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| XXL: "What About Nas"; "Why Jadakiss and Fat Joe won't make it" | |
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| Topic Started: Sep 20 2006, 03:46 PM (71 Views) | |
| Vintage | Sep 20 2006, 03:46 PM Post #1 |
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http://xxlmag.com/online/?p=4729 What About Nas? No Room For God Son In Jay-Z’s “Kingdom” Posted In: Columnists, Chronicles of a Real ’80s Baby by Sickamore Hov is back! Hov cracked the can open again! Hov’s back like Jordan wearing the 4-5! Let the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s babies all come together and rejoice in unison! Hov drops his first solo LP since 2003 on November 21st! Hov’s announces it officially on the cover of Entertainment Weekly! Ring the alarm! While I’m almost just as happy as the next man, there’s a huge pink elephant that everybody seems to be overlooking. Nasir Jones tentatively drops his album November 7th and he’s nowhere to be found on the Def jam site. He can’t be found on the radio or the streets for that matter. It’s looking more and more like Hip Hop Is Dead won’t see the light of day from now until Kingdom Come. Mr. Kelis Rogers doesn’t have anyone to blame but himself. Its been all down hill since he dropped he revoked his King Of NY status by signing to the man who impregnated his baby mother; only for her to miscarriage, or it “could’ve been an abortion” according to Carmen. The first red flags were the MTV and BET specials. Jay-Z was obviously perturbed anytime the word “Ether” came up or asked who won the 2001 battle. Remember that Rolling Stone interview a few months back? They asked Mr. President about his new signing and he damn near bit the reporter’s head off (200 cool points for anyone who can find the exact quote because the on-line edition doesn’t have the whole story). I guess someone’s soul is still burning slow. Is it merely a coincidence that Jay is dropping his most highly anticipated album 2 weeks after his “former” arch-nemesis? Could this be revenge for Nas not doing his 24 bars on “Can I Live”? One things for sure, I don’t see any evidence disproving this theory. I read all the Jay album articles and press release: no mention of Nas anywhere. But best believe when Mr. Oochie Wally signed at the dotted line, Hov found the time to do every interview, photo shoot and press opp possible. But now that Nas needs the promotion more than ever Jay-Z is missing in action, doing the same old Marcy To Madison Square “ Can I Get An Encore?” routine in Amsterdam. Nas needs you bro! Get back in the states! Hip Hop Is Dead Is supposedly coming out in roughly 7 to 8 weeks and I still haven’t heard one song. Not one flyer. No world tours for the Queensbridge capo. His first look is not even a Def Jam song, but his wife’s new single “Blindfold Me“. Noreaga, LL Cool J, The Roots and Method Man have all complained about the promotion of their respective projects. All seem to slightly slight El Presidente’ for their problem. It’s unfortunate but Nas will more than likely suffer the same slow death as the rest of the 90’s All-Stars. My advice to Nasir? Go crazy. I’m talking summer-of-2002-f*ck-summerjam-Nore-needs-to-step-his-rap-game-up crazy! They’re playing with your future homie. The world needs Nas to put the war paint on and set everything straight. 50 is not the enemy here. Don’t depend on the label to “get it”. I’ve been hearing through the grapevine that your album is amazing. So I need more than 300,000 people to hear it. It’s your time now. Don’t wait until Kingdom Come. ________________________________________ _____________________ http://xxlmag.com/online/?p=4751 Why Fat Joe and Jadakiss can’t make it Neither one of them is very appealing to women. Nullus. Posted In: Columnists, Bol's Saturday Night Workout by Byron Crawford Here’s a thought: If hip-hop is ever going to break out of its current commercial rut, it should probably work on making itself more attractive to a female audience. Last week or maybe a couple of weeks ago I did a story on how a generation of young Caucasian-ass crackas is turning its collective back on hip-hop, but that’s only part of the story. If you notice, most of these young bands being embraced by the tall Israelis at Viacom appeal primarily to women. I don’t get to kick it with high school kids as often as I’d like (no John Wayne Gacey), but I can’t imagine that very many guys that age are into gay-ass bands like Fall Out Boy and Panic! At the Disco. xxlmag.com’s own “Rey” would be an obvious exception, but he’s not even that young. And if you notice, all of the top-selling albums these days are by the kind of artists who would appeal primarily to women. While rap albums by artists like the Roots and Method Man are struggling to sell 60,000 copies, Beyonce’s Bi’det album did something like 600,000 copies its first week out. Ironically, most of this crap is written and produced by men, which is why you don’t see the likes of Timbaland, DJ Premier, and Will.i.am passing around a hat lest the bank end up forclosing on their daddy’s house. It’s the rappers themselves who are suffering more so than anyone else. Watching XXL’s new DVD, I couldn’t help but chuckle a bit (no SexyBack) as Fiddy revealed how he worried whether or not his new weed carrier Hot Rod would be attractive enough to sell very many records. Beyond just how cynical it all was, it also struck me as rather teh ghey. But maybe Fiddy does have a point: As much as we criticize him for posing with his shirt off and making so many songs for the b*tches, he does happen to be the best-selling rapper out right now. Could the real reason Fat Joe and Jadakiss can’t sell any records be attributed to the fact that one is a huge, Michelin Man-looking Puerto Rican and the other one looks like a Ninja Turtle? After all, it’s not like both of them haven’t made their share of songs for the b*tches as well. |
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| supaboy47 | Sep 20 2006, 05:03 PM Post #2 |
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good stuff bruh very truthful |
"The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous."  [Blazing Heat Dynasty] | |
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| Vintage | Sep 20 2006, 05:35 PM Post #3 |
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Yeah... i think that Nas Jay beef will restart, Jay has a point to prove, cause he lost the beef to Nas in the end. |
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| SkiLLzSince85' | Sep 21 2006, 02:24 AM Post #4 |
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why battle again??? Jay already won the war....He signed Nas and he's raping him by putting his album out around the same time, leaving Nas with little to no promotion. |
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| Vintage | Sep 21 2006, 02:04 PM Post #5 |
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Yup, Jay has raped Nas, and he won the war, but the general reaction from everybody when they were beefing and the disses were flying was that Nas won, even Jay admitted it. |
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| Swiff Epics | Sep 21 2006, 05:56 PM Post #6 |
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thats true as fuck, im disapionted with jayz's business right now, everythings about him n b and all thre best def jam artists are suffering. Jay lost the battle but it looks like he'll win the war |
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| Vintage | Sep 21 2006, 06:29 PM Post #7 |
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Yup, Nas is a fool for letting it happen to himself, Jay has fucked up so many artists, like Meth and DMX for example. |
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