Lupe dropped a blog post over at OkayPlayer where he discusses his love for the Lil Homie, Nas. A pretty interesting read, for sure. I can recall some similar memories of my own from those times in my life. I like how he dissected that “Nas is Like” video. He forgot to mention the Ron Artest cameo though. Here’s a snippet:
While in the midst of listening to "It Was Written" as a teen I was completely unaware of the existence of "Illmatic"...I remember some dudes beating a song in a car that sounded like a Nas song and I asked my homey what was that and he was like "Its from Nas 1st album"...then on a trip to my sisters college I was in her boyfriends dorm room and he had a poster of the "Illmatic" cover and I was like what is that and he was like "that's Nas 1st album" and just so happened he had a copy (he also had a copy of "The Infamous" which is another story altogether...Yeah Prodigy...Mobb Deep played a big part in the evolution of Lupe)...So I puts "Illmatic" inside the CD Walkman, strap on the headphones and proceeded to have my life changed forever...It became my soundtrack for a time...all day everyday, everywhere...along with "IWW"...
So I guess I get major points for purchasing both The Infamous and Illmatic the first day they dropped, right? My Mom had to drive me to Sam Goody, but I still got them! Yes, I want a cookie.
Head over to OKP to check the rest, and thanks to Jeezy for the heads up.
11 Comments:
well you both had it before me. my first nas album was i am. i didn't become a true fan until nas is like, granted i was in the 7th grade when it came out and it took me hearing dmx on money, cash, hoes before i was a fan of jay
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dude is kinda fake but makes good music..
how the hell u not hear illmatic..
i had my mom purchase "doggystyle" for me from coconuts on release day!
why does it matter how lupe feels about nas. how does he feel about Common or chicago period, FUCK LUPE!
Nicolas-me too famo!! I was 16 so that parental advisory shit was real back then. Moms went and copped and i was in heaven. I feel sorry for these shorties nowadays!!! They think they know what real hip hop shit is cuz they came in at the end of the BIG & PAC era.(and were too young to even knowledge what they were "really" saying) That was the last of the real lyrical meaningful hip hop shit! All these guys nowadays(except for a select few) are all WANKSTAS!!! WORD UP
He probably wasn't listening to Common either! The nig couldn't even spit Tribe's "CHECK THE RHYME" bar for bar!! So he's on the shit list! His lyrics are crazy but he's crazy as well! LOL
There was a time (before my parents realized they couldn't stop me), when I would have to resort to peeling off the Parental Advisory stickers from the cassette wrapper (remember when they used to be on the outside and not included on the cover art?).
Every once in a while I'd get lucky and the Parental warning would be on the back of the cassette where my folks wouldn't look. Two examples are D.O.C.s "No One Can Do It Better", and K-Solo's "Tell The World My Name"
i think i'm like 5 or 6 years younger than lupe, but i can relate.... i didn't start loving nas until way after illmatic, so i had to go back and get all his old stuff.
you wouldn't know that though... rewind is my ringtone and the world is yours is my ringback tone and nas is the shyt.
but before that, i was buying those 12 cds for a penny from the bmg advertisements in Vibe Magazine (which ends up being a rip off for an 11 year old kid with no income...) and peeling the parental advisory stickers off of them too... so I get it 100% lol.
Becca-HILARIOUS!!
Nas is the coldest nigga of all time!!!
Are y'all fucking serious...Nas has been letting us down every Lp since It Was Written! Y'all know the new Lp is garbage as well...Don't front!
Nas is the coldest nigga of all time!!!, C'mon Eugene! Jay-Z is the coldest of all time on every level!
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