Pac vs Nas

[raidersreceiver]

For me it goes Pac, Jay-Z, Nas

 

[MooseMouthMthafuga]

What's wrong with shooting at cops? From what I heard they were harassing an innocent person and that's why it happened. Not like he just was crazy and thought mm let me shoot at these cops for fun.

They only skim through it

 

[tybo]

Nas is by far the better lyricist and story teller. that appeals to me more that pacs sheer emotion and will on the mic. i vote nas.

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

Nas is by far the better lyricist and story teller. that appeals to me more that pacs sheer emotion and will on the mic. i vote nas.

nonsense. pac wrote brenda's gotta baby when he was like 19.

 

[mobbinfms]

I could find 1000 Nas before I find another Pac.


Pac was a original individual.Nas was part of that 5 percent collective consciousness.Them pseudo intellectual cats come a dime a dozen.They read a few books, study the dictionary, extract the knowledge, and then go around parroting the shyt.I'm not knocking it, it's cool to see brothers utilizing their mind, but there's nothing unique about that.Like I said, I can go find about 10 Nas on my block right now.

Pac's intelligence was more visceral.He generated his own brightness.It originated with him.Not saying he didn't utilize the knowledge he found in books, I'm quite sure he did, but he didn't allow it to "intellectualize" his music like a lot of cats dude.He still had that gutty, instinctual/ spiritual element in his music.You know, those simple truths cast down in the same vein as old negro spirituals.That soul.The pathos of black pain.


Pac was the embodiment of that shyt.His mom fed it into his fetus when he was a baby.She was on trial and fighting for her life while she was pregnant with Pac.That shyt goes down into your baby and helps form the essence of their personality.

All those black revolutionaries/freedom fighters that Nas read about, Pac was raised by them.He lived under the same roof as them and peeped the game from just about every angle possible.Not just out of a book.

Experience is the best teacher.Pac was the nikka that Nas dreamed of being.Nas tries to "intellectualize his way there" but that's not where it's at.It's in your soul/spirit.If you really pay attention to detail, you can see that's what separates the two

Good post. Would hate for some shyt to be "intellectual". Keep it Stupid!

 

[mobbinfms]

I go with Pac because Nas (even though he is one of my favourites) has never made an album I could rock with from start to finish...

Illmatic was a good album, I suppose, but the only song I take from that album is "New York State Of Mind," if I never again listen to the other songs, I feel like I am not missing anything...

"It Was Written" was a confused album, Nas had no clue if he wanted to go pop or not...Therefore, the album ended up half pop, and half that grimmey New York sound...If he had gone either way, he could of easily made a classic double LP, with 1 disc Trackmaster flashy production, and the other disc that grimmy New York sound...

"I am..." was the same as "IWW" but worse...

After that, I have not given a single f_ck about Nas' career...It's been wack to the point of no return...

He sounds average...Even if he has the greatest lyrics...When Nas steps to the MIC on a collabo, I don't feel like he is the SUPERIOR MC...He has no swag/allure/aura any more...

I don't think young kids of today (generally speaking) can really get into Nas' music, his legendary status in the game is what carrying him...

Pac on the other hand would fit right in with Trap Music, Drill Music, Crunk Music, Hipster Music Pac encompassed all these different styles effortlessly...

Hypothetically, I can hear Pac collabo with Waka Flocka, Cam'ron and Dipset, Lil Wayne,Mac Miller, Macklemore and Lewis, Odd Future, Drake, Young Jeezy, Kanye West, Kendric Lamar, Chief Keef, TI, Ludacris, Eminem, J Cole, Wale, Rick Ross...

Whatever genre of hip hop you want, Pac can bring you that "energy"...When you think about it this way, you have to see why dude was on another level, unless you are just a pure hate...

So the emcee with the greatest lyrics sounds average to you?

Nas doesn't have swag? Is that supposed to be a bad thing?

 

[mobbinfms]

Pac could rap forever and be dope, timeless.

It really would have been interesting to see what would have happened to Pac and Big had they lived. The backlash was already beginning on Big.

 

[mobbinfms]

llike what? pac was speaking on real shyt when nas was IN HELL FOR SNUFFING JESUS .I'M A FAN BUT nikka PLEASE

Nas ain't speak on real shyt now?

 

[mobbinfms]

This thread is hilarious.Nas is 1000x better than pac

Better lyrics,better catalog,better storytelling,better features,better diss tracks

Pac could never make a song like rewind or I gave u power or blaze a 50.Pac "dissed" big and that song was an utter fail while ether left jay speechless.

Pac better than nas? you stans smokin that same shyt pacs mother smoked

Hit Em Up was an utter failure? That's crazy.

 

[mobbinfms]

ofcourse he could and i dont hold neither of those songs that high.

What was Pac's lyrical masterpiece then? One verse will suffice. All these people claiming Pac was some insane lyricist clearly weren't around in the 90s. When he was considered AVERAGE.

 

[mobbinfms]

No, Ye has NEVER spit them bars and has always been an average at best rapper, but he does have a naS flow.

Kanye can deliver a good to great verse hear and there. He almost never utilizes a Nas flow though.

 

[NvrCMyNut]

I must be the only one who thinks Nas & Hov > Pac & Big.

 

[intilectual recipricol]

I must be the only one who thinks Nas & Hov > Pac & Big.

Pac >>> Hov >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> BIG >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>naS

if we talkin technically

Hov >>>> Pac >>>>>> BIG >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> naS

 

[intilectual recipricol]

Kanye can deliver a good to great verse hear and there. He almost never utilizes a Nas flow though.

Diamonds remix was the last time I was actually impressed by a Ye verse... maybe Throw Some D's rmx. Actually, "Alright" with Twista but I'm fairly positive that T wrote the verse

 

[The Ruler 09]

It really would have been interesting to see what would have happened to Pac and Big had they lived. The backlash was already beginning on Big.

Was it? What backlash?