I'm listening to old interviews back after Nas TKO Jigga in late 2001/early 02, and mad people clowned him for being "kufi bright" and "Nas love the kids, I'm on that killa shyt" for growing up and dropping relevant topics on his songs. Even Uncle Murda and Maino took shots at Nas for "I Can" years after it dropped, simply cause he wanted a better outlook for black children. Now looking back nearly 2 decades later, why did Hip Hop accept that crabbish behavior?
seems you quoted the wrong guys breh lol
it was all having to do with jayz. nas won the battle but lost the war was the angle it was sold on.
jayz was bigger than life and this bled down to all the other artists and underlings
the magazines and radio shows slanted against nas
angie martinez staple NYC show for years was called the takeover
xXL and the source were anti nas until it was album cycle time
not that they explicitly dissed nas (XXL did all the time in they editorial by yellowman) but often took potshots sayin he fell off etc
maino is a bad example becuz he came out dissin everybody (badboy rocafella wutang etc)
but uncle murda first video is him in front QB dissin nas and mobb
so you had tons of major artists against nas (dipset, gunit etc
then nas had problens with former friends nore, foxy etc
that was sold as nas is unloyal and a betrayal act
but these narratives followed nas around till all those artists careers expired
essentially nas out lived all his adversaries
when big guys like lil wayne take a shot at nas
and then B side guys like sauce money doing the same thing
he had little room to maneuver
the underground was against him as well cuz all the soulquarians aligned wit jayz (roots mos talib common etc)
the anti nas sentiment was one of the worst times in hiphop and it lasted a long time, about ten years