Esquire601

Wise beyond my yrs. Attorney. Believer. Law, Policy, Hoops, and Hip-Hop Enthusiast.

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@Nick__NC Bean, Stevie Franchise, Baron Davis, D Wade

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Nas ft. Amy Winehouse ― “Cherry Wine”

Both artists were born on September 14th. More life and prosperity to Nas, and a happy posthumous birthday to Amy 🕊️

💿 Life Is Good

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@TonyDaDome Aside from the more popular picks (Seen a Man Die, Smile, & Hand of the Dead Body), In My Time & Smartz

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@TonyDaDome Easily!

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@Oltedlou1 @SportsWithJay0 “She’s not a HOCKEY” assist type of player.” Stat sheets don’t capture hockey assists.

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@ClanKnown @HipHopforever99 @Baggzforever @EHWpolisci @LupeFiasco I don’t disagree with the premise, but his 1st 2 albums are widely respected among HH heads, not just his fanbase. The 1st was gold (despite heavy bootlegging) & The Cool is platinum & is considered one of the greatest concept albums of all-time. Both are definitely classics

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@robschiff316 @RayRapOpinions And then add Stillmatic, Lost Tapes, and Life is Good (not to mention Magic, KD3, and even God’s Son).

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@Hello_Im_Dev @RayRapOpinions Atrociously bad take

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@Tommy_Torkelson @FuriousStylesIV The Spurs and Lakers are both considered the 2 greatest dynasties of the 00s, and Pac & Jay are in most people’s top fives.

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@Tommy_Torkelson @FuriousStylesIV You’re choosing to take it as a dismissive/negative comment when it’s actually a sensible analogy. Pac “3-peated” with MATW, AEOM, & 7DT. Jay arguably has 5 “rings” (classics), but like the Spurs’ rings, they weren’t consecutive (RD, Vol. 2, BP, TBA, and maybe AG).

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@Tommy_Torkelson @FuriousStylesIV I think you missed the part where he acknowledged that Jay’s still an all-time great lol. One can be an all-time great & slightly overrated at the same time

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@Putney_Kotto @FuriousStylesIV I agree, but the irony here is that critics often fail to use this logic when it comes to Nas by acting as if he only has 2 classic albums and a bunch of mediocre albums (when in actuality, he has at least 4 classics and another 8-9 good to great albums)

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@AugustHeldt @FuriousStylesIV Agreed, but having back to back classics isn’t a random metric when tons of other greats have them (Nas, Pac, BIG, Rakim, KRS, Ghost, Kanye, arguably Face, Tribe, Roots, Kast, PE, etc.)—and especially considering Jay is often heralded as the MC with the “most consistent” catalog

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@AdrielGreen @quietAZmoney Very solid list. Pieces of a (Black) Man would definitely make my list, and Love Is Love and Never Change would get heavy consideration too.

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@Eli_Chrxst @ItalianFiesta Indeed, the poetic/technical term for it is “enjambment.” Hallmark of Nas’ style of rhyming as well

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@builtbyf @SeanBoog I still disagree, but if that’s the argument, saying he “has the worst in the entire game” is extremely misleading because there are truthfully only 5-10 (and that’s stretching it, imo) MCs in his league, as opposed to the thousands of rappers in the entire game.

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@builtbyf @SeanBoog The exaggeration here is deafening. There are hundreds of rappers with far inferior production than Nas lol.

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@LONGLIVE47 I could see that!

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@AmoreKingTIO @big_business_ @JORDYMYJORDE Example: Freddie Gibbs & Curren$y have several classics that the majority of the world hasn’t even heard (Pinata, Bandana, Covert Coup, Pilot Talk 1&2, etc.). Due to the lack of reach they would be niche classics. The last TRULY universal classic album was honestly probably GKMC