Still enjoy 4:44 more though

4:44

Fair

99.9% of musicians wish they could have stats like that

Both on my top 5 alive anyway, so I listen to both a lot.

Love it

Both will go down as absolute legends

Both are legends and GOAT's but let's put things into perspective here.

People keep talking about Hov being more "consistent" than Nas but I just don't see it.

Before 4:44, Hov wasn't viewed as a consistent rapper like that.

Also, Hov partly stayed relevant on the backs of other people: Kanye, Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, Samsung, etc.

Nas got a number 1 album in 2012 without a radio hit that was nominated for a Grammy(LIG).

I'm sure Jay will no doubt be remembered for than Nas but the question should be: What will he be remembered for compared to Nas?

Will Hov be seen as the better rapper/artist or will he be remembered as a rich mogul, Beyonce's husband, and Kanye's "big brother?"

Cause, if we're talking outside music, then Snoop Dogg and P Diddy will also be remembered more than Nas since Nas isn't a celebrity like that.

But, musically and rap wise, I feel it can go either way. Nas seems to embody hip hop more than Hov although Hov has sold more records.

nas>jay

Other than that late 2000s-early ‘10s period, Jay has pretty much vested Nas every time. Vol. 3 was better than Nastradamus, Blueprint was better than Stillmatic, The Black Album was better than God’s Son, American Gangster was better than Hip Hop is Dead, 4:44 was better than Nasir

Like how prince is remembered better than mj?

I feel you

Man y’all really be on here bored
This s*** is just funny to me man lmfao niggas really be like yo let me start a thread real quick and don’t even bother thinking twice about it you can just tell

This is so ominous

exactlyyyyy unless he goes through a brutal divorce with beyonce and has all of his business endeavors go down the drain he's so much bigger than nas.

most of the time i mention Nas to the average person I have to say "the rapper nas" and they go "oh ok I've heard of him"

I think op mostly means the hip hop enthusiast perspective, not the average person one

Most fans of rap from the 90s put nas over Jay-Z

Crazy you say this cause Nas did the same with Life is Good. Make it make sense man

Nah 444 doesn’t have a summer on smash so it automatically wins this debate

Solanged up

Very true

Even without Beyoncé, Jay makes more waves than Nas lol. There’s no world where he gets looked upon more fondly by the majority unless Jay had an abuse case or something

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Should’ve just said Nas will have a better discography going forward

Nah, relax