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kay29000:
Jay-z did 467k in his first week on the chats, that is very good numbers. But i just have a problem with jay-z albums, i just can't listen from start to finish. I sleep off must of the time, or i just get bored. It's probably because he isn't that deep with the lyrics, he keeps talking about money, and drinks, and jewelry, stuff like that. And when he talks about life, he is talking about his own life, that can get boring after you've heard it a couple of times before.
Apart from his first album, and maybe blueprint 1, i can't really listen to a jay album from start to finish.
When you listen to albums from rappers like nas and tupac (God bless his soul), you actually stand to gain something, unlike any of jay's albums. Another good jay album was kingdom come, it had some nice themes, but the rest,

DON'T HATE ON MY OPINION. YOU SHOULD ACTUALLY GIVE IT A DEEP THOUGHT.

tjay007:
@DBR
I see alot of sense in your post and agree with you in all but onething. that been that mode9 doesnt want to be a commercial wonder. Let me start by saying that even in the US where Rap is believed to have got its origin, rappers who are not after commercial success as they claim are at least living what you can term as HIGH STANDARD though, they might not be able to buy or afford things that their counterparts can they are still ok. Imagine ruggedman saying mode doesnt have a car & stuff. that should have been the last thing for rugged to say if otherwise. I don't mean no disrespect but looking at mode9 one can tell he's (successwise) no where near the likes of even the young folks who met him in the game. have you ever thought it that how many concerts or shows mode get invited to perfom? (i stand to be corrected).
Rakim, nuc turner, ice cube, dr dre even nas are hardline punchers but enjoyed commercial success at on point in their carriers even if they were not able to move units like the likes of 2pac & biggie did. I bet you know Rakim is i think, termed the best rapper of all time. If mode knows he isnt after commercial success i advice he uses his influence to get something lucrative that will at least deviate words like he has no car away. my brother no b beta thing at all. Abi him go talk say him no like money or good life? i guess not because thats onething hip hop stars are known 4 "living the good life". I will say these same things if mode were my blood brother.
speaking my opinion herein,

mactao:
I think Modenine is underrated.

Bamsyle:
Dawg, are you somewhere in the woods?

You kept rating Nas based on character standards and I showed you that underneath all that "thug life", "f**k the world" and stuff, Pac was a real good brother. Then you start to claim that I'm attributing every quality you drop about Nas to Pac. What are you on?

Me dissing Nas? You must be losing it. In your world, my saying Pac is ahead of Nas is synonymous with dissing. Hombre, I'm sure you don't like Nas as much as I do. I won't even let you into my Nas World. On a good day, I won't even be having this needless debate with you. Your rating of Nas comes nowhere close to mine.

Y'know'hat? Stop this bulls*it. How many times platinum has Pac's Don Killuminati: The 7-day Theory gone? Quit comparing Pac and Nas. Or Biggie and Nas. Nas doesn't even come close. Find sumn better to do. Maybe compare Barrack Obama and Sarah Palin (who's the better freestyler?). Not this bulls*it. Don't make me talk like I don't like/respect Nas. I do. But for you to place him above Biggie or Pac, especially using character parameters; that's drivel. B T W, when did a rapper's skill become measurable by his character?

Did you say a university is studying "One Mic"? I'm impressed . Recently, the renowned Harvard University sponsored an academic symposium on 2pac and his works. Speakers included an English Professor from State University of New York, a Professor of Communications from Northeastern University, a Professor of Music from Northeastern University and a Professor of Humanities and African American Studies from University of Pennsylvania (who also wrote a book on 2pac).

At the symposium, these professors all praised 2pac, employing words like "intellectual", "brilliant", and "insightful" to describe him and his works. Someone said his death has left a leadership void amongst hip-hop artists.

Not long after his death, a course was introduced at the University of California on 2pac's poetry and history.

If you need sources for all the above, ask me.

There are loads more but let me stop here else we won't stop till the sun goes down. I hope you now know what time it is because if your argument is all about legacy (be it academic, cultural, etc) or awards, 2pac got 'em in heaps. . .

Maybe you never heard of this rule but it goes sumn like this:

"When rooting for an artiste, be mindful that you do not place character over skill".

Repeat it to yourself 120 times.

Do sumn for me homie. Go check a dictionary. "Character" and "Skill" are 2 different words.
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