I agree on longevity, but he's always been very inconsistent to me.
Jay-Z is not top 5 !
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Nas is the better rapper. Clearly. Cube just made classic after classic right out the gate
MidnightMercenary
All Star
Pac, Big and Jay are all in my as yet unranked 6-9
My top five is:
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Ghost
Cube
Rakim
You got good taste breh
Murkman
Pro
Luckily his production changes on every album, he sounds listenable in the 00's, pardon his natural Chi accent in the 90's,
Murkman
Pro
Lot of people would disagree though
Nas stans, shyt I even heavily criticize Hov's low points. They act like that nikka is the first piece of fried chicken that landed in our people's mouths.
BmoreGorilla
Veteran
I agree the quality of his work hasn't always been consistent but his presence in the game has never been questioned. He's never had to make a comeback album
Murkman
Pro
If you love storytelling, bars and concepts he gives that in spades on most of the projects.
"Boring" is such a CAC conjecture term, users like that mean "Their music simply doesn't APPEAL to me in that style", can't be that boring if a Rap artist has millions of fans still playing their music as we speak.
I see your point though
Funkadelic
Rookie
If you love storytelling, bars and concepts he gives that in spades on most of the projects.
"Boring" is such a CAC conjecture term, users like that mean "Their music simply doesn't APPEAL to me in that style", can't be that boring if a Rap artist has millions of fans still playing their music as we speak.
I see your point though
I think pretty much all of his production is bland/boring.
And since the production pretty much drives the music I won't spend much time listening to that artist.
Add that into me not liking his delivery...then what do you possibly think that I will see in his music?
Production and delivery are the two most important parts of music, imo.
Inspect Her Deck
Skins of all colours come together as brothers
Lot of people would disagree though
It's all preference
IWW was far more organic over time.
No one was campaigning for it. Nas doesn't need it to be a classic in the way Jay does RD.
They are both classics to me
Bought them both the same day
It was more organic but to the extent you could call it a classic as cemented as you would Illmatic or something?
It's not like seeing AMW and DC instantly and calling them classics no hesitation. Predator is the debated one...same way IWW is. And besides a classic implies a sense of development over time and RD over time has developed more of a classic appeal than IWW (usually considered the superior album at least) whether 'forced' or not.
Inspect Her Deck
Skins of all colours come together as brothers
Nas is the better rapper. Clearly. Cube just made classic after classic right out the gate
How? What makes him the better rapper?
You said it. Cube released classic after classic after 4 mic (or higher worthy) album and so on until 1996. If it wasn't for his film career who knows how far he would have gone...and btw these are genre defining classics that transcend the music not just some purist paradise for literary arts.
Nas' discography is just a roller coaster and mainly flat. So how exactly is Nas better?
MidnightMercenary
All Star
@Inspect Her Deck @Murkman - @Funkadelic suggested we could have a group chat with y'all and idk if you'd be down or not
but I'd be happy to do it
but I'd be happy to do it
Inspect Her Deck
Skins of all colours come together as brothers
@Inspect Her Deck @Murkman - @Funkadelic suggested we could have a group chat with y'all and idk if you'd be down or not
group chat on what?
and if you mean today/tonight I can't breh I gotta get to bed soon it's 11:22pm where I'm at
but one day for sure
MidnightMercenary
All Star
I assume on the Coli PM's unless he was thinking something else
But I'm ready when you are
Inspect Her Deck
Skins of all colours come together as brothers
oh ok then yeah you can start one
I won't respond much tonight if at all but at least that convo stays running