If Pac could be surpassed bar for bar is debatable, if somebody thought Pac was the best lyricist it's not something I'd be mad at all cause he was so potent and people underrate that as a skill too, he uses the right words most of the time and that's an extremely important part too, to create the right moods and emotion, Pac was extremely effective. I would say K-Rino lyrically is in that category of absolute elite lyricists because he can do the effective shyt or be more complex when necessary, my pick for the best lyricist would be K-Rino but Pac is also a good choice, I probably give the edge to K for body of work lyrically cause he has so much material that is lyrically absolutely incredible, and amazing, K is someone I've listened to and the lyrics have regularly made me like damnn.... On some rewind shyt, Pac didn't really have that as much, definitely rewind shyt but not because of the lyrical excellence in that sense, but Pac was just brilliant as a lyricist and writer, he is extremely underrated and to me better than nearly every other so called lyricist and what he did is much harder than it seems. I appreciate Pac lyrically more and more as time goes by, the brother was a genuis to me, we were blessed to have Pac as a part of the culture do his contributions artistically.