NaSir

[mcZu]

Nas > Jay

It Was Written, Stillmatic and Illamtic are classics.

[BayAreaLegend]

Nas is slowly creeping up my alltime favs list, he has SO many freakin verses full of that imagery, energy, and street feel he brings

i completely agree, he is becoming one of my favorites of all time also, i love his flow and lyrics, doesn't have the greatest beat selection though, which I think hurts him at TIMES, not always,

[Spyder]

Nas> everyone sept Em

alot of his stuff kinda sounds the same to me, and im not much for real old beats and what not

but Illmatic is just crazy

Illmatic> Reasonable Doubt(which i didnt think was fantastic )

[mcZu]

Illmatic> Reasonable Doubt(which i didnt think was fantastic )

You must be bugging if you think Reasonable Doubt is average, I agree that Illmatic > Reasonable Doubt, however, Reasonable Doubt is a classic.

[Just Silver]

i recently heard something about thought he hasnt paid child support or some shit like that and he doesnt have enough money he said

i forget where i heard it but it also said he makes roughly 100k a month on hiatus

[Spyder]

Illmatic> Reasonable Doubt(which i didnt think was fantastic )

You must be bugging if you think Reasonable Doubt is average, I agree that Illmatic > Reasonable Doubt, however, Reasonable Doubt is a classic.

see, i feel so awkward for saying it, i like the message of the songs(d'evils,cashmere thoughts)
and i like the album, deffinitly his best

im just saying i feel that his rhyming isnt that great and everything isnt anything spectacular
especially if you compare him to sumone like Nas

[Wic Kid]

Illmatic> Reasonable Doubt(which i didnt think was fantastic )

You must be bugging if you think Reasonable Doubt is average, I agree that Illmatic > Reasonable Doubt, however, Reasonable Doubt is a classic.

see, i feel so awkward for saying it, i like the message of the songs(d'evils,cashmere thoughts)
and i like the album, deffinitly his best

im just saying i feel that his rhyming isnt that great and everything isnt anything spectacular
especially if you compare him to sumone like Nas

I know what you mean. He's a great lyricist, but his flow... I mean, he can ride a beat , but he does that so slow and kinda boring...

[mcZu]

i recently heard something about thought he hasnt paid child support or some shit like that and he doesnt have enough money he said

i forget where i heard it but it also said he makes roughly 100k a month on hiatus

That was from him breaking up with the milk shake bitch

She said he made 100k, and wanted tons of month for child support. Nas came out and said he doesn't make anywhere near that much, and that she's a woman so heartless

How could she be so hearless

You must be bugging if you think Reasonable Doubt is average, I agree that Illmatic > Reasonable Doubt, however, Reasonable Doubt is a classic.

see, i feel so awkward for saying it, i like the message of the songs(d'evils,cashmere thoughts)
and i like the album, deffinitly his best

im just saying i feel that his rhyming isnt that great and everything isnt anything spectacular
especially if you compare him to sumone like Nas

I know what you mean. His's a great lyricist, but his flow... I mean, he can ride a beat , but he does that so slow and kinda boring...

That laid back flow is dope.

[Spyder]

i just dont hear any lyrics that make me say DAMN
nothing complex about it, flow is ehh for me

but it he sounded excited about songs like D'evils Dead Presidents 2
maybe, just maybe i would think it great

[yoshi]

Nas is a genius. A fucking genius. He's in my top 3 definitely. He keeps it real, he killed me with his last performance in Poland. "One Mic" with beat by some old guy with a drum - ecstatic.

I don't care about his private life, that's his business. I don't care about Mos Def and that stripper he married, or whoever she was. I don't see why do people even bring this up while talking about the music he makes.. And he makes GOOD music. He said hip hop is dead, but the truth is that he's one of the very few rappers that keep hip hop on life support.

[Relapse.LP]

Nas is in my top 5, no doubt.

People keep mentioning Illmatic and how great it was and I know you guys are tired of hearing it, but Illmatic was a straight classic, my 2nd favorite hip-hop album of all time. (As of now.)

Stillmatic was crazy, although several tracks could have been cut from the final release and I personally believed the production could have been taken a notch up, but it was still dope.

It Was Written and God's Son are fantastic albums as well, although they lacked the rawness of his debut and his comeback albums, especially God's Son.

i just dont hear any lyrics that make me say DAMN
nothing complex about it, flow is ehh for me

but it he sounded excited about songs like D'evils Dead Presidents 2
maybe, just maybe i would think it great

Illmatic is a better overall album than Reasonable Doubt, but the main reason I liked RD was because of his lyrical dexterity and his flow. Dead Presidents (I & II) had multies basically soaked into an ill Ski beat and "Can't Knock the Hustle" was definitely on the Illmatic level, IMO. And saying Reasonable Doubt isn't complex isn't entirely true, looking at some of his schemes in that record. Give all the tracks another full listen with the lyrics and you'll recognize that album's true greatness.

I know what you mean. He's a great lyricist, but his flow... I mean, he can ride a beat , but he does that so slow and kinda boring...

Jay's flow is one of the main reasons he made it so big.

[Spyder]

ill give em all another go soon LP, just cause u said it

[Wic Kid]

I know what you mean. He's a great lyricist, but his flow... I mean, he can ride a beat , but he does that so slow and kinda boring...

Jay's flow is one of the main reasons he made it so big.

I know, but it just doesnt suit me. I know lotta ppl dont see why is that, but Im a fan of a more faster flow, you know? He kinda draggs his flow way too much IMO. But thats just me. Im sure that there's a great rapper out there who's flow you dont quite like.

[Relapse.LP]

you'd prob like his flow on the Jay-Z Big L - 7 Minute Freestyle then

I fucking love that freestyle, even though they used parts of their old verses. The beat is one of my favorites by Miilkbone and Big L and Hov both had mad ill verses.

[Wic Kid]

you'd prob like his flow on the Jay-Z Big L - 7 Minute Freestyle then

Now why doesnt he keep that kinda flow all the time?!

If he did, Jay-Z in my top 5 for sure