Top 10 is not debatable, in fact, top 5 not really debatable at this point.
I can understand people will have their preferences and might have someone else at #1 but personally I don't think there is a better songwriter/rapper in hip hop, ever.
That lyrical miracle bullshit got played out when Drake put top tier bars with top tier melodies, it was a wrap.
Sometimes I listen to rap when I was younger, mid-late 90s to 2000s and while I have a lot of nostalgia it is clear they can't really compare. It's like watching 1950s NBA players vs NBA players now.
All facts! I listen to some old nas projects and think wtf is this dude talking about lol
Maybe hes too surface level / shallow?
"I like when money makes a difference but don't make you different
Started realizing a couple places I could take it
I want to get back to when I was that kid in the basement
I want to take it deeper than money, p****, vacation
And influence a generation that's lacking in patience"
And nothing has changed
Hes still my fave tho lol
it takes time to evolve