1 Year Anniversary

Despite the lack of updates....

Nas Half Man Half Amazing Turns 1 Year Old this month!!!

Shout out to those who may read the blog, and those who don't (although they probably wont be reading this ha!)

Dopeness: Nas '91 Mixtape Download

Its been awhile....but better late than never.    Download the mixtape here.

Via: Kanye's Blog

Nas & Damian!

Sorry, for the hiatus....in London working and schooling it, so haven't had the time for updates.  But on a lighter note from MJ....I thought this would be a nice cheer up....

Btw, NYC & Metropolitan area...Nas & Damian will be performing in Atlantic City July 15th, get your tickets now!  ticketmaster.com

SOURCE: ON SMASH

RIP M.J.

August 29, 1958 - June 25, 2009

Pete Rock & Nas

Pete Rock will be working on the new Nas album. It's the first Pete Rock and Nas collabo since Illmatic....more details here from allhiphop.com.  

Nas Performance at Hunter

This looked sick!....so mad I missed out.  Enjoy:

(btw, I find it so funny that ppl still chant "Ether" during his performances.  As many shows I been to, I only seen him perform Ether 1 1/2 times..haha)

VIA: DEF JAM & YOUTUBE

Nas @ Hunter College Tonite

But u gotta be a Hunter student to attend, or at least no one.....sucks.   But here's the info:

(you tube coming shortly)

Via: Hunter USG

Damn homie.....

As much as I disliked this couple from the get....(Kelis was never fit for Nas), I don't think I'm that happy they split.  I read the article on MTO earlier, and didnt believe it, but now proof:

Click here for full length article 

Rock The Bells Pre-Sale Tix Now!

Still highly upset that I wont be here for this show...I'm going on vacation July 18th, and the show is July 19th!  I think it's sorta bitter sweet that this would happen to me.  But here the info.  Via: Guerilla Union

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Rock the Bells Pre-Sale Password!

Posted by admin Published in 2009 Rock the Bells

News Update April 28, 2009

ROCK THE BELLS PRE-SALE INFO:

STARTS - WEDNESDAY, 4/29 @ 10AM

ENDS - FRIDAY, 5/1 @ 10PM

PASSWORD: TROJANS

Tickets On Sale to the general public

this Saturday, May 2 @ 10am

Chicago,IL - Saturday June 27th - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre

Get Tickets

Detroit, MI - Sunday June 28th - DTE Energy Music Theatre

Get Tickets

Toronto- Sunday July 5th - Molson Amphitheatre

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Washington, DC - Sunday July 12th - Merriweather Post Pavilion

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Boston, MA- Saturday July 18th - Comcast Center

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New York, NY -Sunday July 19th - Jones Beach Theatre

Get Tickets

On Sale Announcements for Dates & Venues Below coming soon:

Vancouver, BC - Saturday August 1st - Deer Lake Park

Denver, CO - Thursday August 6th - Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Los Angeles, CA - Saturday August 8th - San Manuel Amphitheatre

San Francisco, CA - Sunday August 9th - Shoreline Amphitheatre

9th Wonder Makes Nas Beat?

This is ill....


VIA NAH RIGHT

Nas on choosing baby names...

MTV Shows

Btw...Nas and Marley's LP is said to drop in June....the same month as Rock the Bells.

Via Nah Right

Damn....Where's 3 Stacks?

It would've been dope if it were Outkast performing, instead of just Big Boi.  & Wheres Tribe?!! Ghost?! Hmm... still a nice line up though.

Via Guerilla Union

The Jones Experience

It's that time of year, or soon to be...Nas & Guerilla Union brings you "The Jones Experience" featuring Talib, Jay Electonica & Green Lantern.   Mmmm... can't wait!

Click here for dates in your area.

VIA GUERILLA UNION

If I Ruled The World 2009

Sadly, I'm upset about this song.  Definitely not what I expected.  Maybe if Nas titled this song a different name, then maybe I wouldn't have anticipated the song being as a good as I thought it should've been.  Nevertheless, hear it and download here.

I miss this:

"Cause verbally, I'm illa than an AIDS patient.."

Forget whose on the cover (*ah-hem..Cam'ron), go cop.

Nas, 15 years later post Illmatic....a really read.  DJ Premier, LES, Pete Rock, Serch, Tip, Wiz & Jungle...and Nas of course (excuse me if I'm forgetting some) talk about the making of Illmatic.  Really interesting.  Here are some scanned images of the article (via okayplayer)  

(Excuse the layout of this post, I will be fixing soon......click the images for closer look....& btw, this isn't the full article, but the essence of it...the first 2 pages weren't copied on here...buy the issue!)

Nas MTV Interview (Grammy's 09)

SOURCE: Media Take Out

MTV Shows

Nas at Grammy's '09

(btw, how weird is it that Joey, from N'sync is interviewing Nas?...lmao)

SOURCE: hulu.com

Nas Confirms Kelis Pregnancy & New LP with Damian Marley?

In an interview with MTV, Nas confirmed rumors of Kelis pregnancy saying "Yeah, man, I find out what it's gonna be next week, so I'm happy," said the rapper, who has a 15-year-old daughter from a previous relationship. "I got another one coming in '09, yeah! That's what's up!"

He also talked about working a new album with Damian Marley, "Right now, I'll tell you first, I'm working on an album with Damian Marley, and we tryin' to build some schools in Africa with this one, and trying to build empowerment," he said. "We're tryin' to show love and stuff with this album. So, the record's ... all about really the 'hood and Africa also as well. That's coming out real soon."

No words on a release date yet...but the album is looking towards spring.

"Too early to tell the title or anything like that," Nas said. "Shout out to my man Jr. Gong, we getting it in right now."

SOURCE: a friend & MTV.com

Illmatic Interviews

A friend of mine had fwd these videos to me....and I thought they were funny/interesting/whatever else...(and I never seen them before). So I decided to post....enjoy.

SOURCE:  A friend & Youtube

Nas Performing at BET's Inauguration Ball

Click here to view (Couldn't post this video myself for some weird reason)

SOURCE: Nah Right

Nas & Common at The BET Inauguration Ball

Nas & Common backstage at BET's "Yes We Will!" Inauguration Ball (at BET Studios, Washington D.C.)

SOURCE: Concreteloop.com

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Source: top image- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7840306.stm; bottom image- random googling

I envy talented ppl like this...

While being bored for the last four hours, I decided to look up Ryan Leslie on youtube, because to me, he's the next best thing (R&B wise). So I cam across this really sick video of him, which gives me even more of a reason to believe how amazing and talented this guy is.  This is a video of him, umm, I guess you can say "freestyling?" (piano wise), over Lil' Wayne's Lollipop (a record which I despise)....this video gives me even more of a reason to really appreciate Ryan Leslie as an artist.  He makes a song that is pitiful.... an art piece...check it out:

Then, after I found the Ryan Leslie video, I noticed another guy's video (David Sides), who is also so ridiculously talented, it's disgusting.  This is just one of the many many videos he has posted on youtube. After watching this video, it really made me wonder, how some ppl can just be born with such talent, and how mad and envious I am, that I'm not one of those lucky people. Here's his video:



So this really wouldn't be a Nas posting if I didn't add something that related to Nas. So after, viewing about 80% of David Sides' videos, I decided to start searching for ppl who re-did some of Nas' songs. And voila! here are some that I think are really good:

And this one....

*All courtesy of the talented ppl on YouTube*

happy mlk day.

My President Is Black (Official Video)

Biggie & Nas Freestyle

I just felt that it was appropriate to upload this today, being that Notorious starts today.
(Footage from '95, Meth hosts. And you can hear Jungle in the background yelling "Queensbridge boy!" ...classic)

The Avid Listener

Kelis is PREGNANT

According to US Weekly, Kelis already has a small bump, and an insider reports: "its all they talk about.  She is carrying hip hop royalty!...they are so excited."

(According to hollyscoop.com) Another source says: "They've been trying for awhile...I think it finally happened."

Kelis' rep has no comment on this.....and neither will I.  I will keep my personal opinions to myself this time.  Just this one time.

Source: US Weekly, hollyscoop.com

Fear of Mandingo & Livin' It Up

New Nas song "Fear of Mandingo"....produced by Green Lantern & on DJ 31 Degreez new mixtape, Eldorado Black Project.

Originally named, or I should say, the real title of the song is,  "The Fear of the Black Man's Dick," but, to be a little less "explicit" I guess....it was renamed "Fear of Mandingo."  

Listen & download here

Another bonus track from the Eldorado mixtape: Nas- Livin' It Up...listen & download here

(Both hot songs)

SOURCE: nahright.com

Nas at The Notorious Premiere

(btw, that's Ja Rule that Nas is shaking hands with)


(Ms. Wallace & Spike)

Source: Nahright.com

Random Photos I found online today.....

Nas, Mobb Deep, Raekwon.

And this...

Nas getting a dove tatted by owner, Jesse Shearman of RED9INE TATOOS

SOURCE: Nas, Mobb, Rae--random googling. Nas tat pic: inqmnd.ca/blog

Nas Tees On Sale 35% OFF!

Mooseshirts.com is having a 72 hour blowout sale starting tomorrow ending 1/12/09. 

All orders are 35% off! So that means you can stock up on some ill Nas shirts and other artist tees. Click here to go straight to the site!

Use coupon code: 57839 at checkout

and....(unrelated to Nas), I really want this t-shirt:

The back says "?uesto FOR PREZ '08KPLAYER"

"Writing In My Book of Rhymes, All The Words Past The Margin"

I was reading Def Jam boards on Nas today, and one of the topics were on Nas' potent verses...there's really so many ill verses from Nas, but these are just some of my favorites:

• "Hit the earth like a comet, invasion, Nas is like the afrocentric asian, half man half amazing" -It Aint Hard To Tell (Illmatic)

• "Hip hop was aborted, so Nas brings life back into the embryo" -Queens Get The Money (Untitled)

• "I rock hoes, ya roc fellas" -Ether (Stillmatic)

• "I live for street glory, I die for ghetto fame, respect all, fear none, my pride is everything." -My Way (The Lost Tapes)

• "No ideals original, there's nothing new under the sun, it's never what you do but how it's done, what you base your happiness around, material, women, and large paper, that means you inferior, not major" -No Ideals Original (The Lost Tapes)

• "Always I'm in some shit, my abdomen is the clip, the barrel is my dick, uncircumcised, pull my skin back and cock me, I bust off when they unlock me." -I Gave You Power (It Was Written)

• "My first album had no famous guest appearances, the outcome, I'm crowned the best lyricist." Got Yourself A Gun (Stillmatic)

• "Streets disciple my raps are trifle, I shoot slugs from my brain just like a rifle.....(& the entire first verse)"- Live At The Barbeque (Nas 1st song ever written, I believe its on Main Source: Breaking Atoms Album)
  

THE LIST GOES ON!

UNOFFICIAL "QUEENS GET THE MONEY" VIDEO

Usually, Im not too fond of unofficial videos on youtube because all it usually is, is the song and random pictures of the artists rotating during the song. But, this video grabbed my attention. The video is 8 minutes, but worth every minute, in the beginning there's an interesting clip of an interview with James Baldwin speaking of the Negro in America....I think Nas would be proud of this....watch:

Peace to 2008....Have a Happy '09!