does not make you "smarter" or more "knowledgeable" when it comes to hip-hop.
OOOOH, I GOT SLUG, SADISTIK, DZK, EYEDEA, AND IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE IN MY TOP 5!!! I'M SUCH A HIP HOP HEAD!!!
No, you're not. You're an idiot for believing any of those guys are better than Jay in his prime...Em in his prime...Rakim in his prime...Biggie in his prime...Nas...fucking Andre 3000...
I listen to Atmosphere quite frequently but this dude (Slug) could never pull off the insane stories Biggie has (at least he attempted to in a few songs tho), or the crazy rhyme schemes Em could pull off. None of them could match the cadence of all of the above artists I mentioned have on a track.
And, before you call me a biased prick, I listened to a little bit of Slug, DZK, Eyedea, and Immortal Technique before making this thread.
My conclusion: they all sound like nerdy kids that got bullied in school.