I love how this debate is still going on. This makes me realize the power of celebrity when you can admit you got your ass beat, knocked out, and drug, but people are like, "Nah! He won! He didn't pass out all the way though!"
Also to pull these songs out of context of history is an L in itself. Jay-Z was dominating at the time and Nas was effectively MIA. He threw a stone at Nas at his low point on some bully shit and then got slaughtered. This was the high school QB walking in lunch, shoulder checking the quiet kid's lunch to the floor, and laughing with his boys only to find out the quiet kid had hands. The punches might not have been the flashiest or thrown "properly" but quiet kid still beat the QB's ass. BP2 beat>**** That's about it.