QUOTE(ImperialSnob @ Feb 9 2014, 11:41 AM)

That'd be Nas.
I'm a fan of his more confrontational stuff like "Ether" and "Got Yourself a Gun".
To be honest, I think the reason that battle rhymes like "Ether" are great because the artists are actually motivated to be better than an opponent, rather than simply trying to tell people how rich/smooth they are.
He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster. And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee. - Friedrich Nietzsche