I don't agree.
I love Royce,but Royce is just now learning how to go into different pockets and use melodies.
When I say overall I mean song writing and structure.Hooks etc
While Royce was making fairly typical underground lyrical rap in the early 2000's, Em had mastered hooks and styles.
it gave Em's songs a more theatrical appeal.
Royce wasn't making audio movies like I Am,Stan.Cleaning Out My Closet,Guilty Conscious etc at that time.
but for the last decade,in this Bar Exam era,Royce has been a beast and got much better at making songs come to life.
Em won as a lyricist,not just because he raps good,but because he found away to make lyricism catchy.
He found a way to do what ppl like Ras Kass and Canibus couldn't figure out or didn't have the skill set to do or didn't want to do.