no reply since, after all the 'too whack for me to reply'? we're getting impatient o.

but we know he's taking the time to perfect his 7-syllable-rhyme-scheme. and to get corinne bailey rae to do the hook.

♫ ooooh yeaaah. . . eeeeldeeeee left waaaackstein with a craaaacked spiiiiiiine ♫

nah, not you, bamsyle. 'mediocrity' is the bullsh-it i was ignoring.

it's not like jay-z constantly 'experiments' or that it's his knack for 'experimenting' that keeps him relevant. collision course spawned a hit single, for two songs that were already both hit singles. look at his other attempts at 'experimentation'. both of his collabo albums with r kelly were certified flops.

when he decides to vex and release pure hip hop albums, he drops black album, reasonable doubt, blueprint, american gangster. when he wants to collabo and do party/pop/mainstream tracks, he drops unfinished business, best of both worlds, blueprint 2, blueprint 3, etc.

tell me which jay-z you'd rather listen to.

'experimentation' is overrated, and shouldn't even be in this discussion.

nas just needs to drop more stuff like 'film' and get on with his life.

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Life's a fog at night red brake lights
The freeway beside a restaurant
Cold egg whites sat on my plate like
3 AM this is a spot frequented by some made men
I'm high on hemp a fly old love-vendor
Just walked in, his suit was shark skin,
He woke me up from some of the thoughts I'm lost in
What fame does to niggas, change love to bitterness
Friends to fiends for the audience screams ridiculous
Jumped up, paid the tab got in my Benz and went
To my old housing tenement, visit my old friends
Some show love and some are envious
Some got the heart of gold, some venomous
At times I wanna go back to being penniless
Ignorance is bliss, i love being innocent
Ugh, but life's got me on the fence again
And all is real so all's worth mentioning.

CHORUS:
If I could press pause, or fast forward past the hardness
Visions written bring words to life like I'm smitten with
Memories real, still ill, now I appeal (appear?) crisp like film

Ice on gold from mossbergs to golf clubs
Ninth hole, the white rose, the life I chose
Bandanna over the eye, Dior sandals
Car doors rise with no touch of the handles
Capiche? Capri style, it's on beaches and islands
Far from police sirens at least for a weekend
then it's back to the streets creepin
I'd like to make a free toast of champagne on behald of this nigga speaking
Add a splash to the Seagrams
Roll the hash for my world renowned goons this evening
As i circle the table like Babe Ruth
Louisville Slugger in my grip for a fake dude
Bat to the brain with brute force
Splatter my cream velour suit
They hit me with lawsuit
I slip in your LovePeddler coupe
Your b*tch hate you, word to Jesus

[ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/film-lyrics-nas.html ]

Bet you never knew she toot yay and play with a gay crew
OGs hate to make way for the new
Young niggas want Polo ain't f*cking with J Crew
It's safe to say I was once young and innocent
But look what I know now, is all worth mentioning

CHORUS:
If I could press pause, or
fast forward past the hardness
Visions written bring words to life like I'm smitten with
Memories real, still ill, now I appear (appeal?) crisp like film

I speak to the street life
The executive chief types
The felons, young mothers with kids they trying to feed right
The botega wearers modern day Che Guevaras
Cuz I barely survived crazy eras
Honest, always make good on my promise
I don't talk it I do it you can hold me to it
I was born to this life I didn't invent it
But I'd be wrong not to take a few meal tickets
You and I are real different, we don't share the same beliefs
Fight in the ring or buy ringside seats
Either you like beef or you like to spectate
Give me gloves, and I'ma do it how the refs say
We touch em and we come out tussling
The ghetto is my garden of eden
So I keep bobbing and weaving
It's intense so I'm hardly breathing
KO, and the winner is Nas, that's how the scene ends

CHORUS:
If I could press pause, or
fast forward past the hardness
Visions written bring words to life like I'm smitten with
Memories real, still ill, now I appeal (appear?) crisp like film

sick beat, street poetry, crazy flow, internal rhymes, metaphors, etc.

what more could you possibly want?

i expect to hear more sick verses on lost tapes 2, i just hope the beats are up to par.

He calls her in front of you and tells you all about her.

He REALLY likes her. Maybe he doesn't know that he might have romantic feelings for her. He definitely likes being around her and likes to keep in touch with her. As THE woman in his life, you need to do something about that. Quickly.

Make him assure you he'll be with you, or if he feels he loves her more than he loves you, let him go and be with the woman of his dreams. There's not much you can do at this stage if your man doesn't know how close he should get to other women.

eldee:

But it is . . . it's an experiment that worked. He won't deny it.
2000s Nas is a failed experiment.

Nope. It's not an experiment. He used samples from many genres. Everyone flips samples this day. do you think they flip samples from hip hop? They flip jazz samples, they flip classic soul and all that. You don't call that 'experimenting'. You call that PRODUCING.
So, can you tell me what you need to do to make a pure 'non-experimenting' hip hop beat, with or without sampling?

From Bamsyle that came up with the genius excuse for Nas' mediocrity.

Will ignore that bullsh-it.

Eminem is the most versatile rapper ever. . .

The most versatile at using a single flow and rapping about the same things and STILL keeping his stans. Yeah, he raps in a crazy high pitched Arabian accent for a whole album and the stans still wet their pants over him. He's definitely doing something right.

I'd take Recovery over every of Nas' recent albums, maybe not Distant relatives. . . 2000s Nas' is a typical example of how not to make good albums.

Riiiiiight.

Let's see what the critics have to say.

http://www.metacritic.com/person/nas
http://wireless.metacritic.com/music/artists/eminem/recovery
http://wireless.metacritic.com/music/artists/eminem/relapse

EVERY SINGLE NaS album from Stillmatic to Untitled got a higher score than Recovery and Relapse.

Recovery was so un-f-ucking-believably boring.

Bamsyle.:

Nas doesn't switch his style, Jay-Z does that a lot, check out his perpetually changing rap pattern from "Reasonable Doubt" to "BP3" . . . and that doesn't mean he's better than Nas . . . I'm very cool with Nas' style - only hardcore R'n'B fans and 'em other genres can label Nas a mediocre rapper.

Exactly.
The moment Nas gets reggae beats and spits THE EXACT SAME SH-IT he's been spitting for years he's suddenly 'really sick' again.

F-UCKING HATERS!

eldee:

Jay-Z never did anything with Fela on any album, it's a couple of producers playing around . . . Nas on the other hand did Warrior Song with African drums and Fela samples, Can't Forget About You with Nat King Cole samples, Bridging the Gap had the Country Music influences and you tell me he's not being experimenting??

lol @ trying different samples being called 'experimenting'.
Kanye's whole discography should just be called one BIG experiment.

He's been touring with a rock band since 2007 homie . . . he only just switched to Damian and K'naan recently.
My point is, it's not that Nas doesn't want to do it, he lacks the ability to . . . and in my own opinion that leaves him looking like the other 967 rappers out there.

And how did this 'experimenting' argument come up anyways?

Eminem's never 'experimented', you stans aren't tired of him yet.

It's his beat selection and his subject matter. MOSTLY his beat selection. It's not bad, maybe it's not catchy enough. And it's not like Nas isn't as good a rapper as Eminem, or Eminem's beats have been much better recently. I guess we'll never know how he does it.

I'd rather listen to Untitled than Relapse or Recovery.

probably the mid-to-late 90's.

and for example, we saw the best music from the best lyricists in the 90's. Talib Kweli was on some other sh-it along with Mos Def in Blackstar, with Hi-Tek, obviously '94 - '99 Nas, Wu, ALL the Wu debut albums, etc.

ebeledi's right.

we just hear the wrong sh-it on the radio now. i could say there are even MORE ill cats out there right now.

Seriously?

googles:



i feel honored my good man. . . .thank you

that's all you're going to say? you ingrate. don't make me re-dedicate my 500th post to someone else.

we'll chat again some other time aight? going to crash. nighty night.

googles:



fun of you ke ? many will kill to attain that height 

yeah yeah yeah. now you're talking.

it's not easy o. to just have 500 posts like that. it takes time. . . and effort. . . and dedication and all that.

so how do you feel, about my landmark post being dedicated to you?

stillwater:

I like it.

good taste!

Are you trying to make fun of me or something?

googles:

Dat means. . .i dont want to get you into trouble with chiogo

your 500th post huh. . . thanks

what she doesn't know won't kill her.

yes o. my 500th. how many people have THAT many posts?

Aaaalright.

Whatever that means. . .

And my 500th post is dedicated to you.

googles:

haba. . . .yea my internet is messed up i would have i really would have

alright. you're forgiven.

so u dont love me anymore 

aww. . . don't be so sad.
i didn't love you that much anyways.

[size=4pt]if chiogo catches me professing my love to you i'm dead.[/size]

googles:

Ok i must confess i did not listen to it

u suck.
i don't love you anymore. you have no excuse unless your internet is really slow.

but i read the lyrics you posted

they are nice . . . .

this is thebomb.com as in it wowed me like ten times over

Yup yup yup.

Metaphors everywhere. . .

I lied.

How else was I supposed to get your attention? lol

Do try to listen to this track before you press the x at the top right. You know I always put you on that good stuff.

Just try to listen to the 2nd verse.

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Lyrics

Thee Tom Hardy
Let’s blaze, what a way to escape
What’s a way for you to waste away your days of mistakes?
Eyes glossy, glazed-over like, donuts and cakes
You’re happy with somebody so you wish and hope that it’s fate
But what if it’s fake? Hell of a scam, the whole time
All for the pie, you know, key lime
If it all ended today, at least you tried
It was a nice ride, time to go inside
Yourself and take a look at the person and how it’s hurtin’
like how could somebody love you for years and then desert ya
What’s the whole purpose? Experience of learnin?
Exterior is strong but inside you’re certainly burnin’
Take two of these that’s the remedy for anything
You could be happy or else, at least pretend to be
Own biggest enemy, killin’ self slow
They tell you hold on loose but never let go

Tunji
I still remember the first time I realized that life wasn’t picture perfect
My father packing up his things to leave his kids deserted
The rain reflecting off the windows as it hit the surface
I wonder if he thinks the sh-it was worth it
As I sit here and write another one
Puffin on another blunt
Zonin til’ my buzz is done
Proud to be my mother’s son
See, she taught me to always be calm and pensive
And live my life without ever regrettin mistakes and consequences
My strongest lessons as a young fella
You see I’ve done hella runnin through the rain with no umbrella
But no complainin it just forced us to become better
Wintertime – one sweater
Dinnertime – crumbs fed us
I sit and think about the wisdom that I’ve gained
Reminiscin as I listen to the rhythm of the rain
I’m driven and persistent with my vision and my aim
If I did it all again I would live this all the same

Kno
I’m storm chasin
And she’s an F-5 with a sex drive that’ll leave me tied to her bedside
Hurricane hips, stoppin all progression
Serotonin levels drop, tropical depression
She is my professor and I’ve been taught a lesson
That in the eye of the storm the pressures barometric
She knows I’m wary of her gameplan
But when she gambles she can count on me
I’m her Rain Man
Damn shame man, the fly stewardess
Mental turbulence, head off in the cumulus
Blamin the weather or whatever for her moodiness
My main star but I’m barely on her radar
And so my heart sinks – or the pain floats
I’m in a shitstorm, shoulda wore a raincoat (later on in the album he confirms that he did impregnate someone.)
The clouds break and I can tell its over
Cus she’s my sunshine but I’m catchin melanoma.

Seriously, you know this is probably better than anything J. Cole's released recently.

Stop hatin'.

And I'm guessing that guy is a Nigerian. I wouldn't know though, Serena's sister was called Yetunde. . .

And why does J. Cole says the word 'Ville' in every song?

Nope. I'm not interested in Gucci Mane's album.

And I've lost interest in The Game too.

I haven't been feeling Kanye's stuff like that recently.

Nicki Minaj? I just want to see what she can do. Not like I'm hoping it will be good. If it's bad, I want to know how bad it is. lol

And of course, J. Cole? Been waiting for the album for 2 years now. . . Hope it's not pop!

he's dropping sick track after sick track. i'm beginning to worry about what is left to be on the album. perhaps they were too lyrical and had to be thrown out to create space for more of his singing?

villematic is so sick. heard theere's a mixtape coming soon too.

Enough of the 'sick tracks' jor. Let's hope his album isn't poppy. Do you think Jay-Z doesn't intend to milk this muhfugga?

Nice one.

Can't wait. Really liked her first album.

This really needs a new topic, but I'll just do this here.

Eldee, I'm tired of seeing this stuff and overlooking it, but how have Nas' last few albums been 'mediocre'?

Distant Relatives
Untitled
Hip Hop Is Dead
Street's Disciple

Of the four, there's only one you can say comes close to average-below average, and it's Street's Disciple. And before that, the only one below average is Nastradamus.

Is it because he's dropped Illmatic, Stillmatic and IWW that we're allowed to compare his recent stuff to his old stuff?

I don't see anyone saying 'BP3 was wack because it's not like Reasonable Doubt' or 'Recovery is no MMLP'.

Cut him some slack. If you look past the production on Hip Hop Is Dead, you'll see that it's a wonderful album. And it's not like the production is bad.

The only discography I'd rate as good as Nas' is Jay's.

@Osama10

We can all see the seriousness in his face looking for a serious relationship.

LMFAO
LWKMD

The guy needs woman now.

As you can see, boys are not smiling. lmao

400k is definitely NOT called 'doing badly' these days. . .

It's usually tracks that didn't make his older albums.

The only album in Nas' discography that tops the original Lost Tapes IMO is iLLmatic. And MAYBE It Was Written.

I'm not sure I want to hear tracks that were deemed not good enough to be on Street's Disciple or Hip Hop Is Dead. Those albums were bad enough already.

I don't know for this tigress again o. I've tried all the paraga, burantashi, she's still complaining!

chiogo:

OMG this maedan, I got this, iight? chill 

lmao
yeah, you got this. lol

It's hot in here. 

you've started again o. when i start now you'll say the zone is not comfortable!

I'll have to go think about that and get back to you. 

take your time.

What do you mean shack alomo?

you'll know what i mean when i have you crying tears of joy after my extraordinary performance.

and why don't you pick the comfortable zone? Damn, I need a 'can-do' man. lmao!

i do everything else! do something yourself for once!

Inked_Nerd:


Hehehe, I'm not picking on your English my dear. I'm simply going by what you wrote. Can you blame me? Yes, I will answer you. There is no difference in terms of why women would want to chase a man. A man and a women chasing is the same thing. The only thing that is different is what is between our legs. This whole "this is a man's world" stuff is only an excuse for me to assert their beliefs on "who wears the pants" in society. This ridiculous double standard continues to exist because for whatever reason people seem to buy into it. Its like when a man sleeps with 10 girls, no one will think anything of it. If anything they might give the guy a round of applause, then when a woman does it, she is pelted names and insults. Does the man not fall into the same boat as well? Is he not guilty of the same crime?

You're right. You do have a point. But that was why I used 'society'. I'm speaking for the ladies when I say in their best interests they shouldn't 'chase' because it does leave them open to be taken advantage of. You hardly see a guy that women desperately want to have se-x with, for the sake of se-x alone. There aren't too many that don't go by the name D'banj. And it's not like he isn't worth millions anyways. But guys? You said it yourself, a guy who sleeps with 10 hot girls is seen as a bad guy. A woman who does the same is called a *beep*. Society frowns on such, I guess. The guy she might be 'chasing' might frown on such.

That's why I wouldn't advice a woman to 'chase'. They can, but they should be very careful about it.

What do you think?