Lol don't be a fabnboy, right now drakes songs from his latest have been holding down the billboard charts for weeks
If you look at the first week sales of MMLP2 then you can estimate that he will have a closeish first week sales as views had, his album will also be way better and will lyrically make drakes album look like a joke. We have to remember that Eminem is a rapper that isn't in his prime anymore, but he has still stayed one of if not the most relevant rapper in the world. Drake won't have the first week sales that Eminem has now when he reached that age, and drakes albums now don't even reach close to the sales Eminem had in his prime. Views had what? 1m first week sales? MMLP had like 1.8m and TES had 1.3-4m.
But most importantly, the best rapper is based on quality, not sales. Both Kendrick and J Cole are much better than drake, they are the only 2 who could be compared to a legend like Nas or Em. It's almost insulting to even compare drake to them lol
Ill give this a go, though im bias to a different generation of hip hop. I can only answer with my all time favorite favorite, Sticky Fingers followed by GZA tha Genius. My current favorites, Kevin Flum, then Russ Southernplayalisticfunkycadilacmuzik Madd Villian, aka Victor Vaughn and Dell the funky homosapien Pretty much all current mainstream rappers. Hopefully not kanya. Probably 2poc. Onyx
Rap isn't always about intricate lyrics, and don't say drake songs don't have quality. Some of you need to realize how much Hip Hop has change, those who don't get left behind. This is music we talking about people, and music is art. But perhaps some of you aren't musical and only a artist understands an artist
I don't know any real rap fan who will consider drake in the same league as Eminem. Kendrick Lamar in the same league sure, but saying drake is there is just an insult to Eminem. Eminem is the best selling rap artist, he is the person most responsible for breaking hip hop into the mainstream, he broke down barriers of race within rap, he spearheaded a sub-genre of rap and he has 3 albums that are arguably in the top 10 or 15 rap albums of all time. Drake on the other hand has made some club bangers and has no albums even in the top 30 and maybe not even top 50 of all time.
Eminem is ONE OF the best selling hip hop artists of all time, and to say he is responsible for Rap becoming mainstream is very insulting. You don't know rap
You need to learn the difference between being a lyricists and a rapper. For example, Nas is more lyrical then Jay Z but when it comes to selling albums he outclassed him long time