I think you just forgot the question. You are talking about battling skills? Who said anything about that?
Read again. My post was not strictly about battling. My post was about the skills, and when it comes to skills and especially freestyling, battling has a definte relevance. If you have decent battling skills, that's going to increase your overall freestyle skills.
My perception is that this thread was about who is the better freestyler. The title of the thread is "Eminem vs. Nas" and the question in the opening post is "who has the better skills". Well, when you say "who has the better skills between Em and Nas" the first thing that pops into my head is "ok, they're talking about who's the better freestyler". Understand where I was coming from now?
Does Nas have a battling background? Who the fuck said anything about battling this is about rapping skills not going out on a stage and dissing the guy in front of you...
Ability or inability to be a decen battle rapper has a direct affect on your overall skills as a rapper. Does a rapper HAVE to have a battling background to be good? Of course not, artists like Snoop, Dre, Warren G. and others have proven that. However, does being a good battle rapper ADD to the skills of an overall rapper? Of course.
So, I guess this now brings the question, when you say "who's got the better skills" what exactly are you referring to?
And, for the record, I only asked if Nas has a battling background out of mere curiosity, actually. It was kind of a sidebar question for my own personal knowledge.
Damn...this post by you though is a perfect example of what I was talking about a couple days ago when I said people are so quick to wanna beef in here. I make a general comment and you reply as if you took it personally.