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Let's not get too crazy about discog ranking and personal taste, because to me, I Am has a handful of classic/great joints, and Nastradamus almost didn't exist to my memory... But during that period -- IWW, the I Am sessions, all that stuff -- Nas had a TON of records (many unreleased) where he spit 3 virtually flawless verses, and cats would be like..."verse 2 is amazing, verse 1 is dope, verse 3 is cool, but compared to the other two, he coulda just left it at two verses". I'm not saying that's unfair critique at all...but as an artist, if that's the way you're bound to be received, why not maximize the potential of each verse by giving them the space they may need to shine like they should? So yeah...I mean, sure, a lot of what you're talking about comes from the declining importance of dense lyricism in rap, but I also think spitting 3 verses per song comes with similar problems as releasing 2 mixtapes every year.
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