its very hard for someone to keep my ear after their early works because I feel that their beats have changed course. do I think Nas is not a good beat picker, yeah. but at the same time, what he picks brings his albums success and expands his fan base. Eminem is a great lyricist, there is no denying that...if he wasnt I couldnt listen to hardly any of his stuff because I dont like the production. its relative to what the individual likes. but contrary to what the other poster said, I just couldnt fukk with LiG.