both audio and text need their own mindframes and have their fanbase of choice.
like an mmorpg game, theres different jobs and classes. all of them are good at their own thing and when they're put up to fight eachother 1vs1, its hard to tell who will win by comparing classes. the only thing people can use to predict the winner is the players' reputations and win records. rap is a general branch/element of hiphop itself, just as breakdancing and turnablism is. it all comes down to the choice of the artist and fan preference(of every element of hiphop) to feel out which is a stronger division and if it matters or not and how enjoyable they'd conceive each to be, personally. all of these artforms are jawdropping at their fullest potentials. imo getting cocky with text is cheesy as hell though.