He most definitely deserves 5 mics. How many cats you know been around for like 13 or more years and can still bring consistent heat . Along with running a label, being an artist, and having a family.
Yes, the source is way to biased especially when it comes to westcoast and southern music. But, who would you like the five mics to go to. Listen to the album, it's a classic. The beats, the concepts, the lyrics, the lack of features. He is holdin it down and still makin gangsta music in 2002. I haven't heard an album this year that can even come close to it.
Now, that is my opinion and ya'll can call it how you see it, but face remains to be a lyrical power house and trendsetter.
A.K.