Quote Originally Posted by cjhutch
Busta, was never really in the group because the focus was always on him. The other cats in LONS were just hype men with verses thrown in to give him a water break. When he came out with Tribe back in the day on Arsenio Hall it was a wrap. He tore it up on the stage. Here's the video for those that don't know what I'm talking about. I was like 8 years old back then.
Busta was just another member of the group, dude. They were all equal members. But the group got caught up because folks were paying more attention to Busta and not the group as a whole. They were known to argue about shit in the latter days because of this reason. They were saying that Busta was trying to be the front man. I was 22 years old then.

Quote Originally Posted by cjhutch
Anyone who creates a greatest rapper list without Rakim or KRS-One in the Top 5 knows nothing about hip hop. You can go ahead and throw Big L and Biggie in there too. Jay can have the 5th spot cause he got half of his hot lines from Biggie. Big L taught people outside of NY what all the up north slang words meant.
I never made a top 5 or 10 list. In this thread. I have before. It included Rakim, KRS-1, Kool Moe Dee, Melle Mel, Ice Cube among others. But my list doesn't include Biggie. It doesn't include Pac. It would Include Nas and maybe Jay Z. And it certainly doesn't include Big L. Later, QD.