Legendary Queens producer and emcee Large Professor recently chopped it up with DJ Superstar Jay and Nina B OF Superstar Radio. The storied beatsmith and frontman of classic trio Main Source talked about his relationship with two of Hip Hop’s reigning titans, Jay-Z and Nas, saying that Jay wasn’t lying in “The Takeover” when he said that he showed Nas his first TEC-9.
“I’ve known [Jay-Z] from like the beginning,” he said. “The thing that he said on [‘The Takeover’] that he was getting at Nas with – that’s real talk. We were out there in D.C., and what happened was we were doing the show, we were flowing and everything. For some reason, the promoter said, ‘Yo, we’ve got to pull the plug on y’all.’ The crowd kind of got crazy – and D.C. is a little ill…so we were like, ‘Yo, we’re going back to the bus. Alright, wrap it’…then the crowd started coming to the bus [knocking], and Jay was right back there with [a TEC-9]…I ain’t say what he had, just that he had it [laughs].”
Extra P also talked about meeting Nas for the first time. He said that prior to their work on songs like “Halftime” and “It Ain’t to Tell” on Illmatic, Nas came to him to record his demo. Large Professor even hinted at the fact that the duo have a large collection of previously unheard collaborations waiting to be released.
“When I met Nas, I was still in school,” he said. “I got in this [game] early. I was like 17-18, sticking my chest out like, ‘Yo, what up?’ When Nas came about, he had his dollars and wanted to record a demo…we just connected the dots [and] made it happen in the studio. I saw where he was at with it, and we were just like, ‘We’ve got to just keep building’…we’ve got mad joints in the can. We’ve got joints for days.”
Watch the full interview below.
I showed your first tec on tour wit large professor then i heard your album bout ya tec on da dresser. Takeover>Ether.
Jay-z>Nas. Disagree if your homo.
Wow, i disagree and no-home.. Really shorty…grow up!!!
Folks give Ether too many props cuz it just went at Jay. Its hard to compare one verse by Jay-Z to a whole song against Nas. In the end, Nas benifited from having Jay go at him…gave Nas back the street cred he lost with Nastradamus and Oochi Wallie.
i keep sayin it takeover summed up nas’s career while ether (to me) was jus tough talk.
i stop fightin that debate tho, it’s just odd people say nas won and act like they ain’t hear supa ugly and blueprint 2.
Ha. people like you make me chuckle. and who cares if it was just ‘tough talk’. point is i like both rappers but (clearing throat) Nas mos def won that battle. song was literally epic if you think otherwise. you’re wrong and majority of people will back me up
@ Anonymous…. Agreed 100% That’s been my arguement since when the battle actually took place. What people don’t realize is that it’s easy to make the hottest diss track when it’s all fantasy tough talk, but when you have to name the facts, and still make an ill track out of it, that’s when actual skills and talent takes place! The take over was 80 % facts if not more! Ether super hot tract, but a whole lot of “Tough Talk”
^^THATS REAL TALK
NAS IS DEF. THE BETTER EMCEE BUT HE LOST
ETHER WAS ONLY EPIC BCUZ YEA OBVIOUSLY IT WAS GOOD, BUT ITS JUS A WHOLE LOTTA TOUGH TALK, NAS RAPPING LIKE HE GANGSTA WHEN THAT WASNTEVEN HIS STYLE ANYWAY, HE WAS ACTING! ETHER ONLY HAS A FEW FACTS!
Where on the other hand
JAY COMES WITH STR8 PERSONALS….A WHOL LOTTA FACTS…AND WAS VICOUS WITH IT….
But hey….who cares…beef been dead like 6 years….Jay went on to takeover hip hop..Nas career was revived….they’ve moved on and so should we lol
damn thats crazy, doesnt take anything away from ether, but def adds points to takeover, looking back that was def one of the biggest battles in history its to bad we didnt get many others of this cailber ill never forget this one!!!
no homo that is, got two homes
that’s who raised beef as a child. And, it’s still thier kid.
The rest of the game needs stop having kids.
Just because they can don’t mean they should. Bunch of deadbeats.
He is giving Nas so much props and he made him with that 1st LP….Nas has not had one parallel since Nas isheted on Pete Rock too …I love the lyrics but he should have taken the Extra P for the ride..its ok you redeemed yourself with 8 mil stories on the Tribe
JayZ defenders always say “How can you compare one verse to a whole song?” Great point, but why didn’t Jay come back with a full song and win the battle then? Thats because Ether crushed him and he didn’t want to continue. If you can’t see that then you’re just a JayZ stan. I’m a fan of both artists, but Nas clearly one the battle.
Jay-Z came out with Super Ugly after Ether, stupid. Know your facts before you try to real talk.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvBTHhEFeJo
jay z responded with super ugly and then on the blue print 2 album he had the song “blue print 2” and the whole song is going at nas pretty tough but nas had already dont enough damage with either that when he responded to “blue print 2″ with :last real nigga alive” off of god son album he didnt even have to actually diss jay..he just sorted some things out and was the clear victor after that.
I agree 100%. Some people don’t think and analyze the situation before they actually voice their opinion. If you listen to “Ether” Nas actually spits 1 and a half verses at Jay-z, not an entire song. His first verse is about him being disrespected in the game and how people have forgotten about him. Nasdoesn’t mention Jay-z until halfway into the second verse where he starts opening up about the beef, he goes from “indirect” in the first verse to “direct” in the second and most notably the 3rd verse where he goes all out. Jay-z supporters will always have a bogus excuse “Jay was Nas’ boss, Jay screwed Nas’ baby mom, Jay has more money, etc” That has nothing to do with the battle. Word for word, bar for bar, Nas wins.
Word for word, bar for bar Nas….loses.
And im not a “Jay-Z Stan”
But Ether was ok but no…highly overrated jus because it came the best emcee/lyricist at the time who wasnt a battle rapper
Is That Yo Bitch/Takeover Verse/Supa Ugly/Blueprint 2 > Ether/Last Real Nigga Alive/That Freestlye he had
But this is jus my opinion on an battle that will forever be argued on lol
But Jay jus comes with too many personals and facts and he is str8 viscous wit em
And everybody talk abou Ether this that…Ether that
But after Ether..that was it really
Jay responded with Supa Ugly..and then Blueprint 2
He even PUBLICL challenged Nas to a rap batte that Nas aint respond to….
If ya ask me…nas was feeling himself too much, specially after Ether…ok you made a good diss record but you aint KILL Jay….the beef is STILL goin yaknow
Feelin yaself after that 1 good diss? dats a no no
He didnt have the ammo to continue beefing
And lmao 2 people sayin jay-z bit Nas style lmfao, are yall serious?
He dont rap like Nas..get real
Plus Jay got more Styles an flows then any rapper ever…REAL HIP HOP FANS know this
Bu who cares…2 of the greatest went at each other
Nas is personally #2 on my list while Hov is like #4,5,or 6…..so im def. not a “Stan”…as yall like to call Jay-Z fans lmao
nas himself admitted he didn’t even right either himself
I dont know where you got that info from, but that’s total bullshit. If you cant name the publication where you read that from, or the actual interview where you heard that statement, then you need to keep dem lies to your damn self dude!!!
Forget that battle…lol. I just hope Nas snaps out of it and lets Large Pro release these unheard tracks. I’m dying to hear them. Those unreleased tracks go way back too cuz I remember Large Pro saying the same thing five years ago.
Lol it’s so funny. It’s one thing to disagree and argue about who won and why you think that but these little kids on here saying if you disagree you a “homo” or “hater” need to step off and mature a little more.
Fam I was just thinking about Large Professor right before I turned out my Mac. And what do you know, an whole article on LP.. Good Stuff, Hip Hop DX, keep steppin ya play book up!
That stay chizzled joint Nas had off Large Pro’s solo album was crazy..Nas always laces an extra P joint.. good read
how the fuck does jay or large pro know that nas didn’t ever have a gun before.smfh nas killed jay z , jay z style bites nas and many others hes shit, and every rapper lies . Ether had about the as much factual shit, if not more than takeover.
he didn’t say nas had never seen a gun before, he just said nas hadn’t seen a tec-9
He’s saying,jay showed nas his(jay’s)first ever TEC-9.maybe jigga was very excited about his ‘new’ gun he showed God’s son to know if it was the real thing cos he never did use one.hahahaha…..u can die haters.
dam fam tha dude that was there said he did you young cat dont believe shit till it hit your dum ass in the face
ok “hova1977” you’re a stan your favorite rapper is a style biter and hes mediocre sorry.
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LMAO @ Nas never seeing a Tec-9. Go ask Mega, Lake, and Lord if Nas never saw straps in the Bridge. The fucking hood was wild in the 80’s
ha ha Nas escobar the drugkingpin never saw a tec untill he met jay
stoppin through to show love for large pro, one of the greatest producers to ever live.
do your homework kids. large pro was behind classic nas, atcq, rakim, records, ghost producing classic record after classic record. also dropped the ever classic breaking atoms, with main source.
also one of the most humble, down to earth niggas in the biz. kept it street, doesnt cry about where musics gone, just keeps pluggin away doing his thing.
large pro drums made everyone step their shit up.
and niggas talking shit about nas? internet is corny, only place nas gets hated on. you niggas were fuckin jizz in a pocket when nas was reppin the hood for us. disrespectful, only in hip hop, do legends get disrespected.
you dont see anyone dragging johnny cash name across the mud, respect game changers. nas is still here dropping records. niggas speculate on artists personal life, like bitches. thats TMZ shit, yall are conditioned for it.
tech 9 was a game changing gun in the hood. cheap, but niggas could make those things bust off like an uzi. semi-auto trigger flick had niggas running sprints, theres no shame in a nigga not seeing a tech 9 in the hood till early 90s.
stopping by to show some love to extra p, one of the realest niggas in the game. mad respect!
Chad I’m with you. Lyric for lyric,verse for verse jay-z aint got nothing for nas. nas is by far the better lyricist.i constantly have debates with jay-z stans, i mean fans and they all say the same thing.who has more money?who sells more records? wtf does that have to do with who spits better??that’s what these young cats be on,and it killed rap. im 33 and remember when jay first started to make a little noise. the only cats dominating were 2pac,big,snoop,and NAS. jay was out but he was a non factor. that’s what nas will always have over jay,he was holding his own with the best of the best when they were at there peak.Jay-z didn’t blow until pac,big got killed and nas stop putting out record on the regular.in regards to their actual battle records,ether was a harder diss record than all of them.hell,radio stations took pols across the country and it was Ether by far,the people have spoken.
Come on Large….Soulja Boy??
i dig nas and jay z,but it has to be about taste,cause jay z is a better lyricist then Nas all day.To a soft headed dude,Nas sounds like hes spitting knowledge,but id say hes spitting poetry more then knowledge.Poetically Nas can be forgiven for some of his social/political verses,but hes not superior because of it.Jay z is a thinker,Nas is a dreamer(free all my sons nas?not smart)and i dont understand how ether won a battle when everyone was saying that jay z went to far by saying he slept with nas baby mama?You cant go to far in a battle lol if i screw your broad,whatever you say after is a non issue either was poetry,jay z really thugged out god sons whore.
yo seriously i dont know what u been smokin, but EVERY Head knows Nas owns Jay lyrically! fair enough if u said business wise.. but u didnt
and as for Nas winnin, it was due to a vote on HOT 97 by NYC… and if u didnt know a large percentage when to Nas
and as for “free all my sons”, Lauryn Hill said that on If I Ruled The World
CMON SON JIGGA FUCKED NAS WIZ ON SOME STAN SHIT. NAS BABY MOMS IS A HOOD RAT, JAY WAS SPOSED TO BE BIG BALLIN, YET HE SPENDING TIME GETTIN CLOSE TO NAS GIRL LIKE A FAN. NAS SONNED HIM AND IS LYRICALLY SUPERIOR. JIGGA BEEN CHASING ILLMATIC PROPS HIS WHOLE CAREER, NAS DONT GIVE A FUCK. HE SPITS HIS RAPS SMOKES HIS WEED AND CHILLS. AND HE STILL BETTER THAN JIGGA NOW. JAY DOING FAGGOT SHIT WITH COLD PLAY, NAS FUCKIN WITH MARLEY BLOOD. CMON.
Of course Jay lied on The Takeover, it was a good song but Ether is alot better! Ether was FACTS and JOKES and Nas won because everything Jay said Nas flipped it. Jay was comparing his albums on some fan shit
“It Ain’t to Tell”
^^^ hhdx blows it once again, cmon get a real editor, anyone with half a brain would have caught that one
True. Funny thing is when I’m reading shit I have a tendency to correct mistakes automatically. I didn’t notice it said “It Ain’t to Tell” until after I saw your comment and went back up. But yeah these sluts over here at hhdx need to go back to school and learn what proof reading and peer review is. Like wtf? Shit don’t look professional making silly mistakes like that.
Jay Z showed his first tec 9 to Nas right? Cause if the title meant “Nas saw a tec 9 for the first time” that is some bs. Do you guys know what the bridge was like back then? Lol