Nas isn’t weak msee, he 8s as real as it gets, top 10 of all time in my books.
He is good no doubt. I like him too. But No 3 is too high. Unless you are talking current artists. Kuna wengi wamempita. He’s somewhere top 20 maybe. JZ, Kanye, Dr Dre, Snoop, IceCube….++. Na sijaaza mambo ya kina Tupac, Poppa……Or crossovers like Wayne, Drake…… At 48 years old, I doubt anything he releases will match his early hits.
Rankings by the Source were based on paying for ads. Kina Benzino were street players. Lyrically and by playlists wouldn’t rank it like that. Now let’s differentiate best hiphop vs best rap. The Source, Above the Rim. Also Rap anaweza fikia The Chronic, Reasonable Doubt, All Eyes on Me, Low End Theory…tricky sana.
Ice cube? Nigga had one good album when he went solo. Kanye? Dre? Bro you mad for this. Unarank producers turned rappers mbele ya msee kama Nas. Dre mtu ameandikiwa lines na Jay Z. Alafu Drake Pop Star mbele ya Nas. Haiwezii
Ata Nas alikua na ghostwriters: Stic of dead prez and Jay Electronica.”
Boss you are Not a Hiphop head, Enjoy your gengetone in peace!!. Nas is the only Non pop hip hop artist that turns heads when he drops a single. All he needs is just one MYC, he needs no interviews no showbiz, no promos, he drops shit and it goes!.