BlueisBallin
10-16-06, 04:14 PM
These are albums nas has put out over the years an their status in sales certified be the (RIAA).
Illmatic 1994 Platinum
It Was Written 1996 2x Platinum
Nas, Foxy Brown, AZ, and Nature Present The Firm: The Album 1997 Platinum
I Am... 1999 2x Platinum
Nastradamus 1999 Platinum
Nas and Ill Will Records Present QB's Finest 2000 Gold
Stillmatic 2001 3xPlatinum
God's Son 2002 Platinum
Street's Disciple 2004 Platinum
Jay-Z responded to Nas' songs with an onstage swipe during the 2001 Hot 97 Summer Jam concert in New York City, when he premiered his song Takeover. Initially, the song was to only be a Mobb Deep diss, only including one line about Nas near the end. Nevertheless, Nas recorded the "Stillmatic Freestyle," an underground single which sampled Eric B. and Rakim's "Paid in Full" beat, and attacked Jay-Z and his Roc-A-Fella label. On his 2001 album, The Blueprint, Jay-Z rewrote "Takeover," dedicating one verse to dissing Nas, claiming that he had a "...one hot album every ten year average" record (referring to Illmatic,) that his flow was weak, and that he had fabricated his past as a hustler.
Nas responded with Ether, a track begins with gunshots and a repeated, slowed-down sample of Tupac rapping "**** Jay-Z." In "Ether," Nas accuses Jay-Z of stealing ("biting") lyrics from The Notorious B.I.G., getting the name "Blueprint" from a previous KRS-One album of the same name, and brown-nosing Nas and other rappers for fame. Nas also claimed that all of Jay-Z's raps on The Blueprint were inferior to the one guest verse on the album (Eminem's on 'Renegade'): "Eminem murdered you on your own ****...". 'Ether' was included on Nas' fifth studio album, Stillmatic, released in December 2001. Stillmatic managed to be not only a critically-acclaimed comeback album, but a commercial success as well, albeit not on the level of It Was Written and I Am...; the album debutted at #7 on the Billboard album charts and featured the singles "Got Ur Self A..." and "One Mic." In terms of commercial success, Jay's The Blueprint was certified double-platinum, while Stillmatic went certified tripple platinum.
Jay-Z responded to "Ether" with a freestyle entitled "Supa Ugly." going into detail about how he had sex with Carmen Bryan, the mother of Nas' daughter Destiny. Nas dismissed the track by claiming that he was no longer with Bryan during the time the affair took place. In a recent interview, however, New York radio station Hot 97 settled the battle taking votes comparing "Ether"/"Stillmatic" and "Takeover"/"Supa Ugly," and Nas won with 58% while Jay-Z got 42% of the votes.
Thats just some fast reasearch I did on tha subject.
Illmatic 1994 Platinum
It Was Written 1996 2x Platinum
Nas, Foxy Brown, AZ, and Nature Present The Firm: The Album 1997 Platinum
I Am... 1999 2x Platinum
Nastradamus 1999 Platinum
Nas and Ill Will Records Present QB's Finest 2000 Gold
Stillmatic 2001 3xPlatinum
God's Son 2002 Platinum
Street's Disciple 2004 Platinum
Jay-Z responded to Nas' songs with an onstage swipe during the 2001 Hot 97 Summer Jam concert in New York City, when he premiered his song Takeover. Initially, the song was to only be a Mobb Deep diss, only including one line about Nas near the end. Nevertheless, Nas recorded the "Stillmatic Freestyle," an underground single which sampled Eric B. and Rakim's "Paid in Full" beat, and attacked Jay-Z and his Roc-A-Fella label. On his 2001 album, The Blueprint, Jay-Z rewrote "Takeover," dedicating one verse to dissing Nas, claiming that he had a "...one hot album every ten year average" record (referring to Illmatic,) that his flow was weak, and that he had fabricated his past as a hustler.
Nas responded with Ether, a track begins with gunshots and a repeated, slowed-down sample of Tupac rapping "**** Jay-Z." In "Ether," Nas accuses Jay-Z of stealing ("biting") lyrics from The Notorious B.I.G., getting the name "Blueprint" from a previous KRS-One album of the same name, and brown-nosing Nas and other rappers for fame. Nas also claimed that all of Jay-Z's raps on The Blueprint were inferior to the one guest verse on the album (Eminem's on 'Renegade'): "Eminem murdered you on your own ****...". 'Ether' was included on Nas' fifth studio album, Stillmatic, released in December 2001. Stillmatic managed to be not only a critically-acclaimed comeback album, but a commercial success as well, albeit not on the level of It Was Written and I Am...; the album debutted at #7 on the Billboard album charts and featured the singles "Got Ur Self A..." and "One Mic." In terms of commercial success, Jay's The Blueprint was certified double-platinum, while Stillmatic went certified tripple platinum.
Jay-Z responded to "Ether" with a freestyle entitled "Supa Ugly." going into detail about how he had sex with Carmen Bryan, the mother of Nas' daughter Destiny. Nas dismissed the track by claiming that he was no longer with Bryan during the time the affair took place. In a recent interview, however, New York radio station Hot 97 settled the battle taking votes comparing "Ether"/"Stillmatic" and "Takeover"/"Supa Ugly," and Nas won with 58% while Jay-Z got 42% of the votes.
Thats just some fast reasearch I did on tha subject.