How does Nas have a reputation of a bad ear for beats, but also got Illmatic under his belt?

[ThirdAct]

Memory lane & one time for ya mind are on illmatic.those beats fukkin suck

 

[987654321]

yall Nas Stan’s are the only people who talk about this shyt. If y’all stop maybe that narrative would end

yall either stuck in the 90s
talk about the beef wit Jay
or talk about his beat selection or producer he works with

yall have to be the worst promoter of a artist y’all like

We told y’all this was coming. Drizzy getting stomped out like a delinquent camp fire was just a side plot, now we’re back to the main story.

Keep an eye out for the “Jay’s albums aged like discarded vaginal cheese” hate thread coming soon to a subforum near you

 

[-Quikness-]

nikka thats 1 album. And his first album at that.

That's a 1 hot album every 10 year average?

 

[Tasha And]

Kendrick Drake beef over. Now back to our regularly scheduled program

 

[ABlackMan]

one of the legendary criticisms of Nas has been that he picks bad beats, but who the fukk picked the beats for Illmatic then? was everything just an undeniable classic that he could do no wrong at that point or it the legend that Nas has a bad ear incorrect?

does MC Serch get all the credit as the executive producer?

Man go get in the booth. We don’t want social commentary from paper boi! Tell us how you evaded them euro charges

 

[Paper Boi]

Man go get in the booth. We don’t want social commentary from paper boi! Tell us how you evaded them euro charges

my executive producer

 

[ABlackMan]

my executive producer

That man in Bethlehem!

 

[OJ Simpsom]

If Nas had an ear for beats like Officer Ricky Game over

 

[Mac Ten]

I listen to Nas for his subject matter…


If u listened to Nas for just beats, then you already lawst.

Nas gives weak beats life while most rappers would waste good beats with mediocre lyrics.

 

[Mac Ten]

Play nastradamus

One of my favorite Nas albums..

He was the black Yoda

 

[Pressure]

One of my favorite Nas albums..

He was the black Yoda

 

[Lil Diddy]

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.

Him putting Ron Browz on was a mistake lmao. Agree w everything else tho

 

[Detroit Wave]

Salaam remi is a bum and nas wasted a lot of time working wit him

 

[Neuromancer]

Only girls listen to rappers for beats.

 

[Mystic]

one of the legendary criticisms of Nas has been that he picks bad beats, but who the fukk picked the beats for Illmatic then? was everything just an undeniable classic that he could do no wrong at that point or it the legend that Nas has a bad ear incorrect?

does MC Serch get all the credit as the executive producer?

Are you fukking dumb?