Poll: What Was Nas' Best Year?

[JustCKing]

DMX :peeumad:

Keyword "One", not first or only

 

[mr.africa]

it is between 96,because of it was written and somewhere around 01 or 02,cause of the incredible stillmatic-lost tapes-god son 3 album run.

 

[MillionMills]

It's a tie between 1999 and 2002

The majority of The Lost Tapes was recorded during 1999 and that is his best body of work IMO. Plus he dropped two platinum albums in the year. His voice finally matured on I Am..

2002 was Stillmatic reaching its success, beef w/ jay, and release of The Lost Tapes and God's Son.

IWW is his best studio album but I dont think 1996 had the magic 2002 did

 

[Wacky D]

It went gold :peeumad:

yea. like 10 years later.

 

[JustCKing]

There won't be a documentary about Nas' 2002.
The obvious answer is 94. He became a legend.

The documentary isn't about his '94. It's about Illmatic, which I already noted. Would Illmatic matter as much if Nas doesn't blow up in '96 and didn't have any longevity beyond that point? A lot of people weren't exposed to Illmatic when it initially dropped. His fanbase grew exponentially after IWW. He regained fans with his late '01-'02 run and picked up new ones.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

commercially, i'm going 96-99 and 02/03, but lyrically/projects? 93 til infinity

 

[mobbinfms]

yea. like 10 years later.

It went gold before IWW dropped. It was a steady seller.

 

[pointproven214]

1996 easily.

 

[mobbinfms]

The documentary isn't about his '94. It's about Illmatic, which I already noted. Would Illmatic matter as much if Nas doesn't blow up in '96 and didn't have any longevity beyond that point? A lot of people weren't exposed to Illmatic when it initially dropped. His fanbase grew exponentially after IWW. He regained fans with his late '01-'02 run and picked up new ones.

What if?
Based on what happened, 94 is the best.

 

[mr.africa]

1996 easily.

you are looking at it only from a lyrical standpoint though.

 

[JustCKing]

What if?
Based on what happened, 94 is the best.

In hindsight, it's one of his bigger years because of how the legacy of Illmatic has grown over time.

 

[Illeye buckmatic]

2002 was a monster year:naswon: It's not necessarily his best album year but the year he had the most going on. 96 is right there also:trillmatic:

 

[Xtz23]

Illmatic-it was written

I'll go with 94

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

I pick 2002 the release of Stillmatic with hits such as Got Ur self A Gun and One Mic. And later in he released God's Son with tracks such as Made You look, Thugz Mansion and I Can. I was in middle school at the time and alot of people my age and older where not really fukking with Nas like that.I mean everyone knew he was a good rapper but where I'm from the most popular rapper's at that time where Jay-Z, Eminem, Ja Rule and Nelly. It was not until Ether came out that people where I am from really started feeling Nas. But I have always been a Nas fan.It was written was the first album I ever had but it was the Edited version because I was 6 when it came out.

Hate to break it to you but none of that stuff you mentioned happened in 2002

 

[Easy-E]

Whatever year he made Find Your Wealth