I wouldn't go that far. Notorious Big at the very least is in the convo.
big's flow would not be a relevent fact based point.
in the discussion of flow, incomprison to method man.
as big did not solidly have his flow and vocal tonality skillwise till the junior mafia record.
big did not get his flow exactly on point in the RTD movement.
till, the unbelieveable recording which was the last record made on RTD, too.
meth was already solidified in his skillbase as a major label talent for three years by then.
if you count the recording cycle of protect ya neck to the time RTD, dropped in 1994.
when, meth debuted on protect ya neck, he immediately took the world by storm.
in that same time frame, big was loud and offkey.
dreams was nuffin more than a white label with little to no traction.
outside of really dedicated listeners, and dj's like jp chill on whpk.
which at the time, was not better than ultramag and tim dog's, porno star.
plus, he was on the 411 remix album and was nowhere near respected as an emcee like meth.
nor, was his skill's base and draw actualized at that point, either.
art barr