P.A.P.I. (N.O.R.E.) “Student Of The Game” Release Date & Cover Art

    N.O.R.E. is undergoing yet another name change, this time sticking to the acronyms.

    The artist formerly known as Noreaga has decided to call himself P.A.P.I. for his Student of the Game LP.

    “I wanted to do something totally different for the album,” said the rapper in an interview with MTV News.

    “Sometimes if you’re lost, the best way to find where you’re at is to go to the beginning,” he added. “My mother doesn’t even call me Victor, my father has never called me Victor, my teachers didn’t even call me Victor… My name in Lefrak City and my name in Queens is actually P.A.P.I., it’s not even N.O.R.E.”

    So what does the name stand for? “I like to have my acronyms poppin’ so P.A.P.I. is Power Always Proves Intelligence,” he explained.

    Listen to the interview below:

    [January 5]

    UPDATE: P.A.P.I. (aka N.O.R.E.) has announced that his new album Student of the Game will release on April 16th. Listen to the announcement below.

    (February 27)

    UPDATE: P.A.P.I. (f/k/a N.O.R.E.) has released the artwork to his Student Of The Game album, as premiered by his own 57thAve site.

    This week, HipHopDX interviewed P.A.P.I. about his latest name-change and the status of Capone-N-Noreaga.

    It is posted below:

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    70 thoughts on “P.A.P.I. (N.O.R.E.) “Student Of The Game” Release Date & Cover Art

    1. lol This nigga copying 2chainz…Its too late now you too old. Should have did this like 10 years ago…

      1. WHAT A DUMBASS IT’S “TO” NOT “TOO” I GUESS YOU’RE THE OLD ONE HUH YOU FORGOT PROPER GRAMMAR FUCK YOU.

    2. N.O.R.E desperate at this point…No grown man gonna call another man P.A.P.I…fuck all that..I actually fuck with some of Nore’s music but I can’t even take him serious anymore…

    3. papi? sounds very dull. of course he tries to make a comeback but he should diet and make hood shit again instead of club songs. nowadays noreaga is just a medicore nobody and i wonder once i was a fan

      1. right cause you speak for all of queens

        he got classics so he will always be respected

        blood money is my shit

    4. N.o.re. even tho it is Fact that Queens calls you Papi.
      YOU SOUND LIKE YOU TRYING TO RIDE BODEGA BAMZ WAVE MY NAME IS p.a.p.i.
      Cmon son you better than the that.

    5. Don’t really matter what your name in Hip Hop is any more. Just stick with your original shit U mind changing punks.

    6. The War Report. Capone-n-Noreaga were tops. When he went to N.O.R.E. he got corny, all caught up in his own hype. Neptunes threw him some decent tracks but he was still garbage. Now your stock plummeted to an all time low. Let the ladies call you P.O.P.I. I will call you F.A.I.L.U.R.E!

    7. Wha Kind Of Man Calls Another Man “Papi” Cuz, That Shit Mean “Daddy”; Bua I Fuccs Wit N.O.R.E Doe!!! #RS

    8. He still sucks, like he always has..this isn’t 1995 anymore. What happened to the reggaeton?

      follow at noles506

      1. I can’t stand idiots like you, who leave a stupid ass comment and then tell people to follow you. “Okay, I”ll follow you heehee” *retard voice*. Why the FUCK would I wanna follow YOU?

      1. What’s up Ben Devlin? Go buy Nore’s new album when it comes out. Nore’s put out some real good albums, people can’t even lie about that. the N.O.R.E. album is a classic!

    9. If you gave a me a gift card that could only be used to buy his album, and if I worked at a Muhfuggin Best Buy too, I still wouldn’t buy his album.

    10. So Puerto Rican men call themselves papi??? I don’t see no American men calling themselves “daddy”.

    11. NORE, WTF man?! Now NOBODY is gonna buy your CD! WHY? Because they’re gonna walk into the store, see your CD, and be like, “who the fuck is PAPI??” and they wont buy it. Dumbass…N.O.R.E. is your name, it’s a brand, now you gonna change your name where probably people won’t even realize it’s you anymore. Stupid as hell.

    12. So he changes his name to PAPI but still puts NORE on his album cover? Make up your mind dude.

      And coming from a hispanic american, i hate when dudes call me papi. To me it is something that a female calls a dude. I am not calling another dude papi

    13. just seen the cover art and tracklist for Styles P float album over on amazon as i pre-ordered it dx slippin get ur shit together

      1. Float Intro
      2. Manson Murder ft N.O.R.E.
      3. Bodies In The Basement
      4. Hater Love ft Sheek Louch
      5. Take It Back
      6. Haze Vs. Sour (Skit)
      7. I Need Weed
      8. Red Eye ft Jadakiss
      9. Reckless ft Raekwon
      10. Shoot You Down
      11. Open Up ft Bullpen
      12. Screw Y’all ft Scram Jones

    14. teacher of the game?? i thoght spics moped the floor not with me but with ur own mess,clean the jodran marcs nore…

    15. I just got paid $6784 working off my laptop this month. And if you think that’s cool, my divorced friend has twin toddlers and made over $9k her first month. I can’t believe how easy it was once I tried it out. Here’s what I do Rich45.com_

    16. lol at “n.o.r.e” in huge font and “p.a.p.i” in small font.. he knows people won’t buy the album if it just said p.a.p.i on it.. changing his name was stupid anyway, people are still going to call him n.o.r.e..

    17. Funny.

      All You Shit Talking Niggas Under The Name Anonymous Or Some Other Nonsense.

      Bet If Yall Was In Front Of NORE Yall Would Be Bigging Him Up n Quoting Lyrics.

      Cowards.

      Do Ya Numbers NORE!

      Cover Is Dope Too.

      Reminds Me Of Ya 1st Solo (Niggas On The Run Eating). That Shit is A Classic.

      1. Shut up backpacker faggot, you’re the same wanker that keeps on dickriding backpackers on every damn underground page

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