honestly, i watched a lot of old mook battles lately, and he was never the one to blow you out the water with bars and lyricism. he knew how to put verses together well. he does game plan well for his opponents. and it was great cause looking back he was 1 of few that would get personal while his opponent was just throwing writtens out there.
back in the day it worked
but this league is different now. and all the legends came back and realized this. back in 99 diz wouldnt have had a shot vs canibus in that format. in this format where you have to have bars, lyricism, wordplay, catch slogans, slow it downs, stage presence, crowd control, breath control, never choke (unless you a ny rapper then you are forgiven lol) and all thee above to be high on anybody list
the legends sat on they egos and lived off they past names for a long time. those "trapped in the 90's" type fans let them off the hook for a lot of shyt.
mook took this new class of dudes for granted and didnt want to understand that shyt different now. thats why he comes across so horrible right now.