pearlhandle
Pro
Worst part about it is, so far as bars are concerned, Black Thought is light years beyond ANY name mentioned in this thread. I suppose he's too conscious and too old to wear the crown from some people's perspectives. Reality is, it's kinda mind boggling that Philly didn't champion him. I don't know if it's the Philly version of getting a dicitionary along with your purchase of Illmatic in the South when it comes to Black Thought, or what.
The funny thing is Philly loves the roots but it probably seems otherwise cause the Thot crowd has a louder voice. But every Philly rapper bows to them. I got friends in those circles and every time thought comes in the cypher it's nothing but respect from everybody cause the roots really show love to the Philly scene.