he is THE most technical and lyrical rapper in hip hop. with legends never die, greatest hip hop album ever, he was my all time favorite, and i did love his 2nd release just not as much, ekny was probably my favorite track with gotta be dope next and all systems go 3rd. still arguably the best artist in hip hop, i favor royce da 5'9" slightly more for that spot but im much more familiar with ruggeds body of work than i am all of royces 20+ years lol, he just stays consistently dope tho.