Is Jay-Z done for?

[yerfdog]

Originally Posted by emmanuel

Almost any album is going to have its high points (the song you selected isnt one of them) but that doesnt make the whole album hot.

Actually I liked that song.

 

[blackplatano]

Originally Posted by yerfdog

http://www.rapradar.com/music/new-mu...off-thatq.html it's just pretty decent

Like the beat and everything that is not Jay-Z or Drake rapping. The second verse is a bit better than 1 and 3 but it's just ok. Would rather hear Gucci Mane, Jeezy, Young Buck, or Rawsss on this beat, haha guess that says something about my taste in rap these days too...


Dude...

 

[Big Pun]

Originally Posted by oneeightyseven

Nas first album's production was the best. I'll admit, his newer stuff is a little questionable, but I love the original NAS.

Agreed. I also love It Was Written, Stillmatic, and Lost Tapes, almost as much.

 

[jpeirpont]

Originally Posted by Big Punisher

Agreed. I also love It Was Written, Stillmatic, and Lost Tapes, almost as much.

I'm not sure how people overlook It Was Written and StillMatic, both were excellent Stillmatic was classic. Ether, Got Yourself a Gun, 2nd Childhood, One Mic etc.

 

[Big Pun]

You're da Man is one of my favorite Nas songs.

 

[milosz]

Originally Posted by oman

nas does have terrible taste in production but that's the guy's prerogative. totally excusable when even his worst produced tracks (the cross, we will survive, sly fox, money over bullshit, carry on tradition) have lines/verses that make you go goddamn

I'm sorry, no lyrics can redeem building songs around Iron ******* Butterfly on back to back albums.

 

[oman]

Originally Posted by milosz

I'm sorry, no lyrics can redeem building songs around Iron ******* Butterfly on back to back albums.
yeah the "concept" tracks on Hip-Hop is Dead were absolutely awful

 

[Big Pun]

"Who killed it" made me want to smack the kufi off Nas's head and go "Smarten up Nas"

 

[oman]

yeah i like to pretend tracks like that dont exist

 

[mmhollis]

American Gangster was more of a soundtrack and yes Reasonable Doubt was hot, and the rest of his albums are good but how many artists have done greater than their first work? Not just music artists but also authors? Not too many people who have a stellar first effort continue to create work that we will perceive as being stellar.

Secondly, how are you going to retire Jay and you've only heard two songs off the album?

 

[Canal Directo]

Originally Posted by oman

since we're talking about premo...

Nas Firmly Committed to Pissing Off DJ Premier

After being informed by his weed carriers that Premier thinks his beat selection is ******, your favorite gangsta rapper Nas decided to brag about doing a song for Dr. Dre's mysterious album, Detox. He then proceeded to crown Dre (not DJ Premier) as the greatest producer of all time.

"I did a joint. I think it's crazy," Nas says of his potential contribution to Detox. "[Dr. Dre's] someone I'd love to do a whole album with one day. He's incredible. I think he's the best producer of all time." [HipHopDX]

Hey Nas, Primo is the greatest producer of all time. Clearly, this is written in the dictionary.

man, dre just keeps producing the same three beats over and over again

i think the reason nas has such ****** taste in production is that he's high all the time. has anyone seen an interview or been to a show where he wasn't entirely blitzed and mumbling? he was mumbling on the o'reilly factor for god's sake. it's a miracle he can get it together and sound as lucid as he does on his tracks

Best Hip-Hop producer, Pete Rock FTW!!!

 

[RedLantern]

Originally Posted by Canal Directo

Best Hip-Hop producer, Pete Rock FTW!!!

What of, The Blueprint, vol. 1?

 

[oman]

pete rock is dope. my art director's ringtone is the track that T.R.O.Y. samples

Originally Posted by Big Punisher

You're da Man is one of my favorite Nas songs.
"I saw a dead bird flying through a broken sky" is probably one of the more evocative lines i've ever heard

 

[LuxeStyles]

 

[Big Pun]

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