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Dope interview, lot of Nas talk sprinkled throughout. Very emotional Nipsey story in there too, about him reaching out to Stoute about It Was Written and the process of making a second album. Mere days before his death. RIP.
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Dope interview, lot of Nas talk sprinkled throughout. Very emotional Nipsey story in there too, about him reaching out to Stoute about It Was Written and the process of making a second album. Mere days before his death. RIP.
I believe this is the plug chick Coope from A2HH be giving the info on Twitter from Nas team.For real…I’m never with the conspiracy thing really, but the Nas and Jay-z treatment in the media always been fishy to me. Telling y’all, if Fat Joe wasn’t in the building when the Ether vs Takeover (and Superugly) votes was taking place on Hot 97, making them be fair and honest, they would have said it was 50/50…or 51/49 for Jayz, lol, believe that. Fat Joe wasn’t having none of that, he said it was really like 99% to 1%, Nas in a landslide...but they said it was 60 to 40 for Nas or sumn to make the blow less ethereal to Jayz.
And that was back then before he was a billionaire and a super mogul and all that…now even Fat Joe is on his payroll,
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Nip was doing a Doc about I Am tho.
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SplizThaDon
If it is I take back everything I say cause she’s a biddy. lol.
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The Nipsey text about It Was Written the week he died is crazy
Also Steve Stouts instincts were right when it comes to Nas, doing the same thing agaim after Illmatic would have been the wrong move.
Also Steve Stouts instincts were right when it comes to Nas, doing the same thing agaim after Illmatic would have been the wrong move.
Its true and its because Nas doesn’t play the media game
But make NO mistake, back when Nas was on a Major label and doing the press rounds he got his fair share of acclaim and support. People forget Streets Disciple, Hip Hop Is Dead, Untitled and especially Life Is Good were critically acclaimed and sold well. Nas might not have jumped to maximize his mainstream goodwill the way Jay did but honestly Jay can’t be blamed for that. Jay played the game with every album release and made DAMN sure everybody knew just how much of an event his releases were. Nas relied mostly on acclaim and word of mouth. He pushed Life Is Good more than any album of the Def Jam era and had CNN calling him the greatest lyricist of all time and The Source calling him the second greatest only behind Rakim.
Nas never really relied on any one entity to “Champion” him the way Jay relied on Hot 97 and then Elliot Wilson to constantly beat the “Hov is the greatest” drum. Those in Nas camp since the beginning like Steve Stoute, Jungle, Mobb Deep, Kool G Rap, and Cormega will readily tell you that Nas is the greatest. But with the exception of Stoute their reach isn’t as great. Those that are deemed “Rapper’s rappers” like Common, Pun, Ghostface, and Raekwon will tell you Nas is the GOAT. RZA said that Nas was a master lyricist when he was 15 and the only rapper on his level was GZA, and i’m sure that holds weight with Nas more so than paying some DJ’s under the table or reserving seats at a fancy brunch for some media personalities to say he’s the best. Nore says Nas is the best all the time on Drink Champs. Amy Whinehouse was on record as saying she didn’t like Gangsta Rap but she loved Nas (and wrote a song about him) You can’t really name a black rap and/or R&B artist of the past 30 years whose NEVER praised Nas at some point. I mean Madonna said he’s her favorite rapper. MADONNA!
Yes, there's bias against Nas in the media, but I don't think this is Nas vs. Jay Z thing. I mean, Jay Z caught flack for albums like Blueprint 2, Blueprint 3, and even Magna Carta Holy Grail in the media. These people slander Nas because they obviously have some kind of agenda against Nas and I've found that most of it has nothing to do with Jay Z and everything to do with Nas not bending to their own idealized version of who they think Nas should be.
I don't think pointing out slander for Nastradamus helps their case because Nastradamus is a bad Nas album. What should've been talked about is how the great Nas albums are downplayed by the media. I mean the media downplayed the brilliance of Stillmatic. When they praise his albums, its always some backhanded compliment or waxing poetic about the brilliance of Illmatic to downplay the work they are so called praising.
I don't think pointing out slander for Nastradamus helps their case because Nastradamus is a bad Nas album. What should've been talked about is how the great Nas albums are downplayed by the media. I mean the media downplayed the brilliance of Stillmatic. When they praise his albums, its always some backhanded compliment or waxing poetic about the brilliance of Illmatic to downplay the work they are so called praising.
It doesn't make sense my GOAT MC & Producer only have 4 songs between their 30 yrs long Hip-Hop journey
The Dust King
A Childrens Story
nastradamus is not a bad nas album, let alone a bad album
yall repeating the media talkin points on msg boards for years helps the parroted media
in real time what was to hate on nastradamus?
cuz it wasnt i am double disc?
cuz nas was being too phrophetic?
cuz nggaz dissed the EPmD sample?
dame blessed him and the album is HARD
3 or 4 tracks dont justify the hate