best ever emcee all around-2pac
best emotional-immortal technique (you never know, dance with the devil)
best storyteller-immortal technique, Big L (casualties of a dice game)
best swagger-jay
Best car music-Mobb Deep
best battler on wax-canibus
best producer- Just Blaze
best lyricist-nas, Talib Kweli, Black Thought
biggest changer-Common, Rakim
dirties ram thuggin- wu tang
fave flow-Cam'ron, Jadakiss
personal fave-nas, immortal technique
up and coming underground artist- Jean Grae
up and coming commercially- Jin, Kanye West
most overated-Chingy, J Kwon, Young Buck, Fat Joe, Ying Yang Twins, all that Lil' Jon bullshit

most underated-Shyne, Obie Trice, Joe Budden (just listen to dude's lyrics), Too $hort (fuckin' rap vet)

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