in 2021 Nas is a far superior emcee to Jay-Z

[BK The Great]

What is this based off?

Kings Disease showed he can still rap his ass off, I’m not saying Jay can’t but I would like another album from him with the same skill set he showed on that What’s Free song.

 

[FlyRy]

You Nas stans love circle jerking together

 

[Budda]

You Nas stans love circle jerking together

So do Jigga stans

 

[Sauce Dab]

100 years later y’all still having this argument
At some point this flabby debate has to end

 

[Bmezy]

 

[spliz]

Some of Nas best lyrical displays have been on features, Kings Disease was more Nas in his storytelling bag.

Facts.

 

[spliz]

Kings Disease is good, there is some real dope moments on more than a few of the songs, but none of them are really due to remarkable rapping. The rapping is good enough, but theres no crazy flows that made me extra hype, no stark poetic imagery, no amazing stories that stick with me, no wild bars to yell out, or quote at all really, its all just good enough. Some grown perspective, some Pro-Black bars, but nothing truly resonant or inspiring in the lyrics department. No cringe bars either tho. Good album. Better than I'd expected to be honest, an improvement from Nasir & Lost Tapes 2.

favorite bar on the album is: "Malcolm X with a check, Closed curtains bytch" good entendre, thats on Dre's verse but I'm fairly sure Nas wrote it. Favorite verses on the album is probably on 'The Cure,' but its more due to the flow, which, again isnt super crazy impressive flow, just good high level shyt.

Kings Disease as a concept seemed to be about the risks of being too well fed, the trappings that come with royalty, not letting that make you unhealthy. Aging gracefully, retaining youth. And so this album proves that he's still in good health, artistically, can still go to the gym, still got it, -- but its not particularly inspired.


Jay & Jay were having a bar fest on Jay Elect's album, way more impressive innovative rapping on that album. But its also a more disappointing uneven album as a whole.

This is an honest perspective. I think Kings Disease is great. But I respect ur honesty and it sounds like u really put thought into ur response.

 

[TheDarceKnight]

All post DR

And some Lost Tapes 2 jams are only a few years old.

 

[sporticus]

King's Disease was awful. Ther only reason it gets love is because it's Nas. If any other legend dared to drop that trash album, people would've lost their minds at how awful it was. Don't get me started on those indie azz beats. Meanwhile Jay Elec's album which was secretly a low key Jay album, was crisp and experimental without being wack.

I wish both then nyggaz would stop trying to be elder statesmen and just stop a hot single on a contemporary beat for once. You can be mature and still make a song that doesn't try to reinvent music.

 

[RukahsLA]

I’m still heavily listening to Nas. I always appreciated the greatness of his catalog, but the older i get, the more i learn english, ( it isn’t my native language) i started to understand how dope MC he is. He showed he still can do rap shyt even tho he’s 47. He’ll always be one of my favorites for sure

 

[ECA]

Nas sounds stilted to me, Jay sounds as natural as ever

 

[iLLusoYuN_Da_Adidas_King]

I really want to know which year Jay was ever better than NaS? Had not had more hit singles just better at rapping than Nasir jones. Jay isn’t even competing right now he is trying to secure his second Billi.

 

[L. Deezy]

King's Disease was awful. Ther only reason it gets love is because it's Nas. If any other legend dared to drop that trash album, people would've lost their minds at how awful it was. Don't get me started on those indie azz beats. Meanwhile Jay Elec's album which was secretly a low key Jay album, was crisp and experimental without being wack.

I wish both then nyggaz would stop trying to be elder statesmen and just stop a hot single on a contemporary beat for once. You can be mature and still make a song that doesn't try to reinvent music.

Lol..man stfu

 

[Pop123]

King's Disease was awful. Ther only reason it gets love is because it's Nas. If any other legend dared to drop that trash album, people would've lost their minds at how awful it was. Don't get me started on those indie azz beats. Meanwhile Jay Elec's album which was secretly a low key Jay album, was crisp and experimental without being wack.

I wish both then nyggaz would stop trying to be elder statesmen and just stop a hot single on a contemporary beat for once. You can be mature and still make a song that doesn't try to reinvent music.

Nas let the production drive KD...which is why you saw the overwhelmingly positive feedback on IG from people who probably ain't even that into Nas that heavy. This was probably his most easily digestible, commercial, 'soft' album ever...I say those things all in a good way.

The MVP of the album is Hitboy, not Nas...you can hear the focus was more on good music than how great Nas can rap... we already know he can do that. He's about to get his first Grammy ever off this joint...so it's cool if you hate it, lol, a whole lot of people feel differently.

I agree with Jayz rapped better on that Elect shyt than Nas did on KD...but it's not like Nas was ass. If Nas was on a stripped down, artsy type time for a whole album like Jayz was on that Elect shyt then we can judge who's better more accurately, but that wasnt the purpose of KD

 

[deeman]

I’m at the point where I don’t need nas or jay to bar me to death this late in their career. Does the music still sound good sonically ? Cool that’s good enough for me. That’s why I loved kings disease so much. He was still spitting on there too.