If the thread is jokes or not it doesn't devalue the truth of what I said. Nope, wrong, most of you have NO idea about lyrics. That's the irony also, you claim Papoose think's he's better than he is (whether he does or not) yet you people act like you know A LOT more about lyrics than you do. It's easy to define the dudes on here that know or not. This is my life, ain't a joke to me. Have you heard MC Metaphysical on here spit? Dude is fire, he is a very dope lyricist himself, we have similar opinions on a lot of shyt, even if me and him disagreed I KNOW he knows his lyrics cause he can write lyrics. Ironfist is another brother that seems to know his shyt from his shyt on here, real recognize real. But the mass have absolutely no clue about lyrics, no idea at all lol. So, your point 2, you just said he can rap.. well that was my point, so you've just proved it, thank you.. as I said he can rap and isn't garbage to the point where he should NEVER pick up a mic again. I didn't say he was the GOAT. Also, not sure if you read what I said or not but I said he had some subpar poor lines, and even fell off a bit too at one point. Third... again I'm not sure your reading, I said myself Jay is in my top 5 and Papoose isn't, so I obviously and clearly rate Jay higher overall, said that NUMEROUS times. Fourth.. finally you got something correct, yes I feel K-Rino is a top 5 MC. Yes it DOES say a lot about my ear. Says I am an expert with immaculate taste when it comes to Hip Hop and value Hip Hop as an artform and culture, not just materialistic dumb shyt like a mindless following sheep/drone and that my priority is pure and simply the MUSIC. Not the sales, not nothing else, and I cannot be fooled,I judge off music and that alone. We can't have a real debate about K Rino because most people don't know his work on here, BUT the ones that do rate him HIGHLY, he was in several of the top 20 OF ALL TIME lists when that was done on here. Also he's rated very highly by esteemed artists such as Scarface, Z-Ro and many others. So I am far from the only one who rates him very highly. K-Rino's music is extremely moving and emotional and deep, now if K-Rino had said he's lyrically better than Jay Z, that shouldn't even be a discussion because he is. I haven't forgot anything, my favourite artist is Pac.. so I'm fully fully aware what music is supposed to do, he isn't the super super complex lyricist, neither is KRS-One who is my 2nd top artist. This indicated NO bias towards super lyrical MC's but an objective rational honest approach and opinion.