Gift and the curse of working with the GOAT I guess.

Thing is Guru was a dope rapper but his name doesn't often get brought up when talking about dope rappers. Reasons for this may include:

-Preem was the larger figure in the group(both in talent & personality)
-Guru didn't do a lot of guest appearances
-lack of name recognition (solo MC in a group, name wasn't part of group name, a la PR&CL)

He's kind of like the reverse of Eric B & Rakim. I can't think of anyone else more overlooked, underrated rappers like Thought and Phife get more shine(although BT is a much better rapper). He gets respect when he's mentioned, but I don't think there has been anyone more overlooked with that talent level than Guru.