Jay-Z did this exact thing with Reasonable Doubt. When Reasonable Doubt was initially released, it was recognized by the hip hop community as a good album; a very solid effort, nothing more than that really. It didn't shake the hip hop community down to its foundations or make time stand still...
The only person I've ever heard compare TI and 2Pac is TI. He was doing it like the whole Paper Trail album "...officially the hottest nigga rapping since 2Pac" from "56 Bars", "It's like 2Pac never died, sit back, enjoy the show" from "My Life, Your Entertainment" and he said something else...
Ay now I love 2Pac as much as the next guy, Me Against The World and The Don Killuminati are two of my favorite albums ever and his contributions to the world of hip hop are immeasurable but sometimes he acted like a damn beyotch. He seemed really self absorbed at times and was always cryin bout...
Ain't none of them really makin a lot of noise right now. I mean Rick Ross is makin noise but he's lame as fuck and stuff. I think the throne is kinda vacant right now
I think some of his crowning achievements of pure lyricism are "No Idea's Original", "Purple", "Get Down", his verse on "Verbal Intercourse", that first verse on "Memory Lane" (really the entire Illmatic), "The Rise & Fall" "Queens Get The Money", a freestyle he did on the paid in full beat...
It's crazy how Nas' best verses and songs really are like lyrical journeys. I remember hearing Michael Jackson say that every song should feel like a journey to the listener. Every fan and person listening should feel like they've experienced something after having listened to your song. Pop...
Nas is absolutely the best. As far as just flat out lyricism goes, just straight up being a technical master of pure lyricism, there's only a handful of names you could even mention in the same breath as Nas and they are...Rakim, Eminem, Big Pun and that's about it. And Nas' music isn't boring...
To me Lil' Wayne stans are the worst. I don't see how they overlook the wackness "I'ma turn you on...like tv" "I'm the bomb...tick tick" "I wish a nigga would like a tree" smh