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yeah I cant believe youtube featured that..looked painful :4-only1ha:

the roots fell off after illadelph halflife(thats my album) they used to be a band..but now they just make music that any producer could program..they used to play music and have the rappers conform.. now they conform the music to blackthought.. they used to have multiple emcees that went back and forth.. now they just have black thought sounding the same over a repititive track :paperbag:

man I'm not even a Nas fan..but this album is crazy! traxs im feeling.. "carry on tradition" "where are they now" "hip hop is dead" "still dreaming" "blunt ashes" "let there be light" .. I really like "cant forget about you" and "hold down the block" well thats nearly the whole damn album!! I havent been feelin Nas since illmatic.(one love, the world is yours i loved when they came out). but this is a real return to form.. hes more reflective and thoughtful.. The topics are great..lyrics flow is tight.. one of the albums of the year.

very funny :3-laugh3:

where did you hear that?

awesome result..should pass 100 million because it wont drop much over the holiday period..

haha exactly :iagree:

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skillz - nod factor

wow! Skillz really came off disrespectfull towards Will on there....makes me wonder how Will still wants him to write for him....and how come there is so no major beef between them...and how come Jeff and Skillz are so cool. :paperbag: Skillz didnt say anythin bad abt Will..he just says Will's A&R is on the phone askin Skillz to write to this beat.. no beef

bad boys II they predicted 30 million.. opened with 46 million I robot they predicted 30-35 million opened with 52 million hitch they predicted 20-25 million opened with 43 million sharktale they predicted 30 million opened with 47 million pursuit of happyness they predicted 17 million.. will open with 26-30 million They just seem to want to deny how big a star Will Smith is.. he's opened a sci-fi flick in I Robot, a romantic comedy in Hitch and now a serious drama in Pursuit of Happyness to huge numbers.. Pursuit will be his 6th movie to go past 100 million.. He's a huge star.. his next horror movie I Am Legend is a lock go past 100 million again.. biggest movie star in the world! :wiggle: :wiggle: :wiggle:

great album! hold down the block is great.. :wickedwisdom: :wickedwisdom:

I thought that would happen and everyone was predicting 16 million for it! seriously all these box office prediction sites have under predicted Will's last 5 movies.. :nhawong:

early crowd reports has POH drawing sold out shows.. should open at #1 with maybe 25 million..

this is insane! :wickedwisdom: :wickedwisdom: :wickedwisdom: :wickedwisdom: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wirFSGHL7Q

nice one man :thumbsup:

thats great.. it highlights that no1 listens to the lyrics anymore and they are such garbage you dont even have to say anything..just mumble incomprehensively :4-only1ha:

seen the movie? what did you think?

thanx for all the clips.. great stuff!

20 fresh 23 rotten so far

Just to clarify.. Will actually writes the songs..he's got help from nas, kel spencer, mad skillz & common on the structure of rhymes, the words etc.. Having been in a room with Will writing rhymes, I can see how someone would offer some advice on how to word something, or how to make it flow better.. but the content and ideas of the songs are all Will.. Personally I dont see why he needs to do it.. Jeff has challenged Will he said just spend 2 weeks in the studio, no ghostwriters, no one else.. just Will and Jeff and see what they come up with.. Will's response? Film 2 more movies and sign up for about 3 more So Will doesn't have whole songs written for him.. but I dont think he should get any help with his rhymes.. Kel Spencer maybe could come in here and tell us exactly what he does.. Ghostwriting seems rampant these days..it may be why all the songs sound the same now :kekeke: Da Ace I feel what you're saying..you are putting your blood sweat n tears into what you love hip hop..and you wouldnt be true to it to have someone else writing your rhymes..

new skins are up :thumbsup:

Chuck D, guru, chali 2na all have great voices..

Jaden obviously did a good job so I'm not concerned.. but what about Willow in I Am Legend? :stickpoke: Anyway I'm more concerned about the "pursuit of happyness" being the "pursuit of money" :thumbdown:

I think if you listen enough to can pick up on ghostwriters.. when I heard the Lost & found track.. before the album came out(and i'd seen the credits) I knew skillz had his hand in that track.. Will was using skillz flow.. I'm not a fan of ghostwriting.. and a lot of it is still soing on.. people need to write their own material :bufordpusser: