![]() Not a lot of people, but definitely a few people there, it was like a party.ĭescribe the vibe of it. What was the session like we’re there a lot of people in there? That shit was fun, it was exciting, the studio was like a party. How was that like? What was it like recording with him? cause you know that’s something people have been waiting a long time to see or to hear. What would you say with this album was the difference? What difference did he bring to this project, since obviously he wasn’t involved in any of your other projects? Ok, so was it like him helping you pick beats or anything? Yeah if we’re in the studio, we’re helping everything, we’re brainstorming so where there’s a beat or idea or whatever there was some brainstorming done definitely. I don’t want to say nothing for them or against them. I really have my own thing up there so, I don’t really know how their shit has worked out. I don’t really know how their situation is structured, I don’t know their relationships with Def Jam or anybody and all the stuff like that. I don’t know these situations, I’m sure their situations are very sensitive for them. ![]() Has seeing that made you be like, ‘Nah I don’t need that’? A lot of artists at Def Jam have been kinda blaming him, whether it’s unfair or not. When you were talking about ‘Yo I can’t work with artists I can’t deal with that shit’ Do you think Jay has been getting a lot of the brunt of that? LL made some comments because he wasn’t happy with his album, so did Method Man. ![]() And I think he wants it, he’s one of the main niggas that want to bring it so, I hope there’s just certain shit I don’t hear. Hope it is, New York niggas need to bring it. Never, and I hope it is hot, I’m not saying I don’t want it to be. ![]() They want to blame me for shit and I can’t deal with that right now. I don’t want to deal with artists, artists are fucking crazy. Jay had hit a moment where he felt he needed to take the time off, so then it’s a great position. A president is something to do when you’re in somebody like Jay’s position. It is a big position for Craig Kallman or for Irv gotti, but I rap. I don’t know, it seems like a pretty big position. What made you decide not to go over there if they offered you a presidency? Was it President of A&R? President of what area? What was the exact deal? What was the exact title? So they wanted you to come over there and be the president overthere? But you know Def Jam is the move right now.Ĭan you say what label it was that wanted you to be president? No, I was talking about another label that wanted me to be president for them, so it’s different places that I was thinking about going to and do my thing. When you’re talking about a president at Interscope were you talking about back in The Firm days or? Def Jam is more hands on hip-hop, its a lot more on the up and up, a lot more real if you will. You know Sony is a beast, a big giant huge company and their front shit ain’t rap music. Interview by Toshitaka Kondo ( you over at Def Jam now, what’s the biggest difference you’ve noticed since you been there?Įverything is on the up and up. In the interview, Nas talked about how he was offered the presidency of Atlantic Records but passed, why he always fell out with artists he tried to put on, and what it was like recording "Black Republicans" with Jay Z. The interview took place right after Nas had signed to Def Jam but before the release of Hip Hop Is Dead. Below, you can read an uncut, raw 7000-plus word interview with the one and only Nasty Nas. We're sure Nas will get a ton of gifts for his birthday, so we figured we'd give his loyal fans a gift: We dug through our archives and found our classic Shotcaller interview with Nas from our December 2006/January 2007 issue (which had Lil Wayne and Travis Barker on the cover and featured a classic Lil Wayne interview). We've been celebrating all week with all of our Nas week content. Happy early birthday Nas! Tomorrow the Queensbridge legend turns 40.
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