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Nas vs Jay-Z

NativetonguesNativetongues 55 Posts
edited March 2007 in Strut Central
Nas was just doing the same thing as all the other rappersI say the Jay-Z was much more innovative, I mean its easy to look at something like Dead Presidents and see it as a cliche now, but remember when Dirt Off Your Shoulder came out in 1970. Way different than what was happening then.

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  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
    lol.
  • youngEINSTEINyoungEINSTEIN 2,443 Posts
    nas. peace, stein. . .
  • yuichiyuichi Urban sprawl 11,332 Posts
    Nas.
  • cpeetzcpeetz 2,112 Posts
    Nas has the best single album,
    but Jay-Z has a far better body of work so...
    I say Nas, Illmatic trumps all!
  • DjArcadianDjArcadian 3,633 Posts
    Nas fell off a lot harder than Jay-Z.

    Winner: Jay-Z
  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
    Nas fell off a lot harder than Jay-Z.

    Winner: Jay-Z

    the title of this thread should indeed be: Who Fell Off More?
  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    Nas fell off a lot harder than Jay-Z.

    Winner: Jay-Z

    the title of this thread should indeed be: Who Fell Off More?

    Yeah, there's no doubt Nas takes that in a landslide. That being said, if I had to pick an MC today to put over a dope beat, I'd still pick Nas

    Nas. Sometimes, many days.
  • TabneticTabnetic 206 Posts
    i'm sorry but any association with that fucking "The Firm" record gets an automatic NAGL. Dr. Dre barely shook that one off, so Nas' mediocre recycled flows get no love here. Jay Z has fallen off, but I'm not sure "esco" ever climbed back up in the first place.
  • Ayrotollah77Ayrotollah77 415 Posts
    Nasty Nas all day..lyrically nicer..
  • KidKKidK 119 Posts


    Who Fell Off More?

    Can't Forget About You > Lost Ones[/b]
  • spelunkspelunk 3,400 Posts
    Nas, hands down, without question, if you don't dig it you need to go back and listen to Live at the Barbeque and his other early verses, not to mention all of illmatic.
  • Ayrotollah77Ayrotollah77 415 Posts
    Nas, hands down, without question, if you don't dig it you need to go back and listen to Live at the Barbeque and his other early verses, not to mention all of illmatic.

    Eggzactly!!Back to the Grill again! IMO Hova was never that ,but to each his/her own..
  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
    Jay may have been more consistent over a longer period of time.

    But Jay doesn't have an "Illmatic."
  • paulnicepaulnice 924 Posts

    i'm sorry but any association with that fucking "The Firm" record gets an automatic NAGL.


    yeah, but Phone Tap is easily one of my top 5 all-time Dre joints.

  • UnherdUnherd 1,880 Posts

    i'm sorry but any association with that fucking "The Firm" record gets an automatic NAGL.


    yeah, but Phone Tap is easily one of my top 5 all-time Dre joints.




    Saving grace on that album, although for some weird reason i also kind of like Nature...
  • kalakala 3,362 Posts
    nas hasn't stabbed any bootlegger's yet so I vote illmatic for peace
  • HAZHAZ 3,376 Posts
    Nas
  • theory9theory9 1,128 Posts

    i'm sorry but any association with that fucking "The Firm" record gets an automatic NAGL.


    yeah, but Phone Tap is easily one of my top 5 all-time Dre joints.




    Saving grace on that album, although for some weird reason i also kind of like Nature...

    I get the ultimate ban for liking the N.O.R.E./Canibus joint...

  • deejdeej 5,125 Posts
    who the fuck can listen to either of these dudes any more.
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts


  • ZomBZomB 397 Posts
    Dunno how old this is as im but did anybody hear the camron diss track where he calls jay z a biter & plays all the lines he stole? Its pretty bad. Not bad meaning good but bad meaning bad.

    http://www.nobodysmiling.com/hiphop/promotional_audio/85660.php

    So on the back of that i say nas.
  • cardovacardova 743 Posts
    nas.

    his first is better, his latest is better.
  • Phill_MostPhill_Most 4,594 Posts



    B is looking very dirty and boneriffic in this pic. Too bad Jay-Z has ruined her forever.
  • Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts
    nas.

    his first is better, his latest is better.

    Ahh, but the in between? GARBATION!
  • Ayrotollah77Ayrotollah77 415 Posts
    Lost Tapes,Gods Son= not garbage!
  • Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts
    Lost Tapes is good, but God's Son was a big disappointment for me. Three-four good tracks, lots of GARBATION.
  • Ayrotollah77Ayrotollah77 415 Posts
    actually now that I think about it that was the problem with all his albums after Illmatic..2-5 good cuts and the rest
  • MikeFreedomRockMikeFreedomRock 306 Posts
    Jay-Z by a lot. Illmatic's the greatest LP ever, and Nas can still mesmerize with a verse or if we're lucky a song, but J's been making hits at such a consistently high level for so long, he left Nas in the dust a while ago.
  • magneticmagnetic 2,678 Posts
    Lost Tapes,Stillmatic and It Was Written = not garbage!
  • Deep_SangDeep_Sang 1,081 Posts
    Nas, hands down, without question, if you don't dig it you need to go back and listen to Live at the Barbeque and his other early verses, not to mention all of illmatic.

    Nas' verse on Back to the Grill =

    Nas at his best > Jay at his best

    But I pick Jay
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