Figaro
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I’m not sure if it’s the exact reason but brehs was mad because AZ didn’t choose Nas over Jay Z on drink champs
It’s really not that serious.
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I’m not sure if it’s the exact reason but brehs was mad because AZ didn’t choose Nas over Jay Z on drink champs
It’s really not that serious.
HNIC973
R.I.P Bandana P
Literally Nas brings him out at damn near every show. Az even canceled his own tour dates so he could be at these Nas orchestra events earlier this year
Ukbrotha
Superstar
That is kinda wild but I dont know if I would go as far as accusing him of not being loyal.I’m not sure if it’s the exact reason but brehs was mad because AZ didn’t choose Nas over Jay Z on drink champs
It’s really not that serious.
Awesome Wells
The Bobby Womack of Crack
I’m not sure if it’s the exact reason but brehs was mad because AZ didn’t choose Nas over Jay Z on drink champs
It’s really not that serious.
It's Brooklyn.
But it's like Sosa always tells people, he's been cool with Jay forever. He always mentions how hype he was to be in the "Dead Presidents" video playing Monopoly with Jay and B.I.G., and how they all knew each other from Brooklyn. A's not gonna sh*t on Jay because the weirdos who obsess over Nas want him to. He always says that both Nas and Jay are his "brothers". He's a solid dude. No corny sh*t with him.
Artfull Dodger
All Star
Tryin to sneak in that BP2 as unfairly hated
IWW was unfairly hated not now though.
IWW was unfairly hated not now though.
HNIC973
R.I.P Bandana P
IWW is loved da fukk are they talking about?Tryin to sneak in that BP2 as unfairly hated
It Was Written’s reputation has grown over the last 15 or so years to the point where its almost universally recognized as a classic. Rolling Stone went from giving it 2 Mics in 1996 to including it on their list on 500 Greatest Rap Albums and calling it a classic in 2021.
If there’s a Nas album that gets unfair hate i’d say its Streets Disciple. Nas was rapping his ASS off on that album and because he went against the grain production-wise it got unjustly hated on.
Awesome Wells
The Bobby Womack of Crack
IWW is loved da fukk are they talking about?
This here.
I really feel like people weren't around when IWW dropped.
Because for the most part, it was loved crazily. Not on a Illmatic level, but that summer, you heard that album being played everywhere in NYC. You couldn't escape it here.
Piff Perkins
Veteran
It's an example of the two worlds of rap. The "real rap" dudes didn't like the album. You can go back and listen to Stretch & Bobbito shows from 96 and they barely ever acknowledged the album. If they played Nas records that year it was mainly features or remixes from Illmatic. Flip side casual rap fans, street rap fans, etc fukked with the album. The latter group (casual fans, street fans, etc) are much more prominent but the purists often get to write history unfortunately.
Awesome Wells
The Bobby Womack of Crack
Not true, at all.
I used to record Stretch and Bob every Thursday night, for years. Damn near since the show started. The first time I heard "Watch Dem N*ggas" was on Stretch, before IWW even dropped. Stretch had two shows at the time. One on WKCR and another one on Hot 97, on Sunday night. For those of us that listened to his shows back then, we heard "Live N*gga Rap" being played on both constantly before and after IWW dropped. Stretch was all about QB. He's the one that produced "LA, LA" for Mobb and CNN. On Hot 97, he was the first one playing "Black Girl Lost" and "Affirmative Action".
On his June 6th show in '96, he played "Live N*gga Rap", then went into Large Professor's "Ijuswannachill". He was the first person playing the records off of IWW, over a month before it dropped. I was recording the show and selling copies in school for $5, as a kid. He was the reason why we would hear all of these records way before the albums came out. So that entire post is wild untrue.
Stretch was crazy about Nas! All of the underground NYC shows were.
Piff Perkins
Veteran
Nah lol. Stretch debuted the album on college radio but after it came out are you saying he kept playing records? Because I have a lot of the 96 recordings and you barely hear any Nas at all. Damn near nothing from IWW after the album came out. BEFORE the album came out yes, he played records.
I've never heard Stretch say IWW was wack but him and Bobbito were 100% the type of dudes to believe that. Because of how different the album sounded, specifically the drums and some of the samples.