Taking Sides: Nas vs. Pras

Pras is never likely to disappoint like Nas (due to lowered expectations rather than consistency, true) and for the same reason his proclamations of immortality are less annoying. But ultimately I've heard Nas records I've liked.

Pras without the Fugees is like a day without sunshine - what's the point?

And getting posed as the "answer" to gangsta when their whole ethos was straight from old 40s gangster fliks? As far as I can tell, they turned down the graphic nature of the lyrics and turned down the hard beats, but left everything else intact.

And finally, could any group be good enough to absolve Lauryn's role in Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit?

Happily, some of the tracks I've heard from Nas' new album are really quite good - search "Nasty Ways" in particular - along "self-conscious attempt to return-to-form but not too self-conscious" lines.

The most that he could be said about Pras is that he introduced Mya to the world. And even I'm not going to absolve him because of that, as much as I like Mya.

"Ghetto Superstar" was good, but largely because of Mya.

Lol

truly old ilx was a golden age