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

[Pop123]

"What A Life" = Crack cocaine

 

[spliz]

"What A Life" = Crack cocaine

U mean My Life Is Real?

 

[Tetris v2.0]

Which is dumb cause “It’s Time” is the clear sports song. lol. Like no question whatsoever.

Definitely. I'm surprised they aren't working that one more. It's clearly the most marketable joint on here

Catchy beat with a familiar sample
Simple concept easy to follow, relatable topic

It would work perfectly in a sizzle reel or sports highlights

Steve Miller is actually credited which tells me that the publishing split on that one might be not ideal...

 

[spliz]

Definitely. I'm surprised they aren't working that one more. It's clearly the most marketable joint on here

Catchy beat with a familiar sample
Simple concept easy to follow, relatable topic

It would work perfectly in a sizzle reel or sports highlights

Steve Miller is actually credited which tells me that the publishing split on that one might be not ideal...

I put it to the background of a Jordan highlight vid and it went perfect.

 

[Ziggiy]

Which is dumb cause “It’s Time” is the clear sports song. lol. Like no question whatsoever.

Nas is captain of his own ship. It is what it is.

Remember this is the man who made Al Jarraeu of Rap the lead single for Lost Tapes 2 lol. I like the song. I like both Git Ready and Welcome to The Underground. But there were more “obvious” single choices for both projects. Hell Rare as the lead single for KD2 (when Store Run and YKTV were RIGHT there) was a left kind of choice.

Nas is choosing songs that are reflective of who he is as an artist. Some may call it admirable, some may call it foolhardy. It doesn’t matter to me, I like the songs. I just hope we get some videos if Nas himself loves them so much.

 

[Danie84]

Nothin is Sweet you can tell by Bumpin this Beat Madman takes me back to Take It Personal

 

[Danie84]

This is definitely how they wanted the album to sound, as it's paying homage to a certain era

But some of the beats could've definitely been better. Primo lacked some serious creativity here

Life Is Good is what Light-Years seemed to be aiming for, and Salaam Remi is somehow vindicated

 

[Piff Perkins]

Which is dumb cause “It’s Time” is the clear sports song. lol. Like no question whatsoever.

 

[spliz]

Bro I added the Nas song to some Jordan highlights and it fit absolutely perfect. Lol

 

[T.he I.nformant]

I love what they did with Writers and Bouquet

I know they’re not meant to be exhaustive lists but still was curious if there were any glaring omissions

I was thinking Little Simz was the one who jumped out

Any others, whether that be women in hip-hop or graffiti artists?

 

[JYoung24]

Man they need to get the FOH with that bullshyt narrative “if you not fukking with Light Years, then you wasn’t a real Hip Hop head in the first place “. Just because it’s so called “real hip hop” don’t always make it great music. That goes for back then and now. And I’m not even saying this album is trash or criticizing Nas because he always delivers lyrically. The general critique has strictly been on production. We love Premier, he’s our GOAT, but the beats on here range from cool to flat out subpar. It’s ok for us to have an opinion if we not feeling something from the greats. This album doesn’t take away from Premier’s legacy as a great.

Nah the production is great too

 

[maxamusa]

@Ziggiy is the only poster who I think likes Nas more than me, my standom runs deep and goes back to the SoHH days and the Jigga wars. Matter fact I still don't fukk with Hov my beef is everlasting, he's top 25 to me maybe.

I also love Billy Joel, his music reminds me of my pops.

And Preem is my #4 favorite producer.

And I love this album, like LOVE it.

And I think the beat that Nas raps over is super dope.

With all that said, whenever this song hits the chorus it just completely kills the momentum for me - like...I think it's dope how it transitions back to the beat. But going from Nas spitting into the chorus is just a giant vinyl scratch moment for me and it bugs me each, and every, motherfukking time lol.

Preem is really in your top 5 and you're cool with the production like that?


I can't get behind this shyt and I keep trying....I wanted classic preemo

 

[Ziggiy]

I love what they did with Writers and Bouquet

I know they’re not meant to be exhaustive lists but still was curious if there were any glaring omissions

I was thinking Little Simz was the one who jumped out

Any others, whether that be women in hip-hop or graffiti artists?

He shouted out over FIFTY female rappers. And then said “to anybody I didn’t name, I love you too.” Knowing there’s no possible way he could name everyone. With that in mind, I don’t think there are any “glaring” omissions whatsoever considering its a song not a memoriam.

 

[TheJet]

"Sons" is so much better a few weeks later. I appreciate that not every rapper can make a song like this.