Watch the Throne vs. Distant Relatives
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I see ShadyTeam has a new alter ego. But I'm not gonna put your new name on blast becuz i'm sure ? on here knows who I'm talking about. Lol at ? saying Nas aint doing nuttin for Africa. I swear some people here just say false chit just to anger catz. But hey to each its own.
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i think both albums cater to who they wanna represent
WTT didn't just have Jay and YE braggin
they had some messages also
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Distant Relatives is the much better Album
Superior Content, superior Lyrics and much better Production
Replay value is low on Watch The ThroneJonas.dini wrote: »I didn't like WTT at first, but it grew on me.... DR >>>>>>>>> tho
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Tommy bilfiger wrote: »Cosign
Lmao I swear to ? I said this ? last week
NOBODY in the hood on the block at parties,at colleges,in their car bumps nas
Not a soul in my city bumps distant relatives or untitled
EVER
thats my word nas is only worshiped online not offline
Why Jay-Z album better unnh? It made you fantasize about taking trips to Paris unnh, wearing Audemars unnh. When in reality your getting shot in your leg, your group of friends are being killed off with no retaliation, your challenging strangers to fight over the internet and your flashing 200 dollars in attempts top prove your ballin. So while you listening to ? In Paris, for one moment you forget that you actually are a clown who comes on the IC tp ask if you should take up a 'lucrative' sales assistant job at Walmart. -
ptowndonte wrote: »The album where the 2 artist rapped about money which they have proved to have > The album about Africa where the two artist ain't really in Africa doing ? to help
Sounds like somebody white-washed your little brain.
Nas has spent the last year championing causes in Africa while you were at home playing photo-shop with cartoon ducks.
Are you offended by a culturally relevant project that shows love to a black mans homeland and overjoyed by a euorcentric project with Ni99ers in Paris living so Italian??
You been bamboozled. -
Sounds like somebody white-washed your little brain.
Nas has spent the last year championing causes in Africa while you were at home playing photo-shop with cartoon ducks.
Are you offended by a culturally relevant project that shows love to a black mans homeland and overjoyed by a euorcentric project with Ni99ers in Paris living so Italian??
You been bamboozled.
I agree with this to a degree. Nas trying to uplift, inspire and educate the minds.
But Jay (and Kanye) actually trying to do the same in his own odd way. To inspire folks to believe that you can come from where he come from and achieve success in this 'whiteman's world's' but Jay believes the only way to do this is get that paper, achieve success=power, then you can really influence change like Oprah, Jay, Russell, Will Smith, Tyler Perry. The idea of MLK vs Malcolm all over again. -
i've never seen a rapper who's an actual artist and tries new things get ? on so much, while people praise another rapper being uncreative and doing the same ? over and over and over. *eminem voice* this ? doesn't make sense b........
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I agree with this to a degree. Nas trying to uplift, inspire and educate the minds.
But Jay (and Kanye) actually trying to do the same in his own odd way. To inspire folks to believe that you can come from where he come from and achieve success in this 'whiteman's world's' but Jay believes the only way to do this is get that paper, achieve success=power, then you can really influence change like Oprah, Jay, Russell, Will Smith, Tyler Perry. The idea of MLK vs Malcolm all over again.
CS all the way..Too bad such social critiques are lost on the Reason -
i'd take distant relatives over wtt. just seems like some ? imma be listenin to more in the future
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WTT all the way...DR is super boring...plus nas got absolutely destroyed by damian marley....smh at yall callin nas the goat mc and the dude gets ? on in almost every song by a reggae artist...
WTT wildly entertaining, great production... -
Tommy bilfiger wrote: »Cosign
Distant relatives = ambien on steroids
ur white, right? -
Tommy bilfiger wrote: »Nah Im black
lol how people are so ignorant they assume you ain't black because u didn't like distance relatives. ? is pathetic. -
WTT all the way...DR is super boring...plus nas got absolutely destroyed by damian marley....smh at yall callin nas the goat mc and the dude gets ? on in almost every song by a reggae artist...
WTT wildly entertaining, great production...
I could never understand folks who think Nas's musci is boring. That one always boggles the mind but to each his own. But again, the real know that musically, Nas is the GOAT (at least one of the GOATs if prefer) and one of the few rappers that his music and catalogue speaks for himself. But truth be told, Nas been the GOAT ever since It was written to me. Illmatic showed that he could one day be GOAT but It was written left little doubt in my mind. Sure he has quite some missteps along the way but on his A game, most of his peers know that he's the one. But yes Distant Relatives was too dope because the production was great as well, Damian Marley complimented Nas extremely well and yes outperformed Nas on some songs (but like I said it felt more like a Damian album featuring Nas) so that was ok. But more importantly, it spoke on a range of issues and was uplifting and not preachy and still entertaining, which is extremely difficult to do. -
I agree with this to a degree. Nas trying to uplift, inspire and educate the minds.
But Jay (and Kanye) actually trying to do the same in his own odd way. To inspire folks to believe that you can come from where he come from and achieve success in this 'whiteman's world's' but Jay believes the only way to do this is get that paper, achieve success=power, then you can really influence change like Oprah, Jay, Russell, Will Smith, Tyler Perry. The idea of MLK vs Malcolm all over again.
I honestly dont see Will Smith & Tyler Perry influencing change outside of their Cross-dressing and ? -sex scenes......two emasculated buffoons that I cant relate to.
Plenty of rappers have "paper" and they dont have to wear Argyle scarfs, kiss Chris Martin, or make "Ghetto Techno" to influence the people and influence change.
You might be a half-a-billionaire but the Cracka still has his hand in your pocket because he DISTRIBUTES the CD's and aint nan one of these Black rap millionaire's got the ? to undercut the white-boy when it comes to distribution.
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HipHopFiend91 wrote: »lol how people are so ignorant they assume you ain't black because u didn't like distance relatives. ? is pathetic.
You are pathetic.
Invisible avatars get called out every day... you might be a Black man with a white boys mentality thus you might be labeled 'White".
the Internet is a bastion for anonymous entities so if you have an issue with how people label you then maybe you should reveal your identity or ? and remain anonymous. -
Live instrumentation >>>
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no im not saying jus bcuz ur black duznt mean u hav to enjoy tha album. jus sayin nas didnt make it a secret what the album was about, u say u dont like reggae yet u took the time out to listen to it knowing full & well u wouldnt like it..
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Tommy bilfiger wrote: »Word
Thats exactly why I post the way I do in the reason this forum a joke
no im not saying jus bcuz ur black duznt mean u hav to enjoy tha album. jus sayin nas didnt make it a secret what the album was about, u say u dont like reggae yet u took the time out to listen to it knowing full & well u wouldnt like it.. -
You are pathetic.
Invisible avatars get called out every day... you might be a Black man with a white boys mentality thus you might be labeled 'White".
the Internet is a bastion for anonymous entities so if you have an issue with how people label you then maybe you should reveal your identity or ? and remain anonymous.
ya ya ya. You say the same thing over and over about revealing your self and providing a pic. i don't have to prove anything to this board bruh. You don't know me and i don't know u so keep it that way.
you cool in all and i respect your cultural awarness but let your ego go for once -
Tommy bilfiger wrote: »I listen to nas tho,thats why I checked it and it was trash
i guess u weren't ready for the message he was trying to convey smh..
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I honestly dont see Will Smith & Tyler Perry influencing change outside of their Cross-dressing and ? -sex scenes......two emasculated buffoons that I cant relate to.
Plenty of rappers have "paper" and they dont have to wear Argyle scarfs, kiss Chris Martin, or make "Ghetto Techno" to influence the people and influence change.
You might be a half-a-billionaire but the Cracka still has his hand in your pocket because he DISTRIBUTES the CD's and aint nan one of these Black rap millionaire's got the ? to undercut the white-boy when it comes to distribution.
I never said I agreed with their lifestyle or choices but I can understand more the financial empowerment principle of Jay, Oprah and them lot because they are going by the old age adage that you can only change the system from within and that CREAM rules America and in effect the world. Tyler Perry (I hate most of his movies) seems to be the only few giving black actors work. Oprah, Jay and hip-hop's influence help do the unthinkable- elect a black (biracial) president in the USA. That can't be denied. That is power, financial power, and that could only have happened because they infiltrated the system. -
This is the first of multiple cds from jay and kanye...
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Tommy bilfiger wrote: »I listen to nas tho,thats why I checked it and it was trash
didn't know you listen to nas, every thread that has to do with him you seem to dislike him and his music. -
No competition. Distant relatives smashes that ? . Better instrumentation, tighter verse,and actually was about more than flossing and showing off. Patience and friends trump that whole album.
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WTT for me. Nas gets boring at times and I don't like reggae apart from the occassional Bob Marley song. Not a matter of album quality, just a matter of personal taste. The reggae thing is the biggest factor here.
