It’s been 22 Years since Nas first hit radio waves, and he’s enjoyed the type of success that is strictly for the best of all time. Nas doesn’t support the claim, but people like to give out titles, and this one was carefully selected, let’s break it down! “Greatest” instead of most successful, “lyricist” instead of hip hop artist, MC or rapper, and last but not least “Of all time” instead of today. Though only one other artist has more Chart Topping Rap albums, Jay-Z with 11, Nas has 9 Number 1 rap albums which has only been matched by 2Pac (though 7 of his albums were posthumously released.) Hit the jump for more.
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“It’s great to put a list together, but don’t take it too seriously because your list won’t matter 10 years from now or 15 years from now. It’ll be a different list.” Nas said when he was asked where he fits in the list of the greatest MC’s of all time. It’s kinda funny, Nas has 7 Platinum albums, and not one Platinum single, none of his singles have gone Platinum in his over 20 year career but the fans keep buying his albums. That shows that when Nas puts out an album its a complete piece of work, its all of the songs that matter, not just the ones that play on the radio. Anybody that’s heard Nas’ Most recent album ‘Life Is Good’ would agree.
