>
>>lol dude had that one song with Greg Osby which was nice,
>>other than that he didn't have any material without Pete
>until
>>"American Me".
>
>Fair enough. Not to many will argue against that.
>
>
>>
>>If y'all want to say he has a groovy flow, that's fine. But
>>nobody recites his lyrics.
>
>DEFINITELY not true. Plenty of people would rank CL amongst
>the best of that era.
>
>Personally I know more Pete Rock
>>verses than CL's.
>
>Like I said, this might be more about you than CL. Just
>because you know more of Pete's lines ( which are quite easy
>to memorize), that doesn't mean CL wasn't dope. That's not a
>very good litmus test.

He wasn't top 20 in NY/NJ in 1991-1995.

Buckshot
Busta Rhymes
Chubb Rock
Diamond D (yes Diamond is a better rapper than CL)
Dres
Guru
GZA
Heavy D
Kool G Rap
Kool Keith
KRS
Large Professor
LL Cool J
Lord Finesse
Masta Ace
Method Man
Pharoahe Monche
Pos or Dove or both
Positive K
Puba
Rakim
Redman
Sticky Fingaz
Tragedy the Intelligent Hoodlum
Treach
Q-Tip
Queen Latifah
Wise Intelligent

lol almost got to 30. Take 10 off the list and he's still not top 15 in NY/NJ.