MCHG vs LIG

[Mike Statik]

The difference between Jay and Nas though is that Hov could do what Nas does. Hate the image, hate the laziness, shyt I do too, but Jay could lyrically do what Nas does. Could Nas do what Jay does?

jay could have never stayed true to himself and made music he wants to sell records....that's why he hops on trends lol

some of you people really are in another world

 

[Awesome Wells]

What's wack now, is how people act like you can't be fans of both dudes. What the internet has done, is made it seem like there are no fans of both cats. Summer of '96, me and my friends were rollin' around with both Reasonable Doubt and It Was Written. Everyone listened to both dudes! These guys had some issues, now people think you can't fukk with both of them. That's corny.

As a diehard Nas fan from back then, I just feel that he hasn't been the same since then. I remember coppin' that whole trash Dre Presents The Aftermath compilation, just for Nas' verse on "East Coast/West Coast Kila" or whatever it was called. I did that all the time back then. Dropped $15 just for the Nas feature. He had so much command and presence back then. He was the best! Since he got panned for Nastradamus, he's been good for a track here and there, but it's not the same.

I've been fukkin' with the mixtape joints and the million unreleased tracks, because that's him when he's on point. These later albums haven't done the homie justice at all.

 

[MAKAVELI25]

jay could have never stayed true to himself and made music he wants to sell records....that's why he hops on trends lol

some of you people really are in another world

 

[Awesome Wells]

The difference between Jay and Nas though is that Hov could do what Nas does. Hate the image, hate the laziness, shyt I do too, but Jay could lyrically do what Nas does. Could Nas do what Jay does?

This is point that a lot of people ignore.

Very true.

 

[Darts]

Life is Good was an instant classic.


If i'm the only one that feels that way, so be it.

 

[criminology]

The difference between Jay and Nas though is that Hov could do what Nas does. Hate the image, hate the laziness, shyt I do too, but Jay could lyrically do what Nas does. Could Nas do what Jay does?

maybe jay he could, but he hasnt for damn near 20 years. See that's the difference. I enjoy music for what it is not what it could be or get my self esteem through some vicarious rapper hero worship bs.

 

[L. Deezy]

The difference between Jay and Nas though is that Hov could do what Nas does. Hate the image, hate the laziness, shyt I do too, but Jay could lyrically do what Nas does. Could Nas do what Jay does?

Lmaooo... Nas did Jay when he was 22-25YRS OLD

It wasnt hard breh..

2 diff lanes now and over 20yrs for both

Grow up mayne

 

[Sugar]

yeah but...what did jay have to do wit the beats besides say...yeah I like this one???

same album as every other he relased post 04

It dont get no more simple than that

You pick good beats, you have an album with replay value

I dont know what your expecting me to say here

 

[MAKAVELI25]

maybe he could, but he hasnt for damn near 20 years. See that's the difference. I enjoy music for what it is not what it could be or get my self esteem through some vicarious rapper hero worship bs.

Hero worship bs? I don't even know how to reply to this post. Where do you see hero worship or any of the random bullshyt you mentioned in my original post?

 

[SunZoo]

Life Is Good is a classic. I'll debate that with ANYONE at ANYTIME...

Peep what I already wrote about it




Music
Emotion is the greatest asset that an artist can posses. For someone as lyrically gifted as Nasir Bin Olu Dara, there can be 0 question of his greatness. Platinum success? He’s had seven straight. The respect of peers? He’s been called one of the greatest from everyone starting with Rakim and ending with Drake. The respect of Media? CNN recently crowned him the greatest lyricist of ALL TIME. Classic albums? Do we REALLY need another dissertation on the impact of Illmatic, It Was Written, or Stillmatic? I think not.

So what continues to drive this man? What keeps him at the top of the genre nearly TWENTY ONE YEARS after he debuted as a teenager on Main Source’s Live At The Barbecue? Just what inspires the MC who has inspired a generation?

Emotion. Imagination. Appreciation

These three words are the backbone of Nas’s tenth studio album. These three words and what they defined are wielded by Hip Hop’s foremost Poet Laureate into a breathtaking journey into the mind of a brilliant soul. Nothing is held back as with brutal honesty he speaks on his divorce, emotionally lamenting the destruction of his marriage. Fiercely speaking on his origins and how his environment shaped his will. Orating with awe-inspiring imagination the mind set of young black men who murder for reputation. Appreciatively culminating every single experience as an opportunity to learn and grow. Nas is everything and nothing on this album. He is the street poet, the thug, the dedicated yet absentee father, loving yet unfaithful husband. The man. The human. The perfect MC and the flawed individual. Salaam Remi and No ID create a sonic canvas for Nas to paint lyrical anecdotes of love, loss, heartbreak and triumph. The victory of this album is the maturity and unflinching honesty conveyed in every single song, There is absolutely nothing that Nas has to prove as a rapper, and yet he continues to set the bar as high as it possibly can be set. A rapper who refuses to conform to modern trends, approaching 40 years old, releasing no popular crossover singles, speaking about the challenges of raising a daughter, dealing with divorce, and feeling out of place in today’s current rap industry. And yet it absolutely works! It succeeds because of its EMOTION. Because of its IMAGINATION. Because of its APPRECIATION for the culture. Because its honest, because its pure, and because it IS Hip Hop. Nas has paved a path that was once thought impossible to travel, that of a rapper entering middle age, speaking on adult situations and themes, on a mainstream level, and SUCCEEDING. In 1994 he took rap to heights thought unimaginable. In 2012 he does it once again. For Nas Life Is Good. For Hip Hop his album is perfect.

Ziggiy's Top 5 Albums Of 2012 - Coli News

Can't some shyt just be good? It's a good album, and it ain't even THAT good to be honest, the beginning starts out strong as fukk and takes a huge dip.

 

[Awesome Wells]

jay could have never stayed true to himself and made music he wants to sell records....that's why he hops on trends lol

some of you people really are in another world

Jay's been one of the biggest trend setters in Hip Hop since the 90's.

He's been talkin' about the shyt that he lives and digs since his first album, before even. One would think that that's him being true to himself. Dude was on a yacht with chicks on his singles that dropped before he even had a deal. This was '94-'95. He's been true to himself, it's just that most people can't relate to what he's speaking on. His lane has been the exact same his whole career.

Hov was doing the Mafioso shyt in '94-'95, with "In My Lifetime" and all of that. Nas was doing hardcore street shyt. We didn't hate on Nas when he jumped on the Mafia shyt like 2-3 years later. He was making some dope shyt with that. Very dope shyt! Point is, people hate on Jay for reasons that aren't even true. This cat hasn't changed at all since before he even had a deal. But him being successful doesn't mean he hasn't been true to himself. Dude's been making the same kinda records for 19 years! LOL!!

 

[Ziggiy]

Can't some shyt just be good? It's a good album, and it ain't even THAT good to be honest, the beginning starts out strong as fukk and takes a huge dip.

You opinion bruh, one that most don't agree with.

Mine has already been stated

 

[DirkDizzler]

Depends on what you looking for... lyrics? Nas. Replay value? Depends once again on what you looking for. If you looking for great songs as a whole and a progressive sound I think Jay has it on this album, if you value lyrics above all then Nas has a better album albeit slightly. I enjoy both and can see myself bumping this Jay for a while off the strength of the album as a whole, different sounds, good production Jay trying to make songs rather just spitting over these beats.

This is from a Nas stan

 

[patscorpio]

so because somebody picks mchg over lig there following a crowd?



jesus you nas stans are in full force military mode when camel drops an album



@ lig being a classic album, you nikkas stay rewriting history, good album yes but that shyt ain't in the same stratosphere as gkmc which imo ia the only arguable classic that dropped last year.

at gkmc being a classic...that might be the most overrated album of last year...shyt was average..LIG has high quality rapping...kendrick was not even potentially spittin on that level

 

[Prolific_1011]

JAY CANNOT DO WHAT NAS DOES. NOT EVEN CLOSE. Jay-Z fans want to pretend he can while they're forced to listen to another album full of blandness (from a lyrics standpoint.)

Meanwhile a lot of rappers can do what Jay does better than Jay. The only difference is the brand.

LIG = 5 MICS.

MCHG = 4 MICS.