In July of last year, Nas released Life Is Good, his eleventh solo album and third with Def Jam Records. The Queens, New York native received tremendous acclaim for the complete works and its video single, “Daughters” as well as a #1 debut, selling nearly 150,000 copies.
Approximately nine months later, the onetime Large Professor protege took to Twitter to reveal that roll-out for his next project will begin in May of this year. With rumors of a Distant Relatives follow-up with Damian Marley, it could be be something besides a Nas solo project.
The shortest period between studio albums for Nas, was 1999. In April of that year, the emcee released I Am… and followed in November with Nastradamus.
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i need nas on some alchemist beats.
Truthfully that’s a project I can roll with myself. Nas on the mic; ALC on the boards.
Thank You… I’m sure he’ll have a couple of tracks i might not be feelin but NaS is a real MC, support that shit
YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS BUT WAYNE ACTUALLY DISGUISES HIMSELF AS NAS, JAY Z, KENDRICK. THERFORE, HIS SALES TOTAL OVER 100 MILLION!!
Stop trollin.
maybe troll trollin
Looking forward to both albums, especially Damian Marley – their first joint is a CLASSIC. Went to the concert – CLASSIC! STILL PLAY “DISTANT RELATIVES!”
I wish Nas can get together with all the Heavyweight producers for his next album. . .Imagine Dr Dre., DJ Premier, Large Professor, Just Blaze, A beat from Yeezy, No I.D., Maybe Q-Tip, and RZA all together on one album. . .! To top it off, only one feature from another emcee. . Rakim. . . Lol . .My dream album right there. . .
this must be the most unrealistic dream album ur looking for..one feat ..an u hope its RAKIM..ya glad u put a lol after sayin that cuz nobody took what u said serious..go listen to (the seventh seal)an the ask urself why people gave up on thes e so called greats..cuz they lost it just lik u…seriously…people on hiphopdx use ur fucking brain
-Dre and replace Rakim with someone like Kendrick or Andre 3000 and we have an album that is A. within the realms of possibility of happening B. would be perfect.
1. New Tricks (produced by No I.D.)
2. Sound of Drums (produced by Boogz and Tapes)
3. Black Out (feat. Raekwon) (produced by Hit-Boy)
4. Changes (produced by No I.D.)
5. Chelsea (feat. Common and Andre 3000) (produced by Salaam Remi)
6. Lightning Strike (produced by Salaam Remi)
7. Sleeping Giant (produced by Salaam Remi)
8. Anything Goes (produced by No I.D.)
9. The Sweeney (feat. Busta Rhymes) (produced by Eric Hudson)
10. New Day (produced by Boi-1-da)
11. Thoroughbread (produced by Buckwild)
12. Cola Curvatures (produced by Salaam Remi)
13. Golden Cylinder (feat. Kendrick Lamar) (produced by No I.D.)
14. Freedom (feat. Jhene Aiko) (produced by Buckwild)
15. The One (feat. Christina Aguilera) (produced by Salaam Remi)
16. University (produced by Boi-1-da)
u really have to be a complete moron to waiste ur time making up a fake track list…get a fuckin real job
You need a life. lol
DAM DAT SHIT FINNA B DOPE MY NIKKAZ!!
always ready for a new nas cd! hopefully its a joint album w kendrick lamar if anything. east coast and west coast story tellin.. could be a monster
it’ll probably come out next year tho. the hype starts early, but he usually takes about 2 yrs
I just hope he dosent fuck up the album with horrible beats, he should do an entire album with Dj Premier. Classic SHIAAAAAAAAAAAAAT Right there!
So NO I.D makes corny beats now? lmao kill yourself.
Life Is Good had great beats. There were only 2 bad songs on the whole album (Summer on Smash, and I can’t recall the other).
this will actually be his 11th studio album, he should call it HHID 2
it’s 12 if you count the lost tapes..
I was just listening to hip hop is dead. That album was classic
yea it was..blunt ashes is one of my fav nas songs ever
I really want to see a Eminem-Nas collab. Same with Jay-Z. Hopefully Nas makes a classic. Young niggas dont realized that he killed the game in the 90s.
same here, he said he wanted eminem and jayz on daughters originally but it didnt happen
jayz, eminem and k lamar and call it a night.
I’m a faggot.
A young nigga can dream right? I hope Nas works with sick producers (Hot-boy, Dre, Premo, Kanye, No ID) and have some real hiphop features (Jay, Em, Cole, Lamar, AZ).
Is it to much to ask for a couple Premo beats and an AZ feature?
Would be dope, I’m hungry I need a cheeseburger.
So I guess that Nas/Common album isn’t going to happen….
LIL WAYNE ACTUALLY TRANSFORMS HIMSELF TO NAS AND JAY Z!! HE SOLD THE MOST OUT OF ALL RAPPER!!! BY THE WAY, TUPAC AND BIGGIE ARE REINCARNATED INTO WAYNE!
Kill yourself.
lmao yessir sounds like he’s losin it.
Get some beats from DJ Premier and Pete Rock, maybe Large Proffessor aswell!!!
yes!!!! now confirms em and nas droppin the same year again just like 2010 cant wait. aint noone touchin these niggas
someone tell nas to hang it up he became a joke last year making songs with nicki minaj and tyga. This niggas album was boring and hes just tarnishing his legacy. A lot of these old rappers need to hang it up and move on.
I’m guessing you can’t be older than 20 years old. Why would he hang it up when his last album was #1 on the charts and was given praise from nearly every music critic.
young and dumb is no way to live life kid.
He made a song with Tyga and minaj? I don’t think I have heard any of them. IMO he is the GOAT in hiphop.
He made “Champion” with Nicki Minaj, Drake and Young Jeezy; I haven’t heard any songs he’s done with Tyga.
Kings & Queens
I want Em und Kendrick on this.
Don’t you see, Lil Wayne had classics like Hard Knock Life, Empire State of Mind, and Thrift Shop!
i really root for nas, and i’ve purchased every album he has, but i’ve not been amazed with any of them since Lost Tapes. And anything in between It Was Written and Lost Tapes was booty too. I want this dude to bring some shit to the table man, i’m rooting i swear. But he just stays on an even keel every time and brings mediocrity at best. Bring it NAS!
“anything in between It Was Written and Lost Tapes was booty”
You think Stillmatic was booty? What the fuck do you consider good music then? That shit was classic.
^^ Probably a Jay-Z fan trying to hate under the guise of someone who buys Nas’ music. Nas has never dropped a “mediocre” album in his life. J Cole drops mediocre albums, Nas drops gems. If you think Nas’ albums are mediocre then what the fuck is not mediocre to you?
@Anonymous has dickrider written all over him Nastradamus was terrible and I Am…, God’s Son, Street’s Disciple, Hip Hop Is Dead & Untitled were all meh.
And not mediocre? 2001, ATLiens, Aquemini, Be, Black on Both Sides, Doggystyle, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), eLmatic, Fantastic, Vol. 2, Game Theory, good kid, m.A.A.d city, Graduation, How I Got Over, Illmatic, It Was Written, Late Registration, Life After Death, Like Water for Chocolate, Liquid Swords, Midnight Marauders, Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, Phrenology, Quality, R.A.P. Music, Ready to Die, Reasonable Doubt, Section.80, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, Stankonia, Supreme Clientele, The Blueprint, The Chronic, The College Dropout, The Low End Theory, The Marshall Mathers LP, The Minstrel Show, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, The Slim Shady LP, Things Fall Apart, Tical, Train of Thought, undun etc. etc.
Thank God for this. The only rappers I listen to now are Nas, Common, Kanye and Ghostface. All these new rappers are for gay teenagers. Fuck ASAP, Kendrick and his crew, Joey Badass, and all those faggots. I haven’t bought an album since Wu Block, looking forward to what Nas has to say.
haha yet you mention kanye west and call out joeybadass haha i agree asap rocky is wack but still the mention of kanye shat on your arguement
don’t get all hyped n shit. i bet it’s gonna drop in one year and something, he dropped his latest album last summer i bet he’s gonna take his time
Nas has likely started to WRITE his next album but he’s nowhere close to releasing new material. At least its doubtful. Nas has always been better when he takes his time and puts his all into a project, unlike these new generation cats who just go in the studio, drop a few verses and knock out songs quickly.
People keep generalising like this I’ve already corrected before so I can’t be arsed to do it again. All I gotta say is The Slim Shady LP & The Marshall Mathers LP were released in consecutive years, K.R.I.T. Wuz Here, Return of 4Eva & 4eva N a Day were released in consecutive years, Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star& Black on Both Sides were released in consecutive years, Donuts & The Shining were released 7 months apart…
An album takes as long as an album needs to take.
since life is good dropped. hes stated in numerous interviews how hes “on fire …or my favorite. “in a zone. id say its been in the works this whole time.,
why..
If the title is next month, the album probably won’t be until late 2013 or early next year. I don’t know why people are still bitching about Nas beats. Life Is Good had 2 bad beats on it (one from Swizz Beats, the other was a remake from an old New Edition song).
If you dislike his beats that bad, stop bitching and just ignore his albums then.
I liked all the beats on it.
They complain about the beats because they haven’t been big name beat makers, or what they think is a big time beat maker.. it’s a corny train of thought, too many artists use 20 producers on one album and the thing just sounds like just that, a bunch of random songs tossed in together instead of an actual album…
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“They complain about the beats because they haven’t been big name beat makers”
What!? Look most Nas albums there has always been complaints about the beats even when he had producers like DJ Premier, Dr. Dre, L.E.S., Trackmasters, Timbaland, Havoc, Chucky Thompson, Buckwild, Q-Tip, The Alchemist etc.
Personally I don’t think Nas chooses poor beats. It’s the way his emotion and lyrics relate to the music is what gets me. Good interview here, where he talks about his ‘bad’ beat selection and why he sometimes chooses them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuaJzK2i8as
yall have to understant nas is broke… this album is dropping this year for sure
You have to understand… Learn how to spell.
Really? Nas is broke? How would you know? Are you his accountant? Do you have any proof?
You have to learn to stay out of people pockets WHEN IT DOESN’T CONERN YOU !
Album will drop by the summer, that would be my hunch. Looking forward to it. Never been a bad Nas album, no matter what some critics and fake fans will say. Some were better, but all were good. My fave album probably is It Was Written!
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More J.U.S.T.I.C.E League and Nas combos please…
“Triple Beam Dreams”
“Hip Hop” featuring Scarface and DJ Khaled
“No Introduction”
All fire. Plus stick to the formula, Salaam Remi and NO ID. Maybe a Premo beat.
I can’t wait !! Nas brings the lyrics everytime real lyrical street shit!!
Take time to craft the album. No rush. I’d actually prefer if he announced Lost Tapes 2 instead. Also, if he intends on dropping a studio album this year I hope Life is Good was his last contractual obligation on DefJam. The last I remember it should have been. That label has gone to shit.
want an old school collab with method man, ja rule, dmx, tht would be hot
all four of them did grand finale already for the belly soundtrack.. just throwing that out there..
I would love to see
Featured Guests: Bilal, Common, eLZhi, John Legend, Lauryn Hill, Marsha Ambrosius, Melanie Fiona
Producers: Black Milk, Boi-1da, DJ Premier, Jake One, Madlib, No I.D., Nottz, Pete Rock
But whatever man Nas it’s your album you do what the fuck you do, when I saw the tracklist for Life Is Good I was disappointed but that album was dope.
We about to,eat y’all.
Still bumpin’ that Life is Good album everyday!
You must be very unpopular in your hood.
fuck popularity! we gettin’ paid. and at the end of the day that’s all what really matters.
Fuck what the hood thinks about Hip Hop
Fuck what suburbia thinks about hip hop
Fuck everyone here
…Titty Sprinkles…
“Why would he hang it up when his last album was #1 on the charts”
Because Def Jam lost money on it. Opening at #1 is never a bad thing, but nobody other than his hardcore fans rushed out to buy it. Why Def Jam would pour money into another album boggles the mind.
really, def jam lost money on life is good?.. please elaborate, show evidence..
Over 350,000 sound means the label received $3.5 million, there’s no way that the production and features costed anywhere near that.
I CANT WAIT FO THIS
ESCO LETS GO
Distant Relatives = Best album of 2010
…anything from Nas is cool… but I want that sequel!
Forget all these random producers on one album. They need to go back when it was real hiphop and have one or two, maybe three producers doing an album. Gives you the real feel and the album is consistent! look at Illmatic, 36chambers, ready to die, chronic, liquid swords, cuban linx, ironman. All classics with limited producers
can’t wait.. life is good is still getting play from me..
“really, def jam lost money on life is good?”
Did I stutter, dummy? Def Jam took a loss.
360k is far from a loss.
ANSWER THE QUESTION BITCH, HOW DO YOU KNOW DEF JAM LOST MONEY? PROVE YOUR WORDS COWARD.
“It’s hard work making albums, and putting songs together. What sounds like garbage to you probably took months to record and tweak to get just the right sound.
Posted2013-04-01T14:19:31-05:00”
^ YOU said this retard
NOW, less than 24 HOURS later, YOU FLIP FLOP. A GROWN MAN, LYING to KIDS, just so YOU CAN BE RIGHT. CHUMP. YOU ain’t SH*T.
lol, you’re so gay.. all you did was take the easier half of my comment, and used that to defend yourself like the bitch you are.. so again, how do you know def jam is losing money?.. provide evidence.. or don’t say stupid shit like that again..
nigga just wants a damn grammy so he can retire
hahaha. how did they lose money? shady fools stay hating.
he should go back to columbia. def jam sucks ass
YEAH BOY!
NAS BEEN ON FIRE LATELY!
KING NAS TOP 5 DEAD OR ALIVE.
“360k is far from a loss”
It’s further from a gain.
And we’re taking YOUR words out of context? YOU HAVE A MENTAL PROBLEM.
“NOW, less than 24 HOURS later, YOU FLIP FLOP”
You sound like a fucking whining bitch. Dude, get off the rag. That quote you clearly took out of context was saying that when you bash Drake, Ross, Wayne, whoever you aren’t taking into consideration the effort that goes into making what you call shit. It’s ok to say you don’t like them. I don’t like every song they do, but it’s clear they’re selling and that millions of people like what you call shit.
WHERE, IS, THE, PROOF, BITCH?
Ain’t nobody take sh*t out of context, there are ARCHIVES HERE of your FLIP FLOPS. When a GROWN MAN confronts you, YOU BACK DOWN.
“when you bash Drake, Ross, Wayne, whoever you aren’t taking into consideration the effort that goes into making what you call shit. It’s ok to say you don’t like them. I don’t like every song they do, but it’s clear they’re selling and that millions of people like what you call shit”
^ YOU DO THIS TO NAS AND 50 CENT!
Last week someone said “I bet you have all of Ross’ albums” and YOU said “I rather have Ross’ albums than NAS’ boring….”
Now it’s out of context? YOU’RE GONNA GET THIS WORK.
By your logic Justin Bieber is so great because Millions are people like him so it must not be shit.
You’re a fucking idiot.
Hope he takes his time and not rush it like I am..
He didn’t rush I Am…. It was just released at a really unfortunate time when people started downloading music. On wikipedia it says it was one of the first albums to be leaked online so Nas thought it would be a good idea to put a whole new album out but keep the same name. It sold well but didn’t age that well ( still underrated)
I am, was still better than 90% of other rappers albums at that time ..
NY State Of Mind,Small World,Ghetto Prisoners,still sound fresh as fuck
People forget around 98/99 Dude was getting a lot of hate within the industry plus the whole Jay Z ,Cormega,etc beefs was going on ..
Listen to the God Son album were he addreses some of the above .
AZ on every track or GTFO
I AM is actually tremendously underrated and has amazing production and guest spots on it. A favor for a favor is amazing. Hate me now has an epic beat like some Gladiator shit. Nas is like by Premier is bangin!!! The Timbaland track with Aaliyah you wont see me tonight is fire!!! DR Knockboot is probably the weakest track. You can cop this album for like 5 bucks at Frys Electronics right now. Nastradamus on the other hand was a sad album. I like new world though because of the Toto sample lol. But alot of rappers have sampled Toto. My mom had a chance to date the lead of toto but dissed him in high school. I said mom you mean we couldve been Toto rich? lol
“so again, how do you know def jam is losing money?..”
Only two singles released. Both flops. No buzz generated. No grammy also means a shorter shelf life. Now liken it this way. Ja Rule said one time in an interview that when he was going 2x platinum, the money was good, but he had to go 2x platinum everytime just to see REAL money after the label got their’s. Now if we were talking about back in the day then no doubt Nas was caked up. People anticipated his shit, but more importantly they bought his shit. That’s not the case anymore, and when this very site posts stories about his financial and baby mama woes, only a fool would sit here and act like Nas is king.
Absolutely NOTHING YOU JUST TYPED shows that DEF JAM LOST MONEY from “Life Is Good”. ALL circumstantial, assessed GOSSIP. His OLD baby mama drama has NOTHING to do with Company’s projected sales or recording budget for his RECENT album. YOU HAVE NO PROOF.
The only fool here is YOU, thinking because you read a couple of articles THAT YOU KNOW WHAT REALLY GOES ON.
Jay Z- Net worth over 500 milli
Nas- Net worth in debt -6 milli with the IRS
Don’t get it twisted nothing Nas has done, affected Jay Z, you can ask Nas Himself that. If anything thats the only thing that keeps Nas relevant, “Ether & illmatic” LMFAO you cant count up how many Jay Classics he has.
Yet it still burns at Jay-Z’s soul that he will never have the respect Nas has
500 milli? From owning 1/1,000 of the Nets? Step ya game up
They both richer and more succesful than you are or more than likely ever will be ..Watching another man’s pocket is a real weak chick thing to do
Ya’ll niggas on some fake a A&R bullshit here talking about buzz, recouping, sales and shit. Who gives a fuck? That’s why shit is fucked up now by the industry, niggas reviwing quality based on billboard charts and budgets.
Is the shit good or not?
L.O.L. exactly
true but that really started off rappers. rappers always dissin eachothers shit and talkin about how album sales means if your albums good or not.. it just had a drop effect on the fans now the fans do it..once rappers stop that competitive bullshit itll get back to what normal music genres do..judge the music and not compare it to past albums
NAS, THIS IS FROM ONE OF YOUR BIGGEST STANS. I LOVE YOU, BUT LISTEN TO ME MAN….. PLEASE….. I MEAN PLEAAAASEEE, WORK WITH DJ PREMIER ON THIS NEXT ALBUM…. AND MAYBE ALCHEMIST? AND MAYYYYBEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE PETE ROCK????? PLEASE DOG MAN GUY BRO KID DUDE SON, YOU NEEEEED TO DROP THAT FIRE, THEY CAN PROVIDE
SWAG CITY REPPRESSENTINNNNN
and where is the duo album with Common?!?!
lol common
why lol?!
nas
black thought
big pun
big l
q-tip
common
I luv Nas he much better than bitch obama.I jus didnt understand why tha fuck he called dat album lifes good when in in fact its jus a bitch…. yo I’m jus keepin it Ol Skool, muthafuckaz.
hes not the best
Fuck off right wing white boy
Whens that new Obama dropping SON
I THINK HE WAS REFERRING TO HIM GETTING PAST KELIS,AND REALLY EMBRACIS AND APPRECIATING WHAT HE DID HAVE.
i cant wait, he always suprises the fans with great art work of music, i truly respect NAS, his music is so important
….Nah, Life is Good dispite the problems we face every, if you focus on life is a Bitch and focing on the probnlem rather than the solitions. then life will sure be SHIT!!!!!
thanks professor smfh
Nas is the greatest no doubt, and people are talking about his money? How laughable.
cool some decent hip hop for a change
This whole Premo/Pete Rock/LargePro thing, people just need to get over it. I would love to hear Nas over them too but he proved on LIG that he doesnt need them. The No ID/S. Remi duo worked extremely well. My problem with Nas is he always does one or two things that make you say “…the fuck?” like using Swizz Beatz or thinking doing that songs w/ Rick Ross is a good idea. That is another thing Nas never catches flak for. People continually bitch out how they want him to do songs with AZ and all these other great MCs but no one ever mentions how he is all over these YM/MMG songs (Nicki, Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Tyga, Meek Mill). I guess he is tryin to keep his name out there? IDK is not like he is falling off but whatever… IMO, do songs w/ whoever you want but keep these clowns off YOUR album please!!
The King is Back
“They both richer and more succesful than you are or more than likely ever will be”
So what? That doesn’t make them better people. They just got lucky.
fuck this broke ass hasbeen, he couldnt even out sell 2chainz and keef is spittin hotter bars, in fact you bitch made nerds dont even realize Ja Rule is the real brain power behind illmatic, ja’s head is always flowing with great ideas that he felt like helpin a nigga out with his second thoughts.
Good joke.
“Absolutely NOTHING YOU JUST TYPED shows that DEF JAM LOST MONEY from “Life Is Good”
Two dud singles aren’t generating money. It’s getting next to no love on Itunes. 360,000 albums sold. Even 2 Chainz has sold more than that. It’s nothing for Nas to be ashamed of. Stop getting butt hurt and move on.
He’s still getting more money than you and your family.
You BUFFOON, don’t you get it? WE DON’T WANT YOUR SH*TTY ASS OPINIONATED DRIBBLE, PROVE YOUR WORDS WITH FACTS. CORPORATE SPREADSHEETS with BUDGET NUMBERS, COSTS, FEES, PROJECTIONS. SIGNATURES. But you’re NOT GROWN ENOUGH to say YOU can’t prove what you said and just STFU, you’re STILL trying.
2Chainz ain’t got SH*T to do with YOU proving WHAT YOU SAID. But since YOU went THERE, AND know all about DEF JAM, what is 2Chainz’ points per unit sold versus Nas’? How much was HIS budget and costs for YOU to think because he went gold that his album is MORE successful than Nas?
“When a GROWN MAN confronts you, YOU BACK DOWN”
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Come say any of this to my face. Neither one of us knows the other person, but when someone constantly talks shit, then you need to turn mom’s computer off and come outside to the real world and back your tough talk up.
You need to do the same thing.
NOW, he wants to FIGHT, because HE can’t prove what HE says! Weren’t YOU saying I’m OLD? NOW I’m on MOM’S computer? Why are YOU so confused when it’s YOU who babbles? YOUR GROWN ENOUGH TO WANT TO FIGHT, BUT YOU AIN’T GROWN ENOUGH TO STOP SAYING BASELESS SH*T TO YOUNG KIDS. I’m IN the REAL WORLD, SO REAL, I’m telling YOU to GET HELP.
“By your logic Justin Bieber is so great because Millions are people like him”
You mad cause he didn’t sign your lunch box? lol
Who gives a fuck about that douchebag? In 5 years, he’ll be irrelevant and broke.
Lost Tapes 2 Please!
ILLMATIC
STILLMATIC
THE LOST TAPES
LIFE IS GOOD
ARE FLAWLESS
…..keep em comin
IWW > Stillmstic & LIG
i hear yukmouth wear fake jordans
He also wears socks from Kmart.
“You need to do the same thing”
Gladly.
“NOW, he wants to FIGHT, because HE can’t prove what HE says”
I proved it with many examples. All of which you ignore because you can’t show me where Def Jam made money off this. In the end, who gives a shit. This is my opinion. If you think Def Jam made millions off this, be my guest. Doesn’t put money in our pockets.
Wow. Quote-Man, you’re a grown man, you know damn well when one asks for proof/facts you don’t offer opinions. I don’t need to prove anything, I didn’t make the statement. I just applied pressure and you broke.
NAS AINT SHIT COMPARED TO TYGA LET ALONE WAYNE!! YMCMB RULES!
Good joke. Tyga ain’t shit and Wayne is a pop sellout.
“I just applied pressure and you broke”
Your so called pressure was like a blind man getting hit with a nerf ball. I mentioned the flop singles. The non grammy win. The stall at 360,000. Yet you’ve mentioned nothing but your wishes that Def Jam recouped the millions they poured into this lame project.
“He’s still getting more money than you and your family”
Go wash Wayne’s drawers, troll boy.
But since YOU went THERE, AND know all about DEF JAM, what is “2Chainz’ points per unit sold versus Nas’? How much was HIS budget and costs for YOU to think because he went gold that his album is MORE successful than Nas?”
Gold is the new platinum. 2 Chainz visibility has been alot higher. He guest starred on a Top Ten TV show. He’s making money left and right, and still moving units which is pretty impressive considering he’s still under 600,000. I don’t care what he gets per album sold. Point is dude hustling. That Wayne/Chainz song off Human Being II is doing pretty good on Itunes as well. You slay me with this rage you display on a daily all because I point out a simple fact that Nas is done. But by all means look for those spreadsheets, tiny. I’d love a tax return as well.
Interview: 2 Chainz Breaks Down His Def Jam Deal
By Insanul Ahmed | Feb 2, 2012 | 2:29 pm | Permalink
Few, if any, people in today’s rap game appreciate the importance of grinding and timing as much as 2 Chainz. In fact, that’s probably why he invented a term that combines them both: “griming.” After years of ups and downs, Chainz’s griming finally came to fruition this week.
On Monday, he tore down the stage at a sold-out SOBs in New Yorkan impressive feat for anyone but even more so for a Southern artist. Yesterday, he went on MTV’s Rap Fix and finally revealed that he had signed a deal with Def Jam. And to top it all off, he even said he’s been working with Kanye West.
The night after his epic NYC show, the 2 Gun Gangsta stopped by the Complex offices to give us the lowdown on how his Def Jam deal came together. But that wasn’t the juiciest part: Chainz also claimed that he’s got a surprise partnership he’s going to announce soon. “Will it be a Watch The Throne type situation,” we asked? “Maybe,” he replied, reluctant to reveal much more. See what 2 Chainz had to say, and read between the lines…
As told to Insanul Ahmed (@Incilin)
On His Def Jam Deal
Im signed to Def Jam. It was a lot of things [that made the deal happen]. I was already signed to Def Jam through DTP with my group. I had a relationship with a few people in the building. And then just out of all the bidding and all that going on, theyre really who I had the most leverage with and who had the best deal on the table.
I knew Sha Money before he got over there at Def Jam. I still had people who did promo over there who did promo with me for Playaz Circle. A few people that I didnt have good relationships with left and all of thatso it was cool. There was just a whole new energy in the building.
I dont want to put a lot of the business out there, but I know for a fact I got one of the best deals. People may try to use [my name] and say, You did it for 2Chainz! But I work hard for my deal. So basically, whatever you can imagine, I imagined the same thing. I asked for it and it came to me.
I was doing very well as an independent artist. So what Def Jam came with, their idea was basically adding a steroid to our workout that we were already doing with our own team. The money was on point. The whole all-around deal [was on point], everything all the way down to the merchandise was good.
I dont want to put a lot of the business out there, but I know for a fact I got one of the best deals. People may try to use [my name] and say, You did it for 2Chainz! But I work hard for my deal. So basically, whatever you can imagine, I imagined the same thing. I asked for it and it came to me.