nobody mad but you just googled the EP, same thing I did. I need someone who really knows whats what to answer the question.
How does Nas have a reputation of a bad ear for beats, but also got Illmatic under his belt?
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Got more heat in the late 90s for rhyming over them synthetic Dame Grease style beats that every other mainstream NY rapper was rhyming over, but that's the story of his career. Different standard.
2001-2008 he had a real contrarian approach to beat selection. A lot of stripped back or weird beats. Especially when that Kanye and Heatmakerz bombastic chipmunk soul was in, Nas was making tracks like these. A lot of his songs was totally out of step with what was hot. Mostly down to 2004-2008. Inconsistent point in his career and he probably tried too hard to go against trends.
Funny though because all he had to do to make fans appreciate Salaam Remi was stop working with him
2001-2008 he had a real contrarian approach to beat selection. A lot of stripped back or weird beats. Especially when that Kanye and Heatmakerz bombastic chipmunk soul was in, Nas was making tracks like these. A lot of his songs was totally out of step with what was hot. Mostly down to 2004-2008. Inconsistent point in his career and he probably tried too hard to go against trends.
Funny though because all he had to do to make fans appreciate Salaam Remi was stop working with him
I just google WHO was the executive producer for Illmatic. But I already knew the role of an EP. Damn you miserable
This nikka @Paper Boi is toxic
nah i can't agree with this
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Damn @Paper Boi! You got @Reptile of all people calling you miserable. It might be time to take that trip to Nepal and find some peace in Buddha.
Illmatic and his stuff with Hitboy are collaborative efforts in a way.
The producers played a major part in the creative process just as much as he did and that's why those albums stood out sonically.
If he's left to his own devices he can pick garbage beats because to him the instrumental is just a basic canvas for him to rap over
The producers played a major part in the creative process just as much as he did and that's why those albums stood out sonically.
If he's left to his own devices he can pick garbage beats because to him the instrumental is just a basic canvas for him to rap over
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Damn @Paper Boi! You got @Reptile of all people calling you miserable. It might be time to take that trip to Nepal and find some peace in Buddha.
I answered his question and he started firing from all cylinders the fukk is his problem?
I don’t like a some of the choices from I am or Nastradamus, but it’s his choice of canvas to lay his paint.
What may sound good in his ear may sound like trash to us. Maybe it could be a situation like Jordan who’s the greatest basketball player of all time, but is a terrible GM/Coach.
I just try to appreciate him as an artist and the stuff I DO like
What may sound good in his ear may sound like trash to us. Maybe it could be a situation like Jordan who’s the greatest basketball player of all time, but is a terrible GM/Coach.
I just try to appreciate him as an artist and the stuff I DO like
he needs to reread my posts, he freaking out when i all that i said was he didn't really answer my question.
Damn @Paper Boi! You got @Reptile of all people calling you miserable. It might be time to take that trip to Nepal and find some peace in Buddha.
Every rapper has a knock or two that under a microscope is bullshyt.
Nas NEVER had a bad ear for beats. You don't sell over 30 Million records worldwide with bad beat picking.
Nas, by his own admission, went left sonically after Stillmatic. He doubled down on Boom Bap when the popular sound was The Neptunes, Scott Storch, and the South coming up with Lil Jon. Funny thing is Nas worked with all of them during the time, just not on his own albums. He drew for Alchemist before Alch was a household name. He put Ron Browz on the map (Ether) He did some INCREDIBLE work with Salaam Remi (Who was basically his Just Blaze) and this was only a two album cycle (Gods Son/Streets Disciple) by the time Nas signed with Def Jam he was back working with the quote unquote top producers of the era (Kanye West, Dr Dre, Will I Am, and Stargate all did production on Hip Hop Is Dead) Salaam only has one beat apiece on HHID and Untitled, and by the time Life Is Good came around, Salaam was seen as a prestige producer who crafted classics for legends like Nas, Sade, and Amy Whinehouse. His beats were NEVER wack, maybe unorthodox, but only from the standpoint of attempting to update the classic New York Boom Bap sound, which again, by the time Life Is Good dropped, everyone was embracing.
Nas NEVER had a bad ear for beats. You don't sell over 30 Million records worldwide with bad beat picking.
Nas, by his own admission, went left sonically after Stillmatic. He doubled down on Boom Bap when the popular sound was The Neptunes, Scott Storch, and the South coming up with Lil Jon. Funny thing is Nas worked with all of them during the time, just not on his own albums. He drew for Alchemist before Alch was a household name. He put Ron Browz on the map (Ether) He did some INCREDIBLE work with Salaam Remi (Who was basically his Just Blaze) and this was only a two album cycle (Gods Son/Streets Disciple) by the time Nas signed with Def Jam he was back working with the quote unquote top producers of the era (Kanye West, Dr Dre, Will I Am, and Stargate all did production on Hip Hop Is Dead) Salaam only has one beat apiece on HHID and Untitled, and by the time Life Is Good came around, Salaam was seen as a prestige producer who crafted classics for legends like Nas, Sade, and Amy Whinehouse. His beats were NEVER wack, maybe unorthodox, but only from the standpoint of attempting to update the classic New York Boom Bap sound, which again, by the time Life Is Good dropped, everyone was embracing.
yeah i'm not saying he didn't make any bad beat choices in his career, i'm just confused how illmatic worked out impeccably in my opinion then shyt stopped working out for him. i also think once he got that rep people started shytting on some of his beat choices unfairly.
like was it someone else making the choices for that album
what they really saying is Nas don’t pick beats for parties and clubs
His ear for actual hip hop songs is dope
Take it in Blood
Nas is Like
The Message
Get Down
Book of Rhymes
Nas is Good
Store Run
Shootouts
Made You Look
You’re Da Man
Stillmatic Intro
Etc
His ear for actual hip hop songs is dope
Take it in Blood
Nas is Like
The Message
Get Down
Book of Rhymes
Nas is Good
Store Run
Shootouts
Made You Look
You’re Da Man
Stillmatic Intro
Etc
Now wait a gotdamn minute @Reptile and @Paper Boi! I’m only here to instigate, not mediate! I haven’t taken the certified coli subforum conflict resolution and de-escalation course. I can only make this worse with subtle nudges and
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