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here is what the critics had to say about the album:


BILLBOARD: “More intelligence than hip-hop has displayed on a mainstream scale in years.


ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: “Neither preachy nor overly polemical, Nas uses his lyrical gifts to keep us guessing…it’s refreshing to hear a complicated record that doesn’t shy from grown-up ambition.”



NEW YORK TIMES: “Nas hasn’t sounded as vibrant as he does on this, his ninth album, in years.”

Are some of us spittin' venom becos of our affiliations with man utd? Take it easy.
Blatter made a bad comment,but that dont mean he is daft.
Now everyone wants to nail because of that single comment. Pls give him a break.

The £120 ,000 'slave' wants to go.so let him. Please.

NaS had no choice. The man had to bow to d pressure. But i'm sure if companies like WalMart had'nt tried to boycott the "NIGGER'' album,d title would have stood.

And its a shame d song 'be a nigger too' didnt make d final cut because of sampling rights.
I hope this album can change people's minds from d wack hiphop they are now used to.

Also NaS dosent follow d band wagon. He wont change his style just because he wants to sell. And u also want to ask urself.-how many of his peers have sold considerably well since d fall of real hiphop?

NaS fans d world over dont really mind about d record sales. Some just want another ILLMATIC and many others like d creativity and consciousness that comes with his albums.
YES NAS IS ONE THE GREATEST LYRICISTS AROUND.

Daniel Agger is back!
He played d whole 90 mins at our 1st pre-season match at Tranmere Rovers.


Y . N. W. A

1) A factual movie detailing d lives and murders of Notorious B.I.G and Tupac Shakur.

2) The fierce street battle fought in Fallujah(iraq) btw the u.s marines and the al-quadea insurgents in 2005.

3) An biography of Huey Newton.

4) The Jewish nazi hunters and their exploits in bringing the old nazi's to book.

Blatter's comments were really bad. I agree it was really daft.

BUT
i'm sure Slur Alex Ferguson would have made similar comments if d transfer was d other way round (madrid to man utd)

and i'll like to see man utd without ronaldo for a season.

We have new Goal keeper in Diego Cavalieri. £3m from palmieras.

Meanwhile, Rafa says we need to replace Crouchie with one or two strikers.
Lucas&Mascherano as well as Babel are goin to d Olympics. Which means we have to get Barry or another central midfielder IF we are goin to play 4-2-3-1.


ynwa.

Darequan= silly idiot,a legally daft individual.

Hannibal:
Very Funny!!!

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Heard THE WHITE HOUSE called Def Jam concerning the title of the album. . . whatz all that about??

i mean, everyone got involved in trying to make NaS drop the ''nigger '' title including the u.s government.

the album is to be released untitled.

one of the hit tacks''be a nigger too'' did'nt make the final cut because NaS and his people couldnt the sampling rights from Dr Pepper sorted in time.

Stuck on You- Lionel Richie.

Dossena was outstanding last season(so i heard ).
I heard rafa wants to include finnan in the barry deal. I'd advice him not to.because arbeloa is shaky and not consistent and degen is new.

And, i wish kewell&itandge the best at Galatasaray.

Looks like we are neva gonna convince Hannibal that 50 is wack.



Is anyone anticipating NaS' ''NaS" album set to be out on july 15.
I heard d White House called Def Jam in a bid to ensure NaS renames his album.
The album includes guest appearances from busta rhymes,chris brown ,keri hilson.
Honestly ,i 'm a bit worried for d guy. Its been 14 yrs since he droppd the monster ILLMATIC and he needs to go out on a high. He'll be 35 this year. How would a '40 yr old rapper' sound like? NaS fans all over want another classic ending,a grand opening in d release of illmatic needs another grand closing. Just like jigga said on encore,'GRAND OPENING,GRANG CLOSING'

There is nothing wrong in what ICE-T did. He says it how he sees it. What kind of 'elder' sees wrong in the 'youth' and not tell d truth?


I perfectly undestand ice-t's outburst. He apologised for d harsh words used but he still maintaind his point that souljah boy is wack.


I know its hard but souljah boy should'nt take it personal. The old guy(who is one of d pioneers of hiphop) cant just ignore d rot in d industry, HE HAS TO SPEAK OUT.
Ice-t cant be envious.thats too impossible. Souljah just needs to improve.

P/S
ice-t is'nt 'beefing'. He is just saying d truth.

All is not lost for mikel. Scolari may like him and make him a better player.
But he is very silly,and he'd be wishing he made d olympic team. Who knows,if he had kept a cool head and showed humility,siasia would included him and help him give out those golden performances we saw at holland 2005.
The olympics was a great ,and career-saving chance,but he ignored it.
I just hope for d best for him.

The Game's album(The Documentary) was a classic with great songs like:
westside story-(d hardest westcoast hit i heard in a long while.
I just loved d first lines-
crip niggaz,blood niggaz, ESE's, haitians.
Dominicans,puetoricans,white boys,jamaicans
Latin kings,disciples,vice lords,asians.
ALL THESE MUTHERFUCKERS BEEN PATIENTLY WAITING.

Dreams.
Like father,like son and;
The documentary.

His 2nd album floppd ,becos he did'nt work with DRE becos he wantd to prove a silly point to 50-that he could 'survive' without dre. But i guess he has learnt his lessons now.


The blueprint 2 was a great song.
I heard kanye did d instrumentals. And i luvd those flutes at d beginning of d song.

Is Hannibal still draggin this 50 issue.
Lets just face it Hannibal,u dont really like rap, YOU JUST WANNA DANCE!

As far i am concerned 50cent is d luckiest rapper alive. If The Massacre was a good album,then snow falls in naija.
The Game's 1st album,u would'nt be criticising him name droppin. Besides ,The Documentary was a classic. I'll pick Game over 50 even if i was a drunk.



Gettin back to d original topic. I was glad, jay-z went at NaS.because he brought out d best in NaS .The best which had not been seen since It Was Written. Stillmatic will be with me for years.

@Hannibal,

your statement ,'FIDDY IS THE FUTURE OF RAP' makes me worried. You mean after listening to d greats like tupac,nas ,biggie and d rest,u still cant see d fact that 50 is wack and ordinary.
Guys like tupac and biggie will turn in their graves if they heard that statement.


G-unit's 2nd album is out and there is 'nt any hype and public attention for it. This tells u ITS OVER FOR 50 AND HIS CREW.d world has woken up and i'm sure that album will not go gold in a short time.

Its lil'wayne's turn after.

Its a pity a guy like papoose is'nt an 'album' rapper,he is more of a mixtape rapper. If it was'nt for that,he'd be d future.

@Hannibal,
'get rich or die tryin' was'nt 50's first album.
I'm sure 50 cant believe he made an album like that.

It is a known fact that Adebayor is underpaid.
I think wenger should stop living in d past. This days, footballers are d major players in the aspect of wages and transfer fees.
I agree with wenger when he said players have become greedy but wenger just has to flow with d tide.

@doyin13,

50cent is famously known for giving great hooks.
But 'few' people know he is not good when rapping.

eldee:
Are you sure you actually typed that?
Did you by any chance miss 'P.I.M.P', 'Many Men' or 'Window Shopper'

Compare '21 Qestions' to 'This for the street na na, it's for the radio', c'mon

When it comes to hooks, no one steps up to Fiddy's cred, c'mon this dude wrote 'Just A Lil Bit'
I'm not even a fan, but I can't just start lying

As for the comparision with Lupe

If we're talking of 'Get Rich or Die Trying' that's arguably the best rap album since Stillmatic
I don't think Lupe Fiasco can beat that

i can agree with that.


after' get rich or die tryin', what else did he do. honestly, i own a copy of that album. but i still think he is overrated.

el nino is simply great. another 4- 6 golden yrs at liverpool is all we need.

lupe fiasco is bettr than the whole g-unit crew . infact 50 cent is the worst rapper on g-unit second only to lloyd banks. young buck just killed himself by joing g-unit. i believe he did'nt even need g-unit to shine.

50 cent thrives on controversy and he is only good singing hooks. his hooks cant even match chamillionaire's hooks.

[b]50 cent is the most overrated m.c of all time. the biggest mistake in the rap wo[/b]rld. his rhymes sound silly, even i want to be a rapper because i feel i can always write bettr rhymes.

he is just another nelly, but it looks like it will take time for the world to know they 've been decieved .





and to the nas album, the upcoming album a self titled album shoud be okay but my only worry is that he is working with that D.J Khaled guy. i hope he signs off on high .

Torres scored d winning goal to silence his critics including the ones on Nairaland.com.

Against all odds,against all hordes.he stood his ground.
For a man who represents the reds for club and country.he career can only be red with goals.

We dont want quaresma.he lacks discipline.
Petrov ,elano and david silva would be good.

i'll still say it one more time. BIGGIE's death added to his prestige. if he was'nt dead he would'nt be respected like this, one classic album?.


and please life after death a classic. capital NO!


And as anyone heard the diary of mr scarface?

@ Hannibal,

its a hard one. Harder than d JAY-Z/ NaS topic.
But since tupac had more classic albums(all eyez on me,don kilumanati,2pacocalypse now) compared to biggie who just made only 1 classic album(ready to die), tupac seems better.
Or,are u one of those who believe born again was a great album?

1st of all,these gunners should take it easy . Liverpool fc has 4 players in d spanish squad but we liverpool fans are not doing like you are doin.
Spain deserved to win but i'm really impressd with senna,xavi,iniesta,torres and ramos.
I'm just happy torres scored his trademark goal tonight. Spain should try and be world champions in 2010 but they are still underachievers.