Nas "Street's Disciple"...

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The new Nasty Nas is gearing up to be pretty fucking good. "Thief's Theme" and "’You Know My Style" are already out there and they fucking beat that shit.

Any hip-hop heads out there in Cultland?

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Normally I try to steer away from rap and that whole image that comes with it, but I have to say that Nas is one of the few rappers I have respect for and would actually listen to. And for me personally he got more respect from me when I heard his song one mic and the video for it. Pure Greatness right there.

<-------secret hip hop superfreak, shhhhhhh!

[QUOTE=Crazedmusicfan24]Normally I try to steer away from rap and that whole image that comes with it, but I have to say that Nas is one of the few rappers I have respect for and would actually listen to. And for me personally he got more respect from me when I heard his song one mic and the video for it. Pure Greatness right there.[/QUOTE]

If you like Nas, get his first album 'Illmatic', it's a hip-hop classic. He kinda lost track after that and got all glitter and glamour, but he got seriously back on track halfway 'Stillmatic' (his 4th?) and back on form with 'God's Son' and I think 'Street's Disciple' is maybe gonna be even better.

Don't let what MTV shows us as hip-hop steer you off the music. There's a lot of quality hip-hop out there.

EDIT: P.S. 'One Mic' is fantastic.

[QUOTE=Mr. Brown]
Any hip-hop heads out there in Cultland?
[/QUOTE]Check Yes.

Nas is good. His lyrics come from the heart, a la Tupac, Biggie, DMX. Which is the only type of rap I like.

Fuck those idiots that are all about,"hoes this and bitches that."

"I know I can" is a great fucking song too...

[QUOTE=Balthazar]"I know I can" is a great fucking song too...[/QUOTE]

Man that song gave me a boost when it came out. Just when I needed it too. Sometimes I fackin' love hip-hop so much man. Sometimes it sucks so hard too unfortunately.

Love rap. Love hip-hop. Whatever you want to call it. Count me among the legions that felt that Nas was the best alive when Illmatic came out. My the time he'd that "Street Dreams" remake of that Sweet Dreams song, I had already sprained both ankles jumping off his bandwagon. I agree though, he's been solid for the past couple of albums and it feels like his time again.

To further the point made about good rap that exists far beyond the MTV realm, I would advise checking out:

Choclair (Canadian rapper)
Madvillain
The Game (he's about to become a pop culture sensation because he's part of G-Unit, but the guy's a mixtape monster)
Slum Village
Saukrates
Big L
GZA

To name a few.

"backpack rap" as my favorite music snob likes to call it:

[b]DJ Cam[/b]
Adam F
Deltron
Nice and Smooth
Jurassic 5
Dj Spinna
Handsome Boy Modeling School
Dr. Octagon
[b]Rob Swift[/b]
Artifacts
The Beatnuts
DJ Shadow

*bold ones are my favorite*

Check out [URL=http://www.iamnas.com/]http://www.iamnas.com/[/URL] for alotta snippets from the new double album. Sounds mad mad mad ill!

End of November I guess we be gettin' a new classic!

Never been a big fan of Nas. One Mic certainly did get my attention, though. Just because I'm not a fan doesn't mean I don't recognize game when I see it: that track was genius, in the writing and in the spits. Doesnt even need the beat, but powerful either way.

Me, personally, Kabol is Siccmade for life !

But also a big Pac fan, and Em

WTang, specifically the Killer Bees album

Yeah, Im a part of hip hop and love rap music to the bone marrow

kabol

Oh, and funny little nothing thing:

On account of One Mic, I'll be picking up the next album coming out. Not interested in hearing any songs til then, though, so I cant wantch that video: when it drops, Ima copp it and experience it fully, alone in a room surounded by four walls and a closed door. Just the vibrations against my own humming skin

The same way I listened to All Eyes, the last three Eminem albums, the last two Loki albums, all of Lynch's muzicc, Killer Bees ...

the best way for a completely new experience

Kabol

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I'm into little bits or rap, mostly old-school guys like Public Enemy and Cypress Hill. Some Snoop Dogg is ok I guess.

I saw Cypress Hill at the Metro in Chicago a year ago for $6. Awesome.

everytime someone says nas i think of that hydrodrops intro. :laughs at the thought:

for rap he isnt bad but as other people have said, with all the bad rap out there, people who actually have a talent get overlooked for people like fiddy cent. and its a lot of the "image" that goes with rap, and the "gangstah" rappers out there now, that keep me from being any sort of rap fan

In my opinion Nas has grown from each of his albums. I like the new video he has with his father, "Bridging the Gap". I know I will be picking up the new album.
As stated a few times now, Nas' albums actually have things to say other than how much "bling" he has or how his car is lined in Versaci or Louis Vuitton.

All the credit to Nas for enlightening me to a different world of hip hop. Before I listened to Stillmatic it was mostly gansta rap for me (eminem , dr dre nwa, westside connection). But Stillmatic lead back to Illmatic -Then Talib Kweli's Quality then Reflection Eternal - Then it was Jurassic 5 and Common - Then Heard Sage Francis' Makeshift Patriot on Punk o Rama 8 - that lead to Personal Journals - Then to Aesop Rock's Labor days / Bazooka Tooth and Atmosphere's Lucy Ford Eps and now it's clouddead the anticon fellas, Buck 65, Eyedea and Ablities, Why? and god knows what else. I actually think Why? then made me listen to Modest Mouse and Franz Ferdinand.

Anyways Nas could take credit for the evoultion of the Doc's hip hop fanaticism. I look forward to Nas' new release but I can't wait for a Healthy Distrust by Sage.

I just picked up [I]Street’s Disciple[/I] a few hours ago. I’ll check it out and let yall know what I think. Anybody else heard it yet? Impressions?

As for Nas, he’s always been one of my favorites. [I]Illmatic[/I] is a masterpiece. I’ve always been a fan of [I]It Was Written[/I] too. Then “One Mic” and the rest of [I]Stillmatic[/I] confirmed his spot near the top of the game.

Ask me if I’m tryin ta kick knowledge
Nah, I’m tryin ta kick the shit you need to learn though
That ether, that shit that make your soul burn slow
“Ether” from Stillmatic

The album is good. Not classic, but good.

I like a good deal of rap, try out an album by The Foreign Exchange called "Connected." It's really smooth and well produced. Not gangsta rap at all, more like, Common or maybe Blackstar.

[QUOTE=plastic]I like a good deal of rap, try out an album by The Foreign Exchange called "Connected." It's really smooth and well produced. Not gangsta rap at all, more like, Common or maybe Blackstar.[/QUOTE]

I have the FOREIGN EXCHANGE album, listen to it a good deal. The MC is from the states and the producer, a guy from the Netherlands. They hung out at the Okay Player forums and exchanged lyrics and beats and tada, instant music.

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New Nas coming this December.

Always, he done does it always. I love this cat.

[URL=http://nahright.com/news/2006/10/30/nas-hip-hop-is-dead-full/]Hip Hop Is Dead [clean].mp3[/URL]

I'll give it a listen. I can always count on him to bring my interest back to hippity-hop. The new Jay Z has done nothing for me.

There's a few beats on KINGDOM COME that are allright and Hov can flow, but his bragging and boasting have reached unparralelled levels and... he's GOT everything he's boasting about (materialistic) but he ain't saying nothing (from the heart/spiritual/political/sociological).

Nas is a giant. Street Soldier for Hip Hop. I also love how he almost bitch slapped the whole hip hop industry with "Hip Hop is Dead" without even having to name names.

I couldn't agree with you more on Jay Z. Like I said, Nas is one of the few that I can count on... him and Biggie, but looks like Biggie is almost out of material... that is until he records more stuff from his secret hideout.

"Live at the BBQ with 2Pac and Notorious B.I.G. - VOL.2"

"Suicide Bounce". My favorite track on the "Street's Disciple" album.