How Kanye West Almost Destroyed Nas' Career
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- Опубликовано: 9 янв 2023
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Longevity is one of the scarcest commodities in hip-hop and for every rapper that has steadfastly clung to their place in the audience’s affection, there have been trusted advisors, producers, and other forces who’ve helped to keep them there. Whether it’s Young Guru’s impeccable mixing keeping Jay Z on course or the OVO camp serving as a hit factory for Drake, everyone needs people that they can rely on to bring the best out of them and compensate in those moments when their own inspiration is running dry.
But while Nas has retained his spot and, if anything, solidified it in recent years, there’s an argument to be made that Kanye West nearly torpedoed his glorious new era before it ever got off the ground. In fact, going one further, it could even be argued that he had to claw his way back from the brink after entrusting a crucial moment in his career to such a divisive, and easily preoccupied creative mastermind.
In 2018, the news that Ye would be overseeing a new project from the legendary QB MC was enough to send hip-hop heads into a frenzied state. A proposition that was once confined to our dreams, the idea of such a visionary producer teaming up with one of hip-hop’s most profound and skillful lyricists was nothing short of fascinating, particularly those who’d felt that the one longstanding obstacle in Nas’ career has been a tendency to ply his trade over sub par beats.
Soon, speculative articles were penned breaking down their complementary qualities and hypothesizing over what sort of classic could await us in early June when it was set to drop. Instead, what we got wasn’t just underwhelming, but considering that it was Nas’ first project in six years, placed his entire future as a culturally resonant artist in jeopardy.
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Kings Disease made me fall in love with Nas all over again, still got those tracks on repeat 🔥
The damn shit is so good most albums don't got much replay for me nowadays even if I think it's good I still won't go back to most ppl albums now.. but This damn Nas shit different I was still playing kD2 and magic when Kd 3 dropped Lol
Absolutely 💯
All of them
Same. KD3 go hard too
Kings Diease and Magic may be the best 4 album run in hip hop. At least in my opinion. And I have been listening to rap for a long time
I still can't believe they fumbled the ball with like that with the Nasir album. It's a good thing Nas has been on a great run with Hit-Boy since.
This title is so exaggerated, Kanye couldn’t of destroyed nas career just because of a 7 track album
It's called clickbait
@@Ebs321 & clickbait is over exaggerating
@@jfraz1992 yes it is clickbait, but clickbait can be misleading without being exaggerated.
@@jfraz1992 thats how it works
Exactly. Perfectly said. Nas spot in the rap game is solidified. He is one of the best. A legend.
"Your Nas...you shouldnt be nervous" is the most kanye thing ever💀💀
I didn't know people didn't like that album. I guess I understand, but I personally enjoyed it alot. I still think "Everything" is one of Nas' best and most artistic songs he has in is discography. Such a gorgeous chorus/hook.
"everything" is a classic. I also don't understand the hate for the project, never did and this video title is quite the hyperbole.
Nah, Nasir is trash. Its his worst album ever. I've never met anyone that liked that shit.
@@shinbakihanma2749 how is it trash?
Faxxxx
@@JustCraigsOpinion I'm with you. Group think is a hell of a drug!
Even if Nas never released anything after that album he would be still considered one of the best. You can't deny his influence on hip hop and his skill. Personally I love Cops Shot the kid, Adam and Eve and Not for Radio. The fact he is still dropping hit albums like nobody else only elevates his legacy.
Kings disease introduced Nas to a whole new generation in a way Nasir wasn’t able to, but it is interesting that Ye thinks he gave Nas a better album than he gave himself
Nasir was weak
I liked Nasir and I think those summer albums were some of the best and forward looking executive producing Kanye has ever done
That being said when looking at it like a Nas album, it was flawed.
Yeah, on his own shit lol
Compared to what we heard from Push, Kanye, Cudi, that Nas album was a letdown.
Facts all those albums in one month. Which all sounded different.
I agree... and I'm not a Kanye fan - except for what he's produced for Pusha (and Common).
I like how Nas is just a regular guy who could use encouragement and has to build up confidence. Just a regular guy. Love that. Legend for sure.
I don't think it's fair to say it almost destroyed his career. Nasir was dissapointing but not on the levels of Nastradamus
Nastradamus is a master piece it's goated and yall need to stop the disrespect
Levels of Nastradamus? This has gotta stop, Nastradamus has bangers on there, the album isn't a classic or his best work but this narrative has got to stop. Yeah it's disappointing based on the songs he took off the album due bootlegging but for an album that he had to scrap and do over in the 11th hour still to produce tracks like Come Get Me, Life We Chose, Shoot Em Up, Family, God Love Us and Project Windows, that album is definitely better than this imaginary failure that all these zombie horde conversations that's followed it all these years. It's got some duds but it is light years more creative and energetic with more memorable tracks than Nasir. Even the songs on there that people clowned him for back then have aged better than anything on Nasir.
When I hear people give this take on Nastradamus I know it's some monkey see, monkey do... No disrespect to you, just a generalization I'm making from the conversation over there years. The album got picked apart, rightfully so when it came out when compared to the original tracklist of the I Am double album that everybody had, everyone I knew had the bootleg and it was every song Nas was 2 months out from releasing, we stole the album then buried him for racing back to the studio to give us more. I mean what can match Blaze A 50, Hardest Thing To Do Is Stay Alive, the original Project Windows, Stay Dreaming, Poppa Was A Playa, U Gotta Love It, Rise And Fall, Drunk By Myself and others... For the amount of work he put in for the album only to be bootlegged he should get the benefit of the doubt for the original tracklist alone that we all can listen to as a seamless album, almost like a bonus unofficial album.
I grade Nastradamus on all of that, the entire body of work because that was the intent and Columbia pulled it and the scramble last minute resulted in the album that gets all the attention... When with 2 more clicks on Google you, me, anyone of us can literally get the original double album I Am, Nastradamus as intended before Nastradamus was even a thought in his mind... The entire Autobiography... But we continue to crucify him for his album hitting the streets before it was supposed to be released and then he went back into the studio with a short deadline and a unsurmountable task, replace a classic in 5 weeks, come on... and even still, Nastradamus has plenty of moments where it shines.
Nastradumus not even that bad. Lol
Nastradamus has aged well. It sounds better now than it did when it initially dropped.
@@queens2nd2none man, that bootleg was tough...
I'd say "destroy" is a stretch for such a revered, god-tier artist like Nas. They definitely could have spent some more time, sure, but Adam and Eve was a straight fire 🔥 track that got lost in the hate too.
nas is wack and the g in your name must stand for gay
@@truthdude8849 🤣🤡 🤡 🤡 🤡 🤡
Still listen to A&E to this day.
@@LembeckIsStaying It was a perfect collaboration for those two, and of course with Dream on the hook.
Adam and Eve and everything was good
That album was dope what are yall talking about...that's what brought my eyes back to og...
"Destroy" is a big stretch, one simply cannot end this legendary career with one bad album. And even if, it would be Kanye who should take the blame. It's well known that he's always rushing things, changing everything at the last minute and scrapping more music than he released.
It's crazy that you think Kanye is to blame for a Nas album I'm not saying Kanye blameless but at the end of the day it's still a Nas album and anything on the album Nas didn't like he could have changed
Exactly more like a temporary misstep
@@carlosanthony4972 Did you stopped listening when the process of the making of the album was mentioned in the video?
@@tnb6359 Nas still chose to release the album as it was if he was unhappy with it he should have scrapped the album or pushed back the release date Kanye didn't put a gun to his head and make him released album and record wack versus at the end of the day no matter how much influence Kanye had on the album it was still a Nas album
@@carlosanthony4972 idk if it's true that nas could've changed anything he wanted. Sound like they were up against a deadline
You can NEVER destroy the GOAT !! 👑🥇🥇
#ItWasWritten ☝🏾⭐️
I think the opposite happened. It hurt Kanye (and his musical reputation) more than it hurt Nas. That entire 7 track, 7 album series defined Kanye as an artist. At that point, for me, the thrill was gone. I only liked Daytona and a few tracks from each of the other albums. After that, it felt like Kanye started doing weird ish musically. And in his personal life. But that's neither here nor there.
For Nasir, Nas was Nas. Kanye wasn't fully Kanye. I think when we all first heard that Kanye was fully producing an album for Nas, we set the expectation extremely high, and what we got from Kanye was a lackluster effort. What we've gotten from Nas and Hitboy on 4 straight albums is what we expected from Kanye. Kanye's miss became a hit for Hitboy. Little did we know that Hitboy would be that dude in terms of production for this generation. Stop me when I'm lying...
Thank you for covering this. I can’t stop listening to KD3 these 2 men have found a synergy I hope we get to hear more of! They let the art be the art. Kanye didn’t have time to nurture the legend that’s wild!
I actually love Nasir and other than Illmatic and It Was Written it’s one of my favorites 😭
Fun fact Ye produced for Nas first before Jay !
What was first: "Poppa Was A Playa" or "This Can't Be Life"?
@@terranceporter2644 U made Me - Harlem World feat Nas , Turn it Out - Jermaine Dupri feat Nas both produced by Kanye West
@@retroesso , those are for other people tho 🤦😅🤣 Don't reach
@@This-Aint-No-Disco reach? Nah Ye produced them and Nas was on em regardless if it was a a feature or not
True with that song you made me ft with ma$e & Harlem 🌎 💯👊🏾👍🏾
Hot take but I think King’s Disease series is some of his best work ever! Hit-Boy just took it to another level. Cause the level of lyricism is insanely mature and it’s accompanied by excellent music!
Not a hot take, it’s facts. The KD trilogy and Magic is hands down his best work since his first few albums
Til this day, I still don’t understand how people think that was a bad album. Is it great? No. But it’s a solid B-/C+ album for Nas
Thank you!
Kanye made Nas be garbage 🗑️
@@ItsYaBoi888 shut up
@@EvybdyhatesJuJuj nahhhhhh bruhhhhhhhh 😂
Bravo to you guys for making this video. These are the conversations I have with my own friends.
Nas career was never in jeopardy, he is a living legend. 🐐👑🐐
Kanye was part of the reason 50s music career went down but Nas still goes back up and down yeah.
No it wasn’t
Still dreaming Is one of my all time favorite songs, that album is so underrated. Also Lost Tapes 2 is a decent album, 7/10.
Ya'll be on a roll lately! keep 'em coming!!!!!!!!!!!
Love seeing Nas at his best again!
me too
Wth people really dislike Nasir to this degree? I feel like I’m in an alternate universe or something 😅
Yes
Nas = legend
Kanye = wack
@@doodoodust no cap 🧢. only thing Kanye is good for these days is the beats. His rhymes wack as can be
I saw this album for what it was a experimental EP take it for what it is and appreciate the moment everything and everybody ain't here forever enjoy the sunshine before the winter!
The collaborations they had was fire 🔥
4/7 isn’t bad tbh people wildin
Nas is GOAT, even if he never made the hit boy albums
Yep you can't destroy a GOAT like that
this is the best Hip Hop YT page hands down. Great history. great reporting, great everything
I don't understand how people hate that album Soo much it's very good .. the song "everything" is Soo good ,
I loved that album tbh. I thought it was a 9/10 in my opinion.
@Jerry Louis with The Thickness is it really? 😂 I still listen to it. I thought it was really unique from what I’ve heard in the past.
I like to think that Nasir and Lost Tapes 2 were like warmup albums for Nas to return to form and deliver KD trilogy & Magic.
A person who influenced hip hop so much I don't think he's career can be destroyed so easily. He is one of the best and will never be forgotten.
One of? He's literally the best rapper to ever live as of 2023 with kdot being second. The only people who have potential to pass him are denzel, joey and jid due to how good they are at their age, especially denzel. he's already top 10 oat
@@slattslattslatt
That's your opinion though, which is fine, but you can't tell others what their opinion is, that's not how opinions work dude. For example, in my opinion Kendrick is overrated, so is Kanye. But my opinion doesn't make it true, it just means that's how I see it, that's my point of view.
I like how in all of your videos you make sure you pronounce words properly and use correct grammar. So many hip hop channels’ commentary has mistake after mistake when they’re speaking in vids.
Great writing sir.
Great video! I don’t agree that it would have ruined his career… there are plenty of people between the ages of 38 and 55 that still love Nas and would always go and see him… I’m one of those 40 year olds.
Nasir was great imo... I really enjoyed it...
Nasir is a pretty decent album (Not For Radio/Cops Shot The Kid/Everything/Simple Things etc) but Ye should keep it there... I been on KD3 since 11/11 and believe me... Hit boy brings out an energy undefined when they work together #kingz
Other than Push's album, the other albums that summer were just a reminder of Kanye's prowess as a producer and sadly Nas was a victim. I will say destroy is a bit harsh of a word, Nas had been doing his thing on features and this album is still leaps and bounds over his lowest period in his career
this comment is absolute foolishness, violent crimes and ghost town were just to flex, Kids See Ghost? Teyana's album? are you high or dumb? he was overwhelmed by the other albums, simple as, Everything is one of the best tracks I have ever heard from Nas
nah you crzy kids see ghosts is fire. Ye and Nassir also have great songs
Kids See Ghosts was the best album of the run and it's not even close IMO. Maybe if you absolutely hate rock as a genre you'd have more interest in Daytona but KSG was sick.
I really like this album, the beats & the lyrics...
So me liking it made me feel like I was delinquent. Especially thru hip hop blogs...
It was hard to defend this album when everyone was trying to write off his career...
Nasir is a 1 of 1 gem...& I'm keeping it to pass down.
Holy shit I forgot Lost Tapes 2 existed!
Damn dude, ur sponsor pitch was so convincing, u had me looking for the skip button till I realized it was you 🤣😭 they better be paying u well lmao
Seeing Joe and Parks with Rory and Mal brings backs memories.
Finally an interesting video with some objective takes... been a while you guys
Ovo camp being a hit factory = the weeknd, quentin miller , n pnd ghostwriting lyrics
OVO sweatshop lolol imagine if the weeknd had signed....
It wasn't Nas best album but Bonjour feat. Tony Williams was fire. Nas got the wrong Ye era.
*BIG QUESTION:* Which of these three almost ruined the career of Nas permanently?
1. Nastradamus
2. Kelis
3. Nasir
Damn
None without Nastradams we don't get Stillmatic without Kelis we don't Get Life Is Good without Nasir we don't get King Disease 1 2 3 and Magic failures are apart of Life its how you bounce back Nas is the Goat 🐐 and you need those albums cuz masterpieces followed
Neither
Nas’ skills as an MC alone, ensures he’s undefeated
Me, personally, Nasir is not that bad. I believe it got so much hate because it followed Daytona and Kids See Ghost which set the bar really high.
Thank goodness for the [classic] 'King's Disease' Series
I get this. I’ve been riding with Nas from ‘96. This was the first album that I didn’t buy. I heard it and was like “I’m good.”
Nas is my favorite rapper. Idk if I'm being biased but I love the album he did with kanye
They were also on the song “classic” by DJ Premier
Thank God for Hit-Boy. Hit boy got that ear and them 2 for 1 beats are 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I love the album and the song EVERYTHING is one of my fav Nas songs ever
Hitboy is a genuine soul
What's that intro song? Or the chorus if called.
I need to watch Dehh again
I loved that album, this is coming from a big ye and nas fan.
Dang He did come back tho!!
NaS will never suck to anyone who understands the rap lyrics, EVER.
I like that Nasir album. Just played it the other day. Short but sweet in my opinion
The album should have sounded more like their collaboration on Hip Hop is dead "Still Dreaming"
EVERYTHING is still one of the best songs ever made
I agree.
Adam and Eve is still one of my fav hip hop songs
I know a lot of people that say Nasir has some of their favorite moments on them
The Lost Tapes 2 was dope
Lmao y’all got DEHH in the beginning
Just need that DJ Premier album...
I heard one of the best songs from nas on that Kanye and Nas duo album
I love Ye but this project should've been much better. The song that they did with The dream though was a masterpiece, so I am thankful for that. My theme song for that year.
I think of nasir as a warm up album for what was to come and it had also been about 5 years since life is good,I don't think he could ruin his career because he's kind of a creative risk taker in comparison to other mainstream rappers music throughout the 2000s and 2010s, a great discography should have variety,stuff that some people like and others might not,nas definitely has a great discography and even the worst of the bunch have their fans,to me nastradamas and nasir were the worst but there's still a few good songs on them
I wonder if people go back and reconsider/relisten to 'Nasir' like 'Lost Tapes 2'?
“EVERYTHING” is a dope track too. Nas sounds kinda like Black Thought on that one.
I like that album. The only thing I didn’t like was the seven track concept add seven more songs to it then it may be a lot more interesting! Still my 🐐
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Takes
Appreciate that 🙏
the lost tapes 2 lit
Saying this album jeopardized Nas’s legendary status is one of the biggest reaches ever lol
I liked Nasir when it came out, but it's not comparable to how great the collaboration between Nas and hitboy is
"I promised Obama..." Whahahhaa xDD Im dead
Looking at this title I'm like this is absurd.
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While "Nasir" is my least favorite Nas album. The blame can be passed all around for that project coming up short. Kanye was juggling producing 5 albums in a month. Some turned out great (Daytona, Kids see Ghost), others not so much (Nasir, Ye). Nas is also an artist who historically has often taken multiple years to make a project, according to Nas they barely had a week to lock in to complete this project. It's hard to have chemistry when you aren't providing enough time to built it in the studio. Also making a project with only 7 tracks leaves no margin for error, and unfortunately for "Nasir" it only had 2 great song "Adam eve" and "cop shot the kid" where the rest was forgettable. Kanye and Nas both should have gave this album more effort and time.
Man I love NASIR I don't know why it gets hated on so much
It gets hated on because it's an utter trash album. Nas' worst album ever.
The Coltrane of Hip Hop period. Trane experimented with Eastern sounds and it didn't resonate with everyone, however no one ever questioned his talent period. Like all his projects you can pick them up years later and realize even when not at his best he's light years ahead. Adam and Eve and Bonjour are proof.
We Major
We just have to learn to appreciate Hit Boy
Yooo please make a video about how rappers don’t own their own music
Shout out to Dead End Hip Hop at the beginning
Just adam & eve was good from that album though but Nas really proved with the KD trilogy & Magic that why he’s one of the best to ever do it💨🕊️🔥
I think Nas and Ye was solid ..
Nice shout out to Dead End Hip Hop
“ You're Nas, you shouldn't be nervous ” typical Kanye response 💀
I didn't think Lost Tapes 2 was all that bad. It had some absolute heat on it imo.
Hitboy hold my beer!!
I like Nasir a lot. My only complaint is that it's too short. I always thought everyone was thinking the same thing. Great beats IMO, cops shot the kid background sounds are a lil annoying