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This idea that the Blueprint is far superior to Stillmatic is something the media created years after the two were released. They're both classics, but at the time, Stillmatic was better and still is now.
Stillmatic vs The Blueprint
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Jay got numerous classic songs on Blueprint and the production and cohesiveness is on point. Stillmatic has numerous classic songs with a couple of missteps.
The classic songs on Stillmatic are stronger overall, but the strength of Blueprint as an overall body of work is stronger.
With that said, I listen to Stillmatic more so...
The classic songs on Stillmatic are stronger overall, but the strength of Blueprint as an overall body of work is stronger.
With that said, I listen to Stillmatic more so...
Stillmatic.
onelastdeath
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Point is, it shouldn’t be close at all. Put the blueprint up with Nas’ elite albums, not Stillmatic my G.
Like? Is this really a 10+ page thread?
American Gangster vs Stillmatic is maybe a better debate.
Not the Blueprint
Bumpin Destroy & Rebuild 
BigTyme Records
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I got Blueprint, AG, and RD >>>>>>> any nas album
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Point is, it shouldn’t be close at all. Put the blueprint up with Nas’ elite albums, not Stillmatic my G.
Like? Is this really a 10+ page thread?
American Gangster vs Stillmatic is maybe a better debate.
Not the Blueprint
Exactly. Blueprint vs IWW/Illmatic is the only thread worth discussing. Any other album doesn't have a chance.
BigTyme Records
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Point is, it shouldn’t be close at all. Put the blueprint up with Nas’ elite albums, not Stillmatic my G.
Like? Is this really a 10+ page thread?
American Gangster vs Stillmatic is maybe a better debate.
Not the Blueprint
AG wayy better my dude
NaijaRich99
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Bumpin Destroy & Rebuild
Such an underrated diss.
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TheDarceKnight
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Great post.Jay got numerous classic songs on Blueprint and the production and cohesiveness is on point. Stillmatic has numerous classic songs with a couple of missteps.
The classic songs on Stillmatic are stronger overall, but the strength of Blueprint as an overall body of work is stronger.
With that said, I listen to Stillmatic more so...
Only difference is I listen to Blueprint more, but because I'm a production nerd.
If I want to hear the better raps I'd listen to Stillmatic also.
The thing that made Stillmatic so amazing at the time also was that Nas had been written off. No one was expecting him to even drop an album in 2001. Not until later in the year.
I remember exactly where I was when I first heard Stillmatic, and as soon as I heard that epic intro and the "blood of a slave...heart of a king." I knew we were in for a hell of an album.
To be fair to Blueprint, I remember where I was when I first heard that album also, but I was expecting that to be dope. Not all of us were expecting Nas to drop such an amazing album that year.
EDIT: Stillmatic is also one of the last albums to truly be worth being a sequel album
onelastdeath
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I agree. It’s amazing, but it’s a little closer than The Blueprint in Comparison to Stillmatic.
This is a silly thread.
Take a top 2 album from Hov and compare it to a one of Nas’ decent works, I don’t even consider Stillmatic a top 4 Nas album. Which makes this thread insulting. To both artists.
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Blueprint is a dope album with a very cohesive sound, but Stillmatic has the better songs so it is the one I go back to more.
And there are plenty of dope albums with soulful beats, so if I want to hear that sound I'll more likely bump Supreme Clientele, early Kanye or sometimes dipset or even other Jay albums, but I don't think there is another album that sounds like Stillmatic. When I'm in the mood for Stillmatic it's the only album that I can listen to to satisfy that mood.
And there are plenty of dope albums with soulful beats, so if I want to hear that sound I'll more likely bump Supreme Clientele, early Kanye or sometimes dipset or even other Jay albums, but I don't think there is another album that sounds like Stillmatic. When I'm in the mood for Stillmatic it's the only album that I can listen to to satisfy that mood.
OfTheCross
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Both albums brought innovations to the game, both dropped at the same time, both had shots towards each other. Blueprint solidified Jay's name in the game and helped launch Kanye's career, and Stillmatic revitalized Nas' career.
This ends right here, right now.
BP aged better
Completely disagree.
Stillmatic was better to me at the time. But I've listened to both within the past 1-2 years and Stillmatic completely floored me, BP didn't.