Although the album won’t be titled “N*gger” as originally planned, its cover — an image of Nas’ bare back with welts similar to the ones slaves endured from lashings — “speaks for itself. It says ‘n*gger’ real loud,” he said.

That image was on display in the room during the screening last night but at the time was not being trumpeted as the official cover. A Nas spokesperson confirms it will be used as such.¹

1. billboard [↩]

I shot 3 vids for flashing lights cuz I ain’t like the first 2. I loved the 3rd one that I released with Spike and hit the world with that. I actually had Sam Speigal , Spike’s brother and co-orchestrater of THE TOUR MUSIC, do a remix 2 the scary one 2 make the music fit. I planned 2 put it on a DVD later this year. No rant’s here just an explanation of why yall getting those other vids rt now that I ain’t approve and why I ain’t finna post neither on my blog. So I hope whoever leaked them got the shine they was looking 4 cause that’s all they’ll get now. And I know that’s incorrect english but that’s how I talk when I want 2. Oh and I’ve just been 2 busy 2 get at the New York Times for all that his Ego BLAH BLAH BLAH bullshit so stay tuned. For fun, I want yall 2 read this whole post in the Grandma’s Boy JP robot voice LOL!!!!!!!!!!!! ¹

1. Kanye West [↩]

abgesehen davon, dass man ein video sicherlich spannender gestalten könnte. wenn man dazu noch ignoriert, dass die lyrics zwar um weiten besser sind als die eines gangsta rappers, aber doch immer noch ziemlich platt, ist’s ein ganz feiner track:

hat tip to steweomatik

la grande finale:

genial. eine verrückte horrorstory:

Eine kleine Leckerei für zwischendurch. J-Live erfindet den Hip Hop nicht neu, kann auch nicht mit einer erderschütternden Vielfalt oder atemberaubenden Features aufwarten, aber was er tut, das tut er erstklassig:

Tracklist:
01 - One To 31
02 - Be No Slave
03 - The Upgrade (Feat. Oddisee & Posdanous)
04 - It Don’t Stop
05 - The Understanding
06 - The Last Third
07 - Ole (Feat. Oddy Gato)
08 - What You Holdin’
09 - Ooweee
10 - The Zone (Feat. Chali 2na)
11 - We Are!
12 - Simmer Down
13 - You Out There

enjoy!

sieht abgründig cool aus:

1. Juli - Nas - Nas
8. Juli - LL Cool J - Exit 13
8. Juli - Razah - Razah
29. Juli - Young Jeezy - The Recession
8. August - Ne-Yo - Year of the Gentleman
19. August - Karina - First Love

nas wird superb, ll könnte auch deftig heiss werden, razah und karina kenne ich nicht, ne-yo verachte ich, aber jeezys album darf man mit spannung erwarten.

hat tip to rizoh

aight. merkwürdige sache hier. bereits das vierte promotionsposter für einen kleinen videoclip. money rules everything around nas, including himself.

hat tip to shake