It’s certainly a bit cliche to scold Nas for his post-Illmatic decline (certainly no one did that better than Jay-Z), but at what point can we point out that he’s become a caricature of his former fire-breathing self?
Nas issues a rebuttal to his Fox News antagonists. [Nah Right] More »
While discussing his upcoming album with Carson Daly, The Game suggested that his label should release the album a week earlier so he wouldn’t have to go head-to-head with Miley Cyrus’ golden showers for the top spot on July 22. More »
Al Sharpton is very glad that the title of Nas’ upcoming album has been changed from its original epithetastic title to the Wal-Mart-friendly/boycott-averting Nas. But does that mean that the activist will actually go out and buy the record, and not just download it? Unclear. More »
Al Sharpton is very glad that the title of Nas’ upcoming album has been changed from its original epithetastic title to the Wal-Mart-friendly/boycott-averting Nas. But does that mean that the activist will actually go out and buy the record, and not just download it? Unclear. More »
For the second release in a row, Nas has been forced to abandon his dream of releasing a CD named N—–. Last time he caved to pressure, he was able to think up a different controversial gimmick, but instead of naming his upcoming album The Obama Of Rap or Anal Fixation, he’s gone with Nas, simply Nas. While there had been talk of further pressure from his label, it’s surprising that such a change would be pushed for well into the pre-release hype cycle. Maybe once his Def Jam contract ends, Nas can release digital downloads with all the controversial file names he can think of.
This summer’s edition of the Rock The Bells tour–which will make stops in 10 cities including Chicago, Philadelphia, and Vancouver–will be headlined by A Tribe Called Quest, Nas, Rakim, and the reunited Pharcyde; each of the shows will be hosted by Supernatural and B-Real. The lineup will change from city to city, with artists on the ever-rotating undercard including Santogold, Method Man & Redman, Wale, Dead Prez, and Kid Sister. Confirmed lineup after the jump.
Nas makes his bid for Lenny Bruce-hood on “Be A N—– Too,” the first single from his upcoming album, N—–. The music has the familiar grandiosity of most late-era Nas, and the verses are a familiar grab bag of media disses, cultural refs and “shaking my third leg in the toilet” boasts. Not that anyone’s going to talk much about either of those aspects after hearing the chorus.
As week one of Crowesgate draws to a close, we’ve heard from a lot of people regarding Maxim’s decision to run “previews” of upcoming Black Crowes and Nas albums as actual reviews despite those albums being unavailable to critics and just plain unfinished, respectively. We’ve read the Crowes’ initial irate reaction to Maxim‘s journalistic gaffe and Maxim‘s lame mea culpa. Nas weighed in, wondering who gives credence to a review in Maxim in the first place, and even the neologism-challenged CNN newsroom added their own half-cocked commentary. But one party we’ve yet to hear from until now is David Peisner, who wrote the previews/reviews/who-the-hell-even-knows-anymore in question. Going on record with the LA Times, Peisner claims his Maxim higher-ups did assign him to write previews, and he only found out they had been bumped to the reviews section when the issue hit the stands.
