In my opinion NaS is by far the better rapper, Jay-Z has had a lot of commercial success and he has made good songs aswell but artistically for me NaS is way better. So I would chose NaS over Jay-Z not just based on the battle but the work of their whole careers, in fact I think Jay-Z is overrated. read more
The Jay Z vs. Nas feud was a gladiatorial event between two titans. Here's a historical timeline of rap's greatest rivalry. The Jay Z vs. Nas feud was a gladiatorial event between two titans. read more
The common argument for Nas is that Jay had tried to get with him on a song and attacked Nas after a while and he got shut down by Nas, my rebuttal to that is Jay did drop a lot of facts going against Nas that go ignored. My opinion: Nas won, Takeover wasn’t as good of a diss as it needed to be, it got to Mobb Deep but not enough to shut down Nas. read more