like around CAN-I-BUS and 2000BC.... Think if Black Thought bumped heads with Canibus in those days... I know we're talking about to different styles but none the less the skills are damn near paralell... By far Tariq is much better if we look at the big picture up to date but Canibus undoubtably raised the bar with them two albums and all the underground unreleased shit that never really seen the light of day...
as far as J-LIVE.. black thought is only one notch above him on my list and it's a pretty fine line... I guess it really depends on his next album, "The Hear After". We'll see if it even compares to Riq's performance on TTP...
"HE LEARNED A FEW NEW STYLES SINCE A 2 YEAR OLD PICK-POCKET"