When Nasir Jones (born September 14th, 1973) went into the studio to record his album last year he didn’t envisage it ending up being the bone of contention in America with lawyers seeing the Billboard crashing and politicians failing to stop the war in Afghanistan suddenly coming out to stop him. The slain Tupac Shakur rightfully said in How Do You Like It, "Delores Tucker you's a motherfucker/ instead of trying to help a nigga you destroy a brother/ ??? Bill Clinton Mr Bob Dole/ you too old to understand the way the game goes/ you lame so i got to hit you with the hot tracks".Nas' case was disturbing more especially since America was supposed to be focused on the impending presidential elections instead of a side-show like the release of a much-anticipated hip-hop album. I mean for all you know many people including Young Jeezy released their albums last year and didn’t even cause a stir like they way Jones had Newsweek magazine noticing his and knitting a few words about it.
Untitled, the album that was supposed to be titeld Nigger is good, actually it’s brilliant, it gives us vintage Nas, the Nas we lost when he started doing jams with En Vogue, Mariah Carey and Genuwine. The Nas who tried to make Braveheart a conscious bunch but ended up with a mob of niggas whose only obsession was sex and the good life. Those were your Fifty-Deep crew whose hobby was dropping verses on mixtapes. What do you make of Horse interplorring Biggie, 'when it comes to sex I'm similar to the thriller in Manila' and then going on to tell us about how he thinks Kelly Price is the shit.
On Untitled, which Nas is quick to announce that he changed nothing with the name and that unlike Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel and others it’s his soul speaking, he sounds more raw, more in-your-face, more like Tupac at his prime and later on The Don Killuminati; Seven Day Theory. He’s actually a crossover between rugged Harlem assassin Immortal Technique and Black Pantherised Tupac.
On Untitled, which Nas is quick to announce that he changed nothing with the name and that unlike Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel and others it’s his soul speaking, he sounds more raw, more in-your-face, more like Tupac at his prime and later on The Don Killuminati; Seven Day Theory. He’s actually a crossover between rugged Harlem assassin Immortal Technique and Black Pantherised Tupac.
Exploring his battles with the powers that be to be allowed to speak, he says in Hero, “But people remember this/ If Nas can't say it, think about these talented kids/ With new ideas being told what they can and can't spit/ I can't sit and watch it/ So, shit, I'ma drop it/ Like it or not/ You ain't gotta cop it” Earlier on he shares the story of the pressure put on Universal Records to dump the recording and render him a failed emcee. He's not soft on Rupert Murdock either, attacking everything from his Fox to MySpace assets.
We make the world go Round is a jam where he is featuring The Game (and not Lil Wayne, fresh air!!!) and Chris Brown (before he became an amateur boxer) and he fantasizes of booking the whole Trumps Hotel for his ghetto ‘hood. “get the whole Trump Tower top floor for the hood’ he raps before The Game takes over and tells us about how he went from robbing armoured cars to armoured stars , walking red carpets and throwing red dice at the Mirage.
The album contains tracks like Queens Get Their Money, Sly Fox, NIGGER, Louis Farrakhan, You Can’t stop us Now, Nigger Hatred, Be a Nigger too, Fried Chicken, Project Roach, Ya’ll my Niggas and We’re not Alone.
Whatever they call it I call it the Nigger album and it rocks. For a full version of this post go to www.kasiekulture.blogspot.com
We make the world go Round is a jam where he is featuring The Game (and not Lil Wayne, fresh air!!!) and Chris Brown (before he became an amateur boxer) and he fantasizes of booking the whole Trumps Hotel for his ghetto ‘hood. “get the whole Trump Tower top floor for the hood’ he raps before The Game takes over and tells us about how he went from robbing armoured cars to armoured stars , walking red carpets and throwing red dice at the Mirage.
The album contains tracks like Queens Get Their Money, Sly Fox, NIGGER, Louis Farrakhan, You Can’t stop us Now, Nigger Hatred, Be a Nigger too, Fried Chicken, Project Roach, Ya’ll my Niggas and We’re not Alone.
Whatever they call it I call it the Nigger album and it rocks. For a full version of this post go to www.kasiekulture.blogspot.com
damn, you r killing me, niggas shud get the review...i heard the album but don't have it on my collection but i cant agree with more...im broke but im getting myself a copy.I always charished the Nas of 'i made u luk' but u r bringing me back, Thanx HipHop needs reviewers like u.
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