Comments on: The Listening

By: Drew

Drew — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 16:05:13 +0000

Come on E, know your isht. That ‘cotton out of aspirin’ isn’t just a fresh Prince line, it’s an Akinyele line as well.

By: trae bizzo

trae bizzo — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 07:41:50 +0000

In the words of chuck D Here we go again. The king is back.

By: allen

allen — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 08:23:59 +0000

all ya stupid ass young cats dont understand a damn thing about hip hop. Stop hating on the god and show some respect for nas. Lyrically there is no one on this planet fucking with him. go do some more hatefull research and while you do that go get a dictionary cause you probably dont understand anything he says. Go study verbal intercourse. Its on what yall probably think is another corny rappers album, Raekwons only built for cuban link.

By: Young Picasso

Young Picasso — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 22:38:22 +0000

That didn’t tell me shit! Is Nas’ album stil droppin in November!? I like Hov, don’t get me wrong, but come on now! It’s all about Esco! What’s good!?

First

By: Crossover

Crossover — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 11:12:34 +0000

JUST TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW…………

JAY Z ALBUM
NAS ALBUM

NO PREMO BEATS ON 1 SINGLE TRACK ON EITHER ALBUM!

What is disgrace! Hip hop is dead! i dont care what anyone says! Nas Is Like- THE BEST TRACK NAS EVER MADE. He comes back to hip hop after so long, and dont show premo no love! thats BULLSHIT!

By: the one

the one — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 18:03:17 +0000

Illmatic- classic
It was written – 4 mics
I am- 4.5
Nastradamus-ehh (angels and family are serious tho)
Stillmatic-classic
Godson- classic
Streets deciple-ehh

And for jay

Reasonable doubt-classic
Vol.1-ehh (where I’m from and a week ago are tha saviors)
Vol.2- naa (resivor dogs and money cash are tha junts)
Vol.3- 3.5 (miles adhead of vol.1 and 2)
Dynasty-naa
Blueprint- classic!
Blueprint 2- naa buddy this aint whas happnin, HELL EVEN JAY KNEW, HE TOOK A WHOLE DISC OFF AND RE RELEASED IT (to summarize this album, jus check tha junt with young chris……NIGGA PLEASE!)
Black album- classic

and by tha way 5 of these albums are damn near compilations with some1 on more than 50% of tha songs…

BOTTOM LINE.. NAS IS THAT NIGGA!
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I agree 100% with this statement except for Nastradamus. That to me was like a 3 mic’er.

By: Prince Of The South

Prince Of The South — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 15:44:17 +0000

Unless Nas comes with a dope first single that crosses over he won’t sell. He’s had a few big records, but he’s a toss up if he sells big or not, look at the last album. The south isn’t killing hip hop, just the rappers that do snap music. Yeah snap from the south, but not all of us are on that down here. It’s just a fad right now, it’ll be dead in another year or two.

By: robbie

robbie — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 14:58:58 +0000

your column or whateva you want to call it really sucks big time!!!!speak freaken english! you try to be funny but you sound like an idiot!! u probably some freaken suburbian geek that don’t know shit about hiphop!!!!! go read a fucken book aight!!!!

By: Poisonous Darts « trife life.

Poisonous Darts « trife life. — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 09:00:22 +0000

[...] XXL Mag’s Chefschreiberling YN durfte ein paar Tracks vom neuen Nas-Album lauschen. [...]

By: 1906

1906 — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 22:11:46 +0000

fuck these hatin ass niggas. good music is good music and……

CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP CAME FROM FUCKIN HARLEM!
I rest my case.

By: Makavelli

Makavelli — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 15:28:10 +0000

YOU KNOW I HATE THE FACT PEOPLE ARE SAYING HIP HOP IS DEAD. IT IS MAINLY THAT SOUTHERN ARTISTS HAVE FINALLY TAKEN OVER THIS RAP SHIT. THERE WERE NO COMPLAINTS FROM SOUTHERN ARTIST WHEN WE DIDN’T GET OUR SHINE TIME, EVEN THOUGH ARTISTS FROM OTHER REGIONS HAD TO RESPECT PEOPLE LIKE SCARFACE AND OUTKAST EVEN THEN WHEN TUPAC AND BIG RULED THE AIR WAYS. WE WERE ALWAYS IN THE MIX IT WAS WHEN WE SEIZED OUR OPPORTUNITY ALL THIS HIP HOP IS DEAD SHIT START TO SURFACE. WE CAN’T HELP THAT SOUTHERN ARTISTS ARE MORE SPIRITUAL THAN OTHER REGIONS. THE REASON I SAY THAT DUE TO ALL THE HARDSHIPS WE HAD TO GO THREW EVEN KNOW, NOT SAYING THAT AAS BLACKS AS A WHOLE WE ALL GO THREW OUR SHARE OF UPS AND DOWNS, BUT DUE TO THE TIME WE WENT THREW SLAVERY AND STUFF LIKE THAT WE ONLY HAD NEGRO SPIRITUALS,THE OLD CADANCES TO KEEP US GOING. DON’T GET ME WRONG RAPPING AND STUFF MIGHT HAVE GOT ITS START IN THE NEW YORK ON A NATIONAL LEVEL, BUT IT ALL STARTED FROM AFRICA. THE ONLY POINT I AM TRYING TO SAY IS THAT STOP SAYING HIP HOP IS DEAD WHEN IT IS IN ALL OF US BLACK PEOPLE. THINGS CHANGE NOTHING REMIANS THE SAME.

By: Jay Arrington

Jay Arrington — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 23:20:56 +0000

Wassup everybody first time posting a comment. For one I just want 2 say Nas is my favorite solo artist. I am really looking forward 2 his brand new album which speaks the utmost truth just by its title. But I really don’t want 2 beleive that so far there are no Preemo tracks. But this is only a brief part of the album and I’m pretty sure it’s fire anyway,and Preemo won’t be absent. It does seem kind of crazy that Jay-Z pushed Nas album back just so he can make his fans shut-up. But we need both of them back 2 put New York back on the map and also make room 4 more REAL HIP HOP ARTISTS 2 do the same 4 their state and rep 4 the culture (not bullshit). Oh yeah I’m glad Nas did a collabo with both him and The Game,it shows unity that we need right now in Hip Hop not division. PEACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Million$MotivatedMailiciousMonarchMoneyMakin'Marc. O!

Million$MotivatedMailiciousMonarchMoneyMakin'Marc. O! — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 13:15:47 +0000

Watta Watta u a hater flat out. I can understand if you like Nas better than Jay, but to say Blueprint 2 wasn’t hot is just fuckin’ crazy! Jay my favorite cat but I don’t think he should drop before Nas because that’s going to hurt Nas sales. Jay is a very cunning and calculated cat though y’all, I can’t help but think this is part of some grand scheme to………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………ether Nas!

By: mikenice

mikenice — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 11:28:20 +0000

Nas w/out primo, muthafuckas never learn.

By: B-Ease

B-Ease — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 23:10:57 +0000

to the commentor who wondered how Nas gets the cotton out of his bottle, i’m pretty sure he gets his white butler to do it for him. thats what his political statements have got him.

By: AJTHROWBACK

AJTHROWBACK — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 19:51:21 +0000

I’m not worried about Nas at all and this HIP-HOP IS DEAD album. If he does him and doesn’t try too hard at doing what everyone else is doing, then he will be fine. I think it’s kinda screwed up that his album gets pushed back now that Jay is coming out on November 21st, but hey, what can you say–Jay’s the “boss” lol!

Before I shut up and go back in my little corner, I have three points to make. In terms of the “I don’t even pick cotton out of aspirin bottles” quote, whoever can’t dig around the cotton to get the aspirin out and says it’s impossible must not be a very crafty person. I’ve had plenty of aspirin bottles where I didn’t even need to take the cotton out…I just needed a bad enough headache to say F*CK THE COTTON!! Simply put, it’s not that serious, so get over it!

Second, in terms of the Jay and Nas “battle” and “war”, I love the both of them equally as emcees and dudes that changed the game and set the standard for reputable artists. Nas won the “battle” of beating Jay-Z lyrically and reasserting himself as a relevant hip-hop artist. However, Jay-Z is now Nas’s boss and can pull a lot more strings as he flirts with his new chick called “corporate America”. Thus, because his former enemy has signed on the dotted line with a company of which he is president by way of a joint venture, I think Jay is winning the “war”. Bottom line, you could resolve the beef all you want, but you don’t sign with your former foe and he’s now your boss. That’s more leverage for him to clown you if things go sour, and trust me, things in the business can go real sour real quick.

Third, will people shut up about this whole “New York is dead” or “the South is runnin’ it” bullsh** in trying to dis somebody else!! Nas ain’t gonna dis the South when he’s done a few joints with one of the best rappers from the South of all time, Scarface. Plus, he went to holler at Lil’ Jon for “Quick to Back Down” and was on “Grand Finale” on the CRUNK JUICE album, not to mention he did “Virgo” with Ludacris off his last album. Nas knows what’s hot and what’s suspect, so y’all dudes need to quit. Yeah, Nas is gonna crap all over a bunch of people’s joints that’s coming out or that are already out, but it ain’t got nothin’ to do with him being from New York; it’s got everything to do with him being a legend, period point blank.

By: BE

BE — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 19:29:12 +0000

Yea…Nas shouldn’t have worked with Jay. We don’t need unity in hip-hop…he should just say inside his own camp. Jay is trying to take all of Nas’s money and hurt his sales. Because if Jay’s cd came out after Nas’s, Nas would sell a lot more copies….

Let’s be serious…how many of ya’ll actually still buy albums?..from the store? Either your a Nas fan or a Jay fan…the music will sell it. If they came out on the same day I would buy both. Also, Will.i.am is a pretty good producer. I’m looking forward to Nas’s album.

By: smirks

smirks — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 18:27:23 +0000

thanks for the info but you messed with the suspense or didn’t get the truth……… now people will expect all this and more and it may not be all good for sales (hype sells sometimes) other times it dimminishes a classical album. i sure hope the album aint all over the net before dec. cause nas deserves an album not a couple overplayed hits. Marketing is just way overdone these days from the radio mags .coms early leaks mixtapes…….., and its not working.

By: Dr. 19464

Dr. 19464 — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 18:25:45 +0000

i think akinelye used that ‘aspirin bottle’ line on one of the songs found on that Eastern Conference release…they are best friends, aren’t they?

By: The DJ Formerly Known as N-CREDIBLE

The DJ Formerly Known as N-CREDIBLE — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 18:20:06 +0000

from the post it sounds like you did not wanna give Nas his props but you couldn’t help but too cuz dude is the coldest to touch a mic…Nas is the truth….Joe Camel probably had a orgasim in his pants when he was in the studio with Nas