and before niggas get their panties in a bunch, the title of my "favorite" rapper changes back and forth between hov and nas DAILY! no 2 people that have ever picked up a mic can see those dudes in my eyes, fuck all that rakim and who ever else you want to name shit... I'm 27, I didn't start listening to rap till I was like 10-11, so that's '93-94. I missed all that other shit.
I just happened to believe my dude Nas took an L in the war

unlike ya'll I line the tracks up the way they happened, with NO bias!
Takeover > H to the homo
Super ugly < Ether
Blueprint 2 > Last Real Nigga Alive

admit it if you want or not, but this was a 3 song WAR and Nas took the L, Ether just had that fuckin' sick ass beat! ughhh that beat?! Not to say ether wasn't lyrically sick, but damn... the beat just had it so crazyyyyy, come on!