I just listened to the Nas Audio. My only response is: WEAK!!!
His stance is weak as hell. Just because The Roots made video dousing the bull that catts portray in videos with teh "What They Do" video and then back Jay Z on unplugged dont make them hyprocrites.
Damn they just backed the dude Jay Z up. To me they made the album the success that it is. As many of us have said: They made terrible Jay Z tracks sound tight...Thats Talent not hyprocrisy. They did what KRS 1 taunted on Criminal Minded: "..Take the wackest song and it Better".
Nas sounds pissed kinda like a BI***. DIssing the Roots is weak.
Although I agree with his statements about "State Property", I feel he's the wrong dude to Preach. His track record doesnt portray that practice. Then he tries to smooth over his preaching about the flick by saying he's from the street so he talks about the street.. C'mon man..thats Bull.
I remember madd cutts with him yelling stuff about "Thats Gangsta" and about how much of a Thug he is. Thats the same crap that Jay and Beans displayed on screen with "State Property". Before Preaching he should state that he's gonna stop advertising THUGERY from this point on instead acting like he's always been this Righteous catt. This makes him look worse than he's tryingto make The Roots look like.
Nas is NOT the Roghteous catt thats he's portraying to be...maybe NOW but not in the past. This is a new dude. NAS the chameleon. He has a serious identity problem. Its hard to know who the real dude is. At least its clear as to who The Roots are.
NAS: The Confused Poet
Like somebody said earlier. The whole Nasty Nas persona was the badd butt dude who was a unreligious catt. NOw he's saying: "We aint State Property / We Gods Property" He's right but why the sudden change?
On Mobb Deeps album he said: "Shoot at the clouds..its seems like the holy beast is watching us." Again he's way more contradictory than The Roots.
Hey Yo NAS...get tha hell off the Soap Box and stop Preaching. Feel free to hop back on after you start practicing what you preach.