It's not hard to make music your base thinks is "classic" rapping like and rapping about the things Too Short does.
People always do that though, especially in hip hop, so no offense to you. It's like you bragging about your daughter having a higher GPA than my daughter...but your daughter is in community college and mine is in Harvard. One's playing on Rookie, the other's playing on All-Madden...the accolade comparisons aint fair.
I hear what you're saying, BUT...
You can't dismiss a music career (ESPECIALLY a RAP music career) that spans OVER 35 years.