Melle Mel says he can easily beat Eminem in a battle.
Melle Mel, the legendary Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Fiver rapper recently sat down with DJ Vlad for an interview on VladTv where he said that he can easily beat Eminem in a rap battle.
Sugarhill Records released Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious Five in 1984, following the break between Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel. Melle Mel used the title ‘Grandmaster’ and preserved the group moniker ‘the Furious Five’ (albeit the line-up altered) for this album. Melle Mel’s brother The Kidd Creole (N. Glover) and Rahiem stayed with Flash, but rappers Cowboy and Scorpio left with Melle Mel. King Lou, Kami Kaze, and Tommy Gunn, as well as Flash’s best friend E. Z. Mike as DJ, have all joined.
For setting a trail for countless Hip Hop acts to follow, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five deserve all the appreciation in the world. Flash, Melle Mel, Keef Cowboy, The Kidd Creole, Scorpio, and Rahiem launched themselves into Hip Hop history books forever in the late ’70s/early ’80s as the architects of “The Message,” one of the first gritty, socially conscious street raps ever written. The 59-year-old Bronx rapper says that it would be the easiest thing he ever did.
“I would easily beat Eminem in a battle,” says Melle Mel. “It would be the easiest thing I ever did. Easy. Technically he is a great rapper but I’m the greatest. I know how to write it. When I put it down it’s gonna stay down. It would be the easiest thing that I ever did. And when people bring that up, just say ‘you can’t beat Eminem’. I’ve been doing this all my life. I don’t even write how I used to write but still, easy. Rap is my destiny. Everybody that’s out there rapping, they all trying to do something that I did 40 years ago.”
Melle continues, “Rakim was one of the rappers that could rap when we were rapping back then. He definitely is and he changed the game. He was rapping differently but when I heard Eminem rapping, I could rap the same. The game didn’t change. It wouldn’t stop anything. They toss around greatness too much. If you want to be great you have to change something. Eminem is a great rapper why there are no 50 great white rappers? Why nobody saying who is the top 50 white rappers? Cause Eminem changed nothing. I’m not saying he is not a good rapper but what I’m saying is what I did was greatness.”
While Mel’s remarks are likely to enrage Em’s devoted Stans, Slim is sure to recognize the Furious Five emcee’s domination, given his great appreciation for his rap forefathers — though some of Grandmaster Mel’s later statements may probably provoke some dispute. Mel’s thoughts on excellence, as well as his thoughts on a hypothetical Eminem clash, may be seen below.
Watch the whole thing below.
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