Nas’s older music is better but Jay’s new music is better. Lately Nas sounds like he raps to a click track for every song and they just paste bars onto random beats
@each1teach1academy43 Jay-Z has You Must Love Me, A Week Ago, Coming of Age pt 1 and 2, Meet the Parents, God Did, etc. I'm not from NY, and don't care for how Nas and other decided to start rapping. Rewind is a gimmick and I saw the movie Memento, so I'm good. Lyrical Exercise lyrics are much better than Nas wher he's supposed to be a gun (Gave You Power I believe)
Best people that will give you an honest response to this question is regular people. Not industry people who are worried about connections and possible sabotage.
You mean the regular people that’s on the internet hugging jayz nuts everyday believe jaguar wright stories and linking him to Diddy crimes?? You mean those regular people who can’t even rap or understand hip hop and just be on the internet making choices base on who they personally like better?? Yeah ok keep dreaming goofy
@@JohnKing-jz9zb lmao how well did you summarize the idiots I see on this internet every day. It’s like an epidemic lol. I never realized people were THIS guillible.
Only reason these dudes don't immediately say Nas is because of the power Jay Z wields in the entertainment industry. If they say anything offensive it may affect who they work within the industry!
Jay Z has better wordplay, theres like far less double or triple entendres i find in nas' music compared to jay. I like hovs style i think hes more versatile
Yeah that’s what goofies have to say to sleep better at night. Meanwhile jayz woke up this morning with 17 platinum albums, 14 number 1 albums and 24 Grammys.. now blackball yourself goofy
@@Salech47 Queens run what?? Jayz still spanking Nas baby mother and weirdos like you talking about the softest boro running something.. stop telling jokes bozo
@alejandroangel5908 Nas 👑 is the King of New York when he nade Ether and he didn't have go commercial to sell his records Nas 👑 did it his way like a real King happy birthday to the G.O.A.T. Nasir 👏 forever Timeless 🎉
@@shemereali551 jay-z sold more than nas , also has more number 1 albums , jay-z also has more money than nas ever will have , jay-z is the king of new york , and also controls hip hop , jay-z ended nas , nas is nothing now - jay- z the goat who is in ever top 5
If you think Jay cant rap, then youve only listened to his last few albums. Listen to Reasonable Doubt, Life and Times Vol. 3 and 2, Blueprint 2, Black Album, The Dynasty, then listen to his features on Jay Electronicas album, the Meek Mill song, God Did, Jay even killed Nas on Black Republicans.
What I've learned from watching this is that most people would choose NaS hands down but the power and influence that Jay has is what scares these guys from being honest. When you look at the discography there is no comparison. NaS and Eminem are two rappers that should never be compared to other rappers.
Who tf says that Jay is better Just because he has money. Those are all artists who lives this genre and they know very well how great both of them are. HH heads love Jay for his music not for his money
Stop spinning false narrative for likes Its not about the money. Its about the fact Jay manifested everything he aspired on his first solo. Spoke prosperity into existence. In My Lifetime '94 🍾🛥️... It was all there homie. Listen👂🏿
@@Prodigious1stBorn everybody knows jay z is damn legend no question !! I'm Talking about this fools answering and explaining that because jay is more successful
Nas has a dedicated internet following of about 5,000 people that will scream 'GOAT' underneath every comment section lol Love Nas but that's not actual reality. He has not had the impact that Jay has had on the culture. Nas is up there don't get me wrong but Jay left EVERYONE a long time ago with Pac being a distant second.
@@onyxonyx4744 In hip hop terms, not business terms, how did Jay leave everyone a long time ago? Most people have Nas beating Jay in their battle. For me Jay is good but overrated, he bit quite a lot from Biggie and Big L. After Pac and Big died it was DMX who became the #1 rapper, because X had that it factor Jay didn't quite have. Nas doesn't really have that it factor either but he's lyrically a monster and more original than Jay imo
@@onyxonyx4744 Jay himself is influenced by Nas...Nas has MUCH BIGGER IMPACT ON THE CJLTURE THAN JAY....Nas directly or indirectly had impact on 99% of rappers in the whole world. You just don't know how influential Illmatic is
Nas is conceptually more creative. Hov is more technically adept. Jay may not share Nas ability for creative writing. But Nas doesn't have Jays ability to weave in the double entendres and punchlines like Hov.
@@Prodigious1stBorn You bugging nas rarely uses entandras he's more of a ill flow punchline here an there rapper jay is all that plus layered bars strapped with double tripple entandres. The difficulty level ain't even close.
I love when they talk longevity and pick Jay. You can tell those interviews happened a few years ago and they counted Nas as done. Nas saw this shot and went like "hold my shot".
so many Mfs only choosing it is cause they either work n with him or hoping to and they don't want him to feel no type of way when he hear about it. Is Nas hands down it's not even close. As far as status money-wise and business-wise yeah Jay z is on top but as a rapper he can't even touch nice he's not even in the same League
@@eightball258Tf you mean Jay isn't in the same league. I agree Nas is better, but you can't deny that Jay Z has it. The lyrics, flow, discography, influence, all of that.
It’s literally picking between Kendrick and Drake💔 you can tell most of these decisions were made on who can help me more financially in the future. Sad but true..
His last 3 years were not 'phenomenal'. I'll give him two memorable albums out of that run. Magic 1 and King's Disease 3. Neither one of those are universal classics either. Just good albums. Everything else is a weed plate.
@@2pacDocGotDaJuice and Nas in 1996 on Take it In Blood did better verses than everything Jay ever dropped. Inluding his verses on God Did (and there is also an original Take in Blood track that even had better verses than album version)...Nas has TONS of verses better than Jay's best
I’m a nas fan forever but this is never one sided this conversation is legendary lol like talking about religion or politics it’s a never ending conversation
@JTXA7 bro Nas has more evidence to support that he is the goat over Jay and anybody else for that matter. You can ignore the evidence all you want lol. Only metric Jay beats Nas is record sales. That doesn’t make you better. If that’s the case Eminem is the best rapper ever smh. The fact is Jay Z does not have a top 10 rap album of all time. That’s a fact. Nas catalog vs Jay Z catalog is really not a conversation.
Honestly speaking I don’t understand how a true hip hop fan would choose Jay over Nas. Nas IS hip hop and for me is the embodiment of new york rap. That fella was a master lyricist at 15..
@@mattyamweelo6027You're smoking. That is LITERALLY the main argument people always argue against HOV. The fact Nas is better at RAPPING. He is in another realm lyrically. Jay is light-years behind Nas as a lyricist. You can say he's a better artist though, but that's just cause Nas doesn't care for hits or the mainstream. 💀
@@obsessedwiththegreatness Jay Z is the greatest MC to ever pick up a mic. Never Change, Song Cry, D’evils, dead Presidents 2, public service announcement, Marcy me, streets is watching, meet the parents, don’t know what’s not to like. Another thing about Jay which is not talked about is how revealing he actually is. His discography is a journey of his life. You can literally tell at which phase of his life he’s in by an album or a particular string of his albums. You learn about him, even through his mistakes. It’s quite astonishing to those who take the time to really listen to him and take in what it is he’s saying.
@Johnnyboycarter7 Did you 4get the Freestyle diss Nas did over the Paid&Full beat..He killed da WHOLE ROC with that one...And we never heard the ORIGINAL Ether,which the record label didn't wanna release..The version we hear,is the "Watered Down"version...which still was a MIC DROP...
@@blackcobra1981 he was influenced by all the late great rappers from the 80s era. Always paid homage but if we’re being real he kinda did reinvent it. That’s why styles P said that Nas birthed all the rappers in the 90s cause they got their style from Nas
Then y you real hip hop heads wasn’t buying nas garbage that he was putting out letting us jayz fans tell yall how men lie, women lie and numbers don’t.. real hip hop heads went to go by Jayz music I know they much.. because he wasn’t white like Eminem and wasn’t a sex symbol like ll. Cool j and didn’t need dr Dre beats like snoop, 50 and Tupac did.. jayz earned his spot goofy and did by himself
@nellons85 with alot of help from the roc. it was nas pretty much on his own 90 percent of the time except the firm and Bravehearts both didn't last long
I agree they don’t want to be black balled. And when the industry promotes you yes your numbers will be better but looking over lyrical content and “big n’ up your brother” nvm mind Nas cadence and content is for those of us that want substance 😂
That's like trying to compare Prince to Michael Jackson... They're both HIP HOP but they're both in two different lanes...Nas is strictly for the culture while Jay Z blends the line perfectly between Hip Hop Artist and Rapper... Nasir Jones though
@JohnKing-jz9zb it shouldn't be a discussion because real hip hop fans know that Nas way better lyrically than Jay Z after he demolished him Ether is only one of the reasons...not because a bunch of biased Jay Z D-Riders got in front of a camera and said so
@ you can’t demolish someone responding 8 months later goofy.. real hip hop fans know if jayz and nas had a real battle face to face Jayz would make Nas piss on himself.. I hope u don’t think a 5 minute diss track dissing jayz don’t erase all the garbage Nas put out over the years.. that’s y jayz demolish Nas BM in the jeep he brought her 😂😂😂.. 28 to 20… your man Nas lost again!!!!!
@ the only biased jayz d-riders is Y’all corny goofies on the internet that be on jayz nuts everyday.. that’s y 2 years after either your boy Nas was working for him.. because Jayz was the biggest rapper then and now.. point blank period
@JohnKing-jz9zb dude I can care less about Jay Z you're the corny one if you think Jay Z is the greatest rapper...why because is probably the richest?? That just means he sold out more than the rest...it doesn't make him the best,Jadakiss made him apologize,Emimen made him look weak on his on song,and Nas killed him on Ether period!!! case closed
I love Nas and Jay-Z. Both top 5 for me without a question. But Nas to me is the goat. I understand the politics behind people not wanting to pick a side. But I'm kinda suprised that Large Pro didn't say Nas. But more disappointed in AZ more than anything.
@@ebozion32 yea bro. Nas put AZ on. Only reason why AZ got the record label deals coming in cause Nas gave him the spotlight as he was the only feature on there besides Nas’ father.
@killmatic8428 I understand these other artists not wanting to mess up potential business in the future. But Large Pro has an iconic history producing Nas & being from Queens, you would think he would give the nod to Nas. And similar with AZ, being put on by Nas and making classics is like the home team not rooting for you! Maybe they feel Nas could be doing more for them because they've seen how much he's elevated over the years. But my thing is Nas has really made them stay more relevant tbh. You see how quick and confident Havoc from Mobb Deep said, "Nas, of course." ? That's someone who's holding no grudges or has no underlying issues. But maybe AZ really feels that way, or it could be because him and Jay-Z are from Brooklyn. I just can't see how Large Pro can't call it Nas because he's such a hip-hop purest, and we all know Nas is the better lyricist. It be like that sometimes, though.
@@ALexander-ue3kj 4:44 is better than ALL 6 of them albums AND it had more impact. In fact, Jay's 'God Did' verse had more impact than those albums loool. Lastly, Jay rapped better on that Jay Electronica album than Nas did on all 6 of those albums. Nas is not elite anymore lyrically. He's good. Just not elite. Stop trying to make this a close race. Jay has lapped Nas many times at this point and you know it lol
4 out of the 6 of those albums were average and Nas was NOT elite lyrically. I'll give him Magic 1 and KD3. The run isn't what his fans are trying to make it out to be.
I pick NAS( It's not a hard Decision)- Do Yall Remember that NAS was a Platinum artist when Big n Pac was ALIVE ( Jayz career took off After That)- YALL must of FORGOT.....
@@boomdoxful2533well to be fair Jay’s first album dropped in 1996 independently the year Pac died and a year before Big died. And he still sold 450 000 copies under his OWN label.
@@ArtisanWindchimes His label was in partnership with Def Jam. Nobody would sign him before, so Dame and him started their own label and got hot enough for Def Jam to come in and partner with him in 1996. So once he got sign, he had some leverage, such as his own label, but Def Jam was getting most of the money, but he got more than the average new artist.
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NAS NO HESITATION...
It's easy, Nas is for grown ups, Jay-Z is for the uninitiated.
@@Poopdeck1015 jay for the uninitiated 😂 stop taking drugs
NONE!!!
JIGGA HAD WAY MORE VERSES OVERALL
Nas’s older music is better but Jay’s new music is better. Lately Nas sounds like he raps to a click track for every song and they just paste bars onto random beats
Definitely NAS
@@magicstar-dv5pr Definitely JAY
Right? Jay's first big single Dead Presidents was built off a Nas sample for the hook/chorus.
Nas needed to work for Jay in the middle of his career so he could stop being irrelevant.
Nas raised the standards of story telling lyrically
True. And he's always looked up to Slick Rick
At 18 or 19. Jay came to be at Dan. Ear 30
Jay-Z, Ice Cube, Scarface are better storytellers and better rappers in general.
@@sith06 Cube, Ghostface and Scarface are debatable. Jay just cool he has no Rewinds, One Loves, Fetus, etc
@each1teach1academy43 Jay-Z has You Must Love Me, A Week Ago, Coming of Age pt 1 and 2, Meet the Parents, God Did, etc. I'm not from NY, and don't care for how Nas and other decided to start rapping. Rewind is a gimmick and I saw the movie Memento, so I'm good. Lyrical Exercise lyrics are much better than Nas wher he's supposed to be a gun (Gave You Power I believe)
Ones a Biter
Ones a writer
And we all know Nas pen game is incredible
pen being phallic?
Nas of course
Nas won the comment section 🔥🔥🔥
@@Johnnyboycarter7 🔥💯
Most people don't know no better. That's why we ran by the few
Jay-Z is a better overall rapper and artist than Nas. Y'all funny
Aka people that dont rap
@@Dmaj089 how do you make that out when nas destroyed him with ether, make it make sense, seriously.....
For me, Nas
Men don't just have longevity noses like the Catalyst for shit listen now is the reason without Nas there is no Jay z. 14:25
Ofc
@@thomas.samuell As much as I wanna go wit HOV I’m going NAS🗽🔥🔥👏🏾
@@turtleanton6539,🤔
@jetcrews97 Big Facts
Most definitely NAS
Love from Italy 🇮🇹
NAS........Without Question 🫡💯👑🏆🌴🏅
No questions @ All.
Nope
@Adonis7Belguim Jay-Z dope but doesn't keep me like Nas does.
Respect the opinion but for me Jay has the better Catalog, more Classic Albums and was more boundary pushing sonically for Hip Hop
Sike
Nas is like the Afrocentric Asian half man half amazing 🦅
@@byrontate3327 Jay is all amazing
@@tony4534your in the minority
@@fabolousjada5070 Lol. Jay has sold triple what Nas has…
He’s also "half slave master " apparently…
One of the illest lines ever.
Best people that will give you an honest response to this question is regular people. Not industry people who are worried about connections and possible sabotage.
Yep the people picked jayz thats why he sold way more albums than nas and way more commercially successful
@Jay-t5b6e comments full of bots
Exactly, Nas is the goat.
You mean the regular people that’s on the internet hugging jayz nuts everyday believe jaguar wright stories and linking him to Diddy crimes?? You mean those regular people who can’t even rap or understand hip hop and just be on the internet making choices base on who they personally like better?? Yeah ok keep dreaming goofy
@@JohnKing-jz9zb lmao how well did you summarize the idiots I see on this internet every day. It’s like an epidemic lol. I never realized people were THIS guillible.
Only reason these dudes don't immediately say Nas is because of the power Jay Z wields in the entertainment industry. If they say anything offensive it may affect who they work within the industry!
Wateva helps u sleep better at night after witnessing 28 people picking Hov and 20 only picking Nas 😂😂😂
@ its the hesitation for me when Nas is clearly the best lyricist. I want Dame Dash, Jaguar Wright, and Beanie Seagal to chime in with an opinion 😆
Cap 🧢
You need help😊
@@JohnKing-jz9zb New York UD’d Jay Z. NAS all day> NAS also don’t do freak offs with Diddy
Nas the artist/poet painting pictures with words through the mic.
This is really a hard question for this hip hop heads? Jay is great but Nas is the best rapper to touch a mic. Man embodies poetry.
Nas or jay z are better than Kris 1 LL rakim big pac
It's easy only for people who didn't listened to both artists music.
I@marnik261196 I listen to both and Jay-Z all day.
Jay Z has better wordplay, theres like far less double or triple entendres i find in nas' music compared to jay. I like hovs style i think hes more versatile
@@Azoedud Nas made a whole Rap-Raggae collab with the Marley's
We're not scared to get black balled ...Nas.
Yeah, Jay has a lot of power
Nasty Nas easily.
Yeah that’s what goofies have to say to sleep better at night. Meanwhile jayz woke up this morning with 17 platinum albums, 14 number 1 albums and 24 Grammys.. now blackball yourself goofy
@JohnKing-jz9zb u sound like a hater..
I'm still getting mine..
Nas getting his..
Jay-Z getting his.
Sorry u got blocked balled playa
@@marlonstewart7918 sorry Nas lost 28-20 😂😂
2 words.. “ NAS.” “ Ether‼️👊🏾
“Name a rapper that I ain’t influenced “ . Nas is who Jay always wanted to be since his first single.
@@TakinProfit Rakim incluenced Nas and Nas is still way better than him,thats not saying much,so many artists evolve.
@ Nas would not agree. And neither would I . R is goated.
@@ggorgeous8729who said nas was way better than him ??🤣🤣😳 since when?
🧢🧢
😂😂😂 Yeah right.
Nasir Jones "Queens 🥷🏽's run you 🥷🏽's"
QGTM
@@jermaineplummer4042Brooklyn keep on taking it and Queens keep on faking it
🔥🔥
Brooklyn guys show love to both artist. Alot of Queens guys say I'm from Queens, so Nas😂
@@Salech47 Queens run what?? Jayz still spanking Nas baby mother and weirdos like you talking about the softest boro running something.. stop telling jokes bozo
Styles said Nas was the birth of the 90’s, for all of us, Jay & Biggie included. DAMN
He wasn't lying
jay is king of new york or any place
@alejandroangel5908 Nas 👑 is the King of New York when he nade Ether and he didn't have go commercial to sell his records Nas 👑 did it his way like a real King happy birthday to the G.O.A.T. Nasir 👏 forever Timeless 🎉
Agree to that 💪🏽
@@shemereali551 jay-z sold more than nas , also has more number 1 albums , jay-z also has more money than nas ever will have , jay-z is the king of new york , and also controls hip hop , jay-z ended nas , nas is nothing now - jay- z the goat who is in ever top 5
You gotta love how quick Havoc answered that, no hesitation in his loyalty to his people.
NASTY NAS !! 🔥🔥🔥 THE ILLEST
1000%
NAS🗽✍🏾🔥🔥🔥🏆
The illest
It gotta be Nas…the lyrics, storytelling, subject matter, and diversity of his songs are unmatched! The love for hip hop just shines in his bars!
Absolutely without any chance.
@@davidlopes334that statement doesn't even make sense😂
Nas for me
Jay is almost as good but Nas is definitely better.
@@asgoredreemur7935 Nah, not close anymore. Maybe before, but not the recent Jay Z. He went down a lot
Everyone afraid of J because of his dominance in the industry.
Who can rap, rap? Nas all day.
If you think Jay cant rap, then youve only listened to his last few albums. Listen to Reasonable Doubt, Life and Times Vol. 3 and 2, Blueprint 2, Black Album, The Dynasty, then listen to his features on Jay Electronicas album, the Meek Mill song, God Did, Jay even killed Nas on Black Republicans.
True that😂 NAS all day
@@fulfillthedream9343 J’s most technical rap was renegade and Em killed him. Delusion or denial, they both describe J’s fans
@@Jay-zp5lh Like i said, you havent listened to Jays discog.
@@fulfillthedream9343 nas fans are so sensitive. who even says that jay cant rap? crazy statement
What I've learned from watching this is that most people would choose NaS hands down but the power and influence that Jay has is what scares these guys from being honest. When you look at the discography there is no comparison. NaS and Eminem are two rappers that should never be compared to other rappers.
Nas 100% he proved it with the diss hip-hop song "Ether."
So Tupac better than Biggie cuz he made Hitem Up?? See how flawed your logic is.
Hit em up is the worst diss track ever with all sincerity that's song has no good lines what so ever @@E09154
@@guidobrito7772 take over is better the. ether
Illmatic 94’ best hip hop album of all
@@B_Random85 Reasonable Doubt was sorry!
Nas without hesitation, it's simple 🎤
Jay without hesitation, it’s simple 🎤
Nas. If I needed an MC who can give me ultimate versatility, he wins all day.
🤨
Versatility is Hov's strongpoint though...
@@michaeloparah5438 versatility in subject matter, did that specify it better for you?
@@AAli-tx7tz Yes.
I still got Hov…but thanks for clarifying.
@@michaeloparah5438 Nas made whole rap/reggae album with Damien Marley....Nas showed his versatility thousands of times
@@karlovanjak2576 I never said NaS wasn’t versatile.
He’s just not as versatile as Hov.
Why did it feel like everyone was afraid to NOT say Jay Z. Many who picked Jay it feels like they were scared to speak their mind.
How In The Hell Having More Money And Being Corporate Make Someone Better Rapper ??? Y'all Know Nas Is Better
Who tf says that Jay is better Just because he has money. Those are all artists who lives this genre and they know very well how great both of them are. HH heads love Jay for his music not for his money
Stop spinning false narrative for likes
Its not about the money. Its about the fact Jay manifested everything he aspired on his first solo. Spoke prosperity into existence. In My Lifetime '94 🍾🛥️... It was all there homie. Listen👂🏿
@@marnik261196 lot of em said exactly that because jay z is more successful and richer 😂😂
@@Prodigious1stBorn everybody knows jay z is damn legend no question !! I'm Talking about this fools answering and explaining that because jay is more successful
@@marnik26119619:13 listen to this fool
Nas
ALL AFRICA AGREED 💯
Love from GHANA 🇬🇭
dont include africa, just say you bro
@@omphile23 Africa Agrees, including you Omphile 😏
Kenya🖤♥️💚🇰🇪
@@omphile23Africa agrees
@@omphile23
Who cares
When I hear Nas I hear New York! I'm about to see this Legend in 2hrs in Nice,France!
Boy do I envy you.
Not for seeing Nas but for seeing him in Nice.😂
When you hear jayz, you think of Florida or something?😭
@@JustAnt1230 no
Right. When you heard Jay you hear the world 🧏🏽♂️ let you guess whats more important 😁
@@lebgotti, if record sales is your main criteria, then you're onto something. Otherwise, no!
Nasty Nas Escobar without a Doubt"
He ain't never sold aspirin
Outside the US this wouldnt be a question. Nas is culture
Big cap
@@tony4534 big fact...balkan guy here. Nas IS hip hop
Outside New York !!! Nas nice but he ain’t HOV cmon
Let them know...
@@tony4534that's facts..
Nas is 🐐
The God MC Nas illmatic speaks for itself.
That would be Rakim.
Don’t get it twisted, Rakim is The God MC, Nas would even say that Himself
Definitely rakim is the one with that title. But Nas is my God M.C
*”Get any breadsticks?” -The Captain* 😂😂😂😂😂
Nas
@@louisiana318 Jay
@@tony4534 , we bumped Nas in the Boot, didn't to much here ninjas bumping Jay... Nas , DMX, and Beans my east coast rappers
@@louisiana318 Jay
ESCO
Jay
NAS
In even in the comments section, almost everybody they all chooses NAS.
Nas has a dedicated internet following of about 5,000 people that will scream 'GOAT' underneath every comment section lol Love Nas but that's not actual reality. He has not had the impact that Jay has had on the culture. Nas is up there don't get me wrong but Jay left EVERYONE a long time ago with Pac being a distant second.
@@onyxonyx4744 In hip hop terms, not business terms, how did Jay leave everyone a long time ago? Most people have Nas beating Jay in their battle. For me Jay is good but overrated, he bit quite a lot from Biggie and Big L. After Pac and Big died it was DMX who became the #1 rapper, because X had that it factor Jay didn't quite have. Nas doesn't really have that it factor either but he's lyrically a monster and more original than Jay imo
nas does have the it factor he's just more reserved as a person but he has IT, Swag Ryhmes the ladies love him, he's the peoples champ.
So you you D riding? Oh we understand 😂
@@onyxonyx4744 Jay himself is influenced by Nas...Nas has MUCH BIGGER IMPACT ON THE CJLTURE THAN JAY....Nas directly or indirectly had impact on 99% of rappers in the whole world. You just don't know how influential Illmatic is
Nas all day bruh ! Jay Is A Legend But As far as MC Nas In a Head Above Jay Z ! 💯💯
Nas is conceptually more creative. Hov is more technically adept. Jay may not share Nas ability for creative writing. But Nas doesn't have Jays ability to weave in the double entendres and punchlines like Hov.
@@Prodigious1stBorn well said 💯
@Johnnyboycarter7 Being that Nas is My GOAT, I can accept that...Nicely said..
Don't agree
@@Prodigious1stBorn You bugging nas rarely uses entandras he's more of a ill flow punchline here an there rapper jay is all that plus layered bars strapped with double tripple entandres. The difficulty level ain't even close.
Nas easily.
Jay Z just got money and fame.
But Nas got soul!
Nas for sure
@@Bbompeed Jay for sure
The guy that won the battle and is still putting out classic music
That guy.
🎯
NAS all day
I love when they talk longevity and pick Jay. You can tell those interviews happened a few years ago and they counted Nas as done. Nas saw this shot and went like "hold my shot".
Nas hands down
so many Mfs only choosing it is cause they either work n with him or hoping to and they don't want him to feel no type of way when he hear about it. Is Nas hands down it's not even close. As far as status money-wise and business-wise yeah Jay z is on top but as a rapper he can't even touch nice he's not even in the same League
@@eightball258Tf you mean Jay isn't in the same league. I agree Nas is better, but you can't deny that Jay Z has it. The lyrics, flow, discography, influence, all of that.
@@asgoredreemur7935 A lot of uneducated fans here. Almost like the last 30 years didn't happen.
@@kyliebenjamin-gv3gu Jay hands down
@JTXA7 💯 percent facts boi, fym
We have failed as a culture. Comparing Nas to Jay Z
Nas is for the culture, Jay was for the money
Stop ittt😂😂😂 HOV before the money was a lyrical beast. Look at reasonable doubt in 96 and his 1997 EP
@@GOATPIECE2212true but we can all agree Hov NEVER topped reasonable doubt
@@GOATPIECE2212What 97 Ep?
It’s literally picking between Kendrick and Drake💔 you can tell most of these decisions were made on who can help me more financially in the future. Sad but true..
@@buhlenthemvelasesyou act like jay z doesn’t have more classics albums then NAS and a bigger catalog then NAS
Nas started his career better..and as it stands right now, Nas last 3 years are phenomenal. Gods son for the win
His last 3 years were not 'phenomenal'. I'll give him two memorable albums out of that run. Magic 1 and King's Disease 3. Neither one of those are universal classics either. Just good albums. Everything else is a weed plate.
God did better than any verse Nas did in the last 20 years
@@2pacDocGotDaJuice and Nas in 1996 on Take it In Blood did better verses than everything Jay ever dropped. Inluding his verses on God Did (and there is also an original Take in Blood track that even had better verses than album version)...Nas has TONS of verses better than Jay's best
Who's the billionaire
@@ridgejosephs8253 so I guess that that makes Elon Musk the best rapper of all time
Nas for me is the GOAT, but Jay-Z is def top 10. I don't understand how anyone can say that Jay-Z is bad at rapping.
He's made a lot of sub albums. A lot
@bigchewp9694 nas was great with 94 - 98 albums, after that it's the same shit like the guy never matures
Yeah it's a young man's game, can't stay in the early nineties forever@@DonnyHouse-h7f
Jay not bad, but he is overrated
Nas still cooking, easily one of the goats, HIM one billion times!
Still cooking and putting on for the legends. One of the most humble rappers ever.
He wasn't cooking for a long time, like since 99
The last king of New York alive Nasir Jones 👑 🤜🏽🤛🏽
Nas has Been SUPERMAN since 1992-1993
I’m a nas fan forever but this is never one sided this conversation is legendary lol like talking about religion or politics it’s a never ending conversation
ILLMATIC STILL PLAYING TO THIS DAY !! 🔥🔥🔥
So are a million Jay albums
It was written is better tho
@@fespn4734 Always hated that commercial attempt. Weird how after all this time I actually like some of the songs.
Nas has proved me wrong in the past 4 years that he's lyrically better than Hov
Nas proved he was lyrically better than Hov since Illmatic.
lol facts.
Nasty Nas “God’s son across the belly, I proved you lost already”
Respect to the actual rappers who had such of a hard time answering becuase it's that close. Both GOATS.
Nas not just the king of NY, but the GOAT Rapper. Jay-Z is not better than Nas and never will be.
Never lol
@JTXA7 bro Nas has more evidence to support that he is the goat over Jay and anybody else for that matter. You can ignore the evidence all you want lol. Only metric Jay beats Nas is record sales. That doesn’t make you better. If that’s the case Eminem is the best rapper ever smh. The fact is Jay Z does not have a top 10 rap album of all time. That’s a fact. Nas catalog vs Jay Z catalog is really not a conversation.
Nah Pac is the 🐐
Honestly speaking I don’t understand how a true hip hop fan would choose Jay over Nas. Nas IS hip hop and for me is the embodiment of new york rap. That fella was a master lyricist at 15..
Yeah word. I think some people are associating Jays business acumen without actually thinking about it
@@Nuhealth771or maybe they connect with autobiography more than poetry.
Arent this people rappers or smth? How do they pick cockafella over NAS
Nas only has two certified classic albums while Jay has four, arguably five.
Just playing devil’s advocate
@@baratbball Nas classics are better than Jay's
NAS is the true GOAT! greatest story teller in hiphop by far! No one can top him
Thanks 2 Slick Rick
Biggie the greatest story of all time and Nas not even top 5 goofy (jayz, biggie, Tupac, Kendrick and Eminem)
@@JohnKing-jz9zb nigga stop snorting dat pink coca cola from da diddy parties
@@JohnKing-jz9zb stop smoking weed bro
@@dimaeirich4745 stop smoking crack bro
Nas is the GOAT. End of story.
King Nas.
Yes🎉
For a lot of them, the heart says Nas but the mind says Jay (business reasons & industry politics).
Nas > Jay
no... jay is a better lyricist and artist
@@mattyamweelo6027 nope.
@@mattyamweelo6027You're smoking. That is LITERALLY the main argument people always argue against HOV. The fact Nas is better at RAPPING. He is in another realm lyrically. Jay is light-years behind Nas as a lyricist. You can say he's a better artist though, but that's just cause Nas doesn't care for hits or the mainstream. 💀
@@obsessedwiththegreatness Jay Z is the greatest MC to ever pick up a mic. Never Change, Song Cry, D’evils, dead Presidents 2, public service announcement, Marcy me, streets is watching, meet the parents, don’t know what’s not to like. Another thing about Jay which is not talked about is how revealing he actually is. His discography is a journey of his life. You can literally tell at which phase of his life he’s in by an album or a particular string of his albums. You learn about him, even through his mistakes. It’s quite astonishing to those who take the time to really listen to him and take in what it is he’s saying.
@@obsessedwiththegreatnessLight years 😂 your brain is 3 light years behind people your age's.
Nas Proved That He's Different When He Dropped 'Ether' !!😂😂
A song that took him 8 months to write? After that your man nas fell off the map (again) 😂😂
@@JohnKing-jz9zbNas mom passed away around that time
@Johnnyboycarter7 Did you 4get the Freestyle diss Nas did over the Paid&Full beat..He killed da WHOLE ROC with that one...And we never heard the ORIGINAL Ether,which the record label didn't wanna release..The version we hear,is the "Watered Down"version...which still was a MIC DROP...
@@JohnKing-jz9zbAre you stupid?
@@JohnKing-jz9zbJay z is one of my favorites but hasn't released anything since 4:44 Nas just gave us 3 albums post Covid
Lyrically Jay aint seeing Nas.. Cmon guys
Nas open the doors for all those guys Jay-Z was rapping fast like Busta Rhymes back then thats why Nas said I gave you that style
Rakim gave Nas his style
@blackcobra1981 Nas always said that though. He always paid homage to Rakim.
@feynmanschwingere_mc2270 I never said he didn't... The man claiming, Nas was the first and original style which he wasn't
@@blackcobra1981 he was influenced by all the late great rappers from the 80s era. Always paid homage but if we’re being real he kinda did reinvent it. That’s why styles P said that Nas birthed all the rappers in the 90s cause they got their style from Nas
@killmatic8428 Styles P don't for every NYC rapper in the 90s
Nas All Day
@@juniorluma9129 Jay All Day
Nas all day! His music is evergreen. Relevant for any generation.
Tf hands down it’s Nasty Nas
For real 👍🏼✌🏼
Never
@@Diffrent-33 🫡
Well the video said hands down 28-20 in favor of jayz 😂😂😂😂
NAS 20 - 28 JAY Z 😮🤔🤨
These people lost their mind
Because inclusion is a drug like Nas said
@@baṭo_saṅsārinseriously, everyone knows but it’s better to be on Jays side monetarily. I already knew which ones would say Jay too based on that.
@@giovannitapia2113it gets super easy when you know of certain rappers.
Who's the woman at 17:28
@@giovannitapia2113 Hard cope, lol.
Real Hip Hop heads go NAS❤🔥🕊️
JAY-Z The King! Brooklyn all DAY
It comes down to preference. I prefer Jay's music, but Nas is objectively better as rapper (slightly tho)
Then y you real hip hop heads wasn’t buying nas garbage that he was putting out letting us jayz fans tell yall how men lie, women lie and numbers don’t.. real hip hop heads went to go by Jayz music I know they much.. because he wasn’t white like Eminem and wasn’t a sex symbol like ll. Cool j and didn’t need dr Dre beats like snoop, 50 and Tupac did.. jayz earned his spot goofy and did by himself
@ Pac didn‘t need dre beats what you yappin about bro? Jay only got one good Album, Nas shit was never bad
@@90sHipHopxxl Jay only got 1 good album? Yea you're not a hip-hop head, probably not even actual hip-hop listener.
Escobar!
NAS. Didn't need to think about it.
NAS NAS NAS NAS NAS NAS! Straight like that.
Nas for sure is way better.
Nas for sure from kenya Africa
Legend has it that Stylez still answering the question
I love styles he is always honest
People get blinded by the Billionaire status. Dude never ever dominated the game.🤷🏿♂️
Never dominated the game? 😂😂😂😂. This ninja has to be young lol. Do your research 😂
Yeap
I’m taking Nas but Jay Z definitely dominated the game
@nellons85 with alot of help from the roc. it was nas pretty much on his own 90 percent of the time except the firm and Bravehearts both didn't last long
Bussiness-wise yeah rap-wise hell no
Nas. He is a lyrical monster. Stay true to the art, poet,and I could listen to Nas and picture everything he is saying like a movie.
NaS‼️ I was in 10th Grade when this battle took place. This will forever be a conversation in Hip Hop.
Shit I was like 5 going on 6 then nd I still remember like it was yesterday like vividly
Nas !!! Those who LOVE & GREED side with Jay Z , but those who love spiritual matters, growth , & elevation, go with NaS!
People saying JAY-Z cuz they don’t want to get blackballed lmaoooo nas waaaay better
Yeah whatever helps u feel better when you swinging at air after seeing jayz numbers compared to Nas numbers 😂😂😂
Or they just have their own opinion
Nas stans are the most sensitive fan base in the history of music 😂
I agree they don’t want to be black balled. And when the industry promotes you yes your numbers will be better but looking over lyrical content and “big n’ up your brother” nvm mind Nas cadence and content is for those of us that want substance 😂
@@Dafunniestvideo Jay came in the game with his own label. Nas had advances and promotions under MAJOR record labels.
That's like trying to compare Prince to Michael Jackson... They're both HIP HOP but they're both in two different lanes...Nas is strictly for the culture while Jay Z blends the line perfectly between Hip Hop Artist and Rapper... Nasir Jones though
NAS... IT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE!!!
Yes not even close just like how 28 people pick Hov and only 20 pick Nas 😂😂😂
Most of these rappers are giving a political answer.
Can you seriously blame them?!
Facts
💯
Or maybe they just like JAY-Z better?
Nas is the 🐐 I’m surprised at certain responses, some are scared of getting blackballed ha ha
Nas, the Pac that lived to tell his story. It's Nas all day every day 💯❤️🐐
NAS is lyrically the G.O.A.T
JAY Z is simply business and politics.
NAS = ROCKS-GIRLS.
J-Z =ROCKS-FELLAS 😂
is that a joke what girls? remove kellis who is left
@@devehub8344Nicki Minaj, Mary J...he been around my brother
@@kenm6065reference to Live now
It was a line from Ether..yall so slow
@@jayste9334 oh really tell more about it
Nas definitely!!!...it shouldn't even be a discussion
Well the discussion said 28 people like Hov and 20 people like Nas.. u right it shouldn’t be a discussion because 28-20 is not Even close
@JohnKing-jz9zb it shouldn't be a discussion because real hip hop fans know that Nas way better lyrically than Jay Z after he demolished him Ether is only one of the reasons...not because a bunch of biased Jay Z D-Riders got in front of a camera and said so
@ you can’t demolish someone responding 8 months later goofy.. real hip hop fans know if jayz and nas had a real battle face to face Jayz would make Nas piss on himself.. I hope u don’t think a 5 minute diss track dissing jayz don’t erase all the garbage Nas put out over the years.. that’s y jayz demolish Nas BM in the jeep he brought her 😂😂😂.. 28 to 20… your man Nas lost again!!!!!
@ the only biased jayz d-riders is Y’all corny goofies on the internet that be on jayz nuts everyday.. that’s y 2 years after either your boy Nas was working for him.. because Jayz was the biggest rapper then and now.. point blank period
@JohnKing-jz9zb dude I can care less about Jay Z you're the corny one if you think Jay Z is the greatest rapper...why because is probably the richest?? That just means he sold out more than the rest...it doesn't make him the best,Jadakiss made him apologize,Emimen made him look weak on his on song,and Nas killed him on Ether period!!! case closed
I love Nas and Jay-Z. Both top 5 for me without a question. But Nas to me is the goat. I understand the politics behind people not wanting to pick a side. But I'm kinda suprised that Large Pro didn't say Nas. But more disappointed in AZ more than anything.
@@ebozion32 yea bro. Nas put AZ on. Only reason why AZ got the record label deals coming in cause Nas gave him the spotlight as he was the only feature on there besides Nas’ father.
@killmatic8428 I understand these other artists not wanting to mess up potential business in the future. But Large Pro has an iconic history producing Nas & being from Queens, you would think he would give the nod to Nas. And similar with AZ, being put on by Nas and making classics is like the home team not rooting for you! Maybe they feel Nas could be doing more for them because they've seen how much he's elevated over the years. But my thing is Nas has really made them stay more relevant tbh. You see how quick and confident Havoc from Mobb Deep said, "Nas, of course." ? That's someone who's holding no grudges or has no underlying issues. But maybe AZ really feels that way, or it could be because him and Jay-Z are from Brooklyn. I just can't see how Large Pro can't call it Nas because he's such a hip-hop purest, and we all know Nas is the better lyricist.
It be like that sometimes, though.
@ yea man. A shame
@@ebozion32well said brother. I was confused and came to the same conclusions as you.
Nas is like the ‘rappers’ rapper and j was street but now’s he’s moulded himself into an industry plant
'Jay has more longevity than Nas' I don't think he's heard the KD and Magic Trilogy 🤣
KD and Magic trilogy only reached a niche audience
@@ALexander-ue3kjvery niche
@SlackerET Audience is irrelevant nowadays, Good Music is Good Music...JayZ wishes he was as Good as Nas...That's why he ALWAYS Samples him..🤣
You tripping how Jay got longevity when Mas came out first and still rapping and Jay is not
@@ALexander-ue3kj 4:44 is better than ALL 6 of them albums AND it had more impact. In fact, Jay's 'God Did' verse had more impact than those albums loool. Lastly, Jay rapped better on that Jay Electronica album than Nas did on all 6 of those albums. Nas is not elite anymore lyrically. He's good. Just not elite. Stop trying to make this a close race. Jay has lapped Nas many times at this point and you know it lol
Go ask Europe, Japan and India, that same question, all day NAS.
It's nasir jones from india
I am die hard fan of Nas from india
@@zero-ui1ewwhere do you come from
I am a Jay Z Fan from A very small state of India, Aizawl
No disrespect, but they can't appreciate the lyrics, which is foreign to them
Nasty Nas for me
NAS for sure ❤Becky
Nas for me! Why don't they count the people that take a drink?
if they say both then it cancel out the count. it doesn't 1 up neither of them
The last 6 Nas albums added with the other catalog I’m going with Nas
4 out of the 6 of those albums were average and Nas was NOT elite lyrically. I'll give him Magic 1 and KD3. The run isn't what his fans are trying to make it out to be.
@@onyxonyx4744😂 nas not Ellie lyrically just say you too dump too understand his lyrics 😂
@@onyxonyx4744 those 4 albums stomps all of jay z album in late 2000
@@onyxonyx4744u high them albums was fire
@@onyxonyx4744 oh its ragebait, nvm
I pick NAS( It's not a hard Decision)- Do Yall Remember that NAS was a Platinum artist when Big n Pac was ALIVE ( Jayz career took off After That)- YALL must of FORGOT.....
Yeah, he didn’t go platinum until both of them died
@@boomdoxful2533well to be fair Jay’s first album dropped in 1996 independently the year Pac died and a year before Big died. And he still sold 450 000 copies under his OWN label.
To be fair, it took Nas to drop his second album to go platinum. Not to mention, having Lauryn Hill on the lead single boosted his sales.
@@ArtisanWindchimes His label was in partnership with Def Jam. Nobody would sign him before, so Dame and him started their own label and got hot enough for Def Jam to come in and partner with him in 1996. So once he got sign, he had some leverage, such as his own label, but Def Jam was getting most of the money, but he got more than the average new artist.
@@cyrusbramlett8831 Yes
Nas all days
GOD SON!!! 🎤 👑
Nas and real hip-hop heads know it