I'm sorry but Jay Z will lose in a versuz againt Nas

[ISO]

Truth hurts

U wish it was the truth

 

[Taadow]

He said “widely”, though. Like that’s the consensus and chit...

 

[mobbinfms]

What We Do is beating Verbal Intercourse

 

[ISO]

What We Do is much more of an anthem than Verbal Intercourse.

If we talking about records yeah it’s going to win if we talking about better lyrical performance then Nas got that but Hov verse is no slouch.

 

[Stick Up Kid]

U wish it was the truth

I dont wish anything, Pac is my GOAT, with Biggie #2, and Nas #3.

I just know Hov has never made an album like Illmatic, not close

 

[mobbinfms]

Nah, Jay could play his it's just that Nas doesn't have any and in a 20 song battle volume and longevity matter.

If Jay plays mid 2000s records Nas is gonna win those rounds playing 91-02 records.

 

[mobbinfms]

He could easily play Cherry Wine and Bye Baby.

He’d probably lose those rounds though. Unless Jay played something weird.

 

[mobbinfms]

Jay can make it hard for Nas with just post 2010 records

1. What’s Free
2. FWMYK
3. Otis
4. nikkas in Paris
5. Story of OJ
6. Pound Cake
   
7. I do
8. Seen it all
9. Free Mason or Devil is a Lie
10. I got the keys
11. Clique
12. So Appalled or Monster
13. Drunk in Love or OTR2
14. Drug Dealer...
15. Ape shyt
    
16. No Church in the wild
17. Gotta Have it
    
18. All the way up
19. bytch don’t kill my vibe
20. Light up

 

[ISO]

If Jay plays mid 2000s records Nas is gonna win those rounds playing 91-02 records.

Not necessarily. All depends on selection.

 

[mobbinfms]

Most of these aren’t even his songs lol

Nas would destroy him if he played those 20 records.

 

[JustCKing]

Naw, Jay was riding waves/artists throughout his career.

From Biggie, to Kanye, to Beyonce, to Justin Timberlake, Linkin Park, etc..

Hov was chasing hits and relevancy.

While Nas was still puttin out quality music like Distant Relatives, Life is Good, Untitled etc.

Breh, let it go. Nas is great without having to downplay Jay Z.

Out of that list, Biggie is the only artist Jay Z came up off of. When JT came back off a 7 year hiatus, he got Jay to feature on HIS comeback record. When Beyonce's solo career took off, Jay was featured on the record that blew started her solo run. Most posters on here did not care about Kanye until "This Can't Be Life" and "Izzo" was Kanye's first hit song as a producer. The first time many heard Kanye rap was ona Jay Z album. Linkin Park ain't even woth mentioning because it was a mash up album. More importantly, Jay Z was a already consistently going multi-platinum before he ever recorded with Kanye, Beyonce, or Linkin Park. Besides that Linkin Park mashup was a mash up of past solo Jay Z hit songs with theirs.

If you want to talk about wave riding, your point would've been more valid if you'd listed Jaz O, Big Daddy Kane, Puffy, and Irv. Those people actually had a hand in Jay Z becoming he was before the world knew Jay Z. Every artist you listed besides Biggie are artists Jay Z had a hand in blowing or helping sustain relevance.

 

[mobbinfms]

Not necessarily. All depends on selection.

True. But Jay’s dope mid 2000s shyt loses to Nas’ dope shyt from 91-02 easily.
Now if Nas plays wack shyt from I Am or Nastradamus then

 

[JustCKing]

The point is that to compete with Nas he’s going to have to go to the B sides because those are his best records.

Not necessarily. Both Jay and Nas have 20 songs that they could easily pull up that aren't necessarily B sides especially if they include features. I would imagine both Nas and Jay Z would have songs that would mirror what often appears on a set list at their shows.

 

[JustCKing]

Everybody leaving this off their Nas lists

It's a cool song, but nobody would miss that song if it wasn't played.

 

[JustCKing]

And people are really downplaying Jay Z's singles:

Can't Knock The Hustle
Dead Presidents II
Feelin It
Hard Knock Life
nikka What nikka Who
Jigga My nikka
Song Cry

And this whole notion that Nas doesn't have hits needs to stop:

If I Ruled The World
Hate Me Now
You Owe Me
One Mic
Made You Look
I Can