then why bring up quality and number of albums put out? the point had nothing to do with "he put out 10 and he put out 8" or whatever.. it was the fact that nas stays low key and was given the crown... jay z was a nobody in 94 (rap wise) and a low tier rapper when nas and big was out.... and yet jigga lapped him 4 times
how can this even be argued.. maybe nas don't give a shyt.. say that. but don't say nas was working his career just as hard as jay was
I brought up how many albums he made because the topic was his work ethic and that was to show that his work ethic hasn't been poor. Are you paying attention to the topic at hand?
Jay has had more commercial success when it comes to the mainstream because Jay has done a better job at coming with more successful commercial singles that appeal to a wider audience when you compare him and Nas but to say Jay won because Nas had a poor work ethic is bullshyt.
To nikkas who idolize Jay, they feel like he won because he got a shyt load of money, married Beyonce', got almost every rich and famous somebody from Oprah to Obama to Warren Buffet in the world giving him props for his business acumen, along with making some good records here and there.
Because a nikka come with some good and sometimes great hit singles almost every album, don't speak for the whole album. You can have a couple of hit singles almost every album and still make and put out a half ass album almost every round you drop. So to sit here and act like Jay consistently was dropping great album after great album every go round is ridiculous; and I'm not saying Nas has consistently has dropped great album after great album either. But what I am saying is that when you compare and contrast their talent as lyricists and MCs, Nas comes out the winner. When it come to essence and raw talent of this Hip Hop shyt, Nas is better than Jay in every way except for coming with mindless/frivolous records for the club. Jay can run laps around Nas when it comes to making music for the club because that's always been Jay's bread and butter, but when it comes to making some shyt with substance that's well written and above and beyond what every other nikka in Hip Hop is doing, Nas is the best.
When we talking bout pure talent as an MC and lyricist, Nas outshines Jay in every way except for coming with some shyt for the clubs.
But Illmatic, It Was Written, Stillmatic, and Life Is Good, > Reasonable Doubt, Blueprint, The Black Album and 4:44
Oh yeah and just for emphasis again, Ether > The Takeover
In the end, Nas won.
