Queens Get The Money - dope track, weak lyrics, sad intro.
You Can’t Stop Us Now - dope loop, first verse is flame, hook makes sense. Good.
Breathe - track is kinda radio/clubish. nice, but… concept is nice. Errr.
Make The World Go Round - Errr. Again, this track is off. Nice, but… 4 tracks in and I’m confused. Sounds like a Game track. Nas’ second verse is terrible.
Hero - Ha Ha. Nas can’t be serious. Track is busy but okay I guess.
America - Track is terrible. What is this? The verses are kinda alright, but wow.
Sly Fox - Uh ohhhhh. Guitaaaarzzzzz. And errr Nas, NBC does the predator shows man. Egypt.
Testify - Track is laid back. I wouldn’t mind this track if not for the rest of the radio directed stuff that came before. Feh.
N.I.G.G.E.R - Song that fits the concept of the album best so far, and that ain’t sayin much.
Untitled - Strange track selection again. Where’s Kanye? Andre? Lyrics are alright. Better than some of the previous songs.
Fried Chicken - Ehhhh.
Project Roach - I like the sample in this…but this is short. Matter of fact, a few of these songs are short. Nothing wrong with that.
Y’all My Niggas - This track is a stretch. But at least the concept is a little more focused. Again, sounds like a Kanye affair. Not Nas. But eh.
We’re Not Alone - Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm. Take off the wool!!!!!
Black President - No comment. Funny use of a Pac sample though. Track is doable.
*These are my quick thoughts listening to this on Sunday
Now after a few days of letting it all sink in, I can comment a little further on the album.
**SIGH**
I know exactly why they didn’t let Nas title this album ‘Nigger’. Because it would have been an embarrassment to you, me, and Aunt Edna. Rarely does he spit anything relevant to the argument that the use of “Nigger” is justified. Two songs touch on that? Maybe? Not nearly enough to warrant such a provocative title, and certainly not worthy of the amount of controversy Nas managed to generate prior to the album’s release. Dude coulda just dropped a few tracks on it back then and that woulda been enough.
As far as the larger issue of race relations in America and the state of the “black community”, Nas is hardly capable of bringing anything new to the conversation, nor are his points easy to pick out in between stray hiphop cliches. I was expecting an attempt at “dropping some knowledge”. You know, KRS-One type ish. Failure. Hardly held my attention, and the beat selection might be partly to blame.
The beats. The beats. The beats.
For all the yap Nas talks about the radio… dude sure spent a lot of time picking non-hard beats. Tracks 3,4,5,6,7,10, and 13 are some head scratchers for me. 3,4, and 5 are pure radio. 7, the “rock” track, is just sad. 10 and 13 needed Kanye. After track 6 though, I was just about ready to abort mission on the thing. Luckily I’m a soldier and carried on. As I said in my comments, I was hella confused at track 4. Track 6 is throwaway, which is sad given it’s one of the songs that actually contains relevant content. 2, 8, 12, and 15 are the only tracks I would bother with.
It’s not so much Nas’ lyrics, he does shine through in spots (when he’s focused). It’s his so-so attempt at being “serious” combined with some of the weakest beats I’ve heard in a minute that really kill this album for me. Outside of the “Nigger” concept, this album is just another album. Inside of the “Nigger” concept, this album is a weed plate. The production is that terrible, IMO. If I were to ignore the past year and take this album at face value it’s a non-classic. Not the worst album ever, but nothing to brag about either, coming from an emcee regarded as being one of the best to ever do it. I simply expected more. (not really, I fully anticipated Nas to fuck this up royally and in that he did not let me down, A for effort)
What can I say.
**Bilal voice**
I could do what Nas can do, only I can do it better!
SWIIIIIITCH!
**Important**
Anyone else not able to get into the site admin? Lemme know!!!! This is also an opportunity to blame dig, take advantage. LOL.
Posts
July 30, 2008 @ 9:32 am
‘This is also an opportunity to blame dig, take advantage. ‘
July 30, 2008 @ 9:32 am
Oh P…. where exactly do we stand again with Betty Wright? Do we have to try to get tickets all over again?
July 30, 2008 @ 9:41 am
i’m going (begrudingly) to happy hour friday to tell that punk ass to give me my shit… unless you would be so kind as to do it for me so that i can maintain my fade to black status… i told you there was good reason for a jay quote…
willy- sharing is caring. i’m just sayin..
July 30, 2008 @ 9:44 am
and what kinda fucked up wrld do we live in where the cheesecake factory has $1.50 cheesecake day and its on DINE IN only? do you know how long its going to take to get a table? i’m so pissed! i save $10 for my cheesecake and buffalo blasts and now it looks like my dreams are going to be dashed upon the bronze marble inlay of the foyer to my favorite establishment.
bastids!
i’m driving out there anyway.. we’ll see if i get my shit or not.
July 30, 2008 @ 9:45 am
Cant. Mommy duty. Unless by then….. well….. nevermind.
Cant.
July 30, 2008 @ 9:50 am
Im going to be at Venue having a drink…oh i gotta get my tickets
July 30, 2008 @ 9:50 am
‘willy- sharing is caring. i’m just sayin..’
I figured you woulda been had got it already…
I’ll have to do it from home.
And can you get into the site admin?
July 30, 2008 @ 9:52 am
oh, ill babysit if you need a few hours.. NO PROBLEM!
July 30, 2008 @ 9:55 am
Damn…that was brutal.
I liked the album.
I will go out on a limb and say he could have Large Professor, Premo and Q-Tip do his entire album, but that would be too like right.
The beats were okay…maybe "Nigger Beats" were supposed to sound like the Roots Soundtrack.
Hip hop is dead had better tracks.
It WAS better than I’d thought it would be initially.
To be real, I could have seen the Nigger concept brought to fruition by Goodie Mob, Scarface, or old Ice Cube…or even Pac.
Nas has not successfully walked the line between nigga and educator since "It Was Written"
July 30, 2008 @ 9:56 am
We’ll rap.
July 30, 2008 @ 10:00 am
sorry willy- i meant to tell you that yes, i can get into site admin.. i’m slow on the requests today lol and yeah, i wanted to have it already… but alas… life isnt lining up in my favor at the moment
July 30, 2008 @ 10:09 am
@p
I got you.
@naj
You heard any of that new Q-Tip?
What you think?
July 30, 2008 @ 10:10 am
New Q-tip
please enlighten me on y i didnt know my baby daddy had a new cd out
July 30, 2008 @ 10:16 am
It’s not out yet…there have just been some songs floating around the net.
July 30, 2008 @ 10:24 am
You heard any of that new Q-Tip?
What you think?
Nah…not yet…I’ve been ignoring him until the Tribe reunion album comes out…
On another note…I’ve never thought I’d say it but those Common/Pharrell tracks are Dirt Sauce (c)Dig
I’m not saying he needed Kanye, but he don’t need to be "taking it to the Tip top Baby" either.
July 30, 2008 @ 10:25 am
It’s not out yet…there have just been some songs floating around the net.
He’s been secretly making shit for a minute now as Kamaal
July 30, 2008 @ 10:27 am
Kamaal…
o rly.
‘Common/Pharrell tracks are Dirt Sauce’
I haven’t heard any yet.
July 30, 2008 @ 10:31 am
sorry in advance dig…
but what is wrong with this pic? i’m being serious in asking.. i keep looking at it going … noo, uh uhh… something off…
July 30, 2008 @ 10:32 am
oh damn! sorry guys- willy HELP!!
July 30, 2008 @ 10:49 am
What’s the problem?
July 30, 2008 @ 11:14 am
that pic is like GINORMOUS
July 30, 2008 @ 11:22 am
The blog will scale large images down.
You’re good.
If you want a pic to display at a certain size you have to add width and height to your img tag.
width=”200″ height=”200″ or whatever you want.
July 30, 2008 @ 11:27 am
ok, so i’m the only one that sees it all big and whatnot? cool
July 30, 2008 @ 11:28 am
What’s this…
Bust It Baby Part II…
dig…
July 30, 2008 @ 11:30 am
Ooooh shit…
New GZA album August 18th.
July 30, 2008 @ 11:32 am
It’s ‘big’, but no bigger than the specified column width.
If you right-click and do ‘view image’ it shows the picture in it’s original size.
July 30, 2008 @ 11:49 am
that pic is like GINORMOUS
I was wondering y TI was sittin on my computer smiling at me
damn this picture is huge
July 30, 2008 @ 12:00 pm
How come everytime i hear Slim new song …u know dude from 112…i wanna just jump up and go to the club and strut my stuff
July 30, 2008 @ 12:02 pm
P - whats wrong with the pic might be the ghettolicious mystery mix now & later acrylics all wavin in the air like they just dont care
‘I’ve never thought I’d say it but those Common/Pharrell tracks are Dirt Sauce (c)Dig’
Willy-
Bust It Baby 2?
July 30, 2008 @ 12:09 pm
Yes dig…
our song has a part 2 now.
Bust. It!
July 30, 2008 @ 12:10 pm
One girl look like she need a fill.
July 30, 2008 @ 12:12 pm
LOL @ ‘our song’
July 30, 2008 @ 12:17 pm
P……………
Muhammed is really stalking me.
He’s called me at work 4 times today.
July 30, 2008 @ 12:18 pm
Who is Muhammed ?
and has anyone other than me seen the video to or heard Bentleys new song? And liked it? cause i like it
July 30, 2008 @ 12:20 pm
Saw the video yesterday. Couldnt get into it. I need to see it again.
Muhammed is the white-haired guy at the store at the corner where P lives.
July 30, 2008 @ 12:20 pm
How come everytime i hear Slim new song …u know dude from 112…i wanna just jump up and go to the club and strut my stuff
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Even in the middle of the day, huh?
This is the same nigga that sang on "Only U" and "Peaches and Cream"…I just so happen to drive a litter faster *looks at Dig* when I hear some of the classic 112 uptempo shit…
July 30, 2008 @ 12:21 pm
Muhammed is really stalking me.
He’s called me at work 4 times today.
________________
He might have a good deal on a car with multiple ashtrays…
July 30, 2008 @ 12:23 pm
Um…
That new Bentley is hot fuckin fiyah…
3 Stacks Top 5 dead or alive.
@dig
Yes ‘our song’.
Nigga that’s the wedding waltz.
July 30, 2008 @ 12:25 pm
That new Bentley is hot fuckin fiyah…
I KNEW u would like it. U dont even count. I can see you in the video doing the steps with them
Muhammed is the white-haired guy at the store at the corner where P lives.
Tell him u got a friend that would really like a hook up on some gas once a week. Use the stalking to some good for human kind
July 30, 2008 @ 12:25 pm
Shhhhh…don’t tell nobody but that Bentley shit was ridiculous and hot at the same time. So on one end we got niggas actin extra hard in videos (pause), but then we got Bentley, 3000, and Ye in a joint actin like Flash and the Ebony Sparks…it’s a nice change.
That is a hot joint to hear when you just get a shape up and your kicks are crisp.
July 30, 2008 @ 12:26 pm
Naj - go sit in the corner
I was watching Kanye hard in the video. I bet he had to have extra dance lessons cause he looked like he was concentrating his ass off. Couldnt even enjoy the song cause he so focused on making sure he 2 stepped just right
July 30, 2008 @ 12:30 pm
‘Nigga that’s the wedding waltz.’
July 30, 2008 @ 12:31 pm
I was watching Kanye hard in the video. I bet he had to have extra dance lessons cause he looked like he was concentrating his ass off. Couldnt even enjoy the song cause he so focused on making sure he 2 stepped just right
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I watched him come to 106 and premiere it…
The wanna be hard niggas in the audience couldn’t even be mad at the preppy swagger.
*practices the dance for the wedding*
July 30, 2008 @ 12:31 pm
Naj, I’d ease up on the jokes if I were you, seeing as how I aint quite made it to the Post Office yet…..
July 30, 2008 @ 12:32 pm
I watched him come to 106 and premiere it…
The wanna be hard niggas in the audience couldn’t even be mad at the preppy swagger.
*practices the dance for the wedding*
July 30, 2008 @ 12:35 pm
‘Nigga that’s the wedding waltz.’
You can’t commit to that just yet…he’s got a good four more "Bust Its" in his diabolical Kirk Franklin lookin mind.
I’m quite he’ll achieve more ignorant heights in the next 90 days or so…
July 30, 2008 @ 12:36 pm
Naj, I’d ease up on the jokes if I were you, seeing as how I aint quite made it to the Post Office yet…..
July 30, 2008 @ 12:38 pm
Unfortunately my world is a veritable cornucopia of bullshit lately - as you are well aware - so I havent made it yet… but I should be able to sneak out in a little bit to do it.
July 30, 2008 @ 12:38 pm
I just realized…willy…you didn’t like Fried Chicken?
That joint is crazy…
July 30, 2008 @ 12:40 pm
I think i have an attitude that he got a song called Fried Chicken
July 30, 2008 @ 12:47 pm
‘I think i have an attitude that he got a song called Fried Chicken’
….that Naj liked, no less, LOL.
July 30, 2008 @ 12:49 pm
I like Busta on it…
But I got my fill of ‘Eat Healthy’ from Dead Prez.
July 30, 2008 @ 12:50 pm
Unfortunately my world is a veritable cornucopia of bullshit lately - as you are well aware - so I havent made it yet… but I should be able to sneak out in a little bit to do it.
Understood…just send a flare up to let me know when u sent it…
July 30, 2008 @ 12:54 pm
Ima run over there to do it at 3.
July 30, 2008 @ 12:57 pm
U know aint no post office in midtown no more right Dig
July 30, 2008 @ 12:58 pm
‘I think i have an attitude that he got a song called Fried Chicken’
….that Naj liked, no less, LOL.
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I still eat fried chicken on occasion…and still get accosted when I enter a Popeye’s in the greater Philadelphia area…so there is some sentiment.
July 30, 2008 @ 12:59 pm
comment by cec :
July 30, 2008 @ 12:57 pm
U know aint no post office in midtown no more right Dig
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every midtown should have a post office!
July 30, 2008 @ 1:02 pm
‘U know aint no post office in midtown no more right Dig’
Im sorry what?
July 30, 2008 @ 1:15 pm
ok ima go on record again and say
I just love this song Tender Lover by Force Mds. LOVE IT!! If a nigga came to me singing this song or saying anything like this, i think i would drop down and propose to his ass
July 30, 2008 @ 1:18 pm
ok ima go on record again and say
I just love this song Tender Lover by Force Mds. LOVE IT!! If a nigga came to me singing this song or saying anything like this, i think i would drop down and propose to his ass
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"Baby I surr-end-er…"
All we need is a stoop, a bottle of snap back for the curls and one of them Theo sweaters. Somebody get HappyDee on the horn.
July 30, 2008 @ 1:23 pm
In that same vain…
"Can You Stand the Rain" had me singin to myself in the breakroom and this white jawn came in right when Johnny
"I’ll try and make it laaaaast…"
July 30, 2008 @ 1:27 pm
"Tender love(tender love), love so teeeeender…"
good times, cec.
July 30, 2008 @ 1:40 pm
"Here I lay all alone…..
Tossin turning…. "
I said a long time ago that if I ever had the balls to get married… that would be the first dance song at the recep…. and follow that up with…
"Love is a House…..
You got the key ( open up and let me into your heart…baby)"….
July 30, 2008 @ 1:43 pm
July 30, 2008 @ 1:44 pm
"Baby I surr-end-er…"
All we need is a stoop, a bottle of snap back for the curls and one of them Theo sweaters. Somebody get HappyDee on the horn.
LMAOOOO some snap back uhuh dont make me reminisce, i had a juicey juice
July 30, 2008 @ 1:46 pm
"Here I lay all alone…..
Tossin turning…. "
I said a long time ago that if I ever had the balls to get married… that would be the first dance song at the recep…. and follow that up with…
"Love is a House…..
You got the key ( open up and let me into your heart…baby)"….
make sure im at that weddin. U will here me going "Oh shit that is my song…wooooo" and dancing back and forth with drink in hand
July 30, 2008 @ 1:47 pm
I had the s-curl like Mr. Dalvin in high school…
Snap back = greatest invention EVER for Cali niggas.
July 30, 2008 @ 1:50 pm
See snapback equalled some boy chasing me around the school yard trying to see if a gherri curl really is flamable. Bastard- i hated him
Fuck u Albert- Look at me now Muthafuckah
Sorry had to let that out
July 30, 2008 @ 1:51 pm
Fuck u Albert- Look at me now Muthafuckah
Sorry had to let that out
July 30, 2008 @ 1:53 pm
I had a moment earlier…
I had to look this up…
"You know how I found out they was Bigfoot - when I realized your wife was a Bigfoot when I took your kids fishing last week. I put the motherfuckers in the boat, Gus, and I took the worm and I put it on the hooks. And they both sat there, and they put their poles down in the motherfuckin’ boat, and slammed their faces in the water for 2 minutes! And I think, "What the fuck are these kids doin’?" Then they start moving their heads like this
[quickly shakes head back and forth]
and the motherfuckers come up with fish! I jumped back and said, "Can you believe this motherfuckin’ shit?" Then the kid took the fish out his mouth and looked at his brother and said, "Goonie-Goo-Goo." What the fuck is going on here? Normal kids don’t do shit like that, Gus. But I’m gonna tell you something, motherfucker. You can take your motherfuckin’ hairy fat-ass wife moustache bitch out the fuck, you can go upstairs and get the motherfuckin’ dog and scoop up the shit and take Eddie and get these mothafuckin’ long Angela Davis afro-wearin’ motherfuckin’ kids of yours and put them in the motherfucking "Goonie-Goo-Goo"-mobile and get the fuck out! And if my wife don’t like that, she can get the fuck out, too!"
July 30, 2008 @ 1:54 pm
July 30, 2008 @ 2:00 pm
I had a moment earlier…
I had to look this up…
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WOW !!!!
Talk about old school… nigga I had that shit on vinyl….lol… two records part 1 and 2…lol…
" The GI JOE is swimming underwatahhh
and then the big brown shark came "
July 30, 2008 @ 2:06 pm
LMAOOOOOO
IHNC…so then you know how long it finally took them niggas to re-release the video…
Now the DVD is out…
It’s got some decent extras on there…
I just found the Eddie Murphy mp3 file where he had a flower in his hair on the cover…me and my cousin would listen to that shit everyday…
"Eddie why you put your dick in the sink? Baby..that’s nasty!"
July 30, 2008 @ 2:11 pm
Ever hear the Joke about the Bear and the Rabbit…
And I’m not using any brains cells to read that Album review….
July 30, 2008 @ 2:41 pm
IHNC, are you still coming through next week?
Hello everybody else!
July 30, 2008 @ 3:43 pm
‘And I’m not using any brains cells to read that Album review…’
PFFF!