As for his body of work overall, i'd say it's
about a 4 mic average, first two...maybe even 3 being great albums, how well they measure up to cats like pac or jay or nas really doesn't matter if you can put him and his rank in the proper perspective, I would never give him a top 5 overall nod so there is no real need for his albums to have to compare track for track with anybody on this list, his music is HIS. For arguments sake though...
Jay, nas, pac are all top 5, KRS, rakim get nods
Cube is filling out the bottom half of the top 10.
Snoop ...doggystyle was great, shout to DOC
Biggie sits right outside of my top 10 along with em.
bone/kast are groups/duo's...KANE is one of those guys that get's a nod more so for his talent rather than some stellar body of work depending on what your criteria is.
Kool G is another cat who usually does, and should rank high MOSTLY because of his talent...I wish a nikka would try to rank a kayne west or some shyt over him because his albums are easier to listen to or some shyt, his discography isn't really his ticket into the elite class, it's his ability and influence.
No scarface?
Eminem is/was an amazing talent and regardless of how you feel about his mainstream acclaim you can't take it from him...that's no different than people claiming that jay is living off his brand rather than his output, mainstream media will always show bias toward stars, but you take that shyt away eminem at his core is still an emcees, emcee.