He definitely got better with time. You can hear it in songs where he’s ACTUALLY spitting and not that commercial shyt like Underground Kings, Tuscan Leather, Weston Road Flows, etc. If he was spitting like that more often, and not that lethargic, uninspired sound like in Free Smoke or 10 Bands, I’d seriously put him ahead of Kendrick Lamar.
Rozay and Jeezy are good ones. If you throw Jay in there then I gotta throw Fab in there. Fab had always had bars but when that TINC tapes dropped, he’s been almost a whole different rapper ever since. He’s more aggressive with his shyt, not as laid back on the track nowadays.