nas

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I want to create a thread to discuss all things Nas from the 98-01 era This is an impt era bc he started working on I Am...The Autobiography in 98 (due to be released March 30, 1999), but 13 songs got bootlegged in late 98/early 99 that ended up across multiple projects (including Lost Tapes)...

This mixtape is my vision of how The Firm album could have sounded without the commercial tracks. I brought Cormega back, and swapped the radio-friendly songs in favor of Mafioso instrumentals to align with the original theme - think minor chords, sombre soundscapes, violins, mandolins, spanish...

Tobe’s come up is inspiring

:whoo::whoo::lupe::lupe::jbhmm: (And by present day producers, I really mean guys who more than likely got their big break post 2009 or so, so please, don’t mention Pete Rock, RZA, Rockwilder, Alchemist, etc, dudes that have like 20-30 years under their belt:russ:)

"murdered you on your own shyt" "gave you a style for you to run with" "smile like a proud dad, watching his only son that made it" "Calling my crib and I ain't even give you my numbers" "name a rapper that I ain't influenced" "I know you aint talking about me. You?" "dikk-riding fagot...

Nas in 2021 - I got so many kids in the game, it's like a gender revealing Jigga in 2022 - How many billionaires can come from Hov crib? Nas in 2021 - I'm from the era of razor blades & coke dust/People living with no trust, champagne in the soap suds Jigga in 2022 - I turned the cocaine into...

Yo this the best analysts I ever seen BIG was really the fukking GOAT. nikkas got lucky especially CAMEL @Cladyclad

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Called Nas the Chosen One… So good to see these two on good terms Also Elliot Wilson’s dikk riding self finally giving back handed props to IWW 26 years after he was amongst the rap journalists who dissed it.

Large Professor is playing at this summer’s Gathering of the Juggalos Anyone that’s followed the now 22 (!!!) year history of the Gathering knows that Psychopathic comes up with some real surprise Hip-Hop bookings here and there :wow:

The crowd is mostly middle age white people, the type who cross the street when they see a black man.

Mary J Blige recently scored a spot on Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People list, gracing their cover. Nas wrote her profile feature. https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2022/6177743/mary-j-blige/

A&E Announces ‘Origins of Hip Hop’ Series with Nas Tapped as Host ByNy MaGee April 21, 2022 Nas – Getty *A&E Network has announced the documentary series “Origins of Hip Hop” will explore the rags-to-riches journey of some of the genre’s most celebrated stars. Per press release, the series...

Entire song incoming.

Alright Coli brehs. Another year, another annual Hip Hop Grammys thread. While the relationship between the Grammys and Hip Hop has been...contentious to say the least; this year marks a notably antagonistic rift between music's biggest awards show and the genre that has dominated mainstream...