Shouldn't be be THAT big of a Budget, especially with the access to the type of producers they have and who would love to handle that project, they wouldn't need Dre at all. It would sell itself off of social media promotion alone.
Its funny we talk about who would “love” to handle this theoretical Firm album like they’d work for free. A Firm album would require A-list producers because there would be A-list expectations and Dr Dre, Kanye West, Timbaland, Metro Boomin, Hit-Boy, Alchemist and whoever else you could name thats any type of “Name” producer isn’t just hitting the lab on some “For the culture” shyt. And to go with ANYBODY B-list would bring the wolves out. Not to forget that this is a pie that would have to be split FOUR ways in an era where only Nas is generating any type of buzz and even his sales aren’t what they once were off strictly word of mouth and social media promo.
The only pros to the hypothetical is that all of them are independent artists so there would be less red tape, but the again now that each of them have their own situations it might not make business sense. I’m sure Nas would want it to come out via Mass Appeal but AZ’s last two albums came out via his own record label Quiet Money. Cormega’s last album came via his own label Viper. Why would they cede control to Nas when they’ve worked so hard to establish their own situations and Nas ceding control to either of them of course would be out of the question.
AZ really laid it out perfectly. If it made sense then Nas could’ve already made it happen. He’s cool with all of them and i’m sure the love will always be there but Nas himself seemed to have made peace with The Firm when Full Circle dropped and he said that one of his goals was to allow Mega the opportunity to rock with them like he didn’t get to back in the day.
I could see a Firm reunion in songs on each others albums and even a Nas/AZ specific song again. But a full Firm album? I don’t see it and I couldn’t see it even before AZ put the kabosh on it. This is one of those situations where “fans” want it more than they’d be willing to pay for or support it. AZ literally said that himself, the “fans” ain’t buying the shyt. And its not like the one Firm album they put out has grown in stature or acclaim over the years, if anything its looked at as a universal disappointment and flop. I’d be willing to bet the streaming numbers for anything outside of Phone Tap aren’t anything to write home about.
For a little context, the plug chick that works for Nas said last year that the reason the Illmatic 20th anniversary tour and celebrations went on for so long was because Nas would get an offer to do an Illmatic show, turn it down, and then the promoters would come right back with a STUPID offer that he just couldn’t turn down. Because fans were showing up in droves for those concerts. She said this happened several times, are those types of offers happening for a Firm reunion show? I think not.
