2 years later and "Distant Relatives" is still a classic

[Ineedmoney504]

Atleast name your classic right, breh...

Blackstar's "Black on Both sides'?
That was a Mos Def solo...

i was bumpin black on both sides when i posted this dont judge me nikka, but any way im bumpin definition

 

[Ukbrotha]

didn't know it did 5 mil.

I thought it was an instant classic when it dropped. Near perfect blend of hip hop and reggae.

Any evidence for this?

 

[god shamgod]

2 years later this album is still as wakk as it was the day it was released

 

[mson]

Any evidence for this?

According to a press statement, the Damian Marley & Nas Africa Tour has been extended into June 2013. As announced earlier that the duo would be playing a concert in Ghana this March 2013, the event calendar has been postponed to a further date later this year.

Reason for the postponement is because more African countries are still bidding to book the duo (Damian Marley & Nas) for more gigs on the continent; this however, forced the team to wait and confirm all bookings for Africa before starting the whole tour.

Countries who booked earlier included South Africa, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Ghana.

The tour is line with a project dubbed “Damian Marley-Nas Africa Tour” – which relates to their joint album rele

Damian Marley & Nas Africa Tour has been extended into June 2013. As announced earlier that the duo would be playing a concert in Ghana this March 2013, the event calendar has been postponed to a further date later this year.

Reason for the postponement is because more African countries are still bidding to book the duo (Damian Marley & Nas) for more gigs on the continent; this however, forced the team to wait and confirm all bookings for Africa before starting the whole tour.

Countries who booked earlier included South Africa, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Ghana.

The tour is line with a project dubbed “Damian Marley-Nas Africa Tour” – which relates to their joint album released by both musicians in 2010 called “Distant Relatives”.

The team would be playing 2 concerts in each of the mapped countries. Ghana however would be ending the chart as the last country Damian and Nas will bring the crème-de-la-crème show.

The album “Distant Relatives” rates as the highest selling Reggae album on the international market which has sold almost 5 million copies. The album when released in 2010 sold 57,000 copies in USA alone during the first week – higher than any Reggae album sold.

Damian “Junior Gong” Marley is the youngest son of legendary singer, BOB MARLEY.

ased by both musicians in 2010 called “Distant Relatives”.

The team would be playing 2 concerts in each of the mapped countries. Ghana however would be ending the chart as the last country Damian and Nas will bring the crème-de-la-crème show.

The album “Distant Relatives” rates as the highest selling Reggae album on the international market which has sold almost 5 million copies. The album when released in 2010 sold 57,000 copies in USA alone during the first week – higher than any Reggae album sold.

Damian “Junior Gong” Marley is the youngest son of legendary singer, BOB MARLEY.

 

[Ukbrotha]

Im still not buying it till I see something official.

 

[mson]

Im still not buying it till I see something official.

Buying the album or that it sold 5 million world wide?

 

[Primetime21]

edit: nvm

 

[Ukbrotha]

Buying the album or that it sold 5 million world wide?

Meant sales. ive got a copy and went to the gig in london.

 

[mson]

Meant sales. ive got a copy and went to the gig in london.

Research the net.

 

[The Dust King]

i definitely know nas does not have four classic records.
Nas has one classic album, and one damn good bside anthology record.
This album for damn sure was not cool.
This album should have been a definitive reggae collaborative effort.
On the wavelength and skill of blck uhuru's red to walk of freedom.
Of which l,...there was no nas Jr Reid like performances.
To mainstream by like Reid did.
Let alone, there were no really great performances by nas.
Even being carried by a marley namely Damien.
To even come close to being called good music.

the rest of nas's albums are how can I be down filler.
Posed to appeal to toy fans who would like to be culture based.
Surrounded by mediocre halfhearted and wack commercial sellout attempts to flirt the line.
While, fronting like nas is this great career and culturally relevant artist.
When anyone who is real saw through this shyt back in the one love remix twelve.
Plus, the sellout direction of iww and definitely and concretely.
When he also, penned big Willie style and said hate me now with puff.

That nikka is lucky he is better over a boombap break than jayz.
If he was not,....
His shyt would be dead as fukk, period.
i wish you wack sellout toys would stop trying to use the ways of the camel revision tools.
To try to spin nas's into this comeback culturally aware triumph.
When it is not.
When this novel is about a simp sellout nikka.
Who got lucky to meet large professor.
Then bite organized stray bullet.
Then act like he does not know who organized is.
When Matty c,....was influential to organized.
Plus matt was down with large pro.
Who is the cousin to his fukk'n bm.

You dudes believe those hulk hogun,....
I wanted to sign sting after wrestlemania three ass lies.
Yet,..i do not because sting was not even a relevent heel mainstay in the uwf at the time mania three was popping off.
Nas is a liar and a culture thief on the lines of hulk hogun.

You nikkas are goofies to believe this blatant revision of culture and history.

Y'all nikkas some sckraight clowns, b!



Art Barr

lol the hate was strong. that was stronger than ya jay-z/joe button breakdowns.

my ngga get a grip and realize actual history of how nas layed the mold down and upheld hiphop. it was written would've been that dream record you wanted but apparently marley was too excited to lock down tracks.

hiphop is dead was a classic, he went over your head heavily with that record the cd theme as a whole was genius. jayz? snoop? kanye? game? damn.

nas didn't know organized konfusion because he was busy living his life. I thought that was crazy too but my ngga by the 90s he was already industry patenting. everyone can't have checked everyone. also that ain't LPs cousin its pete rocks cousin.

at least get your haterade some ice first. nas wasn't lucky to meet large pro. it was called fate, like your response is called hate.

mind you how is nas a culture thief when he ain't never had quotes or rhymes like the real thieves like jayz (I'm an 80s baby) and joe (I never heard a mixtape till 99). that's real sellout glory.

fix ya priorities my ngga because you aren't a real bboy if you hating on the only ngga who has brought rocksteady crew out to main stage venues in NYC in the last 7 years.

your post is disgusting and you should table yourself for these atrocious paragraphs

you don't like dstant relatives? cool cuz I don't get upset. but this other talk can only be defined by hate.

get at me so I can dismantle more of your so called facts. lol @ matty C. nas probably is still like who? meanwhile me and u kno he a legend but that don't define nas, your insane.

 

[vaudevillevillain]

Outside of Kendrick's GKMC not too many rappers have put out anything so creative and out the box

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

Its because it's you're a cac moron without black friends. Or at least intelligent ones. Blackstar's album was a certified classic BEFORE the internet you idiot. at the concept of Blackstar only being a classic on the "fake" internet world and not the real one.

You can't be this dumb?

lol @ me being a cac, when youre the one sounding like the white guy in this argument.

get out my face and go outside wierdo.

 

[RajWatts]

album shouldve won a grammy

 

[Art Barr]

lol the hate was strong. that was stronger than ya jay-z/joe button breakdowns.

my ngga get a grip and realize actual history of how nas layed the mold down and upheld hiphop. it was written would've been that dream record you wanted but apparently marley was too excited to lock down tracks.

hiphop is dead was a classic, he went over your head heavily with that record the cd theme as a whole was genius. jayz? snoop? kanye? game? damn.

nas didn't know organized konfusion because he was busy living his life. I thought that was crazy too but my ngga by the 90s he was already industry patenting. everyone can't have checked everyone. also that ain't LPs cousin its pete rocks cousin.

at least get your haterade some ice first. nas wasn't lucky to meet large pro. it was called fate, like your response is called hate.

mind you how is nas a culture thief when he ain't never had quotes or rhymes like the real thieves like jayz (I'm an 80s baby) and joe (I never heard a mixtape till 99). that's real sellout glory.

fix ya priorities my ngga because you aren't a real bboy if you hating on the only ngga who has brought rocksteady crew out to main stage venues in NYC in the last 7 years.

your post is disgusting and you should table yourself for these atrocious paragraphs

you don't like dstant relatives? cool cuz I don't get upset. but this other talk can only be defined by hate.

get at me so I can dismantle more of your so called facts. lol @ matty C. nas probably is still like who? meanwhile me and u kno he a legend but that don't define nas, your insane.

nikka,... Puh-lease!!!
I notice you did not have any actual rebuttals for what I posted except for some girl necksnap bullshyt.
Also,...nobody gave nas a classic rating for hhid, or any of his other albums other than illmatic, legitimately.
As a matter of fact hhid and untitled are the biggest bait and switch marketed items in hip hop history.
Plus, the fukking mixtapes for both are way fukking better.
Which was always noted during its original release.
Before, you nas stabs try your let some time pass and apply your jigga revisionist attempts to fail at altering history.
While also,..biting Pac who disses the nikka and he cried about it.
Instead of actually serving him like, you supposed to.

Even stillmatic is not a classic and anyone who has it.
Who is not a stan can tell you that.
Not to mention it got five mics when the source was selling mics.
Like when labels were buying records and padding sales in the sales spike era.

So spare me,..your nas stan wannabe jayz revisionist theory app based knowledge.
Ol' jay stans lie and revise,...so, I can too,..face ass.

yOur stan based agenda to deflect and not discuss skills or culture.
Does not fool anyone who is really in the know, goofie.

You need to get your priorities straight.
Again,....
For the umpteenth time.
Till, you get on my level as a poster for real.
With no crews, and really have real people credit you.
Plus really Contributed to this culture and the business of rap like me for real.
With no payola, or bullshyt to sway the masses.
Then you can try and fail with this garbage ass angle you failed with when addressing me.


Art Barr

 

[CHAIN]

Ok, Art Barr.

First off. You always mention Nas as one of the greats. So you know he gets busy.
Nas has been off key since his verse on ‘Eye for an Eye‘. (the way he says ‘New York Metropolis‘ ).Thats his trademark. Thats why there are no real Nas Clones. The way he goes off -beat/rhythm has always been his thing.

The only song where ‘this‘ style ruined the track was on the bonus ‘Ancient People‘

It really worked on Leaders though and it fit the vibe of that joint perfectly.

I'm not saying DR is a classic. But your OD hatred is reaching troll levels right now.