July 24, 2008 @ 9:27 am

Rappers Beef with 'Best Rapper'

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Joe Budden and Lupe Fiasco disagree with VIBE's Best Rapper Alive tournament

While some rappers named in VIBE’s Best Rapper Alive tournament are excited to be in the big dance (we see you Crooked I!), others, not so much.

After revealing the first-round match ups last week, Lupe Fiasco released a statement, via his label’s (Atlantic Records) message boards, calling the tournament “insidious and reckless action.” Lupe denounced not only his pairing against Q-Tip in the Notorious B.I.G. bracket, the Chi-Town rapper requested his fans boycott the tournament all together.

As the competition officially kicked off this week, rapper Joe Budden – the number 15 seed in the Tupac bracket – released part 3 of his ongoing “Who” series. On the record, Budden raps, “anybody looking at that new VIBE bracket/should see that they don’t know a thing about this rap shit.”

Still, the contest continues, with the first round of voting coming to a close on Saturday. Be sure to check back on Monday, July 28 to see who has moved on to the second round. Hate it or love it, Lupe and Joe could go all the way, but the choice is up to the readers.

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Click here to read Lupe Fiasco's entire statement

Click here to listen to Crooked I's "VIBE.com/Best Rapper Alive Freestyle"

Listen to Joe Budden's "Who (Pt. 3)"

To vote in VIBE's Best Rapper Alive tournament go to http://www.vibe.com/bestrapper/

Article tags: Crooked IJoe BuddenLupe FiascoQ-Tip 

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1.

Rattler33 says:

Buddens always speakin real shit my hats off to my dude he always hold it down. I wanna know how he drew a 15th seed thats ridiculous!

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msvanee says:

I told y'all this was gonna start some mess.

Rappers are gonna be upset. Real HIP-HOP Fans is not gonna be happy about the results because like I said before, if you know Nelly, but don't know a damn thang about Crooked I, then how is that fare game? You got underground rap mixed with Top #1 (One-hit wonders-teen boppers) matched up against each other, and then you want the public to vote the greastest rapper alive. We can hate on Lupe and Joe Budden all we want, but the truth is the truth. This competition is Bias.....They say the top 64, but they put Scarface (my favorite Houston M.C) on and not Rakim! Everybody knows that Rakim should be in the competition. Plus, you forgot DMX and Too Short, but yet we gotta choose between Diddy and Bow Wow. And you got Lil Mama before EVE, Remy Ma, Shawna or Rah Digga. This is HIP-HOP and I think y'all got the game f**ked up.......Diddy admitted he was not a rapper but clearly an entertainer. It's way too many opinions in the Vibe Office and I think this was not planned out very well. Once the winner is put out in the Vibe, all hell is gonna break loose. There is no great one rapper alive because it's too many different types of rappers in the business. Y'all should have stuck with The Best Female MC, The Best Old Skool, The Best Hard Core, THe Best Teen Booper, The Best Rap Entertainer, The Best Underground, The Best EAST-WEST-SOUTH-and MID-WEST Rappers, ect..... This would have been alittle more of a fair challenge to the readers of Vibe Magizine. It's easier to beef with someone when you got Lil Wayne going up against T.I for the Best lyrics in the business today. People can put out good points on both sides. But to compare Lil Mama to somebody like Nas(example- if they had to match up) this would not be a fare game...ms.vanee@yahoo.com or ms.ladyvanee@hotmail.com...

P.S if y'all need some help holla back because I need a job. This is right up my alley.

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Maroonsista says:

I'm not boycotting this competition regardless. If the REAL best rapper alive (Rakim!) is not on this list, I'm going to do my damedest to make sure somebody who doesn't deserve it will win. I have yet to see the real best rappers alive say they are the best rappers alive. Know why? They don't need to. They know their ish.

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Jayda310 says:

I understand where Lupe's coming from. They put him against Q-Tip because of that slight fight they had last year. VIBE is just tryna re-open wounds and create unnecessary drama. If he had be paired against someone else it wouldn't have been as bad or as blatant trying to create more beef

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balaramesh says:

lupe and joe budden are nice as most of the dude out. great flows with substance. no gimmicks. just complex rhymes.

this is by far the worst list EVER tabulated. some 47 year old lady and a 13 year old made this list.

croooked i is very ill. he needs an album out. not just mixtapes. i dunno, i am torn between him and game. game has more material.

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mixassassin says:

I don't really understand all the hate goin on against this competition....sure seeds are a lil messed up but these dudes should be happy they even in the shit......my dude crooked i got a 14 seed but u dont hear me complaining.....instead im just supporting him.....Crooked I=Best Rapper Alive....if ya don't believe that go check the material....more quality music than u gonna find with most rappers.....and on top of that he gettin better every damn week......vote crooked i ya'll

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COB2DETH says:

hahahahaha f**k lupe and f**k budden they just mad cuz they got no chance. unlike crooked i who is actually making a point why he is the best rapper alive that freestyle is lyrical murdaaa.

so shut up pussy ass lupe ya beeaatch

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Tumblin_Dice says:

@ the person who wrote this story, You know damn well neither one of them has a shot at winning this. Lupe has a slim chance but Budden has no chance, putting him up against Nas. Whoever did the seeding messed up, but than again there was no method involved whatsoever. All you guys did was select rappers, you did match ups by whatever you found intriguing, and thats that. Lol at Lil mama, Missy, Juelz, Boosie, Paul Wall, Lil Webbie, rich boy, nelly, flo rida amongst others having a better seed than Joe Budden. Then you idiots wonder why people don't find Hip hop sites, and magazines credible anymore. It's because of garbage like this.

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