The buzz has started to surround Nas’ next album. The Queensbridge emcee is saying he’s fully prepared to work on new music soon, adding that he’s in a “zone.” However, he also had more to say about his life during a recent stop at Hot 97. The emcee responded to the CNN article calling him Hip Hop’s “finest emcee,” by agreeing with the label. He also talked about his relationship with Kelis, saying they’re “back together,” before adding, “as friends.”
“I don’t know if I’ve done my best,” he explained, saying he has much more left in his career. “I think what’s next to come is crazy because the zone I’m in is so right, that I’m happy to be in the place that I’m at right now to make music. I don’t know what just got into me but I love it. I’m gonna take advantage of the zone that I’m in when it comes to making this next record. I feel like Ali. I feel like going in so I started to put togethert he base of it and I’m ready.”
“Yeah. Kinda. At first, I was cringing like, ‘What?’ But the way he broke down the article…It is what it is, man. I’ma own it.”
“We’re back together as friends,” he clarified. “We were not friends. We were not the best friends for a long time. It was crazy. We’re friends now. That’s what it is. We’re not together. We’re friends though.”
“We were always close,” he shared regarding his father, Jazz veteran Olu Dara. “We didn’t always live together. There was the separated home. I grew up with my mom. My mom raised me and my brother. But he was there. He was always around. A lot of my dudes, the pops was not there. So, the fact that we had a relationship that comes from also music too, it was a blessing for me to show that to the world, man.”
More from the interview can be seen below. Photograph by: Scott Gries
Nas loves Bad Bitches and that’s his Fucking Problem !
Gossiping and making assumptions about Nas is your fucking problem. Nas is a man and that fact that he can be friends with his ex is a testament to his maturity and evolution as a man and artist. This is why Nas can display such a positve demeanor because he understands that in life you can’t subject yourself to negativity. Nas prblem is that he does not tell the gossiping public to “SHUT THE FUCK UP!”
@really… fuck you tranny ass nigga. YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP BITCH ASS NIGGA!
NaS is definitely going to win grammy ‘Best Rap Album’ 2013!
Typical Nas. Everyone always given him accolades even though he does not deserve them. He is only great because people tell you he is. His next album will be just as underwhelming as the rest. It will not change anything or add anything new to the game but they will tell you of its greatness.
They say dying aint the shit but its pleasant
Like everything you once thought relevant is now irrelevant
Your life is lying about your amount of relevance
You’re nothing like Jonah and the Lion
you were never pleasant in trying times
They presented your pleasant lines as a treasure or a prize
Your the son of false lines and worthless lives
Guess you are God’s Son.
Fuck Nas by GSON
Why are you hating on him?
Did he fuck your sister and never call her back or something? To have so much hate is unbelievable to me. You’re one miserable person, you need help.
I’m not hating just expressing the truth about the overrated fuck. His life is not lying about his amount of relevancy. The media is lying about his amount of relevancy.
What makes you an expert on the Media relationship with Nas? Or are you one of the crazy conspiracy theorist who come up with crazy shit. Was substance or information do you have to prove your point? One of those righteous idiots and fucks.
Nerd nigga never fails.
The nigga just aint that nice B.
One time for your mind
Yes that’s all you ever offered
Would have been better for mines
If you were the sacrifice that was offered
Remember niggas claiming you shot Pac
They always reached to try and make you legend
Everything you stood for was shot
Just another fake prophet killing faith in heaven
Fuck Nas-by GSONII
Haters stay MAD! Nas don’t sweat the bullshit…he overcomes it. This is why CNN the leader in world news labeled him the GOAT LYRICIST!
best rapper alive g.o.a.t
all hail the king
cnn said lyricist not the greatest hiphop artist ever, everybody agrees with cnn on that, duh, but nas aint the greatest rapper ever tho, nas is number 5 ever when it comes to greatest hiphop artist ever, we all know who that title goes too.
NAS STILL!
That’s because there is no greatest rapper ever. It’s all a matter of subjective opinion, not fact. Just like those top 5 and top 10 list are. That list will change depending on who you ask. So that really isn’t a measuring stick. I will say what Nas is, is a completely well rounded artist. Which is what most of these “greatest rappers ever” should aspire to be.
Nas is the the best in the game. I can’t wait to hear his new music, he reinvents himself every time he drops!
Nas reinvents himself, other get branded as sellouts.
^^^ You can reinvent yourself without being a “sellout”, white boy. Reinventing is evolving and growing as an artist. None of Nas albums sound the same or follow trends of what’s hot in music. He always finds new concepts to talk about every album.
^^ gtfo with your racist bullshit. Clearly you didn’t even get the guy’s point, black boy. He was saying the exact same shit you are.
CNN doesn’t know jack about hip hop, so their labeling Nas can be instantly dismissed. As for Kelis, it’s no surprise Nas would go back to her in some way. They both share the same mindset, I.E. Misery loves company, so they should just get back together, have another kid, and then Kelis can really hang him out to dry.
That was a higher quality piece than most of hhdx, sohh or complex articles.
…which is fuckin sad. cnn beatin you in your own game.
The CNN article is on point. They might not know shit about hip hop(as the online nerd stated) but reading that piece to why they think Nas is the greatest lyricist was on point.
This nigga still simping for that ugly ass ghetto whore. Nigga stay taking L’.
In life it takes a real man to be friends with his ex-wife who happens to be the mother of his son. When boys grow into men they realize that life is more important than being bitter over love loss. Only a bitter little boy calls a woman who he never met a “ugly ass ghetto whore” and only a real simp like yourself calls the MATURE stance of Nas having a friendship with his son’s mother an L. When you Nas haters stop trying to perpetuate you loser behavior on to Nas you will then understand why with all his advsersities Nas ALWAYS PREVAILS!
School ’em hNp !!!
Can someone please explain to me why people hate Nas so much? I think Nas is so real with his music than it makes some people uncomfortable. His not all up in people’s faces, but his music is respected and appreciate and it really bothers some people badly. Anyone have a better explaination?
Take your ridiculous reasoning out of here. Some people just don’t like Nas, get over it, you sensitive ass nigga.
I think you are the one sensitive. Damn, blood boiling while you typing, huh? dumb nigga, eat a dick.
More Wine!! Haha thats that RA the Rugged Man shit
Nas
Lupe Fiasco
Black Thought
Andre 3000
Mos Def
Blu
Jay Electronica
Common
Phonte’
Dope list. I’m glad I’m not the only one with Phonte in my top 10.
dope ass list man.. honestly really really dope..but i have to be unbias and say none of them are the best alone…all great lyricist.. people think lyricist is just constant syllable use and word play.. words create pictures and emotion 2 most powerful things we feel…2pac did that the best.. when he rapped you believed what the hell you was hearing..it had feeling and emotion. a lot of those guys are just great with the pen..not lack the flow but the emotion.. but again i cant really argue that list. each one of them got a song that will make you rewind..
Jay Electronica?? I mean the dude can spit bars for days, but there’s no way he can be top 10 without an album or barely putting out music.
Phonte & Jay Elec….
How a can talk about MCs with no classic albums (phonte has a good one Jay aint even dropped yet)
Nas is an ATG, but calling this guy THE GOAT in a genre that has given us hundreds of classics in the 90’s alone is straight up disrespectful.
I don’t see how it is disrespectful? He is arguably the GOAT just like anybody else who is in the top 5 convo. Busta Rhymes, Lupe, Kanye, Blu, Common and others have all called him either the GOAT or the best breathing. Arguable GOAT KRS-One paid a tribute song to a guy 8 years his junior and Kris has a fairly big ego. Not saying Nas is the GOAT, but he deserves to be in that conversation.
yeah anon not really makin sense….also seein that arguably an example of nas’ at his best would be from the 90s
wtf??
Name one rapper with better catalogue
outkast, eminem
^^Outkast is a group, not a solo artist, and their albums are wack. Eminem has 3 good albums and 4 pieces of shit. Nice try.
Eminem has 3 good albums and 4 pieces of shit.
That shit had more rolling. lol
Nas deserves a grammy but it’s all good he still bring Fire to the mic.
Totally agree. Is it me or was Angie Martinez kinda salty the way she kept repeating “the greatest lyricist ever” all the time. Like deep down she wished it was Jay Z, they used to date.
she love Jay but she always repped Nas
Blu is a totally average, boring, uninteresting, safe, ordinary, dime-a-dozen underground MC with really dope beats. For him to be mentioned in the same breath as the all time greats is laughable. C’mon now. To like him is one thing, but don’t lose perspesctive here. I like Raymond Felton, but that doesn’t mean I think he’s as good as Chris Paul.
i dont think u can listen to lyrics
crazy flow
BLU – NUTS HANG
Fuck 2pac, Fuck Eminem, Fuck B.I.G., Fuck Jay Z, Fuck Lil Wayne, Fuck Nas, Fuck HHDX, Fuck Twitter, How about we discuss the real Top 5
1. DMX
2. Earl Simmons
3. Dark
4. Man
5. X
you must have smoked some new drug that aint hit the streets yet…DMX is.well was dope not great but his aggressiveness and flow made it easy to over look the lack of lyrical ability..and he was deep with his shit at times…he might be your favorite but he definitely isn’t the best….
^^ I really think it’s the other way around. His aggressiveness and flow overshadowed his lyrical ability. X is one of the greatest poets Rap music has ever had.
No fuck u muthafucka.filho da puta know what I mean????
Pac was a real nigga if not the realest.
Ok let’s face it, nas back in the day had a few good songs, but come on dude just admit that your new shit ain’t saying shit. I still believe slim shady is a better rapper, performer and business man than nas.
You dont believe yourself do u shitface asshole?
how many classic records does Gay-minem or sorry Eminem have?
Ignorance is cheap.
u betta do your history,never again mention Feminem in the same league with God’s son
a few good songs lol
You mean 10+ 4+ star albums…???
Nastradmus >> Any EM album
Friends, Romans, countrymen lend me yo’ eardrums
It was a beautiful day off in the neighborhood
Yellows and greens and blues and browns
and greys and hues that ooze beneath dilapidated woods
Ain’t a thing could explain what pertains
to cocaine it’s a stain that rain
See summer roll around niggaz holla bout change
Then they steady move them ki’s like Bob James
Cause old man winter’s arrived, the temperature dives
November just died, December’s alive
Thus it ain’t no typical ride
Just individual’s way to bring home
the bacon when bacon was all gone
Makin it our own, takin me all wrong
We’ve all indulged in the bulge of those no-no’s
No you ain’t solo, it’s even lower levels you can go
Take sun people, put ’em in a land of snow
yes!!! this means that nas is single i gotta get me a piece of that
My favorite Nas album is hands down Stillmatic. Man so many good memories listening to that album. Nas is just timeless. When I have kids one day, i can’t wait to show em real NY hiphop like Nas, 50, Jay, Big, etc.
I forgot to say DMX, Fabolous. Can’t forget Dark Man X and Loso
Fav Nas Album = Lost Tapes & I Am
Life is Good
AT THE END OF THE DAY, HATER GON HATE.
NAS IS THE GREATEST LYRCIST OF ALL TIME, AND TOP 5 DEAD OR ALIVE RAPPER.
HI HATER, BY HATER.
Real Talk
i agree but the new cat = kendrick
I hope Nas works with AZ on his new album. Been a while since The Essence.
az kills him in every collab
az kills him in every collab
lol dumb nigga
I heard a lot of Nas influence in Ether Q’s mixtape that dropped today. Love lyrical hip hop. Especially Illmatic
1.pac 2.biggie 3.jay-z 4.nas 5.eminem 6.andre 3000 7.50cent
50 and eminem? gtfo
eminem ok but 50? gtoh
pac & biggie???
GTFOH
EM & 50???
LOL HAHAHAHA
Andree 3000 ???
dude doesn’t have an album… LOL
RAKIM
Black thought
Q tip
andre 300
MF DOOM
Big daddy kane
biggie
fatlip
mos def
kool keith
common
in no specific order
Nas not even in my top 10
u got sum good rappers in there g,, nas should be there tho
Common over Nas? Trippin ma nigga!
nobody cares
None of those rappers have made more Classic songs or albums….
Not one.
– ALL I DO IS NAME DROP!!!!!
– AND TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I’LL NEVER STOP
– HOPE WEEZY SIGNS ME FOR BEATING 40 GLOCC
– IF NOT, IMMA LOOSEN SCREWS ON HIS SKATEBOARD
– YOU CAN TELL IN MY RAPS I GET BORED
– SO I NAME EVERY RAPPER THAT I ADORE
– REAL NIGGA RATE THIS SONG A 5, BUT 50 WOULD RATE IT A 4
– DO A SONG WIT HIM? FUCK 50, IM NEVER BUDGING
– DO A SONG WIT HIM? I LOVE 50, I DONT HOLD GRUDGES
– EXCUSE THE BI-POLAR-NESS
– JAY YOU A LEGEND, BUT I GOTTA DISS
-CAMEL LIPS, FINE BITCH, WEALTHY AS SHIT
– TRUTHFULLY I BE YOU, IF I HAD ONE WISH
– BET 2PAC AND BIGGIE WOULD RESPECT THIS
– “THESE NIGGAS TRY TO HOLD ME BACK” RICK ROSS SHIT
– IM SKATING ON THESE HOES,WEARING TRUCK FIT
– MARRYING MY HOE, JUST TO STAY RELEVANT
– BECAUSE I FILMED IT, AND PUT IT ON TELEVISION
– HOPE LEFT EYE COULD SEE MY VISION
– NOW THE COPS WANNA JA RULE ME, AND LOCK ME IN PRISION
– CUZ I GOT KEYS, LIKE SWIZZ AND ALICIA
– DONT RIDE PLANES AFTER WHAT HAPPENED TO AALIYAH
– THIS BIG PUN AND BIG L REINCARNATED , COMING THRU YA SPEAKAS
– WANTED TO DROP A REAL CLASSIC, BUT LEFT YALL WITH JESUS……
PEACE AND IM OUT
u need help
fuck cnn it knows nuthin bout Hip Hop.
I have huge respect for tha homie Nas he’s in the top 5 but not the finest.Makaveli was and iz still tha finest playa though he physically dead.Then there’s tha Good Doc of course.bitch cnn must concentrate on dirty politics and punk rock or even fuckin r&b.
who the f#ck is the Good Doc? Dr. Dre??? If so, how could you rank someone who has never wrote a rhyme in their life ahead of Nas? That’s ridiculous. To put Dre on any MC list is just straight up dick riding. The best thing Dre has done in the last 10 years is make headphones.
2pac and Nas niggas. I read an article where it said Black thought is underrated. I know alot of people put Rakim and Krs-one and Daddy Kane in their top list. But a nigga like ICE CUBE deserve as much credit as Black Thought and others.(and im from NY) Only difference is Black thought is still a beast on the mic, while Ice Cube isn’t as good as he used to be. But Ice Cube still makes music independently.
Anyway 2pac and Nas gave me the most heart felt music, and its not even close. On top of that both niggas had bars. Just not that typical punchline after punchline bull shit.
yeah nas is dope no lie, that life is good album was the shit imo best album of 2012 imo.
as for kelis, nas fuck that ugly slut move on son
Who has a better catalogue than NAS????
The artist you even argue that comes close is Jay-Z or Ghostface…
Album for Album….. am I lying??
Ghosface always drops good albums, jay-z’s only solid album was his first one….The rest are filled with pop songs.
To say that Jay only has 1 solid album is ludicrous. He puts out a lot of pop singles, but they’re not all pop filled from start to finish. You gotta give him more credit than that.
Jayz and Ghostface catalogue is the only niggas who is fucking with Nas’ shit. But Ghostface isn’t the lyricist Nas or Jay z is. But he is still nice. So that takes GFK out.
Jayz
RD,BP1,Black,(classics)
IML vol1,HKL vol 2,AG(hot albums but not classic)
Dynasty(mediocore)
Bp3, Bp2,KC,LOSC vol 3(weak tho some of these albums had hot songs)
Nas
Illmatic,IWW,S-matic,Lost tapes,LIG(classics, tho LIG might be to early, but im still bumping this album now since the summer))
I am,God Son,HHID,Untitled(hot albums but not classics)
SD,(mediocore)
Nastrodomus(weak tho this album had some of my favorite Nas songs mix with some of his worst commercial songs)
None of Nas’ albums are the same, while Jay-Z for the most part follow the same formula.
Nas better win a fucking Grammy!!!
Nas is technically the best lyricist. The best artist is subject to your own opinion. I agree that CNN doesn’t really constitute an opinion that matters but no media outlet has a valid opinion. Most of them are just college journalism majors acting like they know something about rap music. The approval from other top notch artist is more important. With that being said people like Lupe, the whole Slaughterhouse, Jay Elec and even Jay-Z have called Nas the best lyricist. You can knock CNN’s opinion all you want but you cannot knock someone like Lupe’s opinion until you show you know how to rap!
Nas is the greatest PERIOD
The G.O.A.T……No one even comes close..Nas has been the best story teller of our generation and he has evolved more than any MC of his era…salute…
Canibus, Killah Priest and Ras Kass are above his level lyrically
Only difference is, they not as successful as Nas is
Top 3
2pac
Nas
Scarface
Nas is the best alive and has the most fire albums. Now 2pac has dropped way more albums than any other rapper he dropped like 9 to 11 main stream albums and like 14 to 18 under ground albums. Scraface is the best from the south Scarface has more talent in his left nut that the weazel will ever have