It wasn't released because whatever album Nas was working on was never released. As a huge Nas fan, some of his best songs are songs that never made albums and some of his worst ever songs somehow made it onto albums.
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It wasn't released because whatever album Nas was working on was never released. As a huge Nas fan, some of his best songs are songs that never made albums and some of his worst ever songs somehow made it onto albums.
As a Nas fan, you should already know Nas sits on incredible material for whatever reason and has released inferior material. I mean, why would Large Professor have any reason to say the music Nas did with Timbaland was crazy? Why would Nas say the songs were powerful? As to why we haven't heard it yet, well, there really is no good explanation as to why Lost Tapes is one of his best projects compiled of songs that never made albums.
And that's the thing with a lot of Nas fans, before "Echo" a lot of ya'll detested the idea of a Swizz helmed Nas album now a lot ya'll want one. And as a Nas fan, I'm saying ya'll because I never questioned it because as a fan, I'd rather hear it before I judge it.
And people are questioning JT on Hip Hop songs, but are only listing 1 or 2 songs. He has a great song with Pharaohe Monch from a Sergio Mendes album. Talib Kweli had a dope collabo with JT as well on Ear Drum. The Clipse sounded good with JT on "Like I Love You" and I personally liked JT's collabo with Three Six Mafia on "Chop Me Up". "Heaven" is one of Jay Z's better songs.
And again, Nas fans are fickle. Went from Nas should stay away from Swizz to welcoming Swizz on a new Nas album. I remember fans questioning RZA's contributions to Lost Tapes 2 before a single note was heard.
I also laugh at the assumption that Nas did some radio/commercial songs with Timbaland. Nothing released this far have indicated as such. That 15 second snippet didn't sound commercial at all. And we know nothing of how "Sinatra In The Sands" sounds except that it was described as a "Mafia meets Vegas" type of song by co-producer J-Roc.
Single or not, if Nas put out "Sinatra In The Sands", an album would likely HAVE to follow. That song would draw attention from people who would've never checked for Nas song before. It's a song that he can't just throw out there like that without a plan especially now because it has a mystique to it and is mythical because it has been talked about for years, but hasn't come out.
I also laugh at the assumption that Nas did some radio/commercial songs with Timbaland. Nothing released this far have indicated as such. That 15 second snippet didn't sound commercial at all. And we know nothing of how "Sinatra In The Sands" sounds except that it was described as a "Mafia meets Vegas" type of song by co-producer J-Roc.
Single or not, if Nas put out "Sinatra In The Sands", an album would likely HAVE to follow. That song would draw attention from people who would've never checked for Nas song before. It's a song that he can't just throw out there like that without a plan especially now because it has a mystique to it and is mythical because it has been talked about for years, but hasn't come out.
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I couldn't have said it better myself. I agree with 100% with what you said. That Sinatra in the Sands with HOV and JT would be a big record. Nas fans dont know what they want. Me as a massive fan, wants all the records he wants to drop.
I hope that the God loves and puts out Remarkable and classic hip hop music For a long time but how do think his music, books, shows, movies, both released and unreleased will be put out and used when he is no longer around?
Does Def Jam empty the vaults?
Does Sony empty the vaults?
Do they put out a box set?
Mass appeal let their stash go?
feel free to speculate
Does Def Jam empty the vaults?
Does Sony empty the vaults?
Do they put out a box set?
Mass appeal let their stash go?
feel free to speculate
My theory is that Nas hasn't released a new album because it was simply unfinished. Like he had some key tracks, but it didn't have the completion feel. Nas had an album title ready to go in 2013, but he never announced it. Then the work he did with Timbaland, Swizz, and No I.D. was revealed in 2014, but he was real tight lipped and mysterious regarding details. Then there was nothing until the Timbaland snippet in 2015 and "Nas Album Done" in 2016. There was the Khaled interview where he talked about working with The Beatminerz, Large Professor, Swizz, and that Cool & Dre had sent him some Stevie Wonder level tracks. He talked about "Sinatra In The Sands" and it being a "serious" song (leads me to believe it isn't a radio friendly joint). Then there was like silence with Nas saying an album was coming, but it wasn't finished. He didn't say anything else until after Nasir. He talked about working with Swizz and RZA (some of those songs were on LT2).
Ok, so the recent Lupe, Big Sean and Kendrick sessions? Maybe he is trying to find new pieces to complete the album puzzle and the leftovers go on to TLT3 features album. Who else has he been in the studio with that we know of over the last 12 months?
Nas has been in the studio with Scott Storch and Hit Boy. We don't know if he did any music with Kendrick, but he and Lupe were in the studio. It's safe to say that he and Ross have probably amassed some songs as well.
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Fam. U don’t know what the song even sounds like. nikkas need to chill. Cause it ain’t like people appreciated that he dropped a project with all of the Dream producers nikkas wanted him to work with for YEARS just last year. nikkas still complained.
yo bro! I didn’t say that it wouldn’t sound good. I said that I wasn’t excited about it. It could be dope af like black republicans, I’m just not the Jay z fan and I prefer Nas on his solo shyt.
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This is true. I thought Adult Film was gonna be the worst song on LT2 and it ended up pleasantly surprising me. I'm cool with Swizz working on the next album, I just don't want him talking all over it with that fake deep gibberish shyt like he did on Echo lol. He did do a good job on the Adult Film hook, so I'll just have to judge any future shyt when I hear it.