I would say Nas
ILLmatic is definately a classic. Even to this day, it remains a pretty complex album and defined his signature style. Then It Was Written dropped, he tasted money, and after 2 years rap had been changing to money talk. I am..dropped and he was really a mainstream artist, songs like Money is my bitch, and Dr. Knockboot, showed a falling off. Nastradamus dropped and people consdered his legacy over. Stillmatic dropped and he returned to his roots, but not fully, with coming of age tracks like "Rewind" and "one Mic" that if they would've appeared on Illmatic, it'd probably be the best album ever, bar none. The Lost Tapes dropped, showing fans what should've made I am... a Classic. God's Son Dropped, and he still hasn't fell off from his return. Also, taking care of Jigga on Stillmatic to show his fans that he was back to Nasty.

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