HNIC973
R.I.P Bandana P
As somebody who raps/ writes I can see why u felt that way. That shyt had to be mindblowing upon first listen
Official Nas Thread
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spliz
SplizThaDon
It was. It's was like he was always one of the greatest to me. Since IWW. After I heard Rewind it basically solidified him as the best rapper alive. Which would make him number 2 all time because Pac was my number 1.
Digital Omen
All Star
on some welcome to QB shytMy section didn't have any of that. I saw a cat deebo someone's blunt and walked away
My row was a Gen X convention, lotta couples too
HNIC973
R.I.P Bandana P
Fam I used to go to back & forth with Jay stans particularly about that song. Their argument was always "that shyt isn't impressive a lot rappers can do it" 22 years later I'm still waiting for a rapper to do it
. It was always his creativity for me. I always said Memory Lane is my favorite Nas song but I Gave you power changed my whole hip hop perspective. My uncles & their crew played that shyt in the project hallways just like
are we hearing. I opened that booklet read the lyrics listened to it been my #1 since. In 96 I loved everything Red WU Mobb Boot Camp Big all that shyt but Nas was just different. I remember in English class our teacher gave us an assignment find a poem using a metaphor that was the first thing came to mind
. Read that shyt out loud she gave me a A 
spliz
SplizThaDon
It's crazy cause right as I was learning about personification I heard I Gave You Power. That shyt blew my mind that a rapper was doing that shyt in his music.Fam I used to go to back & forth with Jay stans particularly about that song. Their argument was always "that shyt isn't impressive a lot rappers can do it" 22 years later I'm still waiting for a rapper to do it
HNIC973
R.I.P Bandana P
Why would you expect anything different at this point?Power 105 and hot 97 going to ignore the greatness of Nas at MSG I see. They Can’t stand Esco being this great, it’s ruining their playbook.
Power 105 and hot 97 going to ignore the greatness of Nas at MSG I see
Where is this coming from? What did you expect?
Not really haha. I am glad that it has come to light officiallyWhy would you expect anything different at this point?
relax family haha. I’m not jumping off no bridge or nothing like that about it.
HNIC973
R.I.P Bandana P
Detailed writing is what makes him special imo
spliz
SplizThaDon
Basically.
Piff Perkins
Veteran
Evocative lyricism. I like slick talk, shyt talk all that stuff but overall my favorite lyricism in rap (or any genre) is evocative. Painting a picture. Especially in storytelling, it's more important to bring a scene to life than to recount each step. I don't want "this happened and then this happened." I'm more interested in Ghostface hitting Maria's for a butter almond. I'm more fascinated by Common's man describing how the bucks hit him, saying slugs was still stuck in him, and when it rained it fukked with him. Or the haunting implications of Kendrick's "brown skinned, but your blue eyes tell me your mama can't run." Nas is the master of that shyt.
“I would write:
"The soft melting hunk of butter trickled in gold down the stringy grooves of the split yam."
Or:
"The child's clumsy fingers fumbled in sleep, feeling vainly for the wish of its dream."
"The old man huddled in the dark doorway, his bony face lit by the burning yellow in the windows of distant skycrapers."
My purpose was to capture a physical state or movement that carried a strong subjective impression, an accomplishment which seemed supremely worth struggling for. If I could fasten the mind of the reader upon words so firmly that he would forget words and be conscious only of his response, I felt that I would be in sight of knowing how to write narrative.”
― Richard Wright, Black Boy
DeuceZ
Li pitit gason
was just focusin', takin' some time to escape
Appreciatin' how they make wine from grapes
What is it 'bout Cuban cigars?
Is it the taste?