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Pop123 said:
I think yall in here (me included) and other hip hop heads kind of overrate his catalog and "influence" and overall impact, in reality most people don't rank him as high as we do...but, the hip hop media and them do underrate and underappreciate him. So he's not fairly judged by either side, imo. One side says Illmatic is overrated and Takeover killed Ether...the other side says "Nasir" is a great album and "Jarreau of rap" and shyt like that is fire, lol. Both don't know how to step outside of being a fan/hater and just be objective.

Nas is by far my favorite rapper ever and it's not even close, whoever is 2nd is extremely 2nd...but objectively speaking I don't think he's a lock for Top 3 ever, all things considered. I could argue he's not a lock for Top 5 ever but my stanning won't allow me to. He has a lot of weak to average material bro, albums and singles. It's usually because the production is ass but sometimes, not often, it's him who just sounds off on certain types of songs he attempts to make, the shyt just aint good. I think a lot of people like Nas the luminary/legend more than they actually like Nas's music.

That said, when his shyt is right it's super dead right and nobody does what he does better than him.
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How'd he get banned?
 
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The Dust King said:
can you expand on this im not familiar
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I don't remember what I was talking about when I listed that Nas greatest Hits project but there is a version of Nas Greatest Hits that had a bonus cd with and exclusive Premo mix of Nas joints. It might've been the Japanese Import version.
 
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Big Mark said:
I don't remember what I was talking about when I listed that Nas greatest Hits project but there is a version of Nas Greatest Hits that had a bonus cd with and exclusive Premo mix of Nas joints. It might've been the Japanese Import version.
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i have a nas and premier vinyl with a buncha songs by them

the way you said it im thinking an exclusive premier mix of a song

clearly this not the case cuz as a premier stan its not possible lol
 
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Piff Perkins said:
I gotta ask...if Nasir is a 4 star album what else is a 4 star album to you guys lol? That album is a 2.5 or 3 at best. And it's not even Nas' fault when you consider how poorly it's mixed (fukk Mike Dean) and that much of the production doesn't fit who he is as a rapper. Kanye dropped the ball.
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Album is a 3/5 3.5/5 at best but Adam&Eve is a classic Nas track.
 
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How'd he get banned?
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I posted a clip of who shot Ghost in the "Power" thread, lol. I prefaced it with madd "Spoiler" alerts and put it at the bottom of the post so nobody who didn't want to see it would have seen it...but some of these guys are weirdos who take their moderator or whatever position too seriously cause they probably losers in real life. It was probably that Chicago p*ssy dude, he stay whinin and bytchin, straight dweeb
 
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Pop123 said:
I think yall in here (me included) and other hip hop heads kind of overrate his catalog and "influence" and overall impact, in reality most people don't rank him as high as we do...but, the hip hop media and them do underrate and underappreciate him. So he's not fairly judged by either side, imo. One side says Illmatic is overrated and Takeover killed Ether...the other side says "Nasir" is a great album and "Jarreau of rap" and shyt like that is fire, lol. Both don't know how to step outside of being a fan/hater and just be objective.

Nas is by far my favorite rapper ever and it's not even close, whoever is 2nd is extremely 2nd...but objectively speaking I don't think he's a lock for Top 3 ever, all things considered. I could argue he's not a lock for Top 5 ever but my stanning won't allow me to. He has a lot of weak to average material bro, albums and singles. It's usually because the production is ass but sometimes, not often, it's him who just sounds off on certain types of songs he attempts to make, the shyt just aint good. I think a lot of people like Nas the luminary/legend more than they actually like Nas's music.

That said, when his shyt is right it's super dead right and nobody does what he does better than him.
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Completely disagree and I don’t think I can express in words how much I disagree. If Nas ain’t top 5. Who is? For instance. Ain’t nobody u can list to me right now that has a flawless catalog. Nas been in the game for 29 years and nikkas STILL respect him and talk about him. He just performed at the Grammy’s. shyt. Low key. Nas’ second half of his career is better than Jay’s. imo. Untitled, Distant Relatives, and Life Is Good is better than Blueprint 3, Magna Carta, and 4:44. shyt. HHID >>>> Kingdom Come. What Jay DOES have is American Gangster which is prolly the overall best project out of all the ones I mentioned.
 
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spliz said:
Completely disagree and I don’t think I can express in words how much I disagree. If Nas ain’t top 5. Who is? For instance. Ain’t nobody u can list to me right now that has a flawless catalog. Nas been in the game for 29 years and nikkas STILL respect him and talk about him. He just performed at the Grammy’s. shyt. Low key. Nas’ second half of his career is better than Jay’s. imo. Untitled, Distant Relatives, and Life Is Good is better than Blueprint 3, Magna Carta, and 4:44. shyt. HHID >>>> Kingdom Come. What Jay DOES have is American Gangster which is prolly the overall best project out of all the ones I mentioned.
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You are absolutely correct.
 
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