2008-4-17 16:40
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nas的五张专辑(mediafire)
[url]http://www.mediafire.com/?7mbymxymotx[/url] Nas - It Was Written
[url]http://www.mediafire.com/?03e9szlz1jm[/url] nas - illmatic
[url]http://www.mediafire.com/?3dnmdlyf3hw[/url] Nas - Nastradamus
[url]http://www.mediafire.com/?7lumd211jnt[/url] Nas - Stillmatic
[url]http://www.mediafire.com/?fyymgofw3xd[/url] Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead
以下内容转自HIPHOP.CN
1996年夏天,Nas带着《It Was Written》回来了,相比《Illmatic》时期的凶猛,这时的Nas多了一些成熟和圆滑,正如封面上的照片由小孩子变成了青年。
专辑的Intro开了一个好头,在清凉的旋律下,Nas和AZ展开了对话,接下来就是旋律优美、讨论人生的“The Message”,我们来看看当时23岁的Nas给我们带来了什么样的“信息”吧:
Fake thug, no love, you get the slug, CB4 Gusto
Your luck low, I didn't know til I was drunk though
You freak niggaz played out, get fucked and ate out
Prostitute turned bitch, I got the gauge out
96 ways I made out, Montana way
The Good-F-E-L-L-A, verbal AK spray
Dipped attache, jumped out the Range, empty out the ashtray
A glass of 'ze make a man Cassius Clay
Red dot plots, murder schemes, thirty-two shotguns
Regulate wit my Dunn's, 17 rocks gleam from one ring
Yo let me let y'all niggaz know one thing
There's one life, one love, so there can only be one King
The highlights of livin, Vegas style roll dice in linen
Antera spinnin on Milleniums, twenty G bets I'm winnin them
Threats I'm sendin them, Lex with TV sets the minimum
那句“fake thug, no love”引起的2Pac之间的争端是后话,接下来的“Street Dreams”采用了和2Pac“All Eyez On Me”完全一样的采样,Nas这么做无疑是欠缺深思熟虑的。但“Street Dreams”这首歌对一个渴望成功的年轻人的心境刻画得非常到位,MV也选择了拉斯维加斯作为拍摄地点。
接下来的“I Gave You Power”应该算是专辑中构思最为独特的一曲。Nas从一支手枪的角度通过第一人称来完成了这首歌曲。其中第3段的叙事尤其精彩。DJ Premier简约而不失水准的制作也很好的渲染了忧伤的气氛。
Yo, weeks went by and I'm surprised
Still stuck in the shelf with all the things that an outlaw hides
Besides me it's bullets, two vests and then a nine
There's a grenade in a box, and that tech that kept cryin
Cause he ain't been cleaned in a year, he's rusty as clear
He's bout to fall to pieces, cause of his murder career
Yo, I can hear somebody comin in, open the shelf
His eyes bubb Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames.lin, he said, "It was on"
I felt his palm troubled him shakin
Somebody stomped him out, his dome was achin
He placed me on his waist, the moment I've been waitin
My creation was for blacks to kill blacks
It's gats like me that accidentally, go off, makin niggaz memories
But this time, it's done intentionally
He walked me outside, saw this cat
Cocked me back, said, "Remember me?"
He pulled the trigger but I held on, it felt wrong
Knowing niggaz is waiting in hell for 'im
He squeezed harder, I didn't budge, sick of the blood
Sick of the thugs, sick of wrath of the, next man's grudge
What the other kid did was pull out, no doubt
A newer me in better shape, before he lit out, he lead the chase
My owner fell to the floor, his wig split so fast
I didn't know he was hit, it's over with
Heard mad niggaz screamin, niggaz runnin, cops is comin
Now I'm happy, until I felt somebody else grab me
Damn!
其后的“Watch Dem Niggas”里Nas描述了街头的残酷,如同在Hook处提到的“Watch dem niggas that be close to you/And make sure they do what they supposed to do/Cause you know they be thinkin about smokin you/Never personal, nowadays, it's the ways”。背景里略带G Funk风味的舒缓节拍不得不让人怀疑这是不是在为了取悦听众。
在接下来的几首歌里Nas展示了他在麦克风前惊人的杀伤力,一连串眼花缭乱的引用以及精妙到位的flow更加肯定了他“街头诗人”的称号。值得一提的是在这里Nas也显露出了一些向Mafioso Rap过渡的倾向,在由团队The Firm表演的“Affirmative Action”中AZ,Cormega,Nas以及Foxy Brown更是轮番开火,大谈黑手党文化。奢华的Beat更是很好的配合了歌曲的内容,装点出华贵的气质。
Criminal thoughts in the blue Porsche, my destiny's to be the new boss
That nigga Paulie gotta die - he too soft
That nigga's dead on, a key of her-oin, they found his head on
the couch with his dick in his mouth, I put the hit out
Yo, the smoothest killer since Bugsy, bitches love me
And Queens where my drugs be, I wear Guess jeans and rugbies
Yo my people from Medina they will see you
when you re-up on your heater all your cream go betweeen us
Real shit, my Desert Eagle got a ill grip
I chill with, niggaz that hit Dominican spots and steal bricks
My red beam, made a dread scream, and sprayed a Fed team
Corleone be turnin niggaz to fiends
Yukons and ninja black Lexus, 'Mega the pretty boy
with mafia connections it's The Firm nigga set it
Cormega这段作为他在团队中的唯一一次公开亮相也值得被人记住。
紧接着,Nas在“The Set Up”里向我们叙述一次他的复仇行动,Nas再次证明了他的作词能力,Havoc制作的Beat也足够凶狠。“Black Girl Lost”在一段电话声中开始,一个女孩在抱怨着乏味的“Back To Africa Shit”,她们更加热衷于那些热闹的舞会以及金光闪闪的珠宝,Nas在这里指责了这些丢失灵魂的女孩,她们会沦为Bitches更多的是由于自己的贪婪与无知。(这句是笔者说的不是Nas说的)
专辑最后的部分中最出色的要数“Shootouts”,在这里Nas作为一个第3者来描述了他所看到的一切,街道上充斥着毒贩子,警察,告密者,监视器,捎有动作就会被逮捕。人们眼里只有钱,街上时刻可能发生枪战。这就是QB,这就是Dirty New York。
琅琅上口的副歌以及比较“正面”的歌词都证明了结尾处与Lauryn Hill合作的“If I Rule The World”是首不错的打榜歌曲,这也体现出了Nas所做出的改变。
从整张专辑来看它实在没有什么太大的瑕疵,这应该算是张很规矩的主流说唱专辑了。我们可以看出Nas的用心,他既保持了从前的街头的成分,也合理的加入了一些Mafioso的成分(要知道在95年Rakwon的《OB4CL》根本是火疯了)。同时,制作团队Trackmasters也付出了足够多的努力来让电台来注意Nas,而且Dr.Dre的加盟更是吸引了无数眼球。这些恐怕都是Nas在《Illmatic》中吸取的“教训”,但在我们看来这显然并没有太多必要的。将《It Was Written》拿来与《Illmatic》做比较无疑是让人遗憾的,毕竟这时候他已经改名叫Nas Escobar,而不是那个Nasty Nas了。但不可否认的,这仍然是张出色的专辑,至少到现在为止Nas还不曾发表过超越《It Was Written》的作品。
总评价:4.5/5
曲目列表:
01 Album Intro (2:28)
02 The Message (4:10)
03 Street Dreams (4:41)
04 I Gave You Power (3:56)
05 Watch Dem Niggas (4:06)
06 Take It In Blood (4:49)
07 Nas Is Coming (5:40)
08 Affirmative Action (4:20)
09 The Set Up (4:26)
10 Black Girl Lost (4:32)
11 Suspect (4:16) .
12 Shootouts (3:46)
13 Live Nigga Rap (3:46)
14 If I Ruled The World (Imagine That) (4:44)
15 Silent Murder (3:25)
发行日期:1994.4.19
"I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death"
——"N.Y.State Of Mind"
1991年在Main Source专辑《Breaking Atoms》中凭借一首“Live At The BBQ”之后,皇后区年轻的饶舌歌手Nasty Nas迅速获得了纽约地下圈的注意,1992年,他又为恩师MC Serch客串了“Back To The Grill”,再次轻松抢镜,1994年,《Illmatic》在所有人的期待中终于由Columbia推出。
#1 Genesis n/a
从第一秒钟开始,这张专辑就奠定了经典的地位。我们最开始听到了采样《Wildstyle》中的对白和音乐,背景里是“Live At The BBQ”里Nas的那一段录音,随后AZ和Nas开始了谈话,反复强调着“It's time”,一分四十五秒后Nas开始闪耀的时候到了。
#2 N.Y.State Of Mind 5/5
说Nas通过这首歌夺得了自己的街头诗人的桂冠,毫不为过。在Premo打造的强硬的、充满大都市黑暗街头感觉的beat下,Nas向我们展示了他是一个敏锐的观察者。
I got so many rhymes I don't think I'm too sane
Life is parallel to Hell but I must maintain
and be prosperous, though we live dangerous
cops could just arrest me, blamin us, we're held like hostages
It's only right that I was born to use mics
and the stuff that I write, is even tougher than dice
I'm takin rappers to a new plateau, through rap slow
My rhymin is a vitamin, Hell without a capsule
The smooth criminal on beat breaks
Never put me in your box if your shit eats tapes
这样的歌词足以向人们宣告Nasty Nas就是新一代的Rakim!当然最经典的还是那句"I never sleep,cause sleep is the cousin of death",相信Nas对这句也甚为满意,在后来的作品里还数次提到。
通过这首歌Nas也向人们展示了他对黑手党文化的痴迷,预示了之后“The Firm”的组成。
#3 Life's a Bitch 5/5
听过强硬的“ Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames.N.Y.State Of Mind”就到了悠扬的"Life's A Bitch",简短的intro后专辑中唯一的客串AZ出场,这段行云流水的verse成功抢掉Nas的风头,也促使AZ成为传奇人物。
Visualizin the realism of life and actuality
Fuck who's the baddest a person's status depends on salary
And my mentality is, money orientated
I'm destined to live the dream for all my peeps who never made it
cause yeah, we were beginners in the hood as five percenters
But somethin must of got in us cause all of us turned to sinners
Now some, restin in peace and some are sittin in San Quentin
Others such as myself are tryin to carry on tradition
Keepin the schwepervesence street ghetto essence inside us
Cause it provides us with the proper insight to guide us
Even though, we know somehow we all gotta go
but as long as we leavin thievin we'll be leavin with some kind of dough
so, and to that day we expire and turn to vapors
me and my capers-ll be somewhere stackin plenty papers
Keepin it real, packin steel, gettin high
Cause life's a bitch and then you die
最后Nas的老爸Olu Dara那段小号solo促使这首歌成为史上最经典的collaboration。
#4 The World Is Yours 5/5
标题来自电影《Scarface》里的那句知名口号,统治世界是每一个hustler的梦想,Pete Rock层次丰富的制作给我们带来了温暖感,Nas在钢琴点缀下叙述着自己的雄心,
I'm the young city bandit, hold myself down singlehanded
For murder raps, I kick my thoughts alone, get remanded
Born alone, die alone, no crew to keep my crown or throne
I'm deep by sound alone, caved inside in a thousand miles from home
I need a new nigga, for this black cloud to follow
Cause while it's over me it's too dark to see tomorrow
Trying to maintain, I flip, fill the clip to the tip
Picturin my peeps, now the income make my heartbeat skip
And I'm amped up, they locked the champ up, even my brain's in handcuffs
Nas那句"I'm out for dead presidents to represent me"后来被Jay-Z采样,也成为他们之间斗争的一个由头。除此之外,Pete Rock和Nas的一问一答“Whose world is this?”"The world is yours"以及采样T La Rock的声音“It's Yours”已经成为最经典的过门之一。
#5 Halftime 5/5
其实"Halftime"是一首1992年就已在《Zebrahead》原声带中出现的歌曲,但仍被选为《Illmatic》的单曲之一,Nas的伯乐之一Large Professor制作了这首歌,在悠扬的旋律和强硬的鼓点下,Nas迸发出巨大的能量,不断的妙语让听者完全无法安坐。
It's like that, you know it's like that
I got it hemmed, now you never get the mic back
When I attack, there ain't an army that could strike back
So I react never calmly on a hype track
I set it off with my own rhyme
Cause I'm as ill as a convict who kills for phone time
I'm max like cassettes, I flex like sex
In ya, stereo sets, Nas'll catch wreck
I used to hustle - now all I do is relax and strive
When I was young I was a fan of the Jackson 5
I drop jewels, wear jewels, hope to never run it
With more kicks than a baby in a mother's stomach
Nasty Nas has to rise cause I'm wise
This is exercise 'til the microphone dies
充分体现Nas词作能力的一曲。
#6 Memory Lane (Sittin' In Da Park) 5/5
又是眼花缭乱的歌词,相比"N.Y.State Of Mind",Premo在这首歌里带来了稍柔和的采样。Nas怀念着离开自己身边的朋友,充满了悲凉的气氛。在第二段他对生活提出了这样的疑问。
One for the money
Two for pussy and foreign cars
Three for Alize niggaz deceased or behind bars
I rap divine Gods check the prognosis, is it real or showbiz?
整首歌意味深长,在结束部分DJ Premier跟随Nas的念白“The most dangerous MC is..”不断地刮擦“Comin' Outta Queensbridge”,在依依不舍中本曲结束。
#7 One Love 5/5
由A Tribe Called Quest首脑Q-Tip打造,整首歌的主题像是一封给自己关在监狱里的兄弟们的公开信,鼓励他们抬起头来,真挚的感情是这首歌最大的特点其中提到的Cormega最后跟Nas闹翻,但这时他们的友情却是所有人都看到的。
#8 One Time For Your Mind 4.5/5
这首歌是专辑中唯一受到过不佳评论的作品,相比其他伟大的8首歌,这首确实稍逊一筹,Large Professor制作的这首歌里,Nas把说唱的速度放慢了,谈到自己的思想和生活状态,还是有这样的“I wreck shit so much, the microphone'll need a paint job”的佳句。
#9 Represent 5/5
又是Premo,气势澎湃的beat下Nas带来了一首完美的battle track,过门处众人大喊“Represent!”也是当时的流行程式之一,Nas给听众献上了极其富含street wise的歌词,勾画出一副栩栩如生的Queensbridge街头生活的图画。
Straight up shit is real and any day could be your last in the jungle
Get murdered on the humble, guns'll blast, niggaz tumble
The corners is the hot spot, full of mad criminals
who don't care, guzzlin beers, we all stare
at the out-of-towners (Ay, yo, yo, who that?) They better break North
before we get the four pounders, and take their face off
The streets is filled with undercovers, homicide chasin brothers
The D.A.'s on the roof, tryin to, watch us and knock us
And killer coppers, even come through in helicopters
I drink a little vodka, spark a L and hold a Glock for
the fronters, wannabe ill niggaz and spot runners
Thinkin it can't happen til I, trap em and clap em
and leave em done, won't even run about Gods
I don't believe in none of that shit, your facts are backwards
Nas is a rebel of the street corner
Pullin a Tec out the dresser, police got me under pressure
整首歌里Nas的flow如同水银泻地,让人听得大呼过瘾,不住点头,最后Nas向自己的朋友做了shoutouts,这其中就包括Cormega和Lakey The Kid。
#10 It Ain't Hard To Tell 5/5
又一首难以置信的作品,Large Professor采样了Michael Jackson的“Human Nature”,并把它变得很jazzy,Nas再次展示了自己的歌词技巧,像这样的段落让人激赏不已。
Nas, I analyze, drop a jew-el, inhale from the L
School a fool well, you feel it like braille
It ain't hard to tell, I kick a skill like Shaquille holds a pill
Vocabulary spills I'm +Ill+
plus +Matic+, I freak beats slam it like Iron Shiek
Jam like a tech with correct techniques
So analyze me, surprise me, but can't magmatize me
Scannin while you're plannin ways to sabotage me
I leave em froze like her-on in your nose
Nas'll rock well, it ain't hard to tell
随着最后一个音符落幕,Nas给Hip-Hop带来的最完美的39分45秒也结束了,在他的叙述下,1990年代初纽约的街头活灵活现地出现在每一个听者的眼前——渴望成功的非裔年轻人、快克贩子、混混、腐败的警察、妓女,这就是QB。《Illmatic》几乎肯定是一张前无古人后无来者的专辑,完美的歌词,完美的制作,完美的主题。也是Nas自己终生无法超越的一个高峰。我们甚至找不到什么合适的辞藻去赞美它,而这么一篇review也显得无足轻重了,如果你喜爱Hip-Hop又没有听过这张专辑,赶紧弄来好好听一听吧!
以下转自电驴
专辑名称:Nastradamus
发行时间:1999年11月23日
专辑介绍:
这是我认为nas比较逊色的一张,但有人说这是他最喜欢的一张nas看来个人口味真是有不同啊。这张歌曲倒都不差,但影响深刻的只有you own me这首。倒不是说这张失去了nas街头诗歌的风格,诗歌风格仍十分浓郁。
专辑曲目:
1. The Prediction
2. Life We Chose
3. Nastradamus
4. Some Of Us Have Angels
5. Project Windows (featuring Ron Isley)
6. Come Get Me
7. Shoot 'em Up
8. Last Words
9. Family (featuring Mobb Deep)
10. God Love Us
11. Quiet Niggas (featuring Bravehearts)
12. Big Girl
13. New World
14. You Owe Me (featuring Ginuwine)
15. The Outcome
专辑名称:Stillmatic
发行时间:2001年12月18日
专辑介绍:
Nas这两年最成功的一张了。intro就铿锵有力,Ether里f**k jay-z,虽说我喜欢jay-z但这歌也很不错,真是矛盾啊,反正好音乐就听吧。Got Ur Self A...是我最喜欢的一首,mv里nas还扮2pac扮biggie,也是铿锵有力型的。One Mic是前段时候很红的歌曲,除了一贯的街头诗歌风格外,nas还越说越激动,高潮处又突然降下语调“all i need is one mic”Nas真是天才啊!
专辑曲目:
1. Stillmatic (The Intro)
2. Ether
3. Got Ur Self A...
4. Smokin'
5. You're Da Man
6. Rewind
7. One Mic
8. 2nd Childhood
9. Destroy & Rebuild
10. The Flyest (Feat. AZ)
11. Braveheart Party (Feat. Mary J.Blige)
12.Rule (Feat. Amerie)
13. My Country
14. What Goes Around
15. Every Ghetto
Bonus Tracks:
1.No Idea's Original
2.Everybody's Crazy
专辑名称:Hip Hop Is Dead
发行时间:2006年12月19日
专辑介绍:
对于一般的说唱爱好者来说,今年有几张作品是值得期待的,其中就包括这张Nas的Hip-Hop is Dead。这张专辑终于于今日正式上市(其实网上早就有了)。这张专辑是Nas继2004年Street's Disciple之后的新作品,也是Nas签约Def Jam公司的首张专辑。而在此之前,Nas曾一度与Def Jam的现任老板Jay-Z有些不和,但是两人在去年年底已经尽释前嫌。今年一月,在两人和好仅仅两个月之后,Jay-Z就将Nas纳入到了Def Jam公司旗下,因此这张专辑也是Def Jam公司今年的一张较为重要的作品。Dr.Dre,Scott Storch,Kanye West这些时下金牌制作人纷纷参与专辑,主打单曲Hip-Hop is Dead则是由BEP的主脑will.i.am制作,当然Nas本人也参加了专辑的制作工作。同时在演唱方面,Kelis,Kanye West以及Snoop Dogg等大腕纷纷加盟,而身为老板兼前"仇敌"的Jay-Z也在Black Republican中跟Nas好好过了一把瘾。至于专辑是否能得到说唱音乐爱好者以及市场的认可,只有拭目以待了。
专辑曲目:
01. Money Over Bullsh*t
02. You Can't Kill Me
03. Carry on Tradition
04. Where Are They Now
05. Hip Hop Is Dead - Nas,
06. Who Killed It?
07. Black Republican
08. Not Going Back
09. Still Dreaming - Nas, Kanye West
10. Hold Down the Block
11. Blunt Ashes
12. Let There Be Light - Nas,
13. Play on Playa - Nas,
14. Can't Forget About You
15. Hustlers - Marsha Ambrosius, , Nas
16. Hope
17.Don't Hate Me Now (UK bonus track)