Melle Mel Explains Why Busta Rhymes Is Greater Than JAY-Z

What's The Headline

On this week's episode of AFH's What's The Headline, we discuss Grandmaster Melle Mel's sharp critique of Billboard and VIBE's list of the 50 Greatest Rappers Of All Time, and his comments about JAY-Z, Kendrick Lamar, Eminem and Lil Wayne. We also talk about Jadakiss taking record labels to task about some of the content they promote. We discuss Snoop Dogg returning Death Row Records music to streaming services, Dreamville's Creed III soundtrack, Talib Kweli and Madlib's new joint album and more.

0:00 Intro
6:30 Grandmaster Melle Mel offers a sharp critique of the Billboard/VIBE list of the 50 Greatest Rappers Of All-Time
11:40 Why Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five’s “The Message” is one of the 3 best Rap songs of all-time
14:15 The criteria Billboard and VIBE used to create their list
15:00 Why was Melle Mel ranked so low as #48 on the Billboard/VIBE list of the 50 Greatest Rappers Of All-Time
19:30 Melle Mel says Busta Rhymes is a greater MC than JAY-Z and explains why
30:00 Melle Mel say Tupac is greater than both Biggie and JAY-Z
38:00 Melle Mel says nobody wants to rap like Kendrick Lamar and he does not deserve to be #2 on the list
42:40 Melle Mel says Eminem only gets placed at #5 because of his race
49:00 Melle Mel criticizes Lil Wayne for using autotune
51:30 Does Melle Mel’s opinion hold more weight because he is a pioneer of Hip-Hop
55:50 Jadakiss says record labels should be held accountable for releasing violent content
1:04:00 Use of the N word by non-Black people when listening to Rap
1:10:30 Death Row Records music is back on streaming services through Snoop’s partnership with a new major player in music
1:19:45 Many of Hip-Hop’s greatest icons came together to celebrate the release of De La Soul’s music on streaming services
1:22:00 DJ Quik details the behind the scenes intimidation that took place at Death Row Records
1:27:00 The D.O.C.’s first verse in 19 years shows he still has the formula
1:31:53 J. Cole’s Dreamville has created an incredible soundtrack for Creed III
1:41:10 Talib Kweli and Madlib have released their joint album Liberation 2