why do people think so highly of nas lyrically

[No Homo]

"I drank Moet with Medusa, give her shotguns in hell
From the spliff that I lift and inhale, it ain't hard to tell"

Medusa is a mythological figure that used to turn people into stone when she looked at them. Nas was so high aka so stoned that Medusa couldn't get him any more stoned even if he was in front of her face giving her shotguns from the blunt,

This bar is 20+ years old now imagine allll of the other bars that flew over people's heads in the last 23 years

My reaction reading this

 

[Unolove]

I was raised by my mom on his music but I think people listen to him cause they think it makes them smart