Eminem is a better lyricist than Nas?

[Pllumi]

nas is kinda like 2pac, kinda talking about the same things as pac does.

[Evil-Genius]

eminem's flow, delievery, creativity and multi-rhyming skills exceeds every other rapper Dead/Alive No other rapper can tell you a story thro his lyrcs like Em does it No other rapper can add humor to his lyrics and still make his point No other rapper can go from comedy passionate anger thro his lyrics n voice , Storytelling , Eminem is unique in this category Listen to Brain Damage , Stan , Murder she wrote , I love you more , And many others . Comedy Also in this category , Listen to Our House , Brain Damage , Fack , Bagpipes from baghdad , And others. Also Slim shady Can flow in many different beats unflowable beats and still make it works ,

Eminem is a complete rapper.
Nas is a 1 style rapper as I see .

[Hiphopdane]

Which Nas albums have you listened to?

(I can see you doing a wikipedia search right now to check out what albums he has released)

[Leech]

I have no idea...

sorry I can't be of any help in this very interesting topic

I like both a lot, obviously I like Em better as an artist but Nas is second of my fav MCs

And both are obviously famous for their supreme lyricism, I'm just not equipped to judge this shit...


So ye I won't vote

[Evil-Genius]

Which Nas albums have you listened to?

(I can see you doing a wikipedia search right now to check out what albums he has released)

[Hiphopdane]

Which Nas albums have you listened to?

(I can see you doing a wikipedia search right now to check out what albums he has released)

Ahhh.. It's funny when people try so hard to make Eminem sound like the only good emcee out there and then they havn't listened to anything else.

[Evil-Genius]

Which Nas albums have you listened to?

(I can see you doing a wikipedia search right now to check out what albums he has released)

Ahhh.. It's funny when people try so hard to make Eminem sound like the only good emcee out there and then they havn't listened to anything else.

Very funny indeed

[SajN]

Alright, Evil-Genius and everyone who wants to argue with him, shut up.
I know how this will turn out. And there is no point with that.

[classthe_king]

Yes. In more ways than one.

Nas is a pretty one-tone rapper, Eminem can do any style, any flow, any subject matter. Anything. Not only that but... Listen, Nas is a supreme lyricist but... He's just kind of like a very clever lyricist, he brings a sound of nobility and literacy to rap. But Eminem is a genius. I wouldn't call Nas a genius.

Nas is just as versatile as Em.

He's nowhere near as versatile.

Eminem's first (major) LP was like fucking acid rap / shock rap, his second was social commentary, a fireball of subversion, his third and fourth were introspective and on fame. His fifth was a horrorcore album, which played like a movie and Recovery is a little bit of everything done artistically. With every Em album you get a new chapter. A new set of styles, a new sound, a new lyrical direction... With Nas, you get slight variations on the same formula.

With Nas, you're pretty much getting the same deal everytime. He's going to talk about black on black violence, police brutality, africa / slavery etc. You have different beats and slight varations on ideas but he rarely stretches out of his comfort zone at all.

You can take Eminem songs from the same ALBUM and they sound nothing alike. And I'm a Nas fan but saying he's as versatile as Em is a joke. He's not as versatile with his subject matter, with his executions and CERTAINLY not his flow. He may go faster or slower from time to time but Em completely re-invents his sound whenever possible. Nas doesn't do that.

Creatively, he's just as versatile. Most of the time when Eminem switches up his stuff its for the worse, Nas makes everything work.

[BILI]

^^I wouldnt say his last few albums worked,not in my book.Only good thing he did is DR but even there Damien and his sound helped that album alot

[classthe_king]

^^I wouldnt say his last few albums worked,not in my book.Only good thing he did is DR but even there Damien and his sound helped that album alot

I loved Untitled and I thought Hip-Hop was dead was a solid album. Distant Relatives was fantastic of course.

[EminemBase]

Creatively, he's just as versatile. Most of the time when Eminem switches up his stuff its for the worse, Nas makes everything work.

Creatively he's nowhere NEAR as versatile. Em has touched on everything from obsessed fans, to his own turmoil, to his past, to the government, to paedophilia... So much. He's sporadic. I think you're just forgetting his versatility due to recent years.

The ground he covers on the MMLP alone ethers Nas' versatility game in comparison. And how isit usually for the worse when Em switches it up...

So was it for the worse when he switched it up on "Till I Collapse" or "White America". How about when he went from "My Name Is" to "Role Model". Em just started going downhill with Encore but his first three albums he covered more subject matter than most rappers do in their entire career. Fuck, he does that in one album.

Nas confines himself to very comfortable ground, every single time. Black history, racial pride etc. He rarely spans outside of that and the style(s) he uses again, within a handful every single time. Eminem sounds totally different every album.

[q_shady]

im a Stan so yeah Eminem is better.

[Emadyville]

dude stop making these topics

I'm just interested in your opinion.

Its eminem site you moron, what do you think most of the people will say

thank christ someone said it

[classthe_king]

Creatively, he's just as versatile. Most of the time when Eminem switches up his stuff its for the worse, Nas makes everything work.

Creatively he's nowhere NEAR as versatile. Em has touched on everything from obsessed fans, to his own turmoil, to his past, to the government, to paedophilia... So much. He's sporadic. I think you're just forgetting his versatility due to recent years.

The ground he covers on the MMLP alone ethers Nas' versatility game in comparison. And how isit usually for the worse when Em switches it up...

So was it for the worse when he switched it up on "Till I Collapse" or "White America". How about when he went from "My Name Is" to "Role Model". Em just started going downhill with Encore but his first three albums he covered more subject matter than most rappers do in their entire career. Fuck, he does that in one album.

Nas confines himself to very comfortable ground, every single time. Black history, racial pride etc. He rarely spans outside of that and the style(s) he uses again, within a handful every single time. Eminem sounds totally different every album.

Dude do you even listen to Nas lol. It was written is almost as versatile as MMLP. He goes from If I Ruled the World to The Message to I Gave You Power. (WHERE HE IS RAPPING AS A GUN). Rewind is one of the most creative songs ever, the he goes from one mic to My Country. On God's son he goes from I Can to Dance to Book of Rhymes to Heaven. Listen to something besides Eminem before you start talking about other Rappers.