Could Jay-z ever do a record like Poison/What Goes Around?

[Harry B]

As far as rapping about himself, that's one of the best things about Jay-z.
That he's experienced so much that he talks about so many things in first person, he's not going on wikipedia and reading about genocides to write a song. He'll write about it if he's seen it with his own eyes, experienced it.

But if he wants to he might hit you with a Minority Report as if that's his alley on his like 10th album. And even that he was involved with through charity.

Can Jay make an album as good as Illmatic? And if so, why hasn't he?

That's completely irrelevant to what I said, I repeatedly said that he can do more things but that doesn't necessarily make him better.
He might not do what Nas does the best as good in what he does best, but as usual Nas stans can't discuss their god without turning into illiterate fundamentalists.

And although I don't agree, a lot people would rank Blueprint and Reasonable Doubt higher than Illmatic.
I.e. that's a subjective question, my statement is objective in the sense that I can prove it.

 

[mobbinfms]

Jay can do everything Nas can

Ok. So he can make an album as good as Illmatic.

That's completely irrelevant to what I said, I repeatedly said that he can do more things but that doesn't necessarily make him better.
He might not do what Nas does the best as good in what he does best, but as usual Nas stans can't discuss their god without turning into illiterate fundamentalists.

And although I don't agree, a lot people would rank Blueprint and Reasonable Doubt higher than Illmatic.
I.e. that's a subjective question, my statement is objective in the sense that I can prove it.

How is making a phenomenal classic album not relevant to your claim that Jay can do everything Nas can?
Can you rephrase the bolded part, I think I know what you're saying but as phrased it makes no sense.

Blueprint should never be mentioned with Illmatic. RD is a reasonable comparison. But it is not in the same realm as Illmatic.

And how is your statement objective? Of course it's subjective. It's an opinion. Almost nothing discussed in the Booth is objective.

 

[Danie84]

It would be so ingenuine like Lord Camel's adoration for Basquiat

 

[the cac mamba]

Give me any track and I'll give you Jays equivalent and it'll be a great ass track.
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one mic

 

[Mike Otherz]

Give me any track and I'll give you Jays equivalent and it'll be a great ass track.
But I can give you tracks that Jay has done that are classic where Nas failed miserably trying the same type of track.

There's a reason why Jay can be favorite rapper of the most ignorant street rappers, the conscious rappers, the club rappers, the cocaine rappers, the ballin rappers, the straight spitters, the freestylers and on. And Nas usually is the favorite of only "Street poet"/"Conscious rapper" type of of rappers.

If you look at Nas's 20 best songs there's like 2-3 categories of songs while Jay probably has like 10 categories.


However as I said that does not mean that Jay is a better rapper, just means that he can do more things. Just like, Kobe can shoot with his left hand doesn't mean that he's better than Jordan.


You Nas stans will never let your stanning opinions give props to your favorite rappers competitors.

are you saying Nas is better than Jay, cause i never expected that from you. anyway i agree, jay is probably the most versatile rapper of all time, but nas is so deep at the one ore two thing he excels at that it reaches a place in you ( pause) that jay rarely gets. If jay rapped with the skill he displayed on Reasonable Doubt for his whole career he could have been the GOAT. but he slowed that isht down for paper and i aint mad.

 

[Big Mel]

one mic

song is ass.

 

[the cac mamba]

song is ass.

 

[Prae]

Yeah i was going to say nas can't make a song like big pimpin.

But then again I dont think jay can anymore either.

He got the video on the beach part down

 

[NV-ME]

no

 

[I_Got_Da_Burna]

song is ass.

shut the fukkup you 45 year old wigger

 

[tonyclifton]

Ok. So he can make an album as good as Illmatic. .

RD is every bit as good as illmatic. One being better than the other is pure opinion, but they're both top ten albums of all time(hip hop)

If you can't see that you're a Stan who doesn't doesnt deserve the attention. I don't have a favorite between the two, it interchanges between my mood and there current releases. I might say blue print is better than illmatic one day, and might say gods son is better than RD. just depends on my mood

As far as jay not being able to tell a story that's bs

He has at leant one per album and rd has like 4

 

[the rhyme king]

to answer this question no nas is better then jay-z in every aspect of writing


rhyme schemes = nas
metaphors= nas
wordplay = nas
punchlines = nas
content= nas
flow = nas
sense = nas
story telling = nas

 

[No1]

*Prays for the day people don't feel the need to legitimize their tastes by comparing their favorite artists to others.*

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

If he tried, it would be contrived and wack. Jay-Z's biggest flaw has always been he can't effectively rap about anything but Jay-Z.

i'm a stan but i'll be damned if this isn't true. Even when he's rapping about something else, it's always in relation to him

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

i'm a stan but i'll be damned if this isn't true. Even when he's rapping about something else, it's always in relation to him

This is laudable. It's rare to see a Jay stan admit he has any flaw whatsoever as an artist or a human being.