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Quote from: Pissin' On The Throne on January 23, 2006, 05:24:09 AMNas shouldīve gone independet coz with his fan base heīd easily sell 300k on a real indie(Koch only pays their artists 2-3$ a pop and their structured as a major). and that way he could deliever a real hip hop album coz i doubt Def Jam will let Nas' take as many risks as he did with Streetīs Disciple.Well, "Street's Disciple" was a bit of a commercial disappointment, so that's understandable from a business POV. From an artistic standpoint, tho, I really had trouble liking that album. It was too long and frankly, self-indulgent, even by Nas' own standards. I don't want Nas to go back to doing his Nas Escobar shit and working with Diddy, but there's a point where you can get too ambitious taking artistic risks and wind up fucking yourself over, and Nas definitely reached that point on "Street's Disciple".
Nas shouldīve gone independet coz with his fan base heīd easily sell 300k on a real indie(Koch only pays their artists 2-3$ a pop and their structured as a major). and that way he could deliever a real hip hop album coz i doubt Def Jam will let Nas' take as many risks as he did with Streetīs Disciple.
^^^ c'mon hate me now was a dope track...the video was shit but the track was sick...that whole album was dope. just because nas is signing to def jam doesnt mean he's gonna go pop....jay still releases dope shit (blueprint, black album, etc...)...give nas a little more credit than that
Does anyone else think nas should be where jay, dre, 50 r . Trying to build an empire not joining one ?
So the GOD MC signed his SON, Nas' prophecy came true.
donīt wanna hear anyone complain when Nas comes out doin songs with Rihanna,Teairra Mari,Memphis Bleek etc etc coz most likely thatīs whatīs gonna happen. and SD was a solid album IMO and it had an old school vibe to it that i love but i can see how some people find it hard to like it. Nas shouldīve just done his own thing coz when the majors has dictacted him what to do to sell records the results havenīt been pretty(Oochie Walley,Hate Me Now etc). but i hope Nas proves me wrong coz itīs been awhile since i heard a dope album on Def Jam.
Quote from: KURUPTION-81 on January 23, 2006, 10:31:07 AMDoes anyone else think nas should be where jay, dre, 50 r . Trying to build an empire not joining one ?I can't really see him doing that; Nas doesn't strike me as being the HNIC type...he's most definitely an MC, not a businessman, whereas Jigga's always been more of a businessman than an MC. Besides, The Firm was something of a move for Nas in that direction, and we all know how that turned out.Quote from: Pissin' On The Throne on January 23, 2006, 10:32:06 AMdonīt wanna hear anyone complain when Nas comes out doin songs with Rihanna,Teairra Mari,Memphis Bleek etc etc coz most likely thatīs whatīs gonna happen. and SD was a solid album IMO and it had an old school vibe to it that i love but i can see how some people find it hard to like it. Nas shouldīve just done his own thing coz when the majors has dictacted him what to do to sell records the results havenīt been pretty(Oochie Walley,Hate Me Now etc). but i hope Nas proves me wrong coz itīs been awhile since i heard a dope album on Def Jam.You don't know that Nas is going to go commercial - he already tried that for several years, and he got crucified for it. Nas knows his audience pretty well by now, and so does his label, so I think we can be pretty sure they'll give him (most of) the artistic liberty he needs to do what he wants."Street's Disciple" had a lot of great tracks, but as I said before, it was too self-indulgent. Nas' ego swelled a bit too much after everyone loved him again for making "Stillmatic" and "God's Son", and that album was pretty much the result of it. Some artists need to realize that there's a point where you've gotta exercise self-restraint when making "personal" music - Nas' fans may be willing to support anything he does, but I need to see more artistic consistency.
as long as Dj Premier is involved I dont care about the label..Def Jam has now 2 big releases : The Roots & Nas