05/14/08 - Nas To Rap As Cockroach and N-Word on Upcoming Album

Black Superman · 05-14-2008, 09:22 PM

May 14th, 2008 | Author: William E. Ketchum IIIThroughout his career, Nas has made a name for himself by making conceptual songs: his albums have had verses where he rhymes from the perspective of a gun, and from the P.O.V. of a prison cell.
But with his upcoming album, ******, the Queensbridge emcee is looking to insects for inspiration.
In a preview of the album for MTV, he played a song called “Project Roach.”
"A roach is what I am, fool/ The ghetto is my land, fool," he rhymes on the No I.D.-produced track. In the MTV report, Nas analogized roaches—insects that are often regarded as vile and pesky—to black people as they're perceived to the rest of the world.
"I get to thinking about how we evolved, how the human family evolved and shit," Nas said in the report. "And I looked at ants, man. One day, I was looking at a bunch of ants. We've got a lot in common — just like everything that's alive, everything that eats and breathes and builds and creates. There's a connection to even the smallest thing. So I looked at it as the whole world, instead of looking at us as beauty. Inside poverty, inside the street, inside the ghettos and the gutters and the slums, we aren't looked at as beauty out there. We were looked at as the worst pest, and because of that, because of that treatment, some of us started to believe we were a pest, started to believe what we were told, and started to act like it, and started to reproduce my people, bring kids in the world that were fucked up in the head.
"You're not this," he continued. "But if you want to act like this and you want to be this, let's make the metaphor and let me put you right here and say, 'Cool.' The roach motel could be the jails or whatever. Let me just paint that picture and see how you like that. You don't like that, do you? If you don't like that, shake it off, get right and let's start getting the things we supposed to have."
The report also reviewed tracks such as “Yall My ******s,” in which he speaks from the perspective of the N-word itself, and the title track, which calls out racists and people who perpetuate the stereotypes that stick with minorities.
As previously reported by HipHopDX [click to read], Nas is currently closing the recording of the controversially-titled album. After already working with Erykah Badu, Jay Electronica and stic.man of dead prez, he’s looking to record with MF DOOM. The album has no official release date as of yet.

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Mon£y · 05-15-2008, 10:16 AM

"One day, I was looking at a bunch of ants. We've got a lot in common"

Nas has too much time on his hands, this is why 50 has no time for him.

Dr.Tre · 05-15-2008, 12:00 PM

^^^^ lol....props nas album should be good

BrooklynZ Finest · 05-15-2008, 12:36 PM

nas is the shit. he can spit some fire

gunotkilla · 05-15-2008, 02:11 PM

i hope that nigga can bounce back................i mean he fell off hard, right after stillmatic and after tatooing the bitchs name on his arm .............

and he works for jigga............

he's been on the losing end of things so i hope it sells .......hahaha..........he used to roc da mic before kelis and signing to jigga though

timmy_H · 05-15-2008, 02:36 PM

albums gonna be HOT!!!!!!

GMNRecordsCT3 · 05-15-2008, 08:50 PM

Quote:

"One day, I was looking at a bunch of ants. We've got a lot in common"

Nas has too much time on his hands, this is why 50 has no time for him.

who cares if ya father aint feelin em?

05-14-2008, 09:22 PM	#1
Black Superman Show Time Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,588 Repped: 259 Repped 5,423 Times in 619 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 11 Times in 9 Posts	05/14/08 - Nas To Rap As Cockroach and N-Word on Upcoming Album 05/14/08 - Nas To Rap As Cockroach and N-Word on Upcoming Album May 14th, 2008 \| Author: William E. Ketchum IIIThroughout his career, Nas has made a name for himself by making conceptual songs: his albums have had verses where he rhymes from the perspective of a gun, and from the P.O.V. of a prison cell. But with his upcoming album, ****, the Queensbridge emcee is looking to insects for inspiration. In a preview of the album for MTV, he played a song called “Project Roach.” "A roach is what I am, fool/ The ghetto is my land, fool," he rhymes on the No I.D.-produced track. In the MTV report, Nas analogized roaches—insects that are often regarded as vile and pesky—to black people as they're perceived to the rest of the world. "I get to thinking about how we evolved, how the human family evolved and shit," Nas said in the report. "And I looked at ants, man. One day, I was looking at a bunch of ants. We've got a lot in common — just like everything that's alive, everything that eats and breathes and builds and creates. There's a connection to even the smallest thing. So I looked at it as the whole world, instead of looking at us as beauty. Inside poverty, inside the street, inside the ghettos and the gutters and the slums, we aren't looked at as beauty out there. We were looked at as the worst pest, and because of that, because of that treatment, some of us started to believe we were a pest, started to believe what we were told, and started to act like it, and started to reproduce my people, bring kids in the world that were fucked up in the head. "You're not this," he continued. "But if you want to act like this and you want to be this, let's make the metaphor and let me put you right here and say, 'Cool.' The roach motel could be the jails or whatever. Let me just paint that picture and see how you like that. You don't like that, do you? If you don't like that, shake it off, get right and let's start getting the things we supposed to have." The report also reviewed tracks such as “Yall My ****s,” in which he speaks from the perspective of the N-word itself, and the title track, which calls out racists and people who perpetuate the stereotypes that stick with minorities. As previously reported by HipHopDX [click to read], Nas is currently closing the recording of the controversially-titled album. After already working with Erykah Badu, Jay Electronica and stic.man of dead prez, he’s looking to record with MF DOOM. The album has no official release date as of yet. hiphopdx __________________ HH Board's Top 5 or Better... Who Hotter Than Me? HIT DA REP OR CLICK THE GREEN

05-15-2008, 10:16 AM	#2
Mon£y I Came For The Money Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: London Posts: 382 Repped: 87 Repped 8 Times in 4 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	"One day, I was looking at a bunch of ants. We've got a lot in common" Nas has too much time on his hands, this is why 50 has no time for him. __________________ G Unit Gangsta Grillz - The highly anticipated mixtape COMMING SOON

05-15-2008, 12:00 PM	#3
Dr.Tre Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 82 Repped: 0 Repped 4 Times in 1 Post Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 1 Time in 1 Post	^^^^ lol....props nas album should be good __________________

05-15-2008, 12:36 PM	#4
BrooklynZ Finest Brownsville Slugger Join Date: May 2006 Location: Brownsville, Brooklyn Posts: 3,106 Repped: 313 Repped 533 Times in 298 Posts Neg Reps: 6 Neg Repped at 13 Times in 8 Posts	nas is the shit. he can spit some fire __________________ Killarmy and M.O.P to the mo´fucking death!

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05-15-2008, 02:11 PM	#5
gunotkilla Banned Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: The Massacre, GUnit World Posts: 1,845 Repped: 554 Repped 190 Times in 34 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 4 Times in 4 Posts	i hope that nigga can bounce back................i mean he fell off hard, right after stillmatic and after tatooing the bitchs name on his arm ............. and he works for jigga............ he's been on the losing end of things so i hope it sells .......hahaha..........he used to roc da mic before kelis and signing to jigga though

05-15-2008, 02:36 PM	#6
timmy_H Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: valley of dead Posts: 608 Repped: 38 Repped 31 Times in 16 Posts Neg Reps: 34 Neg Repped at 9 Times in 7 Posts	albums gonna be HOT!!!!!!