yeah i skipped that shit
― and what, Sunday, 13 April 2008 19:35 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm talking specifically about his early 90s rhymes though, the polysyllabic acrobatics sound mad contrived to me, which isn't a "problem" per se but is distinct from Esco's naturalistic rhyme schemes & flows.
mad xps
-- BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, April 13, 2008 2:33 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
yeah i mean i can see this, snoop's rhyme schemes early do seem to be much more studied or maybe calculated, whereas nas it's just like whatever is coming out of his mind that minute, in which case yeah nas is more 'effortless'
― J0rdan S., Sunday, 13 April 2008 19:39 (sixteen years ago) link
and wizzle
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 13 April 2008 19:44 (sixteen years ago) link
big hoos i never really thought about it that way but youre right - even on doggystyle snoop rhymes feel like a non-rapper figuring out the game instead of a natural born mc with lyrics flowing out the mouthpiece
― and what, Sunday, 13 April 2008 19:47 (sixteen years ago) link
like yknow how sometimes a producer or an r&b singer or some other type of non rapper will get on a track with a verse and its technically flawless from being either ghosted or meticulously written out but in the end it seems too professional & cold
― and what, Sunday, 13 April 2008 19:48 (sixteen years ago) link
i get that feel from luda too but not reggie noble
― and what, Sunday, 13 April 2008 19:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah and I imagine Nas goes through a serious drafting process (or at least that he probably did once), but he doesn't sound like he does. Even with some of Ghost or Rae's stuff (Doom is an obv choice here), it's like yeah yall can shout and sound compelling and all that but I can still damn near hear the strikethroughs in your notebook.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 13 April 2008 20:59 (sixteen years ago) link
im surprised you werent a huge snoop head back in 94 ethan! that dude was EVERYWHERE and i didnt get into nas til a couple years later. we were like 11 yrs old then!
― deej, Sunday, 13 April 2008 21:47 (sixteen years ago) link
i was a serious kid
― and what, Sunday, 13 April 2008 21:54 (sixteen years ago) link
big hoos don't steal my nas talking points
<i>or nas with immaculate construction and raps that you can imagine written down and read and re-read, pencil scratches and shit crossed out in the flow.</i> Freeway -- "Free At Last"
― dylannn, Sunday, 13 April 2008 22:22 (sixteen years ago) link
what kind of shit is not using italics what the fuck is this cake mix [] shit but fuckin big hoos don't steal my nas talking points
or nas with immaculate construction and raps that you can imagine written down and read and re-read, pencil scratches and shit crossed out in the flow.
― dylannn, Sunday, 13 April 2008 22:23 (sixteen years ago) link
hows ethiopia dogg
― and what, Sunday, 13 April 2008 22:25 (sixteen years ago) link
lots of people borrow that shit and they borrowed shit from other people but nobody could be FIERCE like dylannn.
― Alex in Baltimore, Sunday, 13 April 2008 22:26 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm not in ethiopia yet man
― dylannn, Sunday, 13 April 2008 22:26 (sixteen years ago) link
LOOK WHAT I BRING TO THE T aw fuck it
― and what, Sunday, 13 April 2008 22:27 (sixteen years ago) link
closing ranks around big hoos aka the steendriver
― dylannn, Sunday, 13 April 2008 22:28 (sixteen years ago) link
d post that nas retrospect
― mkcaine, Sunday, 13 April 2008 22:42 (sixteen years ago) link
wait i thought yall were the same dude wtf
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 13 April 2008 22:51 (sixteen years ago) link
JUST OF THE SAME GENRE OF EVIL GUTTER WHORE 12 STEP
― mkcaine, Sunday, 13 April 2008 22:52 (sixteen years ago) link
nice to see some real rap talk
― max, Monday, 14 April 2008 04:55 (sixteen years ago) link
recent opinions on nas live?
― __CB__, Monday, 14 April 2008 16:48 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh man:
http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2010/10/07/nas-vs-def-jam
― I'm gonna mention ilxor in everyone of my posts until I get dn'd (ilxor), Thursday, 7 October 2010 20:38 (thirteen years ago) link
aside from the random ALL CAPS moments & the general inflated sense of worth that all rappers share, i thought that was a rather reasonable email
― truly blunted rhyme fiend (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 7 October 2010 20:45 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah ilxor stop throwing dog shit on a MAGICAL moment.
― inimitable bowel syndrome (schlump), Thursday, 7 October 2010 20:46 (thirteen years ago) link
was just about to quote that part
― da croupier, Thursday, 7 October 2010 20:49 (thirteen years ago) link
vv
― yeah ilxor stop throwing dog shit on a MAGICAL moment. (ilxor), Thursday, 7 October 2010 20:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Nas writes better than Lefsetz, that's for sure. I hurt my brain trying to parse the sentence "But this doesn’t count against my commitment story is popping up ever more frequently."
― some dude, Thursday, 7 October 2010 20:59 (thirteen years ago) link
the fact that $200 grand is a "bullshit" promotional budget in 2010 is kinda blowing my mind right now
― the parking garage has more facebook followers than my band (Jordan), Thursday, 7 October 2010 21:02 (thirteen years ago) link
a magical moment
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 7 October 2010 21:21 (thirteen years ago) link
model daterbig threat to a lotta u haters
― thank you based mod (deej), Friday, 8 October 2010 18:09 (thirteen years ago) link