Thu 15 Mar 2012
Nas has been a little quiet since we got “Nasty” last year. Well the silence ends today, after dropping the artwork last night Nas gives the green light to Hot 97′s Funkmaster Flex to world premiere his new single, “The Don.” Nasir’s tenth studio album is slated to release later this year via Def Jam Records. R.I.P. Heavy D.
Although he’s on to another chapter/Heavy D gave this beat to Salaam for me to rap to/
Blaaaah…
via In Flex We Trust
UPDATE: Dirty/No Tags added, after the jump….
Listen to “The Don,” plus view the artwork and lyrics after the jump….
New Music: Nas – “The Don” (prod. by Heavy D, Salaam Remi, and Da Internz) (Explicit/CDQ/No Tags)
Nas – “The Don” Lyrics:
[Intro: Super Cat]
Super Cat
New York girls dem are bad over we (4x)
Nas the Don (8x)
In a new york city (4x)[Verse 1]
Yea….yea
Smoking a escubano, guzzle my second bottle
Hope I don’t catch a homo (homicide)
Grossing our net
Simultaneous making me climb higher heinous crimes behind me
Search but can’t find me
Fuck sadness
Had this been you havin this lavish
Habitual happiness at me you wouldn’t look backwards
You would have sex on condominium roof decks
So anyone move next
I’ll hit you with two techs
Rocking Roberto Cavalli no shirt on convertible Mazy
My Columbiana mommy ridin beside me
Every tat mean something, that’s my word on my body
I’ll have to lean something wit that Mossberg shotty
My n*ggas is ignorant put lead in yo pigment
Just for all the days y’all was mad I was getting it
In 97 the six
98 the Bentley
Now it’s the Ghost Phantom
And ya’ll can’t stand em but……[Hook]
Nas the Don (8x)
In a new york city (4x)[Verse 2]
Army Jacket swag Army jacket green and black
Wit the square top pocket that snaps
Where the gas at?
Pass that, not you
You hold crack where your ass at
I never did that, my sock where my stash was at
Yo I use to listen to that red alert and rap attack
I fell in love with the poetry I mastered that
Cuttin school with Preme team at phat cat was at
Future not crystal clear yet BaccaratNow im the one that’s reppin Queens way beyond your wildest dreams
Bottles on bottles with sparklers surround my team
That long cash get the baddest bitches out they jeans
20 years in this game lookin 17
I don’t lean: no codeine, promethazine
I just blow green pick which a bitch can bless the king
Although he’s on to another chapter
Heavy D gave this beat to Salaam for me to rap to
Blaaaah…[Hook]
[Verse 3]
Yeah yeah..
New York is like an Island a big Rikers Island
The cops be out wildin, all I hear is sirens
It’s all about surviving same old two step
Tryna stay alive when
They be out robbin, I been out rhyming
Since born knowledge like prophet Muhammad
Say the ink from a scholar
Worth more than the blood of a martyr
So I’mma
Keep it on til I see billion dollar
Keep your friends close and ya enemies closer
Love model chocha mommy pop it like she suppose to
Eyes red shot like I’m never sober
Big time smoker Indonesian doja
Minis you can hold up before you get all wet up from my soldiers
Don shit
Under fire I remain on some calm shit
This for every ghetto and the hood
Nas the Don and Supercat the Don Dotta
Understood…[Hook]
Tells us your thoughts, this a great follow up to “Nasty”?
Previously:
Producers Da Internz Say Nas’ New Album Will “Tear The Skin Off Your Face”
Hilarious! Nas Shares His Craziest Party Memory With VICE and ‘Project X’
Nas Performs With The Roots On ‘Late Night With Jimmy Fallon’ (Video)
Nas Takes Us Through Queensbridge In “Nasty” (New Video)
March 15th, 2012 at 4:51 pm
Nas just set the bar again for 2012. Exactly what he did with “Nasty” last year.
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March 15th, 2012 at 5:16 pm
he set what bar…
the ‘mediocre street single talkin bout pretty much the same shit as the last street single’ bar?
just cause it has the old school sound it doesn’t necessarily make it good. it’s “aigght”.
this coming from a fan. a concerned one.
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Anelka Reply:
March 15th, 2012 at 6:36 pm
well, u gotto be concerned for ur ears and taste.
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Vcsom Reply:
March 15th, 2012 at 10:08 pm
It’s cool that you16 year olds got low standards. It’s cute it’s cute.
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Muhyee Reply:
March 16th, 2012 at 3:43 am
Nice reply nice
Truf.com Reply:
March 16th, 2012 at 7:10 pm
seriously. I love how these new jacks have such low standards and don’t even realize it.
I’m a Nas fan, and this shit sucks just like Nasty sucked.
Typical wack beat from Nas.
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March 15th, 2012 at 7:31 pm
Concerned over what? NAS IS HAVING FUN! Niggas still craving Illmatic from Nas. Thank goodness Nas has evolved & this is far from an old school sound. Nas keep having fun and enjoying your craft because you can’t please everyone. NAS IS THE DON!
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red nation Reply:
March 15th, 2012 at 7:33 pm
Nas caught a holy ghost on both joints, god help you and your taste in hip hop cos don’t get any better than This
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red nation Reply:
March 15th, 2012 at 8:07 pm
Nas tweet missinfo as his link! That’s a big look info ;D
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spirit equality Reply:
March 15th, 2012 at 11:20 pm
what “old school sound”? name the “old school song” that sounds like this one. your ears are broken.
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jae 1 Reply:
March 15th, 2012 at 11:32 pm
a concerned fan lmaooooo just stop your a rapper that feels out shine come on haa.jk haa,”WELL YES IM A CONCERNED FAN AND I STAND BY THE FACT THAT THIS SONG IS JUST OK lmaooo..
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moneyman Reply:
March 16th, 2012 at 12:04 am
Why would he call a song “the don” and be political? The whole album is street, he already said that….he was political enough the last 2 albums smh ppl are never happy
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Flowdini Reply:
March 16th, 2012 at 9:13 am
i gotta agree with Vcsom . i am not impressed at all. it was avarage at best. not wack but not amazing either , and when i think of Nas , i think amazing … if he took this long for something like this … i dunno , starting to think he lost another step … and before i get called out i’ll fill u in , in 94 i was 13 , i walked in some snow to go get illmatic … last year i went to rock the bells in nyc alone to see him … this dudes my fav m.c. period , but i gotta call a spade a spade. i’ll take this new album , and one more only if it’s him and preemo , then i dont want no more new music from him … real talk.
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The Third Reply:
March 18th, 2012 at 1:45 am
Well in 93 I was 18 and I like the flow. The verses are ok. Basic yes but everything can’t be elite. And that’s because its all based on perception. I enjoyed this because it does have a certain vibe. The beat can never sound like something from the 90′s because that was analogue this is digital. I think we only want what we like from a artist over and over. They are artists and Nas being one that is more about artistry than satifying the status quo. So when he wants to make street music that’s where his energy is and I respect it.
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The Third Reply:
March 18th, 2012 at 1:47 am
As a fan what are you concerned about?
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March 15th, 2012 at 6:08 pm
yea nas blacked out on this 1
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March 15th, 2012 at 6:33 pm
KISS THE RING…NAS ALWAYS HOLD IT DOWN…
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Angry Gillmore Reply:
March 16th, 2012 at 1:42 am
That N ring is crazy conceptually (I can tell he puts thought into his jewelry) Not to set conspiracy theorists off but he got the six planets (all different cut stones surrounded by Egyptian hyro on the border of the ring ) aligning around the “N” , coming full circle. That’s the circle of life. (if you into the mathematics)
and to the comments i saw about “same content matter Are you kidding me? He just brought heavy d back to life on the track, literally. Other than Busta rhymes (which even though he meant well with his intentions in the heavy tribute it wasnt as well executed as this nas track) he did the man justice.
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London Town Reply:
March 16th, 2012 at 5:30 pm
There are 8 planets and 7 circles on Nas’s ring soooooo…
the song is ok as a blast out the whip tune but its average and i prefer the busta’s song as just a “song” tbh
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March 15th, 2012 at 7:01 pm
Heavy blessed him in passing.
I still want him to take it to that next level though leading up to the album, this is tough though!
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March 15th, 2012 at 7:45 pm
Heat rocks cooked coke crack and all that! The best to ever do it ! Kiss the ring! He letting em out slow cause he know he’s working with a loaded deck plus as always he doesn’t follow what’s hot nas always tells fuckas what’s hot and set his own trends and that’s what sets him apart from everyone else the best to do it in my opinion ESCO let’s go
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March 15th, 2012 at 9:00 pm
FIRE BABY … WATCH OUT HIPHOP IS COMING BACK
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March 15th, 2012 at 9:28 pm
my faV rapper of aLL timez hands dOwn NaS
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March 15th, 2012 at 9:59 pm
I just hope Nas can drop a whole album of heat. I also hope that his label can hit that n1@@a with some proper promotion.
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March 15th, 2012 at 10:01 pm
Nas Killed it!!!!!! kept it gangsta and gentleman. Classic ish as usual
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March 15th, 2012 at 10:03 pm
Seems like he’s just having fun proving that he has no equal when it comes to word play.
Oh yeah, flow switches are dope too… “New York is like an Island a big Rikers Island
The cops be out wildin, all I hear is sirens
It’s all about surviving same old two step
Tryna stay alive when
They be out robbin, I been out rhyming’
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March 15th, 2012 at 11:07 pm
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!
CANT WAIT TIL TOMORROW!!
wait fuck its gonna rain!
well sat and sunday its gone be on in philly!
new whip new nas shit!
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March 15th, 2012 at 11:15 pm
the beat takes a few listens to rock with honestly, it’s awkward as hell. Lyrics are stellar per usual.
This whole 90′s sound street single thing he’s been on is getting a little predictable. I know that’s his comfort zone, but i’m not here for an album full of that. Just like with “nasty” the tracks aren’t bad, but it’s just not quite “it” either. I do think “nasty” was a much better effort than this though.
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moneyman Reply:
March 16th, 2012 at 12:28 am
A whole album with Damien Marley and untitled wasn’t enough….or hip hop is dead. Nasty hasn’t done an entire street album since stillmatic. I don’t get these complaints.
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Angry Gillmore Reply:
March 16th, 2012 at 3:29 pm
You nailed it. The point of this album was the street element. If anything he’s not in his comfort zone with political under tones like his last two projects. Nas isn’t corporate he still well in touch with the people, I have faith he will deliver.
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fresh87 Reply:
March 16th, 2012 at 1:05 am
He’s taking it back to the 90′s,there’s nothing wrong with that,there so much bullshit on the radio.it’s good to hear a legend that has been in the game for 20 years still in his prime,and the beat is CRAZY
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March 15th, 2012 at 11:18 pm
Nas is a Legend, I respect the joint!!
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March 15th, 2012 at 11:25 pm
the dj’s are going to tear this one up…
damn good job from everyone involved…nas, hev, salaam, and da internz
ps: pretty sure supercat is saying “dem are MAD over we” not “dem are bad over we”. you should edit that transcription, info.
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March 16th, 2012 at 3:25 am
man dis shit is whack straight up…aint no way around it. I hate a rappers try 2 recapture a lost sound of past recordings. I exspected more from nas myself. maybe he should get sum of common’s producers. I could even see kanye assisting somewhere.
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fresh87 Reply:
March 16th, 2012 at 10:50 pm
nigga shut up and go listen to lil wayne
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me Reply:
March 17th, 2012 at 2:59 am
get ya head out ur ass and learn sum knowledge about the bizness…this shit is whack is dats dat
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fresh87 Reply:
March 17th, 2012 at 4:16 am
first off it’s business not bizness,and i’m up on the music BUSINESS,commons producer (no id) has the same similar style to salam remi,so what are you saying? and kanye doesn’t even make the same kind hip hop beats like he did on college drop out,graduation,etc nigga go dumb you’r self down some more,and listen to some waka flocka,and leave this to true hip hop heads,this shit is to complex for you
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March 17th, 2012 at 10:51 am
1st of all I don’t listen 2 waka like dat. 2nd of all I have purchased several of nas’s albums. You 2 evolve ur sound 2 constanly grow as an artist. see you one of those cats who wanna remain in the early 90′s. Im talkin about advancing and not stay on a treadmill. Take Jay z & kanye’s album for instance. you dont have 2 follow the trend 2 make an edgy album. bth “real hip hop” is whack…i like real hip hop music. its a difference clown!
March 16th, 2012 at 3:36 am
Seems like Nas is having fun with this thing called hip hop his first single Halftime dropped 20yrs ago he still here and he’s keepin it true NY hip hop he aint signed to young money he aint got tht hottest niggas on his single he doing him now def jam needs to stop fuckin around and be a hip hop label and release some damn hip hop
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March 16th, 2012 at 4:08 am
yooo this shit is nuts!!!!!!!
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March 16th, 2012 at 9:27 am
To each their own…we’re all entitled to our opinions.
Having said that, this shit is straight fire.
Ol’ boy killed it.
100.
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March 16th, 2012 at 9:41 am
This that boom bap. I digs it. I agree the transciption sucked too. It does say “dem are MAD (not “bad” which makes no damn sense) over me.”
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March 16th, 2012 at 6:19 pm
Illmatic is my favorite album of all time. However, Nas is trash.
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March 16th, 2012 at 6:54 pm
yeh i thought it was cool but not as good as it could have been, i thought ”nasty” was better but since he kept us waitin since then i expected more, but yeh i hav high hopes for his album
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March 16th, 2012 at 7:28 pm
I love how Da Internz were talking about HOW NASTY this album would be, and take it back to It Was Written!!!! obviously they were full of shit.
This shit sounds like a “Hip Hop Is Dead” left-over.
wack fucking beat. worse than even “Nasty”, which I thought was lackluster.
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fresh87 Reply:
March 16th, 2012 at 10:48 pm
lack luster? he’s taking it back,bet yet fake fans like you are never satisfied,the man make concept albums where he digs deep and talks about some real shit,yet you guys talk shit,then he goes back to his nasty stee and spazes,yet you guys still talk shit,the man is 38 and still in his prime,it is wriiten is over with bro,that shit was 16 years ago,let it go,niggas like you are so use to comparing everything he did in the 90′s that your not recognizing the genius that this man id doing today.
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Truf.com Reply:
March 17th, 2012 at 12:43 am
you sound young.
if I’m a ‘fake fan’ from the 90s, why would I still be listening to Nas after all these years?
and all I talked about was how wack this beat was. Then you swing in and start talking a whole gang of shit!
be gone, youngin!!
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March 16th, 2012 at 9:33 pm
im starting to wonder if i acctually over rate this cus of the lack of good hip hop nowadays
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March 17th, 2012 at 10:25 pm
this is freakin SICK. i don’t see how you can’t be feel in this.
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March 18th, 2012 at 2:23 am
Nas is a supreme lyricist and this song doesn’t disappoint. I can’t wait for the new album.
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April 24th, 2012 at 11:32 am
Its not a bad song took me a few listens 2 get into it but its a terrible single nobody gonna play this da beat just isn’t meant for a single….I thought nas was gonna come with like like jay z D.O.A beat some powerful mafia type beat & go in just cus he been gone so long…I like da song but no radio station bout to play that….nobody who not a nas fan gonna play that its not a good single
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