LP IMO made-and make-better music than Will Smith but as emcees, it's not like you are comparing Will with Kool G Rap or something. Will Smith was a perfectly fine mc-if at times corny-on the early records. LP may be a solid mc by rapping producer standards but it's not like he is some Mount Rushmore guy or anything; let's not forget that even on some of the rhymes on "Breaking atoms", he was just as corny as Will at his worst ...