the ONLY reason why Jay vs Nas is still being debated...

[Prince of Zamunda]

...is because Jay-Z became Nas' boss, and Nas stans cant handle it.

Jay-Z is Nas' boss.

[AsherDG]

I Am A ******!
:yes:

[Prince of Zamunda]

"Reppin': UK"

Case closed :laugh:

[Hug_A_Hater]

Quote:

I Am A ******!

[Neko_804]

free post

[pop203]

if jay-z is nas's boss and la reid is jay-z's boss then what is the business relationship between la reid and nas? because everytime the def jam move is brought up nas says la reid made it happen and showed him the money. now i'm sure if jay-z told la reid that he couldn't deal with nas being in the same building then i'm sure la reid probably would not have made the deal, so in a way jay-z did make it happen, but lets be real here people. la reid is the boss, jay-z is merely the face, he's the underboss. also, its still debated because jay and nas are 2 of the greatest ever, its a timeless battle. jay lost, but in the end, they both win. cam lost.

[Gentility]

but in the end, they both win.i know that's right.

Nas, Jay-Z Bury Hip-Hop Hatchet for Album Deal
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11078056/

LOS ANGELES - When Nas’ first album under his new Def Jam Recordings pact is released later this year, it will mark the latest chapter in his truce with fellow rapper Jay-Z, the label’s president.

Nas’ jump to Def Jam after an 11-year tenure at Columbia comes on the heels of the rap icons’ headline-making, onstage lovefest last October during R&B/hip-hop WWPR New York’s Power House concert.

The two had battled over who would wear the New York rap crown following the 1997 death of the Notorious B.I.G. The feud kicked into high gear in 2001 when Nas’ fiery “Ether” countered Jay-Z’s teasing “The Takeover.”

Nas (born Nasir Jones) told Billboard then that “battling back and forth is tired. Hip-hop should be (about) moving to the next level.

“It was time for (the beefing) to go in a direction that benefits the people who live for and love hip-hop. Our whole point is to move hip-hop to a much bigger level.”

As part of Nas’ four-album deal with Def Jam, he will get his own imprint, the Jones Experience.

Def Jam and Columbia will participate as financial partners in Nas’ first two albums. Def Jam will provide A&R, promotion and distribution for the two sets, while the labels will share marketing.

The recording budget for each album is $3 million. It has been reported that the $3 million includes advances for Nas, but sources familiar with the deal say the rapper received a separate, substantially higher advance.

Columbia’s Sony parent retains ownership of the masters from Nas’ tenure with Columbia as well as the right to release a greatest-hits collection not shared with Def Jam. Under terms of the pact, Nas will deliver two new tracks for a Sony hits package. Sony may also include up to three tracks from the joint albums on a hits compilation.

Prior to the new agreement, Nas had one album left on his Sony contract. Def Jam was motivated to share profits, says Nas’ attorney, Kenny Meiselas, a partner with Grubman, Indursky and Shire, “because Nas and Jay-Z wanted to start together immediately.”

Although this is believed to be the first arrangement of its kind for a rap artist, it is not the first time that Def Jam parent Universal Music Group and Sony have shared an act. Albums by Audioslave, which comprises members of former Sony act Rage Against the Machine and Universal act Soundgarden, alternate between the two labels.

Nas revealed his peace-building mind-set two years ago with the release of his Ill Will Records/Columbia double-CD “Street’s Disciple.” The album has sold 687,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. (He has sold a total of 12 million albums in the United States.)

Nas is recording tracks for the first joint album. Although it is widely anticipated that Jay-Z will appear on the set, Nas would say only that guests and producers are still being decided.

The Jones Experience imprint will concentrate “first and foremost on hip-hop,” Nas says, adding that he is open to other genres. Signings will be announced shortly.

“This is so much bigger than me and Jay-Z,” Nas says. “We’re both excited by what this could potentially mean for hip-hop as a whole.”

smh. SOHH is pathetic the way this takeover/ether shiit continues.

[Dirty Won Kanobi]

thread is the truth.. gnauze stans [genetalia] just mad

[E-MAC]

Actually it's because dellusional Jigga Warriors just like their boss can't their the loss like a man.

[Prince of Zamunda]

if jay-z is nas's boss and la reid is jay-z's boss then what is the business relationship between la reid and nas? because everytime the def jam move is brought up nas says la reid made it happen and showed him the money. now i'm sure if jay-z told la reid that he couldn't deal with nas being in the same building then i'm sure la reid probably would not have made the deal, so in a way jay-z did make it happen, but lets be real here people. la reid is the boss, jay-z is merely the face, he's the underboss. also, its still debated because jay and nas are 2 of the greatest ever, its a timeless battle. jay lost, but in the end, they both win. cam lost.

doesnt read a word of this essay

the fact still remains:

Jay-Z IS Nas' Boss

[Swagger]

nas lost

[Purple Rain]

nas stans will be mad 4ever it seems. stop bring up the old fued, its now-jay is nas's boss.

[Reklezz B]

nas lost
SMH @ Jay making Nas guard his empty office while hes on vacation like the tomb of the unknown soldier. Smarten up Nas.

[Prince of Zamunda]

SMH @ Jay making Nas guard his empty office while hes on vacation like the tomb of the unknown soldier. Smarten up Nas.

:laugh:

[JdotRperiod]

What I can't understand though as a Nas fan.... Why would he sign a deal that calles for more albums on Columbia, when he only had 1 lft to go.. He could have put out HHID on Ill Will\Columbia. Then walked away with and put out a DJ album right away.

I assume there were obvious cash reason that mad the deal the way to go, but when it happened i was - :huh: :huh: :huh: :eek: :eek: :confused: :blink:

[GreenHornet]

jayz payed nas 10 million to lose and fluck his ex hooker

[GreenHornet]

jayz payed nas 10 million to lose and fluck his ex hooker

[highgrade]

because fuk niccaz like u keep bringing it uP?

[FSCballin]

Nas has deeper/more relevant/more insightful/alot more afrocentric/more intelligent/more spiritual lyrics than Jay-Z


Jay-Z has more money

Nas's GOD is 9 ether essence (its understandable that yall are clueless to what that is)


Jay-Z's GOD is the caucasian and the paper he distributes to Jay for every good year of coonin'

[tre8slugg]

But if nas is now making money off his alleged enemy, wouldn't that make him a winner? He could of went anywhere to get money, might as well get it off the dude that has stalked you your whole career. If he flops on a major level , his so-called boss might get fired and doesn't that make nas a double winner. Keep your enemies close, I thought.

[Prince of Zamunda]

:laugh: @ nas stan talkin like that dumbass knew what he was doin

he has to call the man who fukked his wife "boss"

AND jay is pimpin him out & makin dollas off his sales

jay's employee nas lost

[Gentility]

What I can't understand though as a Nas fan.... Why would he sign a deal that calles for more albums on Columbia, when he only had 1 lft to go.. He could have put out HHID on Ill Will\Columbia. Then walked away with and put out a DJ album right away.

I assume there were obvious cash reason that mad the deal the way to go, but when it happened i was - :huh: :huh: :huh: :eek: :eek: :confused: :blink:that's a good question.

guess something happened with columbia toward the end of his tenure that made him think the possibility of still doing business in the future was still there.

[JdotRperiod]

that's a good question.
guess something happened with columbia toward the end of his tenure that made him think the possibility of still doing business in the future was still there.


I mean WTF could happen to make you give up you masters, and 2 more albums to the deal plus a Greatest hits. to your old deal...

Did they offer him Virgins in the afterlife?:hug: