Nas - Magic (Discussion Thread)

[Bossino]

While I personally don’t give these cac reviews much credence when it comes to their ratings or the things they say, the thing that actually bothers me is that their ratings hold ranking in the wider sphere of things which can influence or limit the success and reach of our artists.

A “critically acclaimed” album gets more push and reaches more people. The specific forms of black success that they push don’t often encourage self reflection and pro blackness in the way Nas does. He is an anti establishment rapper who made it and they hate that. They prefer their thug rappers to be ignorant, their commercial rappers to chase trends and their conscious rappers to be non threatening.

Nas is a street dude and an intellect. He encourages artistry and creativity, black empowerment, solidarity, black self worth. He encourages black kids to read books about history, black nationalism, pan-african movements. He praises jazz and blues in the same sentence as giving props to drill rappers and trap music. He doesn’t play into colorism and black on black hate, he embraces all black people, light or dark, ADOS or not. He connects a lot of the dots of blackness. He encourages us to believe in ourselves.

that’s why they hate Nas and try to keep him down. They don’t want to see more rappers like Nas. Imagine if our top 10 or top 20 most successful rappers where in the same vein. Imagine the impact that would have on our youth.

You get it, I don't think most black people remotely understand how pervasive White Supremacy is.

Ras Kass taught black people legit everything you need to know about cacs on Nature Of The Threat

 

[Bossino]

What does Nas represent?

Not to be dramatic, but he's legit cacs worst fear. A black man that finds how own way without compromise/c00ning, and staying true to his beliefs/principles while trying to help his people

Doing so relatively quietly compared to peers. Cacs fear black men off gp. But black men who mind their own aren't super available/looking to politic and are masters at their craft. If 40% of us moved like Nas, they'd legit start trying to blatantly kill us off.

As an introvert, I don't interact with most people IRL because they're not worth the energy, and I won't sacrifice the comfort/control/solace of silence/inner monologue to shoot the shyt with morons, fake people or have meaningless conversations. At 23 I can realize when I move like this in public people either fear me or see me as arrogant, when I just want to have my boundaries respected, and value the time of myself and others.

I can imagine if I was the legend Nas was in any field and moved the way I do people would irrationally hate me. I call it the "What, you think you're better than me"/entitlement complex. People really think you owe them conversation, and you're time and when you refuse to give and play the role they placed you in mentally they almost always react negatively. Add in cacs general latent, and overt anti-Black sentiments and I completely get why Nas is treated/viewed the way he is.

The only people who talk greasy on him are people that don't know him, or better yet he doesn't care to know. That's personally why I have Nas as my goat and he has the most music in my library (5900 songs and counting, he has a 150 or so). A lot of songs speak to how it feels to be black man trying to figure shyt out, and preserve self.

 

[Tasha And]

Bohemian Grove is an annual ritual/celebration takes place in the woods in California that “elites” been attending for years. A lot of weird freaky shyt supposedly take place there with the who’s who of the planet.

The show House of Cards had an episode based on Bohemian Grove, though in the show they called it "Elysian Fields."

 

[Bossino]

fukk "having fun". I hate albums that are treated as mixtapes. It just makes the music seem disposable

Spoken like the staunch capitalist you've asserted your self as on this board several time over

 

[Bossino]

You didn't get me

Nasir Jones is a powerful dude that doesn't use his powers.
That's the angle I'm coming from.

There's a reason there's no sense of trepidation in any of the disrespect.

It's a well known fact in the industry you'll hear from Jay or his people if they sense any disrespect. These media members are well aware of that. Furthermore, who wants to deal with the BeyHive monster

NOBODY fears any repercussion from Nas. Not even a verbal elbow. He's too cool for school

Nas in an introvert, frankly as one the bolded is a misnomer, we speak to those, and deal with those who get it, those who don't might as well be dead because we just keep it pushing our value is independent of the opinions of other and we're our own worst critics. We deal with enough internally to want to take a stroll into the fukkkery that is other people.

 

[HHID]

By the end of that 40-16 clip, the Hollywood Gangsta beat immediately pops off in my head haha

 

[UpAndComing]

Spoken like the staunch capitalist you've asserted your self as on this board several time over

When you get older and experience life, I hope to God you'll be one too

Hope your College classes are going well

 

[Artfull Dodger]

Nas hook game severely underrated. No fancy shyt, just dope rhymes and creative cadences/ flows

The Speechless hook is just

The hook and the beat transition is

 

[Pop123]

All of yall still out of the loop on Bohemian Grove I suggest yall hit Youtube and checkout TI's podcast when he had Alex Jones on there. Man, that shyt...I don't even have the words to describe that listening experience, lol...but there's a huge detailed part about Alex's experience at Bohemian Grove.

Actually I got yall


Infowars' Alex Jones Shares His Theories | expediTIously Podcast - YouTube

Wild part is this shyt sounds next level frightening and it's nothing compared to other shyt I've read about it.

Sidenote: I respected TI's trolling throughout this whole shyt, . Alex Jones fans still furious probably.

 

[T.he I.nformant]

Nas hook game severely underrated. No fancy shyt, just dope rhymes and creative cadences/ flows

The Speechless hook is just

These are facts. I like a lot of the hooks on the KD series and Magic.

 

[tuckgod]

Its funny because with this announcement I cod definitely hear Cormega ripping a track like 40-16 Building if Nas threw him on it.

Nah I it’s perfect.

Don’t want a Mega verse with 32 punch ins fukking it up

 

[Mastamimd]

Think I'm just gonna enjoy this album @up in here and @Bossino made some excellent points.

 

[tuckgod]

Break it down for me

 

[waynep]

Is 40-16 Building going to be an actual video??

 

[Ball]

Is 40-16 Building going to be an actual video??

Yessir

there is a director credit in that clip