>listened to last night...
>
>along w/ joints like 1-9-9-9, Respiration...
>were reasons why Com was my no.1 emcee for so long, even
>through EC.
>(an album now maybe a decade ahead of its time I felt from
>spin 1.)

All those songs you just named, and kinda his entire run from like 1994 - 2002, specifically 1997-2000, is amongst the best run for an MC in hip-hop history. He was in a zone very, very few MCs have reached in that 97-00 window, IMO. He was introspective, witty, funny, had amazing flow, cadence, "swag" ... and those tracks you just named are among the best of the best during that period.