So he'll have a high volume of both hits and misses. The lows are pretty low, though, and not short in volume, either. Nas is down there with the worst of rappers' ears for beats, though, which has no bearing on his obviously all-time-great level lyrical ability.

But I think the most salient point to make for this argument is Ether's beat. I mean, he knew how big and important that song would be, and he could not have picked a worse beat. I still find myself shaking my head at that choice to this day.

Love me some Nas, though, don't get me wrong. But man he's picked some stinkers in his day.