If you know Nas and really call yourself a fan, you’d know that he cooled out directly after his mother died. Alot of the smoke he had for the rap game at the time was due to the depth of tragedy and drama in his life at the time. His mother diagnosed with cancer, Jay-Z dangling an affair with Carmen over his head, some of the underground QB rappers (Cormega) coming at his neck.
Nas, by all accounts, is one of those kinds of people who goes SCORCHED earth when he’s angry or boxed into a corner. Remember all the shyt that went with that “competition”. Nas trying to hang a Jay-Z robot at Summer Jam, dissing Nore, Camron, and Nelly on Power 105, flirting with signing with Murda Inc, creating the Death Of Escobar album that was gonna diss and expose half the industry (apparently so potent he had to have the songs completely erased so they never leaked)
All that energy was great for us fans, but i’m sure was taxing for him. Not only that but Nas himself is an introverted, low key personality. He shouldn’t force himself to be what he’s not all in the name of competition.
I don’t even know why we still STILL obsessively compare Nas and Jay-Z’s careers like that anyway. They have said it, and everyone AROUND them has said it. They are two different men running different races. They were NEVER similar personalities and never similar artists. They are the two best rappers to ever live, they are from New York, and after that the buck stops.
