In your opinion (or anyone else who wants to reply), does an accapella of a known legend have the advantage over a track with a local MC? Same beat, version 1 - local MC from around your hood, version 2 - any know mainstream rapper. I'm not trying to start any beef, just getting peoples thoughts/opnion's.
It's both pros and cons.
I usually have an aversion to people just chucking up a 2pac or biggie acapella ie any of the more obvious names.
Got nothing against people using big popular names (Used Jay Z and Snoop Dogg myself) but it's about
how you use it and how it fits the track. When someone uses a pac/big/whoever and does it poorly it comes off bad imho.
The main benefit imho of it is it's a professionally performed professionally recorded vocal... so depends if someone's local rapper/homeboy can actually rap well. If they can't then it's a disadvantage of course.
But if your beat hot and the vocal hot i don't care who's on it. Obvioisly the beat gotta be good tho!!! (Somtimes people do get by because good vocal on dry beat tho)