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

[HNIC973]

bunch 90's Source magazine reviewers on this site. . Let me exit this thread

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

In rap discussions, it’s not enough for you to dislike something. You gotta be completely disrespectful in doing so. Characters chasing content, likes, and reposts by trying to tear others down. The way DJ Premier is being treated today is disgraceful……


I can’t understand why we do that …


It’s never enough to say “I don’t like it … it’s not my speed”


It’s the need to be as disrespectful as possible that always bothers me


Why you have to be disrespectful like bring it hell


What’s the purpose of that?


What do you get out of it?

Because we live in the social media era of these attention seeking fakkits trying to go viral.

 

[ajnapoleon]

Because we live in the social media era of these attention seeking fakkits trying to go viral.

It’s wild we do that

 

[Spidey Man]

Just realized that’s Havoc talking in the beginning of pause tapes

I didn't realize that until I looked up the lyrics and it said Havoc.

Nas and Hav need to do a project together.

If this album were Jay Z and Premier, nobody would be complaining about the beats.

 

[HNIC973]

Nas isn't detailed anymore

Nas 2 years ago

 

[ajnapoleon]

I didn't realize that until I looked up the lyrics and it said Havoc.

Nas and Hav need to do a project together.

If this album were Jay Z and Premier, nobody would be complaining about the beats.

Nah go listen to that havoc and styles p album


It was bland

 

[Spidey Man]

Nah go listen to that havoc and styles p album


It was bland

Why do that when I can just listen to Infinite?

 

[MeachTheMonster]

After some more listens NYSOM3 is kinda fukkin dope.

The contrast between the hook and the verses works.

The hook is upstairs in the mainstream with the white folks.

The verses are in the in the underground….in the streets with the nikkas.

shyts like a movie.

“Throw on some DMX his words live in all of us”

 

[Ziggiy]

I didn't realize that until I looked up the lyrics and it said Havoc.

Nas and Hav need to do a project together.

If this album were Jay Z and Premier, nobody would be complaining about the beats.

Jay-Z wouldn’t have the courage to rap over these beats. And thats no disrespect to jay but he’s never been a “daring” artist and not much of a traditionalist outside of Reasonable Doubt. He wouldn’t know what to do with a beat like Welcome To The Underground or Git Ready.

 

[Spidey Man]

Jay-Z wouldn’t have the courage to rap over these beats. And thats no disrespect to jay but he’s never been a “daring” artist and not much of a traditionalist outside of Reasonable Doubt. He wouldn’t know what to do with a beat like Welcome To The Underground or Git Ready.

Git Ready opens with Big's flow and lines, you really think Hov wouldn't know what to do with that?

 

[Ziggiy]

Git Ready opens with Big's flow and lines, you really think Hov wouldn't know what to do with that?

Lyrically no

 

[MikeStamina]

It would cost too much on sample clearances alone. The bomb squad used to use 8-12 samples per song for PE. That would cost over $300k per song to clear samples today. Then there was “fight the power” which had close to 20 samples. These songs simply can’t be made anymore.

Some of these musician estates are kind of stupid. 75% of nothing Vs 10% of something.

I really don't know if they understand this simple mathematics. Keeping that phone ringing is good business

 

[Barney Rubble]

Jay-Z wouldn’t have the courage to rap over these beats. And thats no disrespect to jay but he’s never been a “daring” artist and not much of a traditionalist outside of Reasonable Doubt. He wouldn’t know what to do with a beat like Welcome To The Underground or Git Ready.

I'd say 4:44 was daring. An unmastered, unrefined sound with a slower approach to his delivery and flow. Not really any bangers outside of Bam.

This is NOT traditional Jay.

 

[Ziggiy]

Some of these musician estates are kind of stupid. 0% of everything is what? Vs 10% of something.

I really don't know if they understand this simple mathematics. Keeping that phone ringing is good business

Depends

Of the original songs being sampled are classics that still bring in a lot of publishing revenue then the artists/rights holders probably don’t care much.

All of those OG songs Puffy was just blatantly sampling in the 90’s still get play today off their own merit. And not every song sampled is going to end up like Gangsta’s Paradise and be a super hit song.

 

[Pop123]

I see a lot of praise online but I also see a healthy supply of people not really loving it…but most of them are sure to point out that Nas was A1…it’s just Premier was ass. I’m okay with that. .

Listened 3 times already, album still a solid B- for me. Clip the first 4 songs and present the album like that and it’s an A. Special album, not meant for goofballs. Like most Nas albums/music, I think this album, specifically, will age like wine.













I did the headphones in the gym test then the whip test then the outdoors jog test, I didn’t have any varying experiences but I see others have, . Premier did say it’s meant for good sound systems, sumn like that.