I heard someone on the net say Nas bit off Raekwon's style?

[Built 4 cuban linx]

They styles aren't the same at all, the fuck you heard this at?

 

[*~queenbee~*]

I say that there are people that spread blasphemous facts to seek attention from anonymous people online.

 

[D.Original]

Nas admitted to borrowing from raekwon on last real nigga alive. Id say he did use that mafioso style of OBFCL on IWW. I wouldnt say he bit tho

 

[achewon87]

"...Bad Boy biting Nas album cover way

Big told me Rae was stealing my slang

And Rae told me out in Shaolin, Big would do the same thing

But I borrowed from both them niggas..."

Nas - Last Real Nigga Alive

 

[Built 4 cuban linx]

I see the built 4 Cuban linx and it was written thing but raekwon didn't create mafioso rap tho

 

[usmarin3]

They both were influenced by G Rap imo.

 

[*~queenbee~*]

I see the built 4 Cuban linx and it was written thing but raekwon didn't create mafioso rap tho

You're right about that one.

 

[Lefty_]

Nas is the Natural progression of the best MC's of the 80s. Nobody with a debut album in the 90s can say they helped father his style.

 

[The Lonious Monk]

I see the built 4 Cuban linx and it was written thing but raekwon didn't create mafioso rap tho

He didn't, but he did drop the album that is considered to be the epitome of Mafioso Rap even though there really isn't much mafioso in it at all. And Nas' Esco persona came directly from OB4CL. Everyone on that album had a mafioso moniker. Nas came up with Esco(bar) especially for that album and ran with it afterwards. Saying Nas bit Rae is a bit of a strech, but Nas certainly did dabble in the mafioso rap for a while and you have to believe that he was influenced by Rae to some degree in that. He didn't really come out doing that and he hasn't done it all that much sense.

 

[aneed123]

Nas Jay and Big all bit that Mfioso bullshit from Rae... Ill be nice and say he influenced that.

 

[jono]

Nas Jay and Big all bit that Mfioso bullshit from Rae... Ill be nice and say he influenced that.

Rae got it from G Rap but that nigga gets no respect for nothing. Pun also swiped a lot from G Rap

 

[dalyricalbandit]

96 shit illmatic nigga It Was Written tho

 

[emaculate]

i can see that with the message a lil bit but he still does it differently. This is just the portion of the verse that may match with borrowing from looking at the entire track or verse as a whole I couldn't name a track where NaS sounds like Rae/Ghost anyway.

Exhibit A:

The highlights of livin', Vegas-style roll dice in linen


Antera spinnin' on Millenniums


Twenty G bets, I'm winning 'em; threats I'm sending 'em


Lex with TV sets the minimum


Ill sex adrenaline, party with villains


A case of Demi-Sec to chase the Henny


Wet any clique, with the semi TEC – who want it?
Diamonds I flaunt it, chickenheads flock, I lace 'em


Fried broiled with basil, taste 'em, crack the legs
Way out of formation, it's horizontal how I have 'em


Fuckin' me in the Benz wagon


Can it be Vanity from Last Dragon?

Exhibit B Undying Love

Pacino life, G a roll, casino dice


At the Mirage, Vegas strip, neon lights


Gamblers, puffin cigars, couples and stars
Flashin cameras, dealers, shufflin cards


Spent the weekend, already miss New York and it's odd


Cause I'm the first to say it got too many hustlers who rob
I never hang out, when we do we bust the .45


Cause shells comin back at us while we jump in the ride

The big difference is NaS is a natural storyteller so even use of conscious stream flows coming from him flows and sounds different. At least to me. His use of language also separates him from these guys. They use a lot slanguage in their rhymes as well to tell possibly the same story but it's different or the perspective is different. Interesting stuff to examine.

 

[aneed123]

Nas Jay and Big all bit that Mfioso bullshit from Rae... Ill be nice and say he influenced that.

Rae got it from G Rap but that nigga gets no respect for nothing. Pun also swiped a lot from G Rap

G the father of it but the thread ws Nas and Big biting Rae

 

[5 Grand]

I'll just leave this here

 

[The Lonious Monk]

Nas Jay and Big all bit that Mfioso bullshit from Rae... Ill be nice and say he influenced that.

Rae got it from G Rap but that nigga gets no respect for nothing. Pun also swiped a lot from G Rap

G Rap gets respect from Rae. Rae said G Rap influenced him, but you can't just act like Rae stole from him. When you listen to their catalogs, their music isn't really that much alike outside of some mafia references here and there. G Rap has made a lot of music with the Wu though. He was a character in Ghostface's 36 Seasons most recently.

 

[Fosheezy]

it only natural to imitate what u admire Nas admitted to a bit of dabbling more or less on Last real nigga Alive but it's not like he didn't have his own style

 

[Ear2DaSt]

I think it's ok to be influenced by G-rap not Raekwon tho ...

 

[water ur seeds]

Kool G Rap started the whole mafioso rap thing, but Rae and Wu took it to the next level, Nas used it after Illmatic for a period of time, so yeah you could say he took inspiration from Rae...

 

[THE_R_]

NAS RAN W/ RAE'S STYLE ON IWW...

THEY RAPPED DIFFERENTLY, BUT THEY WERE IN THE SAME ELEMENT AT ONE POINT...

THE WHOLE MAFIOSO AND "AKA" SHIT. IN FACT, RAEKWON GAVE HIM THE ESCOBAR NAME ON OB4CL...