Jay-Z to feature on new Nas album

[Pittsey]

According to Rocafella.com, the Def Jam head honcho will be appearing on Nas’ forthcoming album, Hip-Hop Is Dead.

One day after his Radio City Music Hall concert – celebrating the 10th anniversary of his 1996 debut, Reasonable Doubt – Jay-Z conducted an online chat with several fans who asked everything from who’s his favorite producer (Dr. Dre), to what was it like meeting multi-billionaire Bill Gates.

When one person asked if he would appear on Nas’ Def Jam debut, Jay exclaimed: "Absolutely!"

The Def Jam president also confirmed long-time rumors that Harlem rapper Big L planned on signing to Roc-A-Fella Records before his untimely death in 1999.

"Yeah, he had just made a record called ‘Ebonics’ a week before he passed," Jay said. "We were going to sign him the following week."

Jay-Z also announced several upcoming albums by Def Jam/Roc-A-Fella recording artists Foxy Brown, Freeway, Memphis Bleek, and Young Chris of the Young Gunz.

 

[PELLA]

word on tha street is this album is gonna just as wack as God's Son...I can see that. Nas has a lot of weak beats on his albums. Except for Illmatic and It Was Written. We'll see. Hope to God Premier has a huge hand in this.

 

[GhettoStar]

God Son was good however

 

[SonOf2pac]

i agree that illmatic and it was written were his only classic albums but stillmatic and nastradamus were still pretty decent compared to other rap cds... its hard to go up against illmatic and it was written

 

[PELLA]

Nastradamus and God's Son were wack albums. All of Nas' albums are weak, except for Illmatic and It Was Written. You can find 1 or 2 okay tracks in all albums, but i regret spending money on God's Son and Nastradamus. Sorry.

 

[GhettoStar]

Your on a boat with few crew members and passengers with the comments "It Was Written" was a classic and "God Son" was whack

 

[HellRazor05]

word on tha street is this album is gonna just as wack as God's Son.

What street? Your opinion on an album that doesn't even have a single out is hardly what I'd call "word on the street."

 

[FroDawgg]

god's son is one of his best...and i've got heat for this before, but it think IWW is one of his weakest

 

[xxx]

Here are my personal favs in order:
1. stillmatic
2. it was written
3. god's son
4. lost tapes
5. street's disciple
6. illmatic
7. i am
8. nastradamous

 

[_carmi]

i lie how jay-z retires... dude is EVERYWHERE. if thats retirement.. might as well make a come back..

 

[FroDawgg]

Here are my personal favs in order:
1. stillmatic
2. it was written
3. god's son
4. lost tapes
5. street's disciple
6. illmatic
7. i am
8. nastradamous

illmatic at 6. well, that's what i'm saying; everyone has their own taste. you're gonna get a lotta hate for that, but don't listen to what people say.

 

[Eric]

I can't believe people are saying God's Son was weak. That album was nice as shit. It obviously cannot compare to the classic Illmatic, but it deserves more praise than you're giving it. Coming from Nas, maybe it's not the best, but compare it to other albums out there by other artists. The same applies with Stillmatic (which I thought was classic as well).

 

[PuffnScruff]

LMAO @ pella talking about the word on the street in canada.:laugh: pella's opinion on anything hip hop related or on nas makes me laugh. thank you pella i needed that.

this album is going to be good. imo nas has never put out a bad album, even nastradamus had some good songs on it. and god's son was a great album.

a bluebird has a better opinion on anything hip hop related than pella:thumb:

 

[gerrycurl21]

We get a deaf Brown, Bleek, Freeway and Gunz but not even a mention of Budden?!

 

[ArtsyGirl]

I can't believe people are saying God's Son was weak. That album was nice as shit. It obviously cannot compare to the classic Illmatic, but it deserves more praise than you're giving it. Coming from Nas, maybe it's not the best, but compare it to other albums out there by other artists. The same applies with Stillmatic (which I thought was classic as well).

Agreed :thumb:

Looking forward to this album, and the Jay callab should be interesting. Just hope this album gets the promotion it deserves. Whens the release date??

 

[troublesome2004]

The succes of their collaboration will depend mostly of song's topic besides production. But, in my opinion Jay-Z & Nas collaboration will be disaster. Btw, I really like 'God's Son'. Some classics are there but overall it's far from the Nas biggest achievements but still it's on higher level than most of other's albums.

 

[PELLA]

What street? Your opinion on an album that doesn't even have a single out is hardly what I'd call "word on the street."

2 tracks leaked out already, and theyre both wack. Pepopel are talking man.

 

[Mahu69]

Nas has a lot of weak beats on his albums.

Maybe the Rocafella sound will work well for him?

 

[troublesome2004]

^ I'm just hoping that you don't really mean that serious.

 

[PELLA]

^ I'm just hoping that you don't really mean that serious.

haha Jay-Z has better beats than Nas. Flip over both artist's albums. (except for Illmatic and It was written)