Nas ruins one of his best songs just to make a petty Kelis diss

[TraceOneInfinite]

This has got to be one of the all-time petty moves in rap.  I was in a (rare) good mood today and this old Nas classic from 06' (the last year of hip-hop) came to my mind.  So I went to Itunes to put it on repeat.

Nas "Can't Forget About You" - 

One of Nas' most heartwarming songs.  And it's reflective for the listener (in the way other Nas classics like "Just a Moment") can make you reflect on your own life.  And one of the most heartwarming lines in "Can't Forget You" is a line for the listener to reflect back on special moments in THEIR life like "the woman with whom YOU first made love".   Notice, Nas is using the second person.

"Some things are forever
some things are not
It's the things we remember
that made the world hot
and fit in your mind in a place so snug
Like with whom is the woman
that YOU first made love"



But if you listen to the current version on Itunes he ruins it by inserting a petty diss to Kelis:

"Some things are forever
Some things are not
Like my mom's cooking I'll never forget
And my x-wife (Kelis) that made me sick"

and then cuts to the chorus (LAME)

[Soopafly DPGC]

This has got to be one of the all-time petty moves in rap.  I was in a (rare) good mood today and this old Nas classic from 06' (the last year of hip-hop) came to my mind.  So I went to Itunes to put it on repeat.

Nas "Can't Forget About You" - 

One of Nas' most heartwarming songs.  And it's reflective for the listener (in the way other Nas classics like "Just a Moment") can make you reflect on your own life.  And one of the most heartwarming lines in "Can't Forget You" is a line for the listener to reflect back on special moments in THEIR life like "the woman with whom YOU first made love".   Notice, Nas is using the second person.

"Some things are forever
some things are not
It's the things we remember
that made the world hot
and fit in your mind in a place so snug
Like with whom is the woman
that YOU first made love"



But if you listen to the current version on Itunes he ruins it by inserting a petty diss to Kelis:

"Some things are forever
Some things are not
Like my mom's cooking I'll never forget
And my x-wife (Kelis) that made me sick"

and then cuts to the chorus (LAME)

Weird.  I hadn't heard of this happening where artists will go back in and redo songs on Itunes (other than clean edits).  Was this a recent change?  Wonder how many other songs out there have alternate versions on ITunes that we don't know about.

[TraceOneInfinite]

Weird.  I hadn't heard of this happening where artists will go back in and redo songs on Itunes (other than clean edits).  Was this a recent change?  Wonder how many other songs out there have alternate versions on ITunes that we don't know about.

Exactly homie.  That's what is so petty about it.  He actually went and changed it just to make some lame shot at Kelis, on an otherwise heartwarming song.  And it was totally a selfish move, because the o.g. song isn't about him, it's sharing memories that we all went through that we all can relate to.  Like Tyson losing to Douglass--I can still remember that and it's a fight I still watch over and over again.

But I can't relate to loving my mom's cooking and my wife's cooking making me sick.  That line sticks out like a sore thumb in the song.  Totally lame and unnecessary.