The Official Nasty Nas ir bin Olu Dara Escobar Jones Thread...

[tompetrez3]

jay z on that bullshit talkin bout he made the yankees cap hot. pure blasphemy. niggas been rockin yankee caps since the 20s.

generic tour guide of new york. force fed wikipedia bullshit. the homewrecker should be ashamed that she even worked with the camel on this song

my dad told me the hook is stolen from a nyc disco record. nothing impressive about the track. he rapped about shit out of towners like me already know about NY.

 

[buttuh_b]

I do understand why a lotta people say he is underrated

Classic Albums =

Illmatic
It Was Written
Stillmatic
The Lost Tapes

Great Albums =

Untitled
God's Son

Very Good Albums =

I Am
Street's Disciple
Hip Hop Is Dead

Below Average Albums =

Nastradamus

That's right. Let's not compare Nas albums to each other but rather the rest of the hip hop nation. Nice list.

 

[buttuh_b]

jay z on that bullshit talkin bout he made the yankees cap hot. pure blasphemy. niggas been rockin yankee caps since the 20s.
generic tour guide of new york. force fed wikipedia bullshit. the homewrecker should be ashamed that she even worked with the camel on this song
my dad told me the hook is stolen from a nyc disco record. nothing impressive about the track. he rapped about shit out of towners like me already know about NY.

*deeeeeead*

 

[sickbizzle]

this comparison is blasphemy. the Nas song actually tries to be something deep and it's a classic, honest Hip Hop song.

Empire is just boring materialistic bragging about NYC itself, anyone could have written that lame ass song. why do people who are not in or from NYC even give a damn about it? you're a dickrider if you do and you're not from there. personally i think the city is wack it's overcrowded and turned into nothing but disneyfied tourist bullshit, no thanks i'll pass on joining the NYC dickriders bandwagon. Chicago >>>

at best Empire State of Mind is ok but turns wack as fuck after you're forced to hear it over the PA at the grocery store for the 50th time. typical Jay-Z sell-out bullshit, just purely manufactured commercial garbage for the idiot masses, my aunt with 4 kids bumps that song on the way to church and thinks she's cool.

edited for more insults since i'm disgusted by this topic.

 

[darkrain]

NY State of Mind hands fucking down. Nas did on his own.

Jay-Z has Alicia Key on it that's the reason why everyone like because of Alicia Key, not the song itself.

If I go anywhere like store or wherever when you hear the song Empire State of Mind.....I would be rolling my eyes and saying, "Not this shit again".

If I go anywhere like store or wherever when you hear the song NY State of Mind....I would be....."hell yeah, this is my shit".

 

[rip.dilla]

NY State of Mind hands fucking down. Nas did on his own.

Jay-Z has Alicia Key on it that's the reason why everyone like because of Alicia Key, not the song itself.

If I go anywhere like store or wherever when you hear the song Empire State of Mind.....I would be rolling my eyes and saying, "Not this shit again".

If I go anywhere like store or wherever when you hear the song NY State of Mind....I would be....."hell yeah, this is my shit".

word... my nigg

 

[real_hh_rep]

"NY State of mind" is hardly a NY anthem. Talking about artistic values, it shits all over "Empire", which on the other side is more monumental and works better as the anthem of city.

 

[rip.dilla]

I think what stops' Empire' from being a great song is the beat... it sucks ass

 

[Blackabar]

I like Empire more because it talks more about materialism.

Empire is the better record because it's more popular.

The people have spoken.

 

[sickbizzle]

that was sarcastic right?

if not..

U Can't Touch This >>>>>>> Empire State of Mind

the people have spoken.

 

[mystery brown]

Shit, I'll take 'NY State of Mind Part 2' over Empire...let alone the first one.

 

[flushill401]

Shit, I'll take 'NY State of Mind Part 2' over Empire...let alone the first one.

This ^^^^^^

 

[therealist_]

Shit, I'll take 'NY State of Mind Part 2' over Empire...let alone the first one.

damn.. i wanted to say this first.

 

[maximus preme]

lol its not even a comptition. NY State Of Mind. That other song isn't even worth mentioning in the same sentence so I wont.

 

[nujerz84]

Empire State of Mind is one of the most overrated songs of the last few years. It would struggle to make my top 10 NYC songs imo.

 

[ItzGravitation]

NY State of Mind hands fucking down. Nas did on his own.

Jay-Z has Alicia Key on it that's the reason why everyone like because of Alicia Key, not the song itself.

If I go anywhere like store or wherever when you hear the song Empire State of Mind.....I would be rolling my eyes and saying, "Not this shit again".

If I go anywhere like store or wherever when you hear the song NY State of Mind....I would be....."hell yeah, this is my shit".

damn niggas speakin for Everyone

i like the song cuz its hot not cuz Keys on there

 

[KingJB2ThaFullest86]

Its Was Written is a classic

 

[Focal Point]

lmao Hailey stay making them subliminal I love my dad threads...

 

[Supreme_Mind999]

Man niggas are stone cold trippin to even compare these two..Nas' imagery in both parts of Nu york state of mind are some of the most vivid I've heard on record..You can literally see and smell the pissy hallways,lit blunts,crackheads,timbs,yankee caps,40 oz,grafft etc..i'm not playa hatin on "empire" by far but NYMOM is superior by light years

 

[Supreme_Mind999]

"NY State of mind" is hardly a NY anthem. Talking about artistic values, it shits all over "Empire", which on the other side is more monumental and works better as the anthem of city.

You crazy...New york state of mind is a REAL nu york anthem..It depicts the reality of the inner city..jigga shyt is good but vain and superficial