Except Rakim in 88 & Nas in 94, no one was more lyrically ahead of their time than...

[Shammago]

when the beat changed, the acid really kicked in

Ohhhhhhn shyt at the HE-MAN gif

 

[Pool_Shark]

Embarrassingly I never heard of these guys, just assumed they were another name from the past and didn't really give it a chance. Props.

Now I got a new rabbit hole to go down.

 

[Heelish]

Ohhhhhhn shyt at the HE-MAN gif

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ5LpwO-An4[/ame]

 

[DaveyDave]

Kool Keith in 86?

 

[FeloniousMonk]

i think jay-z in 96 was ahead of his time too, nikka was fukkin incredible, people didn't even fukk with him back then, it wasnt until years after that they got up on his 96 shyt, excluding "aint no"

88' Jaz O says diff.

Twista if anybody was ahead of his time...