DonutHole

5y

@Goo is lurking and on discord commented...

Nas is the greatest ever.

Notable Nas albums: Illmatic, It Was Written, Stillmatic, The Lost Tapes, God's Son, Untitled, Distant Relatives, Life Is Good, King's Disease.

Limiting Nas to Illmatic is wrong. His next albums consistently get more mature, at times more personal and intimate, more daring and diverse musically and conceptually, more universal and so on.

His peers Biggie and Pac died too soon. While they were equals to Nas in their lives they didn't get to evolve and expand their craft the same way Nas did.

Jay-Z is his main contender, but on three of his most notable albums: BP/TBA/AG he was mainly a braggadocious rapper with some deeper moments scattered throughout. He tried to clown on Nas for kicking knowledge only to end up doing the same almost 2 decades later. Pop rap fans might find his output more fun.

Ye had a great run musically but his concepts and lyrics aren't as good. He isn't the vivid storyteller that Nas is. His rapping doesn't make heads spin. He doesn't really have that raw hip hop feeling that most Nas fans prefer.

And then you have Wayne who is nowhere near Nas' level lyrically and his discog isn't as consistent plus never reached the same heights.

Nas' loosies alone are superior to most discogs btw. The hate he gets on KTT is really weird and mainly comes from ppl who've never listened to him apart from Illmatic. Some of them never really heard Illmatic either.

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Stantm4444

5y

In general though, study the greats guys. Like just don’t listen to the old albums but figure out what motivated them and the meaning behind the lyrics. That’s how I got into hip-hop 12ish years ago. Started in the 80s and moved forward to the present, which was about 2008-2009. So by that time I heard The Carter 3, Graduation, American Gangster I had perspective and caught all their historical references. It will make you really SEE the musicians. Lastly, it will give you proper perspective about the new hip-hop artists and whose worth listening to.

worsnop984

5y

no one can top Wayne's The Suffix, Carter 2, Dedication 2, Like Father Like Son, Da Drought 3, Carter 3 and No Ceilings run and i didn't even include the leaks

Shabazz999

5y

top 5 is subjective and someone can always make a really good argument for why nas would be in theirs

MrIndigo96

5y

I think Top 10 best MC's is subjective
but GOAT list is more objective

DUMMIE

5y

Wayne got classic tapes and even if that Carter s*** is true thats more good albums than Nas

v12

5y

u saying the nas doesn’t have a case better than m&ms

2words

5y

Better case than Em or Drake easily, you’re putting too much stock in mainstream s***, Nas will always be up there for people who care about hip hop. Including Kanye is also laughable

insertcoolnamehere

5y

Em type gassed off doing s*** that Chino XL and Redman were already doing.

Emery Atreides

5y

eminem is mid so duh

Objectively speaking we putting biggie on the top 5 for 2 albums?

SegaDreamFlash

5y

Y'all be ranking Wayne top 5 off mixtapes and that's cool and all but when it comes to his albums his discography shaky as hell, he has quite a few duds in there

Tribe

5y

Yes and he's flat out better than Wayne who was never good lol, eminem who has sucked for 20 years now, kanye who rapped well on like 1 album and drake

Saint Aquinas

5y

That's subjective. But if we are talking about album's greatness, Ready to Die and MMLP are just as great as Illmatic.

MFDoom has no case for top 25 let alone top 5

Jodecidal Hotline

5y

MF DOOM definitely has a case for top 25. Please stop

Soo Diff

5y

Honestly who gives a f***. His run from dedication 2 to no ceilings is nothing short of impressive one of the best hip hop runs weve ever had the pleasure to witness.