They called this one of the worst Hiphop songs 25 years ago, now it’s trending on Twitter
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SplizThaDon
Like I said I was a DJ at the time and it rocked every party. I was doing block parties in the middle of the hood, school dances, even djing with cats from Hot 97. The point I’m making is. Whatever hate that shyt got. Is way minimal compared to how it’s treated. It was overall a very well liked song. It wasn’t “panned” by any means.
spliz
SplizThaDon
Ok put it like this. Go to a Nas concert and watch him perform it. Check the crowd reaction. Matter fact. fukk that. Throw a millennial party. Drop that shyt. Watch what happens. U nikkas talking about objectivity but I was OUTSIDE ROCKING PARTIES in this time frame. Ain’t nothing more objective than that.Then reparations bars in that song are so cringeain't no amount of revisionism gonna make this shyt fire, and I enjoy it more than most but objectivity has to mean something here
UnQuantized
Superstar
I fukk with it but I understand how the hardcore heads in the 90s struggled to reconcile the guy who recorded 'The World Is Yours' & 'Memory Lane'
as a teenager on a club hit with Ginuwine
If you were around in the 90s, you know standards were strict and there was a huge divide by the late 90s between the boom bap shyt, thought to be a representation of the true essence of the genre and the shiny mainstream shyt. The former saw Nas as their representation in the mainstream but he never liked that box, Nas not a stagnant dude. The issue is, he does his lane so immaculately that is hard to accept him doing anything else.
as a teenager on a club hit with GinuwineIf you were around in the 90s, you know standards were strict and there was a huge divide by the late 90s between the boom bap shyt, thought to be a representation of the true essence of the genre and the shiny mainstream shyt. The former saw Nas as their representation in the mainstream but he never liked that box, Nas not a stagnant dude. The issue is, he does his lane so immaculately that is hard to accept him doing anything else.
Low End Derrick
Veteran
Dusty boom bap backpacker purists wanted their torch bearer to stay in that lane.
The club, females and nikkas who went outside loved it at the time.
Black Miller
All Star
in real life both those songs was rocking out in the streets. only when i started visiting forums online right after takeover did i hear backlash for them. nas performs both of those live and they get crazy love playing them. even fabolous sampled oochie wally for a song.
that ginuwine line got those shackles on your feet- was all we said while playing basketball when dudes was struggling on offense back then.
that ginuwine line got those shackles on your feet- was all we said while playing basketball when dudes was struggling on offense back then.
I never liked it, but heard it recently at a restaurant. The girls I was with were dancing to it in the parking lot. It sounded different and dope in that setting. I only heard it on t.v. I plan on listening to it on my speakers.
It wasn't bad but it wasn't in my playlist TBH
Rasille
(Rah.Zil.E)
You Owe Me was fire. Hate Me Now got hated on too, people forget that.
Mac Ten
Class of 97 !!!
Those dumb fuccs should know that u gotta stay with the times…
Nastradamus was still Nas rapping at his finest. It’s better than Vol 3 imo
He did make a whole concept album that went over many heads. I do kinda wish that Nas had 3D glasses manufactured though or his own
Brand of Hydro Drops.
spliz
SplizThaDon
Hate Me Now def didn’t get hated on. Matter fact Flex debuted dropping bombs with that song. First song he ever dropped bombs on. At the listening party for the album that was the song on repeat over and over and over.
Mac Ten
Class of 97 !!!
Dust heads Gen x nikkas was mad Nas some songs about getting p*ssy
Nas was teaching cats how to get the box on Dr. Knockboot…