True or False: Ye has more classic albums than Nas

[Controversy]

Nas has Illmatic, It Was Written, Stillmatic, Lost Tapes, KD2 & Magic...and that's on top of Life Is Good and God's Son

Ye has the 2nd best catalogue in rap history but Nas is a cut above everyone

 

[2ATMsYouSteppinOrWhat]

none of Nas albums from 2020 onward are classic you guys cant be serious

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

none of Nas albums from 2020 onward are classic you guys cant be serious

Lost Tapes was a great collection of B Sides. It was not intended to be an album so why are they counting it?

 

[NoHalfWay]

none of Nas albums from 2020 onward are classic you guys cant be serious

you can rewind it a full decade before that. None of Nas albums after 2010 are “classics” by the strict definition ppl judge hip hop classics by.

I think Nas has 3 indisputable hip hop classics if we’re using the strict definition.

Illmatic, It Was Written, STILLmatic

When we talk album over impact, influence, general quality, and commercial performance in proper context, those 3 albums qualify.

To me The Lost Tapes is Nas’ best body of work, and is definitely a classic NAS album… but it doesn’t meet the criteria of being a general hip hop classic because of it being a compilation of sorts.

Then you have another classic Nas album like God’ Son, which to me is like borderline and can be argued to be a hip hop classic, as it solidified his rank in history and really bookend his commercial peak before becoming a hip hop icon.

I think KD3 is a masterpiece, LIG and Magic are great albums, they don’t really qualify as hip hop classics. He has other good albums

 

[CaughtInTWebb]

True.

Ye has

CD
LR
Graduation
808s
MBDTF

Nas has

illmatic
It Was Written
Life is Good

To me Nas has songs I would legit consider classic from each album but only the three albums above I feel like I can let play thru with no skips….

 

[Tribal Outkast]

They both have more classics than Biggie

 

[Abstract83]

Nas has one of the best catalogs next to Common


Illmatic
It Was Written
Stillmatic
Lost Tapes
Magic
KD 3
KD 2
Life Is Good
God's Son
KD 1

 

[Yinny]

Graduation is NOT a classic by any means

 

[DaveyDave]

Only for this new generation Kanye cock gobblers. Wtf is with this generation they love Kanye so much?

 

[Ziggiy]

It Was Written was a game changer in what sense?

No different than Jay, Kanye’s music, image & approach to music making has simply had a more direct impact on those that have followed

It Was Written is the first East Coast rap album to debut at Number 1 on Billboard. It made Nas a superstar. It Was Written was a game changer in the sense that without it, we don’t get the five straight multiplatinum albums proceeding it. We don’t get Nas is Like, Project Windows, One Mic, Made You Look, I Can, etc. we don’t get the biggest rap battle of all time in 2001. We don’t get Oochie Wally and QB’s Finest. We don’t get Belly. We don’t get Nas and Pac in Central Park. We basically don’t get one of the top 5 most important careers in Hip Hop history.

THATS why It Was Written was a game changer. Because Nas himself is a game changer. And It Was Written was the catalyst for him to make the widespread, long lasting impact he needed to be selling out Madison Square Garden and Yankee Stadium 25 years later.

 

[Kenny West]

Tru

 

[JoelB]

Drunk and hot girls disqualifies Graduation

 

[Jasonmask]

Drunk and hot girls disqualifies Graduation

An album doesn’t need to have no skips to be a classic. What kind of logic that 1/14 songs are horrible disqualifies an album from being great?

 

[JoelB]

An album doesn’t need to have no skips to be a classic. What kind of logic that 1/14 songs are horrible disqualifies an album from being great?

 

[JayBaldacci]

True.

Ye has

CD
LR
Graduation
808s
MBDTF

Nas has

illmatic
It Was Written
Life is Good

To me Nas has songs I would legit consider classic from each album but only the three albums above I feel like I can let play thru with no skips….

how is 808s hip hop or a classic?