In These Times

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• • 07 Feb 08
  • 11:46 pm

  Nas using the word to make "big bucks"? That's stupid. If anything, it'll hurt record sales because all the major retailers will be too scared to put it on their shelves. IT'S AWARENESS MORE THAN ANYTHING. Nas is all about bringing controversial issues in order to keep the "streets" thinking. I believe that the rap game is way too commercial and all these rappers use words such as nigger too losely. I for one believe that NaS is revolutionary in the way he presents his information. His rhymes are beyond rap and his persona is not your typical mainstream rap artist. …

  Posted to Nas: Whose Word Is This?

• • 09 Feb 08
  • 11:32 pm

  Why is it such an issue if a man wants to use a word to be the title of his next LP? Why is White America so scared of a word THEY CREATED? Now they don't want a BLACK MAN to use it. Is it even about the word NIGGER anymore? People get too bent out of shape and too busy trying to find a scape goat for blaming the problems of our youth. Today it's HIP HOP, right this minute it's NaS. I DEFINATELY AGREE with the fact that MOST RAPPERS ARE QUITE FOOLISH with the way they portray themselves …

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• • 11 Feb 08
  • 11:27 pm

  I understand we have very different points of views on this topic but I have to thank you for proving my point. People blame hip hop. I'm not asking anyone to like Nas or even rap. I don't even think that he's the best rapper alive. There's always someone better than the next and who are we to single out that person. He's just another man, trying to lead a movement that quite frankly isn't moving (at least progressing the way it should) rap is stuck in a rut. too materialistic and degenerative. It might not be the most sophisticated genre, …

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