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MTV votes 'LIL WAYNE as #1 Rapper... but is he?

Okay, okay, I'm sure ya all heard about Lil Wayne being voted #1 on MTV's list and was crowned "The Hottest MC in the Game." We will get into all that, but let's rewind a little bit to some of the underlying heated words between Jay Z and others, a few months before 'Lil Wayne was voted top dog.

Lil Wayne vs Jay-Z...who would in?
Well, I think 'Lil Wayne is nice, but c'mon now...Jigga against Weezy? C'mon. I feel even stupid saying it. Anyway, the whole Jay Z and 'Lil Wayne beef started the day Jay decided to come outta retirement. Lil Wayne dropped a verse on Freekey Zekey's "Beat Without Bass" which includes what most believe is a Jay-Z diss. He says...

"You old ass rappers better stay on tour/ You like 44/ I got a 44/ I'm 24/ I could murk you and come out when I'm 44."

And in December 06 issue of Complex Magazine, 'Lil Wayne stated "I'm better than (Jay-Z)...I'm 24 years old. ... I'm 13 years deep with five albums and 10 million records sold." He continued, "I don't like what he's saying about how he had to come back because hip-hop's dead and we need him...What the f--- do you mean? If anything it's reborn, so he's probably having a problem with that. You left on a good note, and all of the artists were saying, 'Yo, this is Jay's house. He's the best.' Now he comes back and still thinks it's his house... It's not your house anymore, and I'm better than you"

Then on T.I.'s "T.I. vs. T.I.P." album. On "Watch What You Say", Hov takes a shot at Weezy (not by name though), when he says:

"I hear you baiting me lately / I've been doing my best just to stay hater free / Still... watch what you say to me / Sooner or later I take you up on your offering / Put you all in your place / Like I'm replacing your father / You're talking to the author / The architect of the Blueprint/ MY DNA IN YOUR MUSIC / Mutha----... watch what you say to me."

Jay always has a way of knowing the right time to get at someone. Wise dude. Weezy's Beef with "The Clipse" Pusha T and Malice, better known as The Clipse had some words for Lil Wayne and Cash Money CEO, Brian "Baby"Williams. In a interview with Laced Magazine, both members questioned Wayne’s status in the rap game, his sexuality and also name checked a former member of Cash Money’s click who now has beef with the crew.

"If you Wobble Dee Wobble Dee, you can't be a legend Malice said, when asked about Lil Wayne's "Greatest Rapper alive" stance. "You can't kiss other men, you can't wobble dee-wobble dee, and you can't bite styles," Pusha added.

"You can't bite everybody's styles. You can't try to rap like Jay-Z, dress like the Clipse, become a coke dealer after 5 albums, and now dress like Jim Jones. You can't do all that and be a legend. You have to be a trendsetter and he ain't setting any trends," he continued.

This isn't the first time the two camps have had words. In 2006, Weezy F. Baby was quoted saying, "I don't see no fucking Clipse. This is a f----ing legend you're talking to right here".

What's crazy is that the Clipse collaborated with Baby on "What Happened to That Boy" (produced by The Neptunes).

Here's what Weezy had to say when he recently spoke on a variety of issues including the new title he's received. Here it is in WAYNE'S WORDS...

When the MTV Panel Voted 'Lil Wayne #1
"I saw the preview [of the show], and if I'm lying, I'm flying: I was like, 'Who won?' ... I'm glad I won. Yaaa dig! Don't stop believing in me. They say I'm the Hottest MC in the Game. If you label me that, I will live up to it. Trust me," he told MTV.On Writing:
Nah, I'd be ... on another different level to be composing anything in my head right now. So I just go in there and make a song up. If I have a concept for something, it's much easier. But I go in there ... [with] just a little beat; [I start thinking,] "What go to that?" I like to make it up right there. Nobody standing behind the mic, everybody just wondering what I'm thinking about. I say, "I'm ready." Then I'll say, "Four more bars, stop ... all right, I'm ready...Now, on mixtapes, I just kill that sh--. ... I say whatever comes to mind. That ain't freestyle ... 'cause freestyling is dumb to me. Not the battling they do on DVDs and stuff, they be rapping for real.On Longevity:
I don't know what they're gonna do when the [next] album drops. Y'all probably gonna say, "Everybody else, stop rapping." I told y'all a long time ago and y'all just started hearing what I'm saying. Y'all was always hearing me, but y'all wasn't listening. Now y'all listening. I been saying I was the best [since] I was 14. I knew I was the best; I probably wasn't at that time — but I knew. I'm 24. What were you doing at 24? Me, I'm 12 years in.

On his various appearances: I done became a little virus now, 'cause everybody be having me on their song. I was just about to be on [T.I. vs. T.I.P.]. I wanted to be on it bad, and they pulled me, 'cause I guess I be on everything. But hey, if you make everything you do great, like I do ... no lie, man. It's like, "You want Michael Jordan on your team?" "Hell yeah! Yeah, I want him on my team, stupid." That's how I look at it. That's why I do everything. Now the only problem I get is people calling me saying, "Universal don't wanna clear it." And [the record company] and I do everything.

Our Thoughts @ HSH
Now let me make this perfectly clear, I DO NOT have a problem with 'Lil Wayne being voted the hottest rapper, BUT...who's the people who even made such a list?

1. Lil Wayne

2. T.I.

3. Game

4. Andre 3000

5. Kanye West

6. Young Jeezy/ 7. Jay-Z

8. 50 Cent

9. Common

10. Jim Jones

But wait! Did you ever see the MTV panel that made this vote? To me it was funny to even hear some of them use words like "swagger". Talking about this rapper has such swagger and this one doesn't, etc, etc. Well tell me this, how can a swagger-less person even know if a person with swagger has it or not? That's like the nerds of the high school picking who's the coolest kid in school. It just doesn't happen, because it just doesn't make sense! What trips me out - is people acting as if these folks vote carry weight! Yo, you should of seen me in my crib, for 30 minutes I'm standing there with my face looking like I'm choking on a chicken bone - pointing at the MTV panel repeating to myself, "Yo, who da hell are these people?" Well, let's take a look at who they are...

Sean Lee (MTV News Superviser)

Bridget Bland (MTV Radio)

Rahman Dukes MTV (news supervisor) Andrea Producer (MTV.com) Shaeem Reid (Hip-Hop/MTV News)Sway (MTV, V.J. Personality)

Now did ANY of those names make you go, "Oh yea, that cat there sure gets my respect, He’s knows!". At any point, did ya say that? No. I thought it was the nerd convention up in that peice! They look exactly like the type that Just-Ice's crew would have jacked back in the day! LOL! And speaking of back in the day, I bet you this panel probably couldn’t even tell you anything about the Roxy, Latin Quarter, Funhouse, Harlem World, The Underground, Broadway International or The Fever. But yet, they're picking the HOTTEST rappers in the game? I think if you’re gonna do something like that, you should get legends, music producers, or the peers of other rappers, etc. Lemme give you a better example. Now if Kool G Rap, Rakim, Dr. Dre, Jermaine Dupri, Swizz Beats, Jay Z, Just Blaze, picked ‘Lil Wayne as the #1 MC and broke it down as to why...are you listening then? You damn right you are! Their opinion would hold more weight...and it should! Although the panel is wack, I do like Sway (MTV), and think he’s good at what he does. He said something I totally agree with about ‘Lil Wayne.

“You know what I like about Wayne? A lot of dudes that come from the street, jump in this game and think they can get credit 'cause they come from the street - but can't rap for s---! And now Wayne is upping the bar”

This is very true! And no matter how much Weezy disses Jay Z nowadays, dude knows Jay is a master lyricist. He’s just mad at Jay for making a comeback and claiming “NOW” when he feels “NOW” belongs to him! And the young brother has EVERY right to feel that way. Why? Because that’s hip-hop. And YOU better believe that YOU are the best! For the most case, hip-hop is testosterone set to music. So hell yea ‘Lil Wayne feels he is king now. BUT... when he says he’s greater than Jay Z, he’s buggin’. At least not yet. Here’s what Jay said on hot 97 on the Angie Martinez show...

You know he [Kanye] just did this interview where he says he’s Top 5 [in the game right now]. The only two people in the game that are better than him are Lil Wayne and Andre 3000

"Man I’m gonna body slam him when I see him. What is his problem. Nah, I heard about that and how they [MTV] did that now list. I spoke to the kid from MTV. What you should of did was have the people ‘now.’ Because I don’t think I belong on the list. I believe Fabolous belongs on that list … Rick Ross. Other people belong on that list. It should’ve been split up for ‘now’ like REALLY ‘now’.”

Do you ever miss being THAT dude? Being the hottest rapper in the game? Or do you still feel you are?

"Well until somebody makes a album better than Reasonable Doubt. I still think I'm the number one shotta! Or Blueprint, how about that. In my mind. Everybody uses different things to tally up the way they come to their conclusion. My conclusion, in my mind … 'til someone makes a better album than Reasonable Doubt or Blueprint then I'm the top shotta. I really believe I'm the best ever. I'm at least in the argument. I'm arguing with Big and Pac, I'm not really taking it from no one else."

Jay makes a valid point, but remember, Wayne is still young and can make a go for all the marbles. Time will tell. But what I do like most about 'Lil Wayne is that he is a true student of the game. You can tell he studies a lot of great writers, not just “rappers” I said writers! And with all the records he’s sold, and with all the money he has, 'Lil Wayne actually cares about being great! Unlike a lot of today's rappers, this kid cares about being a great lyricist! This guy grinds, and does mixtapes after mixtapes. He doesn’t have to, but he wants to! Which means he has an inner hunger to want more...to be more! And only the great ones have that. Yo, you gotta love it! And if you don't love it, you gots'ta respect it!