Didn't Nas already go over this almost 20 years ago?
"Won't you let the Late Great Veteran Live"
Jay goes in no doubt but I honestly don't feel he's a better than Biggie. Both of their Flows and wordplay are Godly but in all honesty Biggie can do what Jay can (Hard Tracks, Introspective, Club/Lady Tracks/Versatility etc). But I don't feel Jay can weave storytelling tracks as well as Biggie. That's one thing Jay just didn't do better than NaS or Biggie. They both excelled much more than him in the storytelling department. Sure he's got some really good stories here or there but not on Big's level. Also I can't put Jay's Best 2 above Big's RTD & LAD. That doesn't mean Jay doesn't have Classics, of course he does. Big's Debut was bigger, more impactful, more influential and more critically acclaimed than "Reasonable Doubt" which came out in the Legendary 96' shuffle (NaS, Pac, Fugees, Lil Kim and Foxy all had bigger albums that year.) I'm happy it's finally getting props but RTD is a better album and has more cohesiveness with it being a storytelling album. Also Big was on RD and at that point it was clear who was the Star between the two. Jay was on the rise then, Big was already there.
I brought RD and the DP single, sadly yes people slept. But NOBODY slept on Biggie, even his biggest Foe Tupac was amazed by his talent that they recorded several tracks together before the beef. Also Big's Double Album is light years better than "Blueprint 2" which was uneven at best. LAD is also just as critically Acclaimed as "Blueprint" and sold more records than Jay's biggest LP "Hard Knock Life". Lastly RTD replay value is crazy. The album is still moving units over 25 years later. It was just recently certified 6x Platinum. LAD just hit 11x Plainum so that means both Biggie's albums have a higher Certification than ANY Jay album. Even RTD could very well eventually go Diamond before it's all said and done. Jay has longevity and career success sustainability. Nobody can take that from him. And I doubt another Rapper will break his #1 Streak or Grammy Wins overall. He's carried the torched Lovely and Big would definitely be happy with how far Jay took it. One could argue Big saw the future by working so hard to put Jay on. But he's not better than Big even if he is the closet one, lol.
"Ask My Mans Jigga, My Ace Boon c00n, Told me Cut that B!tch off before the shyt Balloon."
Personally I prefer BIG's voice and bars over Jay any day.
