I think Kane would have demolished Ra in a battle. KRS too. Rakim is a prototype of a sort, but his music never struck me as versatile. Matter fact, one way to illustrate it is by looking at Quik and Eiht's battle which Quik won hands down. I'm a bigger Eiht stan than a Quik stan, but the way Quik freely shytted on Eiht during Dollars & Sense put a spotlight on Eiht's limitations. Quik came off on that track like he was having a blast with it. It was fun to him. All of Eiht's shots at Quik though, were typical threatening sh1t. I couldn't imagine Eiht having fun and be freewilled on a diss towards anybody.
Same thing with Rakim. Kane would have a field day using humour, wit, swag, and style on Rakim. He'd ride whatever production was afforded him and have a joint full of quotables. I can't see Rakim doing the same thing. Rakim was great going at imaginary emcees like the Terminator, but if he were to do the same thing with an actual battle ready emcee like a Kane or KRS, he'd get roasted.
All that shyt,..
Chu talembout is some bullshyt.
If Kane was ready and could serve ra.
He would have done it back in the day.
When he needed to lolligag and posse up with the other juice crew members.
To try to ridicule ra,...
Then ra had to show and prove and shut them nikkas all the way up, b.
Stop playing and real talk,...
Culturally, skillwise and track record wise.
Bdk ain't on no day could see rakim ever in his life.
Only nikkas thinking that is some toy ass nikkas.
Who do not know the history, and discography of both artist and culture of hiphop.
As real talk,...
If Kane was so dope, as a versatile artist, lady's man.
Why does he have no actual culturally accepted classic girl record.
on the level or strength of Ra, at all.
Kane has, no mahogany's, know what's on ya mind,at all.
Nor, was he capable of making them over the duration of his career.
As he lacked the consistency or technical skilled rubric and dedication to the culture, and preservation of emcee'n as ra.
On no day will ra be challenged by kane, nikka!
Get real, b!
Kane is the most hurtful turncoat sellout in the history of rap.
The only reason he gets a pass is because he was so good.
People would like to see him atone for his past and get it together and rekindle what he had.
Yet, all the time ra consistently spit and never sold out or fell off skillwise.
Kane was on complete bullshyt.
Kane had more than a decade plus of bullshyt garbage.
He did not re-write himself fully in the beginning stages till mackula.
Then he fell off again, and we had to wait till platinum plus to the man and icon era.
for him to get his shyt together.
nikka,..please...
Kill it with that kane is on ra's level, shyt...
THe separation and gap between kane [tied with ll at three] and ra at two and three all time.
Is a huge wall of china slash grand canyon vast depth distance apart.
Art Barr
This breh sound like the average nikka back in the Summer/Fall of 2001 talmbout how Jay would CRUSH Nas in a battle. Look how that turned out 
