ipo.. nas - it was written

take it in blood is my favorite nas jam, ever

i kinda feel that way about the song before it

the beat to which is very balearic i think

jeez not everything etc...

This album prob has at least 4 top 20 Nas jams. I'd probably rather listen to IWW more than any non-Illmatic Nas album right now.

Haha I was sorta trolling

You know, I was thinking about this album and due to the fact that the Nas of It Was Written is much closer to Illmatic-era Nas than it is to current Nas, all the "This is not the same Nas!" handwringing over it seems rather quaint.

yeah i just assumed it sampled some lute bro

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, April 10, 2008 1:16 AM (10 months ago) Bookmark

still some of my favorite shit i've ever said tbh

alright so

i kinda feel this now

been playin it nonstop and the narrative shit like the setup feels like hype williams doing ellroy or something, super abstracted crime shit i love it.

i can pretty much do "take it in blood" from memory now and that line about "20 gods poppin wheelies on kawasakis" is dope as fuck just such an incredible mental image

i peeped you frontin i was in the jeep
sunk in the seat tinted with heat beats bumpin
across the streat you was wildin
talkin bout how you ran the island in 89
layin up playin the yard with crazy shine
i cocked the baby nine that nigga grave be mine
clanked him What was he thinkin on my corner when it's PAY ME time
dug em "you owe me cousin" somethin told me plug him
so dumb felt my leg burn then it got numb
spun around and shot one heard shots and dropped son
caught a hot one
somebody take this biscuit before the cops come
then they came askin me my name
what the fuck
i got stitched up and went through
left the hospital that same night
got my gat back, time to backtrack
i had the drop so how the fuck i get clapped
black was in the jeep watchin all these scenes speed by
it was a brown datsun and yo nobody in my hood got one
that clown nigga's through blazin at his crew daily
THE BRIDGE touched me up severely
hear me
so when I rhyme it's sincerely yours
be lightin Ls sippin coors on all floors in project halls
contemplatin war on niggas i was cool with before
we used to score together uptown coppin the raw
but uhhhhh a thug changes and love changes
and best friends become strangers
word up

yo d what do you think of "daughters" and the other recent stuff

i dunno. i sort of ignored everything after god's son but i've been listening to hop hop is dead and other stuff recently

daughter is really dope. sincere and great flow.

what else is new? the don?

yeah i guess by 'new' i just meant whatever in the past year or so that's been out. i liked the verse on the CJ Hilton song a lot.

it's mandatory see that pussy they hand it to me
i got no game just some bitches understand my story

― dylannn, Wednesday, April 9, 2008 10:18 PM (7 years ago)

dying

oh shit really? yeah i just assumed it sampled some lute bro

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, April 9, 2008 9:16 PM (7 years ago)

what are you dying over

i wish i could find my screenshots of jay elec trying to drunkenly quote that line on twitter

xp how it sounds like he's saying hey i'm just a man who gets pussy this is my story

i take it as
he doesn't have time for nonsense with women
he fucks with women of a higher caliber who are not looking for game
in person he's mumbly and awkward but his true story is more compelling than any bullshit you'll hear from other dudes

and the number of bitches that understand his story is like... it's not a lot, but every now and then

glad that's clear

right yes sigh

cmon dylan can you just

let me have this

sorry, buddy.

you got me involved in the first place.

feelin like i got my hands on a real batsignal type thing here

if you want to discuss nas further please don't hesitate to email me!

sorry, i am a mere neophyte just enjoying a lil thread bump

is there a time we could get together to discuss it further?

not unless your next stop is in minnesota

alex in nyc what do you think of nas it was written

i would have been like 19 years old when i made this thread

going to drunkenly try to qutoe ain't got no game just some bitches understand my story on twitter imho

j. do u think dre and nas were really smoking weed on nas is coming

i don't know lately i have been trying to imagine my favorite rappers like shopping at target or whatever so that the entire affair of spitting lines over dope beats appears as constructed as possible

buying those gel dispensers for freshening your toilet

looking for the aisle where the shower curtain hanger rings are but not being able to find it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-eNmjgfaKM

that's now how you buy fabric softener

such a great record.