jay-z and nas album sales

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does anyone have the numbers? i can't find them on google. i have to give a persuasive speech that jay-z is far superior to nas. my premis is that he is nicer, except to african girls, and that he is way more heterosexual. With the numbers I want to make a graph. respond more quickly. !

― claire, Tuesday, 14 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

good luck!!!

― bc, Tuesday, 14 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

claire go read this thread in its entirety

― geeta, Tuesday, 14 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

aside from finding your premise faulty ("he is way more heterosexual"- -uh, SO FUCKING WHAT?--and "he is nicer"--uh, how?), a quick look at RIAA.com finds these numbers:

Nas has three platinum albums (Illmatic, Nastradamus and Stillmatic) and two double-platinum (I Am and It Was Written).
Jay-Z has three platinum albums (Reasonable Doubt, In My Lifetime: Vol. 1 and The Blueprint), one double-platinum (The Dynasty: Roc La Familia), one triple-platinum (Vol. 3: Life and Times of S. Carter) and one quintuple-platinum (Hard Knock Life: In My Lifetime Vol. 2).

therefore, Jay-Z wins on sales.

― M Matos, Wednesday, 15 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Everyone knows that Jay-Z's nickname is Gay-Z anyhow, where the hell are you getting the idea that he's way heterosexual and stuff? Being gay is the new thing in rap.

― Ally, Wednesday, 15 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Which one samples "Everybody wants to rule the World" by Tears for Fears on their new one? Whoever that one is, they're the winner, it's a great track.

― Lynskey, Wednesday, 15 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

the TFF sample would be Nas, and uh, no. Jay could do a whole album of Broadway samples and it still wouldn't be as, uh, gay as that track.

― al, Wednesday, 15 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Precisely why Nas wins.

― J Blount, Wednesday, 15 May 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

three years pass...

Just listen to Ether . . . undeniably, Nas tore Jay-Z to shreds. Both of them are extremely talented, but moving away from how commercial a rapper can be (i.e. record sales), Nas undoubtedly takes the cake. Any true hip hop fan would agree with me, and if you don't, you're either a moron or you don't know shit about hip hop.

― Stryfe, Sunday, 23 April 2006 06:07 (nineteen years ago)

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