Nas vs 2pac

Antwuan89
Antwuan89 Members Posts: 936 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited June 2011 in The Face Off Forum
Who do you think is the better rapper?
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  • Stew
    Stew Members, Moderators, Writer Posts: 52,234 Regulator
    edited June 2011
    Nas, for the simple fact that he has more material. They are 1 and 2 for me.



    This will eventually get moved to the Face Off Forum btw
  • 5th Letter
    5th Letter Members, Moderators, Writer Posts: 37,068 Regulator
    edited June 2011
    nas is the better rapper, he is better in most categories imo.
  • aijalon
    aijalon Members Posts: 919
    edited June 2011
    Two completely different artists.
    As far as rapper Nas is.
    Pac was a great rapper in his own rite but he is remembered for so much more than that.
  • TB.Boy
    TB.Boy Members Posts: 553 ✭✭✭
    edited June 2011
    hlf wrote: »
    Nas, for the simple fact that he has more material. They are 1 and 2 for me.



    This will eventually get moved to the Face Off Forum btw

    c/s except quality over quantity Pac spoke from the soul all his songs sent tingles down my spine
  • INFAREDSHAWTY
    INFAREDSHAWTY Members Posts: 397
    edited June 2011
    nas is like the shakespeare of rap

    pac is like the ? that created shakespeare lol
  • thecomebacklegend
    thecomebacklegend Members Posts: 1,942 ✭✭✭
    edited June 2011
    makaveli ..........
  • garv
    garv Confirm Email Posts: 4,080 ✭✭✭
    edited June 2011
    nas is like the shakespeare of rap

    pac is like the ? that created shakespeare lol

    What a stupid analogy.
  • Nah Son
    Nah Son Guests, Members, Writer, Content Producer Posts: 9,367 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 2011
    Better rapper: Nasir
    Better artist: Pac
  • INFAREDSHAWTY
    INFAREDSHAWTY Members Posts: 397
    edited June 2011
    garv wrote: »
    What a stupid analogy.

    makes enough sense 2 me lol
  • thesynthesis
    thesynthesis Members Posts: 9,230 ✭✭✭
    edited June 2011
    PAC far more diverse

    better song maker = fact
  • thesynthesis
    thesynthesis Members Posts: 9,230 ✭✭✭
    edited June 2011
    ca21 wrote: »
    Better rapper: Nasir
    Better artist: Pac

    i will agree with that
  • _Goldie_
    _Goldie_ Members, Moderators, Writer Posts: 30,349 Regulator
    edited June 2011
    nas is like the shakespeare of rap

    pac is like the ? that created shakespeare lol

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  • MC The Rapper
    MC The Rapper Members Posts: 8,140 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 2011
    nas cause he still alive
  • Stew
    Stew Members, Moderators, Writer Posts: 52,234 Regulator
    edited June 2011
    ca21 wrote: »
    Better rapper: Nasir
    Better artist: Pac

    I cant agree with that. How is Pac the better artist?
  • thesynthesis
    thesynthesis Members Posts: 9,230 ✭✭✭
    edited June 2011
    IMO pac makes better music than nas

    nas on the mic is a monster, but his song making ability, hit records is nowhere close to pac

    you compare aeom to nas's double album street disciple, pac wins hands now

    nas = greatest writer of all times, however theres more to a song than lyrics, pac had just about everything in each department to collectively put him overall above all other hip hop artists IMO

    nas top 3 to me,

    pac at 25 was ahead of most of these lil ? , that comes from nas own mouth
  • thecomebacklegend
    thecomebacklegend Members Posts: 1,942 ✭✭✭
    edited June 2011
    hlf wrote: »
    I cant agree with that. How is Pac the better artist?

    pac had more classics

    pac was what nas wanted 2 be
  • Nah Son
    Nah Son Guests, Members, Writer, Content Producer Posts: 9,367 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 2011
    hlf wrote: »
    I cant agree with that. How is Pac the better artist?

    Say what you want about Pac but the man knew how to put a hot ass track together. He had the ear for beats, he knocked down classic hooks like it aint nothing, and he might be the rapper with the strongest mic presence ever. Pac was never as lyrical as Nas and Nas is superior in terms of technical skills and storystelling and all that but Pac always managed to make that music that could connect to the mainstream and to every rap purist at the same time (California Love, Life Goes On, All Eyez On Me, Picture Me Rollin...). Thats what made him so special imho.
  • RuffDraft
    RuffDraft Members, Writer Posts: 4,753 ✭✭✭✭
    edited June 2011
    Nas in terms of an emcee...

    Pac in terms of an overall artist and song writer. He didn't have the emceeing capability of a lot of Artists but he was able to craft all types of songs, incredibly versatile and relatable.

    If I'm choosing an album to play though, it'd always be Illmatic over a 2pac album.

    Difficult comparison but because I'm a fan of straight rhyming and the fact that he has an unmistakeable classic, which is arguably untrue about 2pac, I'd say Nas (this is in measure of every track being perfect on an album, not in reference to the classic albums that seem to drop regularly in the reason).
  • Stew
    Stew Members, Moderators, Writer Posts: 52,234 Regulator
    edited June 2011
    pac had more classics

    pac was what nas wanted 2 be

    1. Ehhh MATW and AEOM just cause of the competition of double albums is Pac's only classics imo so I beg to differ on that.

    2. You dont know that. Illmatic had 0 Pac influence and is a legit arguable top 5 rap album of all time.


    ca21 wrote: »
    Say what you want about Pac but the man knew how to put a hot ass track together. He had the ear for beats, he knocked down classic hooks like it aint nothing, and he might be the rapper with the strongest mic presence ever. Pac was never as lyrical as Nas and Nas is superior in terms of technical skills and storystelling and all that but Pac always managed to make that music that could connect to the mainstream and to every rap purist at the same time (California Love, Life Goes On, All Eyez On Me, Picture Me Rollin...). Thats what made him so special imho.

    I agree. I dont see the argument here but that doesnt mean he's a better artist then Nas.
  • NothingButTheTruth
    NothingButTheTruth Members Posts: 10,850 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 2011
    Nas is way better.

    On some real ? , stop comparing the two. Nas is far better in every category. EVERY category.
  • UPTOWN
    UPTOWN Members, Moderators, Writer Posts: 13,009 Regulator
    edited June 2011
    ca21 wrote: »
    Better rapper: Nasir
    Better artist: Pac
    this ...............
  • thesynthesis
    thesynthesis Members Posts: 9,230 ✭✭✭
    edited June 2011
    hlf wrote: »
    1. Ehhh MATW and AEOM just cause of the competition of double albums is Pac's only classics imo so I beg to differ on that.

    2. You dont know that. Illmatic had 0 Pac influence and is a legit arguable top 5 rap album of all time.

    Nas been listening to Pac all the way back to 2pacalypse and mentioned Trapped was a huge influence on his own career

    Pac came on the mainstream scene in 1991, Nas came on the scene 1994

    Pac as far as "solo young artists" was one of the first few to take it to the next level and set the bar for new generation of political rappers, social conscious music
  • playmaker88
    playmaker88 Members Posts: 67,905 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 2011
    ca21 wrote: »
    Better rapper: Nasir
    Better artist: Pac

    Yeah i can dig it..
  • UPTOWN
    UPTOWN Members, Moderators, Writer Posts: 13,009 Regulator
    edited June 2011
    hlf wrote: »
    I cant agree with that. How is Pac the better artist?

    whats ur definition of an artist??
  • melanated khemist
    melanated khemist Members Posts: 608 ✭✭✭
    edited June 2011
    Nas the better rapper

    BUT Pac the greatest and Escobar # 2