In the history of Hip Hop, who has a stronger DEBUT and SOPHOMORE album than Nas?

[texasdaking88]

Kanye west...easily

Arguably... Lupe, cube, jigga, dre, snoop

 

[usmarin3]

I already said Ice Cube, why is there further discussion!

 

[nawledge_god]

The Only One I Can Think Of Is Ice Cube....Life After Death Was Full OF Filler..

 

[MARIO_DRO]

OUTKAST..

 

[riddlerap]

50 - POTD and GRODT. everyone always says POTD is his best album, and most people agree GRODT is classic.. so, why not?

also, no one mentioned Mobb Deep?

if you dont count Juvenile Hell. then its The Infamous and Hell on Earth.

 

[BelovedAfeni]

and another one

 

[BelovedAfeni]

Prince

jk

 

[nex gin]

I can think of none although there are certainly a lot of contenders.

 

[Billy_Poncho]

Outkast is right up there with Nas and Ghost, Southernplaylasticcadillacmuzik is slept on as far as their catalog goes

 

[5th Letter]

Artists with at least one classic debut and good follow up album

A Tribe Called Quest

Ice Cube

Mobb Deep (not counting juvenile hell)

Nas

Notorious B.I.G

DMX

Redman

Wu Tang

Ghostface Killah

Jay Z

 

[Lab Baby]

im going to have to agree nas is my 1a for debut + sophmore but biggie is 1b. after that there are quite a few that could make an argument depending on how you value the music

36 chambers + Forever

ironman + supreme clientele

quality + beautiful struggle

southernplayalisticadillacmuzic + atliens

lord willing + hell hath no fury

(i know yall gonna hate but personal faves)

attack of the attacking things + this week

food & liquor + the cool

honorable mention... i wanted to include mf doom but my man had too many aliases for me to construct an approach as to what should be considered doom vs victor vs geedorah

*bows and beholds something greater than myself*

Jean Grae is the female GOAT hands down on a creative level. Both them albums are tough. And Jeanius? Fuuuuuuuck...

DOOM's Operation Doomsday and MM... FOOD are classics to me, if you count consecutive albums as DOOM. Not a fan of the Geedorah side (too many subpar features) and Vik's albums were dope, but the production was meh. DOOM is best on his own shit, and of course Madlib's.

 

[buttuh_b]

Yall can name people with back to back freshman and sophomore albums that are classic as much as you want. Doesn't mean they're better than Nasir's. The closest one is probably Ice Cube. But the quality on Illmatic and It Was Written is unmatched.

 

[ohhhla]

Ghostface, Rakim, BDK and MC Eiht?

 

[ohhhla]

Eric B and Rakim first two and BDK as well off the top

Yes, I thought people will call me crazy for that.

Ice Cube AS WELL.

 

[buttuh_b]

Well yea, Rakim also came to mind. I mean yea they're on the all time great list in that category but Nas would be number 1.

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

Nas is my all time GOAT....so I concur...

 

[hoodsavior]

I mean rtd was no illmatic but lad shits all over iww

 

[5th Letter]

I can't say for sure that Nas has the best freshman/sophomore albums. A lot of great rappers have dropped some good shit too.

 

[Young Gunner]

Only ones I can think of are Kanye's first two. I've never liked IWW

 

[DarthRozay]

If Lauryn Hill drops another classic...