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07-17-2008, 12:56 PM
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Nas' New Album - First Impression
ok....so I got it it...and up to track Fried Chicken right now....
Admittedly I wasn't feeling the title that it was supposed to have been named and I am kind of glad he decided to leave it untitled at this time, but insofar, this CD has some good meat on the bone and it's been many many years since I enjoyed a hip hop cd back to front.
The cover itself speaks volumes
My first impressions:
Some of the music for a few tracks are nothing impressive altho I did like the beats for Hero, Testify and especially Sly Fox.
This is an album that kind of hearkens back to days when rap and hip hop really started gaining consciousness, when people were more concerned about the state of the world rather than the bling and killing each other. My only concern was that a few of the tracks almost sounded incomplete...whereas you were expecting more...but that was it.
Nothing really new or ground breaking besides what I have heard a lot of spoken artists and poets do...and Nas is just there but not quite....out there BUT soemthing like this is really what the industry needs to begin getting rap and hip hop back on track....having music with a message.
So....this insofar is my first impression, and on a scale of one to 10...I give it a 7.
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07-17-2008, 01:00 PM
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Check the spelling on your title.. who is NES?? lol...
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07-17-2008, 01:05 PM
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Check the spelling on your title.. who is NES?? lol...
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done.
going to lunch.
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07-17-2008, 01:15 PM
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I don't like him, but my bf is a huge fan. He says it's too political for him, but it's still pretty good.
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07-17-2008, 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by DaemonSeid
having music with a message.
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I hope you listen to Dead Prez.
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07-17-2008, 02:11 PM
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"Untitled" is pretty mediocre. Nas is now riding the coattails of Illmatic without really anything solid to show for it since - he's borderline irrelevant, especially as hip hop actually becomes more socially important, diverse and relevant than during his prime (in spite of his protestations to the opposite).
The outtake sessions mixtape he released with Green Lantern is actually superior in every way, and it's free. It's the only relevant thing Nas has released in 10 years. That's hard to say, but it's the truth.
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07-17-2008, 03:04 PM
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I don't listen to a lot of new school hip hop and rap...most of it now is too commercialized and irrelavent.
I really haven't truly bought and liked a rap CD is almost 20 years.
Like I said...this is fair, slightly above mediocre, it's not pure genius but it's something that I can listen to without wanting to turn it off in disgust.
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07-17-2008, 05:32 PM
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I don't listen to a lot of new school hip hop and rap...most of it now is too commercialized and irrelavent.
I really haven't truly bought and liked a rap CD is almost 20 years.
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You're not looking in the right places. Try Wale - shit, you LIVE in DC. Wale's your guy.
His mixtapes are free everywhere, just look.
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07-17-2008, 07:59 PM
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You're not looking in the right places. Try Wale - shit, you LIVE in DC. Wale's your guy.
His mixtapes are free everywhere, just look.
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good lookin but u know DC is famous for its go go music....talk about repetitive
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07-17-2008, 08:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Elephant Walk
I hope you listen to Dead Prez.
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i'm an african, i'm an african
and i know what's happenin
A-F-R
I-C-A
puerto rico! haiti
and J-A
New York and Cali
F-L-A
No it ain't bout where you stay
It's bout the MOTHERLAND!
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07-17-2008, 09:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Senusret I
i'm an african, i'm an african
and i know what's happenin
A-F-R
I-C-A
puerto rico! haiti
and J-A
New York and Cali
F-L-A
No it ain't bout where you stay
It's bout the MOTHERLAND!
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I went to school with some redneck crackers
right around the time 3rd base dropped the cactus album
but i was readin malcom, changed my name in '89
cleanin parts of my brain like a baby 9
i took they history class serious, front row every day, 3rd period
fuckin with the teachers head, callin 'em racist
i tried to show them crackas the light they couldn't take it
although my favorite song by them is "Happiness" or "Walk Like A Warrior"
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Overall, though, it's the bigness of the car that counts the most. Because when something bad happens in a really big car accidentally speeding through the middle of a gang of unruly young people who have been taunting you in a drive-in restaurant, for instance it happens very far away way out at the end of your fenders. It's like a civil war in Africa; you know, it doesn't really concern you too much. - P.J. O'Rourke
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07-17-2008, 09:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Elephant Walk
I went to school with some redneck crackers
right around the time 3rd base dropped the cactus album
but i was readin malcom, changed my name in '89
cleanin parts of my brain like a baby 9
i took they history class serious, front row every day, 3rd period
fuckin with the teachers head, callin 'em racist
i tried to show them crackas the light they couldn't take it
although my favorite song by them is "Happiness" or "Walk Like A Warrior"
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Push the pool stick in your new crib, same hand that you hoop with
Swing around like you stu-pid, king'a the town, yeah I been that
You know I click-clack where you and yor men's at
Do the Smurf, do the Wop, Baseball Bat
Rooftop like we bringing '88 back
- Made You Look
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07-18-2008, 12:13 PM
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good lookin but u know DC is famous for its go go music....talk about repetitive
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Dude . . . just download this. Seriously.
If you're not down with go-go, there is a ton of B-more gutter shit that is absolutely amazing - Spank Rock, Aaron Lacrate, any of the Diplo/Hollertronix group . . .
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07-18-2008, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by KSig RC
Dude . . . just download this. Seriously.
If you're not down with go-go, there is a ton of B-more gutter shit that is absolutely amazing - Spank Rock, Aaron Lacrate, any of the Diplo/Hollertronix group . . . |
I tend to stay far faaaaaar away from B more gutter shit...you want to talk about music that is nothing BUT pure nonsensical noise?
Grrrrrr....
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