Mike D & Coop Matchup Nas’ “It Was Written” Up Against Jay Z’s “The Blueprint” Song For Song.

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  • @JS-wv7op
    @JS-wv7op 2 года назад +15

    No one in rap has ever said some shit on a mic LIKE Nas has. For real it’s gems on EVERY album. Nas is a real musician. Street shit,life shit,politics,family,neglected children,music industry,friendship,fake friends, love,hate,thoughts that people scared to say, etc etc etc......!!!!.....Nas is forever tha goat.

  • @sabalipeaceandpatience9264
    @sabalipeaceandpatience9264 2 года назад +24

    Nas and Jay are the best two emcees for me. Nas is my favorite but I find it so corny to hate on jay. Man is a legend.

    • @jamaaldavis7907
      @jamaaldavis7907 2 года назад

      Dey all timers ....Def not my 2 favorite emcees eva....

    • @ChiChi-jg1ch
      @ChiChi-jg1ch 2 года назад

      @@jamaaldavis7907 Lol, you're the dude that puts on a cape for Eminem and gets emotional about any criticism towards him.

    • @jamaaldavis7907
      @jamaaldavis7907 2 года назад +1

      @@ChiChi-jg1ch wrong guy... m & m...ain't impressive artistry wise...not in my top 35 as a emcee...nice try 😂..better luck needed💤

    • @p-jaywade1333
      @p-jaywade1333 2 года назад +3

      One is the people's champion (Nas) reflecting on life with something deep to say and the other is the hustler's champion (Jay Z) bragging about having money from selling drugs in the past, how many women he's slept with, and being better than every rapper you've heard about. It's a matter of content vs bravado. Nas wins everytime.

    • @jamaaldavis7907
      @jamaaldavis7907 2 года назад +1

      @@p-jaywade1333 styles makes fights...matter of opinion..honestly

  • @shamariopatterson1206
    @shamariopatterson1206 2 года назад +7

    Banned for TV is one of the Best intros IMO

  • @benoplasm
    @benoplasm 2 года назад +25

    Stay chiseled by Nas is the most conscious rap song ever.
    Its probably the most metaphor rich rap song ever.
    Honestly, Shakespeare would learn a thing or 2 frm Nas.

    • @leroygreen6310
      @leroygreen6310 2 года назад +2

      I'm a go with Nature Of The Threat Or On Earth As It Is In Heaven by Ras Kass.

    • @imperialstats
      @imperialstats 2 года назад

      @@leroygreen6310 nature of the threat the coldest record i ever heard in my life

    • @j-touch232
      @j-touch232 2 года назад

      You know, which one came out first? Stay chiseled or lyrical exercise (breathe easy) by jayz because I feel like one spun off the other

    • @leroygreen6310
      @leroygreen6310 2 года назад +1

      @@j-touch232 We can't use assumptions and act like its facts.

    • @leroygreen6310
      @leroygreen6310 2 года назад

      @@imperialstats Then there's How To Kill God & American Horror Story. Fools a be dead before they ever breakdown these kinda records. Soul On Ice in general almost makes It Was Written a weed plate.

  • @Dabridge4009
    @Dabridge4009 2 года назад +18

    It was written all day!! Jay don't have a song better than I gave you power or if I ruled the world....See Nas has verses better than Jay songs....Jay don't have that.

    • @romaretaylor9953
      @romaretaylor9953 2 года назад +3

      If I ruled the world isn’t better than any Jay song. This is slander and hate stop this bs. Revisit in my lifetime vol 1 there’s classics on that album that Any rap fan should like

    • @Dabridge4009
      @Dabridge4009 2 года назад +1

      @@romaretaylor9953 you need to go play in traffic boy.....

  • @MusicJunkiePlus
    @MusicJunkiePlus 2 года назад +18

    “Black Girl Lost” is an easy Top 5 off ‘It Was Written’ for me. I went back to it constantly when the album dropped. It’s got that R&B groove to it and Nas came with a subject matter that’s STILL relevant today. I can’t believe y’all dismissed it like it was a throw away track

    • @t-4579
      @t-4579 2 года назад +1

      Agreed

    • @positivej1
      @positivej1 2 года назад +1

      Co-sign this message

    • @RoadIIDaRiches
      @RoadIIDaRiches 2 года назад +1

      I can’t believe these dudes don’t like Black Girl Lost… that’s wild to me

    • @AllTheThings_Coop
      @AllTheThings_Coop 2 года назад

      Worst beat on the album goes to… Black Girl Lost 🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫

    • @JamesSmith-ov5um
      @JamesSmith-ov5um Год назад

      @@AllTheThings_Coop naw it’s Nas is Coming

  • @jbwuzhere6819
    @jbwuzhere6819 2 года назад +51

    Jay is the best @ WHAT HE DOES, Nas is the best @ WHAT HE DOES. I prefer what Nas does to what Jay does. I like substance, creativity and improvisation. For me Jay is more concerned with reinforcing a self created identity, selling records and staying in character than expressing genuine thoughts on life, society and the human condition. He's an entertainer first and foremost. Nas has an artistic voice that spans the gamut of experiences and isn't constrained by keeping up appearances.

    • @leroygreen6310
      @leroygreen6310 2 года назад

      People that make the argument Jay lacks substance after 25 years of classic substantive records from Jay are idiots. Between Can I Live and Universal Soldier Jay is likely the most conscious rapper we've seen in decades.

    • @joeyoung4984
      @joeyoung4984 2 года назад

      THAT'S CORRECT FATCS

    • @mrworkowt5419
      @mrworkowt5419 2 года назад +4

      Damn well said

    • @andremiller1566
      @andremiller1566 2 года назад +10

      I'm not mad at that assessment but I see it different. Jay rap about his own life and Nas rap about other people's life.
      Shit is like the autobiography of Malcolm X vs Lord of the Rings.
      Some people like that creative bullshit from a quiet humble genius while others just like the more authentic hustler business man shit.

    • @mrworkowt5419
      @mrworkowt5419 2 года назад

      @@andremiller1566
      Question which artist is the better lyricist?

  • @theprofessional-togo
    @theprofessional-togo Год назад +4

    Jay is my second favorite rapper ever (Nas is my favorite), but It was written is a contender for the greatest rap album ever made. Lyrically, I don't think anything compares to it, and the production is ridiculous.

  • @SD-vf1er
    @SD-vf1er 2 года назад +14

    Watch Dem N got straight disrespected in this video. Nas is absolutely destroying that shit.

    • @RoadIIDaRiches
      @RoadIIDaRiches 2 года назад +2

      Definitely

    • @AllTheThings_Coop
      @AllTheThings_Coop 2 года назад +2

      It’s 96 Nas he’s destroying everything

    • @gdawkz
      @gdawkz 2 года назад +1

      Not sure why watch dem n is not celebrated they way it should be. This bars, lyrics and story is legendary

  • @supremesun4580
    @supremesun4580 2 года назад +10

    It DEFINITELY Was TRULY Written by NAS THE DON 👑

  • @sdotagain312
    @sdotagain312 2 года назад +9

    The hip hop generation. Gotta love it. I wonder if cats were debating Miles Davis vs Thelonius Monk back in the day. Lol

  • @benoplasm
    @benoplasm 2 года назад +13

    Streets disciple feat olu dara frm the Streets disciple album is pound for pound a top 5 hard-core nas track. 3rd verse is ridiculous.
    Only Kool g rap could come close. And even at that, take note that while Nas is rhyming with top English vocabulary, he's telling stories.

    • @EM-et4jq
      @EM-et4jq 2 года назад +3

      I’m so mad nobody has gone in depth about Streets Disciple. My favorite album from Nas.

    • @jamaaldavis7907
      @jamaaldavis7907 2 года назад

      @@EM-et4jq 5 dope songs outta 27 trcks..been yrs since las played it ...I'll blow the dust of it n see if the feel is the same..dats my memory of it in '04

    • @jamaaldavis7907
      @jamaaldavis7907 2 года назад

      G rap > nas ...lyrically 💯

  • @MrWordlife302
    @MrWordlife302 2 года назад +14

    It Was Written by far the greatest album ever written! Not going to match up

    • @lethaljones3814
      @lethaljones3814 2 года назад

      I strongly agree 💯💯

    • @TheOsk1e
      @TheOsk1e 2 года назад

      Nah kid

    • @jamaaldavis7907
      @jamaaldavis7907 2 года назад +1

      Nah...lyrically it's up there....tho

    • @ikembaojore3877
      @ikembaojore3877 Год назад +1

      Yeah I'm taking it over any Jay album. Including Reasonable Doubt

    • @mitchellcumsteen9220
      @mitchellcumsteen9220 Год назад +1

      You're buggi'n. It's not even Nas's best album, let alone the rest of rap.

  • @dfwherbie8814
    @dfwherbie8814 Год назад +4

    Salaam Remi is amazing. “Made You Look” isn’t the only song of that caliber. So is “Get Down.” Also, his new album, “Black On Purpose,” is a beautiful album. Nas, Black Thought, CeeLo, Bilal, etc., on the album. Great music

  • @JS-wv7op
    @JS-wv7op 2 года назад +4

    Story tellin....
    I gave you power
    Rewind
    Small world
    Undying love
    Blaze a 50
    Shoot outs
    Shootouts pt. 2
    Get down
    Last real alive
    Ny state of mind ...1&2
    Worlds an addiction ...3 verse for sure
    Project windows
    Shoot em up

  • @SD-vf1er
    @SD-vf1er 2 года назад +5

    The World Is Yours and Dead Presidents is NOT a draw fam. At all.

  • @georgethompsonjr6082
    @georgethompsonjr6082 2 года назад +11

    Should’ve been Vol 1 vs It Was Written and Stillmatic vs The Blueprint

  • @Ohioboiquan
    @Ohioboiquan 2 года назад +1

    A NAS and PROMO album or a NAS and MADLIB album or both is all we need y’all! Let’s chant for that and maybe we’ll get it!!!!

  • @mattlawrence1932
    @mattlawrence1932 2 года назад +4

    Na y'all wrong about Jay being the first too make BIG change up his style💯 BIG had to literally take his verse for "Notorious Thugs" home & rewrite the whole thing 3 times in a row after Bone killed all three of all they verses while they was literally faded asf on weed & Henny & passed out in BIGs studio & Puff woke them all up & they all jumped in the booth& killed all they verses in one single take , all three of them💯 Oml , that was when Biggie had to really really have to step up his flow & cadence not just his pen game anymore & plus he had to speed it up just to compete with Bones style of rapping & theyverses on that track especially Bizzy & Krayzies verses on that track!!!! I Love The Dough was recorded afterwards 💯

  • @SantosSaysMedia
    @SantosSaysMedia 2 года назад +14

    Coop is trippin, American Gangsta is a great album. It is underrated in my opinion.

    • @humblebragger500
      @humblebragger500 2 года назад +1

      Shit has lots of trash records on there. Lets be real

    • @ferrarstokes7115
      @ferrarstokes7115 Год назад

      American Gangsta was a good album not a great album. It doesn't hold a candle to Reasonable Doubt,Blueprint,Black Album,Vol 1,or Vol 2.

    • @Mic-100
      @Mic-100 Год назад +1

      @@ferrarstokes7115 bruh vol 2 shouldn't even be mentioned... unless u have 1998 ears still listening to that garbage

  • @cyrilxolani8097
    @cyrilxolani8097 2 года назад +7

    American Gangster Is Unheard Of No Other MC Has Ever Sounded Like That

    • @christopherhaines2514
      @christopherhaines2514 2 года назад +1

      Nas life is good is better than American gangster. More lyrical content and better production

    • @AllTheThings_Coop
      @AllTheThings_Coop 2 года назад

      Explain please

    • @ehisabuya2687
      @ehisabuya2687 Год назад

      Horrible album….

    • @cyrilxolani8097
      @cyrilxolani8097 Год назад

      @@AllTheThings_Coop The production it's 70s kinder of vibe to be frank it's Hov best album since The Black Album

  • @jamessmith-xl8ls
    @jamessmith-xl8ls 2 года назад +5

    Vol 2 is a 5 mic and my favorite album from jay. I'm a nas fan. A lot of people hated I am but listen to it now it is a solid album

    • @jamaaldavis7907
      @jamaaldavis7907 2 года назад +4

      Vol. 2 is nowhere 5 mics....no sirr

    • @jamessmith-xl8ls
      @jamessmith-xl8ls 2 года назад

      @@jamaaldavis7907 To me it is. It give you the mainstream that doesn't sound corny and the b sides were bangers. I thought he blended it very well. I don't think black album is a classic. To each it's own.

    • @jamaaldavis7907
      @jamaaldavis7907 2 года назад +1

      @@jamessmith-xl8ls black album > vol.2 by far....dats u...✌

    • @jamaaldavis7907
      @jamaaldavis7907 2 года назад

      @@jamessmith-xl8ls idc for vol.2 & 3

    • @jamessmith-xl8ls
      @jamessmith-xl8ls 2 года назад +1

      @@jamaaldavis7907 I agree with vol 3

  • @KingDavidTV
    @KingDavidTV 2 года назад +6

    No Hook was fire on American Gangster as far as bars

  • @TonyBakercomedy
    @TonyBakercomedy 2 года назад +3

    It Was Written

  • @mariocopeland7206
    @mariocopeland7206 2 года назад +4

    It was written is my choice!! Classic

  • @digitalScribr
    @digitalScribr Год назад +1

    Energy wise, Jay all day. Verses that make you think, Nas. I relate to Jay more for reasons most people can't understand. Whether he really lived that life or not, It speaks volumes to the trials and tribulations so many went through...

    • @Mic-100
      @Mic-100 Год назад +1

      On one or two albums... after vol 1, jay was pop rap

  • @jayjesuswake3140
    @jayjesuswake3140 2 года назад +5

    In my lifetime 1 slept on ...jus tht puffy joint gotta go
    Reasonable doubt
    Black album
    Blueprint
    In my lifetime 1
    American gangster
    Ps reasonable doubt definitely unquestionably his best work

    • @maroon_child.5344
      @maroon_child.5344 2 года назад +1

      Me personally would flip Blueprint and Black Album but other than that I fw this. In My Lifetime Vol 1 and American Gangster are super under appreciated

    • @jayjesuswake3140
      @jayjesuswake3140 2 года назад

      @@maroon_child.5344 and i wouldn't argue against that ...definitely can be flipped

  • @CommonNotCommon24-7
    @CommonNotCommon24-7 2 года назад +3

    Nas rewind is top3 most creative song ever and Nas is my GOAT but You Dont Know hits different.

  • @shamariopatterson1206
    @shamariopatterson1206 2 года назад +4

    Ain’t no way in the world change clothes is better than street dreams!!!!

  • @user-lx5mj3mw3j
    @user-lx5mj3mw3j 6 месяцев назад +1

    American gangster is a classic

  • @Alkheezy
    @Alkheezy 2 года назад +9

    Love that you go to the "fans" for votes and all of them are Nas fans lol.. It's like I wonder who they are going to choose lol..

    • @t-4579
      @t-4579 2 года назад +1

      Exactly. And coop is maybe most annoying host ever

    • @AllTheThings_Coop
      @AllTheThings_Coop 2 года назад

      Love u guys 2! Bring some more of ya hating ass friends just like y’all on the page - we need to get our weight up

    • @ivy8252
      @ivy8252 2 года назад

      @@AllTheThings_Coop I think the vote is kinda of one sided because this show is full of nas fans. Not saying jay is better than nas but people just want a fair vote 🤷

    • @AllTheThings_Coop
      @AllTheThings_Coop 2 года назад

      @@ivy8252 we can play it on the patreon show on Monday and let the music tell
      It

    • @ivy8252
      @ivy8252 2 года назад

      @@AllTheThings_Coop that will be good
      To clear all doubt

  • @grippe25
    @grippe25 2 года назад +3

    Jay said "get your CDs out let's go song for song" but that doesn't mean comparing albums 5 years apart. I understand if the point is to prove that It Was Written is a great album, then I understand. It's my favorite Nas album actually. But it should be understood that these battles don't prove what album is better. It's like a Verzus, it's based on match ups. But you don't want to go Illmatic vs Reasonable Doubt song for song.

  • @DJ--ALLDAY
    @DJ--ALLDAY 2 года назад +6

    ☝WHY compare a 1996 LP to a 2001 LP👉 Anything post Hot Boy's was a different vibe & time. 💡 1996 2pac is still here, B.I.G. is still here- Pun / DMX are just levelin' up, Mobb Deep & Busta Rhymes are in Play... 2001 didnt move like 1996

  • @Mic-100
    @Mic-100 2 года назад +6

    My my 1st 5 greatest nas albums in no order
    Illmatic
    Stillmatic
    It was Written
    Lost tapes
    Godson
    The resurgence of Nas
    Life is good
    Kd
    Kd2
    Magic
    Kd3? no need to doubt!
    Now how exactly does Jay have a better album catalog?

    • @leroygreen6310
      @leroygreen6310 2 года назад +2

      Illmatic, It Was Written but the rest is meh. I was outside when those other albums dropped from Nas and people was playing Jay, 50, Kanye, Game, Killa, T.i and others over Nas
      KD12&Magic I gotta give to Hitboy who built up his sound with Dom Kennedy, Big Sean and Benny giving Nas a completely different kinda buzz.

    • @Mic-100
      @Mic-100 2 года назад +1

      @@leroygreen6310 now u just being ridiculous but do u homie 😆

    • @leroygreen6310
      @leroygreen6310 2 года назад

      @@Mic-100 I will and during most of that time heads looked at Nas as boring compared to Jay, Kanye, Dipset, Gunit, T.i and Jeezy. Before KD Hitboy was that guy so it is what it is.

    • @Mic-100
      @Mic-100 2 года назад +1

      To be honest dip set, g unit was a fly by night thing. Ye is more entertaining in interviews and media. Same with Ti. If club music is ur thing, no problem. Jay did his thing in our club days in our 20's. Jay last hot album was in 2007. Since then he been on ye and bey coattails, musically. The soundtrack was a dud. The wife colab was whatever... so it is what it is

    • @leroygreen6310
      @leroygreen6310 2 года назад

      @@Mic-100 All of those MC's spent their run being hotter then Nas in the 2000s and T.i is trap music for hustlas not the club. The only noise Nas albums make after Distant Relatives is on A2HH cause in the streets? KD12 and Magic get crickets.

  • @Brandonn_fit
    @Brandonn_fit Год назад

    I’m taking you don’t know over rewind & I love rewind

  • @MrBarnaby23
    @MrBarnaby23 2 года назад +6

    How is feelin it better than take it in blood??? LoL cmon Mike.

    • @Maal7432
      @Maal7432 2 года назад +1

      Yeah, hell no.

  • @mrmrsplummer3526
    @mrmrsplummer3526 2 года назад +1

    American Dreamin on Knowledge God level..

  • @kc-zf1jp
    @kc-zf1jp 2 года назад +4

    Reasonable Doubt
    The Blueprint
    The Black Album
    444
    American Gangster
    Vol 2
    Those are his greatest albums. No particular order. Classics

    • @Mic-100
      @Mic-100 2 года назад +1

      Vol2 ain't age well spite being his top selling album. Period! Play that shit today and be disappointed.

    • @leroygreen6310
      @leroygreen6310 2 года назад +1

      @@Mic-100 Vol 2 was made for 1998 not 2022 smh.

    • @kc-zf1jp
      @kc-zf1jp 2 года назад +4

      @@Mic-100 Sales mean nothing. Vol 2 has many classic songs that sounds great to this day to me

    • @elp3035
      @elp3035 2 года назад +2

      First 3 are in proper order. I got Vol 1 over Vol 2 though

    • @Mic-100
      @Mic-100 2 года назад

      @@kc-zf1jp songs like what? Lol

  • @GSR-Indictment
    @GSR-Indictment 2 года назад +2

    Jay-Z is the G.O.A.T. But I Like Nas A lot!…Though I Believe It was Written is Nas’ BEST Album!…2B' Honest I Believe Nas has More Fans, while Jay-Z has More Haters, so Ask the People will Go to Nas 9 Times Out of 10!...

    • @Mic-100
      @Mic-100 2 года назад

      Bro question... what makes Jay the goat to you?

  • @kay-uw5lt
    @kay-uw5lt 2 года назад +3

    Black album was way more lyrical than the blueprint. Blueprint showcased song writing ability. With exclusion of "ain't no love" he didn't drop bars and stories on par with "threat", "99 problems", "PSA" and also "moment of clarity" which is one of the most quotable heavy songs in rap

    • @jamaaldavis7907
      @jamaaldavis7907 2 года назад +2

      Black album n bp2 > BP 1 ...in terms of lyricism

    • @Adam-wi5bh
      @Adam-wi5bh 2 года назад +1

      ☝🏽... this. Black album prob my favorite album from him..

    • @styleformen7535
      @styleformen7535 2 года назад +1

      @@jamaaldavis7907 blueprint 2 underrated

    • @jamaaldavis7907
      @jamaaldavis7907 2 года назад

      @@styleformen7535 very💯..I don't wanna gas @ leroy green ...

  • @ikembaojore3877
    @ikembaojore3877 Год назад +1

    Girls, girls 2 vs Street Dreams remix

  • @animebrospodcast4577
    @animebrospodcast4577 Год назад +1

    Should’ve done it in order . The way the album is sequenced matters

  • @CommonNotCommon24-7
    @CommonNotCommon24-7 2 года назад +2

    Nas vs Jay is like Lebron vs Kobe

  • @Alkheezy
    @Alkheezy 2 года назад +4

    Listened to you guys speak on American Gangster and totally neglect the bar work on "Success".. Seriously guys come on I know this is a Nas centric group but lets not omit Success like that..

  • @jasonborne4931
    @jasonborne4931 2 года назад +1

    I play "feel me flow" over "opp" too!

  • @antoine1486
    @antoine1486 2 года назад +3

    American Gangster is more of a 4. 444 is also more of a light 4, possibly 3.5. It was overhyped then mostly forgotten after its release.

    • @ChiChi-jg1ch
      @ChiChi-jg1ch 2 года назад +1

      I think that the movie with the same name helped the album, especially the press run promo.

    • @antoine1486
      @antoine1486 2 года назад

      @@ChiChi-jg1ch It was a smart business decision. I never thought about that. What would it have been like if it were not tied to the movie?

    • @humblebragger500
      @humblebragger500 2 года назад

      Hello brooklyn. Is trash
      Sweet is trash
      I know is trash
      Party life is trash
      Blue magic. Is trash

  • @SantosSaysMedia
    @SantosSaysMedia 2 года назад +2

    Why would you put these two albums against eachother when they are different places of their respective careers?

  • @desmondkeemer50
    @desmondkeemer50 11 месяцев назад +1

    Boy that got heated haha rewind is the more creative record I feel like you can’t compare the two. Like it’s a huge contrast….

  • @malikmogekwu9781
    @malikmogekwu9781 2 года назад +1

    Mike still hurts like every jayz fan can't get over Jay loss I see the pain in Mike eyes

  • @mamba4817
    @mamba4817 2 года назад +2

    Some Jays best lyrics are on American Gangster.

  • @dwillwilliams1240
    @dwillwilliams1240 2 года назад +3

    I am was fire except a couple songs

  • @luisjorge5770
    @luisjorge5770 2 года назад +6

    IWW is better by far

    • @seankelly4594
      @seankelly4594 2 года назад +1

      In no way shape or form

    • @t-4579
      @t-4579 2 года назад +1

      Much better lyrically but not overall album. Street dreams, watch dem niggas, nas is coming, set up, live nigga rap are all good but not great

    • @bundydachosen1
      @bundydachosen1 2 года назад +1

      😂😂😂😂😂 son i hate y’all on here

    • @RASHONBOND973
      @RASHONBOND973 2 года назад +1

      @@t-4579 are you being serious?

    • @t-4579
      @t-4579 2 года назад

      @@RASHONBOND973 blueprint has better songs. Even coop and Mike when they did showdown they counted wrong . Blueprint actually won.

  • @j-touch232
    @j-touch232 2 года назад +2

    It's unfair because you really cant pitch any regular record against rewind and I gave you power... just too brilliant..

    • @neezotnp
      @neezotnp Год назад +1

      I gave you power is like the greatest story ever nobody ever told a story from a object like that styles p got the second one

  • @logicbk
    @logicbk Год назад +1

    KD2 is the best from the series. KD3 is a very close second.

  • @peterbadami4872
    @peterbadami4872 8 месяцев назад

    Weird matchup! "It was written" vs. "Reasonable Doubt" or "Stillmatic vs. "The Blueprint" would have made more sense.

  • @ShehStrong
    @ShehStrong 2 года назад

    Great showdown, never thought both albums squared off song for song on a playlist would sound so damn good..I give it a tie, both classics

  • @kestonphillip577
    @kestonphillip577 9 месяцев назад

    I'm a Nas fan but never change is better

  • @tomizzo5314
    @tomizzo5314 2 года назад +2

    Do yourself a favor and listen to the Dec 4th 9th Wonder remix.. PSA remix was fire too but Dec 4th is my all time Hov track easily. Its the sample from the ATLiens intro! 9th remixed the whole black album so did dozens of upcomming (at the time) producers.. check out the 9th Wonder (Black Is Back), RjD2 (The Silver Album), Kev Brown (The Brown Album) and Danger Mouse (The Grey Album) black album remixes.. at the time i barely cared about the actual Black Album there were so many crazy remixes. Gods Son got the same full album remix treatment aswell such a dope time for ppl who were up on underground producers at the time. Check Nas - 2nd Childhood 9th remix too.

  • @buzzcuz8074
    @buzzcuz8074 Год назад

    My favorite Jay-Z's verse was on Gangsta Shit. DJ Clue 1st album ft. Ja Rule. The verse was Super Hard and very prolific...

  • @jaysoncopeland
    @jaysoncopeland 9 месяцев назад +1

    Nas 🐐

  • @cookiemonster91208
    @cookiemonster91208 2 года назад

    Great conversation!

  • @miiiiisvibes
    @miiiiisvibes 2 года назад +1

    I didn't understood what Coop said about Nas and The made men

  • @roderickberry2508
    @roderickberry2508 2 года назад +2

    What people have to realize is Nas is like the John Coltrane of Rap . You have to be “art” driven to stand next to his work . J is like pop star and that doesn’t stand up to true art
    Fact…………..

  • @ebozion32
    @ebozion32 2 года назад +1

    "Feeling it" over "take it in blood"? Ain't No way! That's not a diss to Jay because RD I'd classic! But Nas is spitting and that beat is better on "take it blood" in my opinion.

  • @dynastyflow866
    @dynastyflow866 2 года назад +2

    I like 4: 44

  • @theflyest203
    @theflyest203 2 года назад +2

    I’m with Mike AG is pure bar work coop bugging lol he need to go back with a different set of ears lol

  • @bundydachosen1
    @bundydachosen1 2 года назад +5

    Y’all Nas stans don’t even try to be objective 😂

    • @jay07261986
      @jay07261986 2 года назад +4

      Jay fans are worst tho

    • @bundydachosen1
      @bundydachosen1 2 года назад +3

      @@jay07261986 there is no RUclips page dedicated to Jay z like this shit here is for Nas 😂😂😂😂

    • @Mic-100
      @Mic-100 2 года назад +6

      @@bundydachosen1 go to breakfast club, jbp, funk flex, Ebro in morning then. They don't talk about the actual songs and bars. That speak on his deals... that tells u that they value his celebrity more than his music

    • @redtwinlightsaber9915
      @redtwinlightsaber9915 2 года назад +3

      @@bundydachosen1 Yeah you lying its Ebro and Jay z in the morning 🤣

    • @bundydachosen1
      @bundydachosen1 2 года назад +2

      @@redtwinlightsaber9915 they don’t spend the whole show comparing everything Jay z do to Nas and slandering Nas greatest efforts

  • @CLASSYMUSIC1
    @CLASSYMUSIC1 2 года назад

    Agree with Coop Lost Tapes smokes American Gangsta

  • @ikembaojore3877
    @ikembaojore3877 Год назад +1

    Can't believe yall took Girls over Watch dem Niggahz. I think yall should listen to them records again

  • @Measuredingrahams
    @Measuredingrahams 13 дней назад

    The nas bias came out quick

  • @alantoler8266
    @alantoler8266 2 года назад +4

    Here the breakdown Nas it was Written is Classic joint like I gave you Power shootouts suspect street dreams I mean lyrically it's superior....Jay's Blue print is classic but NAS songs are a Lil more RAW...that's why they so close ..jay is braggadocio and we luv Jay for that ...Nas is more conscious and more vivid storytelling..it's very close

    • @Roy_MO
      @Roy_MO 2 года назад +1

      Blueprints blows that shit out man! That album still slaps till today it has everything lyrics, Better flow, club bangers just name it

    • @sivu25
      @sivu25 2 года назад +7

      @@Roy_MO best tracks on Blueprint are like nursery rhymes compared to IWR.

    • @Roy_MO
      @Roy_MO 2 года назад +1

      @@sivu25 I could say the same thing about IWR compared to Lupe’s new album or Black thought compared to IWR does that makes it better? Bar for Bar The Blueprint was better, song wise it was definitely better, samples/beats the Blueprints miles better, now IWR might have had more complexed rhymes and techniques but it doesn’t make it better Eminem does that shit the most nobody cares, IWR is not better than Blueprint impact wise so stop playing yourself!

    • @jay07261986
      @jay07261986 2 года назад

      @@Roy_MO Kanye n blaze were the all stars on that album.

    • @sivu25
      @sivu25 2 года назад +2

      @@Roy_MO you could say but it wouldn't be true. Bar fir bar there's no comparison with Blueprint. Lupe says IWR is the best lyrical album ever so you'd have to argue with him.
      You ckearly haven't listened to IWR or are not that good at breaking down bars. Blueprint is a more cohesive album but lyrically they're not in the same league.

  • @mattlawrence1932
    @mattlawrence1932 2 года назад +1

    Y'all should have been doing Stillmatic VS The Blue Print obviously considering they came out the same year & both rivaled eachother just because it the beef & that's not even including the two diss records, I'm talking about the albums themselves because of they beef💯
    & KD1 stop sleepin on it cuz it blows away KD2 by far💯 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ if u leave off the last two tracks & make "27 Summers" a 5 minute track & saved Queens Wolf as the final track for KD1 rather than release it a year before on "Lost Tapes 2"💯
    As far as Best production & Best Tracklists on one album :
    1# Illmatic
    2# Stillmatic
    3# Kings Disease
    4# It Was Written
    5# Hip Hop Is Dead
    I would put "Streets Disciple" at 2# or 3# on my list if they would have saved every good track from God's Son & just merged it with Streets Disciple double disc album instead of making them two complete different albums💯 & I'd put "It Was Written" higher if it threw the Sweet Dreams Remix with R-Kelly on it instead of stealing Pacs "All Eyez On Me" beat the same exact year💯 two many samples on that Street Dreams albumtrack💯 Plus add the two unreleased tracks from Dr.Dres Firm album & throw them on "It Was Written" also💯

    • @mattlawrence1932
      @mattlawrence1932 2 года назад

      "Da Introduction" (aka double 9 style) from "E. 1999 Eternal" is the greatest intro track ever along with "the Genesis" intro from Illmatic & "Retaliation" from "The Art Of War"💯 hands down especially for first track intros even if track 1# its not a actual song💯 a intro is a intro & I put the intro track one from the "Adrenaline Rush" album up there too same with the "Picture This" album💯

  • @henryhoward2728
    @henryhoward2728 2 года назад +4

    The dynasty album is borderline classic to me

    • @Mic-100
      @Mic-100 2 года назад

      What are the highs on that album?

    • @t-4579
      @t-4579 2 года назад

      @@Mic-100 the highs are very high(intro, 1900 hustler, can’t be life , where have u been, soon you’ll understand)

    • @Mic-100
      @Mic-100 2 года назад

      @@t-4579 oh ok... I definitely got the intro and 1900 as a high. But the rest of those songs you would call a borderline classic album?

    • @jamaaldavis7907
      @jamaaldavis7907 2 года назад +1

      @@Mic-100 this can't be life ...is classic..jay..beans n scarface...def

    • @MrBarnaby23
      @MrBarnaby23 2 года назад

      😂🤣😂

  • @QB-ul5lq
    @QB-ul5lq 2 года назад +1

    Do Illmatic vs Ready to Die

  • @KulturalMindzLive
    @KulturalMindzLive 2 года назад +2

    hmmm......imma go it was written by a hair. the blueprint is a amazing album tho. both are 5 star albums imo even with the skips on both. Idc who people think had the better album, both in heavy rotation on my playlist.

    • @mitchellcumsteen9220
      @mitchellcumsteen9220 Год назад

      Blueprint was dope, & it didn't get as much shine as it should have because 9/11 happened the day it came out. Am I the only one that feels like 'Renegade' didn't belong on that album? Don't get me wrong, it's a great song, but it doesn't have the same vibe as the rest of the album. You have all these really soulful upbeat songs with motown samples & all of a sudden you have this dark, sinister, synth-heavy song, it just always seemed out of place to me.

  • @annsutton1935
    @annsutton1935 2 года назад

    Every rap song nas nas nas

  • @erwinjones9869
    @erwinjones9869 2 года назад +1

    "Very problematic"

  • @henryhoward2728
    @henryhoward2728 2 года назад +1

    It was written should be compared with volume 1 in my lifetime

    • @t-4579
      @t-4579 2 года назад +2

      Volume 1 has way too many trash songs

    • @jamaaldavis7907
      @jamaaldavis7907 2 года назад +3

      @@t-4579 u crazy...2 bad records..sunshine n what girls like..dats it

    • @Roy_MO
      @Roy_MO 2 года назад +1

      Volume1 could body it was written if we are being honest! Imaginary player, street is watching, where I’m from, lucky me, you must love me, intro, Face off and friend of foe 2

    • @jamaaldavis7907
      @jamaaldavis7907 2 года назад +1

      @@Roy_MO ok👏

    • @MrBarnaby23
      @MrBarnaby23 2 года назад

      @@Roy_MO yea it’s clear you are just a biased troll. We will disregard everything you’ve said. Thanks for your input.

  • @ezekwu
    @ezekwu Год назад

    Blueprint >>> It Was Written...

  • @QB-ul5lq
    @QB-ul5lq 2 года назад +2

    Takeover was not better than Street Dreams

  • @leroygreen6310
    @leroygreen6310 2 года назад +1

    One factor people are missing is that Blueprint was more about Jay not being happy with the SOUND of rap at the time so he put out the album full of soul beats as a counter to the other popular sounds at the time in hip hop. That was strategic because Jay knew the power of his influence musically and then after Blueprint you hear soul samples all over the place in hip hop rather then club based records that was dominating in 2000. This is not an accident.
    American Gangster was Jay proving he's the GOAT end of story.

    • @jay07261986
      @jay07261986 2 года назад +3

      The reason from beanie mac came out 1st with all the soul samples. A year b4 it was ghostface with Supreme clientele where Kanye based his whole sound on that. But Jay-Z was just a bigger artist than those two.

    • @leroygreen6310
      @leroygreen6310 2 года назад

      @@jay07261986 I don't think Kanye was trying to sound like Ghostface at all. The bottomline is somebody had to pay Kanye to make soul samples... Shawn Carter

    • @jay07261986
      @jay07261986 2 года назад +4

      @@leroygreen6310 he said it...he said every beat he made after hearing supreme clientele was for ghost...

    • @leroygreen6310
      @leroygreen6310 2 года назад +1

      @@jay07261986 Beans was a drug dealer and shooter from Philly. Who you think put money in his pocket to even be a successful artist in the first place? The strength behind that Rocafella chain is Jay Z.

    • @leroygreen6310
      @leroygreen6310 2 года назад

      @@jay07261986 Ok well he can realise the Ghostface Blueprint album and see if it moves the needle then. Rza has is style of production and it's not quite Kanye.

  • @wizz491
    @wizz491 2 года назад +2

    Why yall sleepin on black girl lost?

  • @robertarmstrong9182
    @robertarmstrong9182 Год назад

    Mike! Give it up man. Whateva Coop says goes. Lol.

  • @imperialstats
    @imperialstats 2 года назад +1

    Blueprint is over it was written.... it should be blue print vs stillmatic that's a argument they came out at the same time

    • @t-4579
      @t-4579 2 года назад +1

      Blueprint easily beats stillmatic

    • @imperialstats
      @imperialstats 2 года назад +2

      @@t-4579 idk I bought both them shits when they came out and some of the blueprints songs I skip now I don't skip any on stillmatic

    • @bundydachosen1
      @bundydachosen1 2 года назад

      @@imperialstats so u have stillmatic over it was written ? 🤔

    • @imperialstats
      @imperialstats 2 года назад

      @@bundydachosen1 yup

    • @imperialstats
      @imperialstats 2 года назад

      @@bundydachosen1 cause of beats and songs I skip like Nas is coming set up susupect watch them niggas

  • @logicbk
    @logicbk Год назад +1

    American Gangster is not a 5

  • @elp3035
    @elp3035 2 года назад

    AG got Hello Brooklyn, say hello to the bad guy and a few other misteps. I got it at a strong 4.2 out of 5. 4.5 at its absolute best

    • @bundydachosen1
      @bundydachosen1 2 года назад +1

      What album doesn’t have missteps ? Y’all love nit picking Jay albums

    • @elp3035
      @elp3035 2 года назад +1

      @@bundydachosen1 nitpick Nas's albums too. Didn't say it wasn't great. I'm saying it's not a 5. We nitpicking 5s all day. Regardless of who made the album. Step your standards up

  • @BiggRogg007
    @BiggRogg007 2 года назад +7

    This is a Nas channel with no pushback on Jay-Z side - bottom line!

    • @andremiller1566
      @andremiller1566 2 года назад +4

      Yep and it's pretty fucked up cuz I like these dudes and think they're capable,but this shit is a disservice.( Not to mention unnecessary)

    • @JadorrionChimurenga
      @JadorrionChimurenga 2 года назад +6

      You haven't watched the channel long.. Mike D has been arguing for Jay-Z as the GOAT for the longest until the recent run by Nas with KD1 KD2 and Magic.. Now he thinks Nas's catalog makes him the GOAT

    • @andremiller1566
      @andremiller1566 2 года назад +3

      I been here half they run. There has been no point that this was a Jay channel (which is ok) but worse there's been no point that they mention Nas without mentioning Jay or vice versa.
      Jay and Rick Ross have more in common musically.
      Nas is a monotone rapper, a more lyrical Guru
      I hate the comparison it's lazy and I would listen to them for totally different reasons. Stop mentioning them together.

    • @ClarkeIllmatical
      @ClarkeIllmatical 2 года назад

      I’m a nas fan and I agree … I am a bit harder on nas

    • @bbennett5604
      @bbennett5604 2 года назад +2

      @@andremiller1566 facts scoop is the friend bully. Talks Mike into anything

  • @mrmrsplummer3526
    @mrmrsplummer3526 2 года назад

    RD, AG, and BP1 are Jay's best albums. AG might be better than all of them..AG is better than the BA imo

  • @ikembaojore3877
    @ikembaojore3877 Год назад

    Destroy and Rebuild is better than Never Change

  • @mitchellcumsteen9220
    @mitchellcumsteen9220 Год назад

    I'm one of the biggest Nas fans ever, (since '92) always will be. But I'd be lying to myself & everybody else if I said I thought It was written is better than Blueprint, because I don't.Of course, Illmatic & The Black Album are better than them both.

    • @ehisabuya2687
      @ehisabuya2687 Год назад +1

      Obviously it’s either you lied to be a Nas fan or you haven’t listened and digested It was written. DAM

  • @devfolks598
    @devfolks598 2 года назад +2

    Blueprint better than it was written!

  • @cane2486
    @cane2486 2 года назад +3

    Blueprint. Because I could listen through th whole album all the way through without getting too bored. Jay the goat after Notorious big

  • @josephgreene4841
    @josephgreene4841 2 года назад

    😂😂 mike got em

  • @aaronb2343
    @aaronb2343 2 года назад

    Who Had the better verse on Success Nas or Jay ???

    • @leroygreen6310
      @leroygreen6310 2 года назад +1

      Jay had a better verse on Black Republicans

    • @elp3035
      @elp3035 2 года назад

      Nas talked about Jay and Def Jam on his own song so got Nas cause of that. And The first part of Jay verse is a flip of Eminem verse on I'm Back

    • @Mic-100
      @Mic-100 2 года назад

      Fun fact... Jay bit Eminem on a few lines on success. It's hard to be original I guess

    • @bundydachosen1
      @bundydachosen1 2 года назад +2

      @@elp3035 that is an absolute silly way to give it to Nas but i dont expect less from Nas Stans

    • @elp3035
      @elp3035 2 года назад +2

      @@bundydachosen1 so we gonna skip the part about Jay using Emimem rhymes scheme as well? Stop it! It's the overall picture. Nas did his thing, the subject matter was more relevant, and he didn't use anybody else's bars or concept. That good enough? Lol

  • @asylum1166
    @asylum1166 2 года назад

    This is actually a bad match because this Nas album might be better then his first one!!! And his first one is is widely considered the goat album!!! But as good as Jayz blueprint is it’s not touching it was written at all!!!!!! Jay and Nas are the best 2 mcs ever!!!!!! And let’s not sleep on I am and godson! Those are excellent albums and well as life good!!! They not 5 albums but definitely 4 albums

    • @jamaaldavis7907
      @jamaaldavis7907 2 года назад

      Disagree wit the media 1 n 2 emcees eva..I questioned folks real hip hop take wit Dat b.s

  • @seankelly4594
    @seankelly4594 2 года назад +1

    This channel has made me realize nas fans are just as toxic and delusional as Eminem fans 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

  • @kingsleyoji649
    @kingsleyoji649 2 года назад +1

    Shootouts

  • @SD-vf1er
    @SD-vf1er 2 года назад

    IWW beats Blueprint 11-3. Not sure what y’all talking about.

  • @PesterFester1966
    @PesterFester1966 2 года назад +1

    2 of the most overrated albums (Barf)

    • @my-merethoughts5742
      @my-merethoughts5742 2 года назад +2

      Nonsense...gotta be trollin lol

    • @PesterFester1966
      @PesterFester1966 2 года назад

      @@my-merethoughts5742 No trolling here, never understood the hype and never will.

    • @andremiller1566
      @andremiller1566 2 года назад +5

      @@my-merethoughts5742 never reply to a nigga name Thurman Merman

    • @jamaaldavis7907
      @jamaaldavis7907 2 года назад

      @@PesterFester1966 clearly you're a Eminem fan..zero knowledge of real rap..gtfoh😏

    • @jamaaldavis7907
      @jamaaldavis7907 2 года назад +1

      @@andremiller1566 eminem stan...😴

  • @dwillwilliams1240
    @dwillwilliams1240 2 года назад

    I am was fire except a couple songs