Sorry to break it to you, bro. Credible rappers were making songs with pop/R&B acts WAYYYY before Nas and after Nas. Sorry he broke your heart. It is what it is.
before nas debuted,..
there were only a few credible rnb pop or rnb on the hook records.
that were about relationships, and actually never damaged the standing of said artist
the only real credible one's in the range of nas's debut was:
rakim with jody whatley
diamond d : i'm so confused
sandwiched inbetween that was miss jones's collab on the legendary sugar hill.
which at the time floated above being credible.
while alternatively, nas with lauren hill and jack'n ol school sellout grups like whodini did not fully help his standing.
it just so happened he was an mtv darling and swapped fanbases.
leaving his credbile culture driven draw fans behind for the pop fans and fanbase supplied by mtv, and the fugees trickle down draw.
in that same time, de la helped bridge the gap to the credible rnb sang hook as well.
which was more a wave over time from saturday to break a dawn to the perfect classic girl records.
all featured on the perfect classic, stakes is high.
which, was more about dela being accessible and making content driven records.
that did not take any extra thought like their other previous material.
nas, though was not this type of artist and his degradation into extreme commercialism lack cred like dela's submissions, culturally.
art barr