Is Nas the best ever???

[Piff Perkins]

corny ass Ebro...


But I agree. Metaphors, storytelling, flow, concepts....who is better? You can say G Rap had the better flow but Nas gets him on everything else. You can maybe do a coin toss in terms of evocative lyrics between Nas and Ghostface, both are pretty much untouchable in that regard. But when I put all the stats on the paper and add them up, Nas comes up higher than everyone.

 

[Why-Fi]

yea pretty much

 

[malbaker86]

Stop it name 3 beats from Lost Tapes that are bad, name 3 beats from It Was Written that are bad, Stillmatic/Ilmatic?

I'ma Nas stan till i DIE and he is EASILY the GOAT but on Stillmatic; Smokin, Rule, and My Country beatwise were underwhelming

 

[AntLive1981]

Yes.

 

[ISO]

I'ma Nas stan till i DIE and he is EASILY the GOAT but on Stillmatic; Smokin, Rule, and My Country beatwise were underwhelming

Smokin' isn't a bad beat , Rule isn't bad either. My Country is underwhelming though overall Nas best selection isn't bad it's a myth nikkas act like Nas was Canibus

 

[The Ruler 09]

He's top 5.

 

[That Singer Guy...]

The greatest easily and should always be in the the conversation for greatest ever no matter what MC they put him up against.

 

[malbaker86]

Smokin' isn't a bad beat , Rule isn't bad either. My Country is underwhelming though overall Nas best selection isn't bad it's a myth nikkas act like Nas was Canibus

I agree. His beats fit the type of song. Does some beats fall short? of course, but that's with ANY artist and especially somebody in his case that's been pushing albums out since 1994. But lyrically, this shouldn't even be a question of who's the GOAT

 

[nineteeneightysix]

start @ 17:39, learn somethin

2Pacalypse Now...Clearly had an impact on Nas...

He LITERALLY summarized every song on 2Pacalypse Now...

 

[head shots101]

Been the best since I first heard it was written in 96

 

[The_Third_Man]

Yes, Nas is the best rapper ever.

most of nas' albums beat selections have been hit or miss

so most of his albums beat selection have been hit or miss, so that means "Nas has the worst beat catalogue of all-time"? Thousands of rappers have came out, and Nas production is the worst of them all?

 

[AlldayNE]

I agree. His beats fit the type of song. Does some beats fall short? of course, but that's with ANY artist and especially somebody in his case that's been pushing albums out since 1994. But lyrically, this shouldn't even be a question of who's the GOAT

I'll put it like this, if Nas picked different beats, like say if Nas picked the beats from Rick Ross early stuff(not the heavy trap beats). I dont think Nas would sound comfortable on those. For the type of MC he is, he needs beats that would compliment his style and not take your attention away from what he's saying. I still wouldn't mind him over some soulful beats, but we all know that's not going to happen due to the record industry going away from that style of sampling

 

[FreshAIG]

Stop it name 3 beats from Lost Tapes that are bad, name 3 beats from It Was Written that are bad, Stillmatic/Ilmatic?

You listed 4 albums, Nas has 11 albums.

 

[AlldayNE]

You listed 4 albums, Nas has 11 albums.

I would say there's still not that many bad beats in his catalog. At least not as many as people try to make it out to be

 

[ISO]

You listed 4 albums, Nas has 11 albums.

Those are his best albums the only album with poor production from Nas is Nastradamus and Streets Disciple was hit and miss.

Let's not act like all of Jay's albums were well produced, lets not act like Pac didn't have wack beats from time to time. 2Pac actually had ass production for the first few years of his career.