King Magazine conducted an excellent long, but very good read interview on Nas. The interviewer wasn't scared to ask the tough questions Nas Stans really want to know. Surprisingly, Nas didn't flinch and returned concrete answers!!
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On “Success,” how did you get away with talking about Jay?
What do you mean?
“Worst enemies want to be my best friends…” Can you see how people can take that as a diss?
But could you see how Jay couldn’t relate to that in his own life with his own situation? Everything in Jay’s rhyme, I relate to. “Is this what success is all about?/A bunch of ***** *****s running around with big mouths.” I feel that every day. I’m sure he can relate to “Best friends want to be enemies like that’s what’s in.” We can both relate to one another’s verses. It’s about success.
Then you say, “I walk into the lion’s den and take everybody’s chips.” It sounds like you’re saying the worst enemy who wants to be your best friend is Jay-Z. And “walking into the lion’s den and taking everybody’s chips” is you signing a lucrative deal with Def Jam.
Yeah, that’s how a lot of people looked at it.
So was that line about him?
Of course, of course. But that’s what’s big about him. We don’t get into the studio and just start rapping about fantasy sh*t. We talk about sh*t that’s real. It’s not like a blow to nobody; it’s real. I don’t think he would have expected me to say anything less. "
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