Fri 30 May 2008
Coverage of last night Nas “Be a N—-r Too” screening….
Posted by Miss Info under good for hip hop , good for humanity , good for me , new music , videos[11] Comments
Nile at youheardthatnew and Danica from Sohh posted some lovely video from last nights screening…..I’m sure there will be more to come. I would have had full audio of the Q&A to share if it weren’t for some folks….ahem…on whom I’m not gonna waste my emotional energy on right now. But big up to my friend Rik, one of my favorite artists Nas, and the many people there that I have much love for (chris atlas, pecas, nancy, brady, tracy, ang, enuff, ebro, eskay, laura, sha, jay, reef, tip, sav, steve etc etc). Goodtimes. Interesting discussion. Open bar. Great people. The video will be out soon, the album cover is all over the place, and here were some of the comments….
Before the video….(from youheardthanew)
After the video….(from sohh)
Click more to see more video clips from youheardthanew….
May 31st, 2008 at 5:54 am
lets just hope that the music will match up with all the hype.
if not-then its just like that hip hop is dead album that i bought for $5 from the african out on the ave.
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May 31st, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Rent- I was sure there was a lot of hype for this album!
BUT Why didn’t he make the MTV list? His last album was better than Jay-Z last two albums and he has released more albums that 3000 in the last two years…
I’m just saying…
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May 31st, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Rent- I’m NOT sure there was a lot of hype for this album! It seems like he is in charge of his own promotion!
BUT Why didn’t he make that MTV list? His last album was better than Jay-Z last two albums and he has released more albums that 3000 in the last two years…
I’m just saying…
Update: Haten on the Lil Homie aint a good look these days especially when Lil Wayne album just leaked and its ass…
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May 31st, 2008 at 7:16 pm
i think NAS is one of few smart artist out there and he has never fail me in his music. people need to give this a chance because there is a lot of knowledge being spread through his music.
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May 31st, 2008 at 7:39 pm
once a nas fan, always a nas fan. he sold me on this one.
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May 31st, 2008 at 7:54 pm
@ Big
MTV doesnt know Hip-Hop,thats why.that list should be called “most popular in rap 08″ or something because talent couldnt have been a factor on that list.Kanye,Jay and Wayne are the only ones that i agree with on that list.legends should be exempt from those little list cause their places in Hip-Hop are permanently established
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May 31st, 2008 at 10:27 pm
LMAO @ Hip Hop Is Dead being better than American Gangster. It’s definitely better than Kingdom Come though.
Anyways, Info, you got to let us know what you personally thought of the video.
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June 2nd, 2008 at 6:25 pm
this is the big question match up to all the hype lets not have any pre-conceived ideas of what will come, i think nas always tryed something new with something old in hand, most dumb folk will expect an illmatic re-bake because what his critics are wanting. this has at times become a mile stone around his neck he has cut this off now and will continue to teach the mass a sermon
p.s nas do something in africa even a video and track please if not now soon!
your sincerley
black star
ghana = zion
uno!
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June 3rd, 2008 at 5:56 am
the reason he didnt make the list is because “NAS IS GARBAGE”.The TAKEOVER proved that.sorry nas fans. LMAO
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June 3rd, 2008 at 10:47 am
ok i know this album talks about bad things that go on across the world.but it seems like the out come of this album leans towards some hate against whites, now let me break something down places like china where the some cops treat people bad and it is known that some of the government put 9 year olds in slavery does that mean the asain man is the devil??? no!! in mexico a lot of the cops treat people very bad and the government doesnt help people get jobs and people their get treated very bad does that the mexican man is the devil??? no!! thousands of years ago before the white man came too africa black tribes fought against each other and killed each other and made their youth get periceing and tatoos that cause them horrible pain.does that mean the black man is the devil??? no!!!some whites put blacks in slavery and now a days a lot of cops treat blacks like crap does that mean the white man is the devil??? no!!! i hope this album lets people know that every colar went threw slavery and caused slavery.and i hope this album teaches kids to not be racist against other colars just cause their great great great x10 grand pants might have killed their great great great x5 grand parents.you go too china chinese people get treated better than any other colar,you go too puerto rico ricans get treated better than any colar it doesnt mean their bad thats how it is every where i think its time we stop blameing the white man cause everycolar had its share of hard times and have done horrible things. but too blame the great great great grabd kids is racist. theirs rich black people from sports,acting,doctors,owners of stores,teachers ect..theirs rich and poor of every colar.the goverment every where are own by other dif types of colars and a lot of people are getting treated unfair from all colars.i hope nas teaches that in his album.and yea the us needs a lot of improvements. but when you look at places like iran where a female cant even drive a car cause she is female and if you dont convert to being muslim you would go to jail and be hang,and other countrys it doesnt make the us look bad infact even tho theirs a lot of foul things our government does the u.s is the most freeist place in the world.but at the same time we still need to improve a lot i hope nas teaches that in his new album.sorry for the bad spelling..peace
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June 3rd, 2008 at 5:03 pm
wave, I highly doubt that the premise of the album formerly known as “Nigger” would be that the white man is the devil. However, I hope it brings to light some of the relationships the two (blacks & whites) have. I would be extremely interested if Nas spoke of the relationship between rappers (slaves) and major record labels (owners) and how these rappers are making these white people rich. Yet the latter group don’t care about said artists. Nas had a line about that before on a song called “Black Zombies.”
That’s the sounds of the beast
I’m a Columbia Record slave
So get paid
Control your own destiny, you are a genius
Don’t let it happen to you like it did to me
I was a black zombie
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