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Maxwell comes out of his hole on Nas' "No One Else In The Room" (plus review) Maxwell sheds his voice on Nas' "No One Else In The Room" an upbeat dance song almost close to the stylings of Michael Jacksons "Off The Wall" era. Maxwell sounds great and the beat has a cool Mike ol skool feel to it, complete with horn section at the end. Get yo download on!
Nas is exploding his talent all over the place on the engaging Street Desciple. He begins with a stark poem to 'peace' and goes out from there. To bashing Rice and Bush on "American Way" as Kelis provides a strange vocal layout throughout the song, calling out the 'black sellouts' on "These Are our Heroes" "One for the coons/ On UPN 9 and WB/ Who 'Yes Massa' on TV/Whatever happened to Weezy and Red Foxxes?/ Never got Emmy's but were real 2 me. 2 for the spooks who do cartheels/ Cuz they say they play their parts well/ They claim Caviar and hate that Ox Tail/Match to signify bags on Lapelle/Whitey always tell him 'ooh he speaks so well..'/ Are U the one we look 2 to decently grow?/ The acceptable Negro, hell nah, but they say these are our heroes" 
Nas even goes "Camille" turning up his vocal to rap as another character named 'Scarlett' on "Sekou Story" and the haunting "Live Now" and still begs for peace on "Reason". On disc 2, Nas tries 2 branch out on on the second disc. Nas remembers all the girls he have had sex with on a freaky even scary journy on "Remember The Times" , and marry's Kelis on "Getting Married". Gives salute to Rakim, summarizing his life story over a dense echoed beat on "The Unauthorized Biography Of Rakim" and goes to say "KRS-One is next". Nas tells men his examples of what he wanted out of a "Perfect Bitch", giving his father time to holla on a country hick laden "Bridging The Gap" which is very different and experimentive especially for a first single. "Me And You" is a great sng written to his daughter explaining his work, life, love, and new marrige to Kelis. Every CD has its flaws though...While it couldve been a wonderful 1 disc set, I feel Nas was ready for a 20 track set in half, unlike his former nemesis Jay-Z, who's "Blueprint 2" was a failed attempt at a double disc 'filled with fillers'. Another thing is that Nas doesnt have a strong hook to alot of the songs and so they dont really stick in your head, so it takes a couple of listens to really groove in2 the tracks. It in all is still a strong CD and a important release for the end of 2004 and for 2005, and is a must have for Nas fans. I give it a B+ ..a close A- even... but why should u care anyway... Im bored... Straight Jacket Funk Affair
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paisleypark4 said: Maxwell sheds his voice on Nas' "No One Else In The Room" an upbeat dance song almost close to the stylings of Michael Jacksons "Off The Wall" era. Maxwell sounds great and the beat has a cool Mike ol skool feel to it, complete with horn section at the end. Get yo download on!
Nas is exploding his talent all over the place on the engaging Street Desciple. He begins with a stark poem to 'peace' and goes out from there. To bashing Rice and Bush on "American Way" as Kelis provides a strange vocal layout throughout the song, calling out the 'black sellouts' on "These Are our Heroes" "One for the coons/ On UPN 9 and WB/ Who 'Yes Massa' on TV/Whatever happened to Weezy and Red Foxxes?/ Never got Emmy's but were real 2 me. 2 for the spooks who do cartheels/ Cuz they say they play their parts well/ They claim Caviar and hate that Ox Tail/Match to signify bags on Lapelle/Whitey always tell him 'ooh he speaks so well..'/ Are U the one we look 2 to decently grow?/ The acceptable Negro, hell nah, but they say these are our heroes"
Nas even goes "Camille" turning up his vocal to rap as another character named 'Scarlett' on "Sekou Story" and the haunting "Live Now" and still begs for peace on "Reason". On disc 2, Nas tries 2 branch out on on the second disc. Nas remembers all the girls he have had sex with on a freaky even scary journy on "Remember The Times" , and marry's Kelis on "Getting Married". Gives salute to Rakim, summarizing his life story over a dense echoed beat on "The Unauthorized Biography Of Rakim" and goes to say "KRS-One is next". Nas tells men his examples of what he wanted out of a "Perfect Bitch", giving his father time to holla on a country hick laden "Bridging The Gap" which is very different and experimentive especially for a first single. "Me And You" is a great sng written to his daughter explaining his work, life, love, and new marrige to Kelis. Every CD has its flaws though...While it couldve been a wonderful 1 disc set, I feel Nas was ready for a 20 track set in half, unlike his former nemesis Jay-Z, who's "Blueprint 2" was a failed attempt at a double disc 'filled with fillers'. Another thing is that Nas doesnt have a strong hook to alot of the songs and so they dont really stick in your head, so it takes a couple of listens to really groove in2 the tracks. It in all is still a strong CD and a important release for the end of 2004 and for 2005, and is a must have for Nas fans. I give it a B+ ..a close A- even... but why should u care anyway... Im bored... hey whose picture is that on your avatar? He's cute  [Edited 12/2/04 8:28am] I will forever love and miss you...my sweet Prince. | |
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missfee said: hey whose picture is that on your avatar? He's cute
Isn't he gorgeous?  That's our paisleypark4 himself.The Normal Whores Club | |
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Its the gorgeous PP4, WHOM I'D LIKE TO MARRY ONE DAY! | |
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paisleypark4 said: Maxwell sheds his voice on Nas' "No One Else In The Room" an upbeat dance song almost close to the stylings of Michael Jacksons "Off The Wall" era. Maxwell sounds great and the beat has a cool Mike ol skool feel to it, complete with horn section at the end. Get yo download on!
Nas is exploding his talent all over the place on the engaging Street Desciple. He begins with a stark poem to 'peace' and goes out from there. To bashing Rice and Bush on "American Way" as Kelis provides a strange vocal layout throughout the song, calling out the 'black sellouts' on "These Are our Heroes" "One for the coons/ On UPN 9 and WB/ Who 'Yes Massa' on TV/Whatever happened to Weezy and Red Foxxes?/ Never got Emmy's but were real 2 me. 2 for the spooks who do cartheels/ Cuz they say they play their parts well/ They claim Caviar and hate that Ox Tail/Match to signify bags on Lapelle/Whitey always tell him 'ooh he speaks so well..'/ Are U the one we look 2 to decently grow?/ The acceptable Negro, hell nah, but they say these are our heroes"
Nas even goes "Camille" turning up his vocal to rap as another character named 'Scarlett' on "Sekou Story" and the haunting "Live Now" and still begs for peace on "Reason". On disc 2, Nas tries 2 branch out on on the second disc. Nas remembers all the girls he have had sex with on a freaky even scary journy on "Remember The Times" , and marry's Kelis on "Getting Married". Gives salute to Rakim, summarizing his life story over a dense echoed beat on "The Unauthorized Biography Of Rakim" and goes to say "KRS-One is next". Nas tells men his examples of what he wanted out of a "Perfect Bitch", giving his father time to holla on a country hick laden "Bridging The Gap" which is very different and experimentive especially for a first single. "Me And You" is a great sng written to his daughter explaining his work, life, love, and new marrige to Kelis. Every CD has its flaws though...While it couldve been a wonderful 1 disc set, I feel Nas was ready for a 20 track set in half, unlike his former nemesis Jay-Z, who's "Blueprint 2" was a failed attempt at a double disc 'filled with fillers'. Another thing is that Nas doesnt have a strong hook to alot of the songs and so they dont really stick in your head, so it takes a couple of listens to really groove in2 the tracks. It in all is still a strong CD and a important release for the end of 2004 and for 2005, and is a must have for Nas fans. I give it a B+ ..a close A- even... but why should u care anyway... Im bored... I have this. I think it's his strongest album since "It Was Written". The second CD is the strongest of the two, but the first is not without its moments. All in all it's stronger than Jay Zzzzzz's entire output. Why he ended up selling more than Nas is a complete fucking mystery to me. Nas isn't just a better MC, as a writer he's touched with genius. There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently | |
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NPD313 said: Its the gorgeous PP4, WHOM I'D LIKE TO MARRY ONE DAY!
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Shapeshifter said: paisleypark4 said: Maxwell sheds his voice on Nas' "No One Else In The Room" an upbeat dance song almost close to the stylings of Michael Jacksons "Off The Wall" era. Maxwell sounds great and the beat has a cool Mike ol skool feel to it, complete with horn section at the end. Get yo download on!
Nas is exploding his talent all over the place on the engaging Street Desciple. He begins with a stark poem to 'peace' and goes out from there. To bashing Rice and Bush on "American Way" as Kelis provides a strange vocal layout throughout the song, calling out the 'black sellouts' on "These Are our Heroes" "One for the coons/ On UPN 9 and WB/ Who 'Yes Massa' on TV/Whatever happened to Weezy and Red Foxxes?/ Never got Emmy's but were real 2 me. 2 for the spooks who do cartheels/ Cuz they say they play their parts well/ They claim Caviar and hate that Ox Tail/Match to signify bags on Lapelle/Whitey always tell him 'ooh he speaks so well..'/ Are U the one we look 2 to decently grow?/ The acceptable Negro, hell nah, but they say these are our heroes"
Nas even goes "Camille" turning up his vocal to rap as another character named 'Scarlett' on "Sekou Story" and the haunting "Live Now" and still begs for peace on "Reason". On disc 2, Nas tries 2 branch out on on the second disc. Nas remembers all the girls he have had sex with on a freaky even scary journy on "Remember The Times" , and marry's Kelis on "Getting Married". Gives salute to Rakim, summarizing his life story over a dense echoed beat on "The Unauthorized Biography Of Rakim" and goes to say "KRS-One is next". Nas tells men his examples of what he wanted out of a "Perfect Bitch", giving his father time to holla on a country hick laden "Bridging The Gap" which is very different and experimentive especially for a first single. "Me And You" is a great sng written to his daughter explaining his work, life, love, and new marrige to Kelis. Every CD has its flaws though...While it couldve been a wonderful 1 disc set, I feel Nas was ready for a 20 track set in half, unlike his former nemesis Jay-Z, who's "Blueprint 2" was a failed attempt at a double disc 'filled with fillers'. Another thing is that Nas doesnt have a strong hook to alot of the songs and so they dont really stick in your head, so it takes a couple of listens to really groove in2 the tracks. It in all is still a strong CD and a important release for the end of 2004 and for 2005, and is a must have for Nas fans. I give it a B+ ..a close A- even... but why should u care anyway... Im bored... I have this. I think it's his strongest album since "It Was Written". The second CD is the strongest of the two, but the first is not without its moments. All in all it's stronger than Jay Zzzzzz's entire output. Why he ended up selling more than Nas is a complete fucking mystery to me. Nas isn't just a better MC, as a writer he's touched with genius. It is probably my favorite CD of his overall. I wasnt really in2 rap around the time Illmatic came out, and it sounds kinda bland to me. But God's Son and Stillmatic are also very top notch efforts, but I think Nas has found his niche..the sampling and experimentalism of stark beats and switiching them up every now and then on one track help him get his message across easily. I understood why Jay was selling more than Nas though was because Jay has better outreach to the pop crowd because his singles were on fire, plus his producers were becoming stars themselves, top that with Jay Z's slick lyrics he was unstoppable. Yet, Jay doesnt touch on political themes and real-life as much as Nas does. Nas does'nt preach the cars, money, hoes, clothes theme that Jay Z does oh so much. He speaks from a real life perspective, which brings the listener closer to the artist..something a rapper should intend 2 do when recording. Straight Jacket Funk Affair
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