{"id":59589,"date":"2013-01-07T00:18:09","date_gmt":"2013-01-06T23:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=59589"},"modified":"2013-01-07T00:18:09","modified_gmt":"2013-01-06T23:18:09","slug":"cnn-names-nas-the-greatest-lyricist-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/cnn-names-nas-the-greatest-lyricist-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN names Nas the greatest lyricist of all time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"59590\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/cnn-names-nas-the-greatest-lyricist-of-all-time\/nas-fresh-island\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/nas-fresh-island.jpg?fit=960%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"nas fresh island\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/nas-fresh-island.jpg?fit=540%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/nas-fresh-island.jpg?fit=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-59590\" alt=\"nas fresh island\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/nas-fresh-island.jpg?fit=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/nas-fresh-island.jpg?resize=540%2C360&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/nas-fresh-island.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Let&#8217;s begin with a disclaimer: Nas doesn&#8217;t endorse the following sentence. But he&#8217;s the greatest lyricist of all time.<br \/>\nThose words were carefully chosen: &#8220;lyricist&#8221; over &#8220;rapper&#8221; or &#8220;hip-hop artist;&#8221; &#8220;greatest&#8221; instead of &#8220;most successful;&#8221; &#8220;all time&#8221; rather than &#8220;today.&#8221; Those distinctions are important. Still, Nas isn&#8217;t buying it.<br \/>\n&#8220;It&#8217;s wayyyyyy, way, way too early in our lives,&#8221; he said when asked where he fits among history&#8217;s best MCs. &#8220;It&#8217;s great to put a list together, but don&#8217;t take it too seriously because your list won&#8217;t matter 10 years from now or 15 years from now. It&#8217;ll be a different list.&#8221;<br \/>\nOK, no lists then; just a strong case for Nas being the best rhymesmith ever, the GOAT, numero uno, and a humble concession that this is but one man&#8217;s opinion and yours are enthusiastically welcomed below.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read the article <a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2013\/01\/05\/showbiz\/rapper-nas-turns-40\/index.html?hpt=hp_c3\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s begin with a disclaimer: Nas doesn&#8217;t endorse the following sentence. But he&#8217;s the greatest&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-fv7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59589\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}