Ya'll should peep this....Big Daddy Kane's talkin about the Ra situation. In so many words he's saying that Ra didn't want none.

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/features/id.1280/title.big-daddy-kane-nobodys-equal/p.1

DX: Now there was another silent competition between you and another remarkably skilled spitter back then. What was your reaction when you first heard “Word to daddy, indeed” on Eric B & Rakim’s “Follow The Leader”?
Big Daddy Kane: Oh, I thought he was talking about me. Growing up and like getting into Hip Hop, I always been a battle rapper. Throughout all my school days, that’s what I did, go up to other schools and battle rappers, go to other projects, park jams, whatever, and battle other rappers. So that’s always been my mentality. And even though I had done met dude, and we was cool – me and Eric B was real tight – when I heard that [line] I didn’t look at in a way of like, “Oh fuck that dude,” or like, “I’ma steal this muthafucka when I see him.” But you know, Ra [is] a little dude anyway. But it wasn’t nothing like that, it was just the type of thing where I’m like, “Oh okay, cool, well, now we gonna let the people see then.”

DX: Wasn’t he just responding to “Set It Off” though? “Rap soloist, you don’t want none of this.” Wasn’t he justified in his response?
Big Daddy Kane: Well, what happened was we spoke [after “Follow The Leader”]. He claimed that people was telling him, “Yo, he talking about you when he said ‘Rap soloist, you don’t want none of this.’” And I told him I thought he was talking about me with the “word to daddy.” He said that he wasn’t talking about me. And I explained to him that I wasn’t talking about him. I’m like, “Yeah on ['Eric B Is President'] you said, ‘And you know that I’m the soloist.’” But I’m like, “Let’s just keep in mind, any rapper that rhyme’s alone is a soloist.” So on “Set It Off” [click to read] what I’m referring to is myself, saying that I’m the rap soloist, [and the] competition don’t want none of this. I’m like, “Heavy D is a rap soloist. Kwame is a rap soloist. Anybody that rhyme’s alone is a soloist.” So I explained to dude, “Nah, you can’t hog the title [to] yourself.”  Continued on page 2 »

kane was the shit!  i remember the situation.  didn't seem like Ra wanted it....nobody wanted it from Kane really.  Kane was a hell of a battle rapper and Ra was tight as hell, but different styles.  personally i think Kane would've killed Ra in a battle.  BDK is STILL the master of the metaphor.  Battle raps are built on punchlines and Kane had those crazy ones that made you go daaaaamn.  I'm thinking Em comes from the school of Kane.