Sweet 16: Nas vs. DMX

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mobbinfms

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i was gonna put dmx in the jay bracket.
wouldve swapped him for scarface.
X shouldn't be anywhere near the elite 8. He's got one borderline classic album. He sold an incredible amount of records, but how many truly classic hip hop songs does he have??
 

Wacky D

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X shouldn't be anywhere near the elite 8. He's got one borderline classic album. He sold an incredible amount of records, but how many truly classic hip hop songs does he have??


IDAHIH is a certified classic breh. the borderline classic is FOMFBOMB.

nas only has 1 certified classic album himself btw.

classic songs? i gotta sit down and think about that one, but i wouldnt be surprised if dmx has more than nas.
 

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dmx first two classic albums are fire but not better then nas shyt

but nas is better just being objective about but i perfer dmx imo
 

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:wtf:

that album is non-stop banger after banger.
It was a noticeable drop in quality from the first album, which I rated a solid 4-4.5 at the time and I can see why it gets called a classic now :ehh:
His first album isn't as good as Illmatic, It Was Written, Stillmatic or the Lost Tapes though :wow:
 

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It was a noticeable drop in quality from the first album, which I rated a solid 4-4.5 at the time and I can see why it gets called a classic now :ehh:
His first album isn't as good as Illmatic, It Was Written, Stillmatic or the Lost Tapes though :wow:


IDAHIH is better than any nas album not named illmatic.

FOMFBOMB isnt much of a dropoff from IDAHIH. its more of a case of apples-n-oranges. you can argue that its better than every post-illmatic nas album as well.

i played FOMFBOMB more than IDAHIH actually.:ehh:

im not saying X is better, or even in my top 8. but hes arguably top 10 and hes not as far behind nas as yall are making it seem.
 

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IDAHIH is better than any nas album not named illmatic.

FOMFBOMB isnt much of a dropoff from IDAHIH. its more of a case of apples-n-oranges. you can argue that its better than every post-illmatic nas album as well.

i played FOMFBOMB more than IDAHIH actually.:ehh:

im not saying X is better, or even in my top 8. but hes arguably top 10 and hes not as far behind nas as yall are making it seem.
IDAHIH is one of my favorite albums but there are at least five better Nas albums (the first two, Stillmatic, Lost Tapes, God's Son).
 

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I should have said substance. Nas touches on way more topics than X.


i dont know about that one. plus X is deeper than nas.

not to mention that nas is usually contradictory, pretentious, and overall, he comes off like hes forcing his chit half the time.

either way, this shouldnt even be a category. people can rap about what they want to rap about. if somebody wants to rap about burger & fries for 60 minutes, then they can do that, as long as its hot.
 

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I like lyricists more so Nas wins no matter what IMO. DMX is just a different flavor of rap but the same caliber in his lane. If you went point by point I'm sure it'd be much closer.
 
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