>i feel like i cant "count" elmatic as part of his catalog
>when comparing him to other rappers. its kind of like a
>mixtape type of thing. not really an official album but one
>that i sure love listening to.
>
>i need to re-listen to jericho jackson but for now i would say
>the preface is his best solo work.

Yes I agree - The Preface tops them all. It's imperfect but it's perfectly his. And Black Milk was still at that early-yet-transitional point of his career where he was still primarily boom bap, and soul sample based but was experimenting with the more abstract sounds that would define his 2010-and-beyond career. So El had an old school yet still interesting backdrop to spit over. And it worked well.