Nas - Untitled: Album Review

Nas, Pwned by Al Sharpton (Def Jam, 2008)
Calling his last album Hip-Hop Is Dead worked out so well for Nas that he decided to up the ante by calling this album the dreaded n-word. But then a bunch of spoilsports found out and threatened to disinvest in the corporation that owns Nas' label, as if it was an apartheid state. Damn. At least the songs themselves are still gonna be brilliant, right?

• Nas @ MySpace

QUEENS GET THE MONEY

The acapulco intro. If only there was a beat. There is some piano mess in the background, but it doesn't really sync up with the rap. I know people are getting all excited about that line where he says, "That's 50 porch monkeys ate up at the same time," but if he was gonna go at Fiddy, I wish he would have been a bit more direct.

YOU CAN'T STOP US NOW

I suggested yesterday this be left off the album, since even the 2008-era RZA flipped this better, and his version was released as a single, but I guess it was too late in the game. This shit leaked a mere matter of hours later.

BREATHE

And I thought this was gonna be left off the album? I'm not feeling the Mint Conditon-style nasty R&B of the production. As far as these things go, this is definitely no "Life's a Bitch." And all Nas seems to be rappin' about is his ice and how much money he spends. You sure this isn't a leftover from I Am?

MAKE THE WORLD GO ROUND

The synth-based production on this is a nightmare. It sounds like some shit that wasn't good enough to go on the Rick Ross album. What's worse, Chris Brown is singing on the chorus. And no, they haven't found a way to make Chris Brown sound like anything other than a fag.

HERO

I suppose this fits in a sequence with the last track, but as far as I'm concerned, this is a much better-executed example of a pop record on a Nas album. Not that this is ever gonna be played on the radio (perhaps if they got Lil Wayne to drop a verse). I'm just saying. Who knew Polow da Don had it in him? I'm not listening to any more Rich Boy, if I don't have to.

AMERICA

To think, I was worried Nas might not rap about kicking it at beach parties with Stella McCartney on this album. Whew! Nas really is rambling on this, even more so than he is on some of these other ones. And this production is gay. A waste of a provocative song title.

SLY FOX

Nas goes in re: Fox News. Check the science: "The fox has a bushy tail, and Bush tells lies. And a fox trots, so watch what you're watching." Hard to disagree with that kind of logic! I wish the guitar in the background was a bit more pronounced, but then I guess it wouldn't have been as hip-hop.

TESTIFY

Kids, this is why you want to stay off the weed. I don't care if all your friends are doing it. The only possibly acceptable excuse is if you find a woman who's willing to fuck for weed (but of course wouldn't cop to it, lest she look like a hoo-er).

N.I.G.G.E.R. (THE SLAVE AND THE MASTER)

The lame-ass DJ Toomp collabo. This might have made for a good T.I. record, to the extent that there can be a good T.I. record. But a Nas record? Not so much. Also, notice how the dreaded n-word is never formed into any actual acronym. 2Pac would have made sure it was. He was underrated as an MC.

LOUIS FARRAKHAN

As far as I can tell, not actually an ode to the legendary anti-semite. Maybe Nas saw that debate where Barack Obama was forced to throw Farrakhan under a bus and figured it'd make a provocative song title.

FRIED CHICKEN

The new best song evar. Listening to it makes me want to go get some of that new bright orange chipotle fried chicken from KFC. Busta Rhymes tacks some shit on at the end about how fried chicken and swine is gonna kill us, but obviously that's beside the point here.

PROJECT ROACH

Similarly, here Nas compares black people to roaches. Then, if the metaphor wasn't obvious enough, one of the guys from the Black Poets announces, "Niggers are like roaches!" Um, thanks.

Y'ALL MY NIGGAS

Nas' response to Civil Rights-era hip-hop critics. He addresses the controversy re: the album title, which is, of course, now a moot point.

WE'RE NOT ALONE

A real nightmare. Is this what that stic.man solo album sounded like? If so, it's no wonder he went with such a fruity album cover. The guy who sings the chorus to this sounds like he's gone down on a guy as some point in his life. I haven't heard such silky phrasing since Luther Vandross had that stroke.

BLACK PRESIDENT

Part of my problem with this is that it sounds like the kind of corny bullshit Will.I.Am would come up, but part of it's that I can't believe Nas is buying into Barack Obama to such a degree. I thought this guy was supposed to be an iconoclast.

COMMENTS: As it turns out, this is just as much of a mess as Hip-Hop Is Dead. Maybe even more so. There's a couple of strong concept records, like "Sly Fox" and "Fried Chicken," but there's a bunch of songs on here where you can hardly tell what the hell he's talking about. You get the idea he just smoked a shedload of weed, came up with a bunch of provocative song titles, and just started rambling. Not helping matters is the production, by a bunch of dudes either no one ever heard of, or no one would think to hire to produce a Nas album. How in the world Nas decided to work with them is beyond me. Maybe they brought the weed.

BEST TRACKS: "Hero" "Sly Fox" "Fried Chicken"

BONUS VIDEO: "Be a Nigger Too," which isn't even on the album

Comments

[Casey]

"To think, I was worried Nas might not rap about kicking it at beach parties with Stella McCartney on this album."

lol. Anyway, my theory is that Nas never planned on naming his album "Nigger," he just said he would as a PR move, then "had to" change the title, then decided he'd remove the "nigger" theme entirely, including the staple "Be a Nigger Too." People think Nas isn't business-smart like that, but it's not like he didn't know the attention he'd garner naming an album "Hip-Hop is Dead." I wouldn't put it past him at all.

[Farouq Obama aka Fux]

Yo What Happened to 'Fear of the Black Mans Dick'???? Now thats some shit I would have wanted to hear, Nas Spitting about Mr.Marcus Girth and shit. Or about King Kong really being about the a nigga's dick size and how asian bitches love some black dick. But anyhoo

nigger tape > the N album

[Farouq Obama aka Fux]

Denmark is the happiest country in the world, according to the latest World Values Survey published by the United States National Science Foundation.

The annual study surveyed people in 97 countries to discover who is happiest.

The survey asked people two simple questions about their happiness and their level of satisfaction with life.

Puerto Rico and Colombia completed the top three happiest nations. Zimbabwe was found to be the least happy, with Russia and Iraq also in the bottom 10.

The study was directed by University of Michigan professor Ronald Inglehart. He says that unlike other studies, which have focused on economic factors, his research has found that financial prosperity is not the only reason for happiness.

"Our research indicates prosperity is linked with happiness. It does contribute," he says, "but it is not the most important factor.

^^ this study was groundbreaking

[J.D.S. 24]

lol wow Bol... can you make it any more obvious that you barely listened to this? you probably skimmed straight ahead to the fried chicken song [pac] you fat muthafucka! [\pac]

dont believe the hype
Untitled = The Nigger Tape = dope

only thing it doesnt have that it could have benefitted from is a riot inducing song.

[Nas laughs at niggers]

LOL @ THIS ASS WIPE ALBUM SLY FOX IS A BANGER BUT THE ALBUM IS VERY VER WEAK, WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT. NAS FUCKED UP A HUGE HUGE OPPORTUNITY. HE IS OVER.

[D]

Bol, you're a fucking hater... it gets borderline annoying sometimes...this album is solid as fuck...you dont know what your talking about..period

[D]

oh people...keep in mind...this is the same mother fucker that hated on American Gangster...and that album was horrible right? Oh wait...no it was pretty fucking solid as well....Bol why dont you actually review, or listen to, a fucking album instead of trying to be funny and say some slick controversial bullshit.

[Bol]

Solid? I'm not even sure what solid would be. But I'm pretty sure that's not why I listen to music, to hear things that are "solid."

Unless it's Ashford & Simpson!

[Adam]

Another shitty review.

Just because you get some albums a day before us doesn't mean you're tricking anyone.

And Nas rips the MF DOOM beat way better than RZA, you fuckin' mook.

[Genderspec]

Nas and Eminem are the same in my book.
They too caught up trying to act like these dumb characters they created that gets them attention.

[d.j. bradley]

Fucking people are stepping up their writing. I'm too lazy to list all the posters above I like.

Mr. Fux, you know I'm inclined to get my ass over to Denmark. I'll fuck the shit out of any of those white girls with the big smile (who speak English, by the way).

Did you notice Nas has got something growing out of his back? Is that a "green" thing? Like maybe he had some farmer sow some seeds in his back and they sort of, grew.

I can't understand some of this stuff.

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[teh-thomas]

I think this album is cross between Nastradamus/I Am... and HHID, which is um, interesting...

some obvious commercial attempts here and alot of the production is very late 90s/early 00 soft synth inspired by way of new jack. I guess.

better than what bol says, but not as good as HHID (though by a fraction) and still better than SD

[thoreauly77]

although i have not heard "untitled" yet, i can't imagine it will be as good as the "dreaded n-word" tape.

@fux- i heard the happiness is linked to beer consumption as well. happiness increases exponentially with said consumption. also, denmark is likely the happiest place on earth (sorry, disneyland) because all of the women are around five foot ten and model-hot. holland must be a contender as well if my theory that hot women and beer are large contributors to happiness.

[P-Matik]

Man, he didn't even put "Association" on there. I don't know what Nas' fascination with buying garbage beats is. At least 50 Cent got bangers from the no-names he worked with.

[kj]

I haven't heard such silky phrasing since Luther Vandross had that stroke.

PRICELESS

[d.j. bradley]

Bol has documented the Williams sisters, of tennis fame.

It is quite possible these two gorillas are going to square off against each other at Wimbleton, in England.

Vanessa and Serena. I can't figure out whether these women resemble Mr. T or Barry Bonds.

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[thoreauly77]

so dj, are you saying that you would or would not allow serena to wrestle you to the ground and handle you?

[postbuddy]

THe only track you like is "Fried Chicken"??... *expected*

CONTRASTING ALBUM REVIEW=
http://hiphophype.blogspot.com/2008/07/nas-nas-album-review.html

listen to shit more than one time before u critique it, fat bastard

[d.j. bradley]

Thoreauly 77. Man, whatever the name of the beermaker is over ther in Europe, I think's it's Stella, they're trying to do a hostile takeover of Budweiser Beer here in the states.

I say to them, go for it. Budweiser is the worst beer known to mankind. Do you know I have read the label on these Budweiser cans? More than once?

"Beechwood Aged." (They fucking blow the shit through an O-ring made out of Beechwood.)

These hostile takeover guys make stuff like Beck's, the fucking greatest beer in the fucking world.

So I say, fucking take these Bud assholes over and make some beer that has a good crisp finish.

Keep the Clysdales and stuff. Just make a better beer. And these motherfuckers know how to do it.

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[thoreauly77]

i agree with you one billion percent about the bud takeover; bol, on the other hand, may feel a bit hostile about anyone taking over his beloved beer and possibly adding flavor to the swill. funny thing now that you mention it, but the whole budweiser clydesdales and their beer tasting like horse-piss correlation strikes me as a little too convenient, no? oh and becks is only slightly edged out by heineken, but it's a damn close race and entirely dependent upon which one is either a. in my fridge, or b. free.

you still didn't answer the serena question though mr bradley.

[Who Dat]

Come on DJ...these sisters have obviously proved to be SUPERIOR athletes. To think that Tennis and Golf was protected by the white to be for the white. Mama look at what the negroes done....who let them in?

The presidency is next.

[d.j. bradley]

I could kick both they ass with one hand tied behind my back.

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[Bol]

I could care less who owns AB, but I will not abide any "flavor" being added to the swill.

[thoreauly77]

^^^ a man must stick to his principles.

[tiger25]

this writer doesnt no shit... this is nas best album since stillmatic.. lyrically this by far the best album out.. hip-hop fans always complain about lyrics nas delivers that and people still complain

[Yup]

This tubby bitch doesn't like Nas, why he reviews his albums I don't know. Fuck you Bol

[asd]

I like how the only quote u write is wrong.

and foxtrots

[geico lizard]

speaking off topic about serena and venus they are full of shit for saying they would vote for obama but they cant because they are jehovahs witnesses they sound dumber than young jeezy talking about politics. what does being a jehovahs witness say about premarital sex they have with their MANY celebrity boyfriends or about serena bent over showing her butt in all those magazines. im not complaining about the stuff but you cant pick and choose what part of a religion you will follow. they are like tiger woods they want to play the middle so they can make more money thats all and they should say no comment like tiger does but dont blow smoke up our asses about it being against your religion. i like every song i have heard from nas new album except that chris brown garbage.

[Chokehold]

Bol:Also, notice how the dreaded n-word is never formed into any actual acronym.

Somebody's comprehension is at a low level

Nas on N.I.G.G.E.R- Do I mean Nigger like a slave master? No, Im Gangster Gotta Eat Rappers.

[d.j. bradley]

Who Dat makes a good point.

After all, the original hater, Adolph Hitler, was trying to figure out how to ban Jesse Owens from the Olympics held in Germany. His rationale was that black people were not people. They were animals.

Oddly, Hitler didn't get his way on the matter and Owens went on to win quadruple gold.

Still, they have some bad ass white foxes out there in the world of tennis. I'll take the ones that don't grunt or screech on every hit.

I think there are plenty of women of any race that would be happy with Tiger Woods, a sort of nigra.

I just don't think there are a lot of men that would be happy going to Venus or Serena.

Maybe Kells could figure it out.

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[The Nicker]

I read these mediocre comments and never have anything to say anymore and then Bam! this post hits:

This review disappoints me. NaS is the Alex Rodriguez of this rap shit. Uber talented and may be considered one of the best of all time when it's said and done, but do you like him and is he really coming through for you when it counts?

^The study was directed by University of Michigan professor Ronald Inglehart. He says that unlike other studies, which have focused on economic factors, his research has found that financial prosperity is not the only reason for happiness.^

I had Inglehart in undergad. Smart dude but an iffy professor, way ingrained in his research. A few years ago when I had him he was doing a study that basically proved richer people don't necessarily make it into higher education (and therefore better salary, etc) at a higher rate than middle class people. Both, however, get way better education levels than poor people.

Basically he's been doing interesting shit on connecting money with quality of life for years.

^^Yo What Happened to 'Fear of the Black Mans Dick'???? Now thats some shit I would have wanted to hear, Nas Spitting about Mr.Marcus Girth and shit. Or about King Kong really being about the a nigga's dick size and how asian bitches love some black dick. But anyhoo

nigger tape > the N album^^

Co-sign this shit ifux.

^It is quite possible these two gorillas are going to square off against each other at Wimbleton, in England.^

Deej, the Williams brothers dominate on grass like R Kelly without grass (zing!) I'd rather watch Fed v Nadal on Sunday. I love the sports takes deej but you're around so little these days you missed me aks you about Torrey Pines back when the US Open was going on.

^holland must be a contender as well if my theory that hot women and beer are large contributors to happiness.^

Co-sign thoreauly. Co-sign co-sign co-sign. With that being said, where in both Eastern and Western Europe is not rolling over America. Not to mention the skeezes you get to compete against when you're over there.

^These hostile takeover guys make stuff like Beck's, the fucking greatest beer in the fucking world.^

Co-sign, well close enough to co-sign. Probably the best worldwide distributed beer anyway. Better than Heineken thoreauly.

Peace peace.

[complexity]

Nice review Sir.

[JDizz]

Do I mean it like a slave master, nigga?/N.o I.m G.angster G.otta E.at R.appers

It's ok bol i didn't catch that on the first go around either....but unlike you i actually took the time to go back a peep the lyrics...something you should try my man...

And what the fuck is up with these niggas complainin over a song about a nother niggas dick not being on the album.....i mean if that aint some low-key homo love shit i dont know what is....

[Pow]

album is dope, fuck everything else

[d.j. bradley]

Fucking how much is a ticket to Denmark? (what with the Euro and all).

I feel something twitching. Fucking babes probably like an American accent anyway.

I wish I liked pot, because I would like to walk into some shop and sit down and have a couple of hits of Maui Wowie, sit around and read the Wall St. Journal.

Not to rain on my own parade but I think a lot of natives from the Scandinavian countries are fleeing because their governments have too lax policies on immigration and are letting in hoards of hateful Islams.

The Islams are taking advantage of the happy people and are reproducing like cockroaches. And they are not happy. They want to kill the happy people and introduce sharia law. Which is, of course, unhappy.

"I had Inglehart in undergad. Smart dude but an iffy professor, way ingrained in his research."

^No shit. I knew you weren't no ordinary Nicker.

I went to Vegas and even though I had my computer I was too busy to tune into my favorite website, byroncrawford.com

Lord, the area surrounding Torrey Pines is fucking gorgeous. I was fucking cracking up out of my mind when they pinched Scott Peterson in the golf course parking lot. May as well have one last look at heaven before you check into San Quentin.

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[Billy Blanks]

Also, notice how the dreaded n-word is never formed into any actual acronym."
Do I mean it like a slave master nigger,
No
Im
Gangsta
Gotta
Eat
Rappers

[Billy Blanks]

Also, notice how the dreaded n-word is never formed into any actual acronym."
Do I mean it like a slave master nigger,
No
Im
Gangsta
Gotta
Eat
Rappers

[d.j. bradley]

Beck's is made in Bremen Germany under the Purity Act of 1510.

Budweiser is made from the Kraft Food Company Let's Put Some Additives In This Shit So It Has A Radioactive Half Life Of A Motherfucking Chipotle Act of 1982.

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[Nathangjj]

the album is good. not great but it's good.

[d.j. bradley]

Melissa wants me.

[Drug Dealers Buy Jordans]

Seems a bit average on first listen to some of these tracks. y hasnt nas got better production

http://drugdealersbuyjordans.blogspot.com/

[PERPLEX]

worst review i read in my life

did your girl break up with for nas?

The acapulco intro. If only there was a beat. There is some piano mess in the background, but it doesn't really sync up with the rap. I know people are getting all excited about that line where he says, "That's 50 porch monkeys ate up at the same time," but if he was gonna go at Fiddy, I wish he would have been a bit more direct.

Niggas is still hatin/talkin that Nas done fell off wit Rhymin/He rather floss wit diamionds/They Pray/Please God let him spit that oozy in the army linen/that shorty doo-wop rollin oo-whops in the park reclinin/Take 27 MCS's putt'em in aligning/they out of alignment/my assignment since HE SAID RETIREMENT/ Hiding behind 8 MILE/ and tha CHRONIC GETS RICH AND DIES RHYMING/ This is Hot Science/Now add 23 more/From Queens to B-More/I'm ova there heads like a Belimic on a See-saw/ Now thats 50 Porch Monkeys ate up at tha same time!

27 plus 23=50!!

YOU OBVIOUSLY JUSS SKIMMED THRU THIS CD WITHOUT LISTENING...HATER

AMERICA, SLY FOX, HERO, YOU CANT STOP US NOW, FRIED CHICKEN, AND BLACK PRESIDENT ARE CLASSICS

THIS ALBUM IS 4/5 ...ONLY CUZ I COULDA DOWN WITHOUT ...Y'ALL MY NIGGAS

EVERYTHING ELSE IS ON POINT

[d.j. bradley]

DATELINE NEW YORK NEW YORK STOP ALEX RODRIGUEZ BEING LINKED TO MADONNA STOP LENNY KRAVITZ DENYING AFFAIR WITH A-RODS WIFE STOP

[thoreauly77]

back when i enjoyed smoking pot, i was at a model united nations summit, representing ireland in human rights. rather than make valid points by standing up and waving a placard, i would sleep during the summit and smoke pot and drink heineken at night in the clubs. on one such night, i walked into a club, went to the bar, and ordered a beer. i then asked where the "other" bar was and was directed around the corner, adjacent to the dance floor. behind the "bartender" was a sliding cabinet, much like a medicine cabinet and made of a rich, almost black wood. when the bartender slid the door to the side it was as if beams of impenetrable light burst forth. alas, it was not light, but 8 different varieties of cannibus cup winning weed, in bugle-joint, dimes, eighths and quarters -- all clearly labeled for the consumer. naturally, i chose a bugle-joint of maui-wowie. the decision was based in most part due to my affinity for cheech and chong. so, i decided i was big-chief and smoked the entire joint right there on the dance floor, slowly sipping the heineken, relishing the experience. that was, until i began to feel dizzy. anyone that has ever seen the joints that they sell over there knows that they are about the size of a baseball bat and the weed will stick to the wall. sadly, i had to sit down on the dance floor, and moments later i had to vomit on a nice pair of grooving pumps. knowing my limit and the looming beating i faced, i high-tailed it out of there. once out the door, i vomited once again on the bouncer's car and was subsequently bounced across the street onto a curb. all of my fellow cohort danced the night away, probably listening to the bee-gees. i was awoken by three beautiful spanish girls whom i had entertained at lunch earlier in the day. with my limited spanish and their great beauty they were able to get me onto the train and back to my hotel, past my social studies teacher and into my room.

the next day i visited the van gogh museum at the hague...

[robin]

Sorry man if you write a review like this, you cannot be taken serious. It's a shame that a white guy from Amsterdam is saying this to an black man from the states.It's okay to be ignorant man, we need people like you for balance just don't express yourself in public, it makes you look even more stupid than your picture. Chris Brown is fag? I pray for you my homophobic ghetto nigga.
That's right I said it. This is not for YOU. Eventhough you are black, there ain't nothing here yours.
Man i'm more nigga than you, black power bitch!!

[eLi pOrTeR]

The Nas album is good, at first listen I was like Meh...so I listend to it on a long ride and the shyt is good...Right now the best hip hop is coming out of Queens(sorry wayne fans)... T.O.S. and Nigger da Album....both pretty good, not classics but good high quality efforts...too bad Nas and 50 cant get over their egos, They could Run Rap/hiphop..

[The Nicker]

Wait thoreauly, you didn't finish. How was the Van Gogh museum?

[Comin' Dine]

dope album.

[M.Z.]

I believe the premise of "Black Man's Dick" turned out to be "Make The World Go Round"

[Atl]

You are a jackass that doesn't know shit about music, not just rap. Please stop making bullshit reviews like this. I Google Nas' album looking for a real review and I got this bullshit.

[hueyfreeman]

Your reviews are terrible stop writting them. I hate to use the term "hater" but in your case i'll make an exception cause even when you like something you still front on it. Your a clown who doesnt know shit about. You write stupid reviews trying to get attention.

[rafi]

on some other shit....

even though i wasnt really feeling the new taco bell taco you endorsed, i decided to check out the chipotle chicken on your recommendation.

i drove to the kfc in the shitty area of new rochelle (presumably the area where some rap guys are from), went through the drive thru (naturally!) and asked for the chipotle chicken. the woman had no idea what i was talking about. i don't know if it's just not available in new york yet or news just travels slower to that particular kfc.

next week i'll hit up the one in mount vernon. maybe i'll run into pete rock.

[Bomb]

I don't get it. Why is Nas so obsessed with the word nigga? Does he think trying to make whatever statement he's trying to make about it, it's gonna save the world or something? He really sounds like he smoked too much weed. This is the most depressing album I heard in a long time.

[d.j. bradley]

Now thoreauly 77 knocks one out of the park.

I can paint, both with conventional brushes and Corel, and I LOVE Vincent Van Gogh.

The pumps you ralphed on? Were they white? I think Bubbles just bought them on ebay. The seller, with a 99.9 customer satisfaction rating, said the pumps had a little cosmetic damage from vomit but they were made from this unknown up and coming shoemaker called Jimmy Choes.

She's pretty happy this 4th. I bought her a Lady Smith and Wesson .38 for her birthday March 19. And a couple of boxes of ammo. She fucks with it all the time.

Man, our fuhrer, bol, is taking a lot of caustic guff from, what? I guess Nas fans. I think bol is a fine reviewer and he gave Nas quite a few profs in his review.

Even some dick from Amsterdam was piling on.

Re: Rafi. Homie, I've been to New Rochelle. Hang in there on the chipotle. It's the first multi purpose fast food I have seen. Like I said, you can put the shit in a jar and use it for a lantern during a power outage.

If you suffer an erection for over four hours after eating a a drumstick and a thigh, consult your doctor. This writer noticed an itchy feeling in his crotch a few hours after the happy meal.

Heck, I'm proud to be an American. My house smells like barbequed pork. I got a 24 pack of Natural Light Beer from AB, stock ticker (BUD) because I am afraid of police traps on July 4.

(I forgot, there's a great back story on the hostile bud takeover. Bud is very friendly with Modelo Breweries, makers of the delicious Corona beer. I guess they were thinking about buying Modelo to beef up their position. That fucking Corona is the shit).

I quit cigarettes two years ago. Pot makes me vomit a la #77. I could use some crack cocaine, however. That's a fine buzz.

Can't have everything. God bless America!

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[melissa]

Anyone who takes seriously the album review of an obese faggot is crazy. Faggots who inhale dicks and pork roasts consecuetively are not qualified to review Hip Hop albums. This Nas album is not half as bad as you describe it. Ugly ass Star Jones looking motherfucker. Stick with listening to Bravery albums while playing in your secret mosh pit in your parents basement. You gotdamn orangutan! I love you as much as you love vegetables. Perfect calmness.

[No Mames Buey]

the "chink n-bomb", er "ch-bomb n-bomb", that Nas references on the hook & is shown in the video, might be the Harold dude from the movie "Harold & Kumar". Is it?

[Tray]

Bol is right as always. I liked the first two songs, but the rest is horrible. You've got the lame environmentalist song, the lame Fox-bashing song, the lame would-you-testify-for-Nas-in-court song, and the lame Obama song... it's times like these when Nas's lack of an education really hits home.

[Fuck.]

What the fuck with all the faggot nas stans coming out in defence of their messiah. At the very least you can cede is the fact that the production on this was atrocious.

[shitbo]

FOR ONCE I actually agree with everything you've written. I'm a huge Nas advocate because he actually is a great rapper, but this album manages to fuck up. The Nigger Tape was better to listen to.

[d.j. bradley]

I guess the honeymoon between Calmness and Crawford is over.

It's none of my business but maybe bol could try sucking up to artists like Nas and get some of those Kanye West Captain and Tenille white sunglass frames. Dope.

FLASH THIS JUST IN STOP DATELINE WIMBLETON ENGLAND STOP VENUS SENDS SISTER TO URANUS STOP VANQUISHED SAID TO BE SERENE AH, BECAUSE SHE GOT THE LORD JEHOVAH STOP

[d.j. bradley]

I love the smell of California in the morning. The smell! That forest fire smell. I don't know, it smells like, ... victory.

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[alex]

yea fuck u fatboy... u prob. ate the cd instead of listened to it. lol i'm just saying that ur wrong about the album... def. album of the year. u can go lick wayne's lollipop u fat cocksucker

[alex]

yea fuck u fatboy... u prob. ate the cd instead of listened to it. lol i'm just saying that ur wrong about the album... def. album of the year. u can go lick wayne's lollipop u fat cocksucker

[d.j. bradley]

What alex said. Twice. out

[thoreauly77]

deej- when the vomit was painted upon those pumps, if they were bought just that day and slipped onto those pretty feet, they would now be thirteen years old. my guess is that while they may still have a stain or two (and maybe a piece of corn or two?) on them, at least the smell has been eradicated by time. time is an abstergent after all. if they are wearable, bubbles should go dancing; amsterdam is lovely in the summer, so is Scheveningen, a beach resort with a pier. have her watch the cracks in the pier so as to not lose a heel. if the shoes are not fit for dancing, i suggest she blow the fuck out of them with her pretty new pearl-handled murder-machine.

[d.j. bradley]

You know, Nas was influenced by somebody in his life to do what he does.

Me, I was influenced by Frank Rich, a New York theater critic, sometimes called the "Butcher of Broadway." He cut his teeth at Time Magazine, then went on to fame at The New York Times.

He's retired from the Broadway beat, but in his heyday he could shut down a multi-million dollar show with a couple of words.

He's an affable guy.

Like Rich, I don't write critically about things in the arts anymore.

Bol can't shut down Nas' program (in fact, the buzz from this thread will surely boost Mr. Nas' record sales, so he can prosper, God bless America).

Just for laughs I bought the Nas record and played it through my BIC's. (That's a speaker maker, U.K., now made in God knows where).

I hereby set my hand and review Nas, Pwned by Al Sharpton (Def Jam, 2008).

Track 1: Queens etc. Sucks.

Track 2: You Can't Stop Us. Bites.

Track 3: Breathe: Sucks.

Track 4: Make The World Go Round: Make the world go away, and give me something to hang myself.

Track 5: Hero: sucks.

Track 6: America: Bites.

Track 7: Sly Fox: Sucks.

Track 8: Testify: Fucking Pussy. Bitch.

Track 9: Nigger: I guess this is what they come up with with no white supervision.

Track 10: LOUIS FARRAKHAN: Good one for the prom.

Track 11: Fried Chicken: Best song evar!

Track 12: Roach: Put my fucking power amp on 12 and killed every motherfucking bug in the house.

Track 13: Y'all My Niggers: Sucks.

Track 14: We're Not Alone: You are you sad ass motherfucker.

Track 15: Black President: Fucking B. Hussain is about as black as Sir Paul McCartney, sucker.

Conclusion: Bol was being very kind to this fucking faggot disaster. If, and I say if, we could really put some welps on this bastards back, rather than Photoshop, maybe he could write and sing with conviction. I say give him 60 lashes, for annoying me.

d.j. bradley, former music critic

[Fuck.]

d.j. bradley you sound like a crackhead. Marry me.

No homo.

[thoreauly77]

seems a bit on the light side bradley. for what the album should have sounded like, if you are actually interested, check out his mixtape with dj green lantern; it is called "the nigger tape" and is superior to the album. that being said, nas still fails (as usual) to take a break down a meaningful subject, well, meaningfully. rather, he is more like a drunken town cryer, unable to do anything but inform the public that yes, he does serve a purpose, yet every time he attempts to serve said purpose, he seems to stammer through it as though he has a mouth full of marbles and a liver full of night-train. using the hustler rating system, this album definitely gets a pretty flacid semi.

[Anotha Nigga]

Fried chicken I need you!

[jihod]

The album was nails straight 4 outta 5 almost 4.5. He's an angry black man & most of us should be feeling the same because of the sad state of economics in the black community. 2008 sucks this is the best hip-hop cd:
1. Nas- Untitled
2. Kidz In The Hall- The In Crowd
3. Jazz Liberatorz- Clin D'oiel
4. Lil Wayne- Tha Carter III
5. The Roots- Rising Down

[Liam]

Amsterdam is slowly changing, when i was there last year people were saying the city council wants to close down the red light district (god forbid!), and make the city more 'family friendly.

[zunniacumen]

Byron Crawford is back to tossin' salads. Bitch ass nigga.

[d.j. bradley]

Fucking thoreauly77 delivers a fine review.

I think I got some salmonella growing out of my private parts.

out

[Ian]

wow you hated nas to, you hate nas and immortal technique, what kind of bullshit site are you running, i need to see what other horrible reviews youve made

[robin]

Best album in hiphop, ever. Illmatic changed the game. This one will change it again. It's not even hiphop, it's music. The whole strategy behind the title...man incredible. All I can do is just sit back, smile and shake my head. If you don't understand this, i'll forgive you. you'll get it in a couple of years.

One love to d.j. bradley, former music critic.
Haha, FORMER music critic.....like nas said to alchemist, you a funny nigga haha

Enne...nou zand erover lieverd, hahaha!!!
xxx

[d.j. bradley]

Is fucking Russert on this morning?

Chingada. Uno.

Out-O

[yo]

this is on ass negative review. suck my dick hater

[Robin]

Hahaha!!!!!!!!!!

[adam]

a reviewer simply could not make it in the game so they voice their contrived opinions rather than listening to the powerful message Nas delivers. It is definetley not Nas' best effort but it is a album full of powerfull ballads and it takes a much better turn then his previous album which was very "pop"

It is easy to say negative comments but takes a real man to compliment, remember this is nas and he won't be around forever, then who will you be reviewing? D4L? some southern shit? exactly be thankfull nas makes music for you to judge.

And you write 2pac was an underated MC? LMAO what planet do you live on? 2pac will always be a legend, thats why he has the highest selling records and feature movies about him? Underrated MC's are: Royce 5'9', TEch N9ne and Juvenile.

Can't wait to read your Dr. Dre, Detox review.

[d.j. bradley]

Not to get 77 on your ass but I think you misspelled 2pac. That's an insult to his family.

out

[Stork]

Byron Crawford is back to tossin' salads. Bitch ass nigga.

^Come on now! You know Bol's fat ass don't fuck with no "salads" of any kind.

[loL @ nASs]

NAS IS ASS THIS ALBUM IS MEDIOCRE AT BEST WHA A FRAUD FUCK THIS NIGGER!

[Slaughtering poor Reviews]

Wow, could you make it even more obvious that you are a terrible critic and do not have the slightest clue as to how to review an album properly? There's no way I could take your feeble and weak arguments seriously and as a whole, you need to do yourself a favor and quit writing. Stop littering up forums with your pathetic excuse for reviews and go look into something more suitable of your bias reviews like.. Movie reviews.. But of course, you would probably make a mess of that as well.

This album has NOTHING to do with club banging beats and if that was what you were looking for from the production, I advise that you look else where. As a reviewer, I highly doubt you know ANYTHING about producing beats and if you did, then you would be the one making the beats.. Not whoever got hired, correct?

I have already heard that "Many critics will state that the production on this album is solemn and boring, but the production on this album is utilized to set a mood and fit the topics and concept of the album" And look what I found. Stop being so much of a hater and open your ears and listen. But then again, I would be surprised if you got paid a cent to write your reviews.

This is album obviously is a well craved out gem of an album and is easily Nas' best since Illmatic. It's a shame that the album has such poor excuses for reviews such as this one floating about though. Here's a final thought, quit writing poor reviews.

[lastwords]

what the fuck are you talking about dude.... Nas album is awesome... better than the Carter 3 and nobody will admit it, because they are too dumb to understand Nas' lyrics

[zunniacumen]

Byron Crawford eat dicks and grits for breakfast, lunch, and dinner with shit biscuit and diarrhea gravy and hot glass of piss on the side. Get the fuck outta here with that wack ass review, hooker!

[TRUTHBTOLD]

This is the shittiest review ever - you fat bastard. I wish I can elbow you right in the back of your third neck, A Hole!!!!! Instead of breezing through his songs like you do your lunch you should actually take out time, print his lyrics and read them. But that again would probably be over your head you short fat hobbit!!!! Nas = God Emcee.....he doesn't need a G-unot Beat or a Drunk Leprachaun Predator look alike, Slurring lyrics, Beat to get his message across. Untitle will go down as classic as it hit real topics and present day issues. Maybe if he talked about popping champagne and girls licking his lollipop that would get him a better review from you - now that I think about it you fat bastard you're probably into licking lollipops.

They should fire you!!!!

[jihod]

1.Nas- Untitled (Angry, intelligent & Pro-black as Nas has ever been, production lags but dude is a superior MC, "Fried Chicken"=Top 5 hip-hop song this year)
2.Kidz In The Hall- The In Crowd (Double-O is one of the best up & coming producers in Hip-Hop, Naledge is an AVERAGE MC but his heart is in the right place. They're more than enough guest appearances to overlook things)
3.Jean Grae & 9th Wonder- Jeanius (Arguably one of the best female hip-hop albums ever made, everytime a rapper collabs w/ 9th wonder it's alway amazing.)
4.Jazz Liberatorz- Clin D'Oeil (Great Compilation album w/ producers from france. They could have had better rappers here but it's still 4 outta 5)
5.Lil Wayne- Tha Carter III (Wayne lives up to the hype barely. The production is mainstream which cause it to sound kinda soft. Tracks like "Mr Carter", "Dr. Carter & "Let the Beat Build" are superb. Subject matter could improve too)
6.The Roots- Rising Down
7.Buckshot & 9th Wonder- The Formula
8.Little Brother- And Justus for All(Version released in Stores)
9.Rick Ross- Trilla
10.Fat Joe- Elephant In the Room
11.Pete Rock- NY's Finest
12.AZ- Undeniable
13.Chaundon- Carnage
14.G-Unit- TerminateOn Site
15.Prodigy- HNIC 2
16.Sheek Louch- Silverback Gorillaz
17.Foxy Brown- Brooklyn's Don Diva

[Rafi215]

Byron Crawford is a loser who wouldn't know good music if it ran up and punched him in his sorry ass face. The new Nas album "Untitled" is absolutely brilliant. Every song on the album follows a central theme. Maybe Byron is just to dumb to read between the lines. The point of the album is to listen. It's too much bullshit ass music passing for hip-hop these days, and it's about time someone dropped an album with much needed content. If you're a black male in the United States of America, you need to hear this album, and no, it isn't any ole'trunk rattling bullshit, but what it is, is real hip-hop music in it's purest form. 5 stars!!!*****

[jeffcee]

ok everyone hating on this album are idiotic or lil wayne fans. ya'll ignorant. queens get the money is totally directed at that punk 50. "hiding behind 8 mile and the Chronic, get rich but dies rhymin, this is hot science!" who else can rhyme accapella and sound this good?
former critic...EXACTLY.
truthbtold i see ya...you have sense.
the beats on this may be soft but he is artistic with his lyrics and is actually stating something.
whoever doesn't see this or hear, is plain STUPID.

[360]

this album was just of a mess that HHID was... and that was they were both good albums. when you said HHID was a mess. i realized that i shouldnt listen to anything you say. this is the same guy that said American Gangster sucked. Just becuz Kingdom Come sucked does not mean Jay-Z himself sucks. same thing for Nas

[Wowsers]

wow great review....nah just messing with you. Your still a fucking idiot...

Well i didn't really get much of a review here as far as quality goes...But i did however get a lot of degrading of the album with no real comment on the music...the only compliment you gave to the song was on fried chicken....then you followed that comment with "Listening to it makes me want to go get some of that new bright orange chipotle fried chicken from KFC." Wow i'm sure that nas would appreciate that. I don't care what your vague opinion is about what you think the album should be, or who sounds gay. But then again, from what i seen it must be hard to give this kind of album a fair review if you have no kind of relation to it.Do yourself a favor...Stick with Lil Wayne.

And yes the album is sick. i will say that after fried chicken the production does go down a little....but thats after 11 or 12 songs ( which is 2 or 3 more than illmatic)....so to say the production collectively isn't good is just incorrect. But i will alarm you...if you have no intention on any kind of insight relating to black people then you will probably not like it.