"There is no
way that we can put out an album with that title. Many retailers have
already told us - flat out - that they won't carry [an album with that
title] ... Nas' last album [Hip Hop Is Dead] sold pretty well, but not
well enough for the headache he's causing [the label]." A source reportedly told Hip Hop Game.
"If Nas doesn't change his mind, he'll be dropped. And he doesn't have to much time to come to that realization." He continued.
Contradicting rumors however, in October of 2007, Def Jam Chairman, Antonio "L.A." Reid said that they were supporting Nas 100%.
In other news…
“We support everything our artists do, everything! We stand firmly behind and beside our artists with pride and with pleasure.” Reid tells MTV.
“Anything Nas wants to do, I completely stand beside him. Nas is prolific, he’s prophetic, he’s a genius, an amazing artist of respect. So, while I’m not sure exactly all that the title entails, I know it’s smart, so I stand behind him. That’s real.”
COMMENTS
Drop Nas for speaking his mind? I will never, ever ever ever ever ever ever buy a def jam release again.
lol Nas wont get dropped i reckon itz a publicity stunt by def jam by using the controversary of the album... even if he gets dropped nas can go independent and still sell!!
yea, i really dont care who nas is signed to im buying the album... if def jam really tells him change it or get dropped i hope he keeps that shit.. ill buy it from where ever he can get it to, and be on some fuck def jam shit the rest of my life
Ok. You're an idiot if you seriously think Nas dissed the South with HHID. I'm starting to think I'm the only Southerner that didn't get offended by HHID. Shit, sayin' fuck Nas is like sayin' fuck the east coast. A Tennessee dude said that
This is fake!! Get this months XXL. This his last album on Def Jam anyway
"Fuck The Cars, The Jewlery...All I Need Is One Mic"
-One Mic
That Pretty Much Sums It Up Right There
naa its more than about nas speaking his mind... its about all dat don imus type shit and the name of the album is gonna reflect bad on hip hop........ even tho i support nas album 100% ...
This really is some bitch shit if they do.
So was NWA trying to cause controversy or were they serious?
idiot...
Yo Danger U Said That Perfectly.... Bravo
I was pretty sure HHID had good first week sales
Selling 355,880 copies in its first week, The album has sold over 750,000 copies nationally to date.
Nas dont need sales you guys think Nas is like a new artist or sumthing he did his commercial album already I Am Nastradomas those r commercial albums he got his money situtation str8 he dont need sales plus worldwide all his albums went multi-platinum. Its all about his message now
AT FIRST THEY SUPPORT HIM AND THEN THEY TELL HIM HE HAS TO CHANGE THE ALBUM TITLE BEFORE THE ALBUM CAN DE RELEASED. IF HE HAS LITTLE TIME TO CHANGE HIS MIND ITS YA'LLS FAULT DUMB ASSES CAUSE YA'LL TOLD HIM IT WAS ALL GRAVY NOW YA'LL TRYING TO SHIT ON THIS MAN. IF I WAS NAS I WOULD NOT CHANGE SHIT,I WOULD LEAVE. JUST SIGN WITH SOMEONE ELSE AND LET THEM MAKE THE MONEY THE ALBUM MAKES CAUSE YOU KNOW THE ALBUM WILL GO PLATINUM. FUCK DEF JAM.
fuck def jam.
def jam aint shit right now
jay would have release it
hope he dont change the title on some sucka shit
i think def jam need nas right now more than nas need def jam
Yea Jay wouldn't let this go down. The sales of the album would be big if they let it roll because of the controversal title. Def Jam's been slippin since LA Reid took over, its looks like he needs to be dropped. Learn it.
ReDef.
When Its All Said And Done....Even If He Changes The Name The Message Is Gonna Be The Same.....So Wus The Point??
damn what is wrong with that 2pac dropped and Album Strictly for my NIGGAZ and it wasn't no problem but nas saying NIGGER oh now it's a big problem. ya'll seen that boondock shit the "s" word..... that shit funny lock that shit up on youtube
Not to mention NWA dropped Niggaz4Life, and even back further. John Lennon & Yoko Ono have some album and their buck ass naked on their cover... Why is Nigger a problem, especially with Nas dropping it? Now if Eminem dropped it, then something's wrong
Yo I second "neva purchase a Def Jam cd or anything along that means of Def Jam" that a Hip-hop legend such as NAS can't release a album entitled Nigger, cause what it's controversial that's bullshit there's still movies that produce that word in it! Don Imbus and that bounty hunter dude use it in a nonchalant way, so who are these caucasian A and R's to treating him in that manner...
Imus has been back on air for months, and his words were nearly forgotten after he blamed Hip-Hop. You're a dumbass if you think Imus and Nas deserve the same punishment
Why would Reid say he supports him then some "source" say he's gonna get dropped? Vivendi (Universals parent company, which owns Def Jam) said Def Jam was gonna lose 84 million if Nas keeps the same title I believe.. maybe they're acting on that now.
fuck that shit why do people gotta hate for speaking your mind, what happened to freedom of speech that shit goes againts what america is supposedly all about nas do your thing fuck what anyone says, you dont need def jam
you don't even know what your talking about. And who's your favorite rapper soulja boy? kid go geyt a life.
who the hell cares?
I bet if Lil' Wayne was doin' somethin' like this, you'd care
DAMN IF THIS IS TRUE THATS FUCKED UP BUT IF NAS SELL 2MILL ON THIS CD DEFJAM WOULD BE LOOKING DUMB ASS SHIT
Announcement: This came from mediatakeout, therefore making it fake.
DawsoN Creek needs to shut the fuck up he got every negative thing to say about every rapper accept lil wayne damn who cares what you say.
your life is played out
Dictionary = hater
the jokes on def jam...
JUST WHEN HIP HOP LOOKED LIKE IT A SAVIOR IN NAS, DEF JAM GONNA FUCK SHIT UP...OH WELL IF THIS HAS EVEN AN ONCE OF TRUTH TO IT, THEN NAS NEEDS TO WALK OUT. NAS HAS ENOUGH LOOT TO START HIS OWN LABEL ANYWAYS...
fuck def jam let nas do his thing he aint dissapointed yet who give a fuck wat the title is goddamn
TRU DAT FUCK THEY TRIPPIN 4 THEY ACTIN LIKE ITS GON BE A KKK MEMBER ON THERE BURNIN A CROSS THEN POINTIN AT SOME 1 WIT THE BACKGROUND SHOWIN "NIGGER" ALL OVA IT
Hip-Hop is Dead =states facts about the game today. That the rap that takes skill from coming from the mind is all dead. Nobody cares about hip-hop any more. Ay Bay Bay, Crank that soulja boy all those songs do is just make people that don't listen hip-hop give a bad picture of it. Nigger =what the game needs right now. Lil' Wayne ain't being a positive role model. I know nas will succedd in what he's doing. Your just to fucked up in the head to understand that. Go listen to your pop lock and drop it bullshit
This is his second "outlandish" Hip-Hop title. How long you been listenin' to Hip-Hop? 2 years? You sound mad ignorant to be callin' someone like Nas played out yet callin' Lil' Wayne the best. Listen to more underground shit before making an opinion or shut the hell up
if ya gunna drop nas.. mine as well get ridda tha label cuz nas is makin it...nas speaks truth nothin but it .. drop nas cuza his title HAHAHAHA thats mistake all over it
What happened to released statements by Def Jam that they were sticking by Nas? This shit has to be a rumor. But regardless of whether he's naming his album this for attention or not I know myself and the real hip hop heads on defsounds.com will be copping the album. Nas is finna blow us all away.
210 Stand Up.
DIS ALBUM GON BE A CLASSIC WHY THE FUCK ERRBODY TRIPPIN....I SAY LEAVE IT LIKE IT IS(HATERS CAN GO EAT A DICK) ITS GON GO MULTI PLATINUM
ur the 1 trippin callin an album u probally never even heard a track from a classic an sayin its going multiplat just cus a title
Drop Nas so he can go to Shady/Aftermath or Jay-Z label with Apple
Nas keep doing your thing, i want that cd with the n word on it cause if he can't say it on a cd cover than get rid of it in books, movies, ect. Damn America get over it its said all day 24/7 but shit if i put Cracker on an album people wouldn't question it but the blacks would so go do your thang nas
If this is true....DefJam will see a serious backlash.
I agree, it's bad enough that they blamed the downfall of DefJam on Hov for his 2 ablums supposedly breaking their marketing bank...BULLSHIT.
Also for his lack of attention to "smaller" artists... again...BULLSHIT!
Jay hooked Nas up with a beautiufl $10 Million contract. If DefJam wants to drop him...fine...as long as they could pay him...oh fuckin' well.
Shit he could just go to Koch and get bread...his fanbase will follow!
DefJam is a done deal for the most part anyways. Who gives a fuck what they say, want or do. They're only hurting themselves.
Can't wait for the album! Also for anyone to sell 300,000 copies the first week...I CAN'T call that a flop!
That's a pretty decent opening week now a days!
~Be Eazy!
Nas Is the only rapper to have turned down aftermath a couple years back and to this day i think it was a mistake, but if def jam drop him their loss, although the title is controversial, HipHop has always been seen as controversial so i say if they expect you to do sumin wrong, why disapoint them and not do it, i strictly believe its not for album sales, nas has never cared less, im hoping that album will be a classic one which will remind black ppl of their roots. it was written though so im out...
I don't homie (street don)...
Nas not signing with Aftermath in my eyes was a great thing!
I mean shit... look at Aftermath NOW! Look at all of the artists that got fucked over signing with them.
I'm glad Nas didn't make that move...it kept him from being fucked over... plus he made $10 MILLION fuckin with Hov!
~Be Eazy!
Def Jam barely got any got rappers thats selling, meaning that if they drop Nas they ain't got shit left. And Nas should def drop this album regardless of what anyone says. This is an album that i'll actually go and buy and not download it. Btw, HHID was a classic!
I agree!!!! ^^^^
~Be Eazy!
hahaha... picture a white boy in da store tryin to cop this album: "ummm....uh... do you have.... N-N-N-NNNN-N-IIII... : 0 " lol best believe if he releases this theres gonna be white people smacked around in da record stores over that kind of misunderstandin!
No there wont... they'll just be white boys doin' what they do now...hci his buying another cd!
Yall blow shit waaaaay outta proportion. Like Nas's cd is gonna single-handedly (always wanted to use that phrase) bring back segregation and racism!
NEWSFLASH!!!!!! It NEVER left!!!!
~Be Eazy!
FUCK DEF JAM.......they are the same dumb asses who dropped Joe Budden..so we know they dont know shit about nothin
FUCK DEF JAM.......they are the same dumb asses who dropped Joe Budden..so we know they dont know shit about nothin
you really think def jam gives a fuck about droppin
nas?
DangerLa said it best. Nas is creative and he the very few are keepin hip hop alive barely. If Def Jam is smart they wont do it. If they do ILL NEVER BY A DEF JAM ALBUM AGAIN!!!
wtf??? if they drop nas then i gotta say they some sellouts man ahmeen i hear nigga/nigger on tv all the time now on usa movies and shit they dnt gotta problem wit it on tv and movies but let a rapper say sumin its a uproar in the fuckin community man def jam is a fuckin disgrace if they drop the best rapper in the game right now man NWA=niggas witta attitude they dropped a album niggaz4life/efil4zaggin get the fuck outta def jam
Exactly...NWA dropped that shit back when there was major tension...back when everyone was pro-black!
Now a days... especially with this brainwashed generation of kids... and muthafuckas that either are to doumb or too hood to care...
NIGGER... has none of the power it used to have!
~Be Eazy!
cosign they dropped that during the riots and shit that was going on cops was beatin up niggas and shit jus ultimate racial tension but STILL they came out and became large and hip-hop icons man and its sad cus these kids are indeed brainwashed ppl dnt got social awareness why? cus they dnt care cus they feel it dnt got nuthin to do wit their life when it has EVERYTHING to do with it lol
JUST BRING ON THE FUCKIN ALBUM AND QUIT BULLSHITIN. I DONT GIVE A FUCK WHAT HE CALLS IT ITS NAS. JUST PUT THE FUCKIN ALBUM IN STORES!
LMAO! I'm with u HYPE!
Just bring it out...DON'T Lil' Wayne us!!!
~Be Eazy!
It just goes to show how flaky this industry really has gotten. Def Jam, which used to be a haven for Hip-Hop, is now censoring ideas for fear of commercial loss
Well it does for me and I don't like the idea of making that the title of his album. I respect my ancestors and my gram dux and that's just not cool. I use the word when I'm with my peeps not gonna lie but it aint cool to be puttin that on shelves were white ppl are gonna talk ish, This is why there won't be a black president.
Also, if Nas gets dropped, he should go indie on 'em and put it out anyway, then laugh at Def Jam for shootin' themselves in the foot
Defsounds better yet Jokesta be sure to let us know where we can cop that album if Def Jam drops Nas and Nas drops Nigger discreetly.
def jam sold out a looooooooong time ago. if they drop nas or make him change the title they might as well hang it up
...and nas better not change the title. how they gonna tell a NIGGA he cant use the word?...i mean muthafuckas of evry race use it off the record, dont get mad when a rapper uses it on record. keep it official.
LOL WTH HAPPEN TO THAT DEFJAM LABEL,THEY PROB HAD THE MOST TALENTED ARTIST ANY OTHER LABEL EVER HAD.NAS SHOULD GET DROP CUZ THAT LABEL IZ IN THE "GUTTA" SO WHY DOES HE WANNA BE THERE ANYWAY?
WONT EMINEM DROP AN ALBUM CALL CRACKER.
Nnamdy is lookin' to get trashed