NaS, all day everyday. Name another rapper as good, still alive, consistent and fresh as him that been down since before Eazy died and wu released 'forever'???
I noticed a pattern on this site, I noticed that all northern songs ya'll say its good. But southern songs ya'll have all these negative comments. Why is that?
1st of all stop bitching cas no1 from da sound can make something this hot
2nd we just call it as we see it nigga damn i seen dudez on here say some south shit is nice so stfu n y'all south dudez do da same shit 2 just sayin shit bout ny songs 2 just 2 cas u from da south...so stop hatin
jaykidd1
First of all When Nas spits something you gotta respect it because it's NAsir Jones. and also Wtf are you saying, If something from the south is hot Y would I say it's Garbage the only reason that doesnt happen often is because there are not that many HipHop heads right now (in the game) but chill with that sensitive shit it's very bitch-like. I have some real Southern shit but yah shoot'em out for some reason. You don't even give em a chance just cause they are on some shit you don't get. SAD
it's because some people are biased against the north and some people are biased against the south. some people have the twisted idea that everything has to be lyrical, some people don't.
it doesn't really matter what region it is, they all can release hot tracks. get the fuck over it, otherwise you're just dickriding the north.
cuz all the south do is make catchy hooks with a catchy beat and say dumb shit over the rest of the song, u can go try n compare any south artist to someone like nas, u wont find no one close.
Jay-z Iz da GOAT. Yea i said it. Da FUCKIN GOAT. HONESTLY HOW LONG CAN FANS SWING 4RM BIG AND PAC'S NUTS.JAY PASSED BIGGIE OUT ON HIZ 3RD ALBUM.REEL TALK."REASONABLE DOUBT" IZ BETTER THAN ANY PAC ALBUM. AND JAY RIPPED NAS ON DAT SUPER UGLY!!!!!!! "I CAME IN UR BENTLEY BACK SEAT/SKEETED IN UR JEEP LEFT CONDOMS OR UR BABY SEAT" AND IF DATS NOT ENUFF. DOWNLOAD BLUEPRINT 2(THE SONG NOT THE ALBUM)PLUS HOVA HAD DA BEST VERSE ON "BLACK REPUBLICANS" AND DAT IZ MY FAVORITE SONG OF ALL TIME.NAS IZ NICE BUT HE AINT FUCKIN WIT JIGGA.!!!END OF STORY!!!
Jay cant fuck with Nas period...JAy is on another level i giv him great respect but Nas oh shit dat nigga is smthin else...and wayne,cassidy r getting there...banks(r u serious), lupe (prolly the closes) and Em let me hear his next album den i can say smthin cause him 2 is on another level
NIKKA PLEASE JAY IS BETTER YOU HYPIN THIS NIKKA NAS TO MUCH ........LOOK AT THE UPDATE OF NAS NEW SONG WE LISTENIN TO AND COMPARE THAT TO JAY-Z NEW SONG BLUE MAGIC ...SHYT IS A WRAPP ROCA FELLA ALL DAY
cuz thats what people do when they release a greatest hits album, they usually put a couple new tracks on it to attract more fans, but your talentless ass will never have one hit let alone an album full of em, so quit hatin ho
dude. i am talkin bout the basketball player. I think u think im jus bullshittin. Im not homie. Chris webber(detroit piston) produced blunt ashes and this new joint. Go to wikipedia.org and insert chris webber. im not bullshitin homie. i thought it was a joke too at first.
DAVID_BARRELS — about 2 hours ago
NIKKA PLEASE JAY IS BETTER YOU HYPIN THIS NIKKA NAS TO MUCH ........LOOK AT THE UPDATE OF NAS NEW SONG WE LISTENIN TO AND COMPARE THAT TO JAY-Z NEW SONG BLUE MAGIC ...SHYT IS A WRAPP ROCA FELLA ALL DAY
blue magic cannot even b compared to dis song...Nas vs jay...nas win...Jay is a great rapper one of the best of all time but remember wat said "I'm a livin legend, I'm not to be question"
this is hott...damn nas new this was already 1 of his greatest hits, thatz y he is gonna include it on the greatest hits album
INVINCLBE LYRICAL MIRACLE MAN
I think Nas point of view is like he`s hypocritical on Hip Hop Music.He`ll
Say shit for gimmic of marketing plan & cause its reception, Thats why he did the title on
His latest album.The bottom line is i think he`s ready to retire.Nigga feeling like
He done did it.Jay keept it creative with Magic & this joint is good.
At the end of the day Nas left his niggaz in background -Firm,Bravehearts & did his
Own shit.Jay did the same shit he left Bleek & Beanie & Freeway.Far as South?
Niggaz know about Scarface?? he`s real lyrical nigga.Nas dissed
The south on "Who Killed It" where he said sum shit like "Got Chopped Up & Screwed"
Reffering Hip Hop as too Lady.Dunn left the game for real he left at 2000, Nigga aint
Nas Escobar no more he`s a 33 year old man that likes fishing fish.Illmatic still Classic tho & It was written but that shit was way,way back.
Whatever you do you goin to have Haters
How the fuck he dissing the when he was down there with his Fam and shit. People can't even understand lyrics even with synopsis everywhere damn yo "read more learn more change the globe"
[Nas - First Verse]
look here see, pretty mike shanked two face al
over some gal
find the body dead in the aisles
death by strangulation, microphone cord a dirty broad
guess theyll never play it again Sam
damn that was my jam
now she's on the lamb
she made it out wit 200 grand
what a scam
while these two compete on who's the star of the show
golden legs there makes off wit the doe
I read the paper there wit joe da butcher
he said "one glance is all it took ya, she's a real looker
they say her old mans a bootlegger
transporting in any weather and at this rate we'll never get her"
fellas think its time to call it a night
all this talk of this mystery dames gettin me tight
thought I saw her in my eyesight, right
hate to spoil the party
what are you guys havin? the same?
waiter another round for the gang
its strange how I always felt outta place
joe da butchers my ace, but in comes freckle face
so I said see you later
fore hurt him and his two ugly thumb breakers
met them in louisiana wrestling gators
and any idiot can tell there involved wit the caper
so I pulled the revolver on my waist up
between the patrol car and the grey truck behind the streetlamp was a silouhette
white gloves and a real long cigarette
whattya ya know all this time she's got me in her scope
she spoke says " the devils got you guys be the throat
your conspiracy theories won't work without evidence
that's the reason why eric b is not president"
ya see?
[Nas - Second Verse]
look here see, I know you got soul your trying to hide it
how did you kill a man out in cypress?
one eyed charlie
he only hangs with the criminal minded
says you guys did it doggystyle is he lyin?
she says " walk this way ill tell you a childrens story
we hit the bodega got her a few 40s
we jumped in my ride
we drove and she cried
twist off the cap there and opened her mouth wide
swallowed it
whole bottles half empty
drinks like a fish, now she's past tipsy
truth came out as we got to her suave house
chopped and screwed her mouth and sat me on the couch
I said its gettin late cmon give it to me straight
who's ya sponsor lady?
she says bill gates
whattya born 77? 78?
she says "nah it goes way to an earlier date, slave times
claims the slaves said rhymes but she fell in love wit some fella named clive
who?
clive campbell from sedgwick ave, the bronx
now she shows me the cash
I said who's clive? don't play wit me skirt!
she said clive campbell.....he's kool herc
Ahaaa Ahaaaaa
[Nas Outro]
listen up sweetheart, now we gettin somewhere
as she's talkin she starts vanishing in thin air
but before she drops the money bag on the floor and died
she said if you really love me, ill come back alive
-----
SYNOPSIS
now lets get some things straight since its a story there's characters, setting and plot
the plot is who killed hip-hop?
the setting is 1930s the golden era; the manifestation of jazz, mobsters, bootlegging and organized crime
the characters are nas the detective and his partner joe da butcher
freckle face who is joe da butchers connection to the underworld
and hip-hop who is the girl in the story a.k.a. the gal
now what happens is pretty mike and two face al kill each other and the gal runs off with the money
pretty mike and two face al are B.I.G. & Tupac and its a psuedonym for hip-hop maximizing its commercialism which is why the gal runs off with the money
the murder of two face al is directly referencing tupac dying first
now this all occured at some club where the classic jams go on sung by the gal
that is why nas says damn that was my jam because she will never be singing there again
the setting is further portrayed through the uses of microphone cord as the murder weapon and the fact the body was found in the aisle
now joe da butches represent the average hip-hop listener
his name simply breaks down to joe a.k.a. the average joe schmo and da butcher part is a reference to "chewing the fat" which means just kicking simple convo chillin
now after joe mentions to nas that he realizes he's falling for her nas hits the bar a lil aggitated
he realizes its the same scene at the bar but says f*ck it and drinks are on him
that represent nas going commercial and he admits it but tries to counteract that by saying "but I always felt outta place" which means he sold out but still puts out real hip-hop
the symbolism in the bar scene is that joe the da butcher is nas partner but his southern connects (freckle face and company) are involved wit this crime
joe is none the wiser a.k.a. the average listener supports southern music regardless of all this south trash talk (jeezy,ludacris,lil jon,rick ross)
nas gets a lil ticked off and heads outside and realizes the gal has been trailin him the whole time
that's basically saying that even though he didn't kno it hip-hop HAS been followin him for a while
next thing she steps out the shadow and he says "all this time she had me in her scope"
in her scope = interscope
nas starts the story saying "death by strangulation" but death = def
basically he was saying that def jam started the "killing" (when it commercialized hip-hop) and now interscope
runs it
at this point he is saying the crackers took control of the art hence the reference to conspiracy theorys behind this whodunit
"that's why eric b is not president" pretty much sums it up
so def jam chokeholded the game and then universal picked it up
at this point nas has some evidence so he starts interrogating the broad
"I know you have soul quit tryin to hide it" is obviously saying that hip-hop has soul but its obscured by the commercialism
nas uses the interrogation wisely by bringing up cypress hill and snoop dogg referencing the classics just flippin the phrases
if you can't figure it out then your pretty f*ckin stupid
she (hip-hop) supposedly killed a man in cypress which is a project in brooklyn
cypress hill how I could just kill a man
and one eyed charlie (krs-one) who only hangs with the criminal minded (bdp) said they did it doggystyle (snoop dogg) but obviously referencing sex
at this point she puts everything in perspective for nas IN ORDER because nas was out of chronological order by mentioning 92 then 91 then 88
so she begins by asking him to "walk this way" (run dmc) and she will tell him a childrens story (slick rick)
this is starting out raw hip-hop in the 80s
"got her a few 40s" is now referencing the west coast era domination as well hoppin in the "ride"
at this point hip-hop started losing "it" because it was being bombarded by commercial gangsterism and losing its origins
the getting tipsy part refers to hip-hop totally losing control and becoming almost completely pop (the bad boy era)
"as we got to her suave house chopped and screwed her mouth" is now moving on to the south moving on in at the close of the shiny suit era and is cleverly flipped to nas getting oral sex by hip-hop he finally gave in
after he f*cks her she spills the beans and tells him that bill gates sponsored her to destroy hip-hop through means of downloading and extreme piracy
remember hip-hops father was a bootlegger and now her sponsor is one of the largest helpers in the creation of bootlegging
at this point she just breaks down and admits she is IMMORTAL because no regular human could be alive in BOTH slave times AND the 1930s
she says she came from that era and had many lovers since but her one true love was kool herc (pioneer of hip-hop, some say sole creator)
but then she obviously f*cked him over and fell to the pressure of the root of all evil, money (the 200 grand) (by the way 200 grnd in 1930 is worth MILLIONS)
at this point the gig is up and she begins to fade away magically but lets nas know its his inner spirit that really keeps hip-hop alive
this is been round since the beginning of last December...
now i dont understand your argument wtf I have no life because i can understand what's written here or because I have no life pasting it...Regardless the answer, your point is stupid trying to be kool.shmmmm
shrugs I think some people are overhyping these veterans like nas and jay dont get me wrong this song os tight but nobody is fucking with Lupe Fiasco right now NOBODY!!!!!!
that new jay z joint was allrite at best!!!!!!
if we are getting on a lyrical level Nas would smash Jay left and right no question
if were talking about a hip hop mogul than Jay because he has changed the industry in sev
COMMENTS
hot shit !!
echo that
OMG listen again shyt is dope damn It's like a movie damn...
This is an erday listen
can't lie, this shit is chill, this is some classic nasir right here
NaS, all day everyday. Name another rapper as good, still alive, consistent and fresh as him that been down since before Eazy died and wu released 'forever'???
this is nice
I noticed a pattern on this site, I noticed that all northern songs ya'll say its good. But southern songs ya'll have all these negative comments. Why is that?
1st of all stop bitching cas no1 from da sound can make something this hot
2nd we just call it as we see it nigga damn i seen dudez on here say some south shit is nice so stfu n y'all south dudez do da same shit 2 just sayin shit bout ny songs 2 just 2 cas u from da south...so stop hatin
south*
Because 97% of shit from the south is garbage. ANd you know it's true. For every outkast and ludacris, theres like 37 snap pop lock drop bullshit
jaykidd1
First of all When Nas spits something you gotta respect it because it's NAsir Jones. and also Wtf are you saying, If something from the south is hot Y would I say it's Garbage the only reason that doesnt happen often is because there are not that many HipHop heads right now (in the game) but chill with that sensitive shit it's very bitch-like. I have some real Southern shit but yah shoot'em out for some reason. You don't even give em a chance just cause they are on some shit you don't get. SAD
Y people make a big deal bout north and south music is music
it's because some people are biased against the north and some people are biased against the south. some people have the twisted idea that everything has to be lyrical, some people don't.
it doesn't really matter what region it is, they all can release hot tracks. get the fuck over it, otherwise you're just dickriding the north.
lol its because that south music be whack, i.e. webbie and boosie
cuz all the south do is make catchy hooks with a catchy beat and say dumb shit over the rest of the song, u can go try n compare any south artist to someone like nas, u wont find no one close.
Man dis this is the hottest shit i heard in a while!
Shit was hot. It got a cool laid back melody and i like how he took it back.
Nas is back at it again
Das My Boy Right There
Real Good Shit Nas
Response to jaykidd1
"It dont even matter cuz the North is taking back the crown"
there no pattern on here the south make whack music straight up if they make something good dudes will say its hot
keep it up nas.....doin your thing
Anybody know who produced this. Let me know if you find out.
If you didnt know, chris webber produced blunt ashes on hiphop is dead
chris webber produced this hot shit
Props to C Web then.
yea i knew he did blunt ashes, and thanks.
'invisible lyrical miracle man' said it himself hot shit!!!!
Love it
CRAZY!!...
myspace.com/301piff
Nas at his best,on some grown shit ... The boss of rap.
hot shit... love da melody of da beat
I'm feeling this shit Real Hip Hop, no finger snap shit!
nobody alive can fuck wit NAS...I repeat no one
WHAT ABOUT JAY-Z ?
JAY-Z
NAS
LIL WAYNE
CASSIDY
FABOLOUS
LLOYD BANKS
LUPE FIASCO
EMINEM
JR WRITER
?
David Barrell needs some lessons he obviously bee cutting class.
NAS IS NOTHING NO MORE HE WAS GOOD BACK THEN NOW THE NIKKA SLACKING MORE THEN EVER EVEN YOU KNOW IT POTNA **JAY-Z TOOK OVER**
Jay-z Iz da GOAT. Yea i said it. Da FUCKIN GOAT. HONESTLY HOW LONG CAN FANS SWING 4RM BIG AND PAC'S NUTS.JAY PASSED BIGGIE OUT ON HIZ 3RD ALBUM.REEL TALK."REASONABLE DOUBT" IZ BETTER THAN ANY PAC ALBUM. AND JAY RIPPED NAS ON DAT SUPER UGLY!!!!!!! "I CAME IN UR BENTLEY BACK SEAT/SKEETED IN UR JEEP LEFT CONDOMS OR UR BABY SEAT" AND IF DATS NOT ENUFF. DOWNLOAD BLUEPRINT 2(THE SONG NOT THE ALBUM)PLUS HOVA HAD DA BEST VERSE ON "BLACK REPUBLICANS" AND DAT IZ MY FAVORITE SONG OF ALL TIME.NAS IZ NICE BUT HE AINT FUCKIN WIT JIGGA.!!!END OF STORY!!!
david barrels please tell me that is not your top list with Jr writer on it? please tell me im being punked...Ashton u can come out now.
jay killed nas??...i think you should listen again.
BONUS TRACK ? MIND AS WELL PUT ANOTHER ALBUM OUT DUMBASS NAS
Jay cant fuck with Nas period...JAy is on another level i giv him great respect but Nas oh shit dat nigga is smthin else...and wayne,cassidy r getting there...banks(r u serious), lupe (prolly the closes) and Em let me hear his next album den i can say smthin cause him 2 is on another level
NIKKA PLEASE JAY IS BETTER YOU HYPIN THIS NIKKA NAS TO MUCH ........LOOK AT THE UPDATE OF NAS NEW SONG WE LISTENIN TO AND COMPARE THAT TO JAY-Z NEW SONG BLUE MAGIC ...SHYT IS A WRAPP ROCA FELLA ALL DAY
your a fuckin idiot, that blue magic is decent, but this nas track is much better imo, hop off jay's dick for a sec and just enjoy the music
GET OFF NAS DICK^^
and cyssero
where are you from? are you a country nigga?
How can he put something New on a Greatest Hits album... like he knows its one of his greatest songs?? Cuz its not.
cuz thats what people do when they release a greatest hits album, they usually put a couple new tracks on it to attract more fans, but your talentless ass will never have one hit let alone an album full of em, so quit hatin ho
To be honest, Chris Webber produced dis homie. And dat North and South shit........plain and simple..... the south makes some garbage.
LOL. Chris Webber
yay c-webb detroit bitch
Man fuck nas, soulja boy is way better than this lame ass nigga (hehehe....)
Nobody should reply to this, I'm only replying this trash talkin dude so you know not to waste your time alright. DO NOT PAY ATTENTION to this bitch.
THATS RIGHT CANNON... ITS ALL BOUT THAT SOULJA BOY... THE HELL WITH NAS
ALBUM IN STORES NOW!!!!
GO COP IT!!!!
AAAAAAHHHHHH YYYYUUUUAAAAHAHHHH!!!!
IZ U DA REAL SOULJA BOY??????????
LOL crankallday u aint nuttin but a publicity stunt
WORD CRANKKKKKKKKKKKKKK THE WORLLLLLLLLLLLLLDDDDDDDDD I GET MAD BYTCHS WHEN I PLAY HIS MUSIC
tight as usual..if yall like real shyt get at me
www.myspace.com/tonezworld
yeah dude, chris webber. da same nigga dat produced blunt ashes on hiphop is dead. do ya history my nigga. haha
Oh shit. I thought u was talking bout da basketball player.LOL
dude. i am talkin bout the basketball player. I think u think im jus bullshittin. Im not homie. Chris webber(detroit piston) produced blunt ashes and this new joint. Go to wikipedia.org and insert chris webber. im not bullshitin homie. i thought it was a joke too at first.
Of course man we know well at least I do...Dude is from QB son u can even see dude in that "Nas is LIke" video in The Bridge wildin and shyt...
that is who produced it...the basketball player!!!!! look it up.
Nas...is hte best...love dis song!...now this is what i like to hear!...im sick of the souf!...
daaaaaaaaaaammmmnnnnUH
DAVID_BARRELS — about 2 hours ago
NIKKA PLEASE JAY IS BETTER YOU HYPIN THIS NIKKA NAS TO MUCH ........LOOK AT THE UPDATE OF NAS NEW SONG WE LISTENIN TO AND COMPARE THAT TO JAY-Z NEW SONG BLUE MAGIC ...SHYT IS A WRAPP ROCA FELLA ALL DAY
blue magic cannot even b compared to dis song...Nas vs jay...nas win...Jay is a great rapper one of the best of all time but remember wat said "I'm a livin legend, I'm not to be question"
nice shit, def gone cop the lp.
nasir is still that nigga.
this is hott...damn nas new this was already 1 of his greatest hits, thatz y he is gonna include it on the greatest hits album
INVINCLBE LYRICAL MIRACLE MAN
Nas is real and to me, the true meaning of a hip hop artist
this shit is bananas!!! nas ripped it up and burned the pieces!!!, and stop with all this nas vs jay shit, let it go they both legends.
I think Nas point of view is like he`s hypocritical on Hip Hop Music.He`ll
Say shit for gimmic of marketing plan & cause its reception, Thats why he did the title on
His latest album.The bottom line is i think he`s ready to retire.Nigga feeling like
He done did it.Jay keept it creative with Magic & this joint is good.
At the end of the day Nas left his niggaz in background -Firm,Bravehearts & did his
Own shit.Jay did the same shit he left Bleek & Beanie & Freeway.Far as South?
Niggaz know about Scarface?? he`s real lyrical nigga.Nas dissed
The south on "Who Killed It" where he said sum shit like "Got Chopped Up & Screwed"
Reffering Hip Hop as too Lady.Dunn left the game for real he left at 2000, Nigga aint
Nas Escobar no more he`s a 33 year old man that likes fishing fish.Illmatic still Classic tho & It was written but that shit was way,way back.
Whatever you do you goin to have Haters
How the fuck he dissing the when he was down there with his Fam and shit. People can't even understand lyrics even with synopsis everywhere damn yo "read more learn more change the globe"
[Nas - First Verse]
look here see, pretty mike shanked two face al
over some gal
find the body dead in the aisles
death by strangulation, microphone cord a dirty broad
guess theyll never play it again Sam
damn that was my jam
now she's on the lamb
she made it out wit 200 grand
what a scam
while these two compete on who's the star of the show
golden legs there makes off wit the doe
I read the paper there wit joe da butcher
he said "one glance is all it took ya, she's a real looker
they say her old mans a bootlegger
transporting in any weather and at this rate we'll never get her"
fellas think its time to call it a night
all this talk of this mystery dames gettin me tight
thought I saw her in my eyesight, right
hate to spoil the party
what are you guys havin? the same?
waiter another round for the gang
its strange how I always felt outta place
joe da butchers my ace, but in comes freckle face
so I said see you later
fore hurt him and his two ugly thumb breakers
met them in louisiana wrestling gators
and any idiot can tell there involved wit the caper
so I pulled the revolver on my waist up
between the patrol car and the grey truck behind the streetlamp was a silouhette
white gloves and a real long cigarette
whattya ya know all this time she's got me in her scope
she spoke says " the devils got you guys be the throat
your conspiracy theories won't work without evidence
that's the reason why eric b is not president"
ya see?
[Nas - Second Verse]
look here see, I know you got soul your trying to hide it
how did you kill a man out in cypress?
one eyed charlie
he only hangs with the criminal minded
says you guys did it doggystyle is he lyin?
she says " walk this way ill tell you a childrens story
we hit the bodega got her a few 40s
we jumped in my ride
we drove and she cried
twist off the cap there and opened her mouth wide
swallowed it
whole bottles half empty
drinks like a fish, now she's past tipsy
truth came out as we got to her suave house
chopped and screwed her mouth and sat me on the couch
I said its gettin late cmon give it to me straight
who's ya sponsor lady?
she says bill gates
whattya born 77? 78?
she says "nah it goes way to an earlier date, slave times
claims the slaves said rhymes but she fell in love wit some fella named clive
who?
clive campbell from sedgwick ave, the bronx
now she shows me the cash
I said who's clive? don't play wit me skirt!
she said clive campbell.....he's kool herc
Ahaaa Ahaaaaa
[Nas Outro]
listen up sweetheart, now we gettin somewhere
as she's talkin she starts vanishing in thin air
but before she drops the money bag on the floor and died
she said if you really love me, ill come back alive
-----
SYNOPSIS
now lets get some things straight since its a story there's characters, setting and plot
the plot is who killed hip-hop?
the setting is 1930s the golden era; the manifestation of jazz, mobsters, bootlegging and organized crime
the characters are nas the detective and his partner joe da butcher
freckle face who is joe da butchers connection to the underworld
and hip-hop who is the girl in the story a.k.a. the gal
now what happens is pretty mike and two face al kill each other and the gal runs off with the money
pretty mike and two face al are B.I.G. & Tupac and its a psuedonym for hip-hop maximizing its commercialism which is why the gal runs off with the money
the murder of two face al is directly referencing tupac dying first
now this all occured at some club where the classic jams go on sung by the gal
that is why nas says damn that was my jam because she will never be singing there again
the setting is further portrayed through the uses of microphone cord as the murder weapon and the fact the body was found in the aisle
now joe da butches represent the average hip-hop listener
his name simply breaks down to joe a.k.a. the average joe schmo and da butcher part is a reference to "chewing the fat" which means just kicking simple convo chillin
now after joe mentions to nas that he realizes he's falling for her nas hits the bar a lil aggitated
he realizes its the same scene at the bar but says f*ck it and drinks are on him
that represent nas going commercial and he admits it but tries to counteract that by saying "but I always felt outta place" which means he sold out but still puts out real hip-hop
the symbolism in the bar scene is that joe the da butcher is nas partner but his southern connects (freckle face and company) are involved wit this crime
joe is none the wiser a.k.a. the average listener supports southern music regardless of all this south trash talk (jeezy,ludacris,lil jon,rick ross)
nas gets a lil ticked off and heads outside and realizes the gal has been trailin him the whole time
that's basically saying that even though he didn't kno it hip-hop HAS been followin him for a while
next thing she steps out the shadow and he says "all this time she had me in her scope"
in her scope = interscope
nas starts the story saying "death by strangulation" but death = def
basically he was saying that def jam started the "killing" (when it commercialized hip-hop) and now interscope
runs it
at this point he is saying the crackers took control of the art hence the reference to conspiracy theorys behind this whodunit
"that's why eric b is not president" pretty much sums it up
so def jam chokeholded the game and then universal picked it up
at this point nas has some evidence so he starts interrogating the broad
"I know you have soul quit tryin to hide it" is obviously saying that hip-hop has soul but its obscured by the commercialism
nas uses the interrogation wisely by bringing up cypress hill and snoop dogg referencing the classics just flippin the phrases
if you can't figure it out then your pretty f*ckin stupid
she (hip-hop) supposedly killed a man in cypress which is a project in brooklyn
cypress hill how I could just kill a man
and one eyed charlie (krs-one) who only hangs with the criminal minded (bdp) said they did it doggystyle (snoop dogg) but obviously referencing sex
at this point she puts everything in perspective for nas IN ORDER because nas was out of chronological order by mentioning 92 then 91 then 88
so she begins by asking him to "walk this way" (run dmc) and she will tell him a childrens story (slick rick)
this is starting out raw hip-hop in the 80s
"got her a few 40s" is now referencing the west coast era domination as well hoppin in the "ride"
at this point hip-hop started losing "it" because it was being bombarded by commercial gangsterism and losing its origins
the getting tipsy part refers to hip-hop totally losing control and becoming almost completely pop (the bad boy era)
"as we got to her suave house chopped and screwed her mouth" is now moving on to the south moving on in at the close of the shiny suit era and is cleverly flipped to nas getting oral sex by hip-hop he finally gave in
after he f*cks her she spills the beans and tells him that bill gates sponsored her to destroy hip-hop through means of downloading and extreme piracy
remember hip-hops father was a bootlegger and now her sponsor is one of the largest helpers in the creation of bootlegging
at this point she just breaks down and admits she is IMMORTAL because no regular human could be alive in BOTH slave times AND the 1930s
she says she came from that era and had many lovers since but her one true love was kool herc (pioneer of hip-hop, some say sole creator)
but then she obviously f*cked him over and fell to the pressure of the root of all evil, money (the 200 grand) (by the way 200 grnd in 1930 is worth MILLIONS)
at this point the gig is up and she begins to fade away magically but lets nas know its his inner spirit that really keeps hip-hop alive
she really didn't need the money in the end
wow, you have no life.
this is been round since the beginning of last December...
now i dont understand your argument wtf I have no life because i can understand what's written here or because I have no life pasting it...Regardless the answer, your point is stupid trying to be kool.shmmmm
Unless you were addressing Onlinedot then it makes perfect sense if that's the case by any chance I'm apologizing.
WORD BE HE GOT NO LIFE
music doesnt get much better than this folks
Doct P,
I wanna add to your comment of saying nobody alive can eff with Nas.
Duke, NOBODY could EVER eff with NAS, period.
Hot BeaT
smh nas smh nas this is not even close to your greatest hit
Nas delivers once again im not surprise... spittin at this calibur is expected...
yeah dis some hard shitt
shrugs I think some people are overhyping these veterans like nas and jay dont get me wrong this song os tight but nobody is fucking with Lupe Fiasco right now NOBODY!!!!!!
that new jay z joint was allrite at best!!!!!!
if we are getting on a lyrical level Nas would smash Jay left and right no question
if were talking about a hip hop mogul than Jay because he has changed the industry in sev