9th Wonder turning Nas "The Cross" into a classic appreciation
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Metal Face
Veteran
he turned most of the album into a classic 
True indeed, 9th sent some generic boom bap bullshyt in for that one.
Gods Stepson joint always rubbed me the wrong way
God's Son album was a personal album dedicated to his recently passed mother
9th shoulda had more self awareness not to do that shyt....but the Nas hate was palpable at that time
God's Son album was a personal album dedicated to his recently passed mother
9th shoulda had more self awareness not to do that shyt....but the Nas hate was palpable at that time
Awesome Wells
The Bobby Womack of Crack
9th was selling these online back then, which I thought was mad funny.
Always felt a lot of the production was actually better than the real production on God's Son, but it's wild that bro remixed the whole project, was making bread off of it and didn't even speak with Nas about it. That's why Nas had an issue with it. After he was told to stop selling it, you would see copies on eBay selling for $75. Mixtape golden era.
Always felt a lot of the production was actually better than the real production on God's Son, but it's wild that bro remixed the whole project, was making bread off of it and didn't even speak with Nas about it. That's why Nas had an issue with it. After he was told to stop selling it, you would see copies on eBay selling for $75. Mixtape golden era.
EMS VERSION IS UNDERRATED.. AND EM WAS A DOPE PRODUCER IN HIS PRIME
Neither version is classic. 9th's version is a better beat, but what his remixes lacked was capturing the intensity, urgency, and emotion of the originals. Eminem's beat is plodding and boring, but it fit.
bigdaddy88
The King Of Power
Em's version was good..I understand the Eminem is a horrible producer but this track was more than fine...
African Peasant
Veteran
He killed this one, better than the OG
Nasty
Nasty
FunkDoc1112
Heavily Armed
Yeah, that song need an intense beat, not something bright and soulful. Nas was talking about his struggles and being persecuted at messianic levels. It doesn't really work on a dissonant level, either.
Like you said, objectively better beat by every measure but doesn't fit. He should've put a different vibe on it.
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