The magic series never had rollouts and he ended with 2 and 3.
Nas & DJ Premier - Define My Name (new single out now, album releasing later this year)
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I aint gon lie this track is their worst collab
up in here
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What, no way. This is waaaay better than that orchestra track they did.
I would say this is better than Come Get Me too.
I think they already set the bar really high because they have some incredible tracks together but this track is dope. Simple but dope
Piff Perkins
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spliz
SplizThaDon
Not better than Come Get Me.
Rapmastermind
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I'll give you the Orchestra record as their worst joint though musically it was still dope but I think "Come and Get Me" is definitely better though I'd say it's early for "Define My Name". Who knows how I will feel later but I lived with "Come and Get Me" too long. NaS slaughter that joint and it's low-key a diss record too. It's also the same exact sample from "N.I.@.@.E.R.", so it was dope he came back and rapped different part of the sample.
I legit thought Premo was about to start spitting when I heard it the first time.
Me too lmao.
Piff Perkins
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Agree but I can't compare 50 year old Nas and 58 year old Premier to the 1998/1999 versions of themselves when they were in their primes and superior. This track has grown on me a bit. I'm gonna give it the whip test this weekend, I'm sure it's gonna knock. But I can't judge the track based on what we could have gotten in 1999, 2002, 2003, or any other year where this mythical paring could have happened when we wanted it.
I just want faster bpm drums and some sound diversity from Premo. Nas is going to do his thing. Give that man a break beat, PLEASE for the love of god Premo.
The orchestra record was called Regeneration and i LOVE that joint. “Every song i’ve written/Make the Sky clear blue like the beginning scenes of the Simpsons” thats my shyt.
I think Come Get Me is just “ok” so that by default makes it the “worst” Premo/Nas joint. I definitely think Define My Name is better than both
The Dust King
A Childrens Story
they last collab was EXACTLY that
it was literally called BEAT BREAK
yall called it mid to weak
yall are the worst i swear
Metal Face
Superstar
the bar is raised. justifiably so. it's the arguable GOAT MC and the arguable GOAT producer. two of the most important pioneers in hip hop history. fans have literally been asking for this project since what... it was written?
re: royce... i think premiere delivered on both prhyme albums. that said, i do think a big reason preem 100% did not sound dated on prhyme is the unique setup of the projects, with preeme being forced to exclusively sample two young, original composers that were heavily influenced by his best work (and equipped to give him fantastic soundbeds to work from as a result).
premiere still has moments that make you go
. but he also has lots of moments where his sound feels stuck in 1998. it's been that way for a long time. this happens to all producers though, and i can live with it so long as it sounds like the best possible version of 1998.
like i said, my real issue is that premiere should have a vault of shyt he was saving just for this album. he had literal decades to prep, and he was 100% the weakest part of that first single. from the beat to the hook.
Premier doesn't work like that. When you pay for a beat it's tailor made for the artist. You don't get sent beat tapes.
If he has any beats laying around they're beats made for someone else but they passed on it. Devil's Pie is the only story like that I'm familiar with.
I think people just need to relax and wait for the album. Let Primo get into a groove and he'll put it all together. The beats just need to be on the level of that last Gangstarr album and he'll be fine.
Piff Perkins
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they last collab was EXACTLY that
it was literally called BEAT BREAK
yall called it mid to weak
yall are the worst i swear
fair point and it was aite. I'll rephrase: give that man a better beat with a break beat lol.
I can’t trust nothing nobody say if they think this single is better than come get me lol
Come Get Me is definitely harder. But I don't think this one is trying to be a hard joint necessarily.