₦airaland Forum

eldee:
You think Nas has not attempted to experiment?? Nas has tried more times than humanly possible to get a sick subject matter/persona. From fly on the wall observer to gangster to Escobar to sweet guy that loves all his enemies to hood philosopher to grumpy old man who can't adapt to the present to his latest Amnesty International's rap ambassador.

Listen to Too Many Rappers, and what do you call Make The World Go Round?? You do know he toured with a rock band too?? And now he's touring with a Marley . . .dude, Nas has had his own fair share of experiments.

If "Make The World Go Round" is what you mean by 'experimenting', then every rapper has experimented at one time or the other . . . "Too Many Rappers" is close but did it garner recognition like "Collision Course"??

Can you compare any of the tracks with a "Numb Encore" or even "Forever Young"?? Are you forgetting "Best of Both Worlds"?? His experiment with Fela?? Can't even list the number of artistes he's featured and shows headlined/tours embarked upon . . . I agree with the Marley one but when was that?? 2010 innit?? Maybe it's an issue of style but Nas can't do the crossover thingy like Jay-Z.

Nas just loves to do his thang . . . you can label him as rigid but I'm still very cool with his sound . . . keeps one sane amidst all the garbage that goons like Flo-Rida are spittin'.

After desecrating the land and insulting the intelligence of all Nigerian youths, this dude is accursed . . .

To think that putting his trust in OBJ (another Maradona) will benefit him in any way . . . Does this guy really think he stands any chance to win the election??

Though both are great, I'll pick "E Pluribus Unum" over "Malcolm IX" anytime . . .

EPU's the Mode's first and most successful attempt at going mainstream whilst kickin' knowledge at the same time . . . "Contradiction", "Fellow Nigerians", "Ogun Isoye", "Africa", "Fake In The Club" top thangs for me . . . "Cry" and "Nigerian Girls" are ok but I ain't really down with 'em . . .

Malcolm IX is dope too - "Elbow Room", "2shotz From a Nine", etc . . . Christ, "Head" - that ish is just too dope.

With better production as earlier noted, MI can't f[/i]cu[i]k with Modenine.

bjmighty:
What can fa ke? Only god know wetin do u abi wetin do your brain these days. I just read one thread wey u dey talk like say u no well at all. Id Street Disciple no work for u, who tell u say e no work for anoda man Street desciple wey me i dey use do National Anthem. Guy switch to juju abeg, u no sabi poo about hip or hop.

Really I dunno the grouse some peops have with Nas these days . . . like Hax noted, it's prolly cos they keep comparing his latter stuff to earlier releases like "Illmatic" and "Stillmatic" . . . all his other albums may not be as good as those two, but if reviewed in isolation, they're much better than a lot of critically acclaimed albums these days . . .

From "It Was Written", to "God's Son", "Untitled", "HHID", "Distant Relatives", etc - they're all cool to me . . . peops prolly got tired of him and it ain't strange . . . Nas has not changed his style over the years . . . he also doesn't experiment (like Jay-Z did with Linkin Park, etc).

And I agree that "Street's Disciple" is the only album that can be considered average, but it spun good tracks like "Thief's Theme" and "Just A Moment".

Great idea (if backed by honest intentions/good faith) . . .

The artistes might suffer in the short run, but if they hold on, they'll be the better for it . . . might be a strange development to Nigerians, but this is the case in developed countries . . . and Fela (being the icon he was) did not tolerate the free broadcast of his songs . . .

Enforcement is another issue though - Nigeria is well-known for churning out regulations that don't get implemented/enforced.

Mobinga:
See Mugu

Thy diss track cometh . . .

Bingo the dog

javalove:
In short, Ibime, may your soul rest in peace. . .Ile lo lo tarara. . .lol"

#Javalove. . .unless otherwise stated. . .!

Amen!!!

No shout out to Javalove eh?

Anywayz. . one luv

Chai . . . f[/i]cu[i]k me.

At this rate, I'll need to do a dedication track to y'all who make sense in here.