Is Hit Boy Nas' Quincy Jones?

[JustCKing]

This is why I can't stand Stans and dikkriders. Nas still rapping over sub par beats and is in a creative slump - he's not talking about shyt now except how good his life is and his investments. He is in that stage that Jigga was when all he used to do is rap about himself. Hitboy ain't doing shyt for Nas.

I disagree. Hitboy amd Nas actually sound current and the production Nas is rapping over is some of the best he's ever had. Nas is actually consistently executing flows he hasn't used. And he's not in a creative slump.

 

[JustCKing]

None of this stuff with HitBoy is better than Illmatic, IWW or God's SOn.

Nas and HitBoy are making good music, at least for some people, but nothing special or groundbreaking.

Nas stans are acting like Nas is dropping some mega-classics.

It is special and ground breaking though. Name an MC making albums with 17 songs, no features. You have songs like "Beef", storytelling joints, some danceable joints, nostalgia joints, pretty much all kinds of songs. It sounds modern and it's all well executed. And then when you add in the fact that this a 30+ year vet doing it, this is definitely special and ground breaking. It raises the bar because few MC's still matter 10 years into their career let alone 30.

 

[prophecypro]

Other than Nas Stan’s who thinks HB is some great producer

Lotta people been thinking Hit Boy is a great producer before he got with Nas

Gave some of your favorites big classic records.

 

[Alexander Wiggin]

The same Premo that's been remixing the same three beats since about 2005?

first of all, you don't need to be disrespectuf about this

second of all, when you talk about quincy jones, you don't talk about '97 quincy jones do you. I'm talking about primo in his prime and when he was working with Nas (in his prime too). Some of Michael best songs ever are during his run with quincy. same with nas and preem

 

[CrimsonTider]

Lotta people been thinking Hit Boy is a great producer before he got with Nas

Gave some of your favorites big classic records.

He’s never been mentioned as a great producer even tho he has produced some hits.

He’s just ok

 

[En Sabah Nur]

Nas and L.E.S. is the best combo for me

 

[African Peasant]

It is special and ground breaking though. Name an MC making albums with 17 songs, no features. You have songs like "Beef", storytelling joints, some danceable joints, nostalgia joints, pretty much all kinds of songs. It sounds modern and it's all well executed. And then when you add in the fact that this a 30+ year vet doing it, this is definitely special and ground breaking. It raises the bar because few MC's still matter 10 years into their career let alone 30.

Musically, there is nothing special or new. It's just good albums. That's it.

Comparing it to what MJ and Quincy did is foolish.

Hit Boy ain't no Quincy.

 

[Family Man]

first of all, you don't need to be disrespectuf about this

second of all, when you talk about quincy jones, you don't talk about '97 quincy jones do you. I'm talking about primo in his prime and when he was working with Nas (in his prime too). Some of Michael best songs ever are during his run with quincy. same with nas and preem

I get what you mean now.

 

[JustCKing]

Musically, there is nothing special or new. It's just good albums. That's it.

Comparing it to what MJ and Quincy did is foolish.

Hit Boy ain't no Quincy.

It's not that people are saying that Nas and Hitboy are Michael and Quincy. It's just a comparison given that Hitboy has produced four consecutive Nas albums that have Nas sounding rejuvenated.

 

[Family Man]

None of this stuff with HitBoy is better than Illmatic, IWW or God's SOn.

Nas and HitBoy are making good music, at least for some people, but nothing special or groundbreaking.

Nas stans are acting like Nas is dropping some mega-classics.

I had nikkas on my head for saying that Nastradamus is lyrically and creatively better than his recent crop of albums. The KD series is the safest and blandest music Nas has made throughout his career.

 

[JustCKing]

first of all, you don't need to be disrespectuf about this

second of all, when you talk about quincy jones, you don't talk about '97 quincy jones do you. I'm talking about primo in his prime and when he was working with Nas (in his prime too). Some of Michael best songs ever are during his run with quincy. same with nas and preem

Quincy wasn't in the prime of his career when he worked with Michael Jackson though. People looked at MJ like he was crazy for getting Quincy to produce Pop songs. People looked at Quincy crazy for working with Michael Jackson. It sounds ridiculous now, but it wasn't before Off The Wall.

Nas and Premo definitely have legendary songs, but we never got more than three Premo songs on a Nas album. Hitboy has produced FOUR Nas albums.

 

[JustCKing]

I had nikkas on my head for saying that Nastradamus is lyrically and creatively better than his recent crop of albums. The KD series is the safest and blandest music Nas has made throughout his career.

Nastradamus is not lyrically or creatively better than the KD series. Nastradamus has like four songs on it worth saving. It's lazy, lackluster, and an otherwise poorly executed mediocre album. Every Nas album that came before and after Nastradamus is better than Nastradamus.

 

[DontEemTry]

The best thing Nas did was getting the fukk away from Salaam Remi.

I won't stand for this Salaam Remi hate.

Salaam and Nas made magic together, the highs on all these KD's and Magic don't reach the highs that Nas had with Salaam, and that's a fact. We could argue about the lows but that about it.

 

[FunkDoc1112]

Hit and Nas have made great music together, but let's not get carried away. A lot of Hit's production still sounds like some generic 2k soundtrack music. He rehashes beats a lot too (EPMD by Nas and Stupid by Game)

Premo is still above Hit in terms of the best producers (chemistry wise) Nas has worked with.

I think hit-Boy's improved a lot but yeah, he's never gonna beat the "Great Value Just Blaze" allegations

 

[JustCKing]

I think hit-Boy's improved a lot but yeah, he's never gonna beat the "Great Value Just Blaze" allegations

I don't get "Great Value Just Blaze" from HitBoy. He never sounded like Just. Yes, beats like "Store Run" and "My Bible" sound like Just, but Hit has his own sound for the most part and is a chameleon of a producer who has beats that sound like Kanye, Timbaland, Dre, and even The Neptunes at times.