Any NAS fans in the house?

[Admin]

....if so, what is it about his music that you like? whne his first CD dropped in like 1994 or 1995 and got 4 mics in the Source, I was like WTF? who is NAS?...

Anyway, he has a new CD that just dropped and I'm still searching for a bonified HIT from this brotha...

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[OhSoPrecious]

I'm not a fan. . but, I like that song. . ETHER~!! :rolleyes: :D

[ThickBodyHottie]

illmatic was fantastic (1994)...the lyrical angst and production (notably by premier) was really tight...unfortunately, lately the content of his lyrics have suffered the mainstream crisis so i must wait until all this dullness blows over before i can approach his art again...

[Admin]

Now, hold on suga...

See, I'm a Ganstar Fan. Even met them brothas at a record release party in LA when they were on Chrysalis...anyway. DJ Premier did not produce the entire first Nas album. He only had a few tracks on it.

When the source gave him 4 mics (1984) I ran out and bought the cd. I got it home and was like WTF?

The Chronic got 4 mics and was tight...Nas got the same rating? WTF?...so I'm still searching for why? or is it true that you can buy points in the source?

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[ThickBodyHottie]

maybe i should have said "the ones notably by premier"...that's what i meant...by the way, the source has never really been a valid "source" of ratings...of course, the chronic was one of the best 5 rap albums ever made...i don't know if you can recall the controversy regarding that in '93...the source has been proven to be influenced by friends...

[ThickBodyHottie]

and you KNOW i know about premier...how you think the lovely clsmoove got that name at hushnic 2000? ;)

[davinci]

i have to agree that i've never liked the brother's style. i too never felt that BIGGIE was the second coming of rakim either. i can take so much of east coast gansta rap. we didn't need to go that way. dre and ice-t needed to create a niche. i appreciate what scarface inputed. that's why i dig timbo and missy, they (though magoo is some butt) produced fun music. brought it back to dancing at the club. though i hate to admit it, puff or p didddy or whateva, didi the same thing for the most part. dayum i wish craig mack had stayed the long ball hitter for badboy.

nas and the rest, jigga included, lie too much and get these youngins gassed and acting thug in the club with moet bottles. i can't break down to buy nowadays. bootleg or borrow for me.

[djackso]

Nas especially on Illmatic had a raw, honest quality to his music. He drifted off trying to sell records but every now & then drops some bombs.

[RaiOfSunshine]

I don't know about y'all, but I got the CD for X-Mas, and IT IS HOT!!

I really think Illmatic is a sure-fire classic, it is to Nas like Off The Wall is to MJ, like Purple Rain is to Prince, etc.

But, Stillmatic, he really brought rap to another level with this. On Rewind, the man actually tells a story backwards. No one has ever done that before, none that I know of. One Mic is my shit. That song is just amazing to me-the emotion he puts in the record, the beats-WOW. Of course Ether (my other shit) is serious--he really took it to Jay Z and Roc-a-fella. Unlike Jigga's classic The Blueprint, Nas does some spitting about political stuff, brings messages to his records, like in Rule, My Country, What Goes Around (my other shit). He also got a party song he did with Mary and his Braveheart friends, Jungle and Wiz.

You may not agree with some of the subject matter, but Nas, Fat Joe, and Jay Z got some of the hottest albums out now. I think it's those clowns who act stupid that fuck it up for everybody else.