http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.19167/title.nas-says-hip-hop-has-to-thank-god-for-jay-z/
keep in mind. nas is $6mil in debt
keep in mind. nas is $6mil in debt
Nas says that hip hop should thank GOD for Jay-Z
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What's that, sir? EVERY successfull mainstream rapper played an "instrumental role" in the corporatization of the art form and there were MANY successful mainstream rappers before Jay-Z came along. If you're going to blame Jay... then you should also blame, Nas, 2pac, Biggie, Wu Tang, NWA, etc...
Sir, the ONLY difference between now and then... is NOW the corporations have a complete grip over it and so gangster rap isn't even marketed to the "streets" but to white boys and girls who live in suburbs. That's why I, sir... laugh when I see these underground/bay, super gangster rappers try to emulate mainstream rap artist sound.
If anything Jay-Z, Kanye, Nas, and a handful of others are the FEW real artist left in the game who actually respect the art form aspect of it.
Sir, the ONLY difference between now and then... is NOW the corporations have a complete grip over it and so gangster rap isn't even marketed to the "streets" but to white boys and girls who live in suburbs. That's why I, sir... laugh when I see these underground/bay, super gangster rappers try to emulate mainstream rap artist sound.
If anything Jay-Z, Kanye, Nas, and a handful of others are the FEW real artist left in the game who actually respect the art form aspect of it.
He would be right... being book smart and being ignorant are not mutually exclusive. Just because their parents forced them to spend their teenage years studying their ass off to get into a name-brand university doesn't mean they know their ass from their elbow. You'll find just as many ignorant people in the halls of Harvard as you will in the halls of Queensbridge... generally speaking, both groups are unable to leave the small mental boxes they've occupied their whole lives because they've mostly only been exposed to people who look, talk, act and think exactly like them. In fact, IMO there's no two other groups of people in the country who share so much in common while being raised to believe that they share nothing in common.
yeah it was. you even listen to the album? he just did it to do something different that interests him. thats what he always does as a musician. just because you dont like it or it was popular doesnt make it less than what it really was. i'm not a complete fan of Kanye, he seems like a douchebag but he keeps it real, raps about what he knows and what he lives and always does things different in his music every album before even knowing or thinking it can be popular. i guess i like maybe 50% of his shit but i still understand he's a real artist and puts in alot of blood sweat and tears to make his albums.
808 & heartbreaks should be instrumental album imo, beats are hella dope, but most of the time his autotune singing sucks. autotune thing was kinda good idea, like all the beats are minimalistic and cold and adding that robotic voice could work, but it didn't. i liked kanyes autotune sining in that jeezy song tho.
good thing mike dean is in kanyes camp, he mixed that album perfectly
good thing mike dean is in kanyes camp, he mixed that album perfectly