Exclusive: Producer 9th Wonder discusses his favorite track off Nas’ “Illmatic,” which is the incomparable “It Ain’t Hard To Tell.”
Latest News
Exclusive: Producer 9th Wonder discusses his favorite track off Nas’ “Illmatic,” which is the incomparable “It Ain’t Hard To Tell.”
dope
The video for It Ain’t Hard to Tell was also my first exposure to Nas. The ish he was saying was just jaw dropping around that time. From that video I knew he was something special. That video and Gang Starr’s Mass Appeal were my favourite videos around the time.
classic.
This song is definitely in my top 10 favorite songs of all time, the human nature sample is perfect, the lyrics are incredible; the perfect closing theme to one of the finest albums ever made.
This is Hip Hop.
I feel like Ain’t to Tell is like the A Day in the Life (Bealtes’ Sergent Pepper) of Hip Hop. It’s a close out song that just takes the whole album a up notch or in this case right to an 11. It is also has beat that mimics the subway train sounds at the beginning. A masterpiece within a masterpiece. I can only think of two songs that do that for an album and one is criminal for Eminem’s Marshall Mathers LP and the other Jay-Z’s First Song for the Black Album.
In 1993 I knew that Nas was the kid the look out for, because of haltime which came out in the end of 1992 on the zebrehead soundtrack. Nas indeed didn’t relase any single in 1993 , but based on the lyrical level of halftime I knew that he was the future. For me “it aint hard to tell” is a more mainstream version of “halftime”, but both are classics anyway. Peace to the god Nas.
I was born in 1971. I was at an Ice-T concert with less than 20 people. I lived hip hop my entire life. I’m telling yall, we talking about albums that came out 20 years ago. This fad is finally over. Doctor: call it. DOA.
“Very introspective rhymes, reminiscent of Rakim, but not really.”:
is 9TH saying that NAS is better than RAKIM, in RA’s peak? naaaaaaaah. will never believe that.
someone on youtube said that “RA is cosmic!”. that really sums up RAKIM.
NAS is defo great, though.
No he did not say nas was better than rakim.
He said he was different to snoop, tribe and the wu tang clan. But was more similar to rakim but not fully.
$97/hr pavivdv by Google, I am making a good salary from home $5500-$7000/week , which is amazing, under a year ago I was jobless in a horrible economy. I thank God every day I was blessed with these instructions and now it’s my duty to pay it forward and share it with Everyone, Here is I started,,,
http://WWW.WORKBARR.com
Start working from home! Great job for students, stay-at-home moms or anyone needing an extra income… You only need a computer and a reliable internet connection… Make $90 hourly and up to $12000 a month by following link at the bottom and signing up… You can have your first check by the end of this week……..http://xurl.es/idtv0
Start working from home! Great job for students, stay-at-home moms or anyone needing an extra income… You only need a computer and a reliable internet connection… Make $90 hourly and up to $12000 a month by following link at the bottom and signing up… You can have your first check by the end of this week………http://xurl.es/m7ubq
Nas = GOAT … NOBODY can touch Nas!!!