Nas Says He Wants Rappers From His Era To Start Dropping Albums 🟥 "I Don't Wanna Hear No Trends, I Wanna Hear Art"!!!!!!

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

I mean....

Nas is my guy but dude got $40 million from the Ring deal plus whatever other business ventures he has.

He can afford to drop albums nonstop and not care what they sell or chart, 90% of 90's rappers do not have that luxury.

Fred.

ESPECIALLY a nikka who went like 15 years between albums

Nas on his Gwyneth Paltrow shyt right now

 

[Izanami]

Some if the vets are washed and incapable of making dope shyt. Just heard Black Thoughts new album from April and it was fire. He can still spit with the best of them. Would love to see what Jay, Jada, LB, OutKast, Luda could offer today

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

Including producers and engineers!!!!

YES

 

[African Peasant]

Naw...you got Rolling Stones still touring at 70 plus....if these rappers wanna be artists, instead of rappers..then they need to make art.

This is why I want Visual Artists to gatekeep the word "ARTISTS" l...thespians, singers, writers ain't artists...they are exactly what I said they are...thespians, singers, writers....

The dumb stuff you read on thecoli

 

[Big Boss]

I'm saying Z-Ro has always operated outside of the mainstream so he's better adapted to the environment Nas is suggesting for older acts.

And I dunno what the rest of your post means. A bunch of older acts from other genres don't put out new music. Rolling Stones has put out 4 albums since 1994....Aerosmith has put out 4 albums since 1997. Metallica just put out an album that didn't even go gold.

And all of them can tour and make a fukk ton of money, off their older shyt. Acts (rap, rock, whatever) that been around 25-30+ years consistently dropping new music is not a regular occurence, breh.

Fred.

Facts

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

He’s right. KRS one IMAMCRU12 album was a nice project

 

[FlyRy]

yes old heads. you too can debut to 17k and #40 on the charts

 

[Braman]

Naw...you got Rolling Stones still touring at 70 plus....if these rappers wanna be artists, instead of rappers..then they need to make art.

This is why I want Visual Artists to gatekeep the word "ARTISTS" l...thespians, singers, writers ain't artists...they are exactly what I said they are...thespians, singers, writers....

You just unintentionally showed the difference in fan bases/genres. Read that back. They are touring, not recording. They have “recorded” 2 albums this century

Yet you expect Meth to make a collab tape with Alchemist or else he’s no artist. Breh earlier said he wanna hear a ‘hungry’ 55 year old Ghostface.

Rap fans are in a perpetual childlike mindstate, pure delusion.

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

I understand what Nas is saying, but albums cost money to producer. You must pay for studio time(if someone doesn't have a studio in their home or own one), beats(if the rapper isn't making beats), mastering, videos, touring, etc. I know what Nas is saying and I'd like to hear new music from my favorite all time MCs as well, but not too many people are willing to pump tens of thousands of dollars into an album that people will listen to for 2 weeks and move on to the next thing. It's a different time now and albums aren't the thing anymore.

 

[The War Report]

I want Nas and Large Pro do a whole album together like they meant to do so in the beginning.

 

[Ziggiy]

People have been dropping albums. There are not a lot of them, but there's enough.

The problem is that it will always be difficult for them to tap into a younger market, and a large part of their demo still don't be plugged in enough to the new ways to keep up when said artists drop.

Even them grabbing a modern producer isn't going to help. The run the risk of alienating both youth (nobody wanna hear no old guy) and a their core fans (he tryna ride these younger trends but need to make music for us). Then the older fan half still want the sound when the artist was 20...

Nas hit a perfect storm. But someone else can do that and it still gets their usual results of crickets. But as for myself, I'll continue to purchase music from the artists I'm fans of...as long as they keep making it.

Saying that Nas hit a “perfect storm” is discounting the foresight, strategy, and work ethic it took for him to BE in the position that he is.

Lets not forget Nas set up Mass Appeal while he was still signed to Def Jam, and had to maneuver signing and promoting artists such Fashawn, Cantrell, Run The Jewels and later Dave East while still on that label. Then when he made the full transition to Mass Appeal he tapped Hit Boy to work on what was supposed to be an EP but after seeing the quality of songs and chemistry he and Hit Boy shared, turned into a full album. Even before that he was setting up businesses and investments through his QB Ventures firm. The success of Bevel and Carry1st, and later on the bigger successes of Ring and Lyft, allowed him to he financially comfortable whilst continuing his recording ventures. All of that, not to mention the tours, documentaries, etc took an awful lot of planning and promotion. Even the Hip Hop 50 anniversary stuff was plotted out 5 years ago.


Artists like Ghost, Raekwon, Rakim, etc could have been doing the same thing with the right management and work ethic. All of these companies rushing to buy up rappers publishing tells ME that there is still a appetite to be in the Hip Hop business for these companies. You can’t tell me Rakim couldn’t partner with a business or label to get some nice promo for a comeback album. Ghostface partnered with Stem earlier this year after they dropped Kanye and has a whole deal set up for documentaries, videos, and a concert

Ghostface Killah Is Releasing a Stem Player-Exclusive Album

www.okayplayer.com

The music still has value. Artists of Nas generation just have to be willing to fukking get off they’re asses and put the work in. Gone are the days when a Major Label puts in real work for ANY artists besides the top 2%. Drake, Cole, Kendrick, Pre-Nazi Salute c00n Kanye, Nicki Minaj and who else? Tyler The Creator you could throw in. And I have a feeling that with their fanbases being what they are that Tyler and Pre-Nazi Salute c00n Kanye probably don’t need a Major label in 2023.

In this current era of music if you can manage to move 20k your a hot artist. Maybe a Rakim or a KRS (whose still putting out dope albums and touring) aren’t moving 20K, but they can still get paid off the music through licensing, touring, etc. KRS’s new album has a song licensed through Sprite that they’ve been using in ther online ads. LL is probably the greatest example next to Nas and Jay-Z on how to keep your name out there and be visible. He’s got an album produced Q-Tip coming with features from Nas and Eminem. You think Q-Tip would turn down the opportunity to work with Rakim? Or Raekwon? Or Method Man? Posters on this site LOVE Alchemist. I’m sure he’d cook up something good to great with any of the names I mentioned. Black Thought’s EP Stream Of conscious part 1 only sold 10K first week, but like 9k of that was pure sales. Does a rapper like Currensy, who puts out at least 2-3 albums per year ANNUALLY, sale that much or more? I don’t think so, he eats off the pure sales and bundles and merch. I’d buy a DJ Premier produced Method Man album in a heartbeat AND some merch AND buy tickets to a show.


Its all about how you strategize

 

[MikeStamina]

A lot of dweebs post here I swear

Absolutely zero ability to read between the lines.
Nas is OBVIOUSLY talking to a specific group of MC's. Like a Jay, 3k, Cube, LL, The WU, Scarface, etc
Those that can be mentioned on the Goat list that still possibly got it in them.

He's not saying every 90's rapper need to pick their Mic back up n start putting out music. (Damn y'all stupid)

The once great could still be great if they get over their fear and inhibitions...of trying to fit in


I really wish we posted here with our fb accounts.
Because if I can see what you look like, your dumb ass takes would make perfect sense