Episode #4: Album vs. Album #1 – It Was Written

from Hip-Hop Manifesto · host Matthew Spencer & Kelen Conley

Chiv and I begin our "Album vs. Album" series where we take two albums, break each one of them down and then decide the overall winner. In this first installment, we put former foes Nas and Jay-Z against each other once again as we compare the albums they released in 1996. Be ready as I reveal I have 2Pac on speed dial, Chiv asks Foxy Brown questions she can't hear, and we both cower in fear at the phrase "Nas Is Coming"! As Diddy would say, "Let's go people!"

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