You have no PROOF to back your claim which is why you sound crazy.
If we’re going by verifiable factors, its easy to make the claim that Nas and Hit Boy>>>> Nas and Alchemist. First off would be the simple fact that Nas himself has stated multiple times he wanted to lock in with Hit Boy and do an entire project. He’s NEVER stated the same desire to work with Alchemist. And one would think that, given Alc is a self professed Nas fan, that if Nas had ever wanted this pairing to happen, it would have happened more than FOUR times in 20 years. Again, these are FACTS not opinions. Soon as Nas went independent and was free to truly work with anyone he wanted with no potential industry red rape stopping him, he went to HIT BOY. Not Alchemist. Not Premo. Not insert 90’s sound evoking producer. This is FACT.
Moving on, looking at FACTS. The Nas/Hit Boy team up has been more commercially and critically successful than any pairing involving Alchemist. So there is no financial or artistic reason to say Nas should work with Alc over Hit Boy. Kings Disease produced by Hit Boy won the Grammy over Alfredo produced Alchemist. Now we can scream “fukk the Grammys” and say they have no relevance within Hip Hop culture, but the FACTS are that both Freddie and Alchemist stated they wanted to win that award, so it had some relevance to THEM.
Kings Disease 2 has higher critical acclaim than Shrines, Haram, and Bo Jackson. Kings Disease 3 was the highest acclaimed rap album of 2022. Again these aren’t opinions, they are FACTS.
So through NO verifiable metric can you make the claim that switching Alchemist with Hit Boy would equal better received music, better selling music, or more relevant music. You have an OPINION sure, and everyone is entitled to those, but to attempt to pass your OPINION as fact is again, disingenuous and an attempt to lessen Hit Boy, his ascension as a producer, his talent as a producer, and the musical inspiration that he’s given Nas. An inspiration that Alchemist clearly could not convey.
