Hold Down The Block was a 5/5 highlight on HHID. Vernon Family would’ve been great following the intro money over bullshyt. Where are they now, who killed it?, carry on tradition, play on playa are worth being removed.
Albums Nas - The Lost Tapes 2 (Discussion Thread)
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Hold Down The Block was a 5/5 highlight on HHID. Vernon Family would’ve been great following the intro money over bullshyt. Where are they now, who killed it?, carry on tradition, play on playa are worth being removed.
Carry on tradition with a better beat could have been better
Hold Down The Block was a 5/5 highlight on HHID. Vernon Family would’ve been great following the intro money over bullshyt. Where are they now, who killed it?, carry on tradition, play on playa are worth being removed.
Mike the Executioner
What went on up there? Poppers and weird sex!
"Vernon Family" sounds like the final draft for "You Can't Kill Me." They both have that 80s energy to them.
Also, Hip Hop is Dead is underrated as hell. The tracklist/sequencing could use some help, but it reminds me a lot of Untitled in that both albums deserve more recognition than they get, and are victims of the "Nas picks bad beats" stereotype.
spliz
SplizThaDon
What he say about it?
MOST of the production on HHID is good. Untitled’s production is excellent in my opinion.
I feel like I understand what Nas was trying to do on HHID. The first half of the album was exploring how Hip Hop died and from Black Republican on he’s trying to show how to resurrect it.
Black Republican- Unity between once warring factions
Not Going Back- Not allowing the hood to dictate your moves.
Still Dreamin- Not allowing other people’s dreams to bring you down/deter you
Hold Down The Block- How to represent where you come from while still progressing
Blunt Ashes- learning from the mistakes from our musical elders
Let There Be Light- How to sustain a long career as a rapper
Play On Playa- If you gonna spit that pimp/flay shyt. Do it with skill and some form of integrity.
Can’t Forget About You- Appreciating Nostalgia and those who paved a path
Hustlers- Unity between East and West Coast
Hope- Nas summarizing it all
HNIC973
R.I.P Bandana P
Both said they fukking wit it heavy much better then Nasir.Digga said she could do without maybe 4 or 5 songs.Standout Qb politics You mean the world to me Beautiful life lost freestyle No bad Energy .They love the production on it for the most part.
HNIC973
R.I.P Bandana P
I'll keep where they now remove not going back instead
Hold Down The Block was a 5/5 highlight on HHID. Vernon Family would’ve been great following the intro money over bullshyt. Where are they now, who killed it?, carry on tradition, play on playa are worth being removed.
spliz
SplizThaDon
I wonder what the 4 or 5 songs are. I cant think of 5 wack songs on this project. My guesses are Jarraeu of Rap, Royalty, Adult Film, maybe Who Are You?
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Vernon Family and The Art Of It definitely could've been on Hip Hop Is Dead, probably Never Ends as well. All would've fit up there perfectly placing You Can't Kill Me, Hold Down The Block, Not Going Back, and Who Killed it. I also would've add the joint he did with Hi-Tek called Music For Life. HHID would've been a strong 4.5/4.75 and definitely in the top half of his catalog.
Frida Giezman
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Frida Giezman
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It’s crazy how I wanna hate the queens wolf beat but can’t
Fits perfectly with the theme of the song
Fits perfectly with the theme of the song
HNIC973
R.I.P Bandana P
She didn't say besides Al Jarraeu really. Digga said she appreciated what he tried to do with it but he shouldn't had put it out first.
Who are you and adult film are fire. No way those would be considered wack. Royalty if anything is the weakest because of the hook and honestly I don't hate that song either and the versus are fire. Jarreu of rap has grown on me drastically its different for the ears on the first listen. But it made me appreciate nas even more when hearing it more and more. The verses are fire on that too