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

[ItWasWritten]

Yall so full of shyt

I guarantee if HitBoy put this exact album out all these Dinosaur age old heads would be calling this garbage - yall just wanna glaze Preem at any and all costs

Preem out here making wack sample pack beats with no energy and these nikkaz got essays on the essence of hip hop. LAUGHABLE.

Top 5 Nas Album … like what ? You lose all credibility when you say shyt like that

I hope Nas next album is Him and Metro Boomin to destroy you Jurassic park age nikkaz once and for all.

 

[Ziggiy]

I'm not about to start lying..

I wanted the chatty patty stuff. Especially with Nas looking comfortable, expressive, n gregarious (by Nas standard)

Nicki (what happened)
Jay (Nobody can be on stage with me)
Puff (that's his man)
Dame
Jimmy
Kanye (y'all still talk)
Kelis (y'all better?) Taking your son to Kenya

The steps to pitch a business idea to Nas/QVP

Nas ain’t doing that chatty patty shyt and i’m sure Joe knew that. He could go on Breakfast Club if he wanted to be inundated with any of that stuff.

Plus half that stuff we could use context clues to how he’d respond

Nicki- They had their time together and now she’s a married woman with a child. Nicki herself has said Nas treated her with respect and he carries himself like a King.

Jay- Thats what he’s supposed to say. Nas would say thats how he himself thinks. Plus he actually said on his last breakfast club that Swizz Beatz approached him about doing a Versuz against Jay and he has no interest in doing it whatsoever.

Puff- I’m sure he’d say he never partied with Puff in THAT manner and never saw him do anything nefarious.

Dame- There’s nothing to say about Dame that the world hasn’t already said

Jimmy- See the verse on U Ain’t Got A Chance

Kanye- He spoke on Kanye in the Breakfast Club interview

Kelis- Sensitive subject. Would kind of be disrespectful to even ask him to indulge in any of that. Thats still the mother of his son regardless of any past issues.

 

[I'm Blackman]

NYSOM3 is growing on me. Not only does it sound like a score for a horror scene, it sounds like a slow, skewed version of Kick in the Door. Listen closely

man I love that beat. That sound (loop? strings? organ?) whatever it is in stuck in my head and sounds like a horror movie. it contrasts with the Billy Joel part perfectly to me.

 

[bigde09]

Yall so full of shyt

I guarantee if HitBoy put this exact album out all these Dinosaur age old heads would be calling this garbage - yall just wanna glaze Preem at any and all costs

Preem out here making wack sample pack beats with no energy and these nikkaz got essays on the essence of hip hop. LAUGHABLE.

Top 5 Nas Album … like what ? You lose all credibility when you say shyt like that

I hope Nas next album is Him and Metro Boomin to destroy you Jurassic park age nikkaz once and for all.

If this was produced by salaam remi

The essence of hip hop, love letter to hip hop. Stop it. I love Nas he's my goat along with Pac but lets keep it real man.

 

[I'm Blackman]

Tip would be an amazing choice to go with. Dude's my personal GOAT.

But I have a feeling a reunion with Pete is coming.

I believe the bolded 100 percent.

 

[Pack2]

I would be more surprised if he didn't mention Bernadette real talk. Santana would fall in the my bad/still love if I forgot you territory. Nas probably doesn't look at her like that/a rapper wouldn't be the first thing that comes to his mind due to association, might not even know she "seriously" raps like that

Y’all doing a lot to defend our GOAT

He forgot she raps and don’t know she take it seriously

 

[Ziggiy]

Tip would be an amazing choice to go with. Dude's my personal GOAT.

But I have a feeling a reunion with Pete is coming.

Pete might try to sue him after the album comes out. Probably best to stay away from that can of worms.

 

[Nero Christ]

First listen and I like it. Does it touch the previous work of this duo? No but I didn't expect 15 NYSOM level tracks given their age and current forms. Nas lyrical is still good but I do feel like there has been a decline in the sharp descriptive visual lyricism he used to showcase. He can still rhyme for the sake of rhyming but the vivid storytelling was what set him apart from his contemporaries. I think this is just the comfort of his new tax bracket and being an old man now...can't be around the bs like when you're young and pen it down.

Preme...the beats are definitely throwbacks but get a lil too monotonous. 2nd half of the album is a lot stronger. Album definitely takes off after Pause Tapes (which I didn't mind). Standout tracks to me are Writers, It's Time (love a good Fly Like an Eagle flip), Nasty Esco Nasir, & My Life is Real. No surprise the track where Nas shines the most are the ones where he gets deep into a concept or gets to reminisce. Also to go from Black Girl Lost to that pandering nonsense that's Bouquet . These "for the female" tracks from Nas lately don't matchup with his age and modern day chicks. Stay is an example of Nas in that type of bag perfectly.

Overall, a solid effort even if a bit disappointing considering how long we've waited for this collab and I doubt when I want to listen to a Nas/Preme joint, I'll play anything on this first.

 

[Apollo Kid]

Tip would be an amazing choice to go with. Dude's my personal GOAT.

But I have a feeling a reunion with Pete is coming.

The Art of It on Lost Tapes 2 was one my favorite tracks. Nas floated on that.

 

[L $ C]

The production wasn’t great but Nas carried it to a championship. That’s the best way I can Explain it

 

[Prolific_1011]

"Shine Together" is

 

[Ziggiy]

The production wasn’t great but Nas carried it to a championship. That’s the best way I can Explain it

Nas carried it to a championship BECAUSE of the production, not in spite of it. Thats what people are failing to understand.

Both Nas and Preme went into this album with a game plan. To pay homage to the origins of Hip Hop and the four elements (or pillars) of the culture. And to do that, Nas wanted a sonic landscape that SOUNDED like the beginning.

You don’t get Nas rapping the WAY he’s rapping if Premier does anything different.

 

[thekidfromqueens]

I listened the the interview -

My takeaway is that Nas kind of took Premo out of his comfort zone a bit. He recorded the vocals separate for one song (Git Ready), he was the one who came to Premo with the NYSOM pt 3 and Premo was more cautious about it, he came to him with the sample (and it sounds like they tried to get Billy himself but couldn't because of his health). Nas had input on some of the scratches. Premo came to him with the WRiters idea and NAs did some research along with Premo.

This interview has upped my respect for my GOAT producer up so much

 

[spliz]

Nas carried it to a championship BECAUSE of the production, not in spite of it. Thats what people are failing to understand.

Both Nas and Preme went into this album with a game plan. To pay homage to the origins of Hip Hop and the four elements (or pillars) of the culture. And to do that, Nas wanted a sonic landscape that SOUNDED like the beginning.

You don’t get Nas rapping the WAY he’s rapping if Premier does anything different.

Bro he's saying he don't really feel the production but Nas carried it. Which is what a lotta people saying and that's fine. And that last statement is a joke. Nas been going hard all year he would've been fine whether it was Preme or not. U can't gatekeep how people feel about the production especially if it's from a genuine place and not on some hating shyt. Like a lot of the Hit Boy criticism.

 

[Apollo Kid]

I listened the the interview -

My takeaway is that Nas kind of took Premo out of his comfort zone a bit. He recorded the vocals separate for one song (Git Ready), he was the one who came to Premo with the NYSOM pt 3 and Premo was more cautious about it, he came to him with the sample (and it sounds like they tried to get Billy himself but couldn't because of his health). Nas had input on some of the scratches. Premo came to him with the WRiters idea and NAs did some research along with Premo.

This interview has upped my respect for my GOAT producer up so much

I think he said JS-1 was also helpful for Writers as well.