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@donofman 10 жыл бұрын

I couldn't see anyone writing for NAS. I actually learned how to rap and write songs long ago and what you learn is that a rhyme has is almost like a fingerprint. And when someone has ghostwriters you hear a major difference in lots of different facets of their work. Like Dr. Dre you listen to him from when DOC was writing for him and later on when it was Snoop to Eminem and across the board. Same with P. Diddy you can hear the difference Nas has the most advanced and stable set of tools in the industry. If some one was writing for him he would have to be studying that rhyme for a long long time. It would defeat the purpose of having a writer. I honestly don't think there are lots of artists out today that use ghostwriters or at least they don't use a plethora of them and I can only see them doing that when making fuller produced more commercial and POP songs and that's normally more collaboration than anything else.

@cocoa8194 11 жыл бұрын

How is Nas wack?! he's in this 20 yrs strong and still gets MAD respect without having to go to jail or be shot..his catalog speaks for itself.. real recognize real! That's Nasir Bim Olu Dara Jones.

@johnjohnson68 2 жыл бұрын

I could b wrong but I b thinking this generation thinks you gotta be that guy to be relevant....I don't even speak on it at this point ....I jus let em go to jail and kill all they friends ....the streets be safer cuz they off it and I end up with they women 💯....DONT WANT IT TO BE THIS WAY ....BUT IT IS WAT IT IS 💪

@sericharles-junior694 Жыл бұрын

Nasir Bin Olu Dara Jones... bin not bim

@cocoa8194 Жыл бұрын

@@sericharles-junior694 it was a typo nut guzzler 😊

@MurvMuzik Жыл бұрын

30 now. He is the goat. The one. The golden child

@prayhard1815 7 жыл бұрын

dudes give nas the props he deserved!!!! No one can ghost write for nas.. NAS A GENIUS

@HatianHurricane 8 жыл бұрын

The best duo since Powerman and Iron Fist!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ain't nothing fucking with DP"s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@jmi84 12 жыл бұрын

I still cant believe people thought nas had ghost writers. Thats just hillarious to me.

@shanicepartee6916 Жыл бұрын

Hooks wize he did ijs

@GarbageMan144 8 ай бұрын

@@shanicepartee6916 maybe a few hooks but that's nothing tbh

@Tonyvillanueva94 8 жыл бұрын

Are you all fucking serious? Did you even watch the vid or did you just read the title? They took no credit what so ever for writing for Nas or did they even try to take credit for his success. They even argued saying that a question like that shouldn't even be asked in an attempt to discredit an incredible artist like Nas. @3:50

@kareeman-nas482 6 жыл бұрын

much respect to stic and m1, genuine soulful brothas

@SageofSorrow 5 жыл бұрын

The reason I knew this was bullshit from jump was that Nas himself spoke on the COLLABORATIVE process between him and Sticman on Slyfox long before the rumors even popped up. It was an interview on Hiphopdx right after the album dropped and he said him and Sticman were in the studio and while Nas was writing and reciting his verse Sticman would toss a line out in the air(just out of habit) and Nas really liked the line and fit it into his verse. basically they were tossing lines back and forth. I remember one in particular was the “I turn on CBS and I see BS” line Sticman said out loud and Nas finished with “try to track us down with GPS, Make a nigga wanna invest in PBS”. So it was a collaboration, just like he said.

@shoesconnect2447 10 жыл бұрын

GOD is ghostwriting for NAS

@joshuajarod1909 7 жыл бұрын

Alpha Centauri smh

@Bear-pw7nu 5 жыл бұрын

Alpha Centauri lmfaoooo bettttt

@MRB1199 3 жыл бұрын

Biggie pun and pac are in heaven writing for nas

@beatbyknobodye1581 Жыл бұрын

So Jay-Z?

@AbbottSupreme 12 жыл бұрын

Two elevated and conscious emcees droppin' that truth on the masses Word Up Peace!

@itsrelativ3967 9 жыл бұрын

Why would Nas have ghost writers when he has ghost written for others himself? I swear Sway and other interviewers are weirdos.

@mrniz461 9 жыл бұрын

This is in 2012 and after this they ones who were said to ghostwrite for Nas came out and said they didn't more recently.

@Random-bj3gf 8 жыл бұрын

+E-LIVE THA WIZ I think about 80% of his choruses are ghostwritten the rest no wayy

@realelz87 8 жыл бұрын

same way drake write for niggas. shit don't take away from nas tho huh?

@mrniz461 8 жыл бұрын

gerald Lawson Actually, Drake got Quenten ghostwriting for him.

@walterwaterz3872 6 жыл бұрын

E-Live Da God "Jones, Nasir" ghost wrote a bunch of Nas' stuff. Look it up. 😀😊😃

@UnseenLive1 11 жыл бұрын

"you got 2chainz on one end & we talkin bout the 2 chains we live in, like oppression, addiction." That's raw a'f!

@notaethug3983 10 жыл бұрын

Word, if anybody is writing for nas it is the holy beast

@smifdaniggod 11 жыл бұрын

Any body thinking Nas using a ghostwriter, has to be in bed by 9 pm.

@user-pp4zw9lm6j 4 жыл бұрын

I mean, it’s possible. Pac wrote for Snoop, once.

@itwasalladream21 3 жыл бұрын

Didn't jungle co write one mic

@neezotnp 3 жыл бұрын

@@itwasalladream21 saying thats the verse to use is not nowhere near ghost writing let me give you this hook is nowhere near ghost writing I rap my brother made choruses for me but never written a verse I spit ever

@joshuasquires6282 10 жыл бұрын

Are all of you special, Nas has no ghost writers, Nas ghost writes for people, If you do your research you see no other writers but Nas, you only see producers

@joshuasquires6282 10 жыл бұрын

YOu people need to stop discrediting legends and start to look at the truth

@brickybound 12 жыл бұрын

I rap for listeners, blunt heads, fly ladies and prisoners Hennessey holders and old school niggas............. .......Jungle survivor, fuck who's the liver My man put the battery in my back, a differencem from Energizer Sentence begins indented with formality My duration's infinite, moneywise or physiology Poetry, that's a part of me, retardedly bop I drop the ancient manifested hip-hop, straight off the block Memory Lane written by a 19 year old Nasir Jones!! Wack?!! For real?!

@duddits2k7 12 жыл бұрын

This ghostwriting thing is a non-story started by a Jay-Z stan(Dream Hampton). Someone asked her a question about why Jay doesn't write concious records, and her response was that Dead prez and Jay electronica ghost wrote for Nas. A horrible deflection and a horrible lie.

@beatbyknobodye1581 Жыл бұрын

It’s not too far fetched considering why Jay Electronica hasn’t been as active but still in the discussion. It would not surprise at all

@sugs1191 Жыл бұрын

At that stage in their careers Jay Z had done far more conscious songs than Nas. So the person who asked the question was obviously ignorant. As are most fans. Jay Z - meet the parents, soon you'll understand, lost ones, minority report, beach chair, where have you been , you must love me, where I'm from, somehow someway, this can't be life. I could go on and on.. The idea that untitled ( a solid album) was more socially conscious than Kingdom come ( a very underated album) is ofc nonsensical. Nas went for shock value and could not quite pull it off on untitled. There were some good songs but they generally all revolved around the same.premise. fried chicken, project roach were were short songs but about as good as it gets.. Unfortunately Nas Stan's blow the whole thing out of proportion bcos untitled was not really socially conscious. Meanwhile on Kingdom come Jay Z dropped lost ones, minority report, lost ones and beach chair which really went deep. I personally suspect Nas did hire a ghost writer but am not sure 100 per cent. Dream Hampton is friends with Jay Z but this has nothing to do with the ghostwriting accusation. Fact is other people in the industry hinted her accusations to be true too.

@JaaliHeruRaHotep 10 жыл бұрын

Lmao the ending is hilarious.

@Marz916 11 жыл бұрын

Exactly and to be honest, Nas isn't really a chorus type of guy, most of his choruses are either just the music, someone singing, scratching, or samples. He is a verse writing, and not catchy hooks.

@humblebragger500 Жыл бұрын

Huh?? This is literally the dumbest shit i ever heard. Nas usually raps his own hooks. Plenty of hooks on his songs. Wtf are u talking about?

@Marz916 Жыл бұрын

@@humblebragger500 What hooks? Usually? Either he repeats words, and they are usually not that catchy, or they sound like a mini verse. Stop it.

@humblebragger500 15 күн бұрын

@@Marz916are u stupid? NAS IS PROLLY THE BEST HOOK WRITER IN RAP HISTORY.

@humblebragger500 15 күн бұрын

@@Marz916where your hating ass at? I got time today. I would love to make u look stupid. You gotta be confusing Nas with jayz or jadakiss. One of them 1 dementional rappers.

@mskdavis 12 жыл бұрын

@3:18 the man clearly says "nah that didn't happen".....he also said it was a RUMOR and they worked with him extensively on the N album with production and HOOKS... man ppl are SLOW

@Maal7432 4 жыл бұрын

mskdavis Same thing I said. I know your comment is old, but it’s so on point.

@wahdncx 11 жыл бұрын

Nas the best mc in the game, illmatic is the best album in hip hop period

@tom-ot8kg 10 жыл бұрын

so much respect to these guys.

@Cologne2b 10 жыл бұрын

This disgusts me that it is even a discussion. I literally feel sick.

@bigl3242 8 жыл бұрын

Truth hurts kid

@MeTriviSlipKlokDriva 7 жыл бұрын

Nas backwards spells San which is one letter from Stan which is what you are

@cdub757nor 10 жыл бұрын

dese dudes real as hell

@jarodmoodley7925 6 жыл бұрын

Sway should have approached the ghost writing allegations like so , " So DEAD PREZ , what's y'alls take on this Ghost Writing for *NAS* bullshid tho ! ? ? ? " , smh . . . .

@trkr49ncsthbound83 7 жыл бұрын

Salute to DP !!

@johndez5213 5 жыл бұрын

Only ghostwriter Nas ever had is Christ. Wtf is Sway on🤦🏽‍♂️

@coopc97 Жыл бұрын

Remember this was when everyone was trashing Nas heavily for no reason

@johndez5213 Жыл бұрын

@@coopc97 Yup a ghost writer is supposed to be a “ghost” i think. Lol. The couple of writers that collaborated with Nas is credited in the liner notes. He aint hiding it lol. The man has how many studio albums now?

@eloiseaka3887 6 жыл бұрын

Classic STIC " WE DID GHOST WRITE OUR ALBOMN" LOL... DPZ DOPE!

@DefSquadFan 8 жыл бұрын

If Nas wrote a book I'm sure he would have some help. So someone editing and your book is not the same as a ghost writer trying to imitate your soul on wax. Apples and Oranges. Using a ghost writer is the worst thing a true m.c. could do. If your a DJ, or a producer, graffiti artist then it's okay but not for an m.c. What if you heard dj screw or terminator x don' t know how to use a turntable. That would be a fraud that has been committed.

@sevennutsormore 6 жыл бұрын

So. Who wrote ether

@briandawsonii4451 6 жыл бұрын

+sevennutsormore Nas

@edwinnavedojr 2 ай бұрын

there is a Difference between having a collaboration to develop a specific sound and perspective ... Ghost writing by definition is when you use exclusively someone else's written material and pass it off as your own ... to hide your inability .... in every form of music artist collaborate with each other to achieve a goal and specific sound that isn't ghostwriting when all parties are adding to the same pot ... Fans and many folks get that definition twisted and don't fully understand the term .... as he said they helped with production and conceptual points in developing Hooks and Musical Direction .. that isn't ghostwriting its a collaboration .... Dead Prez occupies a specific lane in Hip Hop ... and that Nas album was diving in their lane so of course he would include them in the creative process to achieve his goal and maximize the impact... that is what every artist should do ....

@LongJon859 11 жыл бұрын

Lol only reason I clicked this link was to put just that LOL.

@Musicfanatic777z 12 жыл бұрын

idk. sounded like they were tryna deflect from if Nas really had them write something taking about how great his contributions are, like they were unsure of the answer. I'd have been like, "Hell no! Nas is a genius. We didn't write his stuff. End of story."

@Outspoknhiphospel 12 жыл бұрын

as long as Nas put Dead Prez in the credits that's all that matters. The humble dude that he is I'm sure he gave them recognition

@BigSi-xw6wv 6 жыл бұрын

Delivery is the difference.People who don't write sound like P. Diddy or that chick who bit Eve and made "Fancy". Nas delivery one of a kind.

@rastagideon8236 10 жыл бұрын

REALNESS

@zadkiel04 12 жыл бұрын

I love Nas and I love Dead Prez but.....the way Stic answered at around the 5:14 was just awkward. "Not by me." Then ya boy say "not be" neither is just weird. As a LYRICIST myself I know that if a fellow LYRICIST's is questioned about his status and I know he's the truth I would speak in his honor to clear and clean it up like "Nah, Don't no one write for him, thats all his." But they kind of left it with a little air of doubt. I don't know..."it's just different." Like Jay said. lmao

@Kat-if3uy 6 жыл бұрын

Omg being genuine works for so few... Wish it was all on point for them...

@kevinbrown6072 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if your talking about the Byron hurt from long island,ny

@PhyuckYiu2 12 жыл бұрын

"You used yourself to write your own verses?! C'mon man!" Lmfao that was good.

@mikewilson2122 8 жыл бұрын

i guess nobody in these comments can read between the lines.

@streetscapesounds8802 2 ай бұрын

i did! lol im glad you noticed as well

@jacquieyorke1832 3 жыл бұрын

My most watched video x

@andredefreitas6461 7 жыл бұрын

He said I did not write a verse. we worked on a project together on a project.

@Kwaku211 7 жыл бұрын

'Ghostwrote My Own Album..!' that was funny...

@dontegilliam1059 11 жыл бұрын

BIGUP 4KEEPN IT REAL DEADPREZ

@mallymal77 10 жыл бұрын

all you have to do is look on the damn music cover to know that they did. in fact some of the songs sound completely like what dead prez preach about...

@yugang08 10 жыл бұрын

stic man just said they helped. they were obviously an influence to this album. thats about it. thats not really same as literally writing his lyrics/rhymes for him to spit each verse. ya cannot be satisfied with the answer given by dead prez themselves. ya just STILL gotta believe rhyme all his lyrics/rhymes were written for nas to spit each verse. ya kill me lol

@tbohfela 8 жыл бұрын

When you are a producer you influence strategic direction to an artist. Nas has always had different sounds, styles and concepts....so its illogical to think than someone wrote his lyrics because they sound different. IWW is different in sound to illmatic, I AM + Nastradamus are different to IWW. Life is good is musically different to his previous albums.

@ucookin 7 жыл бұрын

people ride really hard for nas no matter what, if this was about jay-z you all would be like "hell yeah that nigga had writers" even though both nas and jay-z 'ghostwrote" for a lot of people

@big0514 11 жыл бұрын

i love their energy its super positive and not all that "you nah im sayin" dumbass talk... i see why that rumor jumped off though it was nas' most anti government album oppose to the street shit but c'mon real hiphop heads know nas better than to think that

@Broyale26 Жыл бұрын

Nas likely had writers the way comedians like Dave Chappelle or Pryor had writers-people around you who help you sharpen up your lines. Kinda like how an editor helps to shape up your material. Nas having whole rhymes written for him is not possible.

@ianm89 12 жыл бұрын

A lot of people don't know that. He wrote the radio bangers that sold the album.

@JFCotman 11 жыл бұрын

They're Amazing.

@nt3431 4 жыл бұрын

Nas been writing for himself and others isnce he was a teen. What are all these guys on? Nas is the greatest lyricist hip hop has ever had

@eugenegibson2318 4 жыл бұрын

You even watch the interview

@BlackCulturalPreservation2023 Жыл бұрын

So they did arranging or beat collabs? Dope interview.

@davesylvindeckerii4528 9 жыл бұрын

What a dumb question! Nas been writing as a child! a ghost writer for Nas HA BS

@davesylvindeckerii4528 8 жыл бұрын

CASH THE RAPPER I know smh a bunch of clowns

@BigSi-xw6wv 6 жыл бұрын

Association bring similarity I'm a rock with real niggaz up until real niggaz carry me!Nas ft dead prez. The nigga album(fffiiirrreee!!!)

@thorsonel 11 жыл бұрын

Its been happening. Hell Future wrote the hook for blueberry yum yum off the red light district album many years ago. In fact he's made a career out of it. working w/ other people accelerates your creative ingenuity as an artist. Its perfectly alright to me.

@odellgoodman-el8798 11 жыл бұрын

"Jehova Fitness!" lmfaa! He did do the the fitness LP

@leoncitymp3351 5 жыл бұрын

Dont drop the chicken take your time Sway.

@DeistMaybe 11 жыл бұрын

All these pop stars and mega rappers have ghost writers for days ( no doubt why [c]rap is what it is today), yet they coming after Nas? Warfare on hip-hop is greater than its ever been. This is crazy.

@VADY2B 11 жыл бұрын

sad to say but someone might say something like that today and really mean it.

@YoungScato 7 жыл бұрын

Nas 2:55

@markwalker3554 11 жыл бұрын

damn wats up with the 70's style pants lol

@TopShotta10904 11 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: Nas wrote "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" for Will Smith... how's that for ghostwriting? lol '

@otbhs3646 Жыл бұрын

Nas kept some of those bars from the reference tracks 😅😅😂😂😂😂it's all good though,nas is still(matic) that nigga lol

@jrEarl 3 жыл бұрын

I only consider an artist having a Ghost Writer if they do not give the writer credit for their work. I know Kanye had many artist write for him, but you saw every person's name in the credits that worked on a project. However, you can't claim to be a top MC if you've used writers for your work...only a top performer.

@frankwhite7109 5 жыл бұрын

Nas is the Ghost Writer... Now as far as hooks concepts beats Idk? Jungle has said he wrote hooks on IWW. I dont doubt it cuz the god stays Writin but admitted 2 writers block in past. Especially during I Am... Autobiography double disc in 98.

@thorsonel 11 жыл бұрын

What does he mean he dont know where the rumor came from?It came from the fact that they names are all over the album insert.I myself know how it can make people think that they were ghost writing for nas just based off of that. The thing is just because they were given credit for ideas doesn't mean that they contributed every aspect in the creative process of the song.They could have just wrote the hook or given a four bar section of a verse.This is common practice in the music industry.

@arderodney 11 жыл бұрын

Malcolm Exercise.. Jehovah fitness..-LOL

@jskyl14 12 жыл бұрын

Immortal technique had people write hooks for him he said in a recent interview...hell im sure all rappers at some point have people write hooks/give them ideas. I mean just look how many ideas and lines that Jay bit lol

@user-sk7vh8es2i 8 жыл бұрын

SO YES LMAO

@DefSquadFan 8 жыл бұрын

Your Lyrics are all an m.c. has for his talent to be judged on. His voice doesn't matter as much. Rhyme styles, patterns, and flow can be changed copied or borrowed, but you gotta use your own words to be a respected lyricist. If you gonna use ghost writers then you are not a lyricist and every verse is questionable even if you only did it once.

@Bhrok3n 6 жыл бұрын

Folks talking about DP in the comments like they actually listen to Stic and M1.... Saying they can't compare to Nas or legends in the game... Go back and take a listen to any of the catalogue and get back to me... Sucka's!

@beefnotbacon 7 жыл бұрын

Sway...'So no verses written tht Nas said? Dead Prez 'no' ...' Nah'Carry on nothing to see here. Bunch of haters in these comments couldn't wait to discredit Nas. Foh

@SeymourKitty 4 жыл бұрын

Blood got on pinstripes

@DyoungOG3 9 ай бұрын

2:52 How That Sound???…. Nobody writing a verse for Nas…EVER.

@suavobaby90 3 жыл бұрын

Like Dead Prez BUT I LOVE NAS!!!!! NEVER ? THIS MAN'S PENWORK!!!! #godsson #mrjones #queenzbraveheart

@theroofl1 10 жыл бұрын

You can't write for Nas you can get help and ideas yes, you need them because it does work later on in your career or even earlier, It's like saying did you ghost write foe Public Enemy, how would you do that,,,,,,but you can collaborate with other artists and throw ideas out......

@chodb 11 жыл бұрын

Do u know the meaning of Ghost writing? If 2 people co wrote a song and the person who assisted the album artist is credited, that's not ghost writing. If Lupe wrote lyrics on Black Album and he was not credited then that's ghostwriting. Or you don't know Ye contributed lyrics on Jay's Albums and they didn't sound like Jay's normal lyrics?

@errael 11 жыл бұрын

In other words Hybrid, "it's bigger than hip hop"

@mskdavis 12 жыл бұрын

how??? he said NO plain as day

@tj001231 11 жыл бұрын

yeah in pop songs

@PhyuckYiu2 11 жыл бұрын

The one person who thumbed down my comment probably means it lol. It's hard these days in Hip Hop.

@CappasLounge 11 жыл бұрын

M-1 and Chris Bosh kinda look alike

@lifestraight 11 жыл бұрын

Lol Word.

@scythe456 11 жыл бұрын

real shit rih her na meen

@introvert8637 6 жыл бұрын

Something seems fishy about the way they answered that question about ghostwriting

@NWDAMU503 11 жыл бұрын

lol i think it does the hook is the base point for the whole song

@slick1hit 12 жыл бұрын

You reaching bruh.They said they wrote hooks,and colab on ideas,but they didn't write any verse for him.

@neogenesys2012 11 жыл бұрын

Exhibit A (re: how the generations proceeding the birth of modern Rap [1980s & 90s] have been corrupted) Believe it or not, there was a time when kids would stand outside and rap the latest Hip-Hop song's verses...over...and over...and over again... Yeah...

@MrTrugod 11 жыл бұрын

I wish they'd quit mentioning these cornball emcees to real contributers to the culture like my men Dead Prez right here.....The 2 chains comment alone should have told Sway to quit mentioning those clowns. Respect to Dead Prez....2 of the last in the culture doing it right. Cooking up gems in the soup kitchen. Peace.

@tayluc777 Жыл бұрын

Sway is controlled.

@tulipanegradesign 12 жыл бұрын

Well if someone ghostwrites for NAS, they must have been doing it for a long ass time. please

@Sincere410 6 жыл бұрын

Dont get that man blacked balled

@lrdmcd914 6 жыл бұрын

Its not ghost writing If someone's writes your hooks..... If the touch ya verse, then it's ghostwritten

@Musicfanatic777z 12 жыл бұрын

Yeah they did say "no" but they were explaining too much instead of focusing on the fact that it was a flat out lie. I wouldn't explain anything. They should've just said "no that story is fake as fvck" and that's it.

@johngalt3614 11 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: Most of Eazy E's material was ghostwritten by Ice Cube.

@ericwilliams2232 5 жыл бұрын

I kinda get their fear of change. I say let it strike for itself for growth life choices maybe more limited then we think think about that. Called unnecessary

@blackplaque617 11 жыл бұрын

Nas goes to Dead Prez to receive information and different perspectives on certain topics. Nas asked Dead Prez for some assistance when he wrote the N.I.G.G.E.R. album so he wouldn't be spewing bullshit or wrong facts to his audience. They didn't ghostwrite verses for him .