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

[King Sun]

History would have been so different.

We probably would have got a joint album at some point

We would have hand an nas jay wu joint by now and probably featuring az

 

[Robbie3000]

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.

He was very giddy on the intro to that song.

 

[Ziggiy]

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.

MC Serch said that not Carmen. And Serch never said that Nas success made him lazy. What Carmen DID say was that Nas was a bit lazy BEFORE Illmatic came out and that Faith Newman was always pestering her about trying to get Nas into the studio

 

[Billy Ocean]

History would have been so different.

We probably would have got a joint album at some point

Doubt it. Nas didn't even make collab albums with people he's closer with and collabed with alot like AZ, Raekwon and Preemo.

 

[MJ Truth]

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.

In her book she actually also called him lazy. She said back in the early days the record labels would be asking Nas for songs and he would tell them he wasn’t feeling inspiration, but she thought he was just lazy and not that interested in putting in work all the time.

 

[Greenhornet]

huge Nas fan
and love Reasonable Doubt

I'm glad he wasnt on Can I live... that shyt is classic for Jay solo

 

[Edub]

Escobar Nas would’ve murdered Jay on his own shyt

Low key saved eem by not showin’….








Nah it would a been two elite greats for some classic shyt …..Nas made us miss out, but he must’ve felt the vibes was off

 

[Cladyclad]

Nas heard them bars and was like naw I’m good

didnt want no smoke

 

[drugxglory]

Nas flow woulda danced elegantly over that beat

 

[theflyest]

The song is classic the way It is. I have never understood the fascination of features.

 

[Mike Ock]

Some things just werent meant to be.

 

[ledge]

Isn’t there also a story that Nas was supposed to be on “Brooklyn’s Finest” and it was actually supposed to be named “NY’s Finest”?

 

[Nostalgic]

Isn’t there also a story that Nas was supposed to be on “Brooklyn’s Finest” and it was actually supposed to be named “NY’s Finest”?

No.

 

[Piff Perkins]

Nas would wreck Bring It On. I don't think Can I Live was in his lane but in 96, Nas was gonna do his thing on any beat.

 

[-DMP-]

Isn’t there also a story that Nas was supposed to be on “Brooklyn’s Finest” and it was actually supposed to be named “NY’s Finest”?

Bruh I thought thats what I remember too. Can’t remember where I heard it from tho so I left it alone