kanye came at rap from a next angle, jesus walks that tune is the definition of what kanye is about and what rap was missing!

nas i hope u live up to what u say and stop rappin til u cant fuckin talk no mo

kanye came at rap frm a next angle, tunes like jesus walks and diamonds where at the time and stil are refreshing. Hes not just a rap artist hez an ARTIST full stop.

I know what Nas means (re: Kanye saving rap), and, in many ways, I agree. His soul beats saved Jay, and made Blueprint the classic it was. And he hasn’t rested since. The kid ‘Ye, regardless of what you may say or think about him, has been necessary and unequivocally important.

lol Nas is in my top 3 and i cop all his albums but damn he doesnt know how many albums he got left on Def Jam?

lol dats fucked up

#Bill O’Reilly

of course he knows how many records he has left on Def Jam…he just doesn’t want to answer that question.

i hope he’s a man of his word and doesnt stop rapping ever

‘Ye ‘helped’ save hip hop. Him, Just Blaze, J Dilla. Brought sole back to hip hop.

Good interview

*Soul!!!

nigga your already 70!!! give it up old head you’ve had enough flopping albums over your garbage ass career bitch!

Nas is the best! Of course he knows how many albums he has lesft with Def Jam! He admitted this album was his last album in xxl magazine- but would not talk about his next venture because it was to soon to discuss!

kanye=phil jackson of the game

yesssssss nas giving props 2 another grat…EMINEM

I HAVE TO AGREE ALSO EVER SINCE YE DROPPED THROUGHT THE WIRE HE AINT STOPPED PUTTING OUT HITS AND HE ALREADY LOOKED AT AS A VET IN THE GAME HE GOT 3 FIRE ALBUMS UNLIKE SOMEONE ELSE IN THE GAME WHO HAS BEEN ON A STEADY DECLINE SINCE HIS FIRST HOT ALBUM AND HE WENT HEAD TO HEAD WITH THIS MAN AND GOT CLOWNED ON RECORD SALES…I AINT SAYIN IM JUST SAYIN…ANYWAY NAS WILL ALWAYS BE RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE GREATEST

Everyone that commented above me explaining your theories about how ‘Ye saved Hip hop, you are ALL wrong.

NaS is just fucking returning the sentiment. He’s showing humilty thats all. “I only feel weird when you’re saying that about me. I think Kanye West saved rap.”

Kanye is one of my favorites but do you think NaS would really come out and say that shit about him if ‘Ye didn’t call him the greatest first?? NOPE.

Also, good to see NaS appreciates the #1 rapper right now.

#6

wtf?

why wouldnt he want that shit?

it aint a big deal

or he could’ve just said somethings like “yeah i got a couple” or “no comment” or something like that

OFF TOPIC: Isn’t this pic too damn funny. Check out Ja Rule LMAO

LORDS OF THE BLING (THE JEWELRY NEVER ENDS)
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Kanye is one of the hip hop artists to sell big with “true” talent and originality….which is what hip-hop is all about.

The Graduation may not be a true “hip-hop” album like KRS-ONE said….but CD and LR are definitely hip-hop albums and Ye decided to do something musically different and it turned out insane.

1st of all kanye aint save shit. how hes original. what do he do different. his 1st hits came from ther ppl shit.

Kanye is good for hiphop. A dude who doesn’t live up to all the stereotypes of how a rappers should act, rap about and dress. Kanye is doing his own thing both musically and the way he carry himself. He brings something different to the game and has become very successful not only in America but all over the world. Kanye is a huge international star and that’s very good for hiphop music and the future.

@ 19, you probably a G-Unit fan. Kanye is orginal and very creative. Aslo a true artist. I say Wayne revatilazed hip hop more than anybody else, him and Kanye are pretty damn important for hip hop right now.

Good to see him give Eminem props & Outkast because when people say the south sucks people forget about Outkast like they suck.

Are Outcast back together working on new material? I’m kind of sick and tired of Andre 3000 whole style and the fact that he’s more interested of doing weird solo projects. I want the old Outcast back

kanye is gay tooo tight pants wearing muthafucka..

@ #21, fuck you bitch! Ain’t nobody a g-unit fan ya heard. Kanye ain’t original all that sampling is all bullshit. And that all he does is sample that shit ain’t creative. Kanye never had a classic and all his hit are samples. I really wont be surprised if he sampled Nas’s old shit. Kanye should not be up there with Outkast and Em. Matter of fact Em shouldn’t even be up there being that he rollin with 50. And i hate 50 with a passion.

Once again #21, “super-hot-dog-hip-hop-fan”.. fuck you for calling me a g-unit fan you bitch you lucky this is the web and not the street or i would of fuck you in yo ass.

terror…… *juicy j voice* SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!

reply and your a bitch

it just proves that Em is definitely top 5!! Yall favorite rappers (Jay, Nas) are in love with that guy!!!

Em needs to drop “King Mathers” and have Nas and Jay on it! That would be G-R-E-A-T

i pray to god that Nas is still rhyming 30 years from now.. Please keep your word Nas.. I want to have like 30 different albums from son.

Nas is a smart dude, I think he maybe king of the subliminal msgs actually. I took this as a jab towards wayne lol. Maybe im reaching though.

“I think Lil’ Wayne is showing there is a future for all kinds of artists to continue doing this. You know, I love it.”

This stems from the verse he and wayne did on that rich boy track a while back. Nas definitely king of subliminals.

jus keep doing ya dizzle my nizzle…some niggaz jus prefer buffonery rap, esp these clown ass youngns n some jus prefer knowledge rap n some jus wanna dance like bitches…in alotta ways it’s ya”ll fault with tha escobar BS n such..ya”ll birthed buffonery..so what u gonna do?? jus do ya dizzle..holla!

#26 you stupid.

regardless of where he sampled his beats from, what can you say about his lyrics?

those are HIS.

and back to the beats, i’ve heard a lot of soul beats that have been sampled, but none of them come alive like kanye’s do.

other producers get a hot sample, and put simplistic patterns over it, and it just sounds “sampled”….but kanye’s are reinventions.

I don’t think Ye saved hip hop, i think he maintained it, he’s just fresh air in the room. Nas is not a hater, he congratalates when its due. Unless your music suck, but thats another story. One love to everybody.

2 THAT NIGGA WHO TRYNA STEAL MY NAME. BETTER CHANGE IT NIGGA. THE 1ST TERROR COMMMENT IS MY SHIT. THE LAST FEW NEED 2 STOP NAME JACKIN.