NaS Life Is Good vs Jay Z Magna Holy Grail. Lyrically & Musically, which is better?

[Bed$tuy]

it's just a poll

 

[the rhyme king]

nas life is good

 

[Street Knowledge]

LIG and its not close. Not because LIG is some great or classic album but because MGHG is so Medicore

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

LIG blows damn near every album out of the water that you compare it to. Lyrically, thematically and sonically. Truly one of my favorite albums ever. I can't even listen to cherry wine without being

 

[Long Live The Kane]

If Life As Good had multiple songs as wack and lyrically lazy as Tom Ford, La Familia, Part 2, etc. ..Nas would still be getting crucified for it...he's held to higher standard than Jay for whatever reason...like dead ass serious, if La Familia was a song word for word the same on Life as Good, muh'fukkas would be carrying on like it was the worst track ever created

Life is Good by a landslide...they're not in the same league as bodies of work...one of Nas' best versus one of Jay's worst

 

[Budda]

Life Is Good

 

[954UAlreadyknow]

LIG especially lyrically..........not even close

 

[bigrodthe1]

MCHG is a good album but it doesn't come close to LIG.

 

[Sad Bunny]

Life Is Good

 

[Bed$tuy]

Queens Story>>>>> Picasso Baby.

I compared these two tracks because in one hand you got NaS keeping it street and telling a story about street legends from the borough of Queens.

While Jay Z spittin and giving props to Picasso, Rothko, Jeff Koons, Francis Bacon, Andy Warhols, and whatever around a bunch of weirdos he feels comfortable with that I want to rob

 

[Gravity]

If Life As Good had multiple songs as wack and lyrically lazy as Tom Ford, La Familia, Part 2, etc. ..Nas would still be getting crucified for it...he's held to higher standard than Jay for whatever reason...like dead ass serious, if La Familia was a song word for word the same on Life as Good, muh'fukkas would be carrying on like it was the worst track ever created

Life is Good by a landslide...they're not in the same league as bodies of work...one of Nas' best versus one of Jay's worst

You're speaking from the perspective of a self righteous Nas Internet fan though. Joints likes Tom Ford and La Familia aren't intended to be "lyrical" records. They're joints for the club and radio and that's the context in which they should be judged. Nas's Made You Look is the same kind of record. Nas clearly dumbs down on the record because the focus is on the track, it's a club/party record. The self righteousness of Nas's fan base hurts him it doesn't help. Y'all handcuff dude with all that high horse shyt. You're going to hear that Tom Ford shyt everywhere, Nas could damn sure use a record like that.

 

[Kartel13]

You're speaking from the perspective of a self righteous Nas Internet fan though. Joints likes Tom Ford and La Familia aren't intended to be "lyrical" records. They're joints for the club and radio and that's the context in which they should be judged. Nas's Made You Look is the same kind of record. Nas clearly dumbs down on the record because the focus is on the track, it's a club/party record. The self righteousness of Nas's fan base hurts him it doesn't help. Y'all handcuff dude with all that high horse shyt. You're going to hear that Tom Ford shyt everywhere, Nas could damn sure use a record like that.

Just stfu with your nonsense already

 

[Gravity]

Just stfu with your nonsense already

If you disagree then just explain why, but miss me with the feminine teeth sucking and neck rolling. Why are some of you so bytchmade?

 

[Kartel13]

If you disagree then just explain why, but miss me with the feminine teeth sucking and neck rolling. Why are some of you so bytchmade?

you just compared Made You Look which was considered a gutter street anthem to trash like Tom Ford and La Familia?

Again, just stfu already

 

[AkaDemiK]

"lyrically and musically"

lol, it doesn't matter how yall try to phrase these threads...there is only one clear answer, LIG.