Nas vs. Nas

[jason_g_718]

I was listening to Illmatic last night.

What do y'all prefer? The World is Your OG or TWISY Remix?

I like the remix better.

 

[CalcuoCuchicheo]

OG version for me....

 

[roaches]

This post fucking sucks for not mentioning Q-Tip.

 

[ShockA]

OG for sure

 

[FunKy HomosapiEn]

the original. that shit is classic. i could cruise around to that song all day long.

 

[Frank Grimes]

man those remixes on the 10th anniversary sucked so much.

 

[akae47]

Definitely the og, the remix is listenable too

 

[PDT]

Come on bro, you can't touch that OG. And Pete Rock is a better producer than Q-Tip, son.

 

[malek_5]

OG, but only by a little bit, the remix is real good

 

[ramza34]

Put up Dead Prezidence from the Prophecy mixtape...beat sounds more natural on Nas anyway...

 

[2pacnbiggie]

is the remix on the 10th anniversary version the same one thats on the carry the cross mixtape?

 

[one mc on dj]

one mc |one| dj o

man those remixes on the 10th anniversary sucked so much.

they raped the album with those remixes..I felt so shit when I told a friend of mine to check Illmatic out and he bought the remastered version. I just had to give him the older one. Broke my fuckin' heart

 

[jason_g_718]

This post fucking sucks for not mentioning Q-Tip.

...the fuck?

 

[jason_g_718]

man those remixes on the 10th anniversary sucked so much.

The "Life's A Bitch' and "The World Is Yours" remixes are great I think. Especially the LAB remix, that shit is hot as hell and I think it's quite a bit better than the OG.

However, "Star Wars" and "On The Real" were terrible to me.

I just can't into MOST of these East Coast beats. I don't like that grimey underground sound. The West Coast's polished beats are so much better than most New York shit.

I listen to Illmatic MOSTLY because of Nas' rhymes. Some of the beats are good, some ok, but some are downright horrible.

 

[2Pax]

To me most of the illmatic beats sound the same.

 

[jason_g_718]

To me most of the illmatic beats sound the same.

To me, I won't say "most" but I will say a lot of New York beats sound the same to me. There's just no motivation in New York beats. When I hear a West Coast beat like Dr. Dre, Johnny J, QD3, DJ Pooh, Warren G., Scott Storch, Eminem (yeah, he lives in the midwest but is considered WC), Daz Dillinger and the like, that shit motivates me. It gets me bobbing my head like a mofo. It puts some spirit in me, makes me a little more lively.

However, when I hear A LOT of New York beats, they LITERALLY make me tired, they make me wanna fall asleep. They have no motivations qualities whatsoever.

 

[Frank Grimes]

i love the old ny beats, albums like illmatic, infamous, big l etc, there brilliant. remind me of rap in its purest. ill tell you, the "the world is yours' and "ny state of mind" beat is so good that im not going to continue typing

 

[Frank Grimes]

To me most of the illmatic beats sound the same.

thats cause your not "feeling" them, or not your style, ALOT of albums have the same "feel" to them. its not like your going to hear a track like "the world is yours" then the next track rapping over fucking somehting like "still dre" it wouldnt sound rightttt

 

[one mc on dj]

one mc |one| dj

To me, I won't say "most" but I will say a lot of New York beats sound the same to me. There's just no motivation in New York beats. When I hear a West Coast beat like Dr. Dre, Johnny J, QD3, DJ Pooh, Warren G., Scott Storch, Eminem (yeah, he lives in the midwest but is considered WC), Daz Dillinger and the like, that shit motivates me. It gets me bobbing my head like a mofo. It puts some spirit in me, makes me a little more lively.

However, when I hear A LOT of New York beats, they LITERALLY make me tired, they make me wanna fall asleep. They have no motivations qualities whatsoever.

Man I dunno what beats u been listenin to but hm heres a joke 4 ya:

I take all beats on both Angie Martinez albums ova every beat Eminem has produced.

 

[jason_g_718]

i love the old ny beats, albums like illmatic, infamous, big l etc, there brilliant. remind me of rap in its purest. ill tell you, the "the world is yours' and "ny state of mind" beat is so good that im not going to continue typing

So, let me ask you Frank...are you one of the people that thinks that the "polished" sound that the West Coast offers is "ruining" or even "taking away" from "true hip hop" because they don't use the grimey underground sounding beats that the East Coast uses?

I just can't get into MOST East Coast beats.