Schema, I can kinna understand why u feel that way about Ether. But KEEP this in mind , this was NASIRS 1ST FIGHT-coming FROM TOTAL inactivity- for more than 4YRS , GRIEVING his MOTHERS DEATH. BUT, with that 1 song he took away JAY-Z's seeming AURA of INVINCIBILITY. Nas did to JAY what RABBIT did to PAPA DOC-he revealed immbarrassing personal info on J (and thats a 'PERSONAL'-A HUGE PERSONAL) anytime some1 can get info like that on u. Also, REMEMBER, like someone ABOVE SAID already, there are DIFFERENT LEVELS of BATTLE (WRITTEN, AUDIO and LIVE-face to face) WITH their own DISTINCT JUDGING CRITERIA. See, though they share the common thread of being Battles, you must JUDGE them USING the CORRECT CRITERIA-OR ELSE u could END UP CALLING sumpthin GENIUS DUMB as fuk. U SED something like ,"with lyrics like that WE'D TELL THEM TO ELEVATE In Here", but u FAILED 2 JUDGE Ether on its CORRECT CRITERIA (Production, Flow, the Voices Bearing[calm, angry, the clearness of the voice etc.) To DRIVE IT HOME, let's look at MULTIS. YA'LL HERE on this site WORSHIP fukin MULTIS, But in LIVE BATTLE you DONT USE Overly COMPLEX Rhyme SCHEMES-'less u wanna lose- Cuz WHEN YOUR LIVE- FOLKS only GET 1 CHANCE to hear your shit and if U FUK UP or Mumble ,or Rap Super Fast, then THE CROWD ends up MISSING your Punchlines and Witty remarks and U WILL LOSE BADLY. Yes BADLY, even though u used a More Complex Rhyme Scheme and Sed 'Deeper' Shit than the other guy. See on the LIVE level of BATTLE-CLARITY, HUMOR and SIMPLICITY are far MORE important THAN fukin MULTIS and- "but I USED BIGGER WORDS than he did??!!??- So next time u JUDGE a thing KEEP that in mind, I mean that with NO HATE cuz I can appreciate your analytical way of examining things, it's quite interesting. I WROTE A FUKKIN LIBRARY-DAMN!! NUFF SED.1