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

[Figaro]

I like Marco Polo as a producer but his name shouldn’t of been anywhere near this album.

I will go play Port Authority before year end though, 1 of the best LPs from that year.

 

[Ziggiy]

 

[spliz]

what a dumbass sentiment to ask why Nas didn’t just throw the other Legend Has It.. projects out there if he didn’t care about sales. Those are OTHER people’s projects who don’t have it the same way he does. Why would he half ass the promotion for their shyt? Do yall even hear yall selves when yall talk? How Nas feels about his own shyt has nothing to do with the other artists. Nas is a whole mogul. He’s promoted this less than every other Legend Has It.. project.

 

[CrimsonTider]

Perhaps... but even they have passed on it if the numbers are true(Magic 3 did like 16k on the same label).

There’s not many NAS circle jerkers. Don’t let @Ziggiy spam confuse you

 

[Alexander Wiggin]

Selling 5k will make him stop recording lol

That's what YOU think because he's not you and don't think like you. No one really knows his motivations. If he keeps recording despite low sales it's because obviously he's not bother by it

 

[Cladyclad]

That's what YOU think because he's not you and don't think like you. No one really knows his motivations. If he keeps recording despite low sales it's because obviously he's not bother by it

Thats why we on a forum

To give opinions

Yall dudes and Nas is ridiculous

 

[I'm Blackman]

Exactly! In elementary when we was playing Doggystyle and Predator or in Jr high when we bumped Ready to Die or Space Age Pimpin.......we never was like what Biggie did the first week? Never lol.

Now the rappers cared (Pac: My shyt a drop and sell five million on Homies Thugs, Big: how to sell records like snoop oops) but we didnt. It became a big talking point thanks to Curtis Jackson.

I see great music as art. When i visit museums and look at paintings ive NEVER wondered how much this piece cost (i only care about that at a purchase gallery). Im enjoying the art.

 

[I'm Blackman]

That's what YOU think because he's not you and don't think like you. No one really knows his motivations. If he keeps recording despite low sales it's because obviously he's not bother by it

I dont know who u talking to because i got them.blocked but this goes without saying too. Its common sense. If he or Cube or Big Boi or Killer Mike or Black Thought cared deeply about this they would stop recording.

I think Jay z and Andre 3000 cares (not Big he cooking up now) but thats another topic.

 

[ItWasWritten]

what a dumbass sentiment to ask why Nas didn’t just throw the other Legend Has It.. projects out there if he didn’t care about sales. Those are OTHER people’s projects who don’t have it the same way he does. Why would he half ass the promotion for their shyt? Do yall even hear yall selves when yall talk? How Nas feels about his own shyt has nothing to do with the other artists. Nas is a whole mogul. He’s promoted this less than every other Legend Has It.. project.

Right lol

So why he do "live at the underground" and I think Get Ready at the NBA cup ? I didnt see any other people in the line up performing at any major event... is that not promotion ?? Doing an interview with the top hip hop podcaster is not promotion ??? Huh????? Do not millions of people around the world watch the NBA ? Thats a lot of eyes breddah

Why didn't he just do all his old shyt that people know if he didn't care ...

Yeah, let me just make an album with my day nikka, pay engineers, BE THE LAST RELEASE OF A MAJOR CAMPAIGN, and yeah... i don't care who hear it, yeah, this just for my nikkaz born during civil rights era and early 70's

See the problem when ya'll over stan is you eventually box you self into a corner that you cannot get out of

 

[Mike Wins]

You can't have it both ways

What Nas do an interview for awareness with Budden if he didn't care about sales
Why he do the concert on Prime
Why do the NBA stuff ?

Him and Preem just made album dedicated to hip hop and he don't care how many people hear it ? Wouldn't you want people to hear it ?

Why announce the legend series in general ? Why not just throw em out there ?

Again, yall just say anything

These all or nothing arguments don't make sense.

Album was obviously made for a niche audience. If sales was a main concern this album wouldn't even exist. You got one guest as old as Nas with a similar but smaller fanbase. A sonic approach that ain't been popular in 30 years. And one track with a hint of pop appeal.

That don't mean no interviews and no promo whatsoever. Or that he don't care at all about the target audience hearing it.

 

[scorpino]

No way they only did 5k. I have people that didn’t even know about the hit boy albums hitting me up about this

 

[Alexander Wiggin]

Thats why we on a forum

To give opinions

Yall dudes and Nas is ridiculous

And so ? My opinion is based on logic and what I see. It's you that's on a crusade against Nas and hip hop fans who appreciate him.
I don't appreciate Drake but you don't see me on all his threads like a scorned groupie.
If you don't like his work, you don't need to post all day about it, post once and then keep it moving

 

[ItWasWritten]

These all or nothing arguments don't make sense.

Album was obviously made for a niche audience. If sales was a main concern this album wouldn't even exist. You got one guest as old as Nas with a similar but smaller fanbase. A sonic approach that ain't been popular in 30 years. And one track with a hint of pop appeal.

That don't mean no interviews and no promo whatsoever. Or that he don't care at all about the target audience hearing it.

I'm not expecting Nas to sell like Taylor Swift , but you cannot tell me more people want to hear Nas and Hitboy over Nas and Preem - I don't care how old the "sound" is.

AND

Ya'll acting like HitBoy gave nothing but 808 beats... he boomed and bapped throughout each one of those damn albums

AND

Preem does NOT have a small ass fanbase

 

[Awesome Wells]

Truth.

It's funny that he mentioned Nice & Smooth because I just saw Smooth B last Friday, uptown. LOL!!

But Nas is right. Fake fans use sales and numbers today to validate their own arguments and opinions. But we never cared about sh*t like that when we copped albums, back in the day. I never knew how much Redman sold, or how much Tribe sold. I had Stunts, Blunts & Hip Hop and Death Certificate when I was a kid. Played those albums all day everyday, and never once had a talk about how much they sold or even cared.

I still don’t care about how much these classics sold. The music itself is what matters. But if you're a weirdo who wants to make a dumb argument, you'll definitely go Google up some random first week numbers to back your trash ass opinions that nobody cares about, but you. But Nas and Premier are focused more legacy and doing music while they can, for their actual fans. This isn't about numbers for them. It's about creating sh*t that'll live forever and giving that to the people who helped them get where they are today. None of these bums on here work at labels. Nobody should be talking about sales.

 

[spliz]

Right lol

So why he do "live at the underground" and I think Get Ready at the NBA cup ? I didnt see any other people in the line up performing at any major event... is that not promotion ?? Doing an interview with the top hip hop podcaster is not promotion ??? Huh????? Do not millions of people around the world watch the NBA ? Thats a lot of eyes breddah

Why didn't he just do all his old shyt that people know if he didn't care ...

Yeah, let me just make an album with my day nikka, pay engineers, BE THE LAST RELEASE OF A MAJOR CAMPAIGN, and yeah... i don't care who hear it, yeah, this just for my nikkaz born during civil rights era and early 70's

See the problem when ya'll over stan is you eventually box you self into a corner that you cannot get out of

I mean he obviously wants people who are his die hards to know the fukkin album exists man. And the Joe Budden Podcast shyt is coming off like more of a favor than anything else based on who worked on the album. Was he supposed to be the first release as the head of the label? I’m confused. To ask why he promoted the other releases was a dumb ass question. There’s core things Nas could’ve done to promote this album easily that he chose not to do. Son has no visuals for the album like the other Legend Has It.. artists as well. And this shyt don’t got nothing to do with me being no fukkin Stan. fukk outta here wit that I been critical of this album the entire time. I just don’t ask dumb ass questions and use my brain.