Can a case be made that DMX is better than Nas?

[Guru]

I'm not much a fan of a lot of old school hip hop but I acknowledge the greats. I constantly hear talks of NAS being the GOAT particularly because of illmatic and his classic flows & verses HOWEVER going back and listening to hip hop and listening to DMX albums especially when he was in his prime, I don't see how Nas stans can make a case for him being better than X. I don't really care for illmatic but understand why some do but after that it appears to me that Nas fell off hard and while X also fell off his albums & impact seems to have aged like fine wine in comparison with Nas. Question for you guys? Can you show me evidence or clips or fashion or something of new aged rappers wanted to dress & write rhymes like nas? Don't think so... X lyrics, style & beats are so simplistic and easy that i believe the younger generation like myself can vibe more to his music. Despite being out of the game for some time DMX still get's a lot love from the 18-24 demographics and hes as much as recluse as NAS is... look i respect Nas but he doesn't have a better discography than DMX. Dmx is truly the better rapper. Sorry nas stans, now go on and neg me for this post







One of the few old school rappers I fukk with; kept it raw and simple was not trying to flex his vocabulary

All hail Dark Man X

 

[oO J Smooth Oo]

NO

 

[JustCKing]

Simply put, No. You may like X more than Nas, but it would be hard to make a case for X being better than Nas outside of personal preference. X had one window in which that argument possibly would've fell in his favor which was '98 -'00.

 

[avon barksdale]

Yeah he was in belly

 

[Guru]

Simply put, No. You may like X more than Nas, but it would be hard to make a case for X being better than Nas outside of personal preference. X had one window in which that argument possibly would've fell in his favor which was '98 -'00.

And didn't nas have that same window particularly after illmatic where he could have ended this discussion but fell flat on his face?

 

[JustCKing]

And didn't nas have that same window particularly after illmatic where he could have ended this discussion but fell flat on his face?

DMX was in his prime. I Am... was the only Nas album that was good out of the two that he dropped at the time. Fact is Nas is still Top 5. X isn't in the discussion. Why? Nas managed to remind people of his greatness in the face of critics who said he fell off.

 

[newarkhiphop]

Easily, DMX has with out question 1 classic album ( it's dark and hell is hot) and arguably 3.

Nas only has one.

Line up there sales # too, X wins.

Pull up there shows, X wins.

Put on a bunch of people, X wins.

Battle rapping, X wins.

Only thing X was never really tested on was a rap beef like Nas and Jay had

 

[Guru]

I mean listen to this track & lyrics. I can imagine migos, thug or even uzi vert on song like this today

 

[Monoblock]

Simply put No.

 

[Guru]

Easily, DMX has with out question 1 classic album ( it's dark and hell is hot) and arguably 3.

Nas only has one.

Line up there sales # too, X wins.

Pull up there shows, X wins.

Put on a bunch of people, X wins.

Battle rapping, X wins.

Only thing X was never really tested on was a rap beef like Nas and Jay had

If this post doesn't scream GOAT I don't know what else does

 

[mobbinfms]

And didn't nas have that same window particularly after illmatic where he could have ended this discussion but fell flat on his face?

Nas has Illmatic, IWW, Stillmatic, Lost Tapes and Gods Son.
DMX has IDAHIH.

 

[mobbinfms]

Easily, DMX has with out question 1 classic album ( it's dark and hell is hot) and arguably 3.

Nas only has one.

 

[Guru]

DMX was in his prime. I Am... was the only Nas album that was good out of the two that he dropped at the time. Fact is Nas is still Top 5. X isn't in the discussion. Why? Nas managed to remind people of his greatness in the face of critics who said he fell off.

X fell off because of personal problems not because he couldn't rap anymore.. his case for Top 5 is just as good as Nas

And who has nas reminded of his greatness despite his fans?

 

[Vandelay]

You can make the case, but where Nas arguably started fluttering with his sophomore albums and projects in the late nineties he brought it back in a big way at the turn of the millennium. X just flat fell off arguably after his third album. Maybe because of his movie career or the drugs, but that fourth album didn't have the impact of his first three. I personally love the Great Depression, but it wasnt the same impact and he was never the same caliber artist again.

X is top ten artist for me. Nas is just top five.

 

[Guru]

Nas has Illmatic, IWW, Stillmatic, Lost Tapes and Gods Son.
DMX has IDAHIH.

A large opinion on Nas is that he has only 1 classic and that's illmatic and that's fine.. can't remember hearing a song played from those albums anywhere

Are you saying nas has 4 classic albums?