Nas and Salaam Remi or Nas and Hit Boy?

[prophecypro]

That was a different era during Nas’ commercial prime. It’s pointless to even compare the impact of Nas’ legacy work to his commercial prime

Nas & Hit Boy are not dropping a song over a break beat with old school flavor that’s gonna be an urban hit in 2020-2023

Exactly
If he had made made you look now instead of 20 years ago it’s not getting that impact


So much of how certain records blow is also time and place

I also think if Nas was getting these Hit Boy beats with the mix of soul boom/bap and luxury in the mid 00s he probably doesn’t lose the streets a little maybe he stays in radio. Or maybe not who’s to say.

 

[King Ming]

Whatever Nas decides to do next he must get Hitboy to Exec Produce the next album

 

[Ziggiy]

Whatever Nas decides to do next he must get Hitboy to Exec Produce the next album

Nas exec produces his own albums. If Hit Boy isn’t producing on the next project I can see him providing background advice and insight in a manner similar to what Premier did for KD2-Magic 3 but he won’t be exec producer

 

[Alexander Wiggin]

Nas exec produces his own albums. If Hit Boy isn’t producing on the next project I can see him providing background advice and insight in a manner similar to what Premier did for KD2-Magic 3 but he won’t be exec producer

What role primo had ?

 

[Ziggiy]

What role primo had ?

He was giving advice and input since KD2

 

[aceboon]

The highs between Nas/Remi are higher for me but Nas/Hitboy is more consistent

 

[EastsideRio]

Nas + Salaam had way higher highs than Nas + Hit Boy. That said, Nas and Hitboy give you a more consistent quality.

This

 

[LOST IN THE SAUCE]

How would you describe the Hit-Boy sound? What are some signs that Hit-Boy produced a song? I know when Premier produces something or Dre, but how do I know when Hit-Boy produces something?

Drums sitting oddly in the mix. Filtered/bitcrushed samples with "vintage" texture added, pushed to the back in the mix, juxtaposed with synths/vocal samples stabs/SFX giving a kind of analog meets digital, old school meets modern type of contrast. Experimental percussion sounds, weird relationship with high hats, and just the high end in general. Lots of layering. He also tends to keep the instrumentation/analog type sounds narrow in the mix, and only adds some width with the synths/SFX/digital type sounds.

He can do a bunch of different styles, but the sound texture is what usually sticks out. A good amount of his beats you would never know he did unless someone told you, but there's also a good amount that you can definitely tell.

 

[wizworld]

Exactly
If he had made made you look now instead of 20 years ago it’s not getting that impact


So much of how certain records blow is also time and place

I also think if Nas was getting these Hit Boy beats with the mix of soul boom/bap and luxury in the mid 00s he probably doesn’t lose the streets a little maybe he stays in radio. Or maybe not who’s to say.

I disagree, "Made U Look" has catchy elements that would work whenever.

If he made "Got Urself A Gun" or even "Nas Is Like" today it wouldn't hit as hard.