tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879397154903205949.post7653823951916446068..comments2023-03-28T14:39:22.194-07:00Comments on the antireal.: Nas: Most Frustrating Rapper AliveTrey Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16589006200813108939noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879397154903205949.post-47348042443607654532008-07-17T17:49:00.000-07:002008-07-17T17:49:00.000-07:00tray -- i'm not gonna argue this because other tha...tray -- i'm not gonna argue this because other than "Sly Fox" (i don't like FOX News either, O'Reilly especially, but that's his most generic/weakest argument on the album save the bit about News Corp./New York Post) you're completely caricaturing his argument by cherry-picking. and Prodigy's posts are retarded, and not really in a funny way.<BR/><BR/>table -- this isn't a stan thing promise, but i just get a streamlined, second-rate Timbaland feel from that song. all the synth and choral effects might be cooler if Polow's drums were betterTrey Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16589006200813108939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879397154903205949.post-69791589422476523062008-07-17T15:32:00.000-07:002008-07-17T15:32:00.000-07:00"Let's Get This Paper" is -ESSENTIAL- Polow. So r..."Let's Get This Paper" is -ESSENTIAL- Polow. So ridiculous.TableOfElementshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08272387200243168746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879397154903205949.post-56649165939148344042008-07-17T12:25:00.000-07:002008-07-17T12:25:00.000-07:00berto -- i think "Y'all My Niggas" has an interest...berto -- i think "Y'all My Niggas" has an interesting concept and i agree with Nas that you can't just get rid of the word at this point, but again, curse of the wack beats. the keyboards on that sound real cheap. i mentioned this elsewhere but i think the guy should release on acapella version of this album so people can do remixes <I>Black Album</I>-style.<BR/><BR/>i have some stuff to take care of in a bit, but i'll check your review when i get back.<BR/><BR/>tray -- think some dude named Butta produced "Throw Some D's" and Polow co-produced (the added synths?) and i don't think lyrically this is half-assed at all. i think the people who do just fundamentally disagree with where he's coming from here. personally i think the guy's bringing up a lot of relevant issues, especially given this election year. i appreciate it because other rappers might've take an easy "the hood's fucked up, white people don't care" approach, but Nas covers a bunch of different issues in a pretty reasonable way, both regarding white racism and the problems within the black community itself.Trey Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16589006200813108939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879397154903205949.post-72621058042997970362008-07-17T11:31:00.000-07:002008-07-17T11:31:00.000-07:00I think Throw Some D's was a great song. That's th...I think Throw Some D's was a great song. That's three great beats for Polow. I also might add Love In This Club and Gotta Dollar. As for Nas, I think you're being way too kind to him, and would actually recommend Pitchfork's spot-on-for-once review. They sum it up here: "On Untitled you get to decide whether you prefer Nas thoroughly exploring half-assed concepts or half-assedly exploring thorough concepts. Note the distinction: Either he's missing obvious targets or hitting ones not worth aiming at." As for Louis Farrakhan, that song sums up the whole album. Pick a slightly controversial title, then say nothing controversial whatsoever, in fact, nothing at all about Farrakhan - in fact, don't say anything at all besides this tired "Nas is a rebel to America" bullshit. It's hard to tell whether this is all a cynical marketing ploy, or whether he's really just this dumb, but it doesn't matter much.Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06495408546806192092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879397154903205949.post-20235465486725831812008-07-17T07:05:00.000-07:002008-07-17T07:05:00.000-07:00I really appreciate the distinction you made regar...I really appreciate the distinction you made regarding "Louis Farrakhan." Nas isn't trying to be anti-semitic here. I do agree that "America" and "N.I.G.G.E.R (The Slave and The Master)" are two of the best on the album, but do you really think tracks like "You Can't Stop Us Now," "Queens Get The Money," and "Ya'll My Niggas" aren't just as interesting for their flow/wordplay/content (all three combined?)? This is going to be a bit of a shameless plug here, but I talk a bit about the sub-narrative of Nas' leaving the ghetto and becoming enlightened in my review, and I'd love to know your thoughts.Bertohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05564026256366277474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1879397154903205949.post-40681211794678871122008-07-16T22:52:00.000-07:002008-07-16T22:52:00.000-07:00I am posting a review tomorrow. In short, I very m...I am posting a review tomorrow. In short, I very much enjoy Nas's rapping on this record--the flow, the cadences, the assonance--but the notion that it's a landmark political record doesn't do it for me.Joeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09620135691106123184noreply@blogger.com