Mac Ten
Class of 97 !!!
Dame and them didn’t help either… you’re definitely right about that.
All the Roc looked weak back then.
By 2006, Jay was a OG.
Him and LA Reid definitely helped Nas out on Def Jam.
Looking back at Nas in the Summer of 2002
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Dame and them didn’t help either… you’re definitely right about that.
All the Roc looked weak back then.
By 2006, Jay was a OG.
Him and LA Reid definitely helped Nas out on Def Jam.
Mac Ten
Class of 97 !!!
Nas is your favorite rappers favorite rapper…
I’d rather folks champion him than some drugged up goofy
DontEemTry
Superstar
Y'all nikkas stay living in the past 
Awesome Wells
The Ghost of Jack Tripper
The Roc was basically just Kanye by 2004.
It was sad because dude spent years trying to get down, and when he finally got on, the label was done, lol. He carried that by himself.
InstantKlassik
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You could suck my dikk too.
he was never signed to Murda inc
He went at Cam and Nore because he wasn't in his right mind his mother was on her death bead.
Cam didn't do shyt but get some weirdo white boys on the internet emboldened to talk shyt about the GOAT. "smarten up nas" "nas lost" type bullshyt was all cac memes and embarrassingly adopted by dumb brehs
He didn't lose anything with 50. 50 is an over emotional clown and he came back around eventually
this whole analysis is off and frankly unnecessary.
Piff Perkins
Veteran
Nas is a wanted man. The heralded Queens, N.Y., rapper recently was seen standing underneath an elevated train track on Chicago’s North Side taping a commercial for his sixth studio album, “God’s Son.” The release date of the highly anticipated collection was moved up nearly a week because of the rampant bootlegging of the album, which had shown up locally and nationally.
“The streets wanted my new album, `God’s Son,'” Nas said in one take of the commercial, his breath visible in the frosty air. “The problem is so did the bootleggers. So I moved [up] the release date. . . . ” He then paused and gave a glassy stare into the camera: “Checkmate.”
It’s evident that Nas (given name Nasir Jones) isn’t worried about bootleggers affecting the sales tally of his new album. After all, “God’s Son” — which has spent three weeks in Billboard’s top 20 and has sold 630,000 copies — stands as one of hip-hop’s best releases of the year and may even eclipse Nas’ debut album, 1994’s “Illmatic,” which is considered a classic in hip-hop circles.
An artist who long has been regarded as one of hip-hop’s best poets but whose albums rarely have matched his potential, Nas delivers the album of his career with “God’s Son.”
He’s evolved from a rapper easily swayed by trends, who relied at times on lazy gangster themes rather than breathe life into well-worn street topics, as he did on “Illmatic.”
“Who wants to be the same boring person forever?” Nas said moments before stepping out of his chauffeured Ford Excursion to tape the commercial. “I’m evolving as a person. I’m changing, growing. Ice Cube cut his Jheri-curl. Michael Jackson got lighter.”
In an era where many rappers boast about “keeping it real,” Nas delivers a revealing round of reality rap on “God’s Son.” On such moving selections as “Warrior” and “Dance,” Nas raps about the impact the April 2002 death of his mother has had on him. “The Cross” features him addressing his new, more thoughtful musical stance, while on “Heaven” he raps about the beauty of life and how people can find heaven in their hearts if they try. Nas also encourages his young fans to believe in themselves on “I Can,” a cut with a backing beat that includes portions of Beethoven’s “Fur Elise.”
Even though this type of soul-baring is rare by an artist of Nas’ status (each of his five albums has been certified at least platinum), Nas feels he makes his best music when he says something of substance.
“This is my most personal record,” Nas said. “I’ve been through a lot this year, so it comes out in my music. I’ve got a lot to talk about.”
Many rap fans have been enthralled with Nas’ much talked about rivalry with Jay-Z, another chart-topping rapper.
The two have been in an unofficial battle for the title of king of New York. But, Nas said that he’s no longer worried about what people feel about him. He wants to convey messages in his music.
“Everybody’s concentrating on certain titles that they don’t believe they can get,” Nas said. “So when it does happen, it’s like, `What can you do now?’ Is that all you wanted? There’s more to having a gift than basking in your glory or being the king for five minutes in the street.”
I think somebody lyin'
Smell somebody lyin'
“The streets wanted my new album, `God’s Son,'” Nas said in one take of the commercial, his breath visible in the frosty air. “The problem is so did the bootleggers. So I moved [up] the release date. . . . ” He then paused and gave a glassy stare into the camera: “Checkmate.”
It’s evident that Nas (given name Nasir Jones) isn’t worried about bootleggers affecting the sales tally of his new album. After all, “God’s Son” — which has spent three weeks in Billboard’s top 20 and has sold 630,000 copies — stands as one of hip-hop’s best releases of the year and may even eclipse Nas’ debut album, 1994’s “Illmatic,” which is considered a classic in hip-hop circles.
An artist who long has been regarded as one of hip-hop’s best poets but whose albums rarely have matched his potential, Nas delivers the album of his career with “God’s Son.”
He’s evolved from a rapper easily swayed by trends, who relied at times on lazy gangster themes rather than breathe life into well-worn street topics, as he did on “Illmatic.”
“Who wants to be the same boring person forever?” Nas said moments before stepping out of his chauffeured Ford Excursion to tape the commercial. “I’m evolving as a person. I’m changing, growing. Ice Cube cut his Jheri-curl. Michael Jackson got lighter.”
In an era where many rappers boast about “keeping it real,” Nas delivers a revealing round of reality rap on “God’s Son.” On such moving selections as “Warrior” and “Dance,” Nas raps about the impact the April 2002 death of his mother has had on him. “The Cross” features him addressing his new, more thoughtful musical stance, while on “Heaven” he raps about the beauty of life and how people can find heaven in their hearts if they try. Nas also encourages his young fans to believe in themselves on “I Can,” a cut with a backing beat that includes portions of Beethoven’s “Fur Elise.”
Even though this type of soul-baring is rare by an artist of Nas’ status (each of his five albums has been certified at least platinum), Nas feels he makes his best music when he says something of substance.
“This is my most personal record,” Nas said. “I’ve been through a lot this year, so it comes out in my music. I’ve got a lot to talk about.”
Many rap fans have been enthralled with Nas’ much talked about rivalry with Jay-Z, another chart-topping rapper.
The two have been in an unofficial battle for the title of king of New York. But, Nas said that he’s no longer worried about what people feel about him. He wants to convey messages in his music.
“Everybody’s concentrating on certain titles that they don’t believe they can get,” Nas said. “So when it does happen, it’s like, `What can you do now?’ Is that all you wanted? There’s more to having a gift than basking in your glory or being the king for five minutes in the street.”
I think somebody lyin'
Smell somebody lyin'
Young Scrap
Pro
Nas is my GOAT but that whole rant on the radio was because Hot 97 wouldn't let him do a mock hanging of Jay-Z on stage for his performance, let's just call a spade a spade.
Y'all nikkas stay living in the past
I mean, what u want us to discuss? 21 Savage? Waka Flocka Flame? Post Malone?
DontEemTry
Superstar
I mean, what u want us to discuss? 21 Savage? Waka Flocka Flame? Post Malone?
Awesome Wells
The Ghost of Jack Tripper
Nas was wildin'!!
But there was no way they were gonna let him do that. When we heard about it, everybody was like "This n*gga is CRAZY!!".
resistanze
Pro
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