Nas is one of the best lyricists in the game, along with Jay-Z, Biggie, Pac, Eminem and Scarface. A lot of Nas albums from Illmatic to It Was Written to I Am to Stillmatic to God's Son were Nas's dopest albums of all time, they're also my favorite. His last platinum album was Street's Disciple, which is also a musical classic, was his last home run. But when Hip Hop Is Dead came out in 2006, people have been complaining about Nas picking "uninterested" or beats that people are not paying attention to. In other words, fans are saying that he picks wack beats. Hip-hop producer Salaam Remi says Nas is hard to work with and sometimes he's picky over choosing beats. Roc-A-Fella's in-house engineer Young Guru said Nas has dope lyrics but he picks wack beats. Everyone wants the "Illmatic" Nas and the "It Was Written" Nas because the productions of those albums were hard hitting and real dope, even his other platinum albums. Rappers such as Jay-Z, T.I. and Young Jeezy breath producers because they always find that "gold nugget" track when it comes to picking beats from heavy hitting producers and new up-and-coming producers. In order to get fans to listen to your albums, you need dope beats. You need something that people are going to listen to in clubs, streets and something to ride around to, also something for women. The production of a hip-hop album must attract listeners along with the artist.
DOPE LYRICS + DOPE BEATS = A MASTERPIECE AKA ONE HELL OF A ALBUM
DOPE LYRICS + WACK BEATS = A SLUMP (meaning that people are not going to buy your album)
I know Nas can do it. If Jay can do it, he can. He's still one of my favorite MCs. I just hope his collaboration album with Damian Marley will be a home run.
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