Recent blog posts about Nas from music blog aggregator, Elbo.ws http://elbo.ws/artist/nas/ 2013-05-24T14:39:48+01:00 text/html 2013-05-24T15:59:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4969158/j-cole-confirms-disappointing-nas-song-denies-it-being-called/
So it turns out that J. Cole didnt disappoint Nas. Or maybe he did. Who knows? What we do know now is that there is no song by J. Cole called I Disappointed Nas. After Hot 97s Peter Rosenberg shared some alleged insider information he received about the track, and stated that it would be named something along the lines of I Disappointed Nas Twitter timelines and WordPress drafts ignited with speculation. An exasperated Cole cleared up the confusion in an interview with SoulCulture UK yesterday, and stated in no uncertain terms that [...]]]> text/html 2013-05-23T20:54:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4967559/j-cole-may-or-may-not-have-a-song-where/
When customers go to Best Buy on June 18, the rap section will be filled with other fans all looking to pick up the new releases. There's Kanye's next opus, Mac Miller will be there and somewhere in the middle will be J. Cole's Born Sinner . And, according to Peter Rosenberg, Cole's got one very interesting track awaiting those who pick up the album. On Thursday's version of "The Realness," the Hot 97 DJ claimed that light-skinned Jermaine has a revealing, personal cut that speaks to him disappointing Nas. According to Rosenberg, Nasir called Cole to [...]]]> text/html 2013-05-20T16:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4960414/the-50-albums-everyone-needs-to-own-1963-2013/
No one buys albums anymore, goes the music industry truism. And yet, for all that the format's commercial viability may or may not be on the wane, sitting and listening to a great album from start to finish is one of the greatest pleasures that music can bring. Flavorwire recently got to thinking about how one might build a record collection if you really only did buy one record a year. So here's the result of our thought exercise: 50 albums you really should own, one a year from 1963 until the present day. Yes, of course this mean things [...]]]> text/html 2013-05-17T18:51:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4956999/wu-tang-clan-execution-in-autumn/
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Nas, Ghostface Killah, Rza Song: Wu-Tang Clan - Execution in Autumn [download here ] What's so good? Yeah, you [...]]]> text/html 2013-05-17T13:09:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4957760/friday-mixtape-191-by-thelastminute/
Hello everyone! The photo above is a crane I saw at Canary Wharf in London. ( download the high res version ) Not sure why I picked it today, it just felt right. Things have been a mess around here lately because @DorothyJS and I have been travelling so much. So my apologies for the weak performance. Sometimes work, travel, and having fun get in the way of running this website. Back in the day when only a few of you we're listening it didn't matter. But now that there are thousands of people listening each [...]]]> text/html 2013-05-16T07:42:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4953878/chali-2na-outspoken-mp/
Chali 2na , le daron des Jurassic 5 nous propose son dernier clip : Outspoken . Attention l'avalanche de groove.]]> text/html 2013-05-16T05:11:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4953511/chali-2na-outspoken-mp3/
Ici le dernier clip de Chali 2na, le daron des Jurassic 5 . Outspoken sort tout droit de son dernier EP : Against the current et nous fait naviguer dans un ocan de groove.]]> text/html 2013-05-14T20:02:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4950293/dmxweek-dmx-vs-new-york-city/
Following a lineage of legendary Big Apple artists before him, none in history exploded with the level of intensity and graphicness Earl forced upon the world on his debut It's Dark & Hell Is Hot . The unheralded gift X afforded Hip-Hop was a rejuvenated sense of competition. DMX was, in a roundabout way, what Vince Carter was once seen as in basketball. He was a game changer and a game elevator; and yet ultimately an entity which never cracked the true potential his God-given talent. Hence the reason for dusting off the cobwebs for the [...]]]> text/html 2013-05-14T02:41:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4948584/nas-back-when/
You love to hear the story, how it all got started..." Something about this verse hit me hard today. I grew up in Harlem during the 902s, post Giuliani which means it wasn't the prettiest of times but it wasn't the 80s. NYC was tough if you were a sucker, but for most people in the hoods if you were familiar and minded your business it was fine. My adolescencehowever was a HUGE duality.It was all due to my freak of nature experience as a member of the Boys Choir of Harlem. An experience [...]]]> text/html 2013-05-08T11:11:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4939022/news-brief-spotify-blocks-downloadify-nas-urban-media-co-raises/
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As you've probably heard, there's a new Lauryn Hill song . It sounds... well, it sounds like it was recorded in a hurry to pay off a tax bill, which is apparently exactly the case (unfortunately, the quickie release didn't save Hill from a three-month jail sentence ). The vocals and lyrics are decent enough, but the beat sounds like it was slapped together in GarageBand with deadlines in mind. Of course, Hill's not exactly the first artist to have to make a record under duress; here's a [...]]]> text/html 2013-05-03T19:14:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4931075/aasim-queens-shit-f-nas/
As soon as the strings wheeze out of your speakers on "Queens Shit", you might question why Aasim decided to use the beat from Raekwon's "Rich & Black". But then Nas walks in and spits, "Yo, I'm rich, black, the 6, the 'Lac, the Phantom, the strap, stay on my back," and everything makes sense. You see, Nas also appeared on that Rae track, which is one of those "ooooh!" moments that makes this track that much better. Not that it needed anything like that, because this is some pure, well, "Queens Shit" through and through. Enjoy.]]> text/html 2013-05-02T11:35:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4927704/north-coast-festival-2013-lineup-revealed/
Chicago's North Cast Music Festival has revealed its 2013 preliminary lineup. The festival takes place between August 30th and September 1st in Union Park. The lineup includes Wu-Tang Clan performing 36 Chambers , Nas, Disco Biscuits, Afrojack, Gary Clark Jr., Purity Ring, AlunaGeorge, Just Blaze, Flatbush Zombies, and JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound. Also playing are Big Gigantic, Lotus, Mac Miller, Laidback Luke, Datsik, Madeon, Paper Diamond, Skream, Claude VonStroke, Rebelution, Aloe Blacc, Capital Cities, El Ten Eleven, Cherub, Poolside, On An On, and more. GA and VIP tickets are [...]]]> text/html 2013-04-27T15:32:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4918743/listen-to-nas-pre-illmatic-demo-tape/
Dear Internet, how do you keep stalling out on sharing gems like these? How could a gold nugget like Nasty Nas' Pre-Illmatic go hidden for so long? Most of the tracks on this collection have been heard but not all of them. There's God Son working alongside then industry heavyweights like Large Pro, Biz Markie, MC Serch, Chubb Rock, and Kool G. Rap plus later legends in their own rights, Cormega and AZ. All of the records apparently predate his 1994 rookie debut that changed the face of rap . Listen below [...]]]> text/html 2013-04-25T21:16:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4915673/pov-nas-5-mics-in-the-source/
The Source once stood as "Hip-Hop's bible" with no room for debate. Here's a scan from the April '94 issue where they gave a then-upstart MC from Queensbridge the coveted 5 Mics for his rookie piece, Illmatic . Click to enlarge and enjoy the review written by "Shortie."]]> text/html 2013-04-25T21:16:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4916168/pov-nas-5-mics-in-the-source/
The Source once stood as "the bible of Hip-Hop" with no room for debate. Here's a scan from the April '94 issue where they gave a then-upstart MC from Queensbridge the coveted 5 Mics for his rookie piece, Illmatic . Click to enlarge and enjoy the review written by "Shortie."]]> text/html 2013-04-25T13:46:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4914579/stream-nas-pre-illmatic-demo-tape/
We know this has been floating around the Internet for quite a while now, but in light of leaking Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar demo tapes, we thought it would be cool to look back and see where Nas' head was at around the time he recorded his debut album. Thanks to the good folks at FACT , we rediscovered this 40-minute gem, which you can stream in its entirety below. Track Listing: 1. Understanding 0:00 Featuring AZ & Biz Markie 2. Life Is [...]]]> text/html 2013-04-25T00:25:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4913872/team-fauxchella-goes-inside-the-outside-of-coachella/
Another year, another Coachella and you know what this means...Team Fauxchella reunites for another journey Inside the Outside of Coachella. Thursday, Fauxchella Kick Off Night The Annual Filter Yacht Club is the kickoff party for the Coachella masses every year and it felt like every single festivalgoer was in attendance this year. A mere hour after opening, the Yacht Club was jam packed with Fauxchellians* who were rabidly drinking up as much free beer and liquor laced with the new Red Bull editions as their drunken double-fisted hands could carry. Everywhere you turned, the bars were [...]]]> text/html 2013-04-22T21:09:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4908390/video-black-thought-talks-meeting-questlove-and-potentially-smacking-nas/
Complex just launched the online TV series version of the Combat Jack Show, which, if you're unaware, is one of the best rap podcasts out there. And for the inaugural episode, they sat down with the Roots frontman Black Thought to discuss how he met Questlove back in high school, growing up in Philly, and the time he thought about smacking the shit out of Nas. It's pretty damn hilarious and entertaining, a killer combination if there ever was one. Watch it below and enjoy. Also, I love the way Black Thought talks about how he [...]]]> text/html 2013-04-22T19:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4908194/urban-noizes-remix-of-nas-the-world-is/
Urban Noize s remix of Nas The World is Yours is absolutely ridiculous. Cop the download on the right side of the player above. The beat is reminiscent of a James Bond-esque type sound. Its great. Very cinematic and so perfect for Nas story telling style rap.]]>