Can a case be made that DMX is better than Nas?

[Palm Tree's & Blunts]

good album but I like Infamous and HOE over any Nas album

What don't you like about nas?

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

What don't you like about nas?

His fans.

Lol I think he's overrated in the grand scheme of things. Very talented rapper but we have many of those who are less appreciated like Pharoahe Monch for example. His discography doesn't stack up against others, mainly because of production and sequencing. If he wasn't held in as high a regard and considered GOAT by everyone for no real good reason I would appreciate him more.

 

[ZEB WALTON]

A case can be made for any rapper being the best when they are at that level

Dmx has passion that nas never developed. If you prefer passion to straight lyrics, then yea i could see why one would say x was a better mc.

Plus IDAHIH is a classic and is just as good as any nas album.

He fell hard tho even tho I still think hes a great mc. His production/his eras production wasnt very good as the albums rolled out.

Imagine dmx over 96 mobb deep and cnn beats. Oh boy

Its not like x wasnt a great writer either. Slippin is prolly the most powerful song EITHER of them made.

Nas is great tho dont get me wrong. But hes overrated

 

[KevCo]

Is he better? No
Would I rather listen to DMX? Yes

 

[the cac mamba]

ill give X the singles and bangers, but thats about it

nas doesnt have a



x doesnt have a



type of shyt

imo

 

[hayesc0]

X was my favorite rapper in his prime of about 97-2000 but everything he did after that was trash imo so im gonna have to say no.

 

[hayesc0]

fukk a hit. Dame Grease is the production that got people to love X in he first place. Swizz had ONE song on IDAHIH. And it wasn't the best song by far. Dame Grease gave X that moody shyt. Gave him his vibe.

I agree Dame somehow gets lost in the shuffle I guess Swizz was better at marketing himself though.

 

[Palm Tree's & Blunts]

His fans.

Lol I think he's overrated in the grand scheme of things. Very talented rapper but we have many of those who are less appreciated like Pharoahe Monch for example. His discography doesn't stack up against others, mainly because of production and sequencing. If he wasn't held in as high a regard and considered GOAT by everyone for no real good reason I would appreciate him more.

I don't think he's overrated. I just listen mob deep more thats not taking anything away from nas. Nas stans ain't that bad that title goes to eminem fans. You can't even be a em fan because they ruined it with the outrageous stannery

 

[BO BARON]

Nas falling off is 1 of the biggest mtyhs & loads of crap in hip hop history

It started when stupid hip hop purist & media didnt like the direction he went in on IWW with more opulence, mafiaso & kingpin ducktales mixed in with intelligence & he went into it even more on i am

Then you owe me came out & they minds was made up that he had officially fell off even tho he still was selling records & in the pop charts

Nastradamus may be a misstep but how many missteps does dmx have what about jay

 

[Palm Tree's & Blunts]

Nas falling off is 1 of the biggest mtyhs & loads of crap in hip hop history

It started when stupid hip hop purist & media didnt like the direction he went in on IWW with more opulence, mafiaso & kingpin ducktales mixed in with intelligence & he went into it even more on i am

Then you owe me came out & they minds was made up that he had officially fell off even tho he still was selling records & in the pop charts

Nastradamus may be a misstep but how many missteps does dmx have what about jay

I like both i am and it was written. That whole shyt was started by jay z.

 

[Long Live The Kane]

For this to even be a question is an example of nas having higher expectations...To me I Am and Nastradamus are, from a qualitative standpoint, on the same level as X's first 3 albums...Those are nas' consensus worse projects

Now when considering X after his third album might as not even exist...And Nas has late career gems like Untitled and Life is Good and still blesses the odd feature verse...This is absurd

 

[Black Lightning]

Easily, DMX has with out question 1 classic album ( it's dark and hell is hot) and arguably 3.

Nas only has one.

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

For this to even be a question is an example of nas having higher expectations...To me I Am and Nastradamus are, from a qualitative standpoint, on the same level as X's first 3 albums...Those are nas' consensus worse projects

Now when considering X after his third album might as not even exist...And Nas has late career gems like Untitled and Life is Good and still blesses the odd feature verse...This is absurd

@Palm Tree's & Blunts case and point

I Am and Nastradamus are on the same level as IDAHIH

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

I'm not much a fan of a lot of old school hip hop but I acknowledge the greats. I constantly hear talks of NAS being the GOAT particularly because of illmatic and his classic flows & verses HOWEVER going back and listening to hip hop and listening to DMX albums especially when he was in his prime, I don't see how Nas stans can make a case for him being better than X. I don't really care for illmatic but understand why some do but after that it appears to me that Nas fell off hard and while X also fell off his albums & impact seems to have aged like fine wine in comparison with Nas. Question for you guys? Can you show me evidence or clips or fashion or something of new aged rappers wanted to dress & write rhymes like nas? Don't think so... X lyrics, style & beats are so simplistic and easy that i believe the younger generation like myself can vibe more to his music. Despite being out of the game for some time DMX still get's a lot love from the 18-24 demographics and hes as much as recluse as NAS is... look i respect Nas but he doesn't have a better discography than DMX. Dmx is truly the better rapper. Sorry nas stans, now go on and neg me for this post







One of the few old school rappers I fukk with; kept it raw and simple was not trying to flex his vocabulary

All hail Dark Man X

To say you prefer one over the other is one thing....this was pretty shabby argument buddy. I hope you put more effort into your thesis statements for school

 

[spliz]

nas owes his legacy to illmatic.

he gets a lot of passes for his shortcomings. for example, all the contradictory arguments that nas fans are making against DMX.

but then again, nas is the king of contradiction, so its only right.











i'll take "flesh of my flesh" over all of those besides illmatic.

No. I don't see how. ACTUALLY it's the opposite. nikka got and gets criticism for shyt that ALOT of other legends got passes for. Ever since his second album. Him oweing his legacy to Illmatic is retarded as well considering that most Nas fans got on to him thru IWW and went BACK for Illmatic. And alotta people feel IWW >>> Illmatic even tho I myself don't feel that way. DMX was untouchable to me at one point. Like I said the only person on this site whose may be a bigger fan of X than me is @FreshAIG . But this comparison is nonsense if we ain't talkin bout 98-2000..