Euro-Jay & the Pharaoh Nas .....Follow me

dope thread, Ima spend money on a big ass Pharoah Chain

Who Cares??? wrote: »

The Africa talk is cool but what is he doing for his own community? My aunt stayed on Vernon for years. I constantly hear how Ron Artest comes back and gives more than any of the rappers. I'm sure his schedule is more chaotic than these rappers.

Ron Artest will always be that dude in my books solely for how humble he is.Folks can call him crazy but he is a real stand up guy

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ustreet_monsta wrote: »

I cant call it like that.

Nas went out of his way to defend Eminem on the ? Tape.

Like Gee said, he's not really taking a stand against anything either.

Believe it or not theres a large African and Muslim population in Europe. Nothing wrong with expanding your market to Europe as long as you aren't putting White people on a pedestal to do it.

Somebody show me where Jay is elevating Whiteness over Blackness and you may have a point.

thread/ i got respect for nas hes in my top 5 but u can't sit there and be for your people. But yet defend an artist who had racist tapes.

and take pics with racist ass amy whinehouse

Nasir Jones The GOAT

H-Rap 180 wrote: »

I dont believe that you have any proof that Nas defended Emenim on the ni99er tape.

People with intelligence will say that Nas pointed out that all human creation started in Afrika so we are all "? " even the mutated albinos who he called "? -wigga-cracka" in the same song...listen to the song again for the correct interpretation.

I dont see were the T/S inferred anything about someone taking a "stand" against something.... we didnt mention his petition against ? -Fox news or his indictment of Americas legacy of racism we simply made an observation on Nas & JayZ' embracing the culture that they find most comfortable.


A concept album about American Gangsters or a concept album about Americas Racism

Is it Linkin Park duets or Last Poets duets

"Ghetto Techno" or "Project Roach"

"Frank Lucas" or "Farrakhan"

Luke Steele or Nneka




"I feel like a Black Republican, money I got comin' in
Can't turn my back on the hood, I got love for them
Can't clean my act up for good, too much thug in 'em
Probably end up back of the hood, I'm like '? it then"

JayZ "Black Republicans"



I feel like a Black militant taking over the government
cant turn my back on the hood too much love for them
Cant clean my act up for good, too much thug in him
I'll probably end back in the hood I'm like f**k it then

Nas "Black Republicans"







Just an observation.

I think you're cherry picking what to embrace and what to criticize about Nas and Jay.

You can spin it however you want, but those bars about Eminem being Nas' ? / ? friend was about Eminem being cool because we're all humans.

The complete line is:

Not mad 'cause Eminem said ? , 'cause he my ?
wigga, ? , friend - we all black within, okay?
We all African, okay
Some Africans don't like us no way!

If a rapper you didnt like had rapped that you'd be having a field day. There would be endless propaganda threads with colorful fonts and carefully right clicked pictures highlighting said rappers coonery.

It all depends what you're looking for.

You see Jay embracing White people. I see Jay embracing Obama, Cornell West, Oprah, and Will Smith.

You see Jay making Ghetto Tehcno. I see Jay helping end NY's Rockefeller Drug laws and helping out Sean Bell's widow.

You see Jay acting White. I see Jay acting like an adult.

You see Jay breaking up his record label and selling out his partners. I see a businessman leaving a risky situation to start something new.

You see Jay going European. I see Jay giving his time to charitable causes in Africa.

I guess its all a matter of perception and how your societal view is colored?

supersajinfo wrote: »

I see jay z taking 2 fully functioning labels and letting them die.Jay Z by no means is acting more adult than Nas .Yall let society's jaded view of adult hood confuse yall.Nas and Jay Z both act adults and both walk around in two different worlds .

[IMG]http://media.thedailyswarm.com/images/headlines/nas-and-kelis-? -outfits_top.jpg[/IMG]

^Is this what acting like an adult is to you?

Dope thread.

uolag wrote: »

M.I.A. says


“Jay became the biggest representation of rap music who’s still alive, started dating Beyoncé, everything was so much bigger and better with Jay-Z. I hope people don’t think that that wins.


“The fact that Nas didn’t become all this sort of stuff changes people’s perception about the music and the work he achieved in his lifetime. I don’t wanna say Jay-Z sold out, but I just feel like we have to wait another 10 years to see what happens.


“Jay-Z’s ambition was to become like Frank Sinatra, a household name all over the planet, and own a casino in Vegas and stuff like that. And I think Nas was really sticking to knowledge. I still think the biggest point about hip-hop is in there somewhere, what happens to those two artists

Thats a good breakdown. The world isnt black and white and the end goal is progress.

If you really care about Black people, as opposed to just hating White people, you'd see that there is more than one way to get where we're trying to go. We need fiscal empowerment as much as social empowerment. In that sense Nas and Jay are repping two sides of the same struggle with different approaches.

When crackas see Jay stunting with Warren Buffet or hanging out with the president it offends them just as much if not more than a record they'll never hear by a rapper they've never heard of talking about something he's never going to do.

Different messages for different audiences.