Jay Electronica & Stickman Deny Ghostwriting for Nas

[Consigliere]

taking Nas hate to pathetic levels I see.

I'm tired of seeing these lazy and intellectually dishonest deflections getting dapped up.

What makes you think anybody hates Nas?

 

[Clapsteel O'Neal]

Stic man definitely gave him in regards to topics to talk about and refining ideas. I doubt they ever wrote bars tho

 

[Mr Uncle Leroy]

a lot of respect for nas, obviously...

after staying in the suburbs for many years

who wouldnt need inspiration

 

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

I don't know what to believe anymore.

 

[Michael Knight]

This just adds to the mystery of Jay Electronica.This nikka is smashing Rothschild heiresses, writing for legends, and he hasn't even released his debut.

I don't know about you nikkas but I can't wait to hear Act II

 

[Peruvian Connect]

Nas saying the following takes on a whole different meaning now: "I wanted to get [Jay Electronica] to do the entire Untitled album, the N-word album. He had ideas."

On the low, this is one of the bigger scandals you can have in rap for a respected lyricist.

Bigger scandals? Nobody should wanna take credit for that wackass "Untitled" album.

 

[theflyest]

I think people are looking way too much into the part they played on the album. It's like you get ideas for a 10 page essay & then you proceed to write the essay. All that person did is help you in what direction to go in, they did not write the whole essay.

 

[Peruvian Connect]

I don't know what to believe anymore.

The problem seems to be perspective. I don't know if these guys wrote entire songs for Nas nor do i care. I don't see what the issue it's not like Untitled is anywhere close to being Nas' best work.

There's a difference between ghostwriting, writing and collaborating.

 

[iPod Raheem 2.0]

Bigger scandals? Nobody should wanna take credit for that wackass "Untitled" album.

First of all, there's some dope shyt on that album.

Second, what you think about the album is irrelevant.

My point is that Nas is a living legend because people respect his pen game. He's widely considered one of the greatest lyricist of all time.

This ain't Dre. This ain't Ye. This ain't Diddy.

This is Nas.

An allegation that he has needed "help" writing his lyrics at any point in his career is pretty serious.

 

[Peruvian Connect]

First of all, there's some dope shyt on that album.

Second, what you think about the album is irrelevant.

My point is that Nas is a living legend because people respect his pen game. He's widely considered one of the greatest lyricist of all time.

This ain't Dre. This ain't Ye. This ain't Diddy.

This is Nas.

An allegation that he has needed "help" writing his lyrics at any point in his career is pretty serious.

It's really not serious at all. Show me a niggga that ain't never used another nikkas lines or ideas and I'll show you a never was.

 

[iPod Raheem 2.0]

The problem seems to be perspective. I don't know if these guys wrote entire songs for Nas nor do i care. I don't see what the issue it's not like Untitled is anywhere close to being Nas' best work.

There's a difference between ghostwriting, writing and collaborating.

I can't help but think this would be like baseball players taking PEDs AFTER they had solidified their place in the HOF. Nas was in the rap HOF after illmatic.

With that said, I'm not saying this definitively happened or didn't happen with regard to Nas getting help. I'd be curious to know what these recording sessions are actually like, though. What do these collaborations really consist of?

 

[Lyrically_N_Gaged]

Lol..

I think it is obvious what song Jay Electronica had involvement in..







Go ahead, guess










Probably the one talkin' about aliens brehs.

Jay Electronica guided that We're not alone track all tha way.


That said without listening to the verses now.

 

[Danie84]

at that Dream brawd.

Guess, she just needed the attention.

 

[Juliano Soprano]

It's really not serious at all. Show me a niggga that ain't never used another nikkas lines or ideas and I'll show you a never was.

And that's the thing. Ghostwriting and leading the direction of a song is two totally different things.

One of the main reasons I was excited about Untitled was the fact that stic.man had his hands in it, that meant that his ideas and concepts would be penned by Nas. He gave Nas direction in some of those tracks.

Ghostwriting on the other hand is letting a guy write a song for you, and you just recite the shyt with your voice, flow and charisma.

 

[Pool_Shark]

Personally I don't think it matters if Nas had help or not. The man is a living legend and nothing will ever change that. I always assume big name artist have ghostwriters, why wouldn't they. I've seen guys on SOHH copy a rappers style so good you'd swear it came right out off the actual mcs notebook.

Like I said earlier though they really did leave those statements open to interperation. On some.........

"Sir did you kill him?"

"There's a lot of people that wanted him dead"