Official Nas Thread

[Alexander Wiggin]

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.

Regarding swizz beats, the only reason his late joints with nas were dope was because he didn't actually produced them beats. Kinda like a dj Khaled would do. If he stick to executive produce the track I'm good with it. But he better not bring them casio beats

 

[kes929]

Regarding swizz beats, the only reason his late joints with nas were dope was because he didn't actually produced them beats. Kinda like a dj Khaled would do. If he stick to executive produce the track I'm good with it. But he better not bring them casio beats

No bad energy is super dope too. But that was co produced with Arab Musiz. Arab is another slept on producer. He can give nas a banger too

 

[Big Mark]

Regarding swizz beats, the only reason his late joints with nas were dope was because he didn't actually produced them beats. Kinda like a dj Khaled would do. If he stick to executive produce the track I'm good with it. But he better not bring them casio beats

yeah, I never liked anything he did with rough ryders. Not one track. Executive producing and staying off the track screaming is the max for Swizz in a Nas track.

 

[UpAndComing]

The Sade sampling joint that Swizz posted a few months ago might a safe bet.

Mayyyybeee some of the joints him and Timbaland worked on if he’s feeling like a summer radio push is in the cards



Nas usually has one or two producers be the “guiding hand” sonically of his past 6 albums

Streets Disciple- Salaam Remi
Hip Hop Is Dead- Will I Am
****** (Untitled)- Stic.Man
Distant Relatives- Damien Marley
Life Is Good- NO I.D. & Salaam Remi
Nasir- Kanye West


So i’m thinking next up is Swizz Beatz turn. Echo got lots of love and the tracks Swizz had on Lost Tapes 2 were fire and he even did a video for No Bad Energy.

For the love of God, I hope it's more "Echo" type of beats and less of "Summer on Smash" type of beats

 

[Piff Perkins]

For the love of God, I hope it's more "Echo" type of beats and less of "Summer on Smash" type of beats

I think Swizz has figured out how to produce Nas by now. From Echo to that Sade sample snippet...I think he's got it. Certain rappers sound best over certain things. Give Hov some horns and he's gonna give you a classic. Give Nas a break beat, hard drums, dope bassline etc and he's gonna give you a classic. It's like a home game in basketball for him...he's gonna win on his court. Doesn't mean all the beats gotta sound like that, but if you're picking beats it makes sense to fill the album with those easy wins as much as possible. He's gonna rap to the drums brehs. Like most 90s rappers, trap is harder for him because the way the drums are sequenced...but there are still a couple examples of him doing trap well.

 

[kes929]

I think Swizz has figured out how to produce Nas by now. From Echo to that Sade sample snippet...I think he's got it. Certain rappers sound best over certain things. Give Hov some horns and he's gonna give you a classic. Give Nas a break beat, hard drums, dope bassline etc and he's gonna give you a classic. It's like a home game in basketball for him...he's gonna win on his court. Doesn't mean all the beats gotta sound like that, but if you're picking beats it makes sense to fill the album with those easy wins as much as possible. He's gonna rap to the drums brehs. Like most 90s rappers, trap is harder for him because the way the drums are sequenced...but there are still a couple examples of him doing trap well.

Yea I have a really good feeling about this album for some reason. No evidence, but I feel like this will be one of nas biggest albums globally. For some reason I feel like it will have some really big records.

 

[Big Mark]

I may have asked this before but I can't remember. Everyone is freaking out about this Sade sample that Swizz has for Nas. I kinda heard it and I didn't hear Nas nor did I hear anything special. Like Swizz didn't flip the sample or nothing, to me from what I heard and it wasn't much, it just sounded like re-made the beat. Can someone help me out?

 

[kes929]

I may have asked this before but I can't remember. Everyone is freaking out about this Sade sample that Swizz has for Nas. I kinda heard it and I didn't hear Nas nor did I hear anything special. Like Swizz didn't flip the sample or nothing, to me from what I heard and it wasn't much, it just sounded like re-made the beat. Can someone help me out?

It sounded like a perfect summer vibe record. The beat was flipped somewhat. But I reading the comment section and everybody was asking where that song was. I can see it being a very good summer song.

 

[Piff Perkins]

I may have asked this before but I can't remember. Everyone is freaking out about this Sade sample that Swizz has for Nas. I kinda heard it and I didn't hear Nas nor did I hear anything special. Like Swizz didn't flip the sample or nothing, to me from what I heard and it wasn't much, it just sounded like re-made the beat. Can someone help me out?

I don't think anyone is saying it's the greatest shyt ever off a 20 sec snippet but I think what excites us is that it's a classic sample and could easily become a classic Nas song because he's gonna kill that shyt. If you were to build a rap algorithm that pumps out perfect ideas for beats for rappers...it would pump that out for Nas, no fukking doubt in my mind. I've listened to Paradise a million times and often thought "wow Nas would kill this." Same with Rising To The Top...before you heard Hey Nas you just knew Nas had to rap over that shyt. It just...fits.

Look back at what got the Firm hot in the first place: them rapping over break beats. Classic 80s r&b samples. The spirit of that shyt is just...Queens. So of course Nas is gonna sound great over anything like that.

 

[kes929]

I don't think anyone is saying it's the greatest shyt ever off a 20 sec snippet but I think what excites us is that it's a classic sample and could easily become a classic Nas song because he's gonna kill that shyt. If you were to build a rap algorithm that pumps out perfect ideas for beats for rappers...it would pump that out for Nas, no fukking doubt in my mind. I've listened to Paradise a million times and often thought "wow Nas would kill this." Same with Rising To The Top...before you heard Hey Nas you just knew Nas had to rap over that shyt. It just...fits.

Look back at what got the Firm hot in the first place: them rapping over break beats. Classic 80s r&b samples. The spirit of that shyt is just...Queens. So of course Nas is gonna sound great over anything like that.

You are right. Nas floats over stuff like this. Because he is such a fan of this style of music, it fits him perfect. Put him over a marvin Gaye sample etc.. he will get in a zone. For example that jhene record was perfect for nas. He floats on those.

 

[mson]

 

[Big Mark]

You are right. Nas floats over stuff like this. Because he is such a fan of this style of music, it fits him perfect. Put him over a marvin Gaye sample etc.. he will get in a zone. For example that jhene record was perfect for nas. He floats on those.

well let’s hope so. We all know Nas gets bored with beats too. He’ll spit on them with plans on coming back to finish them and never does. That’s how he gets Some of those lost tapes. When he reuses rhymes that he had previously recorded elsewhere, we know that he has fell out of love with that track. Like the verse from echo. It was First used on a Timbo track and that’s what makes me suspect about those sessions. He also recorded a verse from “strong will continue” on a salam track.

 

[Big Mark]

I want to hear the work that Nas completed over beats picked by hip hop and I want to hear a current interview from hip hop on his work with Nas and what happened with the older version of the album and what has changed.

 

[JustCKing]

well let’s hope so. We all know Nas gets bored with beats too. He’ll spit on them with plans on coming back to finish them and never does. That’s how he gets Some of those lost tapes. When he reuses rhymes that he had previously recorded elsewhere, we know that he has fell out of love with that track. Like the verse from echo. It was First used on a Timbo track and that’s what makes me suspect about those sessions. He also recorded a verse from “strong will continue” on a salam track.

Nas reusing lines elsewhere doesn't mean he necessarily fell out of love with that track. Nas has reused lines before. The "accident murderer" lines on LIG appear on the album twice. We don't even know whether he recorded "Echo" or the Timbo track first. "Echo" is just what got released.

 

[mson]

this is dope.. say what you want bout Kelis, she is tough... Then and now

Tough in what way?