Is this really Nas's new album cover?

[CoolWaterz]

LOL!

 

[masta247]

Looks good imo

 

[7 Syns]

nah, thats just an everyday picture of nas reading the paper at his house that kelis took.

peac3.

 

[S O F I]

I don't see what's funny.

 

[ARon]

That's a pretty good picture. I may be looking a little deep into it though. Usually you don't picture a black dude looking like that is avenue I'm goin on

 

[Casey]

Hmmm....

 

[Word Is Bond]

thats cool with the nas as the i...

 

[Tha_Wood]

me likey

 

[ill-matic]

the black and white has significance

 

[7 Syns]

I heard he's suppose to represent an intelligent black man, whom even though he can read, is illiterate and by the picture has some sort of intelligence, he'll still be called a n***er regardless.
I could be reaching though.

peac3.

 

[killahill187um]

nice cover
but iwas thinkin somethin different but this is good as well

 

[Preach]

a lot of people have been hating.

honestly, for anyone outside the u.s. to take a stance in this debate (whether it's offensive to black people or innovative) is stupid as fuck. when you live in the us, and you come with all the different mind associations and personality characteristics that is exclusive to americans only, you can speak on it because you have lived it. you know what it's about. racism towards black people is nothing but a mental concept to me. over here, it's called prejudice, but the blacks here aren't as integrated. they speak poorly, they contribute little, the majority tries to live out the stereotype for their respective "race", etc. i can listen to this album and really enjoy it because i can look at it from an objective point of view without having to worry about how it will hit me. if i were an african-american, the passion in which i speak right now would be different, most likely. i thank the fact that i'm born outside of the us. anything from politics to racism to killings, it all becomes a mental concept for me so i am able to appreciate the art of hiphop without prejudices.

anyway, my point is that there are like maybe three people on this board who are "allowed" to say it's stupid, and even then i would like a reasoning. if some brit wants to come tell me how it's demeaning to blacks and how if you look at american history and human rights and the blah blah blah, stfu. if you have not lived in a world where the word "nigger" and/or "nigga" is being/has been used frequently, don't hate, appreciate. or ignore.

 

[Preach]

^^
btw no one said anything yet but i knew someone would eventually. i'm actually looking forward to the album, i think it can be very interesting if he does it right.

 

[Word Is Bond]

[QUOTE=Preach a lot of people have been hating.

honestly, for anyone outside the u.s. to take a stance in this debate... when you say only three people on this board, do you mean to say that most members are not from the US? New Jersey anyone???

 

[dillaxx]

i dont care... it's gonna suck like HHID and SD... nothing compares to his old shit.. raps being modernized and people are so desperate to find something good, they label otherwise mediocre shit as classic.... i can listen to i am, illmatic, and it was written without skipping a song... i cant, however, listen to god's son, SD, HHID...period... stillmatic and nastradamus were just kinda out there.. they were decent i guess...


but the same idea applies to all the rappers from the early 90's that still rap today

 

[hizzle?]

I heard he's suppose to represent an intelligent black man, whom even though he can read, is illiterate and by the picture has some sort of intelligence, he'll still be called a n***er regardless.
I could be reaching though.

peac3.

I think that you are right. Great cover.

 

[Shahin]

a lot of people have been hating.

honestly, for anyone outside the u.s. to take a stance in this debate (whether it's offensive to black people or innovative) is stupid as fuck. when you live in the us, and you come with all the different mind associations and personality characteristics that is exclusive to americans only, you can speak on it because you have lived it. you know what it's about. racism towards black people is nothing but a mental concept to me. over here, it's called prejudice, but the blacks here aren't as integrated. they speak poorly, they contribute little, the majority tries to live out the stereotype for their respective "race", etc. i can listen to this album and really enjoy it because i can look at it from an objective point of view without having to worry about how it will hit me. if i were an african-american, the passion in which i speak right now would be different, most likely. i thank the fact that i'm born outside of the us. anything from politics to racism to killings, it all becomes a mental concept for me so i am able to appreciate the art of hiphop without prejudices.

Dude there's like 2 black people where you live, I don't think you're in any position to speak about the majority of blacks.

 

[hizzle?]

^^ Theres Jon Carew and who else?

 

[Preach]

Dude there's like 2 black people where you live, I don't think you're in any position to speak about the majority of blacks.

lol. our country has a foreign policy which would equal to the americans putting a huge "ENTER HERE" sign on the mexican border. trust me, we have more people of ethnicity than anybody probably. pakistanis have also been a part of norwegian history for a long time as well.

but hey, i'm not saying the point you are conveying is wrong. i tried to convey the very point myself - my lack of knowledge to these things as aspects of my life enables me to look at them and judge them at a different level to those who are a part of whatever the crazy rappers talk about these days. i can look at a rapper's career and analyze it. i can never experience what he experiences, but i can try and understand it and therein lies the fun for foreign rap fans i think. it's about taking a piece of art and using in a completely different context to make sense. just to be corny - just how tupac was crucified by the media, someone else may feel crucified for something they didn't consciously do or something that was a bi-product of an inevitability and relate to the pain he felt when he got shot up in new york, even though they are experiencing a completely different situation. it's not like listening to hiphop gives me street knowledge and helps me run the streets of harstad, norway, but on the other hand i have to say that music brightens my life and i only listen to hiphop so there must be some effect, no?

this was all i tried to point out.

 

[Little Skittle]

i dont care... it's gonna suck like HHID and SD... nothing compares to his old shit.. raps being modernized and people are so desperate to find something good, they label otherwise mediocre shit as classic.... i can listen to i am, illmatic, and it was written without skipping a song... i cant, however, listen to god's son, SD, HHID...period... stillmatic and nastradamus were just kinda out there.. they were decent i guess...


but the same idea applies to all the rappers from the early 90's that still rap today

You're crazy.