Outside Of Nas himself, no one has done more for his career than Hov, Jay saved his career

[Mr.Silver]

I agree with the Blueprint being better than Stillmatic, however Nas has a better discography than Jay and Nas has more classics than Jay.

Jay's Classics are

The Blueprint
Reasonable Doubt
the black Album

Nas's Classics are

Illmatic
Stillmatic
It was Written
The Lost Tapes
Life is Good (Is a classic because Eminem and Jay haven't put out a better album since Jay dropped American Gangster (Life is good still better) and WTT don't count seeing as it is a collab album with Kanye west and since em dropped The Eminem Show way back in 2003, Nas Life is Good album showed that he is better than both and still has it)

Oh my god with this bullshyt. Stillmatic ain't no goddamn classic stop and AG is a classic too

Jay got four certified minimum.

 

[dh86]

Jay was considered the #1 rapper at the time so its a testament to Nas still having a fanbase and having the respect factor to giving him a chance. I believe that no matter what Meek made in response to Back to Back he would have been considered lost.

 

[I_Got_Da_Burna]

camel stans are still mad 15 years later

 

[Gentility]

As an old head, OP is very accurate

"I gave you life when nikkas was forgetting you emcee"

Nastradmaus and that oochie Wally Wally stuff had people not taking nas the MC not as serious.

The last thing Jay aimed to do was give Nas "new life" when he orchestrated the Takeover affair. It was an assassination attempt. And he would've been successful in killing Nas if Nas didn't make the moves necessary to not only survive but thrive in the face of danger.

Jay-Z didn't give Nas new life--Nas did.

 

[Mr.Silver]

The last thing Jay aimed to do was give Nas "new life" when he orchestrated the Takeover affair. It was an assassination attempt. And he would've been successful in killing Nas if Nas didn't make the moves necessary to not only survive but thrive in the face of danger.

Jay-Z didn't give Nas new life--Nas did.

If Jay doesn't diss Nas, Nas career ends in 2000

 

[Gentility]

If Jay doesn't diss Nas, Nas career ends in 2000

Nonsense. Who are you to tell us how history would've been shaped by removing key pieces from it? You have no idea what could've happened. Most artists' careers don't just flow in a clean, linear fashion.

 

[erker]

Jay didn't Write Stillmatic last I know.

 

[mobbinfms]

please. it's been a decade plus since either of them dropped some shyt that wasn't mediocre.

Life is Good came out 4.5 years ago and is borderline classic.
you got a point about Jay

 

[mobbinfms]

WTT & LIG

WTT is mediocre.

 

[mobbinfms]

You really acting like LIG wasn't released to widespread acclaim? I understand maybe you don't like it, but the general consensus on that album was very positive.

 

[2stainz]

we still on this shyt?

 

[mobbinfms]

Large Professor perhaps , who really put him on got the album together?

Nas isn't Nas because of stillmatic, an album 10 years after he initially came out. Please

Stillmatic is very important to Nas' career though.
It's silly to credit Jay for the album when he was literally trying to end his career, and the album was gonna be a classic return to form with or without Ether.

This stuff about Def Jam is also silly. Jay was an employee there. They, along with every other label was trying to sign Nas at that point. How come nobody tries to give any other exec credit for an artist other than this one instance

 

[mobbinfms]

we still on this shyt?

It's still January 2002 over here Breh

 

[mobbinfms]

Jay got four certified minimum

Jay got two.

 

[bucks3115]

Jay got a better disco than Nas.

Blueprint > Stillmatic

Nas dnt have good disco