Why Nas will never be top anything in my book..

[rip.dilla]

Nas stans got bodied in this piece

In what society is being content acceptable?

So u gonna be the cashier for 20 years instead of tryna become district manager?

Fuck Nas

He aint no influence he just an employee

If you got a college degree, you might as well apply for the honourable post of Accountant General of Shawn Carter Inc.

 

[thewave19]

Snoop and Busta got their own teams?

????

I haven't felt Nas last 2, but I bet he'll still sell more than both of them. Nas isn't Jay. 38 and thinking he in his 20's still

 

[DarkRaiden]

Who cares if you or that troll/coon tommy have Nas in your top whatever? Actual good rappers, even the ones you named, have Nas as either the GOAT or in the top 5.

LOL at you worrying about another mans' money so much you hate him for not getting more.

 

[bkkbully]

Maybe because different artists have different definitions of success? Why does Nas have be neck and neck with Young Money or any of the other silly shit you posted? Why can't the nigga just stack up with his side business and chill with his family, release music when the fuck he wants to. All the shit you stated had nothing to do with music. What ever happened to being a fan of just the music?? These niggas swear they're A&Rs now or some shit GTFO

 

[NothingButTheTruth]

Didn't Nas just get sentenced to pay 55K A MONTH for child support? ... I'm sure his money is just fine.

Also, stop forcing your definition of status and success on someone else. I personally would prefer a low-key Nas-like career over these loud dudes like JayZ and Snoop. Who wants to be in the spotlight at all times like that. That shit is wack to me.

...

Let the dude live his life. You over here comparing one dude to the next, like how come rapper A didn't do what rapper B did? Idk maybe because he's his own person, and his lives his life the way he sees fit.

 

[Who Cares???]

I dont really care about his success outside of music, but I see what duke is saying. People cant say what Nas doesnt want because they are not Nas. What man doesnt want to get paid accordingly? Anyway, his music is what keeps him low on my list. Nigga been dropping dud after dud after dud. Like he lost all ability to make enjoyable music.

 

[verbal juke]

You completely missed the point doggie

Puff,em,jigga,dre and cube all been in the game for years it made them animals and they are now filthy rich

Puff got bad boy,Jigga got roc nation and is a household name in denmark,ukraine and north korea

Ice cube got cubevision,Dre got aftermath and signed em and caked off that cracka

Only puff,cube and dre been in the game longer than nas yet nas is the idiot who is a local rapper while the rest are multi million dolla bosses

I'm not a rapper so I dont have the outlet like they have

If I was a rapper for 20 years I definitely wouldn't be like nas,Id be like cube and jigga

I'm just comparing him to his peers

If he's content then that says a lot about his character and lack of hustle

I hear what you saying and your point is well taken. Only thing is I could care less about Nas pockets, I'm too busy making sure my pockets are straight. Only thing Nas can do for me is make music. The rest of the ish has no bearing on me. If he want to sit on his ass all day, hey good for him just make sure you pump out some music....

 

[jek]

Nas stans got bodied in this piece

In what society is being content acceptable?

So u gonna be the cashier for 20 years instead of tryna become district manager?

Fuck Nas

He aint no influence he just an employee

Rotflol @ chu

Nigga didn't Nas become your favorite rapper last week when you was arguing with me? Now you like fuck Nas soon as these "Nas lost" faggots come in here for attention you actin a fool again..... Why,...cuz he actually came into this game be a rapper and stayed one? Fuck outta here hypocrite!

And Nas role in belly >>>>>>>>your boy Jigga weak ass state property on screen role. Even an introvert like Nas has a better personality than that fool

 

[Disciplined InSight]

Flawed logic thread..

 

[southsil4lil]

Wait so just because Nas isn't a mogul or didn't put on a bunch of niggas he's not a legend?

Ill admit he is a terrible business man but what does that have to do with the booth? I don't know any rapper that doesn't have Nas in their top 5. Having the respect and admiration of your peers is something some of the rappers would dream of.

 

[jonathan_cephas]

I guess yall right. If he want to stay on the fries at McDonalds then hey, more power to him. But I think its stupid for a nigga to be on fries for 20 years. Hell even 5 years. By 10 years I wanna own a McDonalds and be feeding my family and my family families.

 

[aijalon]

Nas has little interest in becoming a corporate puppet.

 

[jek]

It's not like he ain't try to put Nayshon, other prodigees in Cormega AZ and Nature and the whole QB on....how'd that work out for him? Maybe it just accurred to him he not a good C.E.O and don't have the acting carisma that Will Smith, Ice Cube, and Tupac had....so he wanna be known as that street poet that tears the shit out that microphone and Not that artist masquerading as 100 other things shuckin and jiving and I'm good with that. It's better than him faking the funk like Master P use to do. Its just being a legendary lyricist with some of the most creativity ever in some of your classic songs don't pay as much obviously but let's stop acting like Nas is some corner store bum. Niggas burned his truck up in QB and you gotta have money to not trip off that. Think about it, if he was as broke as yall make him seem, he wouldn't have to pay a gueness book of world records amount of child support for Kelis cuz they base that shit on your income. Trust, he got to have that "have a baby by me baby... be a millionaire" type paper don't let the coofies and incents fool yall

 

[Disciplined InSight]

The difference between Nas, Snoop Dogg, and Busta Rhymes is they all been in the game for 20 years but Nas cant seem to reinvent himself and stay relevant.

Yes im a fan of lyrics but I feel like u need more than that to be considered one of the greatest.

You telling me Nas been in the game for 20 years and dont have a team of his own? He should be a boss by now. This nigga still shoppin for labels and lettin labels tell him what can be his album title and what should be his single. He a vet and going thru the same thing Lupe going thru with his record company execs.. Smh

If Rick Ross can come in with all his rapping flaws, past correctional officer job and all, and still build a team "TWICE" (yeah Triple C's flopped but that aint stop him) and be on top of the rap industry neck and neck with Young Money then Nas lost.

If a retarded rapper name Gucci Mane can take the streets by storm, bring up a protege name Wacka Flocka thats even more retarded, rape the music industry, doing 20 shows a month at 30K a show then Nas lost.

If Snoop can be on TV and use his name and celebrity to stay relevant while Busta Rhymes is still to this day getting crazy features and staying relevant and Nas been in the game just as long as them then Nas lost.

The point im trying to make is Nas has no charisma and a terrible business mind. By now he should be where Jay-Z is or even better but no, he's just an average rapper that nobody is really checking for but die hard hip hop fans. Smh

Smh @ these undercover JayHova witnesses and these Nas lost bandwagon riders...this post has so much flawed logic it must get ripped.

How is Nas not staying relevant? He recently dropped hot ass verses with Common ("Ghetto Dreams") and Lil Wayne ("Carter 4 Outro") He's still releasing music ("Nasty and upcoming album Life Is Good) and is a top 3 MC..what else must he do? Your opinion on "reinventing": What do you considering reinventing? Must hey must stay relying on the hottest/trendy/gimmicks to stay up? If that's your idea, then you obviously got it fucked up and possibly a young, smart dumb nigga. But as far as him releasing new shit with fresh lyrical content each year the relevancy speaks for itself.

You've basically contradicted yourself..how you're a fan of lyrics, in HIP HOP, but you think it takes MORE THAN THAT? If that's the case, Rakim, Kool G., Kane, Slick Rick might as well be thrown out because they're considered greats in Hip Hop. You're probably some stan/weirdo who foams at an artists bank account and thinks that makes an artist great.

You might possibly have an argument here, but even "bosses" have bosses still looming over them because they have their own money tied into it and it's even more difficult and stressful. So either way to a certain extent, there's no such thing as being a "boss" per se . i.e. Dre has Aftermath, but he's Jimmy Iovine puppet and Jimmy still pulls the strings. Puff still has Bad Boy but Clive Davis is his puppeteer Baby/Wayne with YMCMB, but Universal..get the picture? And Nas had Bravehearts, but they didn't have Nas' lyrical capacity to stay afloat..and yes their "trendy" single with Lil Jon (who was hot at the time) worked, but it still wasn't enough. Maybe being a corporate puppet isn't in Nas best interest.

Rick Ross stayed BUSY and worked his ass off to the point he had not one, but two seizures. But he found his niche and stuck with it. Wayne found his niche, albeit somewhat to the point of being borderline homo and it worked for him too. And does having a team=winning? No. So another shitty logic you try to spew gets flushed. As far as Gucci Mane can't stay outta jail long enough, plus doing 20 shows a month 30K a show doesn't equals success, longevity in legend status. In other words both Waka and Gucci will be only a flash in the pan when its all over with. And Snoop been sold out and pimping/attention whoring themselves. Busta just doing the usual to stay trendy: whoever's making noise AT THE MOMENT he rolling with that.

Yes..it's obvious. You're a bandwagon "Nas Lost" clown/weirdo..I wouldn't be surprised if you're an actual IC member under another gaylias account.

 

[Got iT Por Barato]

I respect where you coming from, but you cant judge him on his business ventures. You got to look at his body of work, lyrics, and flow. If you judge him by those factors than you are looking at one of the best too ever do it.

 

[Mumo X]

So Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley, MJ, Billy Holliday,James Brown,fela kuti,Peter tosh are idolised cuz they wuz geat businessmen??? smh @ hip -- this culture is full of fickle fans

 

[Got iT Por Barato]

So if a rapper is better at making money, that makes him one of the best? If that is the case, than 50, Diddy, Nelly, Birdman and Soulja Boy got alot of rappers beat

 

[Got iT Por Barato]

Absolutely not

If jigga made less dough than nas he'd still be better in every aspect of rap excluding substance that puts the worst insomniacs to sleep and storytelling

I'm talking about the conglomerating aspect,Jigga is 450 mil gross homeboy global icon.He done came up he aint just a rapper like nas

Nas been in the game for 20 years and nelly,wayne,master p,baby,tip,jigga,dre,em,FIF,cube,heavy d,LL,da fresh prince,puff and jermaine dupri done lapped this dude man

I respect that and cosign

but I dont agree with the bolded . Im not going to make this into a Jayz vs Nas thread (But NAS IS BETTER)

 

[jek]

Say What?? Lmao!!!

Jay z wouldn't be better at Nas in a million years at storytelling. one Love, I gave you power, phone tap, get down, and rewind>>>> any stories Jay has ever dreamed of rapping about. Jay just better at shallow club joints and that's it.

 

[almighty breeze]

Say What?? Lmao!!!

Jay z wouldn't be better at Nas in a million years at storytelling. one Love, I gave you power, phone tap, get down, and rewind>>>> any stories Jay has ever dreamed of rapping about. Jay just better at shallow club joints and that's it.

i've heard dumber things.
that doesnt mean this isnt dumb tho. Make better choices