Punchlines in rap?

Personally, I don't like them atall. Punchlines dont make rap, rap is an art, punchlines are a skill. Rapping is about story telling, lyracism, music and flow. Punchline rappers have many flaws in those areas, and although can hit hard with a nice metaphore, where does it really fit in? I don't think a punchline can come anywehre near to a great story telling piece.

Example:-

Put It On -Big L
Vs.
Baby Don't Cry -2pac

I love both songs, but Baby Don't Cry has to come first. Put It On has some really like, damn lines, but it has no meaningful story to it, it's really just the story of ''i am cool and great'' that we hear all the time, mixed with nice lyracism and vocab. Baby Don't Cry has a topic, kept on perfectly, emotion and poetic skills. Big L is a better lyracist in terms of multies and vocab than 2pac, by far, and has an even or slightly better flow, but with no emotion in a piece, there is no crossing the line between gaining experience with punchlines, which we all on lb have done, compaired to doing something that has a heart and soul poured into it like 2pac's piece. Thoughts?

Personally, I don't like them atall. Punchlines dont make rap, rap is an art, punchlines are a skill. Rapping is about story telling, lyracism, music and flow. Punchline rappers have many flaws in those areas, and although can hit hard with a nice metaphore, where does it really fit in? I don't think a punchline can come anywehre near to a great story telling piece.

Example:-

Put It On -Big L
Vs.
Baby Don't Cry -2pac

I love both songs, but Baby Don't Cry has to come first. Put It On has some really like, damn lines, but it has no meaningful story to it, it's really just the story of ''i am cool and great'' that we hear all the time, mixed with nice lyracism and vocab. Baby Don't Cry has a topic, kept on perfectly, emotion and poetic skills. Big L is a better lyracist in terms of multies and vocab than 2pac, by far, and has an even or slightly better flow, but with no emotion in a piece, there is no crossing the line between gaining experience with punchlines, which we all on lb have done, compaired to doing something that has a heart and soul poured into it like 2pac's piece. Thoughts?