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

[MidnightMercenary]

Nah. DMX is great but hard to compete with somebody with Illmatic (aka the GOAT rap album) and one of the greatest storytellers in rap.

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

You just rated illmatic 4 mics?????? IWW, lost tapes and Stillmatic only 4?

allright man, happy Ramadan brother. But we're done here

sorry 4 mics and above I meant

 

[MidnightMercenary]

illmatic- 5 mics
IWW- 5 mics
I am- 4.5 mics
Nastradamus- 3.5 mics
Stillmatic- 5 mics
God Son- 4 mics
Streets disciple- 3.5 mics
Hip Hop is Dead- 4 mics
Untitled- 4.5 mics
Life is good- 4.5 mics

Lost Tapes- 4.5 mics
Distant Relatives- Damn Near 5, but i'll say 4.5

A lot of these are too high breh

 

[qnsfinest]

illmatic- 5 mics
IWW- 5 mics
I am- 4.5 mics
Nastradamus- 3.5 mics
Stillmatic- 5 mics
God Son- 4 mics
Streets disciple- 3.5 mics
Hip Hop is Dead- 4 mics
Untitled- 4.5 mics
Life is good- 4.5 mics

Lost Tapes- 4.5 mics
Distant Relatives- Damn Near 5, but i'll say 4.5

A lot of these are too high breh

What would you say is to high? And how would you rate them?

The only album I might be to generous is with Untitled, I wouldn't be mad if someone said 4

 

[MidnightMercenary]

What would you say is to high? And how would you rate them?

Well when I think of 5 mics, I'm thinking of 'cream of the crop' albums; not just in hip hop but in music as a whole. Illmatic is a very good example of this. IWW is a classic so that'd be a 4.5.

StIllmatic has some AMAZING highs: Rewind, Intro, 2nd Childhood etc. but there's a few tracks I don't care for. Braveheart Party is pure ass.

For the second question I'm not sure, it's been a long time since I've heard some of Nas' albums.

 

[qnsfinest]

Well when I think of 5 mics, I'm thinking of 'cream of the crop' albums; not just in hip hop but in music as a whole. Illmatic is a very good example of this. IWW is a classic so that'd be a 4.5.

StIllmatic has some AMAZING highs: Rewind, Intro, 2nd Childhood etc. but there's a few tracks I don't care for. Braveheart Party is pure ass.

For the second question I'm not sure, it's been a long time since I've heard some of Nas' albums.

I like the "cream of the crop" statement. To me personally there is a difference between a 5 mic album and a classic cream of the crop album like an illmatic, doggystyle, 36 chambers. Is that a legit argument?

 

[JayBaldacci]

illmatic- 5 mics
IWW- 5 mics
I am- 4.5 mics
Nastradamus- 3.5 mics
Stillmatic- 5 mics
God Son- 4 mics
Streets disciple- 3.5 mics
Hip Hop is Dead- 4 mics
Untitled- 4.5 mics
Life is good- 4.5 mics

Lost Tapes- 4.5 mics
Distant Relatives- Damn Near 5, but i'll say 4.5

DR is a 2.5 mic album. So is SD and Nastradamus. HHID. Untitled and I am are 3mics. Stillmatic, IWW, God's Son and LIG are 4 mics. TLT is 4.5 mics. Illmatic 5mics.

 

[spliz]

1.Def Jam Recordings - Wikipedia
By 1992, despite recent multi-platinum selling releases from Public Enemy, and EPMD, Def Jam ran into severe financial troubles and was faced with folding. However, in 1994, PolyGram purchased Sony's 50% stake in Def Jam Recordings — subsequently bringing the label into its fold. Following PolyGram's purchase, Def Jam distributed the Violator Records-signed artist Warren G's Regulate... G Funk Era album, which went triple platinum and brought much-needed revenue to Def Jam through its distribution deal with Violator.[8]

Def jam did great business with the roc,dmx ja etc but warren saved them in their hard times.

2.Cause you said so?
He did fine without him.

3.fukk your opinion let's deal with facts. Who did better,them or swizz?
Swizz made more notable shyt than them combined.

No one said Warren G didn't save Def Jam. I said DMX and Jay came thru 4 years later and did it AGAIN nikka. I'm done talkin bout this Swizz shyt. Lol.

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

No one said Warren G didn't save Def Jam. I said DMX and Jay came thru 4 years later and did it AGAIN nikka. I'm done talkin bout this Swizz shyt. Lol.

You said this four hours ago right?
And they saved nothing

 

[Fresh]

I hate when two rap icons I like are compared like this

cuz they're both gonna get dissed simply for the sake of debate

both of their jerseys are retired in my opinion

to answer OP NaS, but this takes absolutely nothin from X in this case

 

[Fresh]

Even on his worst album Nas has songs that are better than DMX's best songs

most biased thing I've read in months on here
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Favor which artist you want but cot dam on that part

 

[spliz]

You said this four hours ago right?
And they saved nothing

It was a mistake. Got on my phone and it showed I didn't hit reply. Didn't remember if I did already.

 

[Ziggiy]

No, 4 mics is extremely generous.

His 4 mic albums are: Illmatic, It Was Written, Lost Tapes (if it counts), Stillmatic

Nothing else there is 4 mics. You have some 3.5 mics in there maybe like Life is Good, God's Son etc.

That's what I mean by overrated.

Other artists of his calibre have better discogs, it's that simple.

 

[Tom Foolery]

I'd say X's peak was higher, but Nas' longevity puts him over the edge.

This is actually closer then people realize. A few changes in history and this could easily swing the other way.

Re-listening to DMX's work right now. You could argue he's a better overall rapper.

 

[spliz]

I'd say X's peak was higher, but Nas' longevity puts him over the edge.

This is actually closer then people realize. A few changes in history and this could easily swing the other way.

Re-listening to DMX's work right now. You could argue he's a better overall rapper.

Hell nah. Lol. And X is one of my fav rappers of all time.