Nas-Intervju från 94'
Intervju gjord med Nas precis efter Illmaticsläppet, kul läsning.
(Jag har postat en Source-intervju från samma tidsperiod för några månader sedan. Men detta är alltså en annan)
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Nas: One Love
By Adisa "The Bishop of Hip-Hop" Banjoko
The year is 1994 and New Year’s is creeping up upon us. An MC from Queensbridge named Nas is currently keeping the streets on fire from coast to coast. Many brothers on the block, as well as Rap critics acknowledge Nas’ debut LP Illmatic to be one of the greatest solo debuts of all time.
In celebration of Nas’ appearance with Jay-Z this weekend, take a look at Nasir Jones before the legendary battles from way back and peace treaties of today. Here, Nas talks about his youth, how family structure affects the outcome of the life expectancy of Black men, and the politics of ‘The Bridge.’ Even in his youth, Nas dropped science and math...
AllHipHop.com: What were your earliest memories of Hip-Hop? Not much being a part of it- but just the music itself and the culture?
Nas: I remember it just bein’ the fly s**t, the new s**t. Just n***as, Black people, young Black people, loud music, big speakers, turntables, females, weed, Private Stock, and seeing’ records. Like, if somebody was a big name, you saw he made a record. I mean, it was mad rappers. But when you look at a n***as record - you seen that was some s**t! As being a young Black man, you would have never thought to see yourself on some wax. And that tight there, you was the man. You was chillin’. Even if a n***a never knew you, if they see you on record you was the man.
AllHipHop.com: So what was the first Hip-Hop album you bought?
Nas: I think it was Run-DMC “King of Rock.” If it wasn’t that, it was L.L. Cool J’s “Radio.” Those were the first ones I bought. The other ones, I stole out my man’s crate.
AllHipHop.com : What were the first ones you stole?
Nas: The first one I stole was I think, Mary Jane Girls. I consider that Hip-Hop.
AllHipHop.com: I understand you used to break back in the day?
Nas: Yo, that was a long time ago. I’d rather not talk about it. We all did it.
AllHipHop.com: I used to do that for a minute. So tell me about your youth. What was your relationship like with your father?
Nas: He was just a cool muthaf**ka. He was different from what I would visualize: a father being when you would look down and watch a like Cosby Show. He was different than that type of s**t. But he’s just a cool n***a - a straight up and down person.
AllHipHop.com: And your mother?
Nas: My moms is real strong, real sensitive, real caring and real intelligent.
AllHipHop.com: Do you have any business plans?
Nas: Ill Will music, dedicated to my man Ill Will. Bless the dead. He would probably be spinnin’ for me right now on the turntables or chillin’ with me ‘cause he was my right hand man. But now he’s still here with me, spiritually.