roots really are, and how privy they are to this ancient argument about them and Black Thought... Anyway, then tracks 2 - 18: DOPE DOPE DOPE DOPE DOPENESS was injected into my brain! It was the first time rhymes affected me in such a way that I wanted to immediately learn every single word in every song so I could rap along. It was the first time I admired an emcee's delivery, tone, emphasis, flow, conviction, imagination, and wordplay. "When the Fifth do get on and perform, you in for it/It ain't no way to cen-sor it, my style metaphoric/To bricks and ten tons stacks hard to lift!" I always imagine all the stacks of bricks with that line! Furthermore, it was the first time, upon listening to any album that I immediately wanted to run out to see the show, and when I did I wasn't disappointed AT ALL!!! Shout out to 9:30 Club December 2000! TARIQ TROTTER aka BLACK THOUGHT is a tenured sensei. He's been on a NEW LEVEL waaaaaay before A$AP Ferg. Black once said, "Push pen to paper like Chinua Achebe." So, look. If you don't like emcees who have completely MASTERED the art form of RAP, intricately weaving together simple to complex concepts in order to tell all kinds of stories so that it comes off as exquisitely effortless, then Black Thought is not for you. At least not yet, I'm actually a little worried because you might be suffering from "malnutrition," by being fed basic raps. It could take some time for you to work your way up to SOLID food, but eventually you'll get there, and be enjoying that home cooked soul food with the rest of us, no additives or preservatives! #PPD #LongLiveBlack #Peace&Blessings

"Slim Jesus is #1 MC in my book" - DJ Vlad

Vlad said Black Thought aint in J Cole's category...hahahaha

Vlad you wouldn't put Black Thought in the Top 20????? I have no words man lol

Thought is the type of MC that a lot of rappers are either scared to rhyme with or they make sure to step their game up if they're gonna rhyme with him. Vlad is bugging. Thought is a rapper's rapper.

There’s an elephant in the room... how is black thought not making a top “50” list?!

Black Thought is in my Top 10 Emcees no doubt!

He is (one of) the greatest, because he never does what they do

Black thought wayyyy nicer then T.I.

Lord Jamar defended Black Thought?!?! This might be the first time I like a video he was in. 🤣

I'm glad that Jamar said this before the freestyle too because a lot of people been jumping on the BT wave as of late.

I don'tr rate Vlad as either a top DJ or a journalist , Black Thought's contribution & dedication to hip hop is unquestionable, consistently dope

Black Thought aint got bars said no1 ever

“Just as an MC I wouldn’t put him at the top” that’s the reason he’s at the TOP BC AS AN MC

Lord Jamar SCHOOOOOOOOOLED YOU.

Vlad : I like T.I better than Black Tought Jamar: Huh ? (Looked at Vlad like a dummy)

If Black thought was talking about selling drugs and pimpin out women and degrading the black community i guarantee you that Vlad would gave him in the top 10

Black Thought is my number 10 on my top MC list. He's a beast. and when Malik B left the Roots he had the whole canvas to shine and never disappointed. His word play bananas and limitless in the topics he can cover and not lose ground lyrically. Vlad tripping