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Rate The Artist/Musician #70 - Nas
Nas http://www.boston.com/ae/music/blog/nas.jpg Nasir Jones (born September 14, 1973), known simply as Nas, formerly Nasty Nas, is an American rapper. Son of jazz musician Olu Dara, Nas is well known for his 1994 debut album Illmatic, which many consider to be one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time. This album established Nas as one of hip-hop's most profound lyricists, introducing his signature poetic style. Raised in the notorious Queensbridge housing projects in New York City, he represents a continuation of a hip-hop tradition in Queensbridge that has spanned through early hip-hop, including the Juice Crew, Mobb Deep, and MC Shan. Following Illmatic with It Was Written, Nas pursued a more mainstream direction, which resulted in wider success but decreased artistic credibility among critics and hip-hop purists. Nas increased commercial success was accompanied by stylistic changes that fostered accusations of giving in to corporate wishes and compromising the style that had enamored his fans. Nevertheless, the album Stillmatic is often credited for restoring Nas' credibility among fans. Since the success of Stillmatic, Nas has continued to maintain a high profile within the hip-hop community and has pursued a decidedly personal aesthetic. |
4. Liked a couple songs.
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He's got some skillz. |
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5, not really a fan
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Nas is one of the few good mainstream rappers. |
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btw, what exactly is the point in offering up even credible rap artists like Nas to a bunch of people who don't listen to rap?
Dunno, seems to me like you should give up on variety and just stick to rock and metal Icebiz, well and 'classics' of other genres who're considered acceptable by the aforementioned community |
Im trying to include all genres man, If you look at general population, and real world charts its mostly all rap and hiphop at the top, and rock and metal farther down. This is the inverse, a rap lover will unlikely rate a metallica song high in there list, but they likely will still vote. and a metallica fan will not likely rate a 50 cent song high, but still vote, It adds diversity to the lists, and doesn't make the list look biased in bands put up, although it may seem biased to where they are on the list. Voting Closed |
A lot of people in this thread have voted in a rather ridiculous fashion.
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