Who is forever the King of New York???

[-Antonio-]

No love for Rakim?

[Jim_Davis]

Illmatic > any hip hop album ever made.

Can't argue with that

[res]

"aint no other kings in this rap thing they siblings, nothing but my chir-en (children) one shot they disappearin."

I say it's Biggie because Nas is bigger than NY.
This debate is exactly like comparing Big daddy kane to Rakim in the late 80's. Kane was the big star with the playa persona and Rakim was the deeper semi-underground cat. Kane was king of NY but Rakim was bigger than that.