Black Thought or Nas?

Serious Juice Mayne

My vote goes to black

Mvpbrodie93

Nasir is the GOAT, black thought top 20

Serious Juice Mayne

Nas got more impact but the whole book of work .... Idk about that man

babel

Good one! I'ma have to go with Thought on this one.

soul rattler

Nas. Black Thought ain't that nice to me. He's just a solid emcee but he's never "wow'd" me.

Jdilla26

Dam this one hard but Nas> thought overall artist but Str8 flow and wordplay Thought murkin niccas

ustreet_monsta

I'd rather hear a new Roots album than a new Nas album.

Strictly rapping and making music. Without talking about impact, sales and catalogs, I gotta go with Black Thought.

DarkRaiden

Nas by far. nas is the GOAT, Thought is just good.

KeepinItHundred

you can't just make "vs nas" threads just to get a plat thread.

mustaf_ali06

Good question. Both are dope lyricists, but while I've never heard Thought say a wack line, I would give the slight edge to Nas because of his impact on the game.

Lou Cypher

Black Thought. by a hair.

JokerzWyld

Both are in my top 5. My vote goes to Nas though. Props on including Thought, he doesn't get enough props in The Reason.

a_list

goin wit nas on this one

Say What

I like Black Thought more atleast with the last few albums

NothingButTheTruth

Nas is the only emcee that's actually better than Black Thought in my eyes. Everyone else, Black Thought is just as good, if not better.

glenclose

nas has a more cerebral career but thought just hits it right everytime. i lean towards nas but it close

Idoitforhiphop

At the end of the day, gotta go with Nas. Though something tells me the new album isn't going to be that great.

Serious Juice Mayne

I.dont think nas can out rap black ... Roots cd >nas cds (includin illimatic)

Mumo X

Nas but justttt.........

I wouldnt get mad if someone said Black Thought is a better emcee than Olu Dara...

stupot0607

Nas. Just.

a.mann

Nas.


funny thing is I just made a best of....the Roots playlist on my ipod (damn near 35 tracks!)

and came to the conclusion that nice if Thought is on the mic

at the end of the day he is just Questlove's "mouth piece" and really has know outside personality besides being just that.


It's a shame to. I would have loved to hear a Black Thought solo, to get to know this brother better. Which would been great is recented around 98-2000. when the Roots were really hitting it out the park.

hide321

a.mann wrote: »

Nas.


funny thing is I just made a best of....the Roots playlist on my ipod (damn near 35 tracks!)

and came to the conclusion that nice if Thought is on the mic

at the end of the day he is just Questlove's "mouth piece" and really has know outside personality besides being just that.


It's a shame to. I would have loved to hear a Black Thought solo, to get to know this brother better. Which would been great is recented around 98-2000. when the Roots were really hitting it out the park.

That last comment confuses me. It suggests that the Roots haven't progressed as artists (which they have). The
The last 3 Roots albums have been among the best music they've ever released. And Black Thought nowadays >> Black Thought. 98-2000.

a.mann

hide321 wrote: »

That last comment confuses me. It suggests that the Roots haven't progressed as artists (which they have). The
The last 3 Roots albums have been among the best music they've ever released. And Black Thought nowadays >> Black Thought. 98-2000.

nah, IMO the last "honest" and complete release from the Roots I enjoyed was"Things Fall Apart". Everything else has been pretty much hit of miss. Which isn't saying they didn't have great music because some of it was.


But their progession as artists was more of an calculated effort to expand their audience base than just artist growth and this started with "Phrenology". Which had great and enjoyable tracks on it even till today.After that, I pretty much have picked and choose the tracks I liked on their last 3 releases than tossed the rest.

Even with that I'm not mad at them for doing what they did to eat.

a.mann

and now of days Thought even more of just an extension of Quest.


When you think NaS you think of a number of things as an artist and lyricist with innumerable classic & timeless quotables


When you think of Black Thought, you think of Questlove's ill mc with the tight flow.

and this is coming from a Roots fan who has been there since "Do You want more??!!"

Esiam

And the winner is...

PPLSIntiative

a.mann wrote: »

and now of days Thought even more of just an extension of Quest.


When you think NaS you think of a number of things as an artist and lyricist with innumerable classic & timeless quotables


When you think of Black Thought, you think of Questlove's ill mc with the tight flow.

and this is coming from a Roots fan who has been there since "Do You want more??!!"

Co-sign.

This post sums it up the best. Nas as a lyricist is superior to Black Thought, but not by much. It's like Alabama and LSU IMO they are that closely ranked.