Originally Posted by IamAlejo

You'll never hear me hype up 'pac, I'm not a fan at all and believe he's been hyped up after death the same way Big L was. But Biggie hyped up? He had classic after classic. If you're really saying you'd go for Lifestylez over Ready to Die, you're just trying to hard at this whole hip-hop thing.

Big L has Street Struck, and that's about it. He got hyped over some freestyles that weren't even freestyles and some ridiculously clever punchlines. But he wasn't consistent and couldn't really switch up his delivery to keep people interested. Big daddy kane pretty much ate him up Platinum Plus. So much of his stuff just sounds exactly the same.

And I love Scarface but don't get your comparison to the ripping off. Face was way more grimey and one of the best story tellers in rap that there's been. The Diary is phenomenal.