BulletProof
Just a B@stard Living in a Suit
So I like someone who regresses to a stage of his art form that you originally liked but no longer do?
You're not making sense.
You're trying to. But you're not.
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So I like someone who regresses to a stage of his art form that you originally liked but no longer do?
You're not making sense.
You're trying to. But you're not.
ISO
Pass me the rock nikka
I never liked Hate Me Now or Got Urself A Gun the rest are straight.
The most annoying fans on this forum are Drake stans, let's get that straight right now.
It's not a hypothetical overall. Different forums attract different people. KTT has plenty of insane stans of every rapper, and overall I think that's how most fanbases are. The Coli is more laid back and less centralized around individual rappers until something big happens (album releases, single releases, etc). Nas has the only official thread. Those are facts breh.
Again, I'm not coming at anyone. I respect everyone here, my rep proceeds me. And I'll kick some real shyt here: I do agree Nas has essentially been using gimmicks for his albums. HHID is a very uneven project that is at best average, at worse bad. It has some horrible beats, including one from Chris Webber iirc. I don't understand how someone can listen to so much old music yet be unable to pick groovy, funky, noteworthy, etc production. I mean come on....
And it worked: the album sold well. He did the same with Untitled and it also sold well despite having puzzling production.
My view of Nas is that he's my favorite rapper, I definitely believe he makes the best case of being the GOAT...but he is also a rapper with the most unforced errors of all time. This is a guy who had Premo, Tip, and Pete Rock all worshiping him as a god. Go back and watch some old interviews of them, and how they talk about Nas in awe. Notice how a lot of producer talk about him like that. Yet instead of basing his career around mining them for dope production he treated production like it didn't matter. "Oh, Steve Stoute thinks this is hot? Aite." It worked for It Was Written...and you could argue half of I Am had great to decent production. Nastradamus? Ehhh. Stillmatic was full of dope beats but still had a couple duds where you gotta think why didn't he call up Havoc, Tip, Pete Rock...even Swizz..
What happened with SD, HHID and Untitled. Big Def Jam budget, albums sold well, so why did he apparently put no emphasis on securing heat? I don't get it. Smartest thing Hov did was secure a dope production crew from the crew, and develop it. It's like making sure your baseball team got a good bullpen.
Webber did two beats for Nas, Surviving The Times and Blunt Ashes both which were dope.
I feel like Illmatic, IWW, most of I Am, Stillmatic, The Lost Tapes, Life is Good all had dope production. HHID wasn't that bad production wise, Untitled was hit and miss, Nastradamus and Street's Disciple are his worst.
Big Mel
@bigboss
in general Nas has gone from a progressive artist to a du jour artist to a regressive one. His popularity has also regressed.
BulletProof
Just a B@stard Living in a Suit
Definitely disagree with the regressive aspect
I think he's progressed in his growth incorporating all eras of his work in a fruitful way.
Everyone's popularity has regressed including Eminem.
BulletProof
Just a B@stard Living in a Suit
Also, you originally named singles (besides Ether but that record was played like crazy on the Eastcoast radio stations.)
Name album content that you have an issue with.
Name album content that you have an issue with.
Big Mel
@bigboss
I'd have to look at the track lists. I don't really feel passionately one way or another about popular rap post 1998-1999 but the stuff he dropped during what should have been his prime run was over 50% trash. That's not wassup for a guy with his ability.
IWW in my opinion is the biggest let down in the history of hip hop even if it's a listenable album. A very bitter pill to swallow.
I think I like about 5 songs on I Am. Only love 2.
Nastradamus was so bad even the Preemo beat was marginal. I kinda liked that dumb Havoc beat where he rapped like a Christmas carrol about shooting people.
The Firm was the apex of his bungled attempt to make radio rap. I liked a few cuts. Hated a lot.
BulletProof
Just a B@stard Living in a Suit
I know exactly who you are.
Big Mel
@bigboss
BulletProof
Just a B@stard Living in a Suit
More like predictable.
Big Mel
@bigboss
Big Mel
@bigboss
You fukks with Roc Marc who is in your age bracket and he has It Was Written as one of his favorite albums ever and a classic.
I know. That irked me. But I get why MCs would listen to what Nas did on it.
shyt, Cormega tweeted that childish Gambino was nice last week and I grabbed my chest. No one is infallible, breh.
BulletProof
Just a B@stard Living in a Suit
Your "taste" in rap and your opinion on Nas's body of work is predictable.
Just not unique.
Big Mel
@bigboss
I think I may even be older than Roc Marciano
I like Drake's music & Young Jeezy. I also can sing Poison Clans first album word for word. Did you see that change up coming?
I like Drake's music & Young Jeezy. I also can sing Poison Clans first album word for word. Did you see that change up coming?
BulletProof
Just a B@stard Living in a Suit
Not exactly but I almost had some iota of respect for you until that post.
Now, I'm not sure why you listen to rap at all.
You're opinion on Nas is definitely that much more uninformed.