Albums Nas & DJ Premier - Light-Years (Discussion Thread)

[Pack2]

I might have missed it so I’m curious but did Nas not shout out P’s daughter, Santana Fox on “Bouquet (to the ladies)” ?

That seems like an egregious oversight IMO

 

[g-ice]

I enjoy it with each listen. I still can’t get into Welcome to the Underground though.

Funny enough, that song sounds better when he’s performing it live.

 

[HNIC973]

Name a rapper I ain't influence for our resident K-dot stans that flooded this thread with nonsense

 

[HNIC973]

I consult a physician, prescribe me a pill
How do I cope? I could die on this hill
Find a rehab for beats and lyrics
A treatment center, counselors said I should be speaking better
Hi, I'm a rapaholic, only been sober since my last installment
Need music with substance, so it's abuse they call it
I'm still sick, hello everybody, now I sit
We all in this circle together, ain't that a bytch?
I brought my brother here with me, his name is Chris
He got a habit just like me, he cannot kick
So again, be smart, 'cause this is fun for me
No matter how nice you are, don't come for me
I'm still a junkie, hip-hop junkie
I need it in my arteries, it keeps calling me

Junkie is so dope

 

[FunkDoc1112]

He makes great drums breaks but I don't care for anything else he does. They don't work with him much but they do use his breaks.



I don't like Adrian Younge either. It's a hollow imitation that completely misses the personality of 70's music.

The thing with sample packs is you have to use ones that feel like actual music. If it's a full composition with some keys, strings, bassline, etc it's going to sound full when sampled and allow you to flip it instead of just drag and dropping a loop.

You can go to :34 and see what Hit Boy did:


That loop just feel flat and he didn't do anything to beef it up. It's just taking a shortcut instead of putting in some actual work.

Conductor uses sample packs a lot but he chooses the right ones, chops them, and adds some grit so you can't always tell if it's a real sample or not.

Adrian Younge's shyt is so sauceless It's mixed weird firstly so it has this thin sound, and then on top of that everything is so stiff. I couldn't fukk with the Luke Cage soundtrack for that same reason. Best samples to come from Younge were John Muir and some shyt from Phryme, but I think the latter excelled in spite of his work.

 

[FunkDoc1112]

I'm from Detroit, went to school here (UM) and in Cali (USC). I'm also probably 15 years younger than you. I never said I'm from that era. But I listen to a lot of hip hop, I love 80s/90s rap and bro...this does not sound like that. And when Hit Boy did this shyt (sample packs, drum kits, etc) he got clowned and people were talking about beats not having layers. Well now what.

This is not me dying on a hill for Hit Boy. I'm not gonna sit here and give the "Hit is one of the greatest producers of all time" hype speeches that some people were giving during the run. His best beats are still with Kanye, Drake, and Kendrick. But I didn't see any discussion about sample packs or live drums or that wack bassist until I brought it up. People been in here pretending like this is Step In The Area or something and the unwashed masses don't understand it's not 1994-1999 era(s) Premo. Fam...it's not either.

It definitely is the same style as Early Gang Starr, particular shyt like Git Ready and Pause Tape, while Nasty Nas Esco sounds like some Jeru Wrath of Math shyt, etc. It's very much of that era...it's just not as good

 

[IllmaticDelta]

I consult a physician, prescribe me a pill
How do I cope? I could die on this hill
Find a rehab for beats and lyrics
A treatment center, counselors said I should be speaking better
Hi, I'm a rapaholic, only been sober since my last installment
Need music with substance, so it's abuse they call it
I'm still sick, hello everybody, now I sit
We all in this circle together, ain't that a bytch?
I brought my brother here with me, his name is Chris
He got a habit just like me, he cannot kick
So again, be smart, 'cause this is fun for me
No matter how nice you are, don't come for me
I'm still a junkie, hip-hop junkie
I need it in my arteries, it keeps calling me

Junkie is so dope

was just listening to that

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

371 pages in, Muhfukkas still responding to
Clady dikkhead. Y'all might be as sick as he is
Not sure exactly what y'all are trying to convince him of

He’s on my ignore list. I respect his hustle though. He’s definitely the most professional troll I’ve seen on this site.

 

[Piff Perkins]

Yeah, like the sample that Hit-Boy used on Get Light - that was some song blatantly trying to imitate Heather by Billy Cobham (aka the 93 Til Infinity Sample) but it doesn't really have any of that same sauce cuz it's just an imitation of a section a very large piece of music.

Also I'm pretty certain Al and Jake's drum kits, at least the earliest ones they released, are literally just their sampled shyt from drum breaks but EQ'd a little bit. I'm very anti-drum kit though...unless it's hi-hats, sometimes finding the right sounding ones in breaks gets annoying as fukk

Cobaine Ivory is on the album too with sample pack shyt. 3rd Childhood and Welcome To The Underground. West coast dude, has worked with Anderson Paak.

I just don't like that sound. I'm not gonna keep pressing it though, I don't want to muddy the thread anymore. Salute the people who fukk with the album.

 

[Primetime21]

I might have missed it so I’m curious but did Nas not shout out P’s daughter, Santana Fox on “Bouquet (to the ladies)” ?

That seems like an egregious oversight IMO

Damn how did he forget "Santana Fox"

 

[Rollie Forbes]

I'm glad to see this album was well received. I feel like Nas & Preemo made this album for those of us who know what the inside of an '87 Jetta or a '94 Acura Legend looks like.
On everything I love, this joint makes me want to throw on an Adidas tracksuit, my old four finger rings, and walk outside with my boom box.
Mass Appeal kept all of us at Larry Holmes Gardens fed this year with all the blassics they released.

 

[REAL6]

 

[The Message]

preem got back in his jeru bag for a lot of the joints on here.

im loving every minute of this shyt

top tier lyrics
hard drums, boom bap shyt
cuts and scratches

I thought yall loved hiphop???

 

[Awesome Wells]

I'm glad to see this album was well received. I feel like Nas & Preemo made this album for those of us who know what the inside of an '87 Jetta or a '94 Acura Legend looks like.
On everything I love, this joint makes me want to throw on an Adidas tracksuit, my old four finger rings, and walk outside with my boom box.
Mass Appeal kept all of us at Larry Holmes Gardens fed this year with all the blassics they released.

'87 Jetta with the boomerang antenna!!

This project definitely takes me right back to those days! It's wild.

 

[Headcase]

I've been listening to the album nonstop and I honestly like it more and more with each listen. I think I can confidently say, no matter how you feel about the production, Nas' pen game is at an elite level right now. He truly is the GOAT.