Even Nas would tell you that Nastramus is just a coaster for his glass of "Cosmo w/ a cherry in da middle"
Ironically, Nas has become the most consistent artist in hip hop history
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Even Nas would tell you that Nastramus is just a coaster for his glass of "Cosmo w/ a cherry in da middle"
Im tired of this blatant disrespect being throwed at Jay Z
1. Kast
2. ATCQ
3. Nas
4. Pac
5. Common
6. Jay-Z
5 and 6 is switchable, Common has been very consistent in his career, only album I didn't like from him is U.M.C.
2. ATCQ
3. Nas
4. Pac
5. Common
6. Jay-Z
5 and 6 is switchable, Common has been very consistent in his career, only album I didn't like from him is U.M.C.
Even Nas would tell you that Nastramus is just a coaster for his glass of "Cosmo w/ a cherry in da middle"
I think almost universally people would say Nastradamus isn't Nas' strongest work but I would probably give it 3.5 mics or at worst 3 so I don't see it being absymal overall. It has some songs I really fukk with.
If you're going to strictly numbers, then there's really no debate. But that's not how we've ever debated rap music.
Wait the fukk up. I'm a die hard nas fan and all but am I the only dude that thinks vol. 2 is a classic and it's what saved jay career from going back to the block? I pick that album over bp any fukking day. I can't listen to bp like that. Most over rated album ever in my opinion.
Vol. 2 is average, there is some great songs on there, then there is some songs that are ass, BP is one of my fav albums of all time, the production was top notch, he did his thing lyrically, and overall, and album that I can still enjoy to this day. Not to mention BP had takeover on it, shyt is what brought the classic Nas and Jay battle to the masses. Even though Jay lost that battle though
But we're not debating rap music, we're debating consistency in hip hop, if we get our opinions involved then how is anyone going to win? Or even simply make their case? Someone could actually say Lil Wayne is the most consistent, rate all his albums a minimum of 4/5 and you can't say shyt, because that's how they feel.
The reason I point to sales is not because it makes the quality of the music better but because it shows that while you or whoever might not like it, a million people did, and that means he was consistently able to please people musically. And he did it for 15 years consistently, without taking breaks for years, which is unprecedented in hip hop.
I think I may have expected too much, this is after all a hip hop forum and 99% of the content is based on opinion. I should've let it go after someone said E-40 (no disrespect to him).
The point is that your argument for saying that Nas has been the most consistent is just based on your personal opinion, and nothing else. You aren't really saying anything, basically.
JayBaldacci
All Star
ironman and cuban linx aren't solo albums.
The_Third_Man
Superstar
I agree. Nas is the most consistant. He has been one of the most unfairly criticized mcs too since It was written.
People throw the word garbage/dud around to describe some of nas albums and act like it's proven fact! To me a garbage albums is an album where at least 50% are unlistenable.
for example, how can an album like Street Disciple be garbage?
How many of these songs are really wack?
-Message to the Feds
-Nazareth Savage
- American way
- These are our heroes
- Disciple
- Sekou Story
- Live Now
- Rest of My Life
- Just a moment
- reason
- you know my style
- Suicide bounce
- UBR
- Virgo
- remember the times
- Making of perfect bytch
- getting married
- No one else in the room
- Bridging the gap
- War
- Me & you
- Thieves theme
People throw the word garbage/dud around to describe some of nas albums and act like it's proven fact! To me a garbage albums is an album where at least 50% are unlistenable.
for example, how can an album like Street Disciple be garbage?
How many of these songs are really wack?
-Message to the Feds
-Nazareth Savage
- American way
- These are our heroes
- Disciple
- Sekou Story
- Live Now
- Rest of My Life
- Just a moment
- reason
- you know my style
- Suicide bounce
- UBR
- Virgo
- remember the times
- Making of perfect bytch
- getting married
- No one else in the room
- Bridging the gap
- War
- Me & you
- Thieves theme
With that many quality songs, I can never understand how people say SD is wack.
Whats the big difference between I Am, Stillmatic, Nastradamus, Hiphop is dead and God's Son. Lyrically It's dreaming, being poor, being rich, surviving and over coming and relationships. Those are wide topics.
And he talks about those topics a lot of times, in different ways LYRICALLY, but he keeps the same flow, delivery, rhyme schemes, sounds of production on a lot of albums and songs. The overall mood setting of the albums are also very similar. Which is why he doesn't have the best catalog in my opinion. Tyler the creator talks about different shyt too, but the shyt still sounds the same.
You could move around a lot of Nas's songs on to different Nas albums and they would fit on there like nothing, cause ain't much changed. I appreciate that he holds the same quality but a little more creativity, courage to do (not say) different shyt, move outside of your comfort zone like Untitled which slightly was outside of his comfort zone just slightly. It's been 18 years since he came in his game and he's still keeping it very similar to how it was when it came out just weaker and weaker production. That's why as a poet Nas is probably #1, just of reading his lyrics. But when I listen to the music he moved down a few spots.
That's the only negative thing I can say about Nas, just like I can say 1 negative thing about all the top 10 rappers besides maybe Pac and Big cause they had such short careers.