Who was Bigger at their Peak: Nas or Wu Tang?

[Stick Up Kid]

lets say 1997 WU Tang and 1996 Nas (or even 2001 Nas)

By the numbers:

Highest Selling Album
Nas: It Was Written 3x
Wu: Forever 2.1M

#1 albums
Nas: 6
Wu Tang 2

Highest First Week Sales:
I AM - 472K
Forever 313k.

 

[ManBearPig]

Weird debate

GZA might be a better lyricist lowkey

 

[Fresh]

Wu Tang Clan ain't nothing to fvck with

 

[Stick Up Kid]

Weird debate

GZA might be a better lyricist lowkey

just had a random ass debate about this with my boys.. i said nas, they said Wu.. i could be wrong tho

 

[Knockout_LR_Freshmart]

Wasn't even born but I know that Wu-Tang was a culture in and of itself

 

[Stick Up Kid]

Wasn't even born but I know that Wu-Tang was a culture in and of itself

Musically, Nas was bigger.

Wu was more of a cult-type.

 

[Metal Face]

Didn't Wu-Tang Forever sell 600,000+ first week?

That's bigger than any Nas album I think.

 

[Stick Up Kid]

Didn't Wu-Tang Forever sell 600,000+ first week?

That's bigger than any Nas album I think.

612k first week, but was a double album. RIAA use to count 1 album as 2 back then.. so 300k+ sold.

Nas Highest First Week Sales:

1. I AM - 470,000
2. Hip Hop is Dead. 355k
3.Stillmatic - 342k
4. It Was Written - 268k
5. Nastradamus - 232k.

 

[smokeurobinson]

Musically, Nas was bigger.

Wu was more of a cult-type.

U dont know what u r talking about. Wu came first and was always bigger.

 

[Stick Up Kid]

U dont know what u r talking about. Wu came first and was always bigger.

Nas sold more records, had more #1 albums, and has been relevant since 1994.
Wu Tang had a 4 year run .1993-1997.

 

[Pop123]

I dont think yall understand the love that white people have/had for wu tang. Wu was way bigger during their peak than Nas

 

[Stick Up Kid]

I dont think yall understand the love that white people have/had for wu tang. Wu was way bigger during their peak than Nas

As a "cult" yeah ,but musically, they werent.

 

[mobbinfms]

612k first week, but was a double album. RIAA use to count 1 album as 2 back then.. so 300k+ sold.

Nas Highest First Week Sales:

1. I AM - 470,000
2. Hip Hop is Dead. 355k
3.Stillmatic - 342k
4. It Was Written - 268k
5. Nastradamus - 232k.

That’s only for certification purposes. They sold 612,000 copies of Forever in a week. Which would have been certified by the RIAA as Platinum.

 

[mobbinfms]

Nas sold more records, had more #1 albums, and has been relevant since 1994.
Wu Tang had a 4 year run .1993-1997.

I think the thread is about who was bigger at their peak though.

 

[Stick Up Kid]

I think the thread is about who was bigger at their peak though.

Nas sold more at his peak and had bigger hits