"Nasir Jones.....You're A King.....Let the Kids Have That Twist & Dreaded Look..... You're Too Regal And Refined For Certain Ish"

[Ziggiy]

I just want to know why Nas and Jay waited so long to rock dreads?

Nas rocked the X-Clan style during the Live At The BBQ era. Dreads at the top of a fade.



This is also part of his latest album cover for Magic 2




A major theme of his music from the past three years is that he’s been experiencing an artistic renaissance. He’s released FIVE albums in that time period and won his first Grammy, headlined his first show at Madison Square Garden, became the oldest rapper to ever make the cover of both GQ and Billboard and just this week was inducted into the Billboard Hall Of Fame. My guess is the hairstyle is a way of physically expressing that renaissance, a nod to how the old and new school are irrevocably linked. A hairstyle he wore when he was 15-16 is now the “In” hairstyle of 15-16 year olds of today.

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

This nikka rocking the douchbag, YoungBoy box braids with a fade.

And I saw him giving props to ice spice.

I said this nikka musta sold his soul to the devil for his resurgence

fukk it

or he's well invested in his own businesses including a label and can drop whenever he want

Black men can't do shyt without them either selling their booty or soul

low vibration ass inferiority complex shyt and i don't care if it's a joke. it's stated far too often

 

[mag357]

Nas rocked the X-Clan style during the Live At The BBQ era. Dreads at the top of a fade.



This is also part of his latest album cover for Magic 2




A major theme of his music from the past three years is that he’s been experiencing an artistic renaissance. He’s released FIVE albums in that time period and won his first Grammy, headlined his first show at Madison Square Garden, became the oldest rapper to ever make the cover of both GQ and Billboard and just this week was inducted into the Billboard Hall Of Fame. My guess is the hairstyle is a way of physically expressing that renaissance, a nod to how the old and new school are irrevocably linked. A hairstyle he wore when he was 15-16 is now the “In” hairstyle of 15-16 year olds of today.

Older dudes start hanging around younger dudes and start taking lil things from them.

He's hanging with hitboy and now rockin his hair like him.

Nas "adapting" is the reason he's probably the only older artist having a resurgence. Which is cool

But all the adapting could start looking goofy, like an older katt that still dresses young and in the club.

Like I said earlier, I watched his billboard award speech and him giving a shout to ice spice tripped me out...like he was always against corny shyt and the destruction of the culture
But hey, guess he's trying to be cool

 

[mag357]

or he's well invested in his own businesses and can drop whenever he want

Black men can't do shyt without them either selling their booty or soul

low vibration ass inferiority complex shyt and i don't care if it's a joke

nikka nas ain't have bread like that... Then all of a sudden started getting it. Word to kelis.

I said before Nas has slowly morphed into Jay-Z with all this money, capitalist talk.
And Jay-Z slowly morphed into Nas on some black power, notty dread shyt.
This shyt is a game.

It ain't necessarily selling your butt or praying to the devil...
It's compromising yourself and what you always stood for

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

nikka nas ain't have bread like that... Then all of a sudden started getting it. Word to kelis.

I said before Nas has slowly morphed into Jay-Z with all this money, capitalist talk.
And Jay-Z slowly morphed into Nas on some black power, notty dread shyt.
This shyt is a game.

It ain't necessarily selling your but or praying to the devil...
It's compromising yourself and what you always stood for

cool story bro. elaborate on these compromises specifically.

then tell us how you earn an uncompromised living yourself



nothing sudden he got a astute business Partner in Anthony Saleh and started letting him manage those aspects. Nas never cared to get into investment aspects outside music himself when he was a younger artist and Steve Stout has spoken on it at length. He did it when it was right for him, Jay-Z isn't the first breh with money that he would be the standard to live up to or morph into, ironically he has emulated a few of Nas investment moves. But please tell us where this compromises happened in detail...

 

[mag357]

cool story bro. elaborate on these compromises specifically.

then tell us how you earn an uncompromised living yourself



nothing sudden he got a astute business Partner in Anthony Saleh and started letting him manage those aspects. Nas never cared to get into investment aspects outside music himself when he was a younger artist and Steve Stout has spoken on it at length. He did it when it was right for him, Jay-Z isn't the first breh with money that he would be the standard to live up to or morph into, ironically he has emulated a few of Nas investment moves. But please tell us where this compromises happened in detail...

Cool story too brother.
Everybody who was born with money or starts getting money has a story.
And they make it sound good... "Business partner, Great investments" Got it

Not saying it ain't true.
But any fan of bro could see a change in character along with the change in his net worth.
I saw this nikka selling Hennessy, my nikka.
He started doing, and saying things he was normally against.

nikkaz start compromising themselves and who they are to make bread.

Hes one of my favorite rappers.
And I know he's beloved. So he escapes a lot of criticism.

He never got backlash for dissing Kobe.
For being accused of being a woman beater
and being a dead beat dad.

Even when his music ain't hittin we defend him.

I'm not here to throw shyt on the god. But he be looking funny in the light now. In my humblest opinion

 

[hitmonlee]

This explains magic 2

 

[IVS]

lmfao..da fux he talking about Nas got a neck tat. Aint nothing regal about that. Fux the hair

 

[Rekkapryde]

Nikkas need to worry about they own hair, bunch of fact kits

 

[Diondon]

Far be it for me to opine on @AnotherMan 's appearance
but the waves/fade with the half moon is iconic
like Michael Jackson's glove lol

 

[Child_Of_God]

Nas look kind of silly with dreads.

 

[Edub]

Foh….. clowns talkin bout men’s hairstyles, da fukk

 

[fifth column]

Cool story too brother.
Everybody who was born with money or starts getting money has a story.
And they make it sound good... "Business partner, Great investments" Got it

Not saying it ain't true.
But any fan of bro could see a change in character along with the change in his net worth.
I saw this nikka selling Hennessy, my nikka.
He started doing, and saying things he was normally against.

nikkaz start compromising themselves and who they are to make bread.

Hes one of my favorite rappers.
And I know he's beloved. So he escapes a lot of criticism.

He never got backlash for dissing Kobe.
For being accused of being a woman beater
and being a dead beat dad.

Even when his music ain't hittin we defend him.

I'm not here to throw shyt on the god. But he be looking funny in the light now. In my humblest opinion

There is a funny thing in life available to every person called growth, if Nas can do it so can you and then you will realize that nothing is all that funny in the light.

 

[mag357]

There is a funny thing in life available to every person called growth, if Nas can do it so can you and then you will realize that nothing is all that funny in the light.

I can call it compromising yourself for money.
Some people can call it growth.

I do grow in that kinda way brother. But I know others put money before anything else

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

Cool story too brother.
Everybody who was born with money or starts getting money has a story.

And they make it sound good... "Business partner, Great investments" Got it


Not saying it ain't true.
But any fan of bro could see a change in character along with the change in his net worth.
I saw this nikka selling Hennessy, my nikka.
He started doing, and saying things he was normally against.

nikkaz start compromising themselves and who they are to make bread.

Hes one of my favorite rappers.
And I know he's beloved. So he escapes a lot of criticism.

He never got backlash for dissing Kobe.
For being accused of being a woman beater
and being a dead beat dad.

Even when his music ain't hittin we defend him.

I'm not here to throw shyt on the god. But he be looking funny in the light now. In my humblest opinion

you literally made all this shyt up and you can't back it up... your evidence is "I could see a change in character" - it's called a maturing outlook

"and they make it sound good" Nope. Nas and Anthony Saleh working together and coming up is documented. the vague allusions to soul selling are not you can't back it up with anything. nothing had to be made to sound good. the investments he hit licks on were public

y'all hate reality so much and want to dwell on ducktales.

When was Nas ever against Drinking Alcohol?

Kobe song got taken off... he was never a deadbeat dad do you even know what that means?, he got plenty of backlash for Kelis FALSE allegations publically down to them smearing his album reviews.

pure bs posting all because you had to double down on some goofy shyt about soul selling. bucket crab ass muthafuka. y'all dudes are worse than scorned women.