Official Nas Thread
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Piff Perkins
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Soon as I'm on the set, I'm never on a chick, I play it cool
But still they p*ssy muscles get wet, it's just the rules
Check my nikkas, what's the gossip, what's the word
Puff some herb
All I see is nikkas runnin', ten shots all I heard
Dip behind the car, see somebody on the ground
Ambulance came and got 'em, they start calmin' down
Now it's back to the same old shyt
You know, the Tarzan and Jane-o shyt
In the jungle swingin' on vines
Yo, the gat with the same old clip
Another nikka layin' the hit, bloodied up screaming "I'm dying"
I be in Queens where the famous hoodrats and ghetto stars are
Pimps do the shuffle at night with slutty broads, pa
Soon as I'm on the set, I'm never on a chick, I play it cool
But still they p*ssy muscles get wet, it's just the rules
Check my nikkas, what's the gossip, what's the word
Puff some herb
All I see is nikkas runnin', ten shots all I heard
Dip behind the car, see somebody on the ground
Ambulance came and got 'em, they start calmin' down
Now it's back to the same old shyt
You know, the Tarzan and Jane-o shyt
In the jungle swingin' on vines
Yo, the gat with the same old clip
Another nikka layin' the hit, bloodied up screaming "I'm dying"
I be in Queens where the famous hoodrats and ghetto stars are
Pimps do the shuffle at night with slutty broads, pa
I will check for a Nas album no matter who is behind the boards, so if it is Ye for this album, it is what it is. Still, I was hoping this album would see him reunite with ALC especially considering Hip Hop saying they were at ALC's house when he was asked to A&R Nas's new album. I didn't expect ALC to produce the whole thing, but a few vintage Nas songs over ALC beats. And considering who Nas said he'd worked with on the new album, I was anticipating some dark Timbaland productions and maybe a few that too Tim in a more jazzier direction, some No ID production that continued the chemistry from Life Is Good. He also spoke of Swizz and haven't been much of a Swizz fan since the early 00's, but he teased some beats that possibly could've been for Nas that sounded dope around New Years' 2016.
Soon as I'm on the set, I'm never on a chick, I play it cool
But still they p*ssy muscles get wet, it's just the rules
Check my nikkas, what's the gossip, what's the word
Puff some herb
All I see is nikkas runnin', ten shots all I heard
Dip behind the car, see somebody on the ground
Ambulance came and got 'em, they start calmin' down
Now it's back to the same old shyt
You know, the Tarzan and Jane-o shyt
In the jungle swingin' on vines
Yo, the gat with the same old clip
Another nikka layin' the hit, bloodied up screaming "I'm dying"
I be in Queens where the famous hoodrats and ghetto stars are
Pimps do the shuffle at night with slutty broads, pa
LOVE this joint
Piff Perkins
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Only thing I can think of is that there were two albums. We knew Nas was in Wyoming a year ago, but the assumption was that he was working on Kanye's album, as well as perhaps getting some beats for his own album. Ghostwriting for Kanye, features, whatever. Previous to that, Nas was working on his own album, Hip Hop said it was going well, and we can assume Hip Hop was pairing Nas with a variety of dope producers including Alchemist.
Somewhere in that timeline, I get the impression that Nas was looking for a Kanye beat while in Wyoming and got hit with manic "imma produce your entire album" energy from Kanye. And for whatever reason Nas was like ok cool. This isn't the first time Kanye has done this btw. Remember, initially BP3 was going to just be Kanye+Hov. Some of the tension between Kanye and Hov started when Hov brought in Timbo and other producers for that album, some of Kanye's tracks were moved to WTT, etc.
Long story short...I think Nas and his manager decided a Nas+Kanye album is too big of an opportunity to pass up, and ran with it. Plus it'll be his last Def Jam album right? So Nas goes out with a bang on that label, then his next album (which is probably 80-90% done) will be on Mass Appeal+whatever distribution deal he strikes (he could basically sell the album to a label, get the advance, etc).
Only thing I can think of is that there were two albums. We knew Nas was in Wyoming a year ago, but the assumption was that he was working on Kanye's album, as well as perhaps getting some beats for his own album. Ghostwriting for Kanye, features, whatever. Previous to that, Nas was working on his own album, Hip Hop said it was going well, and we can assume Hip Hop was pairing Nas with a variety of dope producers including Alchemist.
Somewhere in that timeline, I get the impression that Nas was looking for a Kanye beat while in Wyoming and got hit with manic "imma produce your entire album" energy from Kanye. And for whatever reason Nas was like ok cool. This isn't the first time Kanye has done this btw. Remember, initially BP3 was going to just be Kanye+Hov. Some of the tension between Kanye and Hov started when Hov brought in Timbo and other producers for that album, some of Kanye's tracks were moved to WTT, etc.
Long story short...I think Nas and his manager decided a Nas+Kanye album is too big of an opportunity to pass up, and ran with it. Plus it'll be his last Def Jam album right? So Nas goes out with a bang on that label, then his next album (which is probably 80-90% done) will be on Mass Appeal+whatever distribution deal he strikes (he could basically sell the album to a label, get the advance, etc).
Something definitely happened for Nas to scrap years of work for 7 songs. I mean, those Wyoming sessions are pretty recent. I know Ye tweeted in 2016/2017 that he promised Obama he'd have beats on Nas's new album. If this sticks, those 7 songs would have to be his best songs out of everything he did for the album thus far or at least Nas would have had to felt that passionate about it.
I can't recall an album where Nas relinquished complete control to one producer. I do remember @Life is Good posting Nas was working with one produver on the new album, but that was like 2013-2014.
that's restin Well
Piff Perkins
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So Pusha T has an album listening party tomorrow in NY; album comes out Friday. Is it safe to assume all these Kanye albums will have similar rollouts? No single, no promo, just hype tweets and a listening party.
Piff Perkins
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Brehs....after listening to this Pusha album. These beats?
Nas bout to drop a fukking nuclear bomb on us.
Nas bout to drop a fukking nuclear bomb on us.
Brehs....after listening to this Pusha album. These beats?
Nas bout to drop a fukking nuclear bomb on us.
2028 Nas coming in three weeks
Spidey Man
Superstar
InstantKlassik
...
I’m getting excited brehs