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Cut the the radio on(102 Jamz), and they're having a ridiculous call-in debate, WHO HAS THE BETTER SOPHMORE ALBUM? NAS OR J COLE "BORN SINNER or the oh so glorious IT WAS WRITTEN"...
Nas being in my top 3, this was kind of disrespectful to me, but a lot of people called in saying Born Sinner was better. My guess is that they were probably within the age group 16-21, which they may have missed the Nas Era by default. Of course, Nas won the overall debate, but I'm surprised it was even close, or better yet even an argument AT ALL.
My personal opinion, It Was Written is Nas's best overall album. Illmatic was the game changer, but It Was Written was the overall package to me. This is when he had Dr Dre on the team too, before the beats took a slump for a while in his career. Born Sinner does not have an I GAVE YOU POWER(most clever story in hip hop aside REWIND), IF I RULED THE WORLD, STREET DREAMS, I'm gonna stop there. Cole's homage to Esco in I LET NAS DOWN was deep and it gave that honest hip hop feel from the Golden Era, but Born Sinner = It Was Written? Nah, Never, Ever.
Street Dreams
If I Ruled The World
With Spanish subtitles lol
I Gave You Power
Nas being in my top 3, this was kind of disrespectful to me, but a lot of people called in saying Born Sinner was better. My guess is that they were probably within the age group 16-21, which they may have missed the Nas Era by default. Of course, Nas won the overall debate, but I'm surprised it was even close, or better yet even an argument AT ALL.
My personal opinion, It Was Written is Nas's best overall album. Illmatic was the game changer, but It Was Written was the overall package to me. This is when he had Dr Dre on the team too, before the beats took a slump for a while in his career. Born Sinner does not have an I GAVE YOU POWER(most clever story in hip hop aside REWIND), IF I RULED THE WORLD, STREET DREAMS, I'm gonna stop there. Cole's homage to Esco in I LET NAS DOWN was deep and it gave that honest hip hop feel from the Golden Era, but Born Sinner = It Was Written? Nah, Never, Ever.
Street Dreams
If I Ruled The World
With Spanish subtitles lol
I Gave You Power