AnonymityX1000
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Only reason he is speaking on Nas is cause Hitboy got him feeling a type of way based off Slipping Into Darkness. He's burning slow right now. lol
Hitmaka debates with B-Dot that the Nas/Hit-Boy albums have no impact
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Nas has never put an emphasis on numbers himself but he’s done big numbers before. Nas downplays it but there was a time when he was outselling Jay-Z, Wu-Tang, Mase, etc during their PRIMES.
Jeezy challenged him in sales in 2006 and Nas outsold him first week
Nas is tied as the rapper with the most top 10 chart placements alongside Jay-Z
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ISO
Pass me the rock nikka
Why wouldn’t he sell out MSG? He has a large fanbase through generations and was once a highly commercially successful artist with music that resonated.
What Hit Maka is saying isn’t incorrect these albums have no influence or impact past Nas core fanbase. There’s nothing wrong with that at this point of his career but it’s the reality.
I don’t even get all the Jim Jones hate in this he was never a high seller but has had a respectable and long career in his own right.
Who cares? He is a legacy act 30 years in making music plenty of people like.
nikkas are hoes these days. Numbers, impact, etc just roundabout ways for weak people who look for consensus and cosigns to validate what they like. Either you like the music or you don't.
nikkas are hoes these days. Numbers, impact, etc just roundabout ways for weak people who look for consensus and cosigns to validate what they like. Either you like the music or you don't.
I like when you break down to people that Nas has sold more records than a lot of artist and has more top 10 placements than a lot of artist. You right though, he definitely doesn’t put an emphasis on it. He drops the music and let it do what it does.
Black Miller
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Obviously dude in his feelings about hit boy dissing him. I'm not gonna diss the man for thinking like that but he should know better being that he was around DMX and other artists who made impactful work that sold.
Nas has done that all his career and given that he is 30 years in, the younger generation may not check for him as much but he's built a reliable fan base where he can eat forever off his previous work. And the new work is good as well.
I think the argument that you wouldn't play Nas with a girl in the car is stupid. I play whatever the hell I want in the car with my woman or other women I dealt with. Sometimes it's Nas, sometimes other rap, sometimes r&b or whatever I'm feeling at the moment.
And plenty of women be playing Nas and songs of his like deep album cuts. My lady is a super fan of I Am. But to even say that sounds like he needs approval of women or whoever thinks music is catchy.
He can keep making them hits but I'm not sure all his work will be timeless cause he mostly just sampling older songs from his era he was active.
Nas has done that all his career and given that he is 30 years in, the younger generation may not check for him as much but he's built a reliable fan base where he can eat forever off his previous work. And the new work is good as well.
I think the argument that you wouldn't play Nas with a girl in the car is stupid. I play whatever the hell I want in the car with my woman or other women I dealt with. Sometimes it's Nas, sometimes other rap, sometimes r&b or whatever I'm feeling at the moment.
And plenty of women be playing Nas and songs of his like deep album cuts. My lady is a super fan of I Am. But to even say that sounds like he needs approval of women or whoever thinks music is catchy.
He can keep making them hits but I'm not sure all his work will be timeless cause he mostly just sampling older songs from his era he was active.
LandryFieldsDad
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Nas just did a concert in Madison square garden.
If you don't like Nas, that's your personal preference, but it's 2023. Is he really being shoved down people's throats? Nas is like the easiest person on the planet to avoid
Nas been rapping for 30 years and now we questioning whether he truly makes an impact
If you don't like Nas, that's your personal preference, but it's 2023. Is he really being shoved down people's throats? Nas is like the easiest person on the planet to avoid
Nas been rapping for 30 years and now we questioning whether he truly makes an impact
LandryFieldsDad
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Also.. The world was a better place when they used to play hot potato with this kid's chain
Piff Perkins
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I don't even think it's wrong to say the KD albums have largely just been consumed by some of Nas' hardcore fans. My issue is why the fukk is he making that argument while promoting an album that's about to bomb? I'm not hating on Jim, I'm asking why is it cool for them to drop projects for their fans with no expectations of selling but it's cool to shyt on Nas for it?