WTF was Jayz thinking going at Nas?

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I don’t think he was crazy for trying it….run the simulation back 10 times, he wins 3 or 4….he just tried to be too cute, and didn’t approach it right…gassed because he finally ascended to the throne and he had smashing Carmen in his back pocket…nas went to the gutter on him, changed the tone of the shyt…Nas had real disdain for Hov and showed through on ether, made the narrative look like he was trying to bully and lil homie Nas and got knocked on his ass….SupaUgly was a TERRIBLE response to ether…he needed something darker and harder
 
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Tommy Gibbs said:
haha. we don't know that. Kane had way more mainstream appeal than Nas from 89-91(though sales don't show you this), but Taste of Chocolate started his downfall and Prince of Darkness put the nail in the coffin. In that time frame, Kane was on Soul Train multiple times, did a song with Prince that got shelved(we just learned this in an interview recently), did a movie with Quincy JOnes, SNL appearance, song with Patti labelle, and won a grammy. When he tried to return to his roots on Looks like a Job for and Daddy's Home(2 dope albums) it was too late. Hip hop is an unforgiving genre. You just didn't get 2 albums to fix your mistake back in the day. It moved FAST. Eras were basically 2 years. Ice Cube's Predator dropped in 92 and Ready to die dropped in 94. That's only 2 years apart, but different eras. 95 wutang had the industry on lock, by 97 everyone was wearing Vercase and rhyming over 80s pop hits. Nas after Nastradamus and Qb's finest sadly was on his way out.
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The game passed BDK by they evolved quickly without him. The rap game didn’t pass Nas by in the year 2000, if anything he was steering himself back towards his roots

He still had too many innovative conceptual records, captivating stories and still pushing the boundaries of lyricism… while still maintaining a somewhat dwindling but high level of mainstream appeal.

Had Stillmatic/Death of Escobar or whatever came after Nastradamus been a dud then I would agree he woulda been on his way out. But it was too early to throw dirt on him
 
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Pop123 said:
😭😭😂

Eat a Doberman dikk, btw, anybody about to complain…shut up, you didn’t have to click, ya mook, stop crying puzzy…salute tho.






Jayz a fn legend but this negro really thought his “chyeah…ungh huh ungh…we in da buildin” happy zookeeper ass was gonna make it out alive steppin to an apex predator. Be a brilliant business man and a fukking idiot at the same time brehs. Get destroyed….nig had a 4% chance of winning that battle. Shhit lowkey pissing me off, Ryan Garcia tryna step to Iron Mike…gtfoh, what are you doing? You’re nice but he’s gonna rip your nose off B. Smh, yall be safe tho…nig shoulda sent Sigel, he woulda got gutted too but still…you not built like that champ

What’s Nas most vicious verses?
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Ghostface Trillah said:
Man’s mom was on her deathbed and he was by her side. They should have just let him be but rocafella felt unstoppable at that point in time.

Memphis Bleek really went at nas and started the whole thing. Memphis fukking Bleek.
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I dont even remember this. :ohhh:

I be wondering sometimes where I can get a breakdown of some of the greatest events in hip hop history, a literal play by play of every single incident that happened.

Does anything like that exist? :jbhmm:
 
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