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I haven't heard Akrobatik's solo stuff, but heard him with Lif and Fakts One when they formed The Perceptionists. Black Dialogue a must have in the collection :)Quote:
Originally Posted by MacWQ33
I also didn't know NAS was this damn good. I taken a liking to the Hip-hop Is Dead album. So I did learn something as well :) And I hope everyone gain appreciation to taking in some new music they wouldn't have otherwise bothered to listen to or discover.
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Originally Posted by thcbongman
Oh man...I also think 'Hip Hop Is Dead' is a solid quality album. The good news is it's probably his fourth best album. You HAVE to DL "Illmatic"...1994...that's the album he's known for...one of the best in history. Then "It Was Written" has some unbelievable shit on it. His next two albums after that were kind of no good for some reason....then he came back with "Stillmatic" in 2001 and that blew me and the hip hop world away once again. So I'd suggest at least getting a few of those if not all three..you won't be dissapointed...if you like Nas nowadays...you'll love his stuff back in the day and a few years back...when he was in his prime (I guess he kinda still is though).
acid raindrops- people under the stairs
and of course anything by sublime or MAC DRE
While we are on the subject of Nas. "I Gave You Power" I believe is not only one of the best hip hop songs of all time...but best songs of all time (no bullshit)...the whole song is a metaphor..it's got a storyline in there...and the details are down to a pin....Amazing...You gotta listen through the whole song though..each verse gets better and relays back to the preceding verse.
Here's another one of the most creative songs ever thought up (read the quotes carefully)...whoever reads it is going to have to DL it..I guarentee..it's a lot better in sound than text trust me. (Most of his songs don't condone violence like this...but it's a fact of life, and he decribes it very skillfully).
Nas - "Rewind"
Listen up gangstas and honeys with ya hair done
Pull up a chair hon' and put it in the air son
Dog, whatever they call you, god, just listen
I spit a story backwards, it starts at the ending
The bullet goes back in the gun
The bullet hole's closin this chest of a nigga
Now he back to square one
Screamin, "Shoot don't please"
I put my fifth back on my hip
It's like a VCR rewindin a hit
He put his hands back on his bitch
My caravan doors open up
I jumped back in the van and closed it shut
Goin reverse, slowly prepared
My nigga Jungle utters out somethin crazy like, "Go he there"
Sittin in back of his chair, we hittin the roach
The smoke goes back in the blunt, the blunt gets bigger in growth
Jungle unrolls it, put his weed back in the jar
The blunt turns back into a cigar
We listen to Stevie, it sounded like heavy metal fans
Spinnin records backwards of AC/DC
I give my niggas dap, jump out the van back first
Back upstairs, took off the black shirt
I'm in the crib with the phone to my ear
Listen up so y'all can figure out the poem real clear
The voice on the phone was like, "Outside right we"
So with my mouth wide, holdin my heat
Bullets I had plenty to squeeze, plenty for ya
'Cause Jungle said, "Block your on enemies the"
Hung up the phone, then the phone rang <phone ringing>
I'm laid in the bed thinkin 'bout this pretty young thing
Who left, she came back, her clothes just fell to the rug
She fell to my bed and gave me a hug
I told her, "No hell"
She talkin 'bout, "Me kiss"
Bobbed her head then spit the nut back in my dick
Started suckin with no hands, a whole lotta spit
Then got up and put her bra back on her tits
Got fully dressed and told me, "Stressed really I'm"
Picked up her Gucci bag and left her nigga behind
Walkin through the door, she rang the bell twice
I vomited Vodka back in my glass with juice and ice
The clock went back from three, to two, to one
And that's about the time the story begun
That's when I first heard the voicemail on the cell
It said, "Son we found that nigga we gotta kill"
<Message Beep>
Ay yo son, ay yo son, you hear me, you hear me?
Listen man, this dude right on the block, right now, man
I found him, right now, I see him right now!
Let's kill him)
<Message Beep>
"Yo, this Nas, leave it. Peace"
that new NAS album does sound pritty good. iv always liked this man. hes a good artist. and personally i still think hes in his prime.but 1 question as for that "Hip Hop Is Dead" song, wats that beat in the back. its from a classic old song.
The song uses a sample from Iron Butterfly's "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida". If you've ever heard another Nas song called "Thief's Theme"...it uses the same drum sampled just slowed down a bit. "Hip Hop Is Dead"...the song...is pretty good, but it's definitely one of my least favorites on the album. I really don't think he should have used it as his first single...maybe second or third.Quote:
Originally Posted by station
Then again, I hate when people judge artists/albums because of the first single. It's usually just a catchy..sometimes corny song...that is most of the time the worst or one of the worst songs on the album. Jay-Z and Eminem have perfected this...but if you listen to the rest of their albums...the single always stands alone in it's catchiness and/or corniness lol.
ill have to listen to the rest of the cd cause honestly iv only heard "Hip Hop Is Dead"but ya thanks for clearing that up for me it was bugging that crap outta me every time i heard it. lol.
i know wat ya mean when ya said about the whole singles on Artists cds. people only listen to the 1 song and judge the whole cd. this happens a lot to Metal. but wat the fuck do i care. i love my music. i listen to a cd from to back. maybe ill go buy NAS's cd when i go out later. need to add a lil more to my Hip Hop collection