I felt there wasn't a single year where he was the biggest, hugest rapper out, but he was always Top 3, for like a good 10-12 year stretch, which is actually harder. People took it as me insulting him, which is expected.

The ONLY arguable year to me is 2001...and even then, it felt like commercially, Ja Rule and others were still bigger overall. But 98 was surely DMX. 2003 was surely 50 Cent. 2000 was surely Eminem. 93 was surely Snoop. 95 was surely Big. 96 was Pac. It was never a clear cut year where Jay was THE biggest/hottest rapper.