Nas vs. Jay-Z

Dec 10, 2006 – – by Kendra Desrosiers

17 Comments

Ivan
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December 11, 2006
Excellent in-depth analysis. I enjoyed reading this.
The G Manifesto
2

December 12, 2006
Interesting take. I would have never thought to analyse the album covers. I think there first album’s and the differences is very striking.
Sibu
3

December 12, 2006
Great cover art work and an even better critique.
MF Sook
4

December 12, 2006
Fantastic article. You could have another section for the ‘Grey Album’ vs ‘Nastradoomus: Volume 1 & 2′, both great examples of mash-ups. Also it plays DangerMouse against MF Doom!
One&OnlyBigHomie
5

December 12, 2006
Very good piece Kendra. I like:) Good analysis and the cover pictures was very nice.
MC Doubter
6

December 12, 2006
both nas and jay z are notorious for having bad artwork. nas, after a classic cover on his debut, fell into a pattern of poor knock offs of that debut - it took him more than 10 years to get out of that pattern. jay z’s were simply generic, right up until his last two, which his reputation was beyond question.

who were the art directors on these albums? there’s no mention of it.

i wonder, if either of these rappers werent considered two of the top in the game, would this article exist? i doubt it would exist on the covers alone. this article is obstensibly about the covers, but it’s really just about the rappers. be honest about it.
mika
7

December 12, 2006
Great article, great site
excellent subject and TWO BEST RAPPER US
Thanks
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ICI C’est la France
FROM FRANCE TO USA
You don’t know the french rap ! is real because every rap is real
because rap is real
so you can understand a big emcee from french
because the language is not a problem
the flow is here too
so : check it ! it’s just an exemple
New school sound! but il y a aussi des old shool too …

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Kool shen - Too shoot VI MY PEOPLE feat Big ali
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Albums big sold in france, hardcore
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The rap is a lot OF good rapperz : so check rap all over the world
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the second/third nation of the rap

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Andre Price
8

December 12, 2006
Wow, excellent obseration. Being a Graphic Designer myself, I can really appreciate this article.
d
9

December 12, 2006
i think yall are reading way too much into this.
Kendra
10

December 13, 2006
International covers?..That’s a good idea. This section is devoted to just album covers not what rappers are considered the best because if this were so you might have seen some different faces up there. It’s based off their beef since it was one of the most respected rap beefs in the music industry.
CASHRLUE
11

December 13, 2006
i like how you broke it down and made me see it in a whole new light
BoOgie!!!
12

December 15, 2006
Aahh…refreshing!
Crisp
13

December 15, 2006
Great article, even an album artwork can tell so much
maccademia
14

December 16, 2006
Wow,
Very impressive article.

Actualy, is not suprising that there is a story behind the covers.
Their way of thinking reflected trough their lyrics, Why isn’t it possible that they did the same with their album covers?!
Q
15

December 18, 2006
hey kendra… finally checking out your page. good article :). peace out…

Q (qyana)
Yo
16

January 30, 2007
I really liked the article, but I would have preferred if more albums were discussed. The writer did mention that they each were apart of 10 official albums.
Trewz
17

April 24, 2007
nice interpretation nether looked at album covers that way..

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