Why did negros front on Nas "Hero" song as a single . . .

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i didnt like it because i thought it was the million dollar neptune beat he bought...in retrospect it shouldve been givnin more props.

how did you think it was that beat when polow da dan produced it and yelled all over it??

also that rumor was from like 2004 and untitled dropped in 2008 so feel free to explain this assanine assumption.
 

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wonder how much this single made off the "singles" books. shyt ran some form in every superhero movie that summer.
 

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Besides if I ruled the world, this was nas second best radio single

He merked the first and second verse to me, that third was nice but he was rippin shyt on the first and second
 

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Did this nikka just ask why didn't a NAS song catch on? :wtf:

















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people actually didn't

on :hamster: a dude made a thread about how he was at the gas station, and thought he was about to be food...but it turned out this new gnahs single was on his radio, and cats were trying to hear it.

they did front on polow cause he was making garageband beats, and getting crazy money for them..so nas did lose.
 

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Always skipped it for some reason. Didn't hate it, but never really stuck for me. Nas' music usually always appreciates imo so I'll have to revisit that one.

I actually think the Chris Brown/Game feature is better and unfairly hated on.
 

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i was just about to post a thread "songs where 3rd verse is just simply :ahh: it would be this song.
Musically it doesn't fit well with a bouncy pop beat and lipgloss pop hook.

It was like Nas recorded his verses acapella and Kerry Hilson/Pollow did the song somewhere else. Then some engineer just mixed it together in 5 minutes.

Not very well executed but if you're easily impressed of a song based on just lyrics, it's a dope ass song. Just like certain cats are just impressed by hooks, multis or others just beats. Even the cac's noticed it, the grammys nominated a single without radio play or a video N.i.g.g.e.r. the slave and the master instead.
 

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...dope song. the beat switchup on the 2nd verse :ahh:

 
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