Talk about an Elite Eight. Last week’s 78,000 votes have determined the final eight rappers in VIBE’s Best Rapper Alive tournament, and for true rap fans, this week of competition should be the most challenging.
In the Notorious B.I.G. bracket, it’s big brother versus little brother as Jay-Z squares off against Kanye West. Both Jay-Z and Kanye went up against formidable MC’s from their hometowns. Jay beat out fellow Brooklynite Fabolous, 80 percent to Fab’s 20 percent. Kanye, who faced off against fellow CRS member Lupe, beat the skateboard riding MC, 61 percent to 39 percent.
Lil Wayne received 60 percent of the votes over Scarface’s 40 percent in the Pimp C bracket, thus proving many voters were apt to give the nod to a living legend over a current-day popular MC. Nonetheless, Wayne will be going against Ludacris, who beat out T.I., 58 percent to 42 percent.
The backpack MC set took an L in the Big Punisher bracket as Common lost to Andre 3000. Three Stacks is moving on to face the Game, who beat out his fellow West Coast MC, Snoop Dogg by a 10 percent margin.
But the most exciting match up is taking place in the 2Pac bracket. After beating out fellow Queens rapper 50 Cent, by a surprisingly wide margin of 61 percent to 39 percent, Nas will take on Eminem, who slaughtered Ghostface Killah in Round 3 with 84 percent of the vote. Nas, who is the number two seed to Eminem’s number one seed, will undoubtedly be the match up to watch.
Winners of these match ups move on to the tournament’s final four. Be sure to vote all this week, and check back next week to see who has moved on in VIBE’s Best Rapper Alive tournament.
August 11, 2008 @ 12:09 pm
Eminem Versus Nas in VIBE Best Rapper Alive Tourney
Jay-Z versus Kanye West and other exciting match ups in tourney's elite eight
Article tags: Andre 3000, Eminem, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Ludacris, Nas, Outkast, The Game
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