Stillmatic vs The Blueprint

[OfTheCross]

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.

On a one-off listen, maybe


But BP has more replay value. I revisit songs on that album at times because of a great beat or I think of some of the great lines on there.

The music on Stillmatic doesn't ever make me want to revisit the album. Occasionally I'll think of some.bomb ass rhymes and listen to a song off the album for that reason.

Tldr: musically BP is better

 

[Controversy]

Stillmatic is a conceptually deep album

Blueprint is soulful but Stillmatic is much more substantive lyrically

Both great albums but Nas tapped into a higher level on Stillmatic

21 yrs later, Stillmatic still leaves me smh...what type of zone was he in when he wrote this

 

[The Truest]

Lyrically - Blueprint
Sonically - Blueprint

Plus nikkaz got duped by Rewind, Nas spitting a few lines backwards got goofies sayin he spit a story in reverse

nikka said "go he there" and spit everything else forward

Plus Jungle wrote "One Mic"
Not to mention Nas got the "blood of a slave heart of a king" line backwards. He should read more books

Blueprint is dope all the way through minus like one song. Lyrically Nas can't do a "Lyrical Exercise" and can't do a "Heart of the City"


This is really a lopsided comparison. If we wanted a more even debate it shoulda been BPIII vs LIG

 

[Ziggiy]

What Goes Around>>>>>>>

 

[G-Zeus]

both... i think picking one is no longer necessary..

both have songs i listen to every year

 

[prophecypro]

Even Pitchfork went back and couldnt deny

Nas: Stillmatic

Read Paul A. Thompson’s review of the album.

pitchfork.com

 

[Street Knowledge]

Even Pitchfork went back and couldnt deny

Nas: Stillmatic

Read Paul A. Thompson’s review of the album.

pitchfork.com

The interesting this is outside of the source the reviews for stillmatic at the actual time were mostly mediocre while Blueprint was universally acclaimed

Stillmatic - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

The Blueprint - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Trace]

Even Pitchfork went back and couldnt deny

Nas: Stillmatic

Read Paul A. Thompson’s review of the album.

pitchfork.com

I’m surprised they even did that.

 

[KingsOfKings]

Stillmatic

 

[bigdaddy88]

Blueprint is more consistent from top to bottom and better beats...lyrically stillmatic///i think this is one jay "weakest" albums lyrically speaking...

Black album,reasonable doubt and ever American Gangster he was much sharper....

 

[RennisDeynolds]

Stillmatic by a lot. Supreme Clientele over both.

 

[JMD]

Blueprint is more consistent from top to bottom and better beats...lyrically stillmatic///i think this is one jay "weakest" albums lyrically speaking...

Black album,reasonable doubt and ever American Gangster he was much sharper....

agree with most of what you said except the consistent part...if you take out Braveheart Party which the later pressings did I don't think there are any wack tracks on it..."Rule" is probably the weakest link

 

[Stick Up Kid]

Blueprint was more snout the outstanding production than what Jay was actually doing
Was literally carried by it

 

[BUSINESS AS USUAL]

I only like rulers back heart of the city you dont know and lyrical exercise off bp

Stillmatic i skip smokin rule braveheart party my country

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

Blueprint is a better overall album than Stillmatic, but I like Stillmatic more. I don't know if that makes sense to any of you. The first half of Stillmatic was flawless, only in the 2nd half of it did it contain a few songs that should have been left off. Then there are songs like "everybody's crazy" that were left off the Amerikkkan release(it is on my European version, along with "no idea's original". Every ghetto, Rule, and my country should have been left off. Then we truly got a flawless album. Even Jay's album had one song that most people don't like. That was "hola hovito", but I think that was cool. I don't think the Nas songs are wack, but they just don't fit on Stillmatic. Both albums are great from Jay and Nas. And most people hate "braveheart party". It was definitely out of place.