No i dont think that akon is even really a rapper. His music comes off more as......pop? He doesnt spit to a beat, he sings more to a tune. His songs , while lyrical, are not poetry. They are more like..... lullabyes. if you know what i mean, that isnt the kind of actual rap that id consider. At the time, there are a few good rappers. You cannot classify any of them as the best because, music in different regions, and rappers might be the best, and no other region know about it. In the bay area for instance....id think mistah fab, or keak da sneak are the best. Half of the world hasnt even heard of them because the music only pertains to people from the bay area. Mind you, i am looking at this from a cultured standpoint. If i want to look at it like the music i roll to, i think pac will always be the best. Forrget all them other people who try to like emulate him and shit. all of that shit is bunk as hell. Tupac is the father, the son, and the holy ghost of rap.