NAS-YOUR THE MAN

[tommybrown187]

just a ghetto child tryna learn the traps of the street

[hustlerharder27]

biggie

nas

Jay

Prodigy

Jadakiss

Honorable mention Styles P the ghost, Big L, Pun

[BabySkinCondom]

@hustlerharder27 what? styles doesn't get a fucking honorable mention lol

[bingoyappi]

WHOAH. Lets just enjoy the music.

[bop455]

1. Rakim

2. 2pac

3. Nas

4.Biggie

5.Big Pun

[TheDagmara95]

luv this kid

[dukerz718]

one person is not the man

[BleezSDS]

I never asked to be top of rap's elite

Just a ghetto child tryna' learn the traps of the streets

But look at me now!!

[randycash39]

45 in my waste

staring at my reflection in the mirror

sitting still in the chair like mike conception

when everything around me got cloudy

the chair became a kings throne,

my destiny found me

it was clear why the struggle was so painful

metamorphasis, this is what i changed to....

[UKGLOVA]

I love this song, so many memories.

[G3ttinBRain]

Top 5 Ever ,

Jay Z

Nas

Rakim

Biggie

Tupac

[ThumbsUpMike]

@G3ttinBRain jay z above Nas

after Ether and Nas beats Jay?

kinda shocked there

[kingcarmelo345]

@G3ttinBRain shut up

[illtemp1]

jay ain't fuckin wit nas the greatest ever!!

[RabidRhymes]

*you're

My favorite Nas song though.

[cincitymenace]

If you guys wanna talk about a real white rapper Apathy should be the name commin out of your mouths not eminem. i'm not saying em isn't talented but he did start to get caught up in his own hype.

[roryDublin187]

yea ri ye tik pac is the main man

[jiggaman1012]

Brings back memories from 2001

Nas will alwayz b the shyt

lil wayne got nuffin on Nas

[Likorishman]

First let me say this is the problem Eminem is The White hope for those white people who need a voice that Hard rock Doesn't express for them an as hard rock came thru rock &roll which Chuck Berry originated Hip-Hop is cultural beyond lyrics rhymes I say Rakim is the best because I relate to him the best they all have something to say now who do you listen to in the end it will always be who says what makes me move.

[ShaolinHero1]

@Likorishman dude eminem is no "voice or hope. he's just a "rhymer"

[need4speed102000]

"Eminem is the best lyricist" good not best, what you gotta understand its all about money end of the day, who gives em the money lil girls who like pop. look at the fat dude timbo, biggest fan of the 90's now hes making bull and sampling eric b's lyrics. and wtf r rolling stones, they dont knw nothin, it all cums down to record sales in the end not talent. The roots, black moon, pete rock c.l smooth thats were true hip-hop dies and lives.

[nick2uch]

I like Nas, Jay-Z, Biggie, Pac, Wu Tang. but Wayne is cold as hell. and just cuz theres a bunch of sorry ass rappers trying to compete with him, and a bunch of white girls listening to his radio music, doesnt really mean anything. so just enjoy the music bros. Peace.

[horrorda1]

haha yo yung boi just put yall foot in ya mouth thanks for the smile son

[TheAj641]

lmao at that kid earlier "Eminem is the best lyricist"? lol... Kid shut your mouth, you little fuck

Seriously, most of eminems music is pop for little 8-14 year olds, (like you then i guess). It's also pretty funny how almost everyone else here agrees with me, so just be quiet, and go get on with your homework. :)

[THEVIDEOARBITRATOR]

Stupid, reply to me by pressing rely instead of cowardly makign a comment aimed at me without replying to me.

I'm older than 14. Take a look at how he is at the top of the top 10 emcees. Check out the Source and you can see that rap experts and musical experts that know about songwriting and lyrics will agree with me. So your opinion has no credence.

In addition Rolling Stone has him as one of the greatest songwriters of all time including all genres dummy.

[ryjc07]

h ah ah eminem is better than nas ha ha what a joke nassssssss is much better lyricaly deep !!

[THEVIDEOARBITRATOR]

Nas is the best rapper of all time. Eminem is the best lyricist of all time. I think there is a difference between a rapper and a lyricist. Rappers are more focused on poetry and story-telling. Lyricists are focused on wordplay and other things like that .Big Pun is great in wordplay and better than Eminem in that category but Eminem also includes story-telling with it so I say he is better. So in terms of ability Eminem is the best.

[jokson]

shut up just because u say so doesnt mean its true i can tell your white Eminem loooooool shutup

[THEVIDEOARBITRATOR]

How can you tell I am white moron?

[jokson]

because only white folk think eminems da best

[THEVIDEOARBITRATOR]

horrible logic. I'm black dufus. Eminem is the best not because I'm black but he is lyrically better than Nas and also good at story telling. in terms of ability he is better than nas.

[jokson]

iyte im sorry but nas is the realest rapper alive Eminem cant touch him fam

[IProphetI]

only thing Ill give Eminem over Nas is freestyling...

[hiphoplegend1]

LOL@ Eminem being the best lyricist..yeah right motherfucker, obviously you've never heard Kool G Rap or Rakim or Biggie or Cool J or Jay-Z or Ice Cube or Slick Rick, I mean are you serious or HIGH?? that is completely WACK that you said that man...lol

[THEVIDEOARBITRATOR]

I dont do drugs so what I said was stated when I was rational and in control of my cognitive functions.

Bigge is overrated. he is so hyped up because he died. He had the vocab of a 5 year old and half of his lines were using abbreviations or just didnt make grammatical sense.

Never heard Kool G rap or much of Rakim but they are old school and back then it was more poetic and not lyrical.

cool J sucks. he is an R and B artist and has always been.

Ice Cube is not lyrical at all.

[hiphoplegend1]

OH SHIT..yo man you are young and STUPID..lol..no wonder for YOU Eminem is the best...you clearly don't know what the fuck your talking about and what you just typed proves just that...listen man go do some hip-hop homework and then get back at me okay...stop listening to music that is above your head..STUDY lil nigga then holla..lol

[THEVIDEOARBITRATOR]

Well I am young but I still could of listened to rap from an earlier age through Youtube but I chose not to because I think compared to rappers like Nas, Eminem,Pac, Biggy, Big L, and Big Pun, some of the greats, they are not good. Rakim from what I heard seems to be the best out of the old school but doesn't hold a candle to any of them.

I am more knowledgeable in Hip-Hop then you are.

My list of the greats are better than those old school rappers you named.

So talk now.

[hiphoplegend1]

your list is from a toliet bowl, with puke and shit on top of it..lol....you actually don't know shit about hip-hop and your young and stubborn, and don't wish to learn anything new so you say dumb shit like Eminem is the best lyricist..LMAO..that is the funniest shit I've heard in 2009..thanks man for that pitiful opinion!

[THEVIDEOARBITRATOR]

ahhh...the typical response of a person with no refutation. Just insults because they can't respond with a logical argument.

Okay I'll help you out with making a good comeback. Name your top 6.

[hiphoplegend1]

My Top 6 huh videohead?? okay no problem

in order:

1.Rakim

2.KRS-One

3.Biggie

4.Nas

5.LL Cool J

6.Big Daddy Kane

all 6 of those dudes shit, puke and discard Eminem EASILY...I hope your learning right now lil man!

[THEVIDEOARBITRATOR]

Your stuck in the old school which shows your lack of knowledge of wordplay which was developed more in the new school.

KRS-ONE has significant messages but his lyricism is bad. it is obsolete.

Biggie's message was good as well. his vocab was elementary. He made up his own words and didnt make grammatical sense.

I have Nas in my top 3.

LL Cool J was bad lyrically and is just old and has seniority.

Rakim is allright. Big Daddy cane not so much.

Your biased. You only like old school.

[hiphoplegend1]

Nah I don't only like old school...I like the true school my dude, the list of emcees I just gave you will whup Em's ass easily man..wordplay was developed by an emcee named Melle Mel, who I heard spit recently and I know he could destroy alot of these autotune cats out now...you don't know HIP-HOP mayne...quit it dawg! your lost somewhere in Columbia with the drug czars or some shit..I'm talking about hip-hop not the drug game!

[THEVIDEOARBITRATOR]

I dont know what gave you the impression I was in Columbia.

I dont know Melle Mel but i will hear some of his shit to know what you are talking about.

Wasn't Rakim the one who said i stay on the top like the sun. That is the worse lint i ever heard. In this day and age similes are a lot better than that.

KRS-One has the worst flow in history. They are stuck in the 80s.

[hiphoplegend1]

music in the 80's was 1000% better than this bullshit out right now...everybody knows that except you of course..lol...you like DJ Khaled and Rick Ross...Weezy...Akon....T-Pain.­.lol..your WACK man..

[THEVIDEOARBITRATOR]

I agree. Music sucks these days. Ross is whack. Weezy is the most overrated rapper of all time. Akon is not a rapper. He is a singer fagot. His rhymes makes sense and each line pertains to the next and he can make catchy choruses but he is trash. T-Pain is not a rapper. DJ Khaled is not a rapper. He puts rappers on tracks.

I dont like known of them but Akon because he is melodic but i do not follow him much.

[kprice19]

yo the best rapper in the world is nas jayz big pac AZ lox dmx big pun big L eminem scarface and wut tang....all those mothafuckas are numba one ...cause knowone is better than them and thiers a good argument for everyone of those people as numba 1

[aftermathkayg]

..U R DA MAN indeed brotha ! and an activist too , RESPECT , RESPECT , just do one little thing for us , go murder that Soulja Shit Kid , like u damn did Jay Z.!!!!

[aceisdope]

NAS is number 3 on my list but hes the illest alive

[Smitty3420]

best rapper alive one of the best ever

[rahtool]

Definetly one of the best ever. Don't know about the best alive that is definetly debatable.

[KingYayo187]

Nas A.K.A Best Rapper Alive

[MiiSzNERD]

-best rapper of all time?AGREED!! supa ugly respond...he murderd jay-z

[ziplc7]

best 2 ever do it...

not even a debate...

[Munecoshh]

This is my MF song!!!!!!!!!!!

[5godzilla]

No man can match the flow and meaningful lyrics of Nas. NAS IS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME.

[fireblast590]

Why is nas so good?

[GoofyBoa]

He's not just good, but a BEAST!

[skymunro]

cause hes real..hes reflective of the places hip hop grew from...hes a NY baby with a story to tell...its real, its what this was made for...this is rap...This is the NY lyricist....not pretty, its a story of heartbreak...a lesson to be learned through a vivid story of realism...there's nothing plastic and flashy about this...its not suppose to be pretty...

[L6270]

This is hella coo i love this rap!!

[2NDTariq]

"I saw a dead bird flyin through a broken sky"...WHOA!!!

[youngjay563]

A Man Crusified

[im2kool4uterra]

verse 2 was the best and the realest verse i heard in my life

[Munecoshh]

Totally agrre with you on that 1.

Sickest verse!!!

[hennylo68]

remember these to names when making your goat list.........big pun and big l 2 ill iyracist. But too me nas is king

[JMFAJK]

Nas has the best Lyrics ever

Biggie the best flow ever

Tupac the best rapper overall ever

[J2theMillz]

idk about that... nas is a better lyricist then pac, a better story teller, and more creative then pac was...

[JMFAJK]

yeah, that makes sense

[J2theMillz]

so your agreeing with me or with what u said before?

[JMFAJK]

anyways Nas and Tupac are UNTOUCHABLE of all rappers.

[northberlin]

watabout del tha funkee homosapien and jay-z on reasonable doubt. o and biggie

[movieguy420420]

right on (Y)

[ckutthroatTLB]

they all suck ckompared to me

[wrightcal]

I listen to this song everyday. Nas is lyrically the greatest rapper alive.

[narang]

best lyricist ever

[redeyes40oz]

Nas is a Fuckin Beast.I used to smoke Big Blunts when this shit came on,Shit I still do.

[stillmatic856]

"I don't care if I was in fron't of the vatican shakin the pope's hand if somebody drove by with this shit bumpin I'd have to get my bop on right there!" Hahahaha...true shit

[teddymv]

when does he say that?? im confused

[MARIACLASS]

he fucked up jigga,dont killed solos only kill sqwards.the best ever better than 2pac and biggie yeah i said it

[cancelmyjobDOTcom]

true shit

[kimera808]

Just listen to this shit & that's a straight uptown beat right there I don't care if I was in fron't of the vatican shakin the pope's hand if somebody drove by with this shit bumpin I'd have to get my bop on right there!

[stolson]

He really murdered Jay Z on this one.

[phant0mfighter]

Nas is lyrical genius

Large Professor is genius on the beat

Nas + Large Professor = classic

[craig2k]

nas is da man straight up BIG BIG tune he spits knowledge!!!

[IBB06]

He stayed getting at Jay.

"Your arms are too short to box with with GOD"

NaS = True King of New York.

[gullotineswordz]

Nas is a pure genius

[nyplaya4ever]

lyrics is crazy. one of best lyrist ever. Nas is a lengend people need to stop hatein' and respect him.

[Erasethehate]

wish i could flap my wings and fly away to where black kingz in ghana stay!!!....nas is the realest

[xpplayax95]

this is the sickest song out there

[illonosei]

thats it,nas is simply a legend

[STATEP123]

THIS SHIT THUMP

[illonosei]

the best

[rubiaraya]

classic

[laz4lyfe]

Nas got it all are you serious hes the man

[frankiebagodonuts]

one of my fav songs to smoke to!

[Element1rst]

DIRTYNESS....

True Legend

[Muddas05]

CLASSIC

[Allen8131]

on this song nas got in Jay Z ass

[FEBword]

LOL! Word son, he did!

[SnoopG79]

Even as a Jay fan, I have to agree.

But I still like both.

[xldjvista]

Nas is more serious Jay more fun. I'm like you I like both.

[FateFeezy]

FUCK NAS IM THE MAN

[xldjvista]

You got a bunch of thumbs down but that was funny as hell!

[agr3ssiv]

this such a nas beat...he really took it back to it was written on this one

[shonha1]

This is what u call HARD ya dig, not a bunch a bull, just real ass lyrics

[PCDON87]

Realest Shit !!!

[diamepiece]

one of the best tracks off of stillmat

[VOICEOFQNZ]

Nas The Best

[BrezzEasyy]

much luv esco

[rhode3]

i always listen to dis joint

[trevor01s]

ha 3rd comment

[properboy1]

the best rapper alive

[playeriti]

It's about time somebody started talking real, logic and smart

[jjpro123]

HARD