All ye and drake fans try to say that everyone gets help. I write and can tell you that when u have talent you dont need help. Maybe with hooks. But you should be able to write those verses in between on the toilet or driving in your car with no team around you. Im sure young nas wrote illmatic on the project bench or in the back stair case with no help.
Again the verses have to be written solely by the rapper to be put on a top 5 list.Illmatic was not just important because of nas lyrics but the 12 producers on that album were the biggest in the game at the time they took a raw once in a lifetime talent and formed a fully baked classic remove those producers and you remove half of the finished product no one can do anything in this world all alone