Primo conducting an orchestra=automatic repost. Taken in consideration with “Nasty“, I think, I think, I THINK this time around, Nas gives the nerds the album they’ve been waiting 20 years for. It wouldn’t take a lot of effort on his part, everyone would love him for it, and he’s gotta be close to out of concepts by now. I just pray he doesn’t drop this mid-December, so I don’t have to look stupid getting carried away by reflexive, nostalgic, emotional momentum and name this my album of the year. — Abe Beame
4 comments
hungrych says:
November 17, 2011 at 11:36 pm (UTC -7)
“I think, I think, I THINK this time around, Nas gives the nerds the album they’ve been waiting 20 years for.”
DON’T SAY THAT SHIT MAN–WE’RE JUST GONNA GET HURT AGAIN T.T
zeroreference says:
November 21, 2011 at 3:42 pm (UTC -7)
I dunno. The video just seems like it focuses on the least-valuable part of classical music – it’s status as ‘real’ music, as being canonical, like, somehow. Like, hey, wow, hip-hop + cliched ‘classical’ music?? To me it does a disservice to the classical tradition and to Premier, neither of which seemed well-served musically by this collaboration – though until the beat drops, we can’t really know.
Surely DJ Shadow, some CalArts student, or some other artist out there is doing a more interesting combination of the classical tradition w/hip-hop that doesn’t rely on the gimmick of classical’s canonical status?
Does anyone else feel this way?
zeroreference says:
November 21, 2011 at 4:14 pm (UTC -7)
Sorry, I meant Paul D Miller aka DJ Spooky, not DJ Shadow.
dirty merlin says:
November 22, 2011 at 2:54 pm (UTC -7)
i do too