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A letter from Nas to his fans
"Yo, what's up y'all? This is Nasty Nas in ya area, about to cause mass hysteria, aiight? So check this:
I got a new album out now, fam. Except it doesn’t have a title, cause it was supposed to be called N*gger. Too bad, too, cause I thought I was so smart and controversial and all...calling an album “N*gger”, I mean, it's like, nobody else would try that, right? Nobody except me, God’s Son, the same cat who titled his last album Hip Hop Is Dead. And no, I really don't know what I meant with that title, Hip Hop Is Dead – as you can probably tell by all the interviews I did where I was obviously high as f*ck and basically just bragging about myself and contradicting myself, kinda like Rick James on Chappelle's Show. I gave it that title cause I knew it would p*ss off the Southern rappers (like Jeezy, who criticized me for it, except that recently, I’ve been d*ck-riding him, too) and make me controversial again, and so now, I tried doing the same thing with my new record. It sure was controversial...how many rappers you know who can p*ss off Jesse Jackson? (besides just about every other rapper ever to use the N-word on record) But...unfortunately, I started to worry about retailers who wouldn't stock my record, and I'm only willing to use controversy as long as it helps me sell records. When it hurts me, it's gotta go. So, long story short, my record got no title, as-is.
Whatever, though...I decided to call my new single, "Hero", because I know I really am hip-hop's "hero"...in kind of the same way Hancock is a hero. In case y'all forgot, I'm still the same brotha who made Illmatic, like, 15 years ago now! Ain't none of y'all gon' forget about that, right? I'm Nasir-f*ckin-Jones, AKA Nas Escobar, Nastradamus, God's Son, Street's Disciple, or whatever gimmick name I come up next. I know y'all gon love me no matter what I do or don't do. As far as my new "Untitled" album goes, who cares about the actual music? Y'all know it's gon be good cause it's still got my name on it, and we all know God Himself actually bumps my sh*t up in the clouds. Of course, I can't pick good beats or producers to save my life, and every album I make has to have a song with Kelis, just 'cause she's my wife, but I'm still like the biggest innovator in the game. Remember when I actually did a song on It Was Written where I personified a handgun? I mean, it ain't like anyone ever did that before – nobody except Pharoahe Monch and Prince Poetry, two years before me, but my sh*t was better cause Primo produced it, and because I told you so. By the way, my "comeback" album, Stillmatic, was like the Second Coming (of Illmatic, the Greatest Record of All Time, Anywhere™), and totally better than Hov's lame Blueprint sh*t that same year. So why didn't more of y'all buy it? Hov outsold me like by, like, twice as much, and that's embarrassing, y'all! Same with Hip Hop Is Dead...why didn't at least a million of y'all buy it? Now, it's my only album not to go Platinum, and I don't want Hov to kick me off Def Jam when my sh*t don't sell.
Good thing I'm still God’s Son, the "Hero", and I know y'all gon' praise my record...even if you’re downloading it instead of buying it. It doesn't matter if I use the same Iron Butterfly sample for two singles in a row, for example - y'all still gon' love me! Truth be told, I don't give a f*ck what none of y'all think, good or bad, cause most of y'all are white kids, grafted muh'f*ckas who don’t know what the "streets is feelin". But...I know y'all still gon' talk about how great my records are, cause I'm the same cat who made Illmatic, and that's all that matters. That's why y'all gon' praise my new "Untitled" record, too. It probably won't be all that much fun to listen to, and there might be like three or four tracks y'all will keep bumping for months afterwards (speaking of which, when was the last time y'all listened to Hip Hop Is Dead, the record that RapReviews gave a perfect 10 out of 10 two years ago?) But what's so great about being God's Son is, I can beat y'all down like a trophy wife, but I know y'all gon' come back. Cause I made Illmatic, and I'm God's Son, and I'm never gon' let you forget it.
Buy my new album.
Sincerely,
Nasir Jones (AKA Nasty Nas, Nas Escobar, Nastradamus, God’s Son, Street’s Disciple, etc., etc., etc.)
P.S. I really mean, buy my new album, and don’t download it! I need those Platinum sales, y'all!"
I got a new album out now, fam. Except it doesn’t have a title, cause it was supposed to be called N*gger. Too bad, too, cause I thought I was so smart and controversial and all...calling an album “N*gger”, I mean, it's like, nobody else would try that, right? Nobody except me, God’s Son, the same cat who titled his last album Hip Hop Is Dead. And no, I really don't know what I meant with that title, Hip Hop Is Dead – as you can probably tell by all the interviews I did where I was obviously high as f*ck and basically just bragging about myself and contradicting myself, kinda like Rick James on Chappelle's Show. I gave it that title cause I knew it would p*ss off the Southern rappers (like Jeezy, who criticized me for it, except that recently, I’ve been d*ck-riding him, too) and make me controversial again, and so now, I tried doing the same thing with my new record. It sure was controversial...how many rappers you know who can p*ss off Jesse Jackson? (besides just about every other rapper ever to use the N-word on record) But...unfortunately, I started to worry about retailers who wouldn't stock my record, and I'm only willing to use controversy as long as it helps me sell records. When it hurts me, it's gotta go. So, long story short, my record got no title, as-is.
Whatever, though...I decided to call my new single, "Hero", because I know I really am hip-hop's "hero"...in kind of the same way Hancock is a hero. In case y'all forgot, I'm still the same brotha who made Illmatic, like, 15 years ago now! Ain't none of y'all gon' forget about that, right? I'm Nasir-f*ckin-Jones, AKA Nas Escobar, Nastradamus, God's Son, Street's Disciple, or whatever gimmick name I come up next. I know y'all gon love me no matter what I do or don't do. As far as my new "Untitled" album goes, who cares about the actual music? Y'all know it's gon be good cause it's still got my name on it, and we all know God Himself actually bumps my sh*t up in the clouds. Of course, I can't pick good beats or producers to save my life, and every album I make has to have a song with Kelis, just 'cause she's my wife, but I'm still like the biggest innovator in the game. Remember when I actually did a song on It Was Written where I personified a handgun? I mean, it ain't like anyone ever did that before – nobody except Pharoahe Monch and Prince Poetry, two years before me, but my sh*t was better cause Primo produced it, and because I told you so. By the way, my "comeback" album, Stillmatic, was like the Second Coming (of Illmatic, the Greatest Record of All Time, Anywhere™), and totally better than Hov's lame Blueprint sh*t that same year. So why didn't more of y'all buy it? Hov outsold me like by, like, twice as much, and that's embarrassing, y'all! Same with Hip Hop Is Dead...why didn't at least a million of y'all buy it? Now, it's my only album not to go Platinum, and I don't want Hov to kick me off Def Jam when my sh*t don't sell.
Good thing I'm still God’s Son, the "Hero", and I know y'all gon' praise my record...even if you’re downloading it instead of buying it. It doesn't matter if I use the same Iron Butterfly sample for two singles in a row, for example - y'all still gon' love me! Truth be told, I don't give a f*ck what none of y'all think, good or bad, cause most of y'all are white kids, grafted muh'f*ckas who don’t know what the "streets is feelin". But...I know y'all still gon' talk about how great my records are, cause I'm the same cat who made Illmatic, and that's all that matters. That's why y'all gon' praise my new "Untitled" record, too. It probably won't be all that much fun to listen to, and there might be like three or four tracks y'all will keep bumping for months afterwards (speaking of which, when was the last time y'all listened to Hip Hop Is Dead, the record that RapReviews gave a perfect 10 out of 10 two years ago?) But what's so great about being God's Son is, I can beat y'all down like a trophy wife, but I know y'all gon' come back. Cause I made Illmatic, and I'm God's Son, and I'm never gon' let you forget it.
Buy my new album.
Sincerely,
Nasir Jones (AKA Nasty Nas, Nas Escobar, Nastradamus, God’s Son, Street’s Disciple, etc., etc., etc.)
P.S. I really mean, buy my new album, and don’t download it! I need those Platinum sales, y'all!"
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