once again, we all have our own taste in music. yes nate is my friend, but i didnt even know him when i first heard his record. the album was so good full of versatyle beats, he had huge features like game, and fabolous, and his flow was so tight that i reached out to him to work on some projects together. i hooked him up with mike mosley and a few more of my peeps and the rest is history. nasty nate is one of MY favorite rappers. if u aint feelin him thats cool by me, but u aint gonna change my mind on him. as far as if he's in the top 10 rappers in the bay, there are tons of dope emcee's in the bay, but i would put nate on stage with any of them and he would get much respect from them as well as the crowd. he's fuckin dope.