Nas was supposed to be on Jay's can I live?

[Slim Charles]

Pretty sure this has been said before but I may be mixing it up with the story already mentioned that Nas was meant to be on Bring It On. Either way these two at the level they were rhyming at in 96 would have been an automatic classic

I can imagine Nas more on those two joints than Gimme the loot.

 

[MJ Truth]

That’s arguably Jay’s best song ever too, so in a way I’m happy it didn’t happen. But having Nas on this track, THAT Nas and in THAT time, would have been insane.

 

[ThirdAct]

I think both Nas and AZ were supposed to be on RD but neither of them showed up to the session lol

 

[Digital Omen]

"Callin my crib and I ain't even give you my number"

I think it was Carmen that said how Jay would leave messages for Nas: "yo I'm in the studio, there's a track with some room for you to get on"

That's why Ether's third verse broke Jay's spirit. Nas said a lot of things that were very specific and hit home hard.

 

[RennisDeynolds]

Didnt need Nas on it, Jay had a lot to prove on his own at that time and the album shows it did. Classic record

Most of their collabs have been one sided

 

[Dizzle]

Dear fukk
That would have been nuuuuts

 

[Breh Obama]

Nas definitely perpetuates the lazy stoner stereotype

 

[Mike the Executioner]

Nas definitely perpetuates the lazy stoner stereotype

I just don't think Nas was interested in doing features back then, unless it was someone he idolized or already knew. He also missed out being on The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill and he regretted it years later.

I knew Jay wanted Nas on "Bring It On," but I didn't know he also wanted him on "Can I Live." Looks like Jay desperately wanted Nas to do a feature (makes sense because you're talking about Nas at his absolute height in lyricism), and when Nas kept ducking him, Jay acted out by dissing him. It came from a place of being hurt and confused.

But could you imagine how the story of Reasonable Doubt changes if Jay gets both Biggie and Nas on the album? He was probably hoping to get them on the same song for a posse cut one day.

 

[Breh Obama]

I just don't think Nas was interested in doing features back then, unless it was someone he idolized or already knew. He also missed out being on The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill and he regretted it years later.

I knew Jay wanted Nas on "Bring It On," but I didn't know he also wanted him on "Can I Live." Looks like Jay desperately wanted Nas to do a feature (makes sense because you're talking about Nas at his absolute height in lyricism), and when Nas kept ducking him, Jay acted out by dissing him. It came from a place of being hurt and confused.

But could you imagine how the story of Reasonable Doubt changes if Jay gets both Biggie and Nas on the album? He was probably hoping to get them on the same song for a posse cut one day.

This is all due to him being a self admitted stoner

 

[up in here]

Jay was tryna get on a track with Nas for ten years. Imagine how it must have felt for him to finally get it done with Black Republican. That must have been a dream come true moment for Jay.

 

[Ziggiy]

This is all due to him being a self admitted stoner

No Nas himself has said he didn’t want to do features unless it was Queensbridge nikkas or people he already respected.

EXCEPT for the Gimme The Loot Remix. He was DEFINITELY stoned during that session and said he couldn’t come up with anything to write.

 

[ThirdAct]

This is all due to him being a self admitted stoner

In the case of him getting on the Gimme the Loot remix, yeah, cuz him and Big got too blitzed to do the song...but in other cases I don't think it's that. He hopped on a bunch of songs in 95, all classic features. Maybe he didn't just wanna work with Jay or just blew the shyt off to do something else lol. There's a couple artists he did the no show on, Jay was one and O.C. was another one (Nas on Word...Life or Jewelz woulda been ), but the point is you can't always blame it on the weed. He's done hundreds of features and put out like like 17 albums throughout his career plus all the unreleased loosies so so it's not like he's got a bad work ethic.

 

[-DMP-]

i feel like I’ve heard he (Naz) was supposed to be on different songs over the years.

Can I live would’ve been cool.

 

[Cladyclad]

I just don't think Nas was interested in doing features back then, unless it was someone he idolized or already knew. He also missed out being on The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill and he regretted it years later.

I knew Jay wanted Nas on "Bring It On," but I didn't know he also wanted him on "Can I Live." Looks like Jay desperately wanted Nas to do a feature (makes sense because you're talking about Nas at his absolute height in lyricism), and when Nas kept ducking him, Jay acted out by dissing him. It came from a place of being hurt and confused.

But could you imagine how the story of Reasonable Doubt changes if Jay gets both Biggie and Nas on the album? He was probably hoping to get them on the same song for a posse cut one day.

Nas dis jay z first lol

 

[FunkDoc1112]

Nas definitely perpetuates the lazy stoner stereotype

Carmen said Nas' Columbia deal was better than most artists period, rap or otherwise...so even though Illmatic didn't sell much, Nas was eating off royalties and that made him get lazy.